{"id":4294,"slug":"skype-2","name":"Skype","type":"concept","created_at":"2026-08-08T23:18:28.890151+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":[],"episodes":[{"id":"d3c76051-e1c1-4560-823d-dffbda246749","slug":"s08e16-whats-the-egot-for-technology-and-arts","subject":"s08e16: What's the EGOT for Technology and Arts?","title":"What's the EGOT for Technology and Arts?","publish_date":"2020-07-01T22:30:21.788000+00:00","year":2020,"month":7,"season":8,"episode":16,"episode_label":"s08e16","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s08e16-whats-the-egot-for-technology-and-arts/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2680,"context":" … I have to admit I completely scrubbed from my memory that eBay bought <mark>Skype</mark> in 2005 for nearly 28 times the 2016 budget of the U.S. National … ","reading_minutes":13},{"id":"5b12e5ed-b5b2-4bdb-acc5-2adf86407046","slug":"s07e13-no-not-a-mid-life-crisis-snow-crashing","subject":"s07e13: No, not a mid-life crisis; Snow Crashing","title":"No, not a mid-life crisis; Snow Crashing","publish_date":"2019-10-14T20:37:42.514000+00:00","year":2019,"month":10,"season":7,"episode":13,"episode_label":"s07e13","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s07e13-no-not-a-mid-life-crisis-snow-crashing/","is_premium":0,"word_count":4621,"context":" … escape room for a bunch of 7-8-year-olds\n, complete with a <mark>Skype</mark> live video monitoring station for adults (there’s some video in the thread), as … ","reading_minutes":23},{"id":"2195f575-1a5e-4aca-8a9f-396ee5f74bea","slug":"s3e15-first-rule-in-government-spending","subject":"s3e15: First Rule In Government Spending","title":"First Rule In Government Spending","publish_date":"2016-04-21T00:00:00+00:00","year":2016,"month":4,"season":3,"episode":15,"episode_label":"s03e15","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s3e15-first-rule-in-government-spending/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2083,"context":" … let's do a hangout. Wait, hangout's not working for you? OK. <mark>Skype</mark> then? No?\n\n- Who's on mute? Can you unmute yourself?\n\n- Calendaring still sucks\n\n- No … ","reading_minutes":10},{"id":"3654b84f-6cc6-41dc-8a62-28c89a8dc394","slug":"s2e03-any-old-iron","subject":"s2e03: Any Old Iron","title":"Any Old Iron","publish_date":"2015-06-04T00:00:00+00:00","year":2015,"month":6,"season":2,"episode":3,"episode_label":"s02e03","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s2e03-any-old-iron/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2189,"context":" … Crashing iPhones Simply by Receiving a Text Message [Includes Fix] - Mac Rumors\n\n[9]\n<mark>Skype</mark> falls victim to text chat bug - BBC News\n\n\n\n--\n\n\n\nOK. That was longer than I … ","reading_minutes":11},{"id":"0fda6781-48d3-4d44-b719-1790a7a3a22c","slug":"episode-one-hundred-and-seventy-seven-we-will","subject":"Episode One Hundred and Seventy Seven: We Will Sell it To You Wholesale","title":"We Will Sell it To You Wholesale","publish_date":"2014-10-13T00:00:00+00:00","year":2014,"month":10,"season":null,"episode":177,"episode_label":"episode 177","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/episode-one-hundred-and-seventy-seven-we-will/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1254,"context":" … Facetime works because it works like a *phone call* and it is unlike <mark>Skype</mark>. It doesn't require signing in to a presence server. You just \"call someone … ","reading_minutes":6},{"id":"436709fb-fab8-4b73-9171-12d459d62616","slug":"episode-one-hundred-and-two-structure-the-thing","subject":"Episode One Hundred and Two: Structure; The Thing About People","title":"Structure; The Thing About People","publish_date":"2014-06-14T00:00:00+00:00","year":2014,"month":6,"season":null,"episode":102,"episode_label":"episode 102","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/episode-one-hundred-and-two-structure-the-thing/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1605,"context":" … A different set of friends I have - also freelancers, mostly - have a ritual where they get together once a week, roughly, and do a group <mark>Skype</mark> call where … ","reading_minutes":8}]}