Terrifying Robot Dog

Whittling Pegs

Episode Summary

Negative reactions to Amazon's new Dash smart button.

Episode Notes

Negative reactions to Amazon's new Dash smart button.

Whittling Pegs

Hello and welcome to Terrifying Robot Dog! Episode one for Friday, April 10, 2015. I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we are here to talk about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world.

This week we discuss negative reactions to Amazon's new Dash smart button.

FEATURE

The day before April fools 2015, Amazon announced a new product called Dash Button. The reaction to Dash was swift and surprisingly negative.

For example:

We talk about:

  1. Are we really so lazy that we need this?
  2. It seems like a silly use of internet technology
  3. Accidental orders
  4. Bad for local businesses
  5. I don't want 50 ugly buttons stuck around my house.

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TRD is a spin off of The Nitch Podcast which was a tech show Kelli and I ran for three years. Nitch was more focused on nuts and bolts of tech but we did often get into big picture discussions that the Terrifying Robot Listener™ might enjoy. You can check out the original show at http://nitch.cc.