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Jimmy & Neil Have Problems
We start with mundane problems and end up with solutions ranging from the innovative to the hilarious.
Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about Jimmy's time fixing internal tools and the problem of internal facing enterprise user interfaces.
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about a world where dogs can go everywhere you do and the challenge of working out with your dog.
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about decentralized manufacturing and the problem of isolated 3D printers.
Show Notes: 3D Printers aren't connective
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we throw it back to the days of Smart Boards and the problem of drawing while you record yourself.
Show Notes: You can't draw on a recording in the same way you do a screenshot
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about auto-generated credit cards and the problem of forgotten subscriptions.
Fun Fact: Forgotten subscriptions cost the average person $133 more per month than they think.
Show Notes: Subscriptions are forgotten
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about the limitations of the book as a metaphor and book curation clunkiness.
Fun Fact: Our previous episode on tech box subscriptions was the inspiration for this one!
Show Notes: Book curation is clunky and not communal
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about Waze powered directions and the problem of speed traps and bias.
Show Notes: You don't know where cops are when driving
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about the pressing (and underrated) problem of scheduling blood donations.
Fun Fact: The first blood donation took place in 1818.
Show Notes: Scheduling blood donations is inconsistent
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about outsourced virtual book clubs and the problem of keeping them going.
Fun Fact: There are 5 million Americans in book clubs
Show Notes: Book clubs are complicated and time consuming to facilitate
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about good book heuristics and the problem of finding good books.
Fun Fact: The average American reads 12.6 books per year
Show Notes: Finding good books is time consuming
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about playgrounds for adults and the epidemic of play for US adults.
Fun Fact: There is scientific research studying dog & human cross species play.
Show Notes: Play is hard as an adult
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about amphibious robot cleaners and hard water build up in water heaters.
Fun Fact: According to Energy.gov, tankless water heaters can be 24% to 34% more energy efficient than tank water heaters.
Show Notes: Water heaters get hard water build up
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about the "Roomba" for dog poop and the problem that dog poop is underutilized.
Fun Fact: Some hospitals "automate" waste removal
Show Notes: Dog poop is not well utilized
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about fun drinks (Jimmy's term) and the problem that so few of them are non-alcoholic.
Fun Fact: They make non-alcoholic mules!
Show Notes: There is not a lot of non alcoholic drink selection
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about making tech for seniors, instead of forcing them to adapt to tech made for others.
Fun Fact: 4 in 10 seniors own smartphones
Show Notes: Elderly people have difficulty using technology
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about
Fun Fact: 44 million people in the US use online dating
Show Notes: online dating occurs via texting
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about AR food labels and the problem of static cooking instructions.
Fun Fact: Augmented Reality is already being used in food packaging.
Show Notes: Cooking instructions are static
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about virtual subscription boxes and the flailing business that is Birchbox.
Fun Fact: Subscription boxes weren't really a thing until 2008!
Show Notes: Tech subscription boxes are costly and not interactive
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about whether Bill Gates sees ads and how to setup an ad campaign to track your own behavior.
Fun Fact: We see as many as 5000 ads per day
Show Notes: What you choose to not buy is just as important as what you do buy.
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about our alpha reflection for, "There's a lack of good info about local restaurants." We then scheme about what we might do next to help this problem and let it slip when we plan to release the next edition.
Show Notes: There's a lack of good info about local restaurants
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about Microsoft's innovative approach to annotation and the problem of limiting notes to whitespace while reading.
Show Notes: Annotation is limited to whitespace
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about how much copy and pasting we do while setting up the podcast and how to streamline things without losing the magic of spaced repetition.
Show Notes: Our idea input process is inefficient
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about moving South for the winter and the lack of outdoor gathering spaces up North.
Fun Fact: Holland Michigan uses a giant piping system to melt snow on their sidewalks.
Show Notes: There are not many residential outdoor gathering spaces during winter
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we revisit the problem, "Some sites serve consistently bad content but rank high via SEO," as we dive into the solution we built with help from community members Zach and Jordan.
Fun Fact: Google itself is a web crawler that does not let itself be web crawled.
If you are interested in the code for this project, it's open sourced and linked in the show notes below!
Show Notes: Some sites serve consistently bad content but rank high via SEO
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about multiplayer hiring and the challenge of finding and retaining talent.
Fun Fact: Hiring for a position that pays $8/hr can cost $3500
Show Notes: Hiring is expensive and susceptible to the sunk cost fallacy
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about magnetic dog leashes and the terrible user experience that is winter dog walking.
Fun Fact: This hilarious article is the inspiration for our title: THE UX ON THIS SMALL CHILD IS TERRIBLE
Show Notes: Dog walking in the winter is a terrible user experience
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about our favorite reading hacks as we discuss fluff filled books like Start With Why by Simon Sinek.
Fun Fact: Neil read over 100 books last year.
Show Notes: Books are too long and verbose
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Jimmy's How to Read Faster Article
Tim Ferris Speed Reading
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about game theory in fantasy football as we discuss the offensive quality of fantasy football projections.
Fun Fact: Fantasy football is most popular in Wisconsin and Minnesota
Show Notes: Fantasy football projections suck
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about modular flannels and the regional problem that is boring problems.
Fun Fact: Jimmy has not seen a single flannel since arriving in Los Angeles.
Show Notes: Flannels are boring
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about crowd sourced search engines as we discuss impersonal recommendations from Yelp and Google.
Fun Fact: Jimmy is a curator at the social search engine Startupy.
Show Notes: Recommendation engines are impersonal
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about AR home insurance claims as we discuss the trash system that is home insurance claims.
Show Notes: Filing home insurance claims is time consuming and complicated
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about how to engage you, our listeners, in the idea sorting process as we discuss the problem that sorting ideas is imprecise.
Show Notes: Sorting ideas is hard
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about mile high dog beds and the inadequacy of the cushions for our furry friends.
Fun Fact: The pet furniture market is worth $3 billion and growing by 5% annually.
Show Notes: Dog beds are not cushy enough
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about we think about content production and the problem of consistency.
Fun Fact: We've recorded over 125 episodes between YouTube and Spotify in the last 2 years.
Show Notes: Content is hard to create consistently
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about infinite libraries and the problem of local library limitations.
Show Notes: Local libraries are biased by resources and population
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about Goosebumps books for evolution as we discuss how to better visualize it.
Show Notes: Evolution is difficult to visualize
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about blacklisting websites in search and the problem of bad sites gaming SEO to rank high in search.
Fun Fact: Some think Google is falling from grace in search.
Show Notes: Some sites serve up terrible content but rank high in Google results
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about Congress taking a hike to resolve difficulties, hot ones, and more as we discuss the problem that media interviews take place in comfortable positions.
Show Notes: Media interviews take place in comfortable positions
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about robot doctors and the problem of finding doctors in a new city.
Show Notes: Finding a doctor in a new city is hard
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about the limits of our process as we discuss which problems are not ours to solve.
Show Notes: Not all problems are for us to tackle
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about Jimmy's hippie phase and the poly-causal nature of troubles with dieting.
Fun Fact: 98% of diets fail according to the NIH.
Show Notes: Staying on track for dieting is difficult
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about supplement subscriptions and the problem of evaluating the murky world that is supplements.
Fun Fact: The average American spends $500 / yr on supplements.
Show Notes: It's hard to sample supplements
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about how much stuffing is too much and why Oreo doesn't just give us plain stuffing.
Did you know double stuff oreos are only 1.86 times stuffed?? Or that someone spent 15 years in prison for attempting to sell the recipe for $28 M?
Show Notes: Oreos don't have enough stuffing
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems. Today we talk about little Jimmy and Neil plus admit we know nothing about parenting! Please reach out if you have opinions on this one - we want to remix this one with your perspectives!
Show Notes: Adventure for kids is risky
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we dip our cup into the waters of nostalgia, talking about dry erase swords and the problem of dry dry erase markers.
Show Notes: Dry erase markers stop working before they run out of ink
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Welcome to Jimmy and Neil Have Problems! Today we revisit the wall sized screen from a previous episode and imagine Jimmy as a Neanderthal at the keyboard while tackling scrolling while drawing.
Show Notes: Drawings on a computer don't scroll
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about just in time meeting generation and all things Zoom meetings.
Friend of the podcast Zach Snoek makes an appearance as his and Jimmy's weekly Zoom failings are the source of the problem.
Show Notes: Zoom links are often invalid on calendar links
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about tinder for food and how we might eat better.
Big thanks to David Felsmann of Napkin for his contribution from Twitter.
Show Notes: You can’t see what’s in the fridge without opening it
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Welcome to Jimmy and Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about the poppable bag revolution and why we should shift to container stores like Gaia's Market & Refillery.
Factoid of the Episode: Ziploc wasn't invented until the 1960's!
Show Notes: Tear open resealable bags break when opened
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about square planes and how they might solve the luggage crisis. Plus, Jimmy gives us a mostly irrelevant history of planes.
Factoid of the Episode: $800 - the cost of self driving luggage.
Show Notes: Lugging luggage and carry ons is cumbersome
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Welcome to Jimmy and Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about color changing mugs and bio hacking! Send us your ideas @ gordium.us@gmail.com.
Show notes: Hot drinks have a small drinkable range
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about sentient AI taste testers and expanding One Bite Pizza reviews. We want to hear your ideas @ gordium.us@gmail.com.
Show Notes: You don't know if fast food limited time offers are any good
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Welcome to Jimmy & Neil Have Problems! Today we talk about everything from wall screen NFTs to tiny artwork.
Show Notes: Artwork is hard to wall mount
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Today we tackle cold bathwater. It sucks. To solve it, we talk heated body suites and Yeti's for humans.
Show notes: Baths get cold too quickly
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Today we talk about solutions from the mundane (store business indicator) to the insane (hilly grocery stores).
Show Notes: Busy Stores Are Stressful
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Today we talk about solutions from the mundane (over ear headphones) to the insane (implantable headphones).
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The traditional work day makes it hard to workout. Today we break down why and talk about some of the best fixes we know of.
For links related to this episode, check out the show notes / our blog:
Work Ruins Workout Plans Blog
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Car range estimates LIE! Especially if you are in Colorado going up hill.
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This week, we turn the questions back to us. Is our process fundamentally flawed?
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Reflection requires tons of energy. What if we could reflect with no effort? Today we explore.
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Our first guests! We are joined today by the shoegaze boys (Henry & Hector) to talk all things shoegaze, the 90's alt rock genre that Henry describes as the "music you hear in your drams".
For those curious, check out the two albums the shoegaze recommend as an entry point for the genre:
Souvlaki by Slowdive
Loveless by my bloody valentine
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Tracking death is no fun. But many of us wish we'd known sooner about friends and acquaintances we'd lost touch with. How can we keep better tabs? Today we talk about death, how we used to keep track, and more.
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Today we talk about the future of batteries and how they will change leaf blowers forever.
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We go through 32 million Christmas trees a year. We have a Christmas tree problem...
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Spring cleaning anyone? Today we talk about how to play Marie Kondo day to day.
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We all want good music while we do our thing. But finding it is harder than it needs to be. Today we talk about exciting new ways to find music, including Tinder music.
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Who's ever lost a sock in the wash? 🙋♂️ we have! Today we talk about how to make it stop.
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We've all seen the YouTubers pranking package stealers, but what do we mortals do about the problem?
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Everyone it seems, has a Twitter addiction. From Billionaires to Jimmy, we talk about how to break the addiction.
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How can ice cream parlors stay profitable come winter? Let us know what you think at gordium.us@gmail.com.
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The wristwatch became popular because many companies would run their clocks slow at the end of the day. Today we talk about our own time tricks for making work go faster (and better).
Our favorite trick is in one of our favorite articles: https://medium.com/jimmy-neil-have-problems/how-to-make-procrastination-your-superpower-d230552bdd93.
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We've all cut our hand on a cheese grater. Neil and Jimmy try to figure out how to stop it from ever happening again. Plus, we find out why grating your own cheese is better.
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Clothes are made to fit everyone. In doing so, they fit few of us. Today we talk with a special guest about what to do to fix it.
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We've all been there. Today we dig into why getting on and off planes is so damn slow.
If you know the CEO of an airline, please hit us up at gordium.us@gmail.com. If you don't know a CEO but have fun ideas, please still hit us up.
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Today Jimmy and Neil tackle fun at work. How to have it, what prevents it, and how we should all be more like Jim from The Office.
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Jimmy can't open dog poop bags for shit. Neil helps him come up with some groundbreaking ideas.
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Jimmy plans to be that ancient man working at the hardware store. Why won't retirement planners take that income into account?
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Today we tackle the dreaded cheeto fingers. We discuss everything from the practical to the out there.
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We are fed up with bland desktop screen savers. We want a real ass digital home.
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Obsidian spoiled us by allowing us to connect all our thoughts. Now we want to connect all our books, both digital and physical.
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Our dogs are as lovable as they are confusing. Today we talk about building a Dug collar so we can hear what our pups are really thinking when they throw us those puppy dog eyes.
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We want our mind mapping softwares to auto suggest connections. Obsidian, our workhorse, doesn't quite do it yet. We talk about how to improve it.
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Us humans have figured out how to heat things quickly (fire!?), but not cool them. Today we talk about how we might build a "Frozone" - the cooling equivalent of a microwave.
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Short box fans cool off furniture instead of people. Today we talk about how to adapt the common box fan for better cooling.
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Today we talk some Shark Stank ideas related to improving the smell of your home. Be on the lookout for Jimmy trying out the Pizza Candle he ordered from the Stinky Candle Company.
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We want a mute button for real life. Today we talk about how that might happen.
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Incubators don't make money based on how successful you are, but for how long your company lasts. Thus, people aren't as honest as they could be about your chances. Today we talk about how to better align the incentives.
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We want to know where we've been. Google and Apple know, but don't tell us. Today we talk about how we might change that.
https://gordium.us/Gordium/Problems/Maps+don’t+tell+you+where+you’ve+been
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Housing cost calculators make owning a home seem a lot rosier than it is. In this episode we break down why and what to do about it.
https://gordium.us/Gordium/Problems/Housing+cost+calculators+don't+include+long+term+costs+like+roof+repair
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We use texting as a solution to too many problems. This leads to all your texts (work, personal, group) are jumbled into one place. Today we dive into some ways of untangling our texting troubles.
https://gordium.us/Gordium/Problems/We+Text+Wrong
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Today we launch a new hot dog brand, Big Dawgs, to solve the growing hot dog crisis. Plus, we hear the stunning origin story of this problem from Neil.
https://gordium.us/Gordium/Problems/Commercially+available+hot+dogs+are+too+small
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Like BBQ sauce, candles are wasteful and expensive. Today we talk about how to make candles burn better and ask why candle refilling isn't more common.
https://gordium.us/Gordium/Problems/Candles+don't+burn+all+the+way+down+and+leave+extra+wax
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Today we discuss the problem of BBQ sauce. It clings to the bottle and we are tired of the waste of it all!
https://gordium.us/Gordium/Problems/BBQ+sauce+is+so+wasteful+because+it+clings+to+the+bottle
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Today Neil and I break down the problem that is climate controlled everything. Is it a problem? We think so - give it a listen to find out why.
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Today we dive into the dark world of phishing emails, which routinely exploit our terrible spelling to steal things from us. Just as we begin breaking ground, Neil realizes Jimmy's memory sucks and we've already done this problem.
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Today we dive into the world of embedding custom polls into your website. Polls give you the ability to connect with your audience and get quick feedback. They are great on native sites like Twitter, but how can you get the same experience on your personal website?
Turns out it's annoying and requires the arcane knowledge of software. We set out to find a better solution.
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