10 episodes

Bryan Chaffin and Jeff Gamet have teamed up to do what they do best together: Talk about what interests them with a mostly tech-focused theme on a podcast. They’re unsupervised, so don’t expect them to stay on topic. Hop on and enjoy the ride!

The Context Machine Bryan Chaffin and Jeff Gamet

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    • 3.5 • 86 Ratings

Bryan Chaffin and Jeff Gamet have teamed up to do what they do best together: Talk about what interests them with a mostly tech-focused theme on a podcast. They’re unsupervised, so don’t expect them to stay on topic. Hop on and enjoy the ride!

    Dune (Briefly), King Liam Update, and Apple’s Uber Ninja AI Moves

    Dune (Briefly), King Liam Update, and Apple’s Uber Ninja AI Moves

    Bryan and Jeff talk a little about Dune now that Dune: Part 2 is out, and look at the news that Apple acquired the AI company DarwinAI. They also chat about the status of Bryan’s short story, King Liam, a couple Vision Pro apps, and fountain pen ink. SPONSOR: LinkedIn Jobs – Post your job for free […]

    • 54 min
    A Brief Goodbye to Bryan’s Apple Car, a Brief Introduction to D&D

    A Brief Goodbye to Bryan’s Apple Car, a Brief Introduction to D&D

    Bryan and Jeff pour one out for Apple’s Project Titan. And thanks to Bryan, Jeff is now playing in a Dungeons & Dragons campaign, so they look at how playing the game remotely works. SPONSOR: HIMS – Hims is changing men’s healthcare by providing simple and convenient access to science backed treatments for erectile dysfunction, […]

    • 52 min
    Apple Gets Jiggy with Quantum Protections, the Rise of Apple Vision Pro

    Apple Gets Jiggy with Quantum Protections, the Rise of Apple Vision Pro

    Bryan and Jeff explore Apple’s announcement that iMessage is about to get encryption technology designed to thwart quantum computers. They also rant about ethics in AI LLM training, and also look at how more people seem to be grokking what Apple Vision Pro is. SPONSOR: HIMS – Hims is changing men’s healthcare by providing simple […]

    • 49 min
    Hands-On with a Real Life Use-Case for Apple Vision Pro

    Hands-On with a Real Life Use-Case for Apple Vision Pro

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    • 55 min
    The Apple Vision Pro Ep: Hands-on!

    The Apple Vision Pro Ep: Hands-on!

    Apple’s brand new Vision Pro is finally in people’s hands and on Bryan’s face. Jeff and Bryan invited special guest Barry Fulk on so we can have two users share their face-on experiences and tell Jeff what he may or may not be missing out on. Sources referenced in this episode: Review the show on […]

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Rabbit R1’s Path to Being Bought, Apple vs. EU, and the Mac 40th Anniversary

    Rabbit R1’s Path to Being Bought, Apple vs. EU, and the Mac 40th Anniversary

    Bryan and Jeff discuss Rabbit’s R1 personal AI assistant device, and also share their thoughts on Apple’s press release about App Store changes to comply with the EU’s DMA requirements. It’s the Mac’s 40th anniversary, so they chat about the special event at the Computer History Museum commemorating the event. SPONSOR: HIMS -Hims is changing […]

    • 42 min

Customer Reviews

3.5 out of 5
86 Ratings

86 Ratings

BC Jordan ,

Smart on tech stuff

Smart on tech stuff but fawning over Apple responses to a “pandemic” that is no longer is getting tiresome.

1966CASMS ,

Static is better

If you like the ramblings of two uninformed elitist liberal progressives, this show is for you. Listened to it for years, but since Elon Musk had the audacity to support free speech via his Twitter purchase, these two have come down with a variant of Trump Derangement Syndrome. They cannot stop talking about how dumb Elon is and how smart they are. When they do actually talk about tech, Jeff is prepared and Bryan never is. Rest of the show is spent getting Bryan up to speed, unless they are pushing his hack new book. Jeff fawns over the book like some Faulkneresque groupie. Yes, Media Matters is an evil organization. I am done….deleted

pattii ,

Listener for countless years

Since the word Apple was removed from the title of context machine. The guys seem more free to bring in left-wing political stuff. Haven’t decided if I’m dropping the whole podcast or just turning it off when they start that crap. I don’t need the “Fk Twitter” rants. I think Musk did a great job, exposing what was going on in the background. We need to know when the government is getting into the bowels of things and creating pressure no matter which side it is. Have fun on Mastodon guys. You’re about to lose a listener. And from your comments, you don’t care.

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