Verbal Diary 💬

In this week’s episode, we discuss the grand old days of the web and James brings yet another productivity solution. We have to apologise for the excessive swearing and terrible audio quality, although one may offset the other. 🗓️ THIS WEEK Another exciting weekend of the Rugby World Cup (plus a new domain name for Si’s sports times template) Fresh duck and chicken eggs from our sister-in-law (fuelling our obsession of birds) TickTick after trying Apple Reminders and Micorosft To-Do for a month The PARA Method: A Universal System for Organizing Digital Information Workin’ Moms on Netflix by Catherine Reitman and Motherland on BBC by Sharon Horgan, Graham Linehan, Helen Linehan and Holly Walsh Tunnock’s Teacakes 🗞️ AOTW Flash Is Responsible for the Internet's Most Creative Era “This interpretation of events is a key underpinning of Web Design: The Evolution of the Digital World 1990-Today (Taschen, $50), a new visual-heavy book from author Rob Ford and editor Julius Wiedemann that does something that hasn’t been done on the broader internet in quite a long time: It praises the use of Flash as a creative tool, rather than a bloated malware vessel, and laments the ways that visual convention, technical shifts, and walled gardens have started to rein in much of this unvarnished creativity.” “[…] periods of extreme experimentation on the way to the convention-driven scaffolding we have today […]" “[…] Steve Job’s famous 2010 letter about killing off Flash […]" “[…] Adobe announced in 2015 it will no longer support it […]" “[…] Flash Player will be dead by the end of 2020 […]" 🖼️ POTW Burst water-mains repair in record timing #️⃣ HOTW IveNeverTaggedAnythingInMyLifeApartFromTweets Find out more at https://verbaldiary.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

THIS WEEK Apple macOS and iOS reminders Blog about Rugby World Cup Times Gatsby, Ghost, Github Pages, AnchorCMS & Blogspot (is still alive!) Piano (house) lessons Apple delays iCloud Drive file sharing until next Spring The Capture on BBC with Sharon Rooney & Ron Perlman 🗞️ TOTW "Customized horn & movement sounds (coconuts being one, of course) coming to Teslas soon" @elonmusk, 6 Oct 2019 (reminds us of Monty Python coconut sounds) 📸 POTW Dyson tap on Instagram (plus all their other devices) Find out more at https://verbaldiary.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Show Notes Zero patrons snapped up our tiers Rugby World Cup Times James over-engineers his "smart" heating with an Amazon AWS IOT button 🗞️ AOTW Apple just released iOS 13.1.2 to fix even more iPhone bugs 📸 POTW (View on our Instagram) Find out more at https://verbaldiary.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Si and James return from a Summer break to talk about Apple goods and how to improve social media.

Episode 8 brings some random thoughts on how productive we are, can it be measured and should we really care.

Episode 7 when Si and James have a second attempt to discuss delivering quality in software engineering.

Episode 6 when James and Si discuss whether it's possible to increase productivity without compromising on quality.

Episode 5 brings you three finely selected jingles from the previous episode's Fiverr challenge. Have we found our theme music?

In episode 4, James and Si rant about tech, rats and caravans along with discussions about podcast jingles and wireless earphones.

This episode, James and Si talk about the different types of people - early birds or night owls - and how difficult it is to find the right time for teams to arrange meetings.

Episode 2 when James and Si discuss (in great detail) preferred apps for notes, tasks, emails and lists.

This week, Si and James break up their summer holidays for another bumper special. Article Of The Week Go for a meal and takeover the show with your very own episode as a Verbal Diary Patreon Picture Of The Week View on Instagram Find out more at https://verbaldiary.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

This week, it is our 2019 Summer Holiday Special. SOCIALS Tweet @verbaldiaryshow with #VerbalDiaryAreOnHolidayAndWereTakingABreakSoWeWontBeAnsweringYourTweets (Plus make sure you update Spotify to the latest version) Find out more at https://verbaldiary.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Another animal-related episode title from Si & James - and this time they ponder what success might look like. THIS WEEK Birthday shenanigans with camping and Pub in the Park #VDBF On The Side is growing, now with daily standups Countdown to holiday - there will be a break. Apple is reportedly giving up on its controversial MacBook keyboard This Chrome extension lets you disguise Netflix as a Hangout to slack off at work J Cunning Hardcore old-skool jungle podcast More treasure trails AOTW It's Never Too Late to Be Successful and Happy by Larry Cornett Related: Recorded messages from celebrities with Cameo POTW View on Instagram Find out more at https://verbaldiary.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

What's the difference between UK Garage and Speed Garage? Listen in to find out. 🗒 NOTES Mixmag's Top 10 Speed Garage Songs House Finesse - #NileRodgers Disco Special 🗞️ AOTW A Unicorn Lost in the Valley, Evernote Blows Up the ‘Fail Fast’ Gospel 📸 POTW Available on Instagram Find out more at https://verbaldiary.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Si's got a thing going on the side and we check in on James' JOMO before discussing the end of an era at Apple and M3 PL4T3 THIS WEEK Si's JOMO is going badly James has killed Tweetbot and is getting native with his apps Lionesses smashing it in the FIFA Women's World Cup Si's getting his "Le Freak" on with Nile Rodgers and Chic On The Side AOTW Five Jony Ive designs you probably don't know Jony Ive, Apple designer behind iPhone and iMac, to exit company after 30 years POTW Visible on Instagram Find out more at https://verbaldiary.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

THIS WEEK DuckCam GOD-zilla Jasper Carrott dad jokes for dad's day Fiverr IPO?! Elon Musk's deleted Twitter account Sleep tracking with smart mattress and ring - WTF? AOTW Why Mazda is purging touch screens from it's vehicles Byton POTW Si embraces JOMO Find out more at https://verbaldiary.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

In this week's episode, the old men moan about how complicated the modern world is. THIS WEEK Quality outdoor daughter time Tripod dog saved Now hosted on Pinecast (WIP!) ARTICLE OF THE WEEK > "To be ready for that, I’m learning code and tools I probably should have learned a few years ago, but, as a rich man says of his servants, I always had people for that." Jeffrey Zeldman, You got this. PICTURE OF THE WEEK SOCIALS Tweet @verbaldiaryshow with your thoughts Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcast, iTunes and any other popular podcatcher of choice Get all the show notes and archives at https://verbaldiary.show Find out more at https://verbaldiary.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

This week, James grabs hold of the mic and brings out the WWDC rants and bants DEVELOPER CONFERENCE OF THE WEEK The Talk Show with Craig Federighi & Greg Joswiak ATP live from WWDC Can iTunes #muzuk sync offline for traditionalist Si? New Dropbox plans MacOS Sidecar could kill Duet Powered by Shazam Sherlocking iOS 13 updates couldn’t fit in the Keynote Sign in with Apple is not limited to Apple Where is multi-user profiles on iOS? “It’s not going to be shitty packaging” PICTURE OF THE WEEK <img alt="Apple's new £1000 monitor stand" src="https://verbaldiary-17b2b0.easywp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/3251BED1-6F0E-451C-B01B-3946A58DEDC9.jpeg" />

In this week's profane episode, Si has all the rants and James makes a political metaphor. THIS WEEK We have a new mic setup to try Derby County comeback to Dirty Leeds (reference The Damned United) SSE don’t mess with me EU elections upcoming – but how does it work?! What have we been watching or listening to? NOT GOT but Line of Duty, GLOW & Ozark ARTICLE OF THE WEEK Why WhatsApp Will Never Be Secure (by Pavel Durov from Telegram)