Casey Liss

And even just having to make the mental choice of like, should I try to get there with the swipey pad versus should I try to get there with like the digital D pad, even just making that choice is a little bit of more cognitive load. And again, I know you can disable it, but like I, in some parts of the UI are so much better with the ability to swipe, but other parts aren't. And.

And even just having to make the mental choice of like, should I try to get there with the swipey pad versus should I try to get there with like the digital D pad, even just making that choice is a little bit of more cognitive load. And again, I know you can disable it, but like I, in some parts of the UI are so much better with the ability to swipe, but other parts aren't. And.

I don't know, it just feels, like, obviously it was so much simpler in the Tebow world, but there's no swipey pad, and it's just up, down, left, right, and you would just mindlessly go up, up, up, up, up, up, down, left, right, up, up, because there was no other option, there were the choice, and the buttons were big and beefy and easy to find, even when they were still in a ring, I felt like they were easier to find, because you weren't worried about accidentally swiping when you went across the middle, and it responded faster to you, I don't know, like, it's...

I don't know, it just feels, like, obviously it was so much simpler in the Tebow world, but there's no swipey pad, and it's just up, down, left, right, and you would just mindlessly go up, up, up, up, up, up, down, left, right, up, up, because there was no other option, there were the choice, and the buttons were big and beefy and easy to find, even when they were still in a ring, I felt like they were easier to find, because you weren't worried about accidentally swiping when you went across the middle, and it responded faster to you, I don't know, like, it's...

It's not a video game. It's just a bunch of menus. It's not a big deal. It's a much bigger deal that the stupid streaming apps forget where I was in the thing and start playing the episode I saw last night. That is a much bigger deal. That's a software bug and not a hardware issue, but we're talking about the hardware now, so.

It's not a video game. It's just a bunch of menus. It's not a big deal. It's a much bigger deal that the stupid streaming apps forget where I was in the thing and start playing the episode I saw last night. That is a much bigger deal. That's a software bug and not a hardware issue, but we're talking about the hardware now, so.

I was going to use the grocery store example too because in my local grocery stores that I go to for many years, they were like, do you have a phone number with us? Do you blah, blah, blah? Do you have a phone number? Can you give us a phone number or whatever? And I would just say no, no, no, no.

I was going to use the grocery store example too because in my local grocery stores that I go to for many years, they were like, do you have a phone number with us? Do you blah, blah, blah? Do you have a phone number? Can you give us a phone number or whatever? And I would just say no, no, no, no.

They've changed recently to not asking that question, which I think is wise, but instead having a system – They have, you know, whatever, their rewards program thing that, of course, has an iOS app and all this other BS that everybody makes you do to gamify their shopping, right? But the bottom line is you do get money off your food if you play this game.

They've changed recently to not asking that question, which I think is wise, but instead having a system – They have, you know, whatever, their rewards program thing that, of course, has an iOS app and all this other BS that everybody makes you do to gamify their shopping, right? But the bottom line is you do get money off your food if you play this game.

And so the motivation is, hey, do you want a few bucks off your groceries? And the way they do is they don't ask you for your phone number anymore, but on the stupid little paddy thing that they have there... You type in your phone number to essentially get your discount to say, oh, now we know who you are.

And so the motivation is, hey, do you want a few bucks off your groceries? And the way they do is they don't ask you for your phone number anymore, but on the stupid little paddy thing that they have there... You type in your phone number to essentially get your discount to say, oh, now we know who you are.

Now we will register your groceries in the app and give you the discount that you're entitled to for doing rewards, blah, blah, blah. Right. Whole Foods has the... The Amazon, well, I don't think it's Amazon. But anyway, the Whole Foods has the thing where you get the diamond-shaped QR code-y thing in their app and you scan it in the thing. God knows what's on that QR code that they're scanning.

Now we will register your groceries in the app and give you the discount that you're entitled to for doing rewards, blah, blah, blah. Right. Whole Foods has the... The Amazon, well, I don't think it's Amazon. But anyway, the Whole Foods has the thing where you get the diamond-shaped QR code-y thing in their app and you scan it in the thing. God knows what's on that QR code that they're scanning.

It's probably all your information anyway, right? And I forget if I said this, but recently I changed my action button to launch the Whole Foods app.

It's probably all your information anyway, right? And I forget if I said this, but recently I changed my action button to launch the Whole Foods app.

Because I realized the main time that I'm trying to do something under time pressure on my phone and I find it frustrating is unlocking it and launching the Whole Foods app so I can scan it. So that's what my action button does now because I'm using the camera control for the camera. Action button launches the Whole Foods app, which is terrible. I don't even shop at Whole Foods that often.

Because I realized the main time that I'm trying to do something under time pressure on my phone and I find it frustrating is unlocking it and launching the Whole Foods app so I can scan it. So that's what my action button does now because I'm using the camera control for the camera. Action button launches the Whole Foods app, which is terrible. I don't even shop at Whole Foods that often.

I mean, it's within walking distance, so if you need something last minute, you just walk to the Whole Foods, but I don't actually do my grocery shopping there. I do it at Star Market, which is a local chain that is probably owned by whoever the hell owns all the chains in this area now. Shaw's bought them recently, where recently means like 10 years ago. But anyway, Star Market has the app.

I mean, it's within walking distance, so if you need something last minute, you just walk to the Whole Foods, but I don't actually do my grocery shopping there. I do it at Star Market, which is a local chain that is probably owned by whoever the hell owns all the chains in this area now. Shaw's bought them recently, where recently means like 10 years ago. But anyway, Star Market has the app.