Random Badassery

Chad Hall And Lam Nguyen sit down to figure out if they can make a podcast. They start of talking about their frustrations with technology, in particular the way that innovation is prioritized over making sure things actually work. Which begs the question of whether automation and virtual assistants will catch on if they remain buggy. They rough edge of technology know falls on the consumer and the artist. Social media has become ubiquitous that one has to wonder whether it is a new medium in and of itself. Or is there still benefit to cultivating aloofness? 0:00 technology frustrations . everyday carry overload . Airdrop . Microsoft Surface, Windows, the Apple ecosystem . ease of use . virtual assistants “That’s not everyday carry; that’s just a list of shit you like.” — Chad “Nobody ever comes up with anything that new, unless it’s just a radically different technology, so R&D essentially stands for rip-off and duplicate.” — Lam “I’m kind of a techno-nerd, but I just wanna turn my sh*t on and have it work.