mastodon 4.7.3Comfort Zone is a podcast all about pushing the hosts outside of their, well, comfort zone.
Each week @matt_birchler@mastodon.social, @nileane@nileane.fr, and @ChrisLawley@mastodon.social talk about a new piece of technology they have been using. Anything from an app, weird piece of hardware, an automation, and whatever else they can think of. Then there is the dreaded challenge, where one of the host will challenge the others to mix things up in their technology stack.
Comfort Zone, Episode 93: Mine is Free and Open Source, Baby!
@matt_birchler@mastodon.social poisons the show with Android, @nileane@nileane.fr brings us back with Forkflift, and everyone finds a really great Mac app they've never used before.
▶️ https://youtu.be/hzWe7hAd7Aw
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Comfort Zone, Episode 90: I Paid for Those Pixels
@matt_birchler@mastodon.social demands we roast his home screen, @nileane@nileane.fr drops some knowledge on SSDs, and (almost) everyone has fun with Pokémon.
▶️ https://youtu.be/lA2Ak9-Vo-0
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With @ChrisLawley@mastodon.social out getting a puppy, @matt_birchler@mastodon.social and @nileane@nileane.fr hold down the fort, celebrating an app, and lamenting a mouse. Then everyone pretends to be someone else for fun.
🎧 Audio Feed: https://macstories.net/comfort-zone
🎥 Video Feed: https://youtu.be/rniIYzWFMHo
Comfort Zone, Episode 94: Big Things Have TinyStarts
@nileane@nileane.fr built an awesome Mac app, @ChrisLawley@mastodon.social bought a new monitor (but it's not what you thiiiiink), and @matt_birchler@mastodon.social grills the group on what they'd install if they could only install 3 new apps on their Mac.
▶️ https://youtu.be/ADzf0UYJwcQ
🎧 https://macstories.net/comfort-zone
Niléane wasn't on the main show this week, but she was there for Cozy Zone, our weekly members-only episode!
This week, we tier listed all the default macOS wallpapers. As always with these lists, we learn some things (including some disturbing things) about each of us…
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Comfort Zone, Episode 89: Pizza is an American Invention, and it Involves Pineapple
@ChrisLawley@mastodon.social has a Mac-related confession to make, @matt_birchler@mastodon.social has to admit something about his Apple Watch, and @nileane@nileane.fr is like, "boys, I don't think you can even handle taking your phones off silent." (She was not wrong.)
▶️ https://youtu.be/ilNeqs40oAo
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Comfort Zone, Episode 87: I'm Holding Up Poop
@matt_birchler@mastodon.social wants to do an AI check in, @ChrisLawley@mastodon.social serves a master class on getting started with 3D printing, and @nileane@nileane.fr is away, so the dads talk a little Formula 1…just a little.
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MiZ8qHDUWk
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So, @matt_birchler@mastodon.social has been busy making more stuff. This time he made a website that can search all of Comfort Zone. If you ever tried to find something we talked about in our almost 100 (WOW) episodes, you can now just jump in here and search for it.
Comfort Zone, Episode 92: The MacBook Neo is my Mistress
A budget laptop is the hot tech product of 2026, and the whole gang has thoughts. Then, everyone evangelizes Vivaldi with varying levels of success.
▶️ https://youtu.be/9-lHmhI4Ft4
🎧 https://macstories.net/comfort-zone
Comfort Zone, Episode 91: I Need My Turn to Pop Off
@nileane@nileane.fr is replacing Discord with Slack, @ChrisLawley@mastodon.social has the new iPad Air in hand, and everyone found something nice to say about password managers.
▶️ https://youtu.be/72LSBlQ6AcM
🎧 https://macstories.net/comfort-zone
Comfort Zone, Episode 97: Just Break the Laws of Physics
@ChrisLawley@mastodon.social and @matt_birchler@mastodon.social are on their own this week and do a deeper dive into the MacBook Neo after a month using it. Do they still love it? Hate it? Probably somewhere in the middle, huh?
▶️ https://youtu.be/fB0qLdfxSVM
🎧 https://www.macstories.net/comfort-zone
Comfort Zone, Episode 96: You've Unlocked Something in Me
@matt_birchler@mastodon.social has a new writing app, @nileane@nileane.fr is becoming a true audiophile, and everyone tries to find @ChrisLawley@mastodon.social the best pet tech for his soon-to-be new puppy.
▶️ https://youtu.be/rvBsj_6h0ts
🎧 https://macstories.net/comfort-zone
Comfort Zone, Episode 95: It's Five O’Clock Somewhere
@ChrisLawley@mastodon.social has some new headphones, @matt_birchler@mastodon.social wants to talk about why development is still complex in the AI age, and everyone tries to find the most clever way to back up their photos.
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1GUGZM0L84
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ICYMI: this week in the Cozy Zone, @matt_birchler@mastodon.social created a game just for us where we had to guess 48 YouTube channels based off a single thumbnail 👀
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Comfort Zone, Episode 86: 40% Sickos
@matt_birchler@mastodon.social wants to talk about his (quick) notes, @nileane@nileane.fr brings 3(!) topics, and everyone brings old(?) tech back from the dead.
▶️ https://youtu.be/ZfDA9_mHi0E
🎧 https://www.macstories.net/comfort-zone/
Today in the Cozy Zone, @matt_birchler@mastodon.social made us tier list a very strange selection of app icons…
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@matt_birchler/116470623708806109
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Comfort Zone, Episode 88: Execute a Leveraged Takeover of MacStories
Chris wants to know what the deal with Discord. Niléane has a massive backlog of things to talk about. And everybody does their best with Apple's Creator Studio.
🎧 https://www.macstories.net/comfort-zone/
🎥 https://youtu.be/-N4ji57F2zg
Comfort Zone, Ep 85: What is This, 1995?
@ChrisLawley@mastodon.social has a Creator Studio, @matt_birchler@mastodon.social has a less official Creator Studio, and the whole gang shows off their Minecraft houses as part of @nileane@nileane.fr's challenge
▶️ https://youtu.be/2SFRNfOiZy0
🎧 https://www.macstories.net/comfort-zone/
Today in the Cozy Zone, we made a tier list of *all* of Star Wars. All the movies and TV shows. Surely, none of that will be controversial, right?
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