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I rant about you – the small yet engaged audience I’ve built over the past 2.5 years doing this personal podcast. And I explain what’s next. Come along with me or go fuck yourself. [powerpress] Links from this episode: The Morning Dump w/ Jordan Cooper The Morning Dump on iTunes The Morning Dump RSS Feed […]

I rant about how Microsoft’s HoloLens is still essentially vaporware, why Microsoft is intentionally positioning it as a work-related device and why making Windows 10 free won’t increase its adoption rate because both mainstream users & big corporate IT departments care more about stability than new features. In addition, I break down Jeff Bezos & […]

I rant about the pointlessness of holiday shopping, why Twitter should be concerned Instagram has passed them in active users, how display advertising on the web is a complete fraud, and why you’ll always be safer in traditional yellow cabs than with Uber & Lyft drivers. In addition, I share my first impressions of the […]

I rant about the madness of Black Friday shopping, how brawl videos from retail outlets are a way for us to shame those in poverty, why those who decry rampant consumerism need to “check their privilege”, and how we only admonish poor labor practices by companies in which we derive our personal luxuries. In addition, […]

I rant about Uber being the poster child of everything that’s wrong with the sharing economy, how we expect too much moral fiber from their executives while applauding their company breaking the law, the double standard that exists in the media when it comes to personal attacks, and why consumers couldn’t care less about Uber’s […]

I rant about the piss-poor voter turnout in the recent election, how Democrats lost due to way too much focus on “privileged” issues, why President Obama’s support of net neutrality is actually detrimental to the movement, and how censorship on social media could indeed be considered a free speech violation within the next decade or […]

I rant about the bevy of major retailers blocking out Apple Pay in favor of their upcoming CurrentC mobile payment system, why the move has absolutely nothing to do with collecting personal information and all to do with eliminating merchant credit card fees, and how the showdown ultimately comes down to who can shift mainstream […]

I rant about Apple’s recent product announcement, how the extensive iPad lineup is simply a strategy to quash the device category’s stalled growth, the business case for keeping 16gb as the entry level storage option, and how Starbucks is the lone linchpin to mainstream Apple Pay adoption. In addition, I explain why a cable-free HBO […]

I rant about Windows 10 and whether or not yearly operating system updates are even necessary, the real reason why Paypal was spun off from eBay, why Redbox Instant failed, how the New York Times won’t accept the fact that consumers won’t pay for news, and why it makes sense for Amazon to open brick-and-mortar […]

I rant about Ello, the new social network sensation of the moment, how it doesn’t differ from any other platform that’s run as a viable business, why those who prefer “echo chambers” are the primary folks flocking to it, and how having a vague, dictatorial, agenda-driven view of speech actually hurts its ultimate (worthy) cause. […]

I rant about my love/hate relationship with the iPhone 6 Plus, why it’s most definitely not a one-handed device, how app developers have been ill-prepared to support a screen this size, and that much of the user experience feels as if Apple indeed made a concession in producing a 5.5″ phone. In addition, I laud […]

I rant about this week’s Apple product announcements, the narcissistic nature of those who pre-order iPhones in the dead of night, how the tech community scoffs at “phablets” while most people want and love bigger phones, why Apple Pay will come the closest to gaining mainstream retail adoption (yet still not make it), and how […]

I rant about the recent celebrity photo hacking, why it was only the victims’ fame that brought the story to light, how the two-faced vulturous nature of the media capitalized on it while condemning those who enable this culture, and how no one ever admits the brutal truth that humans are biologically predisposed to being […]

I rant about the culture of outrage in modern society, how social media has viciously enabled rush to judgements without any care for due diligence, why the media perpetuates the cycle of outrage for the benefit of their bottom lines, and in light of the protests in Ferguson, why it’s even more important to actually […]

I rant about yet another pivot at Foursquare, why their new background discovery features should have been their original concept as opposed to the “check-in” model and how the app still does little for those outside of major urban centers. In addition, I lambaste startups who glorify the “sharing economy” to rationalize their lack of […]

I rant about the fallacy of Virgin Mobile’s new “unbundled” wireless plan, how it’s yet another instance of a carrier hiding true costs through creative accounting, why those folks who rally for the ‘a la carte’ model fail to do simple math, and how this model could become a great disservice to lower-class citizens and […]

I rant about the laughable quarterly earnings calls from the technology giants and why they should mean absolutely nothing to consumers, how those guinea pigs installing Apple’s OS X Yosemite beta need to reassess their lives, and why Facebook’s new ‘save’ feature is only for the truly masochistic. In addition, I break down a Kickstarter […]

I rant about Amazon’s newly announced ‘Kindle Unlimited’ subscription service, why it only serves a niche demographic as binge reading books is much different than binge watching television, and how unknown authors should applaud their opportunities to expand their reach on this platform rather than complain about potential income loss. In addition, I taunt AirBNB’s […]

I rant about Taylor Swift’s vision of the future of music as written in her WSJ editorial, why access to artists has become more valuable than the music they produce, how there’s a lucrative revenue stream in exclusive concert footage, and why streaming music catalogs are built for casual listening in bulk, not exclusives. In […]

I rant about Google’s foray into having Android on all devices everywhere, why developers may balk at adopting these new platforms due to the decreasing profitability of Google’s app ecosystem, why we shouldn’t rush to judgement on Google controlling our ‘smart homes’, and how collecting data for the sake of targeted advertising is far from […]