47: Buff Mage and the Reply Controls

Show Notes

In today’s episode, Jared dives into the swirl of consternation over what Twitter’s new reply controls might mean for the platform, product anniversaries of note in Apple history, all the wacky new cyberpunk and brutalist designs of phones, pianos, trucks, websites, etc., and tons of TV fandom followup. And we’re just getting started!

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Top Topic:

• Twitter will soon let you control who replies to your tweets
• Bridgetown documentary on the bridges of Portland

Link Segment:

• Today Marks the 13th Anniversary of When Steve Jobs Unveiled the Original iPhone
• Apple’s Mac mini is the little Mac that could, 15 years later
• Apple TV App for Sony and VIZIO Smart TVs arriving “later this year”
• Hands on: Brydge Pro+ brings a keyboard & trackpad to your iPad Pro
• Bing loses out to DuckDuckGo in Google’s new Android search engine ballot
• Why I quit using Google – Kyle Piira
• Panasonic breaks out of VR’s “headset” bubble with fresh “eyeglasses” design
• Thief (1981)
• Hands On With The NEW Foldable Moto RAZR at CES 2020
• The Split Personality Of Brutalist Web Development — Smashing Magazine
• Roland Facet Grand Piano
• Human body temp has dropped over time

Fandom Segment:

• Ian McKellen’s Journal/Blog for The Lord of the Rings
• Buff Mage on Twitter: “🎶 Toss a coin to ur Witcher 🎶”
• The Witcher – Map of the Continent
• Witcher VFX Breakdown – Framestore
• Alice X. Zhang on Instagram: “Toss a cooooin to your witcher 🎵🎶 my first painting of the year! 🖤”
• Interview with Victoria Pedretti of “You” on Build
• Penn Badgley Can Go From Charming To Creepy Without Changing His Expression (Late Show with Stephen Colbert)

Bonus Patreon Episode coming soon:

• My review of Bombshell and thoughts on Megyn Kelly’s panel via her new YouTube channel

What is Fresh Fusion?

A lively show where we discuss the business, the art, the ethics of content creation on the open web & the fediverse. Hosted by Jared White.