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You Chose Poorly S01E07 - Instant Messaging

You Chose Poorly - A Podcast about being wrong

English - May 30, 2016 22:27 - 47 minutes - 86.9 MB
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Sawyer 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 like you
Wiki: Instant Messaging
Wiki: Comparison of instant messaging clients
What's the Deal with All These Messaging Apps?
Screw Texting. It’s Time to Pick a Universal Messaging App
Trillian & Adium
Franz
Snowball: all your chat apps in one place on Android
Popularity of messaging apps continues to skyrocket
The State of Messaging Apps, in 5 Charts
The end of apps is here. Long live chat bots
XKCD: Standards