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Bryan and Jeff have pretty high expectations for the future of technology, and aren’t afraid to share. This week they dive into what they want to see, ranging from immersive reality to companion robots, and debate what might become reality while exploring what could go wrong.

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Bryan and Jeff have pretty high expectations for the future of technology, and aren’t afraid to share. This week they dive into what they want to see, ranging from immersive reality to companion robots, and debate what might become reality.

Sources referenced in this episode:

• Space Elevator
• Seamless and transparent data access, like the hand terminals in The Expanse
• Inertial Damper
• Alcubierre Drive
• Companion Robots
• The Expanse
• Westworld
• Knowledge Navigator
• Larry Niven
• Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
• Star Trek (TOS) The Naked Time
• Star Trek (TNG) The Naked Now
• Ecovacs Deebot robot vacuum

Where to find us:

• The Context Machine on Twitter
• The Context Machine Facebook Group – Facebook
• Bryan’s Twitter
• Bryan’s Instagram
• Bryan’s blog: GeekTells
• Jeff’s Twitter
• Jeff’s Instagram
• Jeff’s YouTube Channel

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Bryan and Jeff both have experience as published authors, so this week they’re sharing their experiences with writing process, editing, and getting published. They also talk about the writing tools they use, how to improve your fiction and non-fiction skills, and where to find support for honing your craft.

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Bryan and Jeff both have experience as published authors, so this week they’re sharing their experiences with writing process, editing, and getting published. They also talk about the writing tools they use, how to improve your fiction and non-fiction skills, and where to find support for honing your craft.

Sources referenced in this episode:

• Scrivener
• OmniOutliner
• BBEdit
• Ulysses
• Amazon direct publishing
• Absolute Write writer forums
• Smithsonian Magazine

Where to find us:

• The Context Machine on Twitter
• The Context Machine Facebook Group – Facebook
• Bryan’s Twitter
• Bryan’s Instagram
• Bryan’s blog: GeekTells
• Jeff’s Twitter
• Jeff’s Instagram
• Jeff’s YouTube Channel

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Bryan and Jeff dive in to data protection, cloud storage issues, strong passwords, password managers, and more this week in their computer security-palooza discussion. Jeff also shares his dismay over Bryan not knowing about Correct Horse Battery Staple.

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Bryan and Jeff dive in to data protection, cloud storage issues, strong passwords, password managers, and more this week in their computer security-palooza discussion. Jeff also shares his dismay over Bryan not knowing about Correct Horse Battery Staple.

Sources referenced in this episode:

• XKCD internet infrastructure dependency
• XKCD password strength
• iMazing
• 1Password
• 1Password account recovery
• iCloud
• Bob LeVitus
• SuperDuper!
• Carbon Copy Cloner
• Google Authenticator for iPhone and iPad
• Authy
• Malwarebytes
• Dead Like Me

Where to find us:

• The Context Machine on Twitter
• The Context Machine Facebook Group – Facebook
• Bryan’s Twitter
• Bryan’s Instagram
• Bryan’s blog: GeekTells
• Jeff’s Twitter
• Jeff’s Instagram
• Jeff’s YouTube Channel

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Bryan and Jeff decide to make their pre-show banter the entire episode this week, and still manage to talk for nearly an hour. As Bryan has pointed out, we’re in the golden age of television so the team shares what shows they’re watching right now.

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Bryan and Jeff decide to make their pre-show banter the entire episode this week, and still manage to talk for nearly an hour. As Bryan has pointed out, we’re in the golden age of television so the team shares what shows they’re watching right now.

Sources referenced in this episode:

• Severance Apple TV+
• See Apple TV+
• Beforeigners HBOmax
• Katia Netflix
• The Witcher Netflix
• The Expanse Amazon Prime
• Disenchantment Netflix
• Weird Wonders of the World Vudu
• The Rookie ABC
• Gold Rush Discovery
• Expedition Unknown Discovery
• Firefly Hulu
• Star Trek Picard Paramount+
• Star Trek: Discovery Paramount+
• Ratched Netflix
• Justified Hulu
• Invincible Amazon Prime

Where to find us:

• The Context Machine on Twitter
• The Context Machine Facebook Group – Facebook
• Bryan’s Twitter
• Bryan’s Instagram
• Bryan’s blog: GeekTells
• Jeff’s Twitter
• Jeff’s Instagram
• Jeff’s YouTube Channel

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Bryan and Jeff look at Apple’s just-announced iPhone SE 3, M1 iPad Air, the Mac Studio, and 27-inch Studio Display. Bryan also amazes us with how much money he spent on Apple gear this week.

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Bryan and Jeff share their thoughts on Apple’s “Peek Performance” media event, including the iPhone SE 3, the new Boba Fett phone color, M1 iPad Air, and the Mac Studio and Studio Display. Bryan also tries to justify all the money he just spent, and Jeff tries to stay awake.

Sources referenced in this episode:

• Green iPhone 13
• Green iPhone 13 Pro
• A15 iPhone SE
• M1 iPad Air
• 27-inch Studio Display
• LG UltraFine 5K Display
• Mac Studio

• Boba Fett

Where to find us:

• The Context Machine on Twitter
• The Context Machine Facebook Group – Facebook
• Bryan’s Twitter
• Bryan’s Instagram
• Bryan’s blog: GeekTells
• Jeff’s Twitter
• Jeff’s Instagram
• Jeff’s YouTube Channel

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