270: Onward Into the Dark

This week, we discuss the tradeoffs of sensor-laden home devices and the future of personalized advertising. We also follow up on Morgan's tweetstorm with a chat about "dream jobs" and navigating workplace politics. In cool things, Brian shares a workout tracking app and Marshall is bullish on shoes. Self-sponsor: This week's episode was brought to you by the Spec Job Board If you're a designer or a developer, or if you're looking to hire one, check out the Job Board on Spec.fm. With listings at $100/month, it's super affordable to find your next hire through Spec. Follow-up: Thanks to @tomato_glue and @divya_tak for tweeting the nice tweets :) Charlie Deets is just one man Here's Morgan Knutson’s tweetstorm for reference Video: "With great power comes great responsibility" Video: “Be water, my friend” News: Site: Facebook's Portal is a smart hands-free calling device Article: "Facebook Portal’s claims to protect user privacy are falling apart" Discussion: Image: Mark Zuckerberg with a taped up laptop Article: "Alexa Wants to Know How You’re Feeling Today" Article: "Spotify can tell if you’re sad. Here’s why that should scare you." Video: "Minority Report Mall Scene" shows the future of personalized advertising Video: "HYPER-REALITY" shows the future of advertising when it's just fucking everywhere Video: "Minority Report Eye Surgery Scene" (NSFL) Site: Apple Homepod doesn't have a camera fwiw One Cool Thing: Brian shared Fitbod, a personalized workout tracking app for iOS Site: Tonal is a wall-mounted home gym Article: "GymKit is the best thing to happen to treadmills in a long time" Marshall shared StockX, a stock market for shoes and other gear Site: OXO POP containers are great for organizing your pantry You can even buy the Nike Air Mag from that scene in Back to the Future II (for like $10,000 USD) Video: "Shoes the Full Version" (NSFW) Design Details on the Web: We are @designdetailsfm Brian is @brian_lovin Marshall is @marshallbock @Sarahberus and @Luperdev make us sound smarter than we are Join the conversation on Spectrum or leave us a review on iTunes BYEEEEEEE!