Technically Correct
362 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA thoughtful, unpretentious, mostly weekly conversation about the companies, ideas and products that are transforming our world. We look at what it is, why it matters and where it fits in the broader business of consumer technology. So, grab your favorite Blue Barn sandwich, put the Giants game on mute and join us.
Hosted by Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez.
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Episodes
Episode 362: Certain Kinds of Money
March 27, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 38.9 MBYeah, I mean it’s not too much of a stretch that automakers are selling your data and snitching on speeding to your insurer, but sending a report to Lin Manuel Miranda about how off key I sing “It’s Quiet Uptown” is a bridge too far. This week: EV surprises, NAS surprises, with a dash of regulatory scrutiny surprises via one Merrick Garland. 🍎.
Episode 361: Democracy Play Pack
March 06, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBWe know it’s been a while since Econ 201 but Jiminy Christmas are Hue bulbs the new Veblen good? What are these things made out of avocado toast? Come on. This week: dust covered Vision Pros, NACS snaccs, and a peppering of Spring Apple news. 🥽.
Episode 360: Ya’ll Have Guest Rooms?
February 21, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBWe didn’t get a ballot but that ain’t stopping us. A fruit company year in review. This week: hi Barbie, football (the non-Messi one), and a bit more on VR. 🥽.
Episode 359: Major League Football
February 07, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBNew ways to watch sports from ESPN, Fox, and Warner Brothers. All without a cable subscription. Sports from ESPN. FOX. Warner Brothers. Are you getting it? These are not three separate services. This is one device, and we’re calling it - Iger-ulu. This week: plug in hybrids, old movies, and an update on the Chicago food scene. 🌭.
Episode 358: Waymo Rider Score
January 24, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MBChris Nolan gets roasted by Peloton instructors and Soulcycle stays mum on Wes Anderson making the same movie over and over again for three decades. Hmm. This week: cursed airports, (smart) locks of love, and area Cinnabon manager snubbed for the umpteenth time by the Emmys. 📺.
Episode 357: If IKEA Made a Car
January 10, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBDid each engineer designing the Chevy Blazer EV’s infotainment software spend at least 10,000 hours on it before it went into production? Okay, this is a very funny joke about Malcolm Gladwell, trust me. This week: Taylor’s concert film, Ryan’s sports dilemma, and Tim’s headset. 🏀.
Episode 356: Brand Activations
December 13, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 39.5 MB“It’s only ridiculous if it doesn’t work.” - Tyler Florence, probably. This week: the enduring legacy of a flat panel icon, Amazon Prime Video with Special Offers, and a look at peak Donkey Sauce Capitalism. 🫏
Episode 355: Christmas Light Amortization Schedule 🎁
December 01, 2023 06:00 - 2 hours - 60.4 MBiPod Socks? Again? Worry not friends, it is finally time: our first annual holiday gift guide. This week: Kiri the fire truck, unplugging for the holidays, and more tales from retail lock up. 🧦.
Episode 354: They're Using the Metric System to Trick You
November 16, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBWe all thought Jack Nicholson looked silly wearing sunglasses courtside but with these retina searing courts who’s laughing now… This week: New York bagels, the metric system, and the perils of computers on wheels. 🥯
Episode 353: Kitchen Computer
October 31, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 38.5 MB[leans in over flashlight] And they weren’t done yet. After murdering the Touch Bar, the perpetrators cackled manically as they introduced a Pro laptop with just eight gigabytes of RAM. In 2023! [crowd shrieks] This week: artificial coffee, ciders, and Apple’s ghoulish fall Mac event. 🎃.
Episode 352: CarPlay Robin Hood
October 18, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBWe understand our programming schedule has been a little inconsistent, so we’re going to make it up to you with the “most affordable” episode ever. Find the hidden USB-C mention and you win a prize. This week: East Bay CarPlay blues, when CPG products get the Mona Lisa treatment, and Ryan’s accidental haunted house. 👻.
Episode 351: Sealed Crustless Sandwich
October 04, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBYou remember that scene in Rataouille where Anton Ego takes a bite and his entire life flashes before his eyes? That story, but it involves french fries and elderflower liquer. This week: “croissaint inspired” and other freezer aisle abominations, the fruit company, and Zaz introduces Shaq Paq for Max. 🏀.
Episode 350: Core Memory
August 30, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MB“Hi, yes — we don’t mean to be a bother, but this podcast is stale and we never got our second ad break.” “Sir, this is a Wendy’s.” This week: car phones, car charging standards, and even cars that drive themselves. 🚗.
Episode 349: Mild Hybrid
August 16, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBWith AI and Machine Learning becoming more core to the iPhone experience, we’re probably one release away from App Store notifications based on your calendar, heart rate, and mood that suggest “redownload the Taco Bell app?” at your lowest life moments. This week: boring cars, kids entertainment, and ringing the bell for a master of the small screen. 🛎️.
Episode 348: A Sesame Street or a Frasier
August 02, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MBRyan has returned from vacation with a head cold but a renewed appreciation for the iPad. Carlos didn’t go anywhere but did get Aloha-by-osmosis. This week: Bill Simmons’ ads reads, Bobby Flay’s questionable judgment, and we all learn what a Pack-n-Play is. 👶🏻.
Episode 347: On a Bench Outside Domino’s
July 12, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBIt turns out all it took to make Mark Zuckerberg look like the protagonist was alt-right Tony Stark buying Twitter. Who knew? And by that we mean: Happy Threads Day. This week: chicken restaurants that aren’t Los Pollos Hermanos, pizza restaurants that only sometimes serve pizza, and EV makers collectively throw CCS under the battery powered bus.🪫.
Episode 346: The Apple of Charcoal
June 07, 2023 05:00 - 2 hours - 63.8 MBIt’s like David vs. Goliath, except this time it’s Carlos picking a fight with a Marin County coffee roaster trying to pull a fast one on home baristas. This week: the definitive take on Apple’s Vision Pro headset that will definitely be accurate six months and six years from now. Yes. 🥽.
Episode 345: Love the Car, Hate the Man
May 24, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBWe promise this episode isn’t sponcon for the Chrysler Pacifica, but also, we’ve got unsold ad slots and its a tough media environment rn so hit us up auto industry we are for sale. This week: air traffic patterns, EV charging in the real world, and the only thing french fries can’t make better. 🌯.
Episode 344: Endor Andor
April 26, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBStar Wars fans love a quality brunch, but what happens when there are too many cooks in the kitchen at Disney? In this analogy, Baby Yoda is an egg scramble? This week: elephants in the desert, more on EV deliveries, and Taylor didn’t pull a Tom Brady. 🧣
Episode 343: The New GOAT
April 05, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBAs it enters retirement, history will remember that the Satechi 108W USB-C travel charger walked so the Anker 747 GaN brick could run. This week: cars, cars, cars. After a week behind the wheel, Carlos has many thoughts on the Model 3. 🚗
Episode 342: Magnolia Land®
March 29, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBEverything is bigger in Texas, which apparently applies to the number of food trucks, polo shirts, and those dang scooters. This week: Fixer Upper cupcakes, DPReview closing up shop, and recapping our last session for a while with Han Solo LMFT. 🧁
Episode 341: Nature’s Car Wash
March 15, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBThe Star Wars cinematic universe is in disarray under Iger, so says Ryan. How many more actors will have to hang up their taun-tauns and change careers to quippy, jaded therapists just to get a payday from Tim Apple? This week: Animal Planet x Home Depot collabs, Michael Trout’s crib, and the continued messy world of midwestern cable sports rights. 🐟.
Episode 340: Adult Candy Bars
March 08, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 37.7 MBWell, I suppose “Charge your non-Tesla” was the third least ****-ish way to title the option so kudos, Elmo & Co.? This week: our bi-monthly pizza chat, Amazon scales back the “Go” concept in SF and NY, and Stevie B. in a hard hat. 🍕.
Episode 339: It Means No Worries
February 22, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 34.2 MBLook, until Overcast adds a tip screen for when you finish each podcast episode, just use Venmo or Cash App: $ShedDaddy415 and $LightroomBarista. This week: Martha Stewart’s sour grapes, magic beans, and Eddy Cue introduces Han Solo to Sigmund Freud. 🛋️.
Episode 338: Burrito Season
February 16, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBIf Apple were a teenager, which SVP would be the one running to the mailbox to try to get the report card before their dad Tim saw it? This week: right and wrong opinions on fast casual, dollar menu thoughts on streaming, and putting on our Judge’s Table hats for Apple in 2022. Which one of us is Gail in this analogy? 🔪.
Episode 337: Calling an Audible
February 09, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 33.8 MBIf a Live Activity falls in the forest and there’s no one around to see it, does it make an appearance on a Dynamic Island? Okay not the best but also you get what we were going for… This week: absurdist energy drinks, Apple sold a lot of things but not as many as people hoped, and more on squishy sports media economics. ⚾.
Episode 336: Salty February
February 02, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBWhile we personally don’t know a single person who has ever watched whatever this NCIS show is, the data shows a Cocomelon NCIS crossover would literally break the internet. Free idea, Bobs. This week: E3, EVs, RSS, OTT, and Ryan reveals his age-ism against the greatest generation (of news aggregator websites). 👴🏻
Episode 335: Zeitgeist-ey
January 26, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBWhen sports were the only thing keeping people from cutting the cord and now that’s not enough, what do you do? No, really — what do you do? There’s a lot of money in it if you know the answer. This week: crushing on Peter K., mulling over Apple’s upcoming foray into VR, and a visit to the LA Coliseum. 🏀
Episode 334: Let Me First Not Answer Your Question
January 19, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBHey Siri, who first said “sooner or later, everything old is new again?” Asking for a frie-, uh, HomePod. This week: new Macs, somebody finally told Elmo third-party Twitter clients were a thing, and Tesla cuts prices across the board. 🚗.
Episode 333: Event Shed
January 12, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBWhen you have so much money you have to make your Sonoma estate look like Apple Park, the Wall Street Journal is there. Or rather, Carlos teaches Ryan the art of the hate read. This is a good one. This week: cycling directions, EV sell through, and a hypothetical touch screen MacBook Pro. Boop. 👆🏻
Episode 332: Don Draper Hat
January 05, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 32.6 MBI mean, if we’re talking about a secondary character taking over the entire show with extremely mixed results — is there even a difference between Elon and Elmo? @ ryan, not me. This week: a trip to the Social Security office, a Matter explainer, and more choice is good thing. 🚗
Episode 331: Bag of Wemos
December 15, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBYou don’t come at Taylor with that weak af Christmas album and expect to come out on top, Bublé. This week: forgotten pre-orders, a more considered take on the villain of our streaming future, and Ryan’s sweet solution for smart home woes. 💸.
Episode 330: Young Person's Game
December 01, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBYou know that pet project you spend 10 years on and it never really gets any better? That, but it’s a listening device in millions of homes that cost tens of billions in R&D that sometimes turns off your lights when you ask. This week: mood lighting, holiday lighting, and the Ford F-150 Lightning. 🛻.
Episode 329: Man vs. Sous Vide
November 10, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBWe’re happy to report that we’ve been offered our own show on Peacock. Follow us as we upgrade one of the Painted Ladies with the latest in smart home connectivity and gadgetry. Uh, you’ll understand why it’s rated TV-MA for language pretty quickly. This week: proper puck prep, network naming nuances, and assorted ancillary alliteration. 🏡.
Episode 328: Non-First Party
November 03, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBFivey Fox told us the best predictor of partisan lean during a midterm election cycle is average spend at Dunkin’ Donuts divided by number of Casper mattresses discarded per year in a particular district. This week: anti-social shared photo libraries, sports media rights, and a reluctant look at Tesla bro’s purchase of twitter dot com. 🐦.
Episode 327: Timflation
October 27, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBYeah yeah, sure the Matter standard is finalized but when will someone come out with a smarter ‘hide-a-key’ rock? Is that what Thread is about? This week: Gonger’s food truck, Carlos’ haunted iPhone, and Taylor’s new album. 🕛.
Episode 326: It's Spooky Season
October 20, 2022 05:00 - 2 hours - 57.7 MBThe defining quality of strong character is being willing to change your mind when presented with new information — about mesh WiFi. Nothing else though, stick to your priors politicians. This week: golden sandwich ratios, watchOS 9 can’t catch a vibe, and Apple’s non-event fall event.🍎
Episode 325: Sidekick Computer
October 06, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBWhat would you do-ooo-ooooh — to avoid a deposition after you reneged on a binding agreement to buy a social media company? (read in the tune of the Klondike bar jingle) This week: tapbacks, bridge trolls, and midnight fingerprints. 🥅
Episode 324: Jefferson Old Fashion
September 29, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBThey say the shortest, saddest story ever comprised in a single sentence is “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” One of your cohosts reminds us that that is untrue. “No tip.” This week: Clipper ships, AirBuds, and Disney considers a hard Brexit. ⛴️.
Episode 323: Bourbon or Whiskey Whatever
September 22, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBTurns out if you run enough independent bookstores out of business, you eventually amass enough money and marketshare to force people that are just trying to buy trash bags to watch a mediocre football game. Who knew? This week: software updates, Ryan has a new phone, and Carlos has a stroke of genius if only he had a time machine. 🥃.
Episode 322: Ultra High End
September 08, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBWhy did elementary school classrooms all have those yard sticks that you never ended up using? Well, turns out educators were playing the long game to help you understand this week’s episode. It’s Apple event time, kids. Buckle up. 🍎.
Episode 321: Control Room Dog
August 31, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBIn economics, a mouse price spiral occurs when consumers get so desensitized to a media conglomerate raising fees that they no longer cry at the end of Pixar movies. This week: David Zaslav channels his inner Jojo and has a demo day with the HBO Max streaming catalog while Carlos can’t stop watching his new slightly less dumb Roomba. 📺.
Episode 320: Smoking with Kim
August 18, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 43 MBWell that was certainly a long one week. What’d we miss? This week: one last attorney client meeting with Jimmy and Kim, a tiny new listener joins the fold, and a summer vibes check in. ⛱️.
Episode 319: A Decade of Excellence
June 23, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 40.5 MBNew Mac desktop who dis? Seriously though, it’s tough to tell through this potato of a webcam. This week: moving day, sports deals, and the universal truth that everything that proclaims to be smart is actually dumb.
Episode 318: Beats Fit Pro of Pizza
June 09, 2022 05:00 - 2 hours - 57.5 MBMaybe the 13" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is like that weird blood orange flavor of San Pellegrino. I mean, someone has to be buying it otherwise they wouldn’t keep making it? This week: bottle service, volcano bread, and generally accepted Kabletown accounting practices.💰.
Episode 317: The Only Way Out Is Through
June 02, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 31.4 MBSmart home technology is a lot like government: the more mature it gets, the less well it works. Susan Collins is Zigbee in this analogy I guess? This week: the final mention of CableCARDs on the show, last minute WWDC thoughts, and a quick look at Disney+'s new wookie mini-series. 🐭.
Episode 316: Backyard Pod
May 26, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 38.5 MBPodcasting alfresco — when in Rome, as they say. Or rather, when it's still 88° at 9 o'clock at night. This week: Clifford Main, cliffhangers, and cliffs notes on the Better Call Saul mid-season finale. Many spoilers, don't say we didn't warn you. 🤐
Episode 315: Kindle Constitution
May 12, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 38.6 MB"Hey Sonos, can Giancarlo Esposito come to my house and troubleshoot these eeros?" This week: clearing the docket, speed reading out of necessity, and the day the music died. 📚.
Episode 314: Binge Drop
May 05, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBFirst we were joking, but we are seeking investors for IronAdvisor's seed round. This is getting ridiculous. This week: 1:1 previews, Jim's travel coffee setup, and Sally Draper's oddly accurate assessment of the Manhattan. ☕
Episode 313: Hipster Cable
April 21, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 34 MBWho cuts the cordcutters? Sounds like the perfect premise for an Apple TV+ show. This week: technical difficulties, do-overs, and catching up with our legal counsel in New Mexico. ⚖️.