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Visit audible dot com, slash I 27 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: heart or text I Heeart to five hundred, five hundred. 28 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: I'm being recognized as a source of information source and 29 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: my next guest is truly an information source. Um for 30 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 1: more than a decade as an engineer at Lockkeeed Martin, 31 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 1: right there, you know they're not hiring there. They're just 32 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,479 Speaker 1: not hiring anybody Lockkeeed Martin. Before embarking on a career 33 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: field with entertainment and tech talk, she decided to combine 34 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: her background and technology with her love of entertainment to 35 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: become a tech lifestyle expert. You have seen her own 36 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: such shows as Harry Carnick Jr. Good Morning to America, 37 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,559 Speaker 1: News one with my Man Rolling Martin, and now She's 38 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: on My Show please again, because she was on my 39 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: show in twin seven to please Welcome to Money Making Conversations. 40 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: Stephanie Humphrey, Hello, how are you happening? It's been like 41 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: eighteen month. I looked, I looked at my records. I went, 42 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: I had you only in November of twenty seventeen. Now 43 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: we can't do that now. I think I distinctly say 44 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: in our conversation, I liked you, you said you like me, 45 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: you said we're gonna come to my shoreline, and we 46 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: got a year and five four months. I don't know 47 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:32,959 Speaker 1: how it happened. We didn't happen no more. I'm just 48 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: I'm not taking the blame for that. Put it on you. Now. 49 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: You know you're texting because if you take that mean 50 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: you are to contact people. You know, you got all 51 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: that you on you. But but but the great thing 52 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,519 Speaker 1: about it is that you're back on my show. And 53 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 1: and it's important that you know. I was looking to 54 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: this show, uh Spider Sight, a web show, Girls and 55 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: Spider web show, and it was a movie last night, 56 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: and it was about this girl tattoos spide get that 57 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: do it with him, and so it was all about tech. 58 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: You know. She she was turning on cars, she was 59 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: turning on she was controlling, uh, she was controlling cameras 60 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,519 Speaker 1: when she walked in a room. And so I said, 61 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: this is perfect prep for my interview with Stephanie the 62 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: day because this is high tech maxed out. I mean, 63 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: she was stealing Lamborghinis. You know, she's she knew how 64 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: to program stuff. She's a hack hacker and very talented hackers. 65 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: So when I when I when I talked to you 66 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: about tech, what level of tech are you talking about? 67 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: When I bring you on my show? I focused mainly 68 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: on consumer technology, so the stuff that most people care about. 69 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: You know, there are a lot of different areas that 70 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: you could focus on. There's the whole looking valley with 71 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: startups and who got funding and what series AY and 72 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: Series B. There's there's you know, um hardcore research topics 73 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: in AI and um you know things like that. But 74 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: I like to focus on the things that point nine 75 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: percent of the population actually cares about. You know, what 76 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: phone should I get? What apps should I download to 77 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: save some money or save some time or be more 78 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: productive during my day? What can I do with my 79 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: social media to not get fired? Or how can I 80 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: have a conversation with my children so that they don't 81 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: get jammed up on Instagram. You know what I mean? 82 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 1: Just those those those real world, everyday things, because you know, 83 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: technology is everywhere we look, It's infused into all of 84 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: our daily lives. It changes constantly. So I try to 85 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: be the person that keeps up with it so that 86 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: you don't have to. Well, you do a fantastic job 87 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 1: of it. First of all, let's saith. The reason I 88 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: excited me about bringing on the show the first time 89 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: was a similar path. You know, I worked at IBM. 90 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 1: Then I woke up one day and I want you 91 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: to know something. I want to go tell jokes. I 92 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: want to be a comedian. I want to do something else. 93 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 1: But it was a lot of fear tied to that. 94 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: You know, the same thing with you. You've been a 95 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: lockey engineer or okay, you know that's that's the career 96 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: Lockkeeed an engineered lock Keeed. That's where you want to be. 97 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: You know, that's where you want to be. And so 98 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: how did you And just listen for my listeners and 99 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: people who are viewing us on money on Facebook? What what? What? 100 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: What enabled you to make that decision that I was 101 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,799 Speaker 1: ready that you were ready God, because I wasn't ready, 102 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 1: but God was ready. Uh So when when when he called, 103 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 1: I answered, and I did have a plan. So when 104 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 1: when I made the decision that you know what, this 105 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: this is not for me. I want to go out 106 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 1: here and try to do this other thing, I did 107 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: come up with a plan, and it took me. It 108 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: took me about two years to actually leave, from the 109 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: time I decided to leave to actually walking out the 110 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: door for good. It took like two years because there 111 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: was a plan that I had in place where I 112 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: wanted to, uh, you know, rearrange my financial situation, save 113 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 1: some money, you know, that whole thing, get some more 114 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: of those outside gigs under my belt and regular clients. 115 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: So I knew I would be moving into a situation 116 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: where I already had work lined up. So you know, 117 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: that whole process took two years. And but once it 118 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: was done, you know, it was like, all right, well 119 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 1: I've I've met all the targets that I've said, so 120 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 1: now it's time to go. And it still was not 121 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: without a ton of fear. You know that that day, 122 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: um that that was my last day. You know, it 123 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: was just like it was, It was very anxiety written 124 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: and and and scary, but you know, at some point 125 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: you really do have Today say it as cliche, but 126 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,239 Speaker 1: you really do just have to step out on faith, 127 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:39,039 Speaker 1: you really do. I remember when I resigned from my BM, 128 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 1: I did a year in advance, so because it's it's 129 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 1: if you're gonna try to do it right, and you 130 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 1: got to, like you said, there is faith, but there's 131 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: also a plant tied to the faith. Absolutely absolutely, that's 132 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:51,919 Speaker 1: the one year, and yours situated was two years, you know. 133 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: So so I felt my my exit was a little 134 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 1: bit quicker to yours because I felt that, hey, I'm 135 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: gonna book up these comedy dates and I'm gonna go 136 00:06:57,880 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: out there and just start telling these jokes. And that's 137 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: what I d I just book with a series of 138 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: jo I had a manager at the time, and then 139 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, when I resigned, and all a suden, 140 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: he decided he was gonna stop managing me. So I 141 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: was so again again, you just never know, there's nothing guaranteed. 142 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: At least A pretty much that was a guaranteed check, 143 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: and IBM, that was a guaranteed check. And that's why 144 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: I wanted people to hear that before we started getting 145 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: into the tech talk about decisions, decision that you make, 146 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: and people are sitting on the they're sitting on the 147 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: fence right now. I don't like this job. And I'm 148 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: not saying I loved IBM, you know, and I'm sure 149 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: you enjoyed working in Key, but that just wasn't you. 150 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: It just wasn't me. And I and I saw or 151 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: or he showed me what else there was out there, 152 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: how I could make a bigger impact, help more people. 153 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: And it's like, once you see it, you can't. It's 154 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: like like the matrix, like once you take the red 155 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: till you know what I mean, you can't. You can't 156 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: go back to being you know, in the dark and 157 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: and and ignorant about things. So it's like once I 158 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: saw it, it was like, Okay, this is what I 159 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: gotta do. So let's just let's go. Let's go and 160 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: do it. Well, I'm on I'm on the phone with 161 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: the family grad. She's a family family. Yeah, ALLOK, at 162 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: him to get a roller, getting a rolling? Every All good, 163 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: we''ll be back when our next break. We're gonna find 164 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: out about this tech talk. Because I got a new phone. 165 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: I'm not happy with my new phone. And I'm trying 166 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: to find a buy. Bought the rife phone, but it 167 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: guess what I need my phone. I've discovered that it's 168 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 1: changed my life since I've turned in my old phone. 169 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: And I won't tell you how to flip phone. A 170 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: couple of years ago, I was hanging in here. I 171 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: was hanging in there. We're back. It's definitely Humphrey money 172 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,559 Speaker 1: making conversation. She's tech talk, tech talk, big time. Rashan 173 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 1: McDonald speaking to you this ra Sean McDonald. You're listening 174 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: to money making conversation. I got it back after a 175 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: year of you know, just staying away from Rashan. You know, 176 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: you know, you know, you get people early in their career, 177 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: you know, and you help them launch their brain. I'm 178 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 1: to launch their brain. Then they blow up and then 179 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: you can't get them back on the phone. Well I 180 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: got it back on the phone. She's one of the 181 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: top tech talkers in the country. Stephanitiely Humphrey. I you know, 182 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 1: I'm just I'm just playing with you, still being hard 183 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: against the book because you you know, you're you're fantastic, 184 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: and you're you're taking the time to come back on 185 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: my show. I got a problem. Um. First of all, 186 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: going to uh, you know, one of the cell phone store, 187 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: a fair popular selfone store, and I noticed they still 188 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,079 Speaker 1: have flip phones. Who's using flip phones? They're making flip 189 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: bolles are making a comeback. Actually, the Motorola Razor, I 190 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: don't want know if you remember the razor had my razor, 191 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 1: like three different razors. I love that. That was the 192 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 1: first sexy phone. Now the Razor, man, it was it 193 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:36,439 Speaker 1: was real nice, It was real sleek, and you know, 194 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: just like aesthetically it was just a nice looking phone. Um, 195 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: but they're bringing that back. I heard though that it 196 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: was going to cost like fifteen hundred dollars and I said, well, 197 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 1: now I ain't paying I mean, although I do, although 198 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: I'm talking to you on the iPhone tip. Uh see 199 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: how the doe were. Flip phones just seems a bit 200 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: high and and and and and if they if they 201 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 1: can do it to where they can incorporate all of 202 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: the features that you love about your smartphone into the 203 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: razor with a touch screen and all this other stuff, 204 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 1: then it might be worth it. I don't know, it 205 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:20,080 Speaker 1: might be worth it back in the day. You know, 206 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:22,959 Speaker 1: you're getting a little history there that looked at that mode, 207 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,359 Speaker 1: so you kind of like putting the brand new technology 208 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: in the old old exactly. They probably would need to 209 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: make it a little bit bigger just to get a 210 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: little bit bigger screens to have a touch screen situation happening. 211 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: But but if they can make that work, that actually 212 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:40,719 Speaker 1: could be a good a good look for for Motorola 213 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 1: because that phone was so y'all. Let everybody room laughed 214 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: at me when I said about flip phones in the 215 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: and the something well and then too like, uh, everybody 216 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: is working on some version of a photoble phone, which 217 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: I don't know necessarily is going to take off very well. 218 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 1: But but think a phone you have in your hand 219 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: right now and being able to fold it, like actually 220 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: fold the screen in half, and you know, have a 221 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: have one size when you're using it when it's folded, 222 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 1: but then it opens up and it's more sort of 223 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: tablet size like many tablet size. Um, A lot of 224 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 1: companies are working on foldable phone technology as well. So 225 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: I don't have back pockets on my pains because I 226 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,959 Speaker 1: don't like wallets. I just see that as a fat 227 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,079 Speaker 1: wallet that I didn't want when I but that's why 228 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 1: I passed on the wall. I'm gonna stick it out 229 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: with my little Pixel now. I got my Pixel phone 230 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 1: here because they told me that I can take great pictures. 231 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 1: That I did. I get the right phone. The Pixel 232 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 1: is supposed to be the best on the market right 233 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: now for for the camera. If you got it for 234 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: the pictures, I think you got the right phone that 235 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: that by all reviews that I've read, the Pixel has 236 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: the best phone on the best camera on the market 237 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: right now. Okay, cool, So that's what you sold me. 238 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: So but you know when you're going these stores now, 239 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: you know, especially uh, they've got so many options. As 240 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 1: a person walking into a cell phone store, what tricks 241 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 1: should we avoid from the sales person, Well, you need 242 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: to have an idea of what you actually are going 243 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,079 Speaker 1: to use the phone for. Um. That's the first thing. 244 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: That's when that's especially buying a phone or buying a 245 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 1: laptop or something like that, you know, understand what you 246 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: need to use it for, UM, and then you you're 247 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 1: gonna have to do a little bit of research to 248 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 1: see what sort of UM stats require that. So if 249 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: you're not doing like say you want to get a laptop, 250 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,839 Speaker 1: if you're not gonna be doing any video editing. You know, 251 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: you don't need to walk in there and buy the 252 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: most expensive model unless that's just how you roll. So 253 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 1: you do have to do a little bit of research 254 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: and figure out, you know, as far as tears of 255 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 1: processing power, you know, storage space, just just have just 256 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: have a really and you really only need a basic 257 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: understanding of those things. Um, you know, you don't use 258 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:02,559 Speaker 1: a lot of apps on your phone, or you don't 259 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:04,679 Speaker 1: play any games on your phone, or you're not gonna, 260 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: you know, watch Netflix on your phone, or you don't 261 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,439 Speaker 1: watch a lot of YouTube videos, you probably don't need 262 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: the phone with more storage on it. You know, the 263 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty six gig memory phone. You can 264 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:17,079 Speaker 1: probably get away with the sixty four gig memory phone. 265 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 1: So you know, it does require just a little bit 266 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 1: of understanding of what those numbers mean, and you know 267 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: what you want to do with your device. They're trying 268 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: to sell you the best at the top of the 269 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 1: line everything, you know what I mean, They're going to 270 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 1: try to sell you the most expensive phone, but you 271 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: know you have to have a little bit of an 272 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: understanding of what you're gonna do. Um when you get 273 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,199 Speaker 1: that device. Now, I went into the store, and it 274 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: shocked me. Maybe it's just this this, this company or 275 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: this number one company out there. They told me I 276 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 1: couldn't buy my phone anymore. Let them do. Some of 277 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: them do have that kind They try to lock you 278 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 1: into that monthly you know contract, and and they know 279 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 1: they know everybody wants to upgrade. I don't know that 280 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: you should. You should be able to buy your phone. 281 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: If you want to buy a phone, you should be 282 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:06,079 Speaker 1: able to walk into a store and buy a phone. 283 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: And if and if your carrier tells you that you can't, 284 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: then maybe go to a different carrier. Stuck and don't 285 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: get bullied. Don't get bullied into that. I mean I 286 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 1: I typically do kind of months because I've always upbraided 287 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: my phone. I was, you know what I do. I 288 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: need to have the latest and greatest TikTok. Now TikTok 289 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: can't go around with the old phone. Now, you know, 290 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 1: I can't handball, I can't handle flipball though, But but, but, 291 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: but a carrier should not tell you you can't buy 292 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 1: a phone like you can buy If you can buy 293 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: the phone online and then take it to your carrier 294 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: and have them turn it on, that's all that talk, 295 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: that mumbo jumbo talk that comes in there when you 296 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: walk in there going all these phones on the wall, 297 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: different brands, different things. But like you said, I went in, 298 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: I wanted the phone that took great pictures. So, like 299 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 1: you said, have a point of view when you go 300 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: on the store. So I got the phone, and you've 301 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 1: assured me, Rashaan, if you want a good phone taking pictures, 302 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: you got the right phone. Let's talk about all this 303 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: technology that you know, opening your garage door from your phone. Yes, 304 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 1: the Internet of Things as they call it. Okay, okay, 305 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: what when when is too much? Too much? Because listen, 306 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 1: I don't have any of that stuff in my house 307 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 1: because it's because of the privacy issues. None of it 308 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: is secure enough for me for my comfort level. None 309 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: of it is secure enough right now to have in 310 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: my house. And it's they're all listening to everything you do. 311 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: When you think about how much information that Amazon Echo 312 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: that Alexa has about you and the fact that it's 313 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: always listening, and there have been so many issues where 314 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: you know it has sent something you said to the 315 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: wrong person because it was capturing your conversation without you knowing, 316 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: and different they're just it's just I just don't think 317 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: the technology is uh stable enough uh to ensure my 318 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: privacy and my security in my home. So you should 319 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 1: once you have like an Alexa room, you know, you 320 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: just just ruin what Alexa's in. You know there's Alexa 321 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 1: hit and and listening to airything. Now, if you just 322 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 1: wanted to do something, if you just wanted to do 323 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 1: something like you know by smart lightbulbs and and and 324 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: connect them to your apps so you can turn your 325 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: lights on and off with the like something like that 326 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 1: is not super um risky, but you do want to 327 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: have um like the router that's in your house, that 328 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: the that whoever you have your Internet through, you know, 329 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: they brought that that little box into your house that 330 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 1: you connect your WiFi. UM you want to make sure 331 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: that that password is really really strong, because that's how 332 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 1: hackers get into all of those connected devices. Like when 333 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: you hear, especially when you hear about UM connected toys 334 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: especially and those baby monitors in babies room where people 335 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: have hacked those baby monitors and they're like watching your 336 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 1: kids or listening in on your kids and stuff like that. 337 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 1: That's because the security of those devices is so um low. 338 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: That and then and then the security on your router 339 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: that that has your WiFi, Your password on your router 340 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:22,920 Speaker 1: isn't good, isn't strong, so they it makes it really 341 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 1: easy for them to get in. So you know, when 342 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 1: you when you have something, like I said, a connected 343 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: light bulb, maybe a nest thermostat. You know, people like 344 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: those thermostats now that you can control. Just make sure 345 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:36,640 Speaker 1: that the password on the router that gives your house 346 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: its WiFi is really really strong. Uh. I know we 347 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: run into closing out the show on time, but I 348 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: want to share this story. Uh, Stephanie, Um, when I 349 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:49,880 Speaker 1: got my arm my camera set on my house, they 350 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,199 Speaker 1: had to go through. The tech guy came by and 351 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 1: they had to they had to find my house, you know, 352 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: through their system. And he went about, he went through 353 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 1: by ten homes. Nope, that's not you said, it's not 354 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 1: me dude, And I went I saw it like my 355 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: ten home. I saw a couple of pocket parking lots, 356 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: a couple of side some stories. So know that when 357 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:11,120 Speaker 1: you allow people to turn on these cameras, they could 358 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 1: come to your house and just peeping tom if they want. 359 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 1: And it's it's a convenience. We love it. But it's 360 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 1: but it's it's a risk to it's a risk too, 361 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,880 Speaker 1: and and some people should understand that. So my all, 362 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:27,360 Speaker 1: my all, my cameras face outside. There's no I don't 363 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: have a camera side my house. You're not gonna see 364 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: me doing nothing crazy one day, you know, fall asleep 365 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 1: the door. Other than that, you can't see what's happening 366 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:39,679 Speaker 1: inside the house outside. I got you U locked that? Okay, 367 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: that's I think we run it out of time here again. 368 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: I want to bring you back on the show just 369 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 1: a year next year. This is a crazy this is 370 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 1: I'm just talking to you and we've went through this 371 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: like twenty minutes of talk time here. This is amazing. 372 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: So we know that our relationship is eighteen Can I 373 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: bring you on like every quarter, every couple of absolutely 374 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:06,119 Speaker 1: absolutely whatever you need? Okay, good, we have this relationship 375 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 1: locked this down. Just has to be back. Second quarter 376 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:13,360 Speaker 1: definitely hardre tektalk queen called tech talk queen making conversation. 377 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 1: Thank you for coming on my show. Listening makes us smarter, 378 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 1: more connected people. 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