No Agenda Episode 383 Introduction and Host Banter
Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open episode 383 of the No Agenda show from Austin, Texas, and Northern Silicon Valley. The hosts discuss Twitter's new "feather" button icon and reiterate their policy of rarely speaking outside of the twice-weekly recording sessions to maintain on-air chemistry.
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00:00 I don't know why these things are dry. Adam Curry, John C. DeVore. It's Thursday February 16th 2012 time for Gizmo Nation Media assassination episode 383 This is no agenda. Generic here at Camp MoFo in the capital of the drone star state Austin Texas In the morning everybody i'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where you can't tweet anymore without hitting the feather button. Whatever is that? What's a feather button? I'm John C. DeVore. I thought you couldn't hear me or something. You like just grumbling through my whole opening There like yeah, I know you don't listen to me That's okay But no listen to ya make it so obvious man see JC comes barreling in Buzzkill jr.. Sanger you hit the feather button Hit the feather but I said what? Yeah, it's a little buttons got a feather in it
00:56 Why? What is the thinking behind that? Well, the feather apparently is a quill pen. Because everyone knows what a quill pen is! Of course... If they're over 80, that would include me. So anyway... In the morning to you John. In the morning to you Adam Curry in the morning all ships at sea all boots on the ground Yes, and of course our Human resources all lined up in the chat room is always know agenda stream calm no agenda chat done that I think they have a new website to which is everyone's like Everyone's in everyone's charged up ready to go and I played some nice Relaxing music before we started to get everyone into a higher vibration state of mind as we fight evil today And of course always good to speak with you John, and I think it needs reiterating that We only speak twice a week and it is on this show and we never converse
01:54 Really ever outside of the program. Well once in a while, but it's usually awesome. Ah sis gossip gossip I don't know no that's after the show. I woke up with a pillow in my mouth what whoa? A pillow in your mouth and did you buy some just did your butt hurt You got roofie go on you got roofied No we never we never speak We never email That's not true. Oh, like maybe you say the word never okay?
02:31 Extremely rarely. Yes, true I might send you something unrelated to the show like something funny but that's about it It's pretty rare in itself Yeah and why do we do that? Because We want to keep it fresh And because That's the reason No! It's because I don't want to talk to you I'm done with you after this show Who needs to talk to somebody for two and a half hours twice a week then need to chat more No you don't. This is the perfect marriage! No sex, limited talk... Get the hell out Well if you supported today's program
