You Chose Poorly - A Podcast about being wrong
29 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago -Mikey Llorin and K Sawyer Paul discuss tech choices and how these decisions impacted their lives.
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You Chose Poorly S04E05: I'm Looking Forward to the Tantrum I'm Gonna Have
January 04, 2024 03:42 - 1 hour - 86.5 MBMikey and Sawyer talk about CM Punk, iPhone 15 Pro Max, Readwise, and video games. Show Notes: CM Punk returns and Has Plenty To Say! | 6/17/23, AEW Collision - YouTube CM Punk calls out Reigns, Rollins and more in epic mic drop: SmackDown, Dec. 8, 2023 - YouTube The Rock returns and wants The Head of the Table: Raw Day 1 highlights, Jan. 1, 2024 - YouTube Thoughts on iPhone 15 Pro Max – K Sawyer Paul Video Game Time, 2023 – K Sawyer Paul Readwise – K Sawyer Paul Backloggd | par...
You Chose Poorly S04E04 - What About The iPod Shuffle???
September 23, 2023 16:06 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBMikey and Sawyer talk about CM Punk, Apple Watch Series 9, iPhone 15 Pro Max, Finewoven stuff, Playstation 5, and console-quality games on iPhone. Show notes: I do not dream of labor Inside Pulse – K Sawyer Paul CM Punk – Wikipedia The Wrestling Blog: Your Favorite Wrestlers Ever: K. Sawyer Paul Understand the law on workplace violence and harassment | ontario.ca AEW releases CM Punk ‘with cause’ after physical altercation at All In PPV event in London – CBSSports.com iPhone Battery ...
You Chose Poorly S04E03 - Tears of the Kingdom
July 26, 2023 12:34 - 40 minutes - 39.2 MBMikey and Sawyer talk about Tears of the Kingdom, gaming as a family, Zelda dates, and living in a golden age of gaming. Show notes: The Legend of Zelda™: Tears of the Kingdom for the Nintendo Switch™ system – Official Site The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023) (backloggd.com) Nintendo Switch 2023夏 CM1 – YouTube – wholesome ad Rediscover your sense of adventure with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – YouTube – sad ad Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Story Explained (Pa...
You Chose Poorly S04E02 - Coffee Dinguses
July 12, 2023 17:27 - 34 minutes - 32.3 MBMikey and Sawyer almost talk about Zelda but end up reviewing a few home coffee solutions. Links: Flair Classic Overview | Affordable Espresso Maker | Flair Espresso AeroPress Coffee Maker Official Store Vertuo Pop+ Pacific Blue Nespresso Coffee Machine | Nespresso Canada Ember®: The World’s First Temperature Control Mug The Bialetti Moka Express (Episode #1) - YouTube How do you use the Ember with Health Kit? – Ember Help Bar Ember Mug: Not staying connected – Ember Help Bar Joh...
You Chose Poorly S04E01 - A Bicycle For Your Face
June 20, 2023 12:43 - 59 minutes - 55 MBMikey and Sawyer discuss the Apple Vision Pro. Links: [Torment Nexus | Know Your Meme](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/torment-nexus) [The gold Apple Watch Edition will start at $10,000 - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/9/8161553/apple-watch-edition-price-how-much) [Apple Vision Pro - Apple](https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/) https://youtu.be/lJ_X_1Hv2lg - brock lesnar [Bluetooth Audio Sunglasses | Bose](https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/frames.html) [Spectacles b...
You Chose Poorly S03E04 - Face Stuff
October 19, 2022 01:42 - 1 hour - 66 MBMikey and Sawyer discuss Italy, The Canon M50 Mark ii, the iPad Mini, rating things, and vacation blogging. Links: * coming soon!
You Chose Poorly S03E03 - A Few Inches Always Matters
July 05, 2022 15:37 - 1 hour - 77.8 MBMikey and Sawyer discuss the middle device between a phone and a computer, which is almost always an iPad. They review Mikey's iPad Mini and figure out exactly the one thing the iPad does best. Topics include: why the iPad didn't eat the computer, why it might eat the phone, and why the Surface Duo is so attractive as a concept, but not as it currently exists. Links: It’s been 1000 days since Microsoft unveiled the Surface Neo | Windows Central You Chose Poorly 2 - iPads Apple iPad Pro T...
You Chose Poorly S03E02 - I'm Stuck With the Eyes I Have
May 31, 2022 15:24 - 1 hour - 120 MBMikey and Sawyer talk about the Canon M50 Mark II and decision-making. Links: Republic vs. Democracy: What Is the Difference? Professional wrestling match types - Wikipedia Ways to Vote - Ontario Philippines Election Marked By Voting System Issues Magnum Ice Cream Bars Best of the Super Juniors - Wikipedia K Sawyer Paul's Best of the Super Juniors Recommended Matches Round-robin tournament - Wikipedia The saying 'Round Robin' - meaning and origin. Digital Photography Review Sawye...
You Chose Poorly S03E01 - 10% worse for 90% off
April 29, 2022 00:16 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBMikey and Sawyer discuss replacing broken Apple Watches, replacing broken Apple Watch straps, and replacing reality with Apple's face dingus. All this and more on the season premiere of You Chose Poorly! Links: Redesigned Apple Watch Series 4 revolutionizes communication, fitness and health Apple unveils Apple Watch Series 5 Apple reveals Apple Watch Series 7, featuring the largest, most advanced display Sony Bravia KDL-S3000 review: Sony Bravia KDL-S3000 - CNET Mikey's Series 7 Watch ...
You Chose Poorly S02E08 - WiiU
December 31, 2021 17:01 - 1 hour - 91.5 MBMikey and Sawyer detail the history of the Wii, the WiiU, and the Switch, and why one just quite isn't like the others. Links: Keychron C2 Wired Mechanical Keyboard iPad mini Review: Small Wonder - MacStories How Star trek inspired an Innovation List of Wii U games ported to the Nintendo Switch system Wii MotionPlus Wii U system software Nintendo Comes To The Rescue After 95-Year-Old Grandmother's Game Boy Breaks K Sawyer Paul's WiiU Collection Nintendo Console Sales Data Best Wii...
You Chose Poorly S02E07 - Zune
October 13, 2021 16:21 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBMikey and Sawyer talk about the Nintendo Switch OLED, and then dive into the Zune and how it might be one of the biggest You Chose Poorly objects so far, especially now that Windows has finally dropped all those live tiles. Links: Nintendo Switch – OLED Model - Nintendo - Official Site Stardew Valley Super Metroid - Wikipedia Ring Fit Adventure - Nintendo - Official Site Nintendo Switch Online Metroid Dread amiibo 2-pack - Nintendo - Official Site Ship of Theseus - Wikipedia Apple’...
You Chose Poorly S02E06 - Pro Wrestling
September 10, 2021 15:01 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBMikey and Sawyer discuss being lifelong pro wrestling fans, being open and social about their fandoms, off seasons, being forced to watch WCW in 2000, buying into WWE's ethos, and having AEW change the conversation. Links: Don't Try This at Home - TV Tropes New World Order (professional wrestling) - Wikipedia) WCW Monday Nitro - Wikipedia WCW Monday Nitro (Wrestling) - TV Tropes An Oral History of the Last WCW Monday Nitro | Bleacher Report Reconcilable Differences #3: Helena Sell - R...
You Chose Poorly S02E05 - Typing and Teaching
August 20, 2021 01:40 - 1 hour - 109 MBSawyer and Mikey talk about keyboards, life being easy, Guess Who, teaching online and during the pandemic, and new retro portable video game consoles. Links: ROYAL KLUDGE RK71 71 Keys Wireless 70% RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – RKgaming (rkgamingstore.com) Keychron K4 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard for Mac and Windows Keychron K2 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard for Mac and Windows A guide to mechanical keyboard switches | Tom's Guide (tomsguide.com) Keychron Keyboard Carrying Case Key...
You Chose Poorly S02E04 - Trash Cans and Recycling Bins
July 08, 2021 19:44 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBMikey and Sawyer talk about tech keynotes, Windows, The Mac, wanting to be sold an iPad, and whether or not caring about these things is a good idea. Links: Indie bundle for Palestinian Aid - itch.io Windows XP Music Seagate BarraCuda 2TB Internal Hard Drive HDD – 2.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 5400 RPM 128MB Cache for Computer Desktop PC – Frustration Free Packaging (ST2000LM015) : Amazon.ca: Electronics Macintosh - the computer for the rest of us. 1980's commercial - YouTube The 2021 Microsoft ...
You Chose Poorly S02E03 - Cheating
June 05, 2021 22:16 - 1 hour - 79.3 MBMikey and Sawyer talk about messing with Apple Watch data. It leads into a larger topic of cheating in video games. Links: Some Canadians may see display of colourful vapour clouds from NASA rocket launch Saturday How to Have a Recovery Day With the Apple Watch – Shawn Blanc How to cheat your way to a rest day on Apple Watch Activity Rings and Workouts | iMore Hey Apple Watch, can you give it a rest? | iMore How to manually add Stand Hours to Activity : AppleWatch Apple podcast subsc...
You Chose Poorly S02E02 - Follow Up -
April 09, 2021 14:30 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBMikey and Sawyer follow up the debut episode with some more insights on their new machines, old habits and muscle memory, audio fetishization, and text files. Remember: the real fetish object is the time alone. Links: You Chose Poorly S02E01 - Put More Lights in Me! Mechanical Keyboard Switches Keychron K2 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard for Mac and Windows Interpreting Geekbench 5 Scores / Geekbench / Knowledge Base - Primate Labs Support OpenCL Benchmarks - Geekbench Browser Andy Warh...
You Chose Poorly S02E01 - Put More Lights in Me!
March 31, 2021 22:36 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBMikey and Sawyer discuss new computers, if they deserve to be happy, iPhones, filling the bars, AMD & M1 vs Intel, Da Vinci Resolve, and more in the first episode of You Chose Poorly Season 2! Apologies for the audio quality in this episode. Did we mention we got new computers and haven't quite figured it out yet? Links iPhone XR - Wikipedia iPhone XS - Wikipedia Apple M1 - Wikipedia Mikey's Computer: MacBook Air (Apple Silicon) - Wikipedia Sawyer's Computer (Canada Computers Link) ...
You Chose Poorly 14 - Season Finale
August 30, 2016 19:33 - 101 MBMikey and Sawyer cap off the first season of You Chose Poorly by talking about what comes first (hint: it's people, not products), the impossibility of buying the right camera, and when you have to turn off the "product hunt" and just deal with what you've got. Show notes and links at http://youchosepoorlypodast.tumblr.com
You Chose Poorly S01E11 - Photos
July 13, 2016 22:41 - 56 minutes - 103 MBSawyer tells a story about recommending a service that recently shut down, and this brings Mikey to the topic at hand: photos. What do you do with them? How do you trust they'll still be there if you want to see them later? How much money do you have to throw at this problem? And can there just be one place where they live (tldr: no). Mikey's photo life: Flash Drives iMore: Photo Stream iCloud Photo Library Google Photos Email iMore: Airdrop Sawyer's photo life: Google Photos Sawy...
You Chose Poorly 10 - Workflows
July 05, 2016 22:21 - 31 minutes - 56.5 MBIs trying to get everyone on board with new workflows always a mistake? Do you just drive yourself nuts knowing the future is right there, just out of reach, while everyone else around you is fine just faxing stuff? Sawyer and Mikey begin to unpack an issue that plagues early adopters and automation enthusiasts. Show notes and homework for next week: The Age of the Workflow Designer The leaked New York Times innovation report is one of the key documents of this media age How do you know...
You Chose Poorly S01E09 - Keynotes
June 14, 2016 22:50 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBMikey and Sawyer talk WWDC 2016, and in the process wrestle with spending personal time watching corporate keynotes. Is it a waste of time for a regular consumer? What is it about nerdy drama that keeps us coming back? And is it about the products, the people, or the (once again) weird feeling of unearned superiority from knowing stuff faster than other people? Show Notes: Apple Keynote - WWDC 2016 Bloomberg Terminal iPhone 6 event PlayStation 4 Announcement Microsoft Kinect World Prem...
You Chose Poorly S01E08 - Instant Messaging 2
June 08, 2016 22:45 - 56 minutes - 102 MBSawyer's apartment didn't burn down, but most of his messaging apps might as well have. This week, he and Mikey dive deeper into the strange cesspool of the psychology of messaging services.
You Chose Poorly S01E07 - Instant Messaging
May 30, 2016 22:27 - 47 minutes - 86.9 MBSawyer has ten messaging apps. Mikey has nine. Most everyone with a smartphone has at least five. How is this the new normal? Also, Mikey has a new phone, and Sawyer's apartment is burning. What Sawyer is currently using: iMessage/SMS Facebook Messenger WhatsApp Google Hangouts Slack Miitomo Skype Twitter Instagram Tumblr What Mikey is currently using: Line Viber WhatsApp Facebook Messenger Twitter Instagram iMessage/SMS Slack Show notes: Never mind, I’ll find someone...
You Chose Poorly S01E06 - Rdio
May 16, 2016 22:21 - 43 minutes - 14.3 MBWhat happens when you fall in love with a failing music service? What do you tell the people who signed up due to your evangelism? What happens when the boat sinks? Mikey Llorin and Sawyer Paul discuss Rdio, the dead and loved online music service. Show notes: Soundiiz - move playlists between online music services Yeah, um, Apple Music is way too complicated. I’m sticking with Rdio Rdio's shutdown begins November 23rd with a transition to ad-supported listening A Eulogy for Rdio A Lo...
You Chose Poorly S01E05 - TurboGrafx-16
May 11, 2016 22:15 - 52 minutes - 94.6 MBSawyer Paul explains how his interest in offbeat and weird technology began with being the only kid he knew with a TurboGrafx-16. Mikey Llorin makes a revelatory statement about the narcissism of going against the grain. Note: We mention Contra a few times but we both totally meant R-Type. TurboGrafx-16: A Beginner's Guide Stalled Engine: The TurboGrafx-16 turns 25 Hyper Dyne Side Arms Five Reasons to Import a PC Engine The TurboGrafx 16 and the Best Games Which Defined That Lost Conso...
You Chose Poorly S01E04 - Apple Services
May 02, 2016 22:06 - 1 hour - 112 MBMikey Llorin and Sawyer Paul discuss Apple's quarterly results, Sawyer's iPhone 6, Apple Music, iTunes Match, Zune Pass, and whether or not it is a poor choice to put all your stuff into iCloud. Daring Fireball: Apple and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Drop in iPhone Sales Picking apart Apple's Q2 2016 numbers Zune software Zune retirement FAQ Groove Web Player Xbox Music Onedrive Music Folder Apple Music's Wasted Potential Here’s How Messed Up Apple Music Metadata Is A...
You Chose Poorly S01E03 - Palm Pre
April 26, 2016 22:04 - 1 hour - 115 MBSawyer and Mikey break open the beautiful and troubled little pebble that effectively killed Palm. Also discussed: Palm Pilots, Apple lifting features from the Prē, and if there's anything to learn from Palm's demise. Links and Show Notes: Mikey processes his feelings about the iPad Pro The Verge's new blog, Circuit Breaker Sony Clie Handspring VisorPhone Hypercritical 86: Naked robotic core I've Discovered The Best Smartphone Of All Time, And It's From 2011 Engadget's Palm Pre Revie...
You Chose Poorly S01E02 - iPads
April 15, 2016 22:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBiPad. It's almost impossible to pick the "right" one, even if they're all pretty great. Links and Show Notes: The “right” iPads: iPad 2 iPad mini 2 (2012) — Still available! iPad Air 2 (2014) The "wrong" ones that Mikey owned: iPad “The New” (3rd Gen) iPad — Hurry up the Cakes: You had me at retina iPad Air 1 Mikey's current iPad: iPad Pro 12.9” Sawyer's iPad: iPad 2 (Early 2011 - Late 2012) PC World: No Second Coming: Apple’s iPad Just a Big iPod Touch WWDC 2015 Steve Jobs rea...
You Chose Poorly S01E01 – iPods
April 11, 2016 21:56 - 1 hour - 106 MBMikey and Sawyer discuss a small handful of iPods, what they meant in their lives, why certain models were chosen over others, and what the iPod meant in the 2000s before ubiquitous internet music streaming. Links Daring Fireball: The iPod Juggernaut iPod Photo iPod video Basic iPod earbuds Steve Jobs says it again: no video iPod Powermac g3 How lithium batteries work iPod touch Apple Music Event 2007: The iPod Touch Introduction Another iPod touch deficiency: No volume buttons i...