Episode Description

This week, Merlin Mann takes on iCloud while lauding Dropbox. He and Dan observe angry corn, discuss e-mailing files to yourself, determine what to do if you take an ugly family photo, and explain Mr. Noodle, Mr. Noodle's brother.

Episode Information

Initially Released October 18, 2011

Runtime 2 hours 4 minutes

Episode Page It's Never Not Everywhere

Recurring Topics and Characters

• Conferences

• iPhone

• iPad

• iCloud

• iOS

• Text Editors

• *nix

• Dropbox

• Priorities

• Data Backup

Discussion

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Quotes

Some of this stuff is just going to be me bitching.
-Merlin

As far as I'm concerned all you new wavers are in purgatory.
-Merlin, quoting the 60 Year Old Delightfully Gay Bouncer.

It's like orgasms, like Dennis Miller says, you know? Mine means everything and yours means nothing. It's the same with friends and content.
-Merlin, explaining the appeal of Instapaper.

This is not transitional. It is very very confusing to me.
-Merlin, describing HTML5.

Backup is not sync.
-Merlin

You can't have a single French anything. Try eating just one fry. Good Luck.
-Dan

I don't like a future where .txt can only have one little house to be in. I don't know if that's gonna happen, but it feels like we've got our 12 month warning shot on that.
-Merlin

I think iCloud works the way it's supposed to work. I'm just not sure the way it's supposed to work is such a great idea right now.
-Merlin

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