Mar 19, 2019
Topics:
-Sam has a frustrating story about working with a VoIP
provider he shares a long relationship with. An issue with
the client’s quality of service on their phones goes into a 2 year
sago with an annoying fix in the end.
-To add some humor to his stories, Sam shares a very funny
story about a late night visit from a user in need.
-Not a show goes by without Joe sharing an annoyance of a
feature or lack thereof. In this case, he discusses “pop
over” functionality in Messages. Sam gives a tip back to
Joe.
-A tip that Sam just learned is that he can charge his iPhone
from his iPad Pro using the USB-C to lighting cable. There
are a variety of features of the USB-C ports as explained
here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209186
-Sam is now solar powered (well, his home is)!
-The FaceTime bug, now fixed, has Joe thinking big picture
with regards to security.
-If you are going to cover your camera with tape, at least
make sure it’s not clear tape.
-In his off time, Joe sits in his camper and ponders about
security. So he has some theories on malware.
-Sam decides to bring up a rather embarrassing story of how he
missed the obvious
-As Joe & Sam start to go down the road of managing a team,
one point that Sam brings up is the way mistakes are made.
Joe goes back and forth about holding employees accountable
and making excuses for them.
-Making mistakes with employees often cannot be reversed
-Managing the employee relationship is extremely difficult to
get right, as Sam and Joe both have realized over the years
