1 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: CS twenty twenty one, the show will go on Facebook 2 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: Now lets you delete your old posts in Bulk, a 3 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: new app that supports your favorite podcasts, plus your tech 4 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: questions answered. What's going on? I'm Rich Damiro and this 5 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: is Rich on Tech, the podcast where I talk about 6 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: the tech stuff I think you should know about. It's 7 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: also where I answer the questions that you send me. 8 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: My name is Rich Dumiro, tech reporter at KTLA Channel 9 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: five in Los Angeles. Joining me is producer Megan Welcome 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: to the show. 11 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:38,519 Speaker 2: Hello, how are you? 12 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: Oh that's a loaded question these days, I aw this 13 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: this is one of the most I thought that the 14 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 1: pandemic was one of the most interesting times of our lives, 15 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: and now with everything going on, it's just twenty twenty 16 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: is a year that will will be one of the 17 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: most written about years in history. I think it's now 18 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: just to kind of get through the show. This is 19 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 1: a tech show. I talk about technology. It's a consumer 20 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 1: focused show, so I'm talking about the gadgets I think 21 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: you should know about. I'm talking about the apps and things. 22 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: So we don't really get into the news of the 23 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: day in this show, but I don't want to ignore 24 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,639 Speaker 1: the fact that there is a lot happening in our world. 25 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: So I guess I'll leave it at sort of saying, 26 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: we know what's going on. We work in the news media, 27 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: so we are very well aware of the things that 28 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: are happening in this world. We are cognizant. We are learning. 29 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: I'm learning, Megan. I don't know about you, but I'm 30 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: learning a lot. I think the story that we did today, 31 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: you know, just hearing other voices and hearing just various 32 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: points of view is really helpful during this time. That's 33 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: really what's interesting to me. I don't pretend to know 34 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: it all, you know, nor do I pretend to think 35 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: that I understand where everyone's coming from. And so it's 36 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: been a process in life to understand everyone's standpoint and 37 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 1: why people do things and why people feel the way 38 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: they do. And you know, even at my age, I'm 39 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: still learning. And so that's kind of where I want 40 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: to leave that. It's been interesting. I hope you're safe. 41 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: I hope you're feeling well, both with pandemic and everything 42 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: that's going on elsewise. But we will get into our 43 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:33,679 Speaker 1: podcast to talk about the stuff that I think you 44 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: should know about in the tech world. If you are 45 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: a regular listener of the podcast, you might have noticed 46 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 1: there was not an episode last week, and this is 47 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: the first time this has happened, and it was very 48 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: sad to me that Megan and I actually did record 49 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,519 Speaker 1: a podcast and I could not put it out there 50 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: because the audio quality was so bad that it just 51 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: wasn't acceptable. And Megan sounded great. So your audio was 52 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: perfect to Megan, like switched it. 53 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 2: If there's a way to make it. Your audio is good. 54 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 2: Mind can be a little bit bad. 55 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: Somehow, it was recording the wrong microphone on my side, 56 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: and so it was recording just a random mic from 57 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: my computer versus the one I was actually speaking into, 58 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: So it just would have been bad to have people 59 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: try to listen to that. So I just decided that 60 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: we would not post it at all. So anyway, let's 61 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: get into the show. And one of the big stories 62 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,519 Speaker 1: this week is kind of a crazy one that CS 63 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one is actually going to happen as an 64 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: in person event. Now, Megan, you and I have not 65 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: discussed this. Whether you would even go, I don't know, 66 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: but let me let me give you kind of the background. 67 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: I'll tell you about the blog post that that CS 68 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: put out. So every event has been canceled, but CS 69 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: is probably one of the biggest, is the biggest event 70 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: I go to every year. It's in Las Vegas. The 71 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: joke about CS is that you try not to get 72 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: sick at CS because there's so many people from all 73 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: around the world touching so many things in close proximity 74 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: in smoke filled casinos. I mean, it's just it's a 75 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: nightmare and it's dry out there. But here's what CS says. 76 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 1: CTA is the company that puts on cts CS. They 77 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: say that, yes, we will produce an in person event 78 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: in Las Vegas. We will continue to expand the show's 79 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 1: digital reach so you can see more live stream content. Okay, 80 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: but here's what they're going to do. Clean and sanitize 81 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: spaces around the show venue regularly and provide sanitation stations 82 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: so hand sanitizer, enable social distancing with wider aisles in 83 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: many exhibit areas and more space between seats and conference programs, 84 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 1: best practices issue best practices for attendees like wearing masks 85 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: and avoid shaking hands. Now, they didn't say they're going 86 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 1: to require people to wear masks, so I'm not sure 87 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: on that one and then limit touch points throughout the facility, 88 00:04:55,400 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: including cashless systems for purchases, and then perhaps have thermal 89 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: scans at entry points. So I don't know. I mean, 90 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:10,239 Speaker 1: we're still it's June, so we've got July, August, September, October, November, December, 91 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: so you've got you've got six months minimum for us 92 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: to figure out how this pandemic plays out after things 93 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: have reopened. Vegas opened this weekend and so if I 94 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: don't know if you saw any of the video from there, 95 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: but people flooded in and it's like almost back to normal, 96 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: except for the fact that there are some slot machines, 97 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: Like I think every other slot machine is closed or whatever. 98 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: But you when you have that many people in one place, 99 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: you can't avoid it. You're you're with the people, right. 100 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, it's so crazy. 101 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 3: I mean, we really don't fully understand coronavirus still, so 102 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 3: who knows what we'll know then, you know. But yeah, 103 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 3: I just think of like, especially as media, when we 104 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 3: see something that's really cool and everyone's crowding around it 105 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 3: and you're trying to get the best angle, and you 106 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 3: will you have like two hours. 107 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:04,839 Speaker 2: At that event. It's like crunch time. I just can't. 108 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 2: I don't know. I can't imagine these days, like how 109 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 2: that would how that would work. 110 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: You know, I can't either. And the other thing is 111 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: that there are people from all over the world, so 112 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 1: it's like you're gonna have folks from everywhere, and every country, 113 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: in every state, in every city has its own sort 114 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 1: of precautions and the way they're handling corona. So yeah, 115 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: if you're standing next to some guy from a country 116 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: that doesn't really care and just has let everyone just 117 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: do whatever they want and you're in, you know, it's 118 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: a big mix. So I find this very challenging. I 119 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: was I think I said this on I forget if 120 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 1: I said it on TV. But you know, I've been 121 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:44,840 Speaker 1: going to see Yes for like I think ten years now, 122 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,359 Speaker 1: and I was actually kind of secretly inside looking forward 123 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: to the fact that like, oh, no pressure this year 124 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: because I can't go, it's not going to happen. And 125 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: now that it's happening, I actually do need to make 126 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: a decision of whether I am going. Right now I 127 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: am I'm thinking thinking yes, just because you know, we 128 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 1: have six months, but of course it will be something 129 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: I think that everyone's going to be evaluating. I think 130 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: it's not really important what I think. It's important what 131 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: these companies are thinking, because if I'm a Microsoft or 132 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: a Huawei or a Panasonic or a Samsung, I have 133 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: to decide now if I'm going to ditch this event. 134 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,679 Speaker 1: And I think that's actually going to decide for us 135 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: whether this event happens, and not the people that go. 136 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: I think it's really going to be the companies. So 137 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: we will see, right. I think only you can hear this, Megan, 138 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: So tell me is this your right sound? 139 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 2: Yes? That's the sound question time. 140 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 3: Okay, So this first question comes from Robert hi Rich. 141 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 3: I saw your story on police scanner apps, specifically the 142 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 3: fifty app. I understand that police agencies in Orange County 143 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 3: scramble their signals so scanner cannot pick them up. 144 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 2: Is this true? 145 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 3: Is there an app whereby I can hear police calls 146 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 3: from Orange County agencies? 147 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: Now, this is interesting. We did this story on TV 148 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: this week that the police scanner apps were the top 149 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: downloads on the app store, and for obvious reasons, people 150 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: people were monitoring what was happening in their communities, and 151 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: it's you know, probably a mix of curiosity, safety, and 152 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: maybe avoidance, I don't know, but all three of those things. 153 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: So an app called five zero Radio Police Scanner, which 154 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 1: is five dollars is the number one was the number 155 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: one paid app. I'm not sure if it still is, 156 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: but could you imagine the person who coded that app 157 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: probably a while ago, and all of a sudden they 158 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: just overnight see like, oh wow, I've got a lot 159 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: of downloads, I'm making a lot of money. Number three 160 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 1: right now in utilities, it's got two hundred and thirteen 161 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:59,559 Speaker 1: thousand ratings. And let's see when this guy came out 162 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: with this app all the way back in twenty thirteen. 163 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: So I think this is probably going to be his 164 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: biggest he or she's biggest payday in you know, let's 165 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: say June's let's say it takes some a month to 166 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: get the money July. Let's say in August, this person's 167 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: going on a nice vacation because they are going to 168 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: get hey right now, but not right now, Okay. So 169 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: the other thing is okay, so that's five dollars. There 170 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: is a free version. 171 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 2: Of the free version. With the free free version, but 172 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 2: I'm assuming there's ads, so he's probably getting paid from 173 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 2: that too. 174 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, he's probably getting paid that way too. Now, you 175 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: worked on the desk at KTLA, and remember one of 176 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 1: your first stories, I believe, was Citizen, which is the 177 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: app that if you're not familiar with Citizen, this is 178 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: also beginning a lot of downloads. It's an app that 179 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:51,959 Speaker 1: listens to the police scanner. Using artificial intelligence, it transcribes 180 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: what's being said on those scanners, and then it kind 181 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: of uses humans to filter and push out those notifications 182 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 1: to people that just live in that area. And I 183 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: don't know about you, but my Citizen's been going off 184 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 1: the hook lately. I'm getting all kinds of alerts from 185 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: things happening in the neighborhood just in general. Yeah. So, 186 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: now so we when we did this story, we talked 187 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: to our guy at KTLA that's been listening to scanners 188 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: for years, and he said that one of the things 189 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 1: that cities are doing is they are scrambling their signals 190 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 1: the police departments so that people can't really listen to 191 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: these without very expensive equipment. Is that you're understanding, no, exactly. 192 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean KATLA obviously has the really good scanners, 193 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 3: so we can like hear all, you know, what's going on, 194 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 3: But I don't think. 195 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:42,359 Speaker 2: I don't think Citizen will pick up everything. 196 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: I think, well, I think Citizen does pick up the 197 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:47,439 Speaker 1: scrambled ones. I think they do. That's why they're not 198 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: launched in every city. But when I looked at this 199 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: police scanner app and you've maybe you've used it more 200 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: than I have, I didn't see Los Angeles as one 201 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: of the cities. So I don't know if they are, 202 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: you know, I don't know if they're sort of getting 203 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 1: the scrambled ones. And i'm you know, according to Vance 204 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: from what I remember, he said, you can get them 205 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: de scrambled, but it costs a lot of money, like 206 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: the equipment, So most average people that buy like a 207 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: CB scanner, you know, or a not a CEB scanner, 208 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 1: a police scanner on Amazon would not hear the scrambled 209 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: stuff because those are maybe you know, fifty one hundred dollars. 210 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,719 Speaker 1: So anyway to answer the question that we got, it's 211 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: really can I listen to them in Orange County? I'm 212 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 1: not sure. It just depends. If they're scrambled, then you're 213 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: not gonna be able to listen to them. I did 214 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: recommend or I am recommending Citizen for a lot of folks. 215 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 1: I'm not sure if Citizen is in Orange County, because again, 216 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: they have to set up the equipment to listen to 217 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: the scanners to be able to offer their services in 218 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 1: these places. So that that's a part of it that, 219 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 1: you know, I just don't have the answer to. You 220 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: just have to download it and see if it works 221 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,439 Speaker 1: in your area. So that's that's kind of like a 222 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:59,559 Speaker 1: kind of the answer to that, huh. But anyway, those 223 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,439 Speaker 1: apps are very popular right now, that's for sure. And 224 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 1: I'm excited for that guy's pay day, that's for sure. 225 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 2: Right now. I wonder how many downloads he got. Is 226 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 2: there a way to figure that out? 227 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: There's some there's some companies that try to say how many, 228 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 1: but I mean, this says it was downloaded to over 229 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 1: two hundred thousand times, but who really knows. I mean, 230 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: you don't know. And the other thing is, it's like 231 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,559 Speaker 1: you said, I would I would gather that most people 232 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 1: are probably downloading the free one, and then some are 233 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 1: downloading the paid I downloaded. 234 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 2: The free okay, okay, but. 235 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,319 Speaker 1: You know it's still the top charge. Is an interesting thing. 236 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: It's not like the most paid app. It's it's it's 237 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: by time so it's not really like it's at that 238 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 1: moment kind of thing. So yeah, so if you looked 239 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: at it right now, it may not be there anymore. 240 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 1: Like it may have sprung to the top and then 241 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: it's you know, it's back down a couple of notches. 242 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: But needless to say, he's doing okay at this point. 243 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: All right, this was an interesting feature that Facebook launched 244 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: this week that totally got lost in the news because 245 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: of everything going on. But this is a feature called 246 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: Manage Activity. Now. Facebook is an app that it's kind 247 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 1: of like your It's kind of like your attic, right, 248 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 1: you put a lot of stuff up there and you 249 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: kind of forget about it. 250 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah. 251 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: It reminds me. Have you ever watched that movie Christmas 252 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: Vacation where they he puts the gifts up in the 253 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: attic for his wife for Christmas and he finds him 254 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 1: like five years later. 255 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 2: That I need to watch at. 256 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: Oh one of my favorite movies. It's maybe watch it 257 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 1: during Christmas time. This is not the right time, but 258 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 1: it's I mean, it's always one of my favorites. Okay, 259 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:42,439 Speaker 1: So Facebook Manage Activity lets you The best way I 260 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: can describe this is, think of all the posts that 261 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:50,199 Speaker 1: you've made on your Facebook page as emails, and imagine 262 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: you can just delete those emails easily. You can filter 263 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: those emails by which ones had a picture, which ones 264 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: didn't have a picture, which ones have you know, just 265 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: a text post by date. You can say, oh, I 266 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 1: just want to look at the things that happened in 267 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: the last year. Or let's say you had a partner 268 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: during college freshman year and you want to just delete 269 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 1: all those posts. But you don't have to just delete them. 270 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: You can archive them as well. So now you can 271 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: literally go through and just click the ones that you 272 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: want to get rid of and either delete them or 273 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: archive them. And archive is kind of a cool option 274 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: because it means they still exist in a place on Facebook, 275 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: but that nobody can see them. Deleting is like sometimes 276 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: you don't your past is your past, and yeah, you 277 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 1: know you don't necessarily want to just eradicate. 278 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 3: It, but could you imagine like if you had gone 279 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 3: on in not Instagram, Facebook when you were like. 280 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 2: Eleven, Oh my god, I know I have all these pictures. 281 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 3: If you if I search like Megan mcmonagall photos, or 282 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 3: like if I just go back and photos, if even 283 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 3: if I'm tagged and I've deleted the tag, it still 284 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 3: comes up because that person has like my name, you 285 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 3: just can't click on me. 286 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 2: And so I have all these pictures. I'm like, oh 287 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 2: my gosh, I. 288 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 3: Don't want this on Facebook, but you know whatever, that's 289 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 3: what happens when you join when you're twelve. 290 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: And that's the thing. Like, these kids are growing up 291 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: on these services, and I think that's why they're gravitating 292 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: to things like Instagram, stories and Snapchat, because why do 293 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: you want that permanent record? You know? Now, I will 294 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 1: say in some cases I love it, Like last night, 295 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: Lindsey or this morning. You know, you get these Facebook 296 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 1: memories and she came over and said, look at this. 297 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: This was like nine years ago you putting together the 298 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: crib for Parker in our old place. And that's amazing, 299 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: Like I love that, but you know, it's like that 300 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: had to be posted. And so when you don't post, 301 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: and when you do the stories and stuff, a lot 302 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: of that is lost because it's gone now stories. I've 303 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: noticed that Facebook is kind of like they do our 304 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 1: Instagram does keep the stories in your archive. Most people 305 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 1: don't realize that, but you can see what's in your stories, 306 00:15:56,440 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: but that's only for your eyes. The other thing, if 307 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: you use Google Photos, they've started to do what's called 308 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: I think it's memories or something, where at the top 309 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: of your Google Photos library they have one year ago today, 310 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 1: two years ago today, three years ago, and it just 311 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: flipping through those is really cool because you forget ten 312 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: years went by this fast. Oh my gosh, yeah, ten 313 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: years ago today, I was sitting at my desk doing 314 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: a podcast, just like right now. 315 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 2: My life hasn't changed. 316 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 1: Nothing's changed. This feature again, is called Manage Activity. I 317 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: could not find it on the Facebook app. It's going 318 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 1: to launch on mobile first. I could not find it 319 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: on the Facebook app on iOS or Android. I checked both, 320 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: so I don't know if it's launched yet or if 321 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: it's rolling out slowly. But if I can't find it, 322 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: you're not gonna be able to find it. So they 323 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: probably have not launched it and or they're doing a 324 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: really bad job of putting it out there. But from 325 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: what I understood, it was supposed to be available like 326 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: this week on Tuesday, I believe it was. So anyway, 327 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 1: look for Manage Activity if you want to just go 328 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: and clean up your Facebook posts from the past. 329 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:07,880 Speaker 3: I'm definitely downloading that. Okay, This next question comes from 330 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 3: Debbie thoughts and recommendations on UVC wands or other devices 331 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 3: to use for cleaning hotel rooms and other virus type 332 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 3: gunk looking forward to your response. I mean general germ 333 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 3: of vogue now in hyperdrive with gunky people resisting public courtesy. 334 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 1: Gonky people gunky love that. 335 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 2: I don't think I've ever heard that term. 336 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,640 Speaker 1: No, I just heard like a person. 337 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 2: Like I've heard grows, but not like gunky. 338 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, this is a great This is a great 339 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 1: preview of an upcoming story on KTLA because I've gotten 340 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 1: so many emails about these sanitizers. One thing I've noticed, 341 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: whoever is advertising on Facebook and Instagram represents a majority 342 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: of the questions that I get email to me. Remember 343 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: those copper keys. We did a story on the touch 344 00:17:58,920 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: free tools. 345 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, now it's an ad on Oh my gosh. 346 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 1: It's all over I know everywhere, It's everywhere, and so 347 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 1: we were way ahead of that. But the reason why 348 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: we were way ahead is because I've got this army 349 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: of folks out there that email me and they're asking 350 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 1: me the stuff. They're kind of like my folks on 351 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: the ground. You know, I live a very insulated life, right. 352 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 1: I don't watch TV. I don't watch anything. I don't 353 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: look at anything. I don't go anywhere. I don't talk 354 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 1: to anyone. I just live in my house by myself 355 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: and don't do anything. I'm in a bubble. And so 356 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: I have this army of folks on the ground that 357 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,919 Speaker 1: actually go out to places, and they actually look at ads, 358 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 1: and they actually watch things on Netflix, and they actually 359 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 1: see things. And so they're the ones that are telling 360 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 1: me what's happening in this world. And so you be, 361 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 1: sanitizers are clearly being advertised very heavily. And so I 362 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: did do research. I talked to an expert on uv 363 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:57,919 Speaker 1: UVC does work to kill stuff. Now, with that said, 364 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 1: what I gathered from my interview is that not all 365 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:04,120 Speaker 1: of these devices are made the same. Stay away from 366 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: the cheap ones. That's number one. Number two, you want 367 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 1: one that has a lot of lights inside around all 368 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:14,640 Speaker 1: edges of your gadget because that means it will get 369 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:18,120 Speaker 1: the maximum coverage area. These lights only work if they're 370 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:22,400 Speaker 1: one hundred percent like on the like if it can 371 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:25,439 Speaker 1: see the area, it doesn't work like if it it 372 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: doesn't work if there's a little shadow. It's not going 373 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: to get that virus or that bacteria or whatever. 374 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 3: Oh wow. 375 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,400 Speaker 1: So I tested three of these. Now when I say test, 376 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 1: I can't tell you whether they work. I'm not sitting 377 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: there going, oh, there's a staff a staff bug on 378 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 1: this phone and then I've zapped it and it's gone. 379 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:44,159 Speaker 1: I don't know about that. But I tested them and 380 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: seeing what they look like in the features they have, 381 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 1: and so I'll have those on KTLA. But the bottom 382 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 1: line is, if you're going to buy one of these things, 383 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,199 Speaker 1: which our UV guy that I interviewed actually said you 384 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: probably shouldn't, like, don't waste your money. He said that 385 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: seventy percent alcohol wipe is your best spat. So just 386 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: get those alcohol wipes if you can use them on 387 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 1: your phone, and that will clean it probably the best way. 388 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: The problem with that system is that it does wear 389 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: down the coating on your phone that resists fingerprints. And 390 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: so I noticed this with my phone. 391 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 2: Unless like, if you have a cover. 392 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:22,199 Speaker 1: Either one, if you have yeah, if you use just 393 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 1: you know, most people have a screen protector on their phone, 394 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:26,880 Speaker 1: and so on my iPhone, I did have a screen protector, 395 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 1: but I kept cleaning it almost like every other day. 396 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: And I noticed that the fingerprints got to a place 397 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:34,399 Speaker 1: where it was like it looked like an oil slick 398 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,239 Speaker 1: on my phone when I was using it, because it 399 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: was it just had no they call olifolick coating. It 400 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 1: was all. It was all burned off. So if I 401 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: would number one, have a screen protector. And if you 402 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: have a screen protector, you're probably fine because you're just 403 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 1: rubbing off the only phot whatever they however, they say 404 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: it coding on that protector. You could just get a 405 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 1: new one. So but if you're looking for one of 406 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,959 Speaker 1: these things, do not get the WAND. He says the 407 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 1: WAND is total bs. You're not going to be able 408 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 1: to wave it over at the perfect height end for 409 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,119 Speaker 1: long enough to kill anything. And if you get a box, 410 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: make sure that it is reflective inside and there's lights 411 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 1: on all the sides inside. So that's kind of like 412 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:17,679 Speaker 1: the main thing to do. And you have to you know, 413 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: some of these boxes, like the one from Phone Soap, 414 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 1: which is the most popular, that takes a ten minute 415 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,640 Speaker 1: bath in your phone. The other one I tested takes 416 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 1: thirty seconds, but only does one side at a time, 417 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: so you have to flip it over and then another 418 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: one takes I think three minutes. But it also charges 419 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: your phone, so that's kind of cool. 420 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 2: That's cool. 421 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: So, Megan, you will be shooting this story soon, so 422 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 1: you'll be able to see all these things and how 423 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:43,679 Speaker 1: they work. And your phone is never going to be 424 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 1: cleaner than right now. All right, So, if you use Gmail, 425 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 1: you might have noticed that there is now this meat 426 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 1: thing inside Gmail mee T, which is their answer to zoom. 427 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: And apparently a lot of people hate the fact that 428 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 1: this has shown up in their Gmail. Now have you 429 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: noticed this in your Gmail? At the bottom, let's see 430 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 1: it says start a meeting, Join a meeting. It's kind 431 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 1: of on the side bar where you have Oh yeah. 432 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,680 Speaker 2: I see that. Yeah, okay. 433 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: So a lot of people are super annoyed that that's there. 434 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: And this has happened before with a lot of features 435 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 1: that they add to Gmail. People get really mad that 436 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: anything changes. Well, now you can get rid of that. 437 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: So Google is listening to you. They're rolling out a 438 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: feature that you can disable the little meat thing, And 439 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 1: if you want to do it, you can go to 440 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: settings on your Gmail and then look for chat and 441 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,359 Speaker 1: meat and then you'll see the way to turn it off. 442 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: This is courtesy of TechSpot dot com. By the way, 443 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 1: I personally love Meat and I wish that more people 444 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: would use it because nobody wants to switch from Zoom 445 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,879 Speaker 1: now that everyone's on Zoom. So I think Meat is 446 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: really cool. I think Facebook Rooms is really cool, but 447 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 1: everyone's on Zoom and that's just the standard at this point. 448 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:03,400 Speaker 3: I think they think they're clearer than Zoom too, Like, Okay, 449 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 3: so what's your all time favorite? 450 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 2: Like, if you're gonna call someone, what are you what 451 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 2: are you using? 452 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 3: Uh? 453 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 1: Well, I'm using Zoom because that's what everyone's using. And 454 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 1: it's just everyone has it installed, everyone has it ready, 455 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 1: they have an account. And I did connect Zoom to 456 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: my calendar, which was kind of cool because I had 457 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 1: to schedule a Zoom appointment, and I thought it was 458 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: actually really great because it just put the Zoom link 459 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 1: right on my calendar and theirs, so all we had 460 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:29,639 Speaker 1: to do is go into the calendar and click it 461 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: and it was and that was pretty seamless. Now Google 462 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 1: Meet does the same thing, but again, it's one of 463 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: these things people just don't want to try. They just 464 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: got into Zoom, they don't want to try something new. 465 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: They're like, no, yeah, I'm good, and it's it's one 466 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 1: of those things when you say i'll zoom, you're with 467 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 1: no learning curve. Yes, we all know what we're doing. 468 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 2: There, so mm hmm. 469 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 3: Everyone knows what it is now. Basically, this next this 470 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 3: next question comes from Russell hi Rich. I hope this 471 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 3: email finds you and yours well. After a brief review 472 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 3: of the topics on your site, I am reaching out 473 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 3: to see if you may have previously done a piece 474 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 3: on VHS to digital converters. If you haven't done a piece, 475 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 3: is there a story or product out there that you recommend. 476 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 3: It may be a good project to convert old home 477 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 3: movies while I'm at home and currently have some time 478 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 3: on my hands. 479 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: Yes, do this. Do this quickly because your videotapes are 480 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 1: quickly aging and they are getting really bad. The quality 481 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,479 Speaker 1: on these things is going away. It's been since the 482 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,439 Speaker 1: nineties or the eighties. What one did video? Was it 483 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: eighties or nineties? I can't remember, but nineties. 484 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 2: I mean I had vhs is when I was growing up. 485 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: Okay, so nineties to now you're talking thirty years. So 486 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 1: these tapes, which are analog, those are degrading in a 487 00:24:55,720 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: big way, especially depending on It's not like digital where 488 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 1: it stays it's ones and zero's. This is analog, which 489 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 1: means the way that you the way that you stored 490 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:10,120 Speaker 1: it has an impact on how it is lasting. If 491 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 1: it was in a hot attic, you're gonna have a 492 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,400 Speaker 1: problem with some of these tapes. You know, you want 493 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:17,479 Speaker 1: to keep them in a cool place. I did a 494 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: story where I this is what I love about my 495 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 1: job is I love the fact that I can just 496 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 1: talk to experts on everything and they'll talk back to me. 497 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 1: You know, if you emailed like the top archive guy 498 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 1: at Warner Brothers, do you think you would email you back. No? 499 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: But yet I can go and I can email Warner 500 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,199 Speaker 1: Brothers and do a story and literally go into the 501 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: archives and learn how they archive their stuff, which is 502 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:41,640 Speaker 1: filmed and you know, cool dry place. Believe me, it's 503 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 1: it's all climate controlled and there fire controlled. It's pretty impressive. 504 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,719 Speaker 1: In fact, I was in there this year when they 505 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 1: were busy going through all the stuff for HBO Max. 506 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 1: So they were they were restoring a lot of those things. 507 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: You know, a lot of they said, a lot of 508 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:01,200 Speaker 1: the stuff they had already done because in various places 509 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,640 Speaker 1: they've you know. But anyway, I digress. So a couple 510 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 1: of things you need to do this. You need your 511 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 1: old tapes. You need your capture device, which i'll talk 512 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 1: about in a second. You need a computer and then 513 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: a place to store your digital files. And you also 514 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: need a VCR. And this might be the trickiest thing. 515 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: If you still have your old VCR you're doing really well, 516 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 1: or your old camcorder, but a lot of people with 517 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:24,399 Speaker 1: their VCR and cam quarter they might have gotten rid 518 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:27,479 Speaker 1: of them. And so good luck finding these on eBay 519 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: because people know that people are trying to use these 520 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 1: for this purpose, and so a lot of them are 521 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:35,639 Speaker 1: expensive or kind of they're just they look like they 522 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: don't really work very well. It was very hit or miss. 523 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 1: So I ended up sourcing these things from friends because 524 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: I could actually trust the source instead of buying these 525 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 1: on eBay. And so I got a video camera and 526 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,919 Speaker 1: a VCR, and then you need the capture software. So 527 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 1: there's two that I recommend. El Gato Video Capture for Mac. 528 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,880 Speaker 1: That's the one I tested. I used. It's great, and 529 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,439 Speaker 1: the PC equivalent is called the Roxio Easy VHS two 530 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 1: DVD for PC. Now with these, both of these, it's 531 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 1: a very slow process because you have to capture in 532 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 1: real time the videos and so you have to put 533 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 1: the video, you have to rewind the tape. If it's 534 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,919 Speaker 1: not rewound, you got to pop into the VCR, you 535 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: got to set up on your computer, you got to record, 536 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: and you got to wait for it to go. And 537 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 1: then at the end you want to trim the intro 538 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 1: in the outro because there might be some you know, 539 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 1: I don't know, blank parts on those. So it's a process, 540 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 1: and then you have to save it and then you 541 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,359 Speaker 1: have to upload it somewhere. So I've uploaded mine. A 542 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 1: lot of these I did myself. I uploaded them to 543 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 1: Google Photos, which is kind of cool because it looks 544 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,360 Speaker 1: for faces inside your videos. 545 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 2: That's so cool. I need to do this. 546 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: It's kind of neat. So if you're looking for pictures 547 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:46,880 Speaker 1: of like your grandparents and stuff like, they will show 548 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,120 Speaker 1: up in yes, which is it's really neat because back 549 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 1: in the day, I was talking about this with my 550 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:55,400 Speaker 1: wife last night. Nowadays, when you record your kids, you're 551 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: only doing a thirty second clip of them or maybe 552 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,880 Speaker 1: a minute. Back in the day, and I'm sure your 553 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 1: family was like this, Megan, your dad would walk around 554 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 1: the house with the camcorder for twenty minutes. Yeah, it 555 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:10,159 Speaker 1: was a reality show, right and say hi to everyone 556 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,440 Speaker 1: at the party, and you know the scene was watch 557 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 1: the cake being cut whatever. Nowadays it's just oh, they're 558 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: blown out the candles. Hold on, let me record that, 559 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 1: and that's it. It's a thirty second clip of blowing 560 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 1: out the candles. So it's very different and I don't 561 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: know which one's better. It's kind of it's weird to 562 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:28,439 Speaker 1: watch the old videos because a lot of them are 563 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 1: kind of boring because there's not many moments in them, 564 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 1: but whereas the new videos are all like just where 565 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: the action is right, like oh they're blown out the candles, 566 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: or they're opening presents, or they're you know, mixing a drink, 567 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 1: whatever it is, and like everyone. 568 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 3: Knows how to like film or take video or take 569 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 3: pictures nowadays. Like back then, you know, it was a 570 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 3: little one person the family would. 571 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 1: Do it right, and the one person who was like, 572 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 1: you got to check out my new camera I got. 573 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 1: This thing is so high tech. Oh it's so great. Yeah, 574 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 1: And everyone was like, WHOA, what'd you pay for that? Larry? 575 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 1: You'd be like, oh this was you know, and then 576 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,239 Speaker 1: it's like the tapes. Yeah, it's a whole big thing. 577 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:05,800 Speaker 1: So anyway, I've got the article on. I'll put the 578 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 1: article in the show notes. So it's called DIY transfer 579 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 1: your old home videos to digital. If you are concerned 580 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 1: that you don't feel like over are taking this project on, 581 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: there are a lot of places that will do this 582 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 1: for you. Costco is one of them. I would recommend 583 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: finding a local place. So in your area, just look 584 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 1: on Yelp and see you know VHS to DVD or well, 585 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: you don't want DVD, you want VHS to digital, you 586 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,880 Speaker 1: want a file. And here in Los Angeles there's a 587 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: lot of places that do this because there's just i mean, 588 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,440 Speaker 1: we live in a company town where it's entertainment oriented, 589 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:41,239 Speaker 1: so you can go to a lot of places. If 590 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 1: you live in a small town, maybe start a business 591 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 1: where you are doing this for people. If you have 592 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 1: spare time. I mean, you could make you know, charge 593 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:49,400 Speaker 1: people twenty bucks a tape or whatever, and you've got 594 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 1: a nice little business. It's a lot of like hands 595 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 1: on time. But if you can get a good little setup, 596 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 1: it's not a bad thing. It's not a business that's 597 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 1: going to last very long. 598 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 2: But I mean, oh yeah, that's true. Basically you're saying like, now, 599 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 2: like how much more time do we have for these tapes? 600 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 1: Some tapes that I've looked at are totally gone. I mean, 601 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 1: the the video quality was so bad that it's just 602 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: almost just scrambled, like that's what it looked like. So 603 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 1: and other tapes were fine. It just really depends on 604 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,720 Speaker 1: the tape, depends on the tape quality that you started with. 605 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: There's so many things that it depends on. And it's 606 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 1: just you don't want to wait much longer. Let's put 607 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 1: it that way. You want to start getting this done. 608 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: Let's see, by the way I sign up for Venmo, 609 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 1: do I tell you that? 610 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:36,240 Speaker 4: No? 611 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was a big Venmo holdout, and I finally, 612 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,720 Speaker 1: you know, I decided, I just I decided that I've 613 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 1: gone too long. So many people want to either, well 614 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 1: most people don't want to send me money. They want 615 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 1: to take my money. So it's like, oh, you owe this, 616 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: you know, you know, five bucks here, ten bucks there, 617 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: ten twenty bucks there. And I was so against Venmo 618 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,800 Speaker 1: for so long, and I realized that why am I 619 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 1: doing this to myself? Because it's so easy, and as 620 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:03,200 Speaker 1: much as I don't like some of the things that 621 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: Venmo does, it's just so easy. 622 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 2: And you know what's rid of the thing that bothered you? 623 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 1: So the thing that bothered there's a bunch. There's a 624 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 1: couple of things. I set my stuff to private so 625 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,280 Speaker 1: I don't see so people can't see what I'm paying for. 626 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:19,240 Speaker 1: But I love seeing what other people are paying for. 627 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 1: So it's kind of ironic that I liked scrolling through that, 628 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: But I think just the ease of sending and receiving 629 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 1: small amounts of money kind of outweighs the hatred I 630 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:33,880 Speaker 1: had for that company. So it wasn't hatred. It was 631 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 1: just I didn't like the way they did things. And 632 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,440 Speaker 1: so but I'm fine with it. I connected, you know, 633 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 1: my account, and it's anyway. So the first person that 634 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 1: I did a couple of things I needed to do 635 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 1: on there. But then yesterday it was someone's birthday that 636 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 1: I work with on the radio, Alex Rozzo. Happy birthday, Alex, 637 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 1: and so I was like, hey, Alex, I'm like, let 638 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:54,880 Speaker 1: me buy you a drink, let me send you you know, 639 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: give me your Venmo and I'll send you some money 640 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: and she's like, oh, I don't use Venmo. I'm like, 641 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 1: what the one person that I want to finally. 642 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:05,440 Speaker 3: BUILDO and it's not worth it. 643 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 1: And she was like, oh, I'm not on there. I'm 644 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 1: like how. And she's young, by the way, I'm like, 645 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 1: how are you not on there? So I thought that 646 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 1: was kind of funny, So maybe she'll I think it 647 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 1: would have been better if she would have signed up 648 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,440 Speaker 1: right away, Like she's like, oh, you'll buy me a drink? Sure, 649 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 1: let me sign up, send me money, I get, I'll 650 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: get Vemo. But so many people are on there that 651 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 1: it's it's one of those things you just can't avoid. 652 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 1: And so I'm on there now and feel free to 653 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,840 Speaker 1: send me money, all right. 654 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 2: I'll send you five. 655 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 1: Right now, thank you? All right. So, if you use Alexa, 656 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,280 Speaker 1: there's a new feature that lets you drop in on 657 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:43,760 Speaker 1: your other devices. That's been around for a while. The 658 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 1: new feature is that you can drop in on all 659 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,200 Speaker 1: of your devices at the same time. This is kind 660 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 1: of equivalent to the old school PA system in a house. 661 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,360 Speaker 1: If you does your house you you live in like 662 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: one of those classic houses, does it have one of 663 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 1: those like intercom systems? 664 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 2: We do We don't use it, but we haven't. 665 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 1: Nobody use it. Yeah, but they used to be like 666 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,960 Speaker 1: the coolest thing back in like the you know, the 667 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 1: early sixties, seventies, whatever it was when these things came out. 668 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:10,760 Speaker 1: It's like, oh, we got an intercom system, We're so cool. 669 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 1: I remember my house in New Jersey growing up had it, 670 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:16,920 Speaker 1: and when we moved there, and I thought it was 671 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,680 Speaker 1: the coolest thing you could ever imagine. It was so tough. 672 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 1: Nobody ever used it, but I used to. It was, 673 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:24,960 Speaker 1: you know, it was outside by the doorbell, and so 674 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,840 Speaker 1: every time someone would come to the door, I'd run 675 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,520 Speaker 1: to the intercom and be like, who is it? Oh? Yeah, 676 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 1: and they'd like and my parents would like just open 677 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,080 Speaker 1: the door, like it's you know, noa. 678 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,000 Speaker 2: Hey, it's good for security. 679 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: Yeah. And now, of course we have Ring, which is 680 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 1: the same thing. It's it's a high tech equivalent, but 681 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 1: it's not built into your wall. So the Amazon Alexa 682 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,120 Speaker 1: devices now let you do this, so you can drop 683 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:49,760 Speaker 1: in on all of your rooms. So let's say you 684 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 1: had an Alexa in every room, or an Echo whatever 685 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:53,800 Speaker 1: they call it. You can drop in and be like, 686 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:57,120 Speaker 1: you know, from your phone, dinner's ready, come on downstairs. Now, 687 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,440 Speaker 1: my house is so small, it doesn't I don't need that. 688 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:03,000 Speaker 1: But in your palatial mansion, you would probably use this 689 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 1: because it would go to all including like the pool house, 690 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:12,279 Speaker 1: the guest house, the spare bedroom, the it would just go. 691 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 1: You would be able to get. 692 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,680 Speaker 2: Everyone together, theo. 693 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:24,439 Speaker 1: Yes, the workout room, the wine cellar, yeah, the bar room, yes, 694 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:29,880 Speaker 1: the barroom, the secondary. Trying to think of what we 695 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 1: looked at this house in uh West LA. That was 696 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,640 Speaker 1: it was just unbelievable. And the room, the amount of 697 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 1: rooms that they had in this house, every room that 698 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:42,439 Speaker 1: we just mentioned plus more. And it was indoor pool, 699 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,600 Speaker 1: I mean it was. It was unbelievable. I mean, palace, 700 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:47,600 Speaker 1: It's just crazy. And I love that you can just 701 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,240 Speaker 1: look at those and you know, like clearly I can't 702 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 1: you know, elevator, you know, like I can't afford to 703 00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 1: buy that, but yet they'll just let me in to 704 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:57,000 Speaker 1: like look at this place. But you got to dream sometimes, 705 00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:59,880 Speaker 1: all right. So that's the thing. So if you want to, 706 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:02,239 Speaker 1: it's called they call it a drop in. But now 707 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 1: you can drop in on all devices. And by the way, 708 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:08,560 Speaker 1: if you have Google Home devices, they do the same thing. 709 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,400 Speaker 1: It's called broadcast, and many people don't realize this, but 710 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:13,680 Speaker 1: you can do it right from Google Assistant on your phone. 711 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,920 Speaker 1: You can just say broadcast. I think you could say 712 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,200 Speaker 1: I forgot to like sit, how you exactly say it 713 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:22,880 Speaker 1: the command, but it's like broadcast. You know this and 714 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:24,840 Speaker 1: you know whatever you say it will be broadcast to 715 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,080 Speaker 1: all your devices. So you can say, hey, I'm coming 716 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,120 Speaker 1: home now, I'm leaving work. I'll be home in twenty minutes, 717 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:30,880 Speaker 1: and you can broadcast that to all your devices. I 718 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,520 Speaker 1: did that exactly once to my family and they all 719 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:35,080 Speaker 1: were freaked out because all of a sudden they just 720 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:36,879 Speaker 1: hear my voice and all the speakers in the house, 721 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,319 Speaker 1: And yeah, I think that. 722 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,160 Speaker 2: Would be kind. You're like, WHOA, where'd. 723 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:46,800 Speaker 3: That come from? Okay, this next question comes from Lean. 724 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,000 Speaker 3: I would like to know if you have a preference 725 00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:53,840 Speaker 3: to a webcam. I recently purchased a forty inch Samsung 726 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:56,320 Speaker 3: Smart TV. I would like to be able to watch 727 00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:00,399 Speaker 3: Zoom with my friends on the television, and I know 728 00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:02,560 Speaker 3: I have to have a webcam for that. 729 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:06,000 Speaker 2: Which one would you recommend? Thank you so very much. 730 00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:09,160 Speaker 1: Did you say Lean? I think it's Leanne. 731 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:14,640 Speaker 2: That's Leanne. I thought well with an E at the end. 732 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,000 Speaker 1: Well, she doesn't have an E, but it's still like 733 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:18,640 Speaker 1: it's like Leanne, like. 734 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,080 Speaker 2: Lean I have never seen that name. 735 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:24,520 Speaker 3: I know Leanne's name, but I I yeah, okay, Leanne. 736 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,400 Speaker 1: I'm all for unique names. I just think it's a 737 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,279 Speaker 1: unique spelling. Some people, you know, people get a notification? 738 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:31,640 Speaker 1: What's that? 739 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:33,680 Speaker 2: Did you get a notification for anything? 740 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,480 Speaker 1: Uh? Oh? You paid me a dollar? 741 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:40,520 Speaker 2: Yeah? 742 00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:42,640 Speaker 1: How did you find me on there? That's so weird. 743 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:44,839 Speaker 2: I thought you had to, like, you're under your name, 744 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:48,240 Speaker 2: you have an icon. 745 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:52,040 Speaker 1: Oh that's so interesting. Yeah, I just got a dollar 746 00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:53,719 Speaker 1: for Megan. Thank you. You have to. 747 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,240 Speaker 2: Put in your like last four digits of your Social 748 00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:57,120 Speaker 2: Security number. 749 00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:59,719 Speaker 1: Oh, perfect, to confirm that you knew who I was. 750 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:01,880 Speaker 2: Yeah. 751 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,080 Speaker 1: I love looking at the little list of what people 752 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:06,120 Speaker 1: pay for. Now I want to I want to build 753 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:07,759 Speaker 1: up the amount of people I'm friends with on there, 754 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 1: just so I can see what they're all paying for, 755 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:13,640 Speaker 1: because it's really funny. I'll refund you the dollar at 756 00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,520 Speaker 1: some point. Maybe I'll just keep it in there. So 757 00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:20,480 Speaker 1: let's see what the question was. Webcam for her forty 758 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:23,560 Speaker 1: inch Samsung TV and she wants to zoom, so I'm 759 00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:25,560 Speaker 1: a little concerned with this question because it sounds like 760 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,520 Speaker 1: she wants to zoom on her TV, which, as far 761 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:30,480 Speaker 1: as I know, is not possible, and as far as 762 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,160 Speaker 1: I know, I think is the dumbest thing in the world, 763 00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:37,080 Speaker 1: because why are we in the in the year twenty 764 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:40,239 Speaker 1: twenty and there is no webcam that attaches to your 765 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:40,880 Speaker 1: TV or. 766 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:41,480 Speaker 2: Are built in? 767 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,080 Speaker 1: Well, okay, now, built I'm all about built in. But 768 00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:47,279 Speaker 1: here's the problem. There are a lot of people that 769 00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:52,040 Speaker 1: are concerned about privacy, and so I think that TV 770 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,760 Speaker 1: manufacturers would love to have a camera in the TV, 771 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:57,799 Speaker 1: and it makes a lot of sense. But and I 772 00:37:57,920 --> 00:37:59,000 Speaker 1: kind of get this, like. 773 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:00,520 Speaker 2: Do you really want to be ohones? 774 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,880 Speaker 1: And I know exactly, I know you're preaching to the 775 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:07,160 Speaker 1: choir here. And I think if they put a little 776 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:09,160 Speaker 1: shutter on it where you can slide it like a 777 00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:12,279 Speaker 1: physical slide it open, slide it closed, I think that 778 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:15,080 Speaker 1: would be enough for most people. Now there's also the 779 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:18,759 Speaker 1: idea of the microphone on your TV, but a lot 780 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:21,799 Speaker 1: of smart TVs have a microphone in the remote or 781 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:25,239 Speaker 1: on the TV itself, And so I mean, we're almost there, 782 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,359 Speaker 1: And if it's really a privacy thing, I think that 783 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,160 Speaker 1: the benefits outweigh the privacy concerns. But that's just me. 784 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,239 Speaker 1: But even okay, even if you don't want to built in, 785 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:34,920 Speaker 1: I get that. I'm totally fine with not having it 786 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:38,279 Speaker 1: built in, But give me an option to plug a 787 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:41,560 Speaker 1: webcam into the USB port or even the HDMI port 788 00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:45,240 Speaker 1: on the back of my TV and boom, I'm on Zoom, 789 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:48,839 Speaker 1: I'm on Facebook, I'm on Google, Meet, whatever it is. 790 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:50,799 Speaker 1: I want to be able to do that, and I'm 791 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:54,520 Speaker 1: so disappointed that we don't have this feature, especially with 792 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:57,759 Speaker 1: the current state of the pandemic affairs. I know a 793 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:01,239 Speaker 1: lot of people have been airplaying there their phone or 794 00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:04,080 Speaker 1: their iPad or whatever to your TV. It's not the same, 795 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:05,719 Speaker 1: I think. I just I just want to be able 796 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,560 Speaker 1: to sit in front of my TV and video chat. 797 00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:10,000 Speaker 1: The other problem with most people video chatting is they're 798 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:11,960 Speaker 1: holding their phone. And I don't know about you, but 799 00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:15,399 Speaker 1: that makes me so like I can't my brain can't 800 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:18,440 Speaker 1: process all the movement. I actually thought of giving up 801 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:21,080 Speaker 1: everything in life right now to just start a company 802 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,160 Speaker 1: that makes of these cameras and what you. But here 803 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:27,400 Speaker 1: is the trick that you would really need to get 804 00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:30,160 Speaker 1: for this to work. This could not be a camera 805 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:34,480 Speaker 1: that simply plugs into HDMI on your TV. The problem 806 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,080 Speaker 1: with that is you know your parents. I know my parents. 807 00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:40,960 Speaker 1: They're not gonna switch inputs every time they want to 808 00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:44,279 Speaker 1: web chat, right or video chat. You want to have 809 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:49,760 Speaker 1: it integrated into the Roku TV or into the whatever, 810 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:53,560 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. M m m hm, like 811 00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:56,319 Speaker 1: that that makes sense, Like you need to have this 812 00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,200 Speaker 1: camera work with fire TV, it has to work with Roku, 813 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:01,600 Speaker 1: it has to work with Apple TV, and I'm just 814 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:04,799 Speaker 1: not sure those platforms would allow this sort of thing 815 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:08,200 Speaker 1: to happen, and they should. So whoever wants to own that, 816 00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,560 Speaker 1: go ahead, start it up. I'm giving you the idea 817 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:11,000 Speaker 1: for free. 818 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:11,839 Speaker 2: You should do it. 819 00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:14,839 Speaker 1: I would love to do it, but the I have 820 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:16,360 Speaker 1: no idea how to do anything technical. 821 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:18,000 Speaker 2: Oh but like. 822 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,160 Speaker 4: You have the idea or also it's like you just 823 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,719 Speaker 4: get the app for that on your TV, Like I 824 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:25,080 Speaker 4: could just download it to my Roku and that's clip 825 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:28,440 Speaker 4: the camera onto my TV or something like. 826 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:30,280 Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. 827 00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:32,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's a really good idea. 828 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:36,480 Speaker 4: It's brilliant, especially now like we're realizing all the things. 829 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:38,759 Speaker 3: Like Okay, like I'd like to be able to do that. 830 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:41,840 Speaker 3: You know, I don't want to FaceTime on my phone. 831 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:45,360 Speaker 3: It's too small, like it's really it's wild. 832 00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:49,680 Speaker 1: I agree, I agree, all right, so we're gonna, uh, 833 00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:52,800 Speaker 1: we're gonna work on that startup. But I then, now, okay, 834 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:54,759 Speaker 1: I know there's gonna be some people listening that are 835 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,640 Speaker 1: gonna be sitting there screaming at their podcast being like rich, 836 00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:00,760 Speaker 1: don't you know that Facebook has the Facebook Portal TV? 837 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:03,719 Speaker 1: And yes, Facebook does have a device that sits on 838 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,040 Speaker 1: top of your TV. But guess what. It turns out 839 00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:10,279 Speaker 1: that nobody trusts Facebook with their communications when it comes 840 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:13,680 Speaker 1: to video chatting. So that's why they that device has 841 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,120 Speaker 1: not taken off. And I think that's a great device, 842 00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:19,760 Speaker 1: and I'm kidding about the trusting Facebook, but the reality 843 00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:23,520 Speaker 1: is this, that's a device that requires you to switch 844 00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:26,759 Speaker 1: inputs on your TV. Nobody wants to switch inputs on 845 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,719 Speaker 1: their TV. That's the bottom line. That's why everyone is 846 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:33,279 Speaker 1: ditching cable and going with the streaming apps because they 847 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:36,440 Speaker 1: want everything to work through their firestick or through their 848 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,840 Speaker 1: Roku and they don't want to deal with you know, oh, 849 00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:43,160 Speaker 1: HDMI one is my fire is where I can watch Netflix, 850 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,919 Speaker 1: and HDMI two is my cable box and HGMI three 851 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:48,520 Speaker 1: nobody wants to deal with that. So that's why you 852 00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:52,000 Speaker 1: need to make this thing successful by working with these platforms. 853 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,399 Speaker 1: All right, good question, Megan. So I guess I didn't 854 00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:57,080 Speaker 1: really give an answer to Leanne. 855 00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:00,520 Speaker 2: You're like, no web cam. 856 00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:05,040 Speaker 1: Okay, here is really now. I love solving problems, and 857 00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:07,960 Speaker 1: I love when apps solve problems. And this is a 858 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:12,040 Speaker 1: new app called pod Hero. And this tell me if 859 00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:13,680 Speaker 1: you think this is brilliant or not. So the big 860 00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:18,040 Speaker 1: problem with podcasts is that people love them, but podcasters 861 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:20,160 Speaker 1: ninety nine percent of them are like not making any 862 00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,800 Speaker 1: money off their podcasts. They have a good little audience, 863 00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,120 Speaker 1: but if you want to try to sell ads, you 864 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:28,359 Speaker 1: need a certain amount of listeners. And by the way, 865 00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:30,759 Speaker 1: it takes a whole team to sell those ads. And 866 00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:32,879 Speaker 1: how are you going to talk to HelloFresh or these 867 00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:34,880 Speaker 1: big companies, Like, You're just not gonna, you know, be 868 00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,000 Speaker 1: able to do that on your own if you're also 869 00:42:37,080 --> 00:42:39,040 Speaker 1: trying to do a million other things as an entrepreneur. 870 00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:44,319 Speaker 1: So that's tough. There's no real subscription for apps. They 871 00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:47,000 Speaker 1: tried one app that luminary. I think it was called 872 00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:50,840 Speaker 1: but that failed. So what do you do? Well? This app, 873 00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:53,719 Speaker 1: I think is pretty brilliant. It's called pod Hero and 874 00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:56,640 Speaker 1: it's an app. It's a podcasting app. You pay six 875 00:42:56,719 --> 00:42:59,480 Speaker 1: dollars a month for the app, and they take that 876 00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:03,080 Speaker 1: subscription and they divide up the subscription by the shows 877 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:07,640 Speaker 1: that you subscribe to. So let's say you subscribe to 878 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:10,839 Speaker 1: two shows they give it's really five bucks a month 879 00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:12,879 Speaker 1: because they take a dollar for their kind of cut, 880 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,800 Speaker 1: you know, I mean providing the service that's totally legit. 881 00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:17,879 Speaker 1: So let's say it's five dollars a month. So let's 882 00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,239 Speaker 1: say they give me two fifty and they give what's 883 00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:22,359 Speaker 1: the podcast you listen to, the Girl Squad or. 884 00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:28,440 Speaker 3: Something, oh the scrubbing in podcasts or whatever. 885 00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:30,120 Speaker 1: So they give them to fifty. 886 00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,520 Speaker 5: And they give me two fifty fifty though they probably 887 00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:34,160 Speaker 5: have a lot of real ads. 888 00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:36,279 Speaker 2: But yes, I totally hear what you're saying. 889 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:38,480 Speaker 1: Like, so me and beck A Tilly get to split 890 00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:42,279 Speaker 1: the money. So I but isn't that an interesting way 891 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:44,640 Speaker 1: of attacking this problem? I mean it it's yeah. And 892 00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:47,239 Speaker 1: here's the other thing. It doesn't the podcasters don't have 893 00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:49,839 Speaker 1: to sign up. It just looks at the podcast you do. 894 00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:51,719 Speaker 1: It reaches out to those podcasts and say, hey, we 895 00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:54,080 Speaker 1: have ten thousand people that listen to you, and they're 896 00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:56,640 Speaker 1: paying here's your you know, fifty bucks for the month 897 00:43:56,680 --> 00:43:59,200 Speaker 1: or whatever it is. I think it's really cool. I 898 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:00,920 Speaker 1: don't know if it's going to take off, but this 899 00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:05,359 Speaker 1: is something that Apple should really look into. There's this 900 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:09,359 Speaker 1: whole idea of podcasts should be able to monetize, and 901 00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:12,280 Speaker 1: they're having a lot of trouble because there are ways 902 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,279 Speaker 1: to do it. And yes, the big podcasts, I'm not 903 00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:16,440 Speaker 1: crying for you. I'm talking about smaller podcasts and not 904 00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:19,319 Speaker 1: even this one because this is a KTLA podcast, so 905 00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:21,759 Speaker 1: it's not like I personally need to make money off 906 00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:25,120 Speaker 1: this podcast. But if I was my own person doing this, 907 00:44:25,239 --> 00:44:27,799 Speaker 1: it would be really I would look into ways of 908 00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:30,080 Speaker 1: monetizing it. And I'm not going to sell ads because 909 00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:32,759 Speaker 1: it's a scene, but something like this seems really cool 910 00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:35,440 Speaker 1: and you push your followers to use this as their 911 00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:38,480 Speaker 1: podcast app, and I think that's another problem because people 912 00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:41,080 Speaker 1: kind of get comfortable with their app. They use Apple podcasts. 913 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:44,080 Speaker 1: Let's be honest, that's probably the most popular way people listen. 914 00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:47,399 Speaker 1: So Apple needs to figure something out here. 915 00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:51,440 Speaker 5: And podcasts are like free, so you're asking people to 916 00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:56,520 Speaker 5: like pay and obviously I totally get why. But it's 917 00:44:56,520 --> 00:44:58,359 Speaker 5: hard to get people to pay for something they could 918 00:44:58,360 --> 00:44:59,000 Speaker 5: get for free. 919 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,040 Speaker 1: I agree with that, and I think that that's a 920 00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:04,680 Speaker 1: big problem. But I also think there's a very big 921 00:45:04,719 --> 00:45:07,399 Speaker 1: subset of people. Now you've said something interesting. You said 922 00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:09,440 Speaker 1: they don't need the money to like the Becca whatever 923 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:12,759 Speaker 1: that podcast is scrubbing in. That's an iHeart say that. 924 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,719 Speaker 2: But yeah, yeah, like it's an iHeart podcast. 925 00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:19,239 Speaker 1: It's a big podcast, so they don't need the money. 926 00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,600 Speaker 1: You're right, now, could they always use more money? Sure? 927 00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:24,759 Speaker 1: But you're right, it's a big, well funded podcast. But 928 00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:29,040 Speaker 1: there are many podcasts out there that I personally I 929 00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:33,279 Speaker 1: would think about supporting this way. I mean, I think 930 00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:34,839 Speaker 1: the other problem is that you don't want to get 931 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:36,479 Speaker 1: into this world. And I think this is what pod 932 00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:38,960 Speaker 1: hero kind of figured out. Let's say I ask for 933 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:40,799 Speaker 1: a dollar a month to support Let's say I did 934 00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:42,479 Speaker 1: this podcast on my own and I was like, Hey, 935 00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:44,719 Speaker 1: a dollar a month you go, or ten dollars for 936 00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:46,600 Speaker 1: the year. No big deal, right, I mean ten You 937 00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:50,040 Speaker 1: just sent me a dollar on venmo without even prompting. Right. 938 00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:55,200 Speaker 1: The problem is do that times the fifty creators that 939 00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:59,560 Speaker 1: you listen to, and now it becomes way more extensive. Right. 940 00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:02,759 Speaker 1: And Netflix, by the way, is like nine dollars a 941 00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:05,560 Speaker 1: month and you're getting a ton of stuff. So this 942 00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:07,400 Speaker 1: is the problem that I think a lot of people 943 00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:10,200 Speaker 1: run into when it comes to monetizing, is that there's 944 00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:13,600 Speaker 1: no easy way when it comes to when you support 945 00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:16,120 Speaker 1: a lot of independent creators. And I think that's what 946 00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:20,240 Speaker 1: these companies and technology will someday figure out. Let's hope 947 00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:23,640 Speaker 1: sooner than later. Can you believe it? Megan that is 948 00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:27,680 Speaker 1: going to do it for this show. That's it finished. 949 00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:30,240 Speaker 1: If you want to submit a question for me to answer, 950 00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:32,320 Speaker 1: you can go to my website. It is rich on 951 00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:35,960 Speaker 1: Tech dot tv. You can hit the email button at 952 00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:38,360 Speaker 1: the bottom of the page that will send your email 953 00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:40,719 Speaker 1: right to me. We'd also love it if you would 954 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:44,040 Speaker 1: rate and review the podcast to help other people discover it. 955 00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:47,719 Speaker 1: We actually went over our free quota on this website 956 00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:49,680 Speaker 1: last month, so that was good news. I guess a 957 00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:52,520 Speaker 1: lot of you went there and rated it. Rate this 958 00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:57,279 Speaker 1: podcast dot com slash rich on tech chas in Tech's 959 00:46:57,520 --> 00:47:00,480 Speaker 1: was one of the last persons to rate this Meghan, 960 00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:01,239 Speaker 1: what did he say? 961 00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:02,960 Speaker 2: He said, Rich. 962 00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:05,759 Speaker 3: Helps me keep up, keeps me up to date on 963 00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:09,120 Speaker 3: the latest technology, and helps me when I have tech problems. 964 00:47:09,719 --> 00:47:12,360 Speaker 1: Very good. He only gave us four stars, though, I 965 00:47:12,360 --> 00:47:15,839 Speaker 1: guess he likes he likes the show, but with reservations. 966 00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:18,280 Speaker 1: He was like, oh fine, I'll I guess I'll do this. 967 00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:21,640 Speaker 1: Producer Megan, where can folks find you on social media? 968 00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:25,960 Speaker 3: I am at producer Megan on Twitter, and you. 969 00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:28,520 Speaker 1: Can find me at Rich on Tech on all platforms, 970 00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:33,319 Speaker 1: including including Venmo. You can. Yeah, so I love that 971 00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:35,360 Speaker 1: the idea that someone could just randomly send me like 972 00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:39,560 Speaker 1: one hundred bucks on Venmo, Like, isn't that weird? Can 973 00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:41,920 Speaker 1: you send anyone money even if you don't know them? 974 00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:42,600 Speaker 3: Yeah? 975 00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:44,080 Speaker 1: All right, that's going to do it for us. I'm 976 00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:46,600 Speaker 1: Rich dmiro on behalf of everyone that gets this show 977 00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:48,680 Speaker 1: to your ears. Thanks so much for listening. We'll talk 978 00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:49,640 Speaker 1: to you real soon.