Transcripts

Bart Busschots joins Scott with a hot cold brew coffee, and they talk about their Macs, Bart's career path in IT, collaboration and communication, self-awareness, teaching, and Bart talks about a new admin toy he's been playing with.

Scott's bluetooth is out of control. Peter wins big in the class action lawsuit world, and takes inspiration from the works of Hokusai. Both Peter and Scott learned to type at one point, and Roy Kent plays hide and seek with Elmo.

Peter can't control his temperature, but he can control his pre-marathon training (maybe a little too well). Scott says he hardly uses browser extensions and then gives a giant list of the ones he actually uses. Peter takes mushrooms, and both Scott and Peter watch some TV.

Peter's down with 2% beer, Scott can't find the iPhone hanging right in front of his face, and Photos app is scared to use any battery. Finally, the argument about the value of ChatGPT never ends.

Peter's dad had an amazing Greek spinach pie, but only on the specials menu, Friends with Brews has transcripts, Peter has a 4k monitor, and Scott can't figure out why Mac users are so afraid of touchscreens.

It's a special episode of FwB with Clay Daly, cameras, and computers – all the best C suite words!

Want a vacation in the tropics? Peter had one! Scott listens in rapt envy as Peter talks about his new life and his future bungalo. Then Peter gets all Authoritarian, and Scott talks about transcribing the whole thing.

Scott couldn't handle another long distance phone call with Peter, so John Chidgey of The Engineered Network is here to give a more balanced view of AI, ML, ChatGPT, and other societal-techno issues.

LIVE FROM COSTA RICA, IT'S ... one of us, anyway. PETER! Adam and Scott are here too, in case you care. We love running from zombies, but only with love in our hearts.

Lots of tech, and a little rotator cuff! Eufy and LastPass suck at being private and secure, Peter is headed for Costa Rica, Mario Guzman makes apps you should use, and most importantly, Peter is a Strava legend! Plus a new segment called Overheard.

Scott hates Google Drive, Peter hates software on GitHub and searching for virtual KVM's, but they both love a good cup of coffee.

It's a coffee epsiode!! 2001 is a Space Odyssey, and Friends with Brews is a Podcast Odyssey! Coffee, audio software, movies, browsers, programming languages, and Peter’s nose!!

It's not just about Twitter and Mastodon. Peter and Scott also complain about various body parts. Well, what did you expect? We're getting old and it's our duty to hurt and then talk about it!

Adam joins Peter and Scott to brew things and talk about technology and Peter's knee, which apparently is not good technology.

Beer AND coffee again! It was a slow week in social media (or was it?). Peter's work status is complicated. Scott asks questions about it. The Japanese love themselves a mundane Halloween, and we're here for it! Peter loves speakers in the ceiling, and Scott says you should check out a certain William Gibson book TV adaptation.

Now we drink brews of all kinds! And we like to complain a LOT about software while we do.

It's the middle of the day, so things are slightly different today! We've traded one kind of brew for another. This is why we're Friends with Brews now! Oh, did I mention the pivot? Pivot to brews of all kinds, pivot to MacBooks, pivot to rest days!

The world may be burning, but Peter and Scott want to believe! Climate change, Ted Lasso, watches, corporate values vs. marketing, and more!!

Adam joins Peter and Scott to blur the lines of professional podcasting and talk beer, cholesterol, fitness, kids growing up, and lavender farms!

Peter with Portland! Beer with Portland! Running with Portland! Peter visits Scott in Portland and drags him 13 miles through the woods before allowing either of them to be friends with beer.