Daily(ish)
by Lemon Productions
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I'm Getting Sick and It's Noah Kahan's Fault (jk)
I'm Getting Sick and It's Noah Kahan's Fault (jk)
About this podcast
Challenging myself to record a podcast episode a day for my 50th year on this planet.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 340 episodes
- I'm Getting Sick and It's Noah Kahan's Fault (jk) · 4 min · Season 2 Episode 340I can feel a cold coming on and I know I won’t be making YouTube videos if I’m sick, so the rest of the schedule will depend on how I’m feeling. I’m also bummed because today was…
- Stick it to the Algorithms · 3 min · Season 2 Episode 339Reflecting on last episode’s conversation with Mat and how it reinforced my belief in authentic creation instead of chasing social media algorithms. After more than 10 years of…
- Everyone Wanting Spock and Kirk to Kiss will Save the Web with Mat Marquis · 41 min · Season 2 Episode 338I’m joined by Mat Marquis, a Boston-based front-end web consultant focused on accessibility, performance, and a strong belief in the web. We discuss JavaScript as messy but…
- Inviting Yourself Along vs. Waiting to Be Invited · 5 min · Season 2 Episode 337I reflect on how, as an adult, it can feel difficult to join in on things when you’re not explicitly invited, and how that can lead to wondering if something is wrong with you…
- Did I Take on Too Much This Week? · 3 min · Season 2 Episode 336I’m admitting that I may have bitten off more than I can chew this week, juggling interview conversations, a livestream of my editing process, alongside paying work that has to…
- Annoying Myself by Scheduling Things · 5 min · Season 2 Episode 335Even though I enjoy experimenting with livestreaming tools like Ecamm Live, my brain flips between negative expectations and excitement once I get started. Links Mentioned in…
- Live Streaming a Dailyish Episode Recording · 5 min · Season 2 Episode 334I’m planning to live stream my full Dailyish process (recording, editing, and publishing) on Wednesday, November 4th, as a test for a future tutorial video for my YouTube…
- Consistency Makes It Easier and More Fun · 5 min · Season 2 Episode 333Hockey is back and I’m still feeling chilled after being at the rink, especially with the gray, foggy weather. But this is not a weather podcast. I’m genuinely enjoying…
- Dan Ryan on Cautious AI Usage, and How Helping Brings Hope · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 332I talk with Dan Ryan, a software developer who also volunteers in digital equity work in Chattanooga, about using AI cautiously, political manipulation via social media data and…
- Petty Grievances: Canadian Banking Edition · 6 min · Season 2 Episode 331I’m venting about Canadian banking frustrations, especially with CIBC business banking and TD’s Visa site. I spent hours on the phone with CIBC for a simple request, got bounced…
- For the Sake of the Project · 2 min · Season 2 Episode 330A few late night thoughts and comments on the passing of Sir Patrick Stewart. Links Mentioned in This Episode: • All Good Things Topics: 00:00 Intro 00:15 Busy Day Filler…
- My Never Ending Search for a To-Do List System (and Why It’s Probably Me) · 7 min · Season 2 Episode 329I talk about my ongoing struggle to find a to-do list/CRM system that actually sticks for both client work and home life. Looking back, I found a 2014 episode where I was dealing…
- Working Solo vs. Having Coworkers · 7 min · Season 2 Episode 328Reflecting on two recent conversations with two different friends - one who is having to switch to a work from home situation, and another who is setting up a new coffee shop…
- Low Energy Vibes for Monday (But With a Cool Story) · 6 min · Season 2 Episode 327I missed recording on Sunday because I felt low-energy and uninspired. I’m trying not to beat myself up, and this year-long daily project helps me keep going even when I don’t…
- Playing Tupo with Josh Collinsworth · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 324For today’s Saturday chat I’m joined by Josh “Triple Threat” Collinsworth (design engineer at Cloudflare, blogger, and game designer), who I know from the ShopTalk Show Discord…
- Hockey Chat with Spencer: Hellebuyck Edition · 20 min · Season 2 Episode 326I asked my friend Spencer to play hockey correspondent and help me understand the ramifications of the Winnipeg Jets trading goalie Connor Hellebuyck, break down the players they…
- Show Me Your Mic? · 7 min · Season 2 Episode 325I got a YouTube comment asking if I’d ever bring back my old podcast about podcasting, Show Me Your Mic. It ran from 2013 to 2020 for about 130 episodes (mostly interviews) and…
- Things I Love: VisionQuest · 4 min · Season 2 Episode 323I’m recommending Vision Quest on Disney+ as part of a trilogy that starts with WandaVision and continues through Agatha All Along. As of this recording there are four episodes…
- Why Can't I Just Release it Now!? · 4 min · Season 2 Episode 322I’ve already recorded two upcoming Saturdays, but I struggle not to edit and publish immediately once something is recorded. Having finished work sitting scheduled feels weird…
- I Saw Everything · 5 min · Season 2 Episode 321A spoiler free mini-review! This weekend we saw You Can See Everything, Nathan Fielder’s documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, and I highly recommend seeing it in a packed theater…
- Should I Put My Podcast on YouTube? · 6 min · Season 2 Episode 320I talk about the common podcasting question of whether you should publish your podcast on YouTube and compare recent episode stats. My suggestion is to test YouTube quietly for…
- Definitely Not Talking AI with David Demaree · 23 min · Season 2 Episode 319I talk with David Demaree, a software product leader and the person behind the consultancy/agency Bits and Letters, whom I know through the Shop Talk Show Discord. We end up…
- The Structure of a Podcast · 5 min · Season 2 Episode 318I’m curious about how you feel when sponsor spots and digitally inserted ads make their way into your favorite podcasts? And I talk about plans to have guest episodes come out on…
- Coding Apps with AI · 7 min · Season 2 Episode 317Inspired by Chris Coyier’s setup that pulls YouTube comments into Slack, I used ChatGPT and Cloudflare Workers to automatically collect replies and comments from BlueSky and…
- Things I Love: Widow's Bay Edition · 5 min · Season 2 Episode 316For my first Things I Love (name still pending approval of the council), I’m talking about Widow’s Bay. It was created by Katie Dippold, has spooky monster and supernatural…
- Sticker Shock of Apple’s New HomeView Hardware · 7 min · Season 2 Episode 315More follow up on my recent Twitter conversation by sharing a Lex Friedman article, and then I share my thoughts on Apple’s newly announced home hardware: the HomePod mini 2, an…
- Manic Mailbag Monday · 5 min · Season 2 Episode 314Since it’s a holiday and a Monday, I run through a few listener comments: Aubrey responds to my Twitter vs Mastodon discussion, Harold mentions his “Twitter shaped hole” healing…
- Happy (real) Thanksgiving · 3 min · Season 2 Episode 313I’m recording Daily(ish) from the couch while trying to escape the noise of my kids playing video games during a Saturday of winterizing, house cleanup, preparing for upcoming…
- How Do You Fill a Twitter Shaped Social Media Hole? · 8 min · Season 2 Episode 312I was inspired by an episode of PJ Vogt’s podcast Search Engine where PJ reflected on feeling both discouraged and still drawn to the possibility of finding unexpected…
- Using AI for the Menial, Not the Meaningful · 6 min · Season 2 Episode 311I clarify a snarky post I made about Twitter and AI that was a rage-bait example of an AI enthusiast wanting to train a voice model to “read” to their baby highlights what…
- More Thoughts on YouTube · 5 min · Season 2 Episode 310I noticed that my Lemon Productions YouTube channel lost eight subscribers over the last 28 days, likely because of these daily podcast-style videos that don’t match what some…
- Putting Off the Hard Things · 9 min · Season 2 Episode 309I talk about my habit of avoiding projects that feel hard, expensive, or unknown. For some public accountability, I list four looming tasks in order of expense /…
- Mailbag Monday · 5 min · Season 2 Episode 308In today’s Mailbag Monday episode, I share some listener feedback, including thoughtful YouTube conversations about my Marvel movie comments and several notes from people who…
- Oathbringer · 3 min · Season 2 Episode 307I’m recording a quick, abridged Dailyish episode on my phone because my computer is in use and I couldn’t get to the office, so this may end up audio-only. I’m trying to read…
- Endgame · 6 min · Season 2 Episode 306I’m recording late as often happens on Saturdays after going to see the theatrical encore of Avengers: Endgame. Watching it again in the same theater as I saw it originally in…
- Comments On · 7 min · Season 2 Episode 305First some follow-up about National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, then some topic ideas crowdsourced on social media, and then I riff off a Buttondown blog post…
- Heavyweight · 6 min · Season 2 Episode 304I recommend one of my favorite podcasts, Heavyweight, hosted by Jonathan Goldstein. I love how it tells deeply human stories without feeling manipulative, and how it lets the…
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation · 6 min · Season 2 Episode 303I talk about Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which grew out of Orange Shirt Day and was established to honor residential school survivors and those who never…
- Building a Business IRL vs Online · 7 min · Season 2 Episode 302I reflect on how my podcast editing business is entirely virtual—basically disappearing without the internet—and how that leaves me with a desire for something more tangible that…
- Money on YouTube and Mailbag Monday · 4 min · Season 2 Episode 301A quick Monday mailbag episode responding to a comment, as well as an interesting bit of advertising money on YouTube that surprised me. Links Mentioned in This Episode: •…
- Why Is This Podcast Suddenly on My YouTube Channel? · 7 min · Season 2 Episode 300I’m talking mostly to my YouTube subscribers in this episode about why I’m now posting daily video versions of this podcast on a channel that’s historically been tutorials about…
- Video Games I'm Playing · 7 min · Season 2 Episode 299I talk about the video games I’ve been playing lately, in the spirit of my old 25C podcast with Nick. My guilty pleasure game, my brain tingler, the mobile puzzles, and the one I…
- 50 Years With and Without U2 (with Matt McGee) · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 298I welcome my first guest of this daily podcast challenge, my friend Matt McGee, to mark U2’s 50th anniversary. We speed run the history of U2, the history of atU2, and Matt’s…
- Petty Grievances: USB C Ports Edition · 6 min · Season 2 Episode 297I need to vent about how the USB‑C ports on my pricey Mac Studio aren’t all the same, even though they look identical, and how I don’t want to have to remember which port…
- YouTube Update and Mailbag Episode · 5 min · Season 2 Episode 296A quick update on putting episodes on YouTube, and a mailbag episode reading comments from Justin Jackson, Harold, @CaptainTemerity, and @MoldyRingwald. Links Mentioned in This…
- Three Thoughts on Podcasting · 8 min · Season 2 Episode 295I reflect on a quote from Swyx about how podcast subscribers are often more engaged than newsletter subscribers, podcasting as a great excuse to connect regularly with friends or…
- The Mammoth - Part 2 · 5 min · Season 2 Episode 294Part 2: My friend, Dave Rupert, wrote a short story back in 2018 called The Mammoth. I’ve long thought it would make a great audio play of some sort. And so I figured as a first…
- The Mammoth - Part 1 · 7 min · Season 2 Episode 293Part 1: My friend, Dave Rupert, wrote a short story back in 2018 called The Mammoth. I’ve long thought it would make a great audio play of some sort. And so I figured as a first…
- Daily(ish) on YouTube? · 7 min · Season 2 Episode 292I talk about the challenge of keeping up with a daily podcast (even under 10 minutes) and why I don’t blame anyone for not subscribing, while thanking listeners who do. I revisit…
- Digital Detox Weekend · 4 min · Season 2 Episode 291I talk about feeling a growing desire to take a short break from digital life. While I usually take an intentional app break around Lent, this fall weekend feels like the right…
