We analyse popular apps, figure out what makes them great, and discuss what could make them even better!
Feature Creeps
Claim This Podcastby João Martins and Johnny Magrippis
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Podcast Overview
We analyse popular apps, figure out what makes them great, and discuss what could make them even better!
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9/6/2023
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Recent Episodes
January 12, 2024
Google Maps, Apple Maps and Waze! 🗺️ Where in the world are the Feature Creeps
<p>Today we take a look at Google Maps, Apple Maps, Google Earth, Waze AND MORE! All sorts of cartography & navigation apps, discuss why they’re needed, and the tech that can take them to the next level!</p> <p>… As well as the indulgent little feature creeps that could make them more fun 🤩</p> <p>— Agenda —</p> <ul> <li>What are we doing today? Google Maps?!</li> <li>The world before Google Maps! 2005?!</li> <li>Our favourite Maps features!</li> <li>New features to take Google Maps to next level!</li> </ul> <p>— HAVE FUN —</p> <p>No affiliations whatsoever: whenever we show something, you know you're hearing our unfiltered thoughts 😄</p> <p>— Highlighted software —</p> <p>Google Maps: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps">https://www.google.com/maps</a> Apple Maps: <a href="https://www.apple.com/maps/">https://www.apple.com/maps/</a> Waze: <a href="https://www.waze.com/">https://www.waze.com/</a> Geotastic: <a href="https://geotastic.net/">https://geotastic.net/</a></p> <p>Joao’s website: <a href="https://jvmartins.com/">https://jvmartins.com/</a></p> <p>Johnny’s website: <a href="https://magrippis.com/">https://magrippis.com/</a> Johnny’s other channels: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@johnnifytech">https://www.youtube.com/@johnnifytech</a> & <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@jmagrippis">https://www.youtube.com/@jmagrippis</a></p> <p>Joke for the real ones who read the description all the way to the end:</p> <p>Q: Why did the scarecrow ace the Google Maps developer interview? A: Because it was out-standing in its field!</p> <p>— TIMESTAMPS —</p> <p>0:00 - Teaser: In this episode… 1:43 - Intros & Welcome 2:29 - Google Maps 3:24 - The World in 2005 4:14 - The World before Google Maps 10:35 - Google Maps: reviews & discovering places 12:59 - How do people review things? 15:38 - Top Feature of Google Maps 16:44 - Other Google Maps Features 17:21 - Google Maps Reviews 21:06 - Google Street View 23:05 - Feature Creeps 23:38 - Feature Creep: Google Maps Time Travel 26:20 - AI predicting how places looked like 28:31 - Feature Creep: Minutes instead of Distance 29:27 - Feature Creep: Halfway Pint 30:59 - Feature Creep: Live Stream the vibes of a place 33:00 - Feature Creep : Busier than usual with people that think alike 36:46 - Feature Creep: similar places to go 38:25 - Feature Creep: More gamification for Google Maps 40:49 - Feature Creep: Educational Google Maps 41:38 - Feature Creep: Teleportation 45:03 - Wrap up + COMMENT 💜 SUBSCRIBE</p>
December 19, 2023
WhatsApp, Telegram and other messaging apps!
<p>Today we take a look at WhatsApp, one of the most used apps in the world! <strong>The</strong> most popular messaging app in regions such as LatAm and Europe!</p> <p>We even manage to find and discuss some non-Meta personal IM tools, but, most of all, we discuss the killer features they should add to take things to the next level 🚀</p> <p><br></p> <p>— Agenda —</p> <ul> <li>We’re covering WhatsApp today! How big a deal is it?</li> <li>What was the world like in 2009?</li> <li>Why does WhatsApp exist?</li> <li>What’s the top feature of WhatsApp?</li> <li>What’s a WhatsApp Feature Creep?</li> <li>Feature Creeps: New features to take WhatsApp to next level?</li> </ul> <p>No affiliations whatsoever: whenever we show something, you know you're hearing our unfiltered thoughts 😄</p> <p>— Highlighted software —</p> <p>WhatsApp: <a href="https://www.whatsapp.com/">https://www.whatsapp.com/</a> Telegram: <a href="https://telegram.org/">https://telegram.org/</a> Signal: <a href="https://signal.org/">https://signal.org/</a></p> <p>Joao’s website: <a href="https://jvmartins.com/">https://jvmartins.com/</a></p> <p>Johnny’s website: <a href="https://magrippis.com/">https://magrippis.com/</a> Johnny’s other channels: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@johnnifytech">@johnnifytech</a> & <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@jmagrippis/videos">@jmagrippis</a></p> <p>— TIMESTAMPS —</p> <p>0:00 - Teaser: In this episode… 0:58 - Intros & Welcome 1:49 - What is WhatsApp? 4:07 - What was the world like in 2009? 5:01 - Why does WhatsApp exist? 8:30 - Top Features of WhatsApp: multi-platform 10:10 - Top Features of WhatsApp: typing indicator 14:06 - Feature Creep: Holograms for WhatsApp 16:23 - Feature Creep: Real-time translations 19:55 - Feature Creep: Lies Detector for WhatsApp 22:14 - Feature Creep: Unconscious bias assistant 25:54 - Feature Creep: WhatsApp Wrapped 26:21 - Feature Creep: IOT physical WhatsApp nudge 33:06 - Competitors: Telegram, Signal and others 36:05 - Feature Creep: Summarisation of audios 37:47 - Encryption on most popular apps and Signal 40:14 - WhatsApp for Business 43:27 - Bonus: Product Hunt messaging apps 45:20 - Wrap up + COMMENT 💜 SUBSCRIBE</p>
November 22, 2023
Google Docs, Office and other document creation 📄 collab tools!
<p>Google Docs, Office and other document creation & collab tools!</p> <p>Today we take a look at Google Docs, the ubiquitous document writing solution that was the first to nail browser-based, online-first & collaborative writing! It went toe to toe with Microsoft Office, but may now be competing at a grander stage with fresh new players like Notion…</p> <p>— Agenda —</p> <ul> <li>What are we doing today?</li> <li>What was happening in the world when Google Docs launched in 2006?!</li> <li>Why does Google Docs exist?</li> <li>What could have been the first Google Docs Feature Creeps?</li> <li>Famous Google Docs alternatives: Office, Final Draft, Ulysses, Notion</li> <li>Top Google Docs features!</li> <li>New features to take Google Docs to next level?</li> </ul> <p>— HAVE FUN —</p> <p>No affiliations whatsoever: whenever we show something, you know you're hearing our unfiltered thoughts 😄</p> <p>— Highlighted software —</p> <p>Google Docs: <a href="https://docs.google.com">https://docs.google.com</a> Microsoft 365 / Office: <a href="https://www.office.com/">https://www.office.com/</a> Notion: <a href="https://www.notion.so/">https://www.notion.so/</a> Ulysses: <a href="https://ulysses.app/">https://ulysses.app/</a></p> <p>Joao’s website: <a href="https://jvmartins.com/">https://jvmartins.com/</a></p> <p>Johnny’s website: <a href="https://magrippis.com/">https://magrippis.com/</a> Johnny’s other channels: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@johnnifytech">https://www.youtube.com/@johnnifytech</a> & <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@jmagrippis">https://www.youtube.com/@jmagrippis</a></p> <p>— TIMESTAMPS —</p> <p>0:00 - Coming up! 1:57 - Intros & Agenda 3:08 - What was the world like in 2006? 4:34 - Why does Google Docs exist? 6:08 - Browser-based vs Native apps 8:44 - Why something like Google Docs was needed in 2006? 13:08 - Cost of Google Docs vs Microsoft Office back in the days 13:54 - Bundling App Strategy of Microsoft Office 15:40 - What was the MVP for Google Docs and original Feature Creeps 19:28 - How much things have changed for Google Docs? 21:19 - Notion: what would you use nowadays for document collaboration? 25:43 - Why is Notion more fun? 28:53 - Other competitors 33:17 - Best Features of Google Docs in 2023 37:07 - Auto-save and sync are everywhere 40:25 - Feature Creeping: taking Google Docs to the next level 41:17 - Feature Creep: Generative Video Summarisation 43:31 - Feature Creep: "Make this doc beautiful” 46:50 - Feature Creep: AI writer assistant, but everywhere! 49:08 - Feature Creep: Auto-complete my Story 54:35 - Feature Creep: AR Immersive Reading 57:28 - Feature Creep: 5-minute Video Summarisation as Prep for Meetings 01:01:53 - Feature Creep for Notion: AI critique 01:04:12 - Is Microsoft Office still relevant 01:05:39 - Which Feature Creep would we pitch to a Google board? 01:07:05 - Wrap up and Final Thoughts</p>
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