WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:06.719 Is Michael Garfier. 2 00:00:06.960 --> 00:00:07.679 Michael Garfield. 3 00:00:07.679 --> 00:00:09.080 Michael Garfield's joining. 4 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:10.320 Us in the high Tech Texan. 5 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:14.599 Michael Garfield is here with a high Tech Texans. It 6 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:16.920 has to make life easier some new technology. 7 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:18.839 So Michael Garfield has something you might want. 8 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:23.039 Texas. 9 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:31.559 Michael Garfield is your high Tech Texan. Three decades helping 10 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:37.200 you make magic with your gadgets, heard worldwide on the 11 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:44.079 iHeartRadio Act. Now your high Tech Texan. Michael Garfield twenty 12 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:45.479 three years. 13 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:49.799 I have been hosting this show. Twenty three years. I 14 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:54.000 have spread the love, the knowledge, the wealth, okay, maybe 15 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:57.640 not the wealth about most everything I like and the 16 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:01.119 products you either wanted, you needed, or you're now collecting 17 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:05.519 dust in your closet. This is called the high Tech 18 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:08.239 Texan Show. And my name, as you heard in that 19 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:12.079 grandiose opening, it's Michael Garfield. You can call me Michael, 20 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:14.560 you can call me Garth. Just don't call me late 21 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:17.519 for dinner. And yes I do dad joke quite well. 22 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:22.920 Twenty three years people, this radio show has solely been 23 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:28.120 broadcast in Southeast Texas, you know, Houston, Galveston, Beaumont, and 24 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:32.840 everything on KPRC nine fifty am, which is the oldest 25 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:36.879 talk radio station in our great state of Texas. In fact, 26 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:41.239 this is the longest running local show in the one 27 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:45.159 hundred and one year history of KPRC. Now, yes, it's 28 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:49.400 also heard throughout the iHeartRadio app across the country, also 29 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:54.200 podcasted wherever a great podcast or heard. But starting this 30 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:58.280 week that all changes. You see. I had a goal 31 00:01:58.359 --> 00:02:01.959 all those years ago to spread my content to as 32 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:04.840 many people who could listen, and that's why I coined 33 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:10.159 and trademarked the term high tech Techan instead of the 34 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:14.479 high tech Ustonian. And as of this weekend, this show 35 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:23.840 finally is truly techan just like me. Hello San Antonio 36 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:31.159 and WOAI listeners, Welcome to the high Tech Texan family. 37 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:34.159 Wait wait, wait, wait before you flip to another station, 38 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:36.360 and we know who you are. Oh, yes, we do 39 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:39.479 have the technology. Give it a listen, give it a 40 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:43.080 few weeks. I've been doing this for an entire generation. 41 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:46.520 From the name of the show, you may be expecting 42 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:49.879 to call in and have me help fix your motherboard 43 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:52.639 on your computer. Ah, you're listening to the wrong show. 44 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:56.560 You might as well find a nice, blonde, knowledgeable female 45 00:02:56.560 --> 00:03:00.159 who's been doing tech specific radio shows for about as 46 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:03.280 long as I have. Nah Ah, this show is fun. 47 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:08.159 This show is fast, personable, it's hip, it's hot, it's happening, 48 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:11.319 as my grown kids say. Speaking of which, you will 49 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:15.080 find out that I am a grown kid. You see, 50 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:17.159 I'm a kid who enjoys what he does for a living. 51 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:21.919 I'm a kid who gets to play with most any gadget, car, 52 00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:24.439 piece of food. You want me to try it before 53 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:27.960 you buy it, I'm your guy. But know this, I'm 54 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:30.599 not afraid to hold back. If I don't like something, 55 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:34.400 If I think it's cheesy, could break easily, it's too expensive, 56 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:37.080 I'm gonna tell you to walk away or even run, 57 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:41.639 simple as that. This show is not about computers people. Well, 58 00:03:41.719 --> 00:03:43.680 actually it can be if you want my advice on 59 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:48.599 buying laptops or desktops. But it's also about cars, trucks. 60 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:52.159 I test drive over sixty vehicles a year. I can 61 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:54.479 help you decide which ones to look at, which ones 62 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:59.199 to stay away from. It's about most anything that consumers want. 63 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:02.039 You like peanut butter, I'm gonna tell you what I 64 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:05.120 think the best peanut butter on the market is cell phones, 65 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:10.599 streaming services, bourbon, places to travel, what to whar I 66 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:15.039 gots it. All that, my friends, is what this show 67 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:19.240 is all about. So buckle up and let's roll to 68 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:23.560 celebrate us going statewide, not national yet, one step at 69 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:26.639 a time. We have a brand new phone number to 70 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:29.519 get in Okay. For years it's been seven to one 71 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:31.839 three blah blah blah blah ba. So no matter if 72 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:35.240 you're listening in Houston or in San Antonio and soon 73 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:39.319 to be one more city too. Jot this down here 74 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:42.360 it comes. It's an interactive show, and it's an easy one. 75 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:46.879 I'm all about marketing. Wait for it. Three four six 76 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:52.639 twenty nine. Texan. Nah, it's called marketing people. Three four 77 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:55.319 six twenty nine Texan. Why don't you call me? If 78 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:58.000 you're new to the show, say hi, Promise I'm not 79 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:00.199 gonna bite you. If you're a long time less there, 80 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:02.120 it's like garf man, glad to hear you. I drove 81 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:05.600 across the straight to Texas. Three four six twenty nine. Textan. 82 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:08.079 We're gonna have some giveaways, but what it is is 83 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:12.120 you call me, you say, hey, Michael, ah Black Friday 84 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:14.480 sales are coming up. I see something. Am I gonna 85 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:17.560 get schnookered? Should I wait till a little closer to 86 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:23.519 the Christmas Hanak holiday. That's it three four six, twenty nine, Texan. Yes, 87 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:25.240 if you want to go old school, you can also 88 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:28.519 email me I guess if you really wanted to Michael 89 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:33.240 Garfield at iHeartMedia dot com. Either way, we're gonna try 90 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:36.079 to get you on, play your voice, make you famous, 91 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:39.480 answer your question. Promise I want to laugh at you. 92 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:43.639 Quick history. There's been some questions, there's been some doozies people. 93 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:46.079 I mean, I remember, like, you know, how do you 94 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:49.680 turn a computer on? Back when the start Putton, you 95 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:52.399 know from Microsoft Windows came round, how do you turn 96 00:05:52.399 --> 00:05:57.879 a computer off? Just nothing is too funny, too trivial. 97 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:00.600 Because we have fun here, That's what it is. I 98 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:02.600 will set up what's coming in, what you're gonna hear 99 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:06.160 until we sign off today and we do this every weekend. 100 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:08.160 But today on the show, we're going to talk about 101 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:10.720 Blue Sky. Well, yes, there are blue Skys here for 102 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:12.680 my show and hopefully my career as we continue to 103 00:06:13.079 --> 00:06:16.199 expanded to more markets. Blue Sky it's actually an app 104 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:19.120 people that many people are logging on and creating a 105 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:22.879 free account to because they're flocking from X in Twitter. 106 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:24.560 I will tell you what Blue Sky is and how 107 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:28.920 it does differ from other social media apps. I am 108 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:31.800 going to talk about Black Friday. Are Black Friday deals? 109 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:34.439 Are they really worth it? We are less than one 110 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:38.279 week out from Thanksgiving? The Cowboys afternoon game. Actually I 111 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:41.639 think that. By the way, massive Cowboys fan here. I 112 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:43.920 will not rag on the Cowboys, grew up with them. 113 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:47.240 I'm a big d guy. But dang man, this is 114 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:50.720 not a good pro NFLC. Great, it's great college season 115 00:06:50.759 --> 00:06:53.879 for me. And if you're new, hooking morns people, because 116 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:56.079 that's how I roll. We're gonna talk about Black Friday deals. 117 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:59.199 We're going to talk about streaming issues. Anybody have any 118 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:02.680 questions about that old the waste of time Jake Paul, 119 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:05.600 Mike Tyson fight. It's about more than that. There's been 120 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:07.720 some winners in some losers. And I'm gonna look at 121 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:10.639 it from a business streaming standpoint too. How many streaming 122 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:14.759 services do you have? And I guarantee it's too many. 123 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:16.720 It is too many. We'll tell you how to stop that. 124 00:07:17.240 --> 00:07:19.879 Those are the things that we're gonna yap about. Three 125 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:23.879 four six twenty nine. Texan. This is the energy. This 126 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:27.680 is my electricity. I haven't even had caffeine yet today 127 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:30.680 and I'm still fired up. I am pumped. Not only 128 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:34.120 that I am heard in the largest city across Texas, 129 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:37.240 which is used in the fourth largest city across the country, 130 00:07:37.319 --> 00:07:40.160 but now in San Antonio, another top ten most populous 131 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:42.399 city in the state of Texas. You guys are great, 132 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:45.959 So I'll tell you right now, from Alamo Heights to 133 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:50.839 Garden Ridge to Sibilo to Hollywood Park, give me at 134 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:54.319 least one hour of your time right now, and we 135 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:56.759 are going to have some fun. I promise. Michael Garfield 136 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:58.959 is the name. It's the High Tech Texan Show coming up. 137 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:01.279 We're going to get into the content, and I guarantee 138 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:03.319 you are god all love it. We'll be right back 139 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:09.560 we get into it. It is the High Tech Texan Show. 140 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:12.360 Welcome new listeners all across the state of Texas, including 141 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:16.920 our new affiliate WOAI in San Antonio. We've been doing 142 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:20.240 this for two decades in Houston on KPRC nine point fifty. 143 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:23.240 So no matter where you are, how you're listening via 144 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:26.720 the iHeartRadio app Terrestrial, which some people still do in 145 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:29.519 their cars, we thank you. I guarantee we're not gonna 146 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:31.199 bore you. I guarantee. I'm not gonna tell you how 147 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:33.519 to fix your computer. Oh we are so much more 148 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:37.639 than that. I will tell you what potential app to download. 149 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:40.200 All right, who's hurt of blue Sky? Nah? Raise your hand, Riten, 150 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:42.519 put your handback in the wheel. You're driving people blue Sky. 151 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:45.919 If you haven't heard a Blue Sky, you've probably been 152 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:49.639 busy watching I don't know, NFL college football. Maybe you're 153 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:52.200 worried about the election, you're happy about the election. Whatever. Well, 154 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:53.679 by the way, I don't do a lot of politics, 155 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:57.279 so this is a pretty much political free radio, Chaseeau. 156 00:08:57.879 --> 00:09:00.200 But Blue Sky, I will tell you a lot of 157 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:05.200 people are flocking to it and deleting X, Twitter, whatever 158 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:08.720 you want to call it, maybe for political reasons. Big news. 159 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:13.759 Blue Sky just this past week hit twenty million users 160 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:16.759 and is growing like wildfire. All Right, you never heard 161 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:18.919 of it, or maybe you see people saying, Hey, I'm 162 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:21.080 killing my X account, my Twitter account, I'm going to 163 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:24.480 blue Sky. Let me give you the breakdown. It's a 164 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:29.080 relatively new social media platform, all right, and it is 165 00:09:29.159 --> 00:09:34.039 receiving a big influx of users who are fleeing from 166 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:39.240 X or Twitter from what critics describe really as a 167 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:44.120 toxic environment under Elon musk direction. Now, listen, I'm not 168 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:47.080 an Elon hater, and I did listen. If you know me, 169 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:50.080 there's no hate. There's just too much positive things in 170 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:52.879 the world. But there's a lot of things that that 171 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:55.799 Elon Musk, who owns a new bought Twitter for forty 172 00:09:55.840 --> 00:10:00.879 four billion dollars about two years ago. That has changed 173 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:03.399 and a lot of people don't like it. You know, 174 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:06.120 he sought to overhaul the platform to fit his free 175 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:11.320 speech absolutist vision, all right, And since then, there have 176 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:15.200 been other social media platforms that have tried to compete, 177 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:18.320 try to get the you know, the users to log 178 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:21.960 on regularly. There's been Instagram came out with Threads about 179 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:23.759 a year and a half ago. Anyone on Threads anyone 180 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:26.600 anyway mastered it on as a new one. These were 181 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:30.120 some of the original top contenders in the race. None 182 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:32.279 of them really have been able to secure the position 183 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:38.879 as x's top competition, not recently. Changes to X that 184 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:42.080 were rolled out during Elon's tenure. I mean, you know, 185 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:45.600 he newtered the block feature, which means if you previously 186 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:48.879 block somebody, one of the things that you can do 187 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:53.279 Now people are literally able to see what's going on, 188 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:57.360 so they've he's unblocked it. So he's now making verification 189 00:10:57.440 --> 00:10:59.960 a payable subscription. It used to be Hey, I'm verifiedable 190 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:01.960 legit person. Oh no, no, you want a blue check marker, 191 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:06.279 you have to pay. He's obviously increasing vocal in the 192 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:09.679 support of you know, right wing issues. He's president at 193 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:12.639 Trump's you know, you know, he's not a cabinet member, 194 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:15.360 but you know he's very involved in that. But election 195 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:17.320 day appeared to be the last straw for a lot 196 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:19.919 of people who were turned off by elon support of 197 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:24.000 Trump or maybe the political discourse whatever. So people are 198 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:27.879 now flocking to this thing called blue Scott. The difference is, 199 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:31.039 and I guess the question is, you know what is 200 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:36.440 blue Scott. It is an alternative social network. It is 201 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:39.200 blowing up right now, which is a good thing. It's 202 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:44.960 finally having its moment. It's an open source, which means 203 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:47.960 there's not one person, there's no one overlord who oversees it. 204 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:51.159 Anyone over the age of thirteen. You can join Blue 205 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:53.679 Sky as long as you're legal in your country. Now, 206 00:11:53.720 --> 00:11:55.600 let's go back to the day Blue Scott launched as 207 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:59.440 an invitation only service. Back about a year and a 208 00:11:59.440 --> 00:12:02.080 half ago, and then in the eliminated of the invites 209 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:04.200 in the invite codes in February of this year, so 210 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:06.679 anybody can sign up. It is free. Go to your 211 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:10.200 little iTunes, go to your Android up Google Play Story 212 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:12.519 and you download Blue Sky all one word and you 213 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:13.960 install it on your phone and you're set to go. 214 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:17.840 You sign up, you create an account, and pretty much 215 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:19.840 at that point you need to pick your handle. Your 216 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:22.320 handle is your nickname. You know my by the way, 217 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:25.840 let me introduce you for those new listens. My nickname, shockingly, 218 00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:28.559 it's high tech Texan. Spell the whole thing out h 219 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:30.879 I G H T E C h T E x 220 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:32.519 A M. Spell the whole thing out, high tech text. 221 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:34.440 And you can find me on Instagram. You could find 222 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:37.000 me on Twitter x Still you can now find me 223 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:41.960 on Blue Scott Facebook. I'm actually Michael Garfield. That's I'm 224 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:44.559 on LinkedIn too. I'll let my kids do the TikTok, 225 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:47.039 I'll let my kids do snap and everything. But pick 226 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:49.240 a handle, pick your name, pick whatever it is. Okay, 227 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:50.960 it must be at least three characters, and you can 228 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:53.960 only use letters, numbers and hyphens. So there you go. 229 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:56.960 Once you've got that account name, you know, you set 230 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:58.879 up your little capture and things like that, just to 231 00:12:59.000 --> 00:13:02.159 know it's you, and you look for your interest. What 232 00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:06.440 do you want to what do you want to follow? Animals, art, books, sports, science, politics, whatever. 233 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:09.720 All right, at that point you're set to go. And 234 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:11.559 then it's kind of like X and Twitter. You follow 235 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:14.360 people who you like me personally. I'm a sports guy. 236 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:17.639 I love sports. I follow athletes, I follow, you know, 237 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:21.200 sports networks for the inside news. It's cool, all right, 238 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:24.320 you know, maybe I'll follow some people who follow the weather. Certainly. 239 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:28.399 I do some technology stuff I would love. I would 240 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:31.159 prefer I would demand you follow high tech textan and 241 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:33.120 I thank you for that because that's that's one of 242 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:36.240 the ways that we actually give away gifts and products 243 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:38.759 and products around here. And let me help you out. 244 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:41.240 Oh I get some products. Give me about a month 245 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:42.480 and a half and I'm in Las Vegas for the 246 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:44.519 Consumer Electronics Show, and I come back with bags and 247 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:46.519 bags full of stuff that they want me to give away. 248 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:49.240 It's not just hollow number ten. Oh no, no, you 249 00:13:49.279 --> 00:13:50.960 follow me on social media. That's how we're going to 250 00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:54.039 do it. So that's that's my that's my lost leader 251 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:59.080 of say please bug me, please bother me on one, 252 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:02.080 on Blue Sky, on Twitter, on Instagram. Thing, all right, 253 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:05.200 lots of things to follow. You can customize your feed, 254 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:08.080 you can do anything else anything you want. You can 255 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:10.480 block accounts, you can mute accounts. You could do a 256 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:13.480 lot of things. And you should be at that point 257 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:15.679 set to go. It's up to you. This is not 258 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:19.159 a political thing, the least not for me. Do you 259 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:23.320 want another one? Do you need another social media app? No, 260 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:26.240 you probably don't. If you're a brand, it doesn't hurt 261 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:28.480 to be across the board. If you're an influence there, 262 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:33.720 it doesn't hurt to be everywhere. But we are all tired. 263 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:37.960 We're just our eyeballs are probably bleeding from so much 264 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:41.320 of the crap that keeps feeding and scrolling bias. Do 265 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:45.080 we need another time sucker something else? I mean, oh, 266 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:47.879 you know, I'm on Facebook, I'm on this. No, you 267 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:50.279 sometimes don't do it if you want to. If you 268 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:52.600 want to follow news, don't. But to me, and here's 269 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:54.960 just my assessment. Right now, I've been on Blue Sky 270 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:58.840 for all of a week. Right now, there is less noise, 271 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:01.559 there's less chatter, there less hate for lack of a 272 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:03.799 better term on Blue Sky than I have seen on 273 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:07.360 X Threads. I could say the same thing I hopped 274 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:10.360 on Threads, which is from Meta fast Book, Facebook, and 275 00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:12.120 Instagram a year ago. And you can find me on 276 00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:14.960 High Tech Texan. I don't go there a lot. I 277 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:20.480 really thought Threads free to download also was gonna be 278 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:25.600 the Twitter killer. It's got two hundred million subscribers Threads does. 279 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:30.799 That's ten times as big as what's going on over 280 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:35.600 at Blue Sky. But also Twitter X has three hundred 281 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:38.480 and twenty seven million. They're slowly but surely falling off. 282 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:43.159 Wait until then, there you go. There's your Blue Sky breakdown. 283 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:44.799 All right, Now, when we come back, I'm gonna tell 284 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:46.240 you how to fully delete if you want to get 285 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:48.000 off that X and Twitter, I'm gonna tell you how 286 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:50.840 to delete that. I'm also gonna take your phone calls 287 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:53.799 three four six twenty nine Texan. As we continue the 288 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:56.639 High Tech Textan Show. This is Michael Garfield. Heard that 289 00:15:56.759 --> 00:16:02.840 a lot of people cross the state. Now big number, 290 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:06.759 new number, my friends, three four six twenty nine Texan. 291 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:08.399 That's how you're going to get a hold of me. 292 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:10.600 If you're just going up and down the radio dial 293 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:12.919 in Houston. Well, I do think you for tuning in 294 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:16.320 to KPRC nine to fifty am, where this show has 295 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:19.159 been for twenty three years, and this show has now 296 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:23.679 been on twenty three minutes. I think now maybe thirty minutes. 297 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:25.919 As we get to the bottom of the twenty thirty 298 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:29.919 minutes san Antonio, what is off the first over the 299 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:32.799 year terrestrial show? As we picked up another affiliate on 300 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:38.039 WAI flagship talk news station, which is great, What is 301 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:42.840 up san Antonio? Already hearing from San Antonio, San Antonioan's 302 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:47.399 San Antonio Heights. That's whatever you want to call you. 303 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:49.480 You're a textan just like me. This is the high 304 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:52.519 Tech Texan Show, Michael Garfield. We're fun guaranteed, not the 305 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:54.559 boy guaranteed. And I'll tell you how to fix your computer. 306 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:58.399 We don't do that all consumer products technology. I got 307 00:16:58.399 --> 00:17:02.080 a car, I've been testing out a car. Who wants 308 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:04.480 an EV man? I got my listen? This is new, 309 00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:07.160 this your first time listen to me. Listen. I am 310 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:10.759 a member of the Texas Auto Writers Association, been there 311 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:14.920 for about fifteen years, which means I talk about, I 312 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:17.680 write about, and I review cars, trucks, pretty much anything 313 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:19.680 with four wheels on it. I've been doing it for 314 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:23.640 quite a long time. On average, I get in a 315 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:26.799 brand new vehicle sixty times a year, well over once 316 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:30.160 a week. I get a vehicle for one week. All right. 317 00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:32.759 I don't work for a dealership. I am not pimping 318 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:34.359 a dealership. I'm not even gonna tell you where to 319 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:37.200 buy a car. I work straight with the manufacturers. They 320 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:41.039 let me and my ilk other people who review cars trucks. 321 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:43.400 I give you my thoughts. I can tell you they 322 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:46.400 are horrible. I can tell you they're great. Doesn't matter. 323 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:48.279 I don't get paid for anything. That's why you can 324 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:54.319 trust me electric vehicles. You'll get to know me of 325 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:57.279 the love hate relationship I have with electric vehicles. This 326 00:17:57.279 --> 00:18:01.559 past week, I've been in a accurate Z Did you 327 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:04.799 even know Accura makes an electric vehicle? I gotta say 328 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:06.759 it's quite I will. I'm gonna do a little lost 329 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:10.240 leader of it. It's quite nice. It's it's a very 330 00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:14.240 nice EV twenty twenty four Acura ZDX, not the cheapest thing, 331 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:17.279 very roomy. It is fast, just like a lot of 332 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:21.119 the EV's. Give me about fifteen minutes. I will tell 333 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:25.839 you cop about two or three pros and pretty much 334 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:29.640 one by major con the major negative that I always 335 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:31.640 have about ev cars, But that's some of the things 336 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:34.440 that we do. Got an email over here already to 337 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:38.279 Michael Gurfield at iHeartMedia dot com. This comes from Chris 338 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:41.319 Tally in San Antonio. Chris, you are now my first 339 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:45.720 San Antonio and San Antonio White not my first texting 340 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:48.799 my brother to to send me an email and way 341 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:50.519 in Dear Garth. Great hearing from you. I used to 342 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:51.799 drive through Uston to hear you all the time. Can 343 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:53.240 I wait to listen to you every single week here 344 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:55.400 on OAI. Got a question for you. He was talking 345 00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:58.039 about blue Sky. You were talking about apps that you 346 00:18:58.079 --> 00:19:01.359 should or should not download. Here's the big question for 347 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:04.039 you when it comes to posting personal things. This is 348 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:07.440 actually a good one. What personal things should I never 349 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:11.240 post online? Chris Tally CT This is going to be 350 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:18.079 from you. A number one. How old are you kids? 351 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:20.759 Post everything? Chris? I know you're I'm assuming you're not 352 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:23.960 a teenager. I don't know. There's a number of things 353 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:29.119 you shouldn't post. People post too much. People believe, or 354 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:32.720 it seems that social media is the facebooks and everything. 355 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:36.200 It's an online diary. If you think about it, it's 356 00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:38.400 kind of it kind of has become an online diary. 357 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:41.960 Here I am eating, Here, I'm going on vacation. Here, 358 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:44.799 here's a picture of my new grandkid. I'm doing that. 359 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:49.279 Got a new job? Personal news okay, yes there, you 360 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:53.640 post about your favorite sports teams, your politics, whatever it is. 361 00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:58.839 People can tell a lot just from following you. At 362 00:19:58.880 --> 00:20:03.079 that point, they could potentially take your information and use 363 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:07.720 it against you. Not good. Now, listen, there is zero 364 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:10.880 fool poof fray from anybody of stealing any information or 365 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:13.480 pretending they're you. Right now, welcome to the twenty first century. People. 366 00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:17.200 They could do anything, but in my opinion, you're helping 367 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:19.839 them by posting a lot of your personal stuff, almost 368 00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:23.119 too much. So. To answer your question, Chris, what should 369 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:25.839 not you post? Number one? I have a few rules 370 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:27.480 over here. No matter what age or whatever you do, 371 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:30.960 try not to post your relationship status. And here's why. 372 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:34.000 If you're a widow, if you're a widower, especially a 373 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:38.799 recently widowed person, you're a sitting duck. Crooks want to 374 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:42.440 get their grimy hands on everything from inheritance money to 375 00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:49.559 whatever scam scam scams. Try not to post that you're married, 376 00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:53.319 your divorce, you're dating, whatever relationship status. Number One, stay 377 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:57.079 away from posting your vacation plans. Seriously, if you start 378 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:59.480 telling people, hey, I can't wait for my upcoming cruise. 379 00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:01.000 We're going to be in here and I'm gone for 380 00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:03.559 a week, why don't you just go ahead and leave 381 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:09.079 your front door open? People? All right, Just that's it. Specifically, 382 00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:11.559 if you're going on a cruise or a specific flight, 383 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:14.759 people can now start digging into Oh wait a minute, 384 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:19.720 here's my frequent flyer account number, and I'm gonna pretend 385 00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:21.559 i'm you, and I'm going to cancel the trip and 386 00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:24.440 refund the money back to wherever I'm going. I don't 387 00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:29.680 mind people posting their vacation photos, but I do this, 388 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:32.720 and this is my trick, post them when you get back, 389 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:35.920 when you're done. And I do this too. It's in listen. 390 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:38.799 This is a safety, you know, listen for. It's safety 391 00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:43.400 for everybody. I've been in the public ear, the public eye, 392 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:46.720 if you will, for you know, two decades. And I 393 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:50.000 want people to generally come to my remote broadcast or 394 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:51.920 let them know where I'm doing a segment on this 395 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:55.279 TV show or whatever. If I'm m seeing an event, 396 00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:57.599 but I found in the past that man, you can 397 00:21:57.640 --> 00:22:00.160 get some weirdos. And I don't want to use that 398 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:04.200 s stalker word, but I just did. I generally now 399 00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:07.559 post not where I am, but where I've been. Something 400 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:09.920 to keep in mind. Vacation plans are certainly one of them. 401 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:14.960