Episode #25: Pod-Inquiries

Pod-Inquiries Jeff brings Laura some very pressing questions on episode no. 25. Or at least give pod-inquiries he’s been pondering so far in 2018. Q: Since Amazon HQ2 announced its finalists, it has two locations in Texas on the shortlist - Dallas and Austin. Which one would you pick? A: Laura & Jeff both agree. Dallas! P.s. New hire for Amazon L&D comes from higher ed. Side note: Everybody IS Obsessed with HQ Trivia! [Find the app and play] heard on CBC Spark “This mobile gameshow is either the future of TV or a hellish dystopia” segment. You decide. Q: Does the color of icing make or break you eating a cupcake? A: Laura: Black, purple or orange. Jeff: Green. Laura refutes this color block. #GoMeanGreen Q: When was the last time you went to install software, and you had to think, “Will this software run on my Mac or is it for PC [operating systems] only?” A: Laura: SAS and SPSS (back in 2009?). Jeff: Microsoft Power BI (Business Intelligence) Software to look at data. A recent discovery that it is only a Microsoft PC product. But who wants to run Parallels? Q: How much do you hate the Apple commercial “What’s a Computer?” iPad commercial? A: This ad apparently enrages Jeff and rubs people the wrong way. Being on a tablet is still computing! Too soon. Too soon. Laura is indifferent, but it reminds her of: "Is screen time the new sugar?" asks @anya1anya in her new book, “The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life” on a recent Note to Self podcast episode with @manoushz Recommendations for screen time: Be social and make the screen time a family/community time -- reading, research, listening or other together. Updated research: The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Kids Age Zero to Eight 2017 @BreakDrink Reads & Pod Recommendations National Podcast of Texas by Texas Monthly How To Be Everything: A Guide for Those WHo by Emilie Wapnick http://howtobeeverything.com/ + I’m a Multipotentialite!! [Thanks for the book recommendation, Katie!] TEDxBend Talk -- Why Some Of Us Don’t Have Just One Calling https://puttylike.com/tedx/ Share the @BreakDrink podcast with your friends: Twitter: https://twitter.com/breakdrink Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakdrink/ If y’all listen to the podcast via Apple podcasts, please consider leaving us a rating and/or a review. We’d appreciate the love. :)