Episode 503: My Emotional Porthole

DISCUSSED: Merlin's additions to Bunch have him stepping on his own dingus; maybe it's time to invert the permissive legacy model for who gets access to us (as well as how and when); there's no amount of technology that can make other people be decent; Oh. Hey. Defaults? Be better; also, please quit stealing my focus; Dan is not buying anything new; your hosts talk about the various (often non-obvious) costs of adding, changing, or removing features; maybe building your whole business on Facebook wasn't such a great idea; passing discussion of Bloom County, Muppet dogs, and a Tilikum bottle; the tale of Underscore's unexpected success, and the costs it brought; talk of affordances; and, finally, Just cough up some dough, Mac! Links for this episode:Can U2’s Songs of Innocence Be Removed From Apple Account?ELECTION PROFIT MAKERSStrong Songs is creating podcasts about music | PatreonBlackfish (film) - WikipediaThe Manchurian Candidate (1962 film) - WikipediaOpus the Penguin - WikipediaThe Flop House Animated - The Porthole of Time - YouTubeBunch - BrettTerpstra.com15 Early Telephone Etiquette Rules We Should Bring Back | Mental FlossSemantic satiation - WikipediaSemantic satiation is a psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener, who then perceives the speech as repeated meaningless sounds. Brought to you by: Teamistry (Search for Teamistry anywhere you listen to podcasts)! Command Line Heroes (Search for Command Line Heroes anywhere you listen to podcasts)! Remote Works (Search for Remote Works anywhere you listen to podcasts)!