Now that we’re done boring everyone with numbers, the testees detail what it was actually like living with a Windows phone. Emotions continue to run pretty high as the testees try to hide the pain by eating pickles loudly on the podcast. User experiences are all over the board; you couldn’t even get this kind … Continue reading Doing It Wrong – Episode 9 – It Just Worked →

The gauntlet continues as the testees are shown the power of mobile PowerPoint, (but no one pays attention,) and the advanced tests push the testees to the limit. Identities are stolen, motor skills are impacted, the entirety of Ghostbusters is watched, and John completely violates the sanctity of the experiment. Brinker forgets how to run … Continue reading Doing It Wrong – Episode 8 – Powerpoint Counts As Work →

In honor of Microsoft’s most recent and best failure of an OS, the testees are launching deep into the bowels of the world of Windows 10 Mobile. Highly divisive at launch, even more so as time went on and MS changed its story on developer support, updates, and pretty much everything between its initial birth … Continue reading Doing It Wrong – Episode 7 – This Seems Vaguely Familiar →

The testing continues as Tony brings his ass back to the table. Using Discord turns out to be the ultimate test of motor skills and patience. Doug almost destroyed a breakfast bar, Tony gets twist-tie paper stuck all over his head, and Brad stays creepily quiet while doodling lewd acts on a whiteboard. Cruising for … Continue reading Doing It Wrong – Episode 6 – Samsung Tizen – An OS For Giving Up →

After a quick recap, (because The Testees forgot that they recorded a pre-show,) the testing begins! We find out a surprising revelation about the core back-end of the OS and have tons of fun with cellular radio bands. Doug Clears his mind, Brad struggles to be thorough, and Tony gives up. diwp005.mp3

The Testees are back with a new theme song, (because we lost the other one,) to get the hype train a-rollin on what is surely going to be the hottest OS release of the decade. Before getting into the nitty gritty on actually using Samsung’s shiny new OS, we talk about what we want in … Continue reading Doing It Wrong – Episode 4 – Samsung Tizen – an OS for your phone →

Episode 3 – It Just Fell In The Trash The testees move on to the real meat of the challenge: actually living with an iPhone for a week. Adam lays out the ground rules for data gathering, Doug continues to belch directly into the microphone, Tony gets got, and Brad probably talks with his girlfriend. … Continue reading Doing It Wrong – Episode 3 – It Just Fell In The Trash →

This Episode picks up right after the crew finishes the Swappa tests and moves on to ones that Adam devised himself. Brad gets Brad about app drawers, Tony is unable to use the basic tools of verbal communication, Siri doesn’t do jokes, Doug tries to lead Brad astray, Adam will never be a Pokemon master, … Continue reading Doing It Wrong – Episode 2 – It Just Broke →

Welcome to the first episode of Doing It Wrong: a (drunken) round-table discussion on technology and how we use it; the hosts for this series are Adam, Tony, Brad, and Doug (the tall one.) In this run, Adam has forced his co-hosts to setup and use an iPhone as their regular phone for a whole … Continue reading Doing It Wrong – Episode 1 – It Just Works →