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The shipping container is worried that we may have reached a critical mass when it comes to the amount of TSA Pre-check members at the airport. Taylor and Jessica wonder how many times Tracy Morgan would be allowed to throw up on the court as long as the Knicks are winning and could we just replace Tony with his brother without anyone noticing? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The shipping container is worried that we may have reached a critical mass when it comes to the amount of TSA Pre-check members at the airport. Taylor and Jessica wonder how many times Tracy Morgan would be allowed to throw up on the court as long as the Knicks are winning and could we just replace Tony with his brother without anyone noticing? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

#219: Learn every way to skip security lines, breeze through immigration, and save time at the airport. We cover the programs like TSA PreCheck, Global Entry, and CLEAR, as well as smart check-in tactics, must-have apps, and insider tricks to save time when you travel. Leigh Rowan is the founder and CEO of Savanti Travel, a full-service travel management company. Prior to that, he was the COO of The Points Guy. Link to Full Show Notes: https://chrishutchins.com/fast-track-airport-security-and-immigration-leigh-rowan Partner Deals Trust & Will: Get 15% off personalized, legally binding estate plans Green Chef: 50% off your first meal kit + 2 months of free salad with code ALLTHEHACKSFREE Stable: 50% off your first year of my favorite digital mailbox NetSuite: Free KPI checklist to upgrade your business performance DeleteMe: 20% off removing your personal info from the web For all the deals, discounts and promo codes from our partners, go to: chrishutchins.com/deals Resources Mentioned Luggage Shipping Luggage Forward Luggage Free Ship Sticks Ship & Play Airport Wait Time Trackers: MyTSA App | MiFlight Reserve Airport Screening Times Denver: DEN Reserve Rome: QPass Pre Approved Screening Global Entry TSA PreCheck CLEAR | CLEAR Mobile SENTRI Card NEXUS Cross Border Xpress ETIAS Automated Immigration Clearance Service (SES) Best Credit Cards That Offer Global Entry, TSA PreCheck And Clear Appointment Scanner Airport Concierge: CLEAR Ambassador Assist Airport Lost and Found Retrieval: CLEAR Scout Airport Lounge Membership: Priority Pass Mobile Passport Control E-Visas: Sherpa APEC Business Travel Card ATH Podcast Ep #182: Shortcuts to Elite Travel Status with Greg the Frequent Miler Leave a review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Email for questions, hacks, deals, and feedback: podcast@allthehacks.com Full Show Notes (00:00) Introduction (02:11) How Early Should You Arrive at the Airport? (05:08) Days and Times to Avoid the Airport (06:41) The Most Efficient Ways to Check In (11:13) How to Save Time at Airport Security (14:53) Skipping the Line at Denver International Airport (19:25) TSA Pre and Global Entry (21:29) Easiest Way to Make a Global Entry Appointment (24:53) CLEAR: How It Works and How to Get It for Free (27:52) Extra Perks You Get with CLEAR (30:23) CLEAR, Pre-TSA, and Global Entry for Children (35:43) The First-Class Terminal and Private Lounge Experience (40:44) Quick Recap (41:42) How to Leverage Airport Greeters (44:59) Boarding Tips and Tricks (47:38) Passing Through Immigration (50:12) Why You Should Upgrade to a Biometric Passport (51:45) The Importance of Travel Authorization (Visa) (54:29) Is Sitting in Front of the Plane Actually Worth It? (55:26) The APEC Business Travel Card (1:00:05) Return Tickets for International Travel (1:01:44) Cheapest Airport Tip: Always Carry a Pen Connect with Chris Newsletter | Membership | X | Instagram | LinkedIn Editor's Note: The content on this page is accurate as of the posting date; however, some of our partner offers may have expired. Opinions expressed here are the author's alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, hotel, airline, or other entity. This content has not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of the entities included within the post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Just the Tip we discuss the benefits and drawbacks and the top three airport security screening programs. We share the pros and cons to TSA Pre, Global Entry, and CLEAR for the frequent travelers looking to get through the airport faster. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shop: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Trip Itineraries⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon Storefront ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TSP Merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠and contact us at travelsquadpodcast@gmail.com to submit a question of the week or inquire about guest interviews and advertising.

Brim, Kim and Mr. Greer are back at it again. Apart from all the usual shenanigans, the gang chats about everything pop culture with all the trimmings and the cast is joined by James Duval (Independence Day, Gone in 60 Seconds, Go, Donnie Darko) who joins the crew to discuss his new projects, how he was cast for 'Independence Day' and how it went down with the cast of 'Go' in Vegas. He talks about his obsession with eclipses, how far he'll go to see them and where to find them for the next few years. The cast discusses their ridiculous amount of technical issues at the time of recording, they try to get to the root of Kim's right eye twitch, as well as why she has beef with the UFC. They chat about Brim's appearance out in Fort Worth, Texas, how the event was incredible, and why if you have TSA Pre-check... you use the TSA Pre-check. The crew chats about entertainment news, opinions and other cool stuff and things. Enjoy.Wherever you listen to podcasts & www.thegrindhouseradio.comhttps://linktr.ee/thegrindhouseradioThe Grindhouse RadioFB: @thegrindhouseradioTW: @therealghradioInstagram: @thegrindhouseradiowww.thegrindhouseradio.com

So, you want to travel the world and share your message. Perhaps you've wondered what it's like to be a ‘road warrior.' Mark and Darren pull back the curtain on their experiences of a combined 50+ years of traveling to speak, and share their time-tested tips for being a successful road warrior.   SNIPPETS: • You are not alone   • It's not always glamorous   • Give yourself grace   • Going international hire an agent/bureau to manage proposals & negotiations   • Examine the systems you set up to function while you're on the road   • Arrive a day early to prepare yourself   • Tack on an extra road day to refill yourself; self-care is critical   • Decide what's best for your stress   • Join frequent air/hotel/rental car programs   • Take photos of room numbers and parking spaces   • Use airport security programs like TSA Pre-check, CLEAR and Digital ID   • Maintain balance

Joy and Taylor are back in the studio for another episode of Two Personal and they start off with a candid conversation on the auntie label. The term “auntie” has evolved from a woman with nieces and nephews, to simply…an older woman. But has this evolution only invited more age-related stereotypes of women? And if that doesn't get your mind churning, what are your thoughts on TSA and the advancements that have been made to verify your identification? Taylor has a few thoughts and she shares why she has yet to sign up for CLEAR or TSA Pre-check.  And saving the best note for last, Two Personal welcomes its very first guest on the show! Grammy-award-winning artist Coco Jones joins the show to discuss Beyonce's ground-breaking country album, Cowboy Carter, and the concept of overcoming limiting beliefs. They explore the importance of being true to oneself and embracing multiple passions, even in the face of societal expectations. And the girls invite Coco to respond to a fan voice note, and let's just say, Geminis, we come in peace.

Shannon Sharpe & Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson are broadcasting LIVE from Resorts World Las Vegas and breaking down the Super Bowl LVIII matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, Ocho FINALLY appearing on First Take, Chad apparently joining the Las Vegas Raiders coaching staff,  tonight's NFL Honors ceremony and much more! 6:40 - Ocho's appearance on First Take 18:45 - Ocho fools the media saying he's coaching for the Raiders 11:30 - Ocho says what he'll give up if Chiefs don't win Super Bowl 15:00 - Reaction to NFL Honors  17:20 - Debate if Lamar is held to higher standard after winning 2nd MVP 21:10 - Mahomes happy with Chiefs being villains 27:00 - T-Pain joins the show 28:50 - T-Pain on autotune & writing country music 31:35 - Ocho challenges T-Pain to sing-off 34:10 - Ocho explains why TSA Pre-check is a waste & how to fly cheaply 42:30 - Orlando Brown Jr. joins the show 45:50 - Orlando Brown Jr. on differences between Mahomes & Burrow 47:40 - Why Eric Bieniemy didn't get a head coaching job 52:40 - Nightcap hits 1Mil Subs (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.)      #Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shannon Sharpe & Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson are broadcasting LIVE from Resorts World Las Vegas and breaking down the Super Bowl LVIII matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, Ocho FINALLY appearing on First Take, Chad apparently joining the Las Vegas Raiders coaching staff,  tonight's NFL Honors ceremony and much more! 6:40 - Ocho's appearance on First Take 18:45 - Ocho fools the media saying he's coaching for the Raiders 11:30 - Ocho says what he'll give up if Chiefs don't win Super Bowl 15:00 - Reaction to NFL Honors  17:20 - Debate if Lamar is held to higher standard after winning 2nd MVP 21:10 - Mahomes happy with Chiefs being villains 27:00 - T-Pain joins the show 28:50 - T-Pain on autotune & writing country music 31:35 - Ocho challenges T-Pain to sing-off 34:10 - Ocho explains why TSA Pre-check is a waste & how to fly cheaply 42:30 - Orlando Brown Jr. joins the show 45:50 - Orlando Brown Jr. on differences between Mahomes & Burrow 47:40 - Why Eric Bieniemy didn't get a head coaching job 52:40 - Nightcap hits 1Mil Subs (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.)      #Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shannon Sharpe & Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson are broadcasting LIVE from Resorts World Las Vegas and breaking down the Super Bowl LVIII matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, Ocho FINALLY appearing on First Take, Chad apparently joining the Las Vegas Raiders coaching staff,  tonight's NFL Honors ceremony and much more! 6:40 - Ocho's appearance on First Take 18:45 - Ocho fools the media saying he's coaching for the Raiders 11:30 - Ocho says what he'll give up if Chiefs don't win Super Bowl 15:00 - Reaction to NFL Honors  17:20 - Debate if Lamar is held to higher standard after winning 2nd MVP 21:10 - Mahomes happy with Chiefs being villains 27:00 - T-Pain joins the show 28:50 - T-Pain on autotune & writing country music 31:35 - Ocho challenges T-Pain to sing-off 34:10 - Ocho explains why TSA Pre-check is a waste & how to fly cheaply 42:30 - Orlando Brown Jr. joins the show 45:50 - Orlando Brown Jr. on differences between Mahomes & Burrow 47:40 - Why Eric Bieniemy didn't get a head coaching job 52:40 - Nightcap hits 1Mil Subs (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.)      #Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some Big Wig Weeks are up and some are down? Anna had the weekend from hell and details it all on today's episode, while Andrea got to do an event with the Housewives!!! So it's a fully balance out episode of highs and lows! We get to hear Andrea's stories about working with the housewives in Boston and you'll never guess who doesn't have TSA Pre!? Anna had encounters with both the FDNY and NYPD like a true New Yorker? Not fun! But her heroic dog Bobby Flay saved the day. Also, our girl Kimmy Stimmy is on the cover of GQ for "man of the year"... and we distracted ourselves with some documentaries like the Twin Flames one and Beckham! This episode is a real one, and we love you for being a Big Wig. Follow us on Youtube, Tiktok, IG, and Anna & Dre on IG!

Some Big Wig Weeks are up and some are down? Anna had the weekend from hell and details it all on today's episode, while Andrea got to do an event with the Housewives!!! So it's a fully balance out episode of highs and lows! We get to hear Andrea's stories about working with the housewives in Boston and you'll never guess who doesn't have TSA Pre!? Anna had encounters with both the FDNY and NYPD like a true New Yorker? Not fun! But her heroic dog Bobby Flay saved the day. Also, our girl Kimmy Stimmy is on the cover of GQ for "man of the year"... and we distracted ourselves with some documentaries like the Twin Flames one and Beckham! This episode is a real one, and we love you for being a Big Wig. Follow us on Youtube, Tiktok, IG, and Anna & Dre on IG! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to "The Big Show!" where Erin and Charissa talk about week 6 of the NFL season. Erin gives a Mack update, Charissa gets recognized by wonderful Calm Down fans for being on the podcast and finally gets TSA Pre-check'd! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've got an AI-packed episode this week! Ryan Lazanis demonstrates how AI and voice cloning technology can be utilized to streamline the analysis of financial statements. Blake and David examine various applications of AI in accounting, including tools for extracting key information from emails and documents, an AI-powered tax analysis tool, and the potential for AI to enhance advisory services. They also dig into some issues related to spam and scams in QuickBooks support, emphasizing the need for more granular requirements for accounting services and specialized education in areas like tax and much much more!SponsorsLiveflow - http://accountingpodcast.promo/liveflow Zoho - http://accountingpodcast.promo/zoho Forwardly - http://accountingpodcast.promo/forwardlyChapters (00:00) - TAP 348 (00:21) - Preview: Why we need more CPAs (01:04) - David finally gets with the TSA Pre program (02:39) - Using ChatGPT to write a Medicare appeal letter (04:00) - Chad took Beginning Walk/Jog to finish out his 150 hours (09:22) - Reflecting on the Unique CPA Bridging The Gap 2023 Conference (12:17) - Blake renewed his CPA license with 3 minutes to spare! (18:08) - Professor pumps accounting on Wheel of Fortune (23:33) - Accounting can make for a flexible lifestyle (24:26) - ABC News investigates the Big Four in Australia (33:40) - Is there a revolving door between Intuit employees and the IRS? (38:13) - Using AI to automate a P&L walkthrough video (48:00) - Doing tax research with AI (51:45) - Annoucing the "Unofficial QuickBooks Accountants Podcast" (53:19) - QuickBooks support scammer caught and punished (56:39) - Sean asks: "Is it a CPA shortage, or a resource allocation problem?" (01:02:05) - The CPAs education requirement for taxes is too low (01:06:03) - Wrap up and remember to subscribe so you don't miss an episode Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.comGet CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpeShow Notes“Tax prep giants are terrified. Their lobbyists are working overtime to try to keep the federal government from finally providing an easy, free way to file taxes. But we're at a historic moment where we can get this done—so let's keep pushing.” Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) August 17, 2023https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1692232917806698820 Democrats are increasingly optimistic about the IRS' plan to offer free tax prep software and break TurboTax and H&R Block's strangleholdhttps://www.businessinsider.com/democrats-optimistic-about-irs-plans-to-offer-free-tax-filing-services-2023-8      Democrats accuse tax prep firms of undermining new IRS effort on electronic free file tax returns https://apnews.com/article/irs-free-file-tax-returns-391ded1dbd73444bada5e946e962d70c Danielle Booker, Ph.D., CPA on LinkedIn: #accountants #accounting #cpa #patsajak #vannawhite #wheeloffortune…                https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danielle-booker-ph-d-cpa-05142238_accountants-accounting-cpa-activity-7097604071477362688--U2u ‘The World's Fastest Accountant' Is Running Away From the ‘Boring Stiff Squares' Stereotypehttps://www.goingconcern.com/the-worlds-fastest-accountant-is-running-away-from-the-boring-stiff-squares-stereotype/ The 'revolving door' between accounting and the IRShttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/hundreds-of-irs-employees-worked-for-accounting-firms IRS agents are getting paid by private accounting firms: watchdoghttps://thehill.com/business/4176786-irs-agents-are-getting-paid-by-private-accounting-firms-watchdog/ No Cubicles Here! The Shockingly Sun-Kissed Life of Digital Nomad Accountantshttps://hbculifestyle.com/digital-nomad-accountants/ MACPA Chair Christine Aspell looks to combat accounting ...https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/profiles-strategies/2023/08/accounting-misconceptions.html?page=all Passaic County Man Charged in $13 Million Technology Support ...             https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/passaic-county-man-charged-13-million-technology-support-scam-targeting-over-seven Hundreds of IRS employees worked for accounting firmshttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/hundreds-of-irs-employees-worked-for-accounting-firms I took "Intro to Philosophy" to finish out my 150 credits. I thought that was ridiculous. But this guy has me beat!   https://www.linkedin.com/posts/blaketoliver_cpa-activity-7103070376422735872-JZkC 'The World's Fastest Accountant' Is Running Away From the 'Boring Stiff Squares' Stereotypehttps://www.goingconcern.com/the-worlds-fastest-accountant-is-running-away-from-the-boring-stiff-squares-stereotype/ Jennifer Wilson on LinkedIn: Love this. Accounting is a cool, tech-forward, difference-making…https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jenniferwilsonprofile_accountants-accounting-cpa-activity-7098413369098919936-vRqf Tax Genii 1 4 Demohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-SXc1V58gQ How a sleeper issue inside the big four accounting giants could topple the economyhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-14/australia-big-four-audit-decline-quality-fear-corporate-collapse/102718744Get in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. 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Welcome to the Rainmaker Family Show! Today we are breaking down 12 Travel Hacks for Entrepreneurs with Kids and 5 Essential Services for Hassle-Free Journeys! Hit play to hear our go-to travel trips and tricks we have picked over the years!  We also created a full list below you can come back to later :) Happy Travels! Travel Hacks for Entrepreneurs with Kids: Embrace TSA Precheck: Make airport security checks less stressful for both you and your kids. It's a time-saver and totally worth the price. No more long queues, removing shoes or taking laptops out of bags - travel like a VIP with your family! TSA PRE: https://www.tsa.gov/precheck Points-Earning Credit Card: If you're a business owner, a credit card that earns you points could help save on travel expenses. Think of every expense as an investment towards your next vacation! Bonus: Amex Lounges: Available at airports worldwide, these lounges offer a relaxing space for your family before your flight. Enjoy complimentary food, drinks, and Wi-Fi in a quiet, comfortable environment. American Express for Travel Points + Amex Lounge Access (use link for 80k miles referral bonus) https://americanexpress.com/en-us/referral/CHELSDpG6s?xl=cp01 A Sturdy Stroller: It's a carrier for your kids and your stuff. Especially beneficial when you have a lot of bags. Save your energy for exploring your destination instead of hauling luggage around the airport! Pack Plenty of Snacks: Keep your kids busy during the flight with a variety of their favorite snacks. From crunchy veggie sticks to sweet fruit gummies, make sure you've got all taste-buds covered. Bonus: Invest in 'Busy Snacks': These are snacks that take a while for your child to eat, keeping them occupied longer. Think string cheese, granola bars, or whole fruits - the longer they're eating, the less time they'll have to get restless. New Toys: A few new toys or sticker books can serve as a great distraction for your kids. The novelty of a new toy can keep them entertained for hours! Turro: The Airbnb of car rentals! More affordable than traditional car rental agencies, and some hosts offer curbside pickup at the airport. Choose from a wide range of vehicles to suit your family's needs. Turo (car rentals) https://turo.com   Baby Quip: Rent baby gear from other moms. Convenient for those bigger items like pack 'n plays and high chairs. Why lug around heavy baby gear when you can rent it at your destination? BabyQuip (kid stuff rentals - use this link for $20 off) https://www.babyquip.com/r/8419dd84   Airbnb: When traveling with kids or for an extended stay, renting a house can be more convenient than a hotel. You get more space, a kitchen to prepare meals, and a homey environment for your children. Rent Your Home Out on Airbnb www.airbnb.com/r/sdiaz40   Care.com: A great resource for finding one-time babysitters or nannies, especially when you're traveling for a longer period   Screen Privacy Protector: Secure your screen from prying eyes during travel with a magnetic privacy protector for your laptop.   Screen Privacy for Laptop https://www.amazon.com/s?k=screen+privacy+for+laptop&crid=NUNPE1MDU4KN&sprefix=screen+privacy+for+laptop%2Caps%2C191&ref=nb_sb_noss_1   Mail Your Shopping Back Home: Avoid extra luggage by mailing your shopping purchases back home. It could be more cost-effective than an overweight bag fee.   Connect with us: The Rainmaker Challenge: https://rainmakerchallenges.com/join ► Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/33EdgBs ► Website: therainmakerfamily.com ► Facebook: www.facebook.com/diazfamilylegacy ► Instagram: instagram.com/chels_diaz instagram.com/steezdiaz instagram.com/therainmakerfamily ► Get Free Stuff On Amazon: stephensfreestuff.com/sfs   Episode: minute by minute  0:00 Introduction to today's show 3:17 Hack #1 TSA Pre-Check 5:57 Hack #2 Get a credit card that gives you points 7:38 Hack #3 The right stroller 9:17 Hack #4 If you think you have enough snacks, pack more! 10:38 Hack #5 New toys 12:23 Hack #6 Bring help 12:50 Hack #7 Turo 16:11 Hack #8 Our favorite sites: Babyquip and airbnb  17:52 Hack #9 Hiring a babysitter at care.com 21:32 Hack #10 Make sure you have a mobile hot spot 22:12 Hack #11 Use a VPN and screen protector 23:52 Hack #12 Don't be afraid to ship things back home to yourself 25:48 Choose to have a positive attitude  

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Mizzou picks up a huge W last night vs. Arkansas. Another Quad 1 victory. Refereeing in College Hoops. #4 Alabama heading to CoMo. Jackson is peaking. NFL playoffs. Our trip to Jamaica. There seems to be some texter warfare over Clear and Global Entry vs. TSA Pre Check. Airport talk. Caller Ellen joins the show to talk TSA Pre. Lack of energy brings the call to a screeching halt. Over/Under 2.5 members have sex. Iggy's spring break tales. Cardinals play-by-play. Could it be Joey Zanaboni? KG in O-Town vs. Iggy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mizzou picks up a huge W last night vs. Arkansas. Another Quad 1 victory. Refereeing in College Hoops. #4 Alabama heading to CoMo. Jackson is peaking. NFL playoffs. Our trip to Jamaica. There seems to be some texter warfare over Clear and Global Entry vs. TSA Pre Check. Airport talk. Caller Ellen joins the show to talk TSA Pre. Lack of energy brings the call to a screeching halt. Over/Under 2.5 members have sex. Iggy's spring break tales. Cardinals play-by-play. Could it be Joey Zanaboni? KG in O-Town vs. Iggy.

Trump refuses to leave Mar-a-lago due to Hurricane Nicole / NFL'er Domata Peko's father-in-law owns store where $2B Powerball ticket was sold / TSA Pre-check // pastathon / Show notes giveaway / Biden presser / TSA pre check cheaper // Tombstone Recipes / ‘Look at This' – Desmond Shaw // Pastathon / Iphone 14 factory has Covid / Big Bear storm / Powerball / Tik Tok voice

Hurricane Ian / South of Tampa / insurance companies leaving FLA / Real ID talk guys 3-2 / TSA Pre chek // TimIntroduced everyone to One Republic - I Aint worries / Utility bill is going UP / Costco hotdogs will stay $2// Hurricane Ian LIVE presser / Tampa saved so far // Hurricane Ian changing direction

This week the girls come back from their Hawaii hiatus and tell us about areas they feel lost in life. The girls discuss therapy, being single, travelling, and getting TSA Pre-check, among a few other topics.

We all love memberships that we feel have the best benefits for us. For some it is Costco or Sam's Club. Maybe a season pass to Worlds of Fun, VIP passes at concerts, or TSA Pre-check so you don't have to wait in line when traveling. Whatever it is, most of us love memberships because of the rewards we get with them. In todays message, Pastor Kevin will look a membership that Paul says we need to pay attention to, above all.

This week we've got cheese aged by rap music; a Juneteenth ice cream flavor debacle; how fast food and junk food keeps you coming back; price controls at the airport; the poor people who want to save a volcano; National Doughnut Day is upon us; Taco Bell wasn't ready for the Mexican Pizza fervor; TSA Pre is NOT for everyone; Pepsi says goodbye to the Super Bowl Half-Time Show; and the ridiculous notion that you can trademark a color. All of that, and more pop culture silliness from Dale & Scott.

Adam takes the stage for a live podcast at The Helium Comedy Club in Indianapolis. He talks about watching movies on planes without sound and his assistant forgetting to put TSA Pre on his boarding pass. Next, Bald Bryan joins the show remotely and the guys play a round of The Rotten Tomatoes Game based on movies set in Indiana. Chris Laxamana reports the news with stories about a Jeep owner getting sued in Michigan, a German woman poking holes in condoms, and Dave Chappelle's attacker. Lastly, Adam takes audience submissions for a round of ‘Adam Carolla is Unprepared.'

This week J.D. encourages (borderline begs) you to enroll in TSA pre-check. Inspired by his recent travels over the months, J.D. is baffled why more people don't do it. No worries, he breaks it all down. How much does it cost? Is it REALLY worth it? WIll it make you more popular (j.k.)? J.D. brings up an earlier Uber trip he took a few weeks back where his driver admitted he's never traveled outside of Arizona in his ENTIRE life. There's a lot to....unpack (pun)...here. Let's begin the journey in Episode 39.

This week J.D. encourages (borderline begs) you to enroll in TSA pre-check. Inspired by his recent travels over the months, J.D. is baffled why more people don't do it. No worries, he breaks it all down. How much does it cost? Is it REALLY worth it? WIll it make you more popular (j.k.)? J.D. brings up an earlier Uber trip he took a few weeks back where his driver admitted he's never traveled outside of Arizona in his ENTIRE life. There's a lot to....unpack (pun)...here. Let's begin the journey in Episode 39.

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Due to popular demand, IdentoGo TSA Pre✓® will return to Prescott Regional Airport from Monday, November 15th through Friday, November 19th, 2021. The IdentoGo TSA Pre✓® station will be located in the new terminal near Avis and Budget at 6600 Airport Ave. TSA Pre✓® is an expedited screening program that enables identified low-risk air travelers to enjoy a smart and efficient screening experience. For TSA Pre✓® travelers, there is no need to remove shoes, 3-1-1 liquids, laptops, light outerwear, or belts. TSA Pre✓® is one of the Trusted Traveler programs available and convenient for those passengers traveling throughout the United... For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/prescott-regional-airport-hosts-tsa-precheck-enrollment-event/

Josh just returned to CA after a short visit to Florida and talks about how adulting is the new norm. He chats about how he got to use his new TSA Pre-check status to move quickly through the security line, and had no issues with bringing his salad through the airport. Jnco jeans, and clothing from the 90's brings up the back-to-school shopping memories. Finally listen to how upset Josh gets when Spencer questions Josh's barista skills after Josh uses lukewarm tap water for his Americano. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/front-room/support

Husband has TSA Pre-check and his wife doesn't, should he wait on her or should he go through TSA Pre-check by himself? More at www.CooperandAnthony.com, and watch us nightly at 7pm EST https://www.twitch.tv/cooperandanthony

Husband has TSA Pre-check and his wife doesn't, should he wait on her or should he go through TSA Pre-check by himself?  More at www.CooperandAnthony.com, and watch us nightly at 7pm EST https://www.twitch.tv/cooperandanthony --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cooperandanthony/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cooperandanthony/support

IdentoGo TSA Pre✓® will return to Prescott Regional Airport from Monday, June 28th through Friday, July 2th, 2021. The IdentoGo TSA Pre✓® station will be located in the new terminal near Avis and Budget at 6600 Airport Ave. TSA Pre✓® is an expedited screening program that enables identified low-risk air travelers to enjoy a smart and efficient screening experience. For TSA Pre✓® travelers, there is no need to remove shoes, 3-1-1 liquids, laptops, light outerwear, or belts. TSA Pre✓® is one of the Trusted Traveler programs available and convenient for those passengers traveling throughout the United States. Enrollment in other... For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/prescott-regional-airport-hosts-tsa-precheck-enrollment-event-june-28-july-2-2021/

Drew and D$ break down some new travel trends. Is it a good idea to finance a vacation? We also compare TSA Pre-check, CLEAR and Global Entry. Also, are value airlines like Spirit and Frontier worth it? Should you get travel insurance? Should you buy extended warranties?

TRUSTED TRAVELER PROGRAMShttps://ttp.cbp.dhs.gov/TSA PreCheckDepartures from U.S. Airports$85 USDTravel by AirEligibility: U.S. citizens and U.S. lawful permanent residentsGlobal EntryEntry into the U.S. from International Destinations$100 USDTravel by Air, Land and Seaincludes TSA PREcheckEligibility: U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, and select foreign nationalsNexusEntry into the U.S. from Canada$50 USDTravel by Air, Land and Seamay include TSA PREEligibility: U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, Canadian citizens, Canadian permanent residents, and Mexican nationalsSentriEntry into the U.S. from Canada and Mexico$122.50 USDTravel by Air and Landmay include TSA PreCheckEligibility: U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents and all foreign nationals.FASTFor truck drivers entering and exiting the U.S. from Canada and Mexico$50 USDTravel for Commercial Trucksdoes not include TSA preEligibility: U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, Canadian citizens, Canadian permanent residents, and Mexican nationals*You can sign up for TSA PreCheck even if you do not currently have a passport. https://www.tsa.gov/precheck/credit-cards-offerIf you are a member or customer of one of the  organizations or credit cards on the page at the link above, you may qualify to have some or the entire TSA PreCheck® application fee covered or be able to pay with frequent flyer miles/points. Contact your credit card company or loyalty program to learn more.Credit cards and loyalty programs cover the TSA PreCheck® application fee as a member benefit, provide a statement credit towards the application fee, or allow members to use rewards points to pay for the TSA PreCheck® application fee.After you submit an application you will need to attend an in-person appointment that includes a background check and fingerprinting/getting a photo taken. At this point you would normally pay the $85 application fee which will cover you for five years. After that, if you are approved you will be issued a Known Traveler Number within a couple of weeks. You will then input your Known Traveler Number into your itinerary or your frequent flyer profile and each time you fly you will be eligible for Pre-Check.Tip: Always double check that your Known Traveler Number is in your frequent flyer profile, especially if you are flying on Southwest since it can “disappear” sometimes. You won't be issued Pre-Check every time but about 95% to 98% of the time you will see the Pre-Check logo on your boarding pass after you check in and that's all you need.https://upgradedpoints.com/credit-cards/best-credit-cards-for-global-entry-and-tsa-precheck/TSA Pre✓® provides expedited security screening benefits for flights departing from U.S. Airports. Global Entry provides the TSA Pre✓® benefit plus expedited U.S. Customs and Border Protection screening for international air travelers when entering the United States. TSA Pre✓® costs $85 and Global Entry costs $100 for a five year membership. Travelers interested in Global Entry must apply through the Trusted Traveler Program website.Global Entry, NEXUS, and SENTRI are programs of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. U.S. citizens and U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents with NEXUS and SENTRI memberships can obtain TSA Pre✓® boarding passes by entering the PASS ID membership number in the known traveler number field when making airline reservations.

このエピソードではカリフォルニアのワクチン展開プラン、Global Entry/TSA Pre-Check、Futureproof（Kevin Roose）、新しいSECのクラウドファンディングに関するレギュレーション、Podcast All-InのEP26、Equityzen、Angellist、GPUの不足、a16zのOpenSeaに対する投資、Outside Lands 2021について話をしました。 In this episode, we talked about CA's vaccine rollout plan, Global Entry and TSA Pre-check, Futureproof by Kevin Roose, a new SEC regulation on crowdfunding, All-In's EP26, Equityzen, Angellist, GPU's global shortage, a16z's investment into OpenSea, and Outside Lands 2021.

In this episode, I talk about how TSA Pre-check works and touch on the Universal Studios resort area. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/touristintown)

Do you enjoy traveling AND cutting expenses? Then travel hacking is for you! In this episode we take a beginners look at how we can utilize loyalties and credit cards to score free hotels, flights, and more. Sponsors: Building Your Credit. Travel hacking is super fun but you need a credit score of at least 700 to get started. If you’re not there yet, work on building your credit. Paying off debt is a great way to do that. You can also get a credit card with no annual fee that you keep forever to increase your credit history or if your credit is fair try a secured credit card. A great credit card comparison tool is Credible you can input your credit score, what kind of card you want and boom, there’s the card that’s right for you. And best of all, when you sign up for a card using our link, frugalfriendspodcast.com/credible you support the show.Hacks: working smarter not harderOther episodes on travel:Ep 71 Travel Hacking w/ Lee HuffmanEp 119 Frugal Travel w/ Danielle DesirNotable Notes -What the Internet has to say:This article from millenial money walks us through some simple strategies for travel hacking and how to work your way towards your first free trip!What Jen + Jill have to say: Simply put; travel hacking is using rewards to book flights/hotelsOne step is to become loyal and repeat customer with the companies that you love. You won’t get much out of having a few hundred points or miles banked with a bunch of different hotels or airline carriers.Find a good credit card or airline carrier and look for additional perks like:Priority boardingAirline creditsCredits for Uber or LyftNo foreign transaction feesAccess to airline loungesApplication fee credits for TSA Pre✓® or Global EntryTravel insuranceMore from the Internet:This article from Modern Frugality (our very own Jen Smith!) outlines how to find the best credit cards for travel rewards in 2021.More from Jen + Jill:The first 4 cards:Chase Sapphire Preferred: excellent travel rewards - the gold standard in credit card's for travel Capitol One Venture: offers excellent cash back (that you can use towards travel ;))Chase Ink Business Preferred: great if you're about to make big purchases; can earn a lot of points towards travel up frontSouthwest: can earn companion passBILL OF THE WEEK - Thank you Megan from Atlanta for sharing about your student loan bill being paid in full - this is EPIC!!If you want to submit your bill of the week visit frugalfriendspodcast.com/bill to leave us a billLightning RoundTravel hack you’re most proud ofJen- all inclusive in MexicoJill - consistent free hotels, car rentals and flights! AND having travel insurance for the disaster that happened in Washington state (stranded with flat tires!)Wrap-Up:Thanks so much for listening! Keep leaving us reviews on iTunes or Stitcher, and sending the screenshot to frugalfriendspodcast@gmail.com. AND share our most recent episode on social for a chance to win a copy of the Frugal Friends Workbook!Thanks for listening! See you next week!

This is my 26th podcast in my self-imposed 30-day podcast challenge.In this episode, I talk about Clear wanting to use your biometrics to turn you into a walking credit card.► Subscribe to my Youtube channel --- https://bit.ly/3iV8sOTYou can look for these episodes every week, so please hit SUBSCRIBE to stay in the loop for each new show!The Scott Townsend Show Merchandise https://teespring.com/stores/tsts-2Resources and Links--------------------------------------------My contact info:LinkedIn https://bit.ly/2ZZ4qweTwitter  https://bit.ly/3enLDQaFacebook   https://bit.ly/2Od4ItOInstagram  https://bit.ly/2ClncWlSend me a text: 918-397-0327Transcribe your podcasts and videos with Otterhttps://otter.ai/referrals/ICNJ76HUExecutive Producer:  Ben TownsendCreative Consultant:  Matthew Blue TownsendShot with a 1080P Webcam with Microphone, WebCam USB Camera, Computer HD Streaming Webcam for PC Desktop & Laptop w/Mic, Wide Angle Lens & Large Sensor for Superior Low Light-wb-4 https://amzn.to/32gfgAuAudio by Blue Yeti Nano Premium USB Mic for Recording and Streaming - Shadow Grey https://amzn.to/2Zuh0UUFollow The Scott Townsend Show podcast onSpotify  https://spoti.fi/3eDwLgGiTunes  https://apple.co/3jAwCyuStitcher  https://bit.ly/3gYaDiOTuneIn  https://bit.ly/2OzlH9VVoice Actor:  Britney McCulloughLogo by Angie Jordan  https://blog.angiejordan.com/contact/Theme Song by Androzguitar https://www.fiverr.com/inbox/androzguitarFor media requests or interviews, please reach out toscotttownsend2400@gmail.commarketer 

Travel expert Peter Greenberg, CBS travel editor and host of Eye on Travel, joined Bob Sirott to talk about the latest news and updates in travel. Peter talks about the difference between TSA Pre-check and Clear, new order requiring face coverings on planes, and more!

Vin Armani joins me for today’s episode to discuss the coming dim age - and I think he is right about this. We discuss why he thinks one is coming with a particular focus on learning from past historical stories. We also talk about what it means for day to day life and, at the very end, what you should put in place to navigate this change. Because it is important to do what you can to protect both for your short term comfort and to set a foundation for your children’s future. Before we do that, I wanted to give you the January updates. The Living Free in Tennessee Workshop is coming fast and we have some fantastic sessions coming your way.  April 22-24 Presenters are coming from all over our community and the country. You really do not want to miss this one. Tickets are $450 this year and will go on sale first to members, then to the general public. Camping is included and there are great room rentals nearby if you are not the camping sort. Member tickets will go on sale on January 15 and to non-members on MLK day, January 18th. Do pay attention to LivingFreeinTennessee.com as we update the information from the 2020 event to this year’s shindig! Vin Armani Bio Vin Armani is a philosopher, serial tech entrepreneur, and CryptoSavage. In addition to being an author and speaker, he has made his living as a television star, film producer, high-end male escort, software developer, art gallerist, pirate radio station operator, DJ, music producer, and motorcycle courier. He studied Philosophy at Howard University. CounterMarkets.com Alt Social Media Odysee (Saucerocks): https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b Mewe: https://mewe.com/join/lftn  Parler: @nicolesauce https://parler.com/profile/Nicolesauce/posts Tales from the Prepper Pantry Turkey Time Once a month grocery shopping and a cheat $800 cryovac machine Spices and teas The homesteading journal Operation Independence “Closed” allowed some catch up on basic Maintenance Rocket Mass Heater Report Lettuce us started and germinated  Main topic of the Show: Navigating the Dim Age with Vin Armani When I did this interview with Vin, it was a hard discussion to have. Hard because I can see which story in history we are living right now. Hard because my close friends and family think that I am referring to Donald Trump when I bring it up and that Joe Biden is going to fix it. They do not realize that it doesn't matter who is in power. Hard because it feels like we have “stopped thinking” but the reality is that most people never did think. They parroted as if they are thinking. And that parroting is why it has been so easy to set up so-called experts in places of authority claiming they have THE answer releasing smart-sounding soundbites that are repeated and repeated and repeated until they sound true, feel true and are taken as facts.  But as my friend Kevan likes to say Do Hard Things.  So I see today’s interview as a wake up call to those who have not seen what is coming. As a look at the makeup-less morning face in the mirror after a sleepless night. As that belly roll hanging out in the mirror when you are not wearing spanx. We have some time right now to consider what is happening without the pretty trappings of “for the greater good” or “doing your part”. We are being gas lighted and have been for a long time. When we accepted TSA Pre as a thing, we set a foundation for segmenting the population into two groups so that one can be pitted against the other. And that is just one example of the slow and subtle march toward this dim age. A time when the negative, power hungry elite seek to control the masses through division. And yet if you look at the last time this cycle happened in history you also see bright spots and light. We have been here before and some stood up. Some stood out. Some quietly created systems and communities of support that operated outside the power structures being imposed on those around them. They set a foundation for an age of reason. And in this particular story, that is the denouement. That is how it ends - with a new and better story. So I hope you will approach this episode with an open heart and mind. And when you feel that tightening of fear that you will pause, take a deep breath, and look at the belly fat in the mirror.  Wednesday’s episode will be a follow up to this episode and I invite you to send me your thoughts, questions and ideas. Freedom Cell Event Song: Wolf Outtro GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee  

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Paul Turner is back in the basement to discuss The Watchmen, TSA Pre, 80s cartoons, and more.

Why is Giving Tuesday after all the spend money days? Kim's Trip to Dallas and Branson Our first Super Star Segment with Val from Val's Cheesecake in Dallas. Why do people get so upset when stores open on Thanksgiving and Christmas but not restaurants? www.bensound.com -------------------------------------------------------- Episode timestamp outline below: 00:36 Greetings and Salutations 2:54 Airport Follies / JAIL for Kim??: ---Check-in kiosks, TSA Pre-check, ---Kim a good person to train on? ---Herbalife? “SURE it's Herbalife. That's not what the MACHINE says.” ---Kim... meet “Pat.” ---TSA envy: “This KIM woman and her DIET”(?) ---11:08 “I'm TSA pre-check, dude. I'm V.I.P.” 12:50 – 14:33 OHHHH, BRANSON BUS! A stop by the Home of Throwed Rolls, too! 14:50 Beginning of the cold(ish?) and dark. Not so bad(?), yet? 18:00 Bad herr day for Kim's “REAL” I.D. (versus Tyson's fake?). THANKS, Kansas winds! 19:08 - 22:57 Annnd the named days after Thanksgiving continue... “Giving Tuesday.” But why then, though? ---22:57 ASIDE: Tyson invited to watch Hallmark movies... hmmm... 24:45 – 35:50 CONCERT TICKETS for the Rocket Man! Kim being resourceful even while buying tickets.. plus... things going awry. Thus.. adventure. But was there victory? ---32:00 Fake news on Elton (HOPEFULLY). Orrr dumb reader does not “fake news” make. 35:50 SUPER STAR SEGMENT - preview. First one! Val, from Val's Cheesecake in Dallas. Full interview available as separate cut. “Not a desert of flavor that we can't turn into a cheesecake.” :-O 44:24 Kim and Tyson salivate about cheesecake. Brisket cheesecake, too?! Taco cheesecake, too?! 46:00 Tyson gives his “local food” hint of the day – a Kansas City original barbecue joint! Kim agrees vehemently. Oh... and best macaroni and cheese too! 48:45: SHOULD BUSINESSES BE OPEN ON HOLIDAYS? --- Development, then rollback(?)/moderation of Black Friday, back to Thanksgiving Day. Counter effects of not being open. ---57:05: BestBlackFriday.com lists stores definitely closed on Thanksgiving. Counter marketing. ---1:02:36: BestBlackFriday.com lists stores definitely open on Thanksgiving (including open only part of day). ---Black Friday strategy changes due to current financial position? ---Amazon propaganda? ---Selective outrage about holiday closures, based on business type? ---Arbitrary outrage / individual choice T.P. analogy. ;-) ---Different stages of life color opinions. ---The modern holiday is often plural. ---Aside on a non-usual store for the straight male, that was a pleasant surprise for Tyson. 1:16:45 A possible excursion - Misheard lyrics – a personal testimony.

Always wanted to be a road warrior with lots of travel to faraway places and with super status at hotels and airlines? The real thing is not so glamourous. We looked far and wide for a great guest to talk about the ups and downs of work travel, and found him in Liz’s house! In this episode, Liz’s husband Erick joins us to talk about his life traveling in tech sales. Erick has been a b2b software salesperson at both large and smaller companies, both sales direct to customers as well as working with distribution channel partners. He’s had large territories and small and has been traveling at least 50% of the time for work for over 15 years. Erick starts off by giving us some tips around air travel and points. One tip around booking travel: pick one airline and one hotel group and stick to it. Why? So that you can get upgrades and be able to travel on them at a discount for vacations. If Erick travels, he makes sure he's scheduled at least 2-3 client meetings during the trip. He will try to teleconference if he only has one sales meeting scheduled. Erick likes some of the upsides of travel: getting to know his work colleagues better and seeing other cities. But he misses being away from his family, and it's hard to just run from meeting to meeting -- harder than being in the office! He talks about the fact that you can’t really relax because you’re representing your company and you have to be “on” the whole time. Meals alone can be depressing and lonely. You have meals by yourself, and it can feel sad. Erick doesn't ue FaceTime a lot with Liz and their kids because sometimes it can make life at home hard. From the home front, Liz doesn’t call without texting first because Erick could be in meetings and Erick doesn’t call without texting first because he doesn’t want to interrupt the flow with their two children. When the kids were younger, Erick and Liz didn’t talk about Dad when he wasn’t home because it could bring on a meltdown. When Erick is gone, Liz has to have a tight routine to handle having two kids on her own. When they were babies, it was really rigid because of the juggle. When Erick would be at home and not traveling, their routines and how they managed the children would change, and that could be disruptive for everybody. When interviewing, what questions should you ask about travel? Erick says that it’s probably 10% over what they estimate, but you should ask all about travel expectations. Ask both the hiring manager and a potential peer. Also talk with competitors about how often they are actually visiting clients - that can give you a good picture of how much you'll have to be out there for your target market. Other travel tips: try to get your stuff into a carry-on. Don’t be the person who checks their bag and makes all of your traveling companions wait on you while you to baggage claim to get your bag. One recent development has been services like Clear and getting qualified for TSA Pre -- these give you extra sleep before you leave and helps you to not miss flights. If you're taking clients out to dinner, look at places like OpenTable and Eater and make a reservation at a highly rated restaurant so that you don’t have to make clients wait. Bring cash for tips. To prevent getting sick: Don’t try too many new foods and be careful where you eat. Use hand sanitizer. Eat healthy. Keeping up your workload can be hard. Erick recommends working on the plane, but not relying on the internet, and going home from dinner and other evening events early so that he can catch up. Work days can be long It’s hard to get things done when you’re having meetings. To sleep, Erick tries to keep his same routine as he does at home. He tries to exercise and keep his routine as close to his home routine as possible. Eating healthy is hard, but it’s important to try to stay healthy and keep your body feeling good and strong while traveling. When Erick started traveling, his cholesterol spiked because he was ordering burgers and fries. He lowered it by eating more boring food and saving his cheat meals for date nights with Liz. Relationships at home are impacted by travel as well. Erick makes sure he keeps his travel on Liz’s calendar, and lets her know when he’s going to travel. He tries to keep his travel limited to Tues-Thursday. He avoids Monday morning meetings to avoid traveling on a Sunday night for a Monday morning meeting. Want to learn more about travel? Listen to our Episode #18 about conferences, parties and travel (https://realjobtalk.com/18-conferences-parties-events). Erick also tries to make things easier for Liz when he’s gone -- for example, prepping meals she can throw in the oven. Travel takes sacrifice. You’re going to miss kids' activities and social get-togethers. It puts stress on relationships. The person who is home has to take everything on themselves and juggle all family commitments. It takes a lot of trust with your spouse as well. Liz talks about what it’s like having a partner who travels. When kids are little, you’re carrying 2 babies up the stairs at the same time, and when they are bigger you are dealing with the Jenga game of their schedules. It takes trust, organization and the ability to plan ahead. It allows her to have a special relationship with the kids because of the quality time, but also makes her into the heavy. She’s learned to love alone time and craves it, so she appreciates when he travels. You have to decide how much travel is on your "must-have" list for a potential new job. It’s a big decision that can impact your career choice. Erick says that you’ll find out quickly if travel is for you or not. Erick can be found on Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/erickbronson/) and Twitter (at @ErickBronson (https://twitter.com/erickbronson)).

“We can’t win when we go it alone.” -Jessica Honegger In this week's podcast, I share more of my struggle with friendships. I talk about the truths that have set me free to develop deep relationships and some of my best tips for finding good friends. If you've struggled to develop deep relationships or you know someone who struggles with finding and keeping friends, I hope this episode encourages you. In this episode, Jesse and I also share what’s saving our lives this week and we are on opposite ends of the spectrum. Jesse just got back from an awesome fishing trip in Louisiana, and due to weather, there were a lot of flight delays. He was so thankful that we invested in TSA Pre-check. And I’m just in love with my leopard print flats. They can be dressed up or dressed down, and they’ve added a fun pop to my wardrobe. Also, we talk about a book I listened to that Jesse talked about on a previous episode... and let's just say that I had some pretty strong opinions to share about it. :) In This Episode:  [01:01] Jesse chats about his fishing trip to Louisiana. [03:19] What’s saving our lives right now? For Jesse, it is TSA Pre-check. For me, it’s my leopard print flats! [06:24] Listen in to hear what books we are reading/listening to -- and how Jesse has such different tastes in books! [12:41] I read an email from a listener who’s honesty inspired this episode. [14:11] The first step to finding good friends: Learn to let go of the lies you believe about yourself and replace those lies with truth. [16:39] Seek relationship, not approval and stop looking for perfection. [21:08] Be the initiator when reaching out to new friends. [23:30] Go first with honesty! It’s worth the risk. [24:10] Don’t give up too soon! [25:03] Believe the best in the other person. [25:27] Keep short accounts. Links and Resources: Leopard Print Flats TSA Precheck The Terminal List by Jack Carr True Believer by Jack Carr Helping Our Kids Overcome Shame (with Kristin Maher) The Lies We Believed Modesty, Legalism, and Grace Crystal’s Favorite Things on Amazon CrystalPaine.com MoneySavingMom.com Crystal’s Instagram account (I’d love for you to follow me there! I usually hop on at least a few times per day and share behind-the-scenes photos and videos, my grocery store hauls, funny stories, or just anything I’m pondering or would like your advice or feedback on!) Have feedback on the show or suggestions for future episodes or topics? Send me an email: crystal@moneysavingmom.com Note: This post contains affiliate links. If you click through and make a purchase, we may receive a small commission — at no additional cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

#155-TSA Pre ? Was ist das? Lohnt sich das? Das sind die Fragen verkürzt, die uns Gunnar zugeschickt hat. TSA Pre vereinfacht vor allem das Leben bei interamerikanischen Flügen. Vorteile sind, wenn die TSA Pre Spuren offen sind:Schuhe anbehaltenNotebooks können in der Tasche bleibenFlüssigkeiten können auch in der Tasche bleibenGürtel muss nicht ausgezogen werdenleichte Jacken müssen nicht ausgezogen werdenMit deutschen Pass muss man sich allerdings das TSA Pre über den Global Entry holen.Abonniere uns, damit du keine Folge verpasst!Vereinbare noch heute Deine kostenlose Beratung. Verbinden Sie sich mit anderen Vielfliegern in unserer Facebook-Gruppe& folgen Sie uns auf Facebook.

Mark and Richard speak with Scroll CTO Kushal Dave. They talk about Scroll and the Macbook Pro refresh. Richard gives his initial impressions of the Oculus Quest.

Appleton International Airport's Director on a busy season coming up, new projects at ATW and how TSA Pre-check can save you a lot of time.

Appleton International Airport's Director on a busy season coming up, new projects at ATW and how TSA Pre-check can save you a lot of time.

Burt is to off Tampa. The trip has become routine, as he flies down most weekends to continue the process of becoming permanently settled in Florida. As a frequent flyer, Burt knows how to make the most of his time in the airport.“If you can get TSA Pre-[check] or Global Entry, you can get through security lines much, much quicker,” Burt said. “There’s usually no line, so that saves 15 or 20 minutes.”Burt loves the stress-free experience of flying AVL. “There is very little stress to fly here,” he said. “It is very relaxed. You don’t see a lot of people very nervous… it’s about as laid-back an airport as you’ll ever find.”

   Kyle Stock of Bloomberg joins the podcast to discuss the battle between two major players in the skiing industry as the Ikon Pass and the Epic Pass battle over skiers    Plus a look at TSA Pre Check and is it worth your time and money.    Find out more on our Travel With Hawkeye Blog

It’s time for part 2 of How to Save Time (and Your Sanity) at the Airport. In part 1, we talked about how to be prepared for your flight. This episode is all about security. We talk about knowing which line you should be in, the 3-1-1 rule for liquids in your carry on bag, and then we go into detail on the three types of lines that you can be in. We also talk about things you can do to help keep the line moving and not hold up everyone behind you. We also share why we love TSA Pre✓ ® and what you can do to get it. We also talk about the VIP for VIPs called CLEAR and many more travel tips. This episode will save you time and help you to avoid embarrassing mistakes while making it through security like you do it everyday.   Show Notes [02:22] Security is one of those things that you need to be prepared for. Even seasoned travelers sometimes forget the rules that need to be followed in the security line. [03:24] Plan ahead because the person in front of you may not be prepared. Check out the TSA website for current and updated security information. [04:02] 1. Know which line you are supposed to be in. You need to know if you need to be in the regular line or TSA Pre✓ ® . Check your boarding pass or the app to be sure. [04:51]  2. The 3-1-1 rule is 3.4 ounces or less of liquid per container. You can have one clear plastic quart sized bag with a zip top that contains all of your liquids. 1 bag per passenger. Medications and breast milk can be exceptions. [07:07] The above rules are for your carry on bag. You can put more liquids in a checked bag. [08:22] Now we are going to talk about the regular line, the TSA Pre✓ ® line, and the CLEAR line. [08:36] If you don't travel a lot or can't get security clearance, you will likely go through the regular line. [09:13] You may have to remove your shoes. Pay attention to what others around you are doing. Be prepared and wear something easy to take off and put on. Don't block the line while lacing your shoes. [10:40] You will also have to remove your laptop, bag of liquids, everything in your pockets, and your belt and jacket. Prepare before you get up to the front of the line. [11:46] Don't bring weapons and listen to TSA. [12:13] Put the things in the bin that go in the bin. Put your carry on onto the belt and push things forward. [13:05] Walk through the scanner. Put your feet on the mark, raise your arms, and listen to the instructions. [13:38] Once through, grab your items and move out of the way. [14:57] We love TSA Pre✓ ®. You can purchase it for $85 for five years. [16:14] To be qualified you need to go through a background check. Certain airports allow you to do this while you are there. You can also do it at outside locations. [17:22] Once you get your known traveler ID, you will use it every time you book a flight. [18:23] The TSA Pre✓ ® line is shorter, and you don't have to remove your shoes. You don't have to take out your laptop or liquids. You get VIP service. You go straight through. There is no body scanner. You still have to take your keys and phone out. Although, you could still be randomly selected to be scanned. [19:52] Make sure you know what you are doing in the line. Not all airports have it, and it’s not always open. [21:22] CLEAR is like VIP VIP. Atlanta and Minneapolis have this. A few airports have this. it's $15 a month or $99 a year with Delta SkyMiles, $79 for platinum and gold, and free for diamond members. [23:02] They use a retina scan and fingerprint. There is a person at the kiosk that help you move through quickly. They take care of security identification and allow you to walk straight up to the bins. [25:05] CLEAR helps because TSA Pre✓ ® lines are getting longer. It's about saving time for consumers. [26:36] Carry on bags are one of Dianne's pet peeves. Chris likes not having to wait for checked bags. [28:22] Know the size that your airline allows. [29:24] Avoid liquids or keep in mind the 3-1-1 rule. [30:17] Watch the weight of your bag too. [30:50] They ask people to check roller bags for a reason. If they are asking, go ahead and check it. Most of the time, you get it when you get off the plane and if it is checked, there is no charge.   [33:10] If the overhead bin is closed, that means that it's full. Put your personal item under the seat not in the bin. Keep your comfort items close to you. [36:24] Think about breakables. Sometimes it's more beneficial to ship them back. [37:17] Some airlines are guaranteeing shorter wait times for checked bags. [38:25] Tune in for part 3, next week, when we talk about boarding the plane.   Links and Resources: Episode 4 - How to Save Time (and Your Sanity) at the Airport (part 1) How to Save Time (and Your Sanity) at the Airport Blog Post TSA Website Apply for TSA Pre✓ ® CLEAR   For pictures, tips and more, be sure to check out our Fly with Chris and Di Facebook page and signup to download a copy of The Best City for You. Please take a moment and subscribe to our podcast and leave a review. It will only get better from here. Don’t miss out on future episodes where we continue to share tips and tricks to get the most out of your vacation.

Want to achieve the body of your dreams? Building convenience into your daily life is critical for fat-loss, body composition, and health goals. It's the first step. In Part II of our series, Kori and Joe lay out practical tips you can integrate immediately to make your goals easier to attain. Make sure you also tune into Part III to learn what's on the other side of the convenience coin! 00.17 Intro 01:40 Ditch Deliberation 02:00 Reduce your choices - aspects of minimalism 03:45 Cook without recipes 04:30 Eat the same thing every day for a week 07:30 Bulk cooking / multiple mini-appliances / slow cooker 09:00 Curbside grocery pick-up 09:45 Meal-prep companies 10:25 TSA Pre-check / fewer laundry days / auto pay bills auto retirement savings / low-maintenance pets eliminate unnecessary driving 14:15 Ask: What is inconvenient? Thanks for visiting! Kori Propst, PhD, and Joe Klemczewski, PhD, merge their voices to create life-enhancing conversations and content you can use every day. Kori is the Vice President and Wellness Director of The Diet Doc, LLC—a health and weight-loss licensing company founded by Joe more than 20 years ago. Together, Joe and Kori help hundreds of Diet Doc Program Owners build industry-leading nutrition coaching platforms around the world. Now they're bringing their talent to a daily podcast where nothing is off limits. Motivation, nutrition, weight loss, career, relationships, fitness entrepreneurship, and even guest interviews and features will be dissected and categorized for convenient listening or viewing. What happens when you mix 30 years of psychology, nutrition, physiology, social anthropology, and even literary journalism education with 40 years of business-building experience and almost 90 years (should I say that?) of combined real life? Let's find out! SUBSCRIBE TO THIS CHANNEL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-diet-doc-life-mastery-podcast/id1385194556?mt=2 http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=thedietdocweightloss SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/geSFfn FITNESS ENTREPRENEUR? Find out how to become The Diet Doc expert in your community! https://www.dropbox.com/s/mv4mwtiignpxkn2/The%20Diet%20Doc%20MEDIA%20KIT%202018.pdf?dl=0 FREE QUIZ: DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO MEET YOUR GOALS? https://www.dropbox.com/s/thmmokbc3kd8uw3/Principles%20of%20Persistent%20Pursuit%20-%20Free%20Assessment.pdf?dl=0 LET'S CONNECT! Website: https://www.thedietdoc.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheDietDoc Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dietdocglobal Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedietdoclife Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/thedietdoc

This week the boys compare all the ways to quickly get through security at airports: TSA Pre, Global Entry, Mobile Passport, and Clear. Plus, Ryan makes a bold prediction about where immersive theater is heading. Things we talked about in today’s episode: https://www.amentsoc.org/insects/fact-files/orders/orthoptera.html https://www.tsa.gov/precheck https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry https://www.clearme.com/ https://mobilepassport.us/ https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/bleach

INTRO: (0:00) Hope everyone had a wonderfully merry Christmas yesterday! We are bringing a special wrap-up episode to you for our last episode of the year! We are going to talk about our favorites from all of our past 52 episodes, and along the way share some favorites and highlights from our year with 10K Dollar Day.FAVORITES from our OBSESSIONS and WISHLIST: (1:30)Alison’s weekly obsession was oat milk in more than one episode, while Lulu’s favorite obsession of the year is TSA Pre-check.Apparently Santa was working year round listening to our wishlists, as Alison wished for - a handheld milk frothera KIRBY vacuumUlta Beauty Mattifying Balmand a Samsonite® carry-on,- and got ALL OF THOSE THINGS. Alison and Lulu are also both ending the year with new computers, so Santa has been very good to them. Though he did forget the ability to teleport, calorie-free pizza, and the personal bubble of A/C. Maybe next year. Lulu's least favorite obsession was Alison’s obsession with dessert hummus. She just can’t get on board…tell us how you feel about it.FAVORITE MEMORIES AND MILESTONES...:(8:37)getting our logo our first #10Kvacay to Nashville where we picked up our producerintroducing our Guest Googler monthly feature, to include: Jacob McAlister, Maria Flores Ragan, Christina Bianco, Gaelen Gilliland, Vanessa Ray, Alan Seales, Adam Bastien and Jerome Bell of OneUp, and Sean MacLaughlinstarting our Youtube channeladding a blog to our media arsenaldoing a live show in New York a SiriusXM spot on John Fugelsang’s Tell Me Everything and the pièce de résistance ending the year with 10,000 plays! Click here to read more about our favorite moments from our 10K Days!FOLLOW US:FacebookInstagramYoutubeTwitterWebsiteApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyStitcherSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/10KDollarDay/)

Big Show Today! TSA Pre-check for VET’s! – Stop standing in line. Facebook’s war room 10 Chinese busted for stealing aviation industry secrets. Combat vehicles and flying drones North’s Koreas missile threat has been greatly exaggerated.  We explain why. iTunes Reviews Strange News My Banging Eggnog recipe. Mentioned on the show: Iguana Hunts in Puerto […] The post North Korea’s Missile Threat To U.S. Greatly Exaggerated appeared first on Military News Talk Radio and Military Podcast - Chairborne Commandos.

Parent Driven Development Episode 012: Traveling with Kids 00:48 The Great Screen Debate Today's particular panelists are all about screens while traveling as long as it's not detracting from the travel experience. Everyone agrees that screens are a great way to keep kids occupied and quiet. 08:09 Transportation Challenges, Woes, and Genius Tips When your kid gets flagged on her first plane ride... TSA Pre√ (https://www.tsa.gov/precheck) (Worth its weight in gold!!) Download shows to devices in advance Have a variety of activities (besides screens) Hotel Paper & Pens Books Cheerios ... and a Walkman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman)? Building Up Good Will with People Around You: Is it worth bribing others (with chocolate??) and socializing or should they just deal with you traveling with your kiddo(s)? Use Car Services like Lyft! (https://www.lyft.com/) 24:25 Transportation + Car Seats (Deserves its own conversation, obviously.) Amazon a cheap one + have delivered to your destination then donate when you go home (Pro tip: Do the same thing with diapers!) Uber and Lyft have car seat options in select cities (https://offspring.lifehacker.com/how-to-ride-with-a-car-seat-in-an-uber-or-lyft-1826237627) Renting Car Seats: Yay or Nay? 32:58 On-The-Go Childcare Hotel Concierge - Check Yelp (https://www.yelp.com/) Reviews! Make sure you know where the closest hospital/urgent care center is 37:46 We're Here. Now What? Google "Top 10 things to do in X" Use an app like Winnie (https://winnie.com/) 39:48 A Round of Helpful Hints and Tricks Josh: If possible, get a hotel room with a separate bedroom. Mandy: Hotels with pools are delightful. (Especially if your kids can swim on their own.) Also use Uber Eats (https://www.ubereats.com) for food delivery to the hotel if going out is undesirable. Chris: Pizza chains will deliver to hotel pools for an easy pizza party. Great for traveling sports teams! Allison: Bring a roll of duct tape and use a taller chair on the side of the bed to act as a bedrail. Andy: Aluminum foil and a sponge! 43:42 Genius / Fail Moments Allison: MilkStork (https://www.milkstork.com/): A breast milk shipping company when you're away from your infant. Andy: Andy's son offered his teddy bear to a friend in need! Chris: Playing Mario Kart (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kart) on the Nintendo Wii (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii) as a family activity to teach good sportsmanship and kindness. Mandy: Staying on the boardwalk part of the beach on the ground level. Also, if you do a lot of traveling, save up points! Mandy uses Marriott Rewards (https://www.marriott.com/loyalty.mi) to get free nights in select hotels for summer vacation fun! Follow & Support Please follow us @parentdrivendev (https://twitter.com/parentdrivendev) on Twitter or email us at panel@parentdrivendevelopment.com (mailto:panel@parentdrivendevelopment.com). Our website is at ParentDrivenDevelopment.com (https://parentdrivendevelopment.com). Support us via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/parentdrivendev) and get access to our our Slack Community. Panel Andy Croll (https://twitter.com/andycroll) Chris Sexton (https://twitter.com/crsexton) Allison McMillan (https://twitter.com/allie_p) Mandy Moore (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) Josh Puetz (https://twitter.com/joshpuetz)

EPISODE 73 - Lights, Camera, Barstool0:00 - Donnie is hungover || 2:01 - Devour Foods followed us || 3:29 - AMC Stubbs lines are becoming TSA Pre || 5:03 - Old MTV and Nickelodeon movies discussion || 8:35 - Michael Bay not doing Dora the Explorer movie || 11:43 - YouTube pulls "scary" The Nun jumpscare ad || 13:26 - Ridiculous YouTube clickbait || 21:14 - Horniest cartoon characters || 22:55 - Crazy Rich Asians has huge reviews || 25:13 - Ad Read #1 with guest Adam Levine || 28:08 - THE MEG REVIEW (SPOILERS) || 49:37 - Mickstape Movie Minute Episode 1 || 52:28 - Top 10 Best Water Related Movies || 1:32:07 - Theme park ride discussion|| RATE 2018 MOVIES || AUGUST: https://goo.gl/forms/0Z10YRA59m2KJwYW2 || JANUARY: https://goo.gl/forms/nNzX19HbebeQMUAA3 || FEBRUARY: https://goo.gl/forms/DWG9TJMISLzUunsu2 || MARCH: https://goo.gl/forms/k0dL5ozOrhwJ2Bk03 || APRIL: https://goo.gl/forms/Z218hqWq3XGyqi9C3 || MAY: https://goo.gl/forms/f5aYcpJHnBMmkcs52 || JUNE: https://goo.gl/forms/IgBQVwKDx4ylerJP2 || JULY: https://goo.gl/forms/BBO8aAph3fpzj8Uy2

He's baaaaack! In what has quickly become an annual tradition, Lindsay Jones is back again this summer to continue chatting about all things travel and life on the road. This week we're talking about airline classes, how to beat Priceline at their own game, what day of the week and what time you should book your flight, why you're waiting at Penn Station in the wrong location, how to negotiate a travel budget with the theatre, and the differences and simple joys of TSA Pre-check, Global Entry, and Clear. Lindsay tells us why you should NEVER fly Spirit Airlines, why the pre-check line keeps getting longer and longer, and the fact that Basic Economy is so bad, even LORT theatres don't want you flying it. And he swears anyone is allowed to use the bathrooms in first class, though in1 is not responsible for your legal fees. And we're talking Collaborator Party 2018! Lindsay gave up his dinner break to share his secrets so don't let his starvation be in vain and hit play now!

There’s a new IaaS magic quadrant out that we finally take a look at. Plus, with some nerd-fighting in the kubernetes world, we discuss the point of all these blinking cursors. This episode brought to you by: Datadog! This episode is sponsored by Datadog, a monitoring platform for cloud-scale infrastructure and applications. Sign up for a free trial (https://www.datadoghq.com/ts/tshirt-landingpage/?utm_source=Advertisement&utm_medium=Advertisement&utm_campaign=SoftwareDefinedTalkRead-Tshirt) at www.datadog.com/sdt (http://www.datadog.com/sdt) This week Datadog also wants you to know about their upcoming conference DashCon, in NYC on July 11th-12th (https://www.dashcon.io/?utm_source=Advertisement&utm_medium=GoogleAds&utm_campaign=GoogleAds-Dash&utm_content=Dash&utm_keyword=%2Bdatadog%20%2Bconference&utm_matchtype=b&gclid=CjwKCAjw8r_XBRBkEiwAjWGLlH3LXgGYu4iPzwOh8gkrY5NAQ1B9dWqB2OukaISujKyVCU4_5sUUchoCfT8QAvD_BwE). You can register to attend at https://www.dashcon.io/sdt use the discount code DASHSDT and save 20%. DevOpsDays MINNEAPOLIS - JULY 12-13, 2018 Get a 20% discount for one of the best DevOpsDays on the planet, DevOpsDays Minneapolis (https://www.devopsdays.org/events/2018-minneapolis/welcome/). It's July 12th to 13th, and you can bet it'll be worth your time. If you're new to DevOps you'll get an idea of what it is, how it's practices, and how to get started. If you're an old pro, you'll dive down into topics and catch-up with all the other old hands. Code: SDT2018 (https://www.devopsdays.org/events/2018-minneapolis/registration/). Follow up Did Matt watch The Tick (https://www.amazon.com/The-Tick/dp/B01J776HVW)? (Spoiler alert: no.) Relevant to your interests BA now part of TSA Pre (https://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2018/05/17/british-airways-tsa-pre-check/). Can show up later for that AUS→LHR flight. It’s hard to find where to enter this: on individual flights? Annual Meeker Slide Fest: recording (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdjcdZqODoE&feature=youtu.be), slides (https://www.slideshare.net/kleinerperkins/internet-trends-report-2018-99574140). Cloud is a six-horse rac (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/29/gartner_2018_magic_quadrant_for_infrastructure_as_a_service/)e, and three of those have been lapped State Of The Kubernetes Ecosystem (https://blog.spotinst.com/2018/05/20/kubernetes-ecosystem/) Kubernetes won - so now what? (https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2018/05/25/kubernetes-won-so-now-what/) Google Cloud Platform breaks into leader category in Gartner's Magic Quadrant (https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-cloud-platform-breaks-into-leader-category-in-gartners-magic-quadrant/). The Full Gartner MQ (https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-50WJ5CK&ct=180525&st=sb). Register (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/29/gartner_2018_magic_quadrant_for_infrastructure_as_a_service/) coverage (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/29/gartner_2018_magic_quadrant_for_infrastructure_as_a_service/). IDC survey on digital transformation (https://diginomica.com/2018/05/30/whats-really-driving-digital-transformation-globally-idc-has-answers/) says organizations are motivated to get more “productivity” and be more competitive, among other survey findings. And, as always, “the biggest barriers are people oriented.” Get the Infor sponsored PDF (https://www.infor.com/content/analyst/Designing-tomorrow.pdf/?noRedirect=1) if you’re into this kind of thing. Infrastructure software is back (https://twitter.com/ritam/status/1002339901507899392)! Also, Amazon’s DB has huge growth. “Full Life-cycle Developers” (https://medium.com/netflix-techblog/full-cycle-developers-at-netflix-a08c31f83249) at Netflix Like SRE, but “platform ops.” Which is to say, something like, “shallow DevOps.” “Netflix created centralized teams (e.g., Cloud Platform, Performance & Reliability Engineering, Engineering Tools) with the mission of developing common tooling and infrastructure (https://netflix.github.io/) to solve problems that every development team has. Empowered with these tools in hand, development teams can focus on solving problems within their specific product domain.” “As additional tooling needs arise, centralized teams assess whether the needs are common across multiple dev teams. When they are, collaborations ensue. Sometimes these local needs are too specific to warrant centralized investment. In that case the development team decides if their need is important enough for them to solve on their own.” “we arrived at a model where a development team, equipped with amazing developer productivity tools, is responsible for the full software life cycle: design, development, test, deploy, operate, and support”…but not the infrastructure, common middleware and services, and “platform” that they run on. Just like SRE, eh? Which the post says. Use of the roads seems optional, and sometimes challenging to recruit for: ‘Netflix has a “paved road” set of tools and practices that are formally supported by centralized teams. We don’t mandate adoption of those paved roads but encourage adoption by ensuring that development and operations using those technologies is a far better experience than not using them. The downside of our approach is that the ideal of “every team using every feature in every tool for their most important needs” is near impossible to achieve. Realizing the returns on investment for our centralized teams’ solutions requires effort, alignment, and ongoing adaptations.’ Coté had dinner with Netflix tools engineer many years ago where they described exactly this. Question: what exactly is DevOps (now) anyways? Is it too expansive to be useful as a phrase, and instead a buffet of thought technologies? BMC changes PE hands (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-29/kkr-to-buy-bmc-software-from-bain-group-golden-gate-capital): Brenon@451 (https://451research.com/report-short?entityId=95026&type=mis&alertid=1645&contactid=0033200001wgKCKAA2&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=market-insight&utm_content=newsletter&utm_term=95026-A+sizeable+secondary+for+BMC): “Terms of the BMC secondary weren't released. However, early reports indicated that the price paid by the syndicate for BMC and the price received for BMC [$6.9bn five years ago] weren't radically different.” Same: “the software vendor that says it posts revenue of $2bn each year.” The reporters are like “I got no idea what the fuck these people do”: “Houston-based BMC builds various types of software solutions for businesses looking to manage and streamline their information.” “BMC has about 6,000 employees in 30 countries, according to its website.” “BMC has more than $5 billion in debt outstanding, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.” Annual Meeker Slide Fest: recording (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdjcdZqODoE&feature=youtu.be), slides (https://www.slideshare.net/kleinerperkins/internet-trends-report-2018-99574140). Reports that the decks are getting more concise (https://twitter.com/benthompson/status/1002125689749848066). Kubernetes Korner PodCTL #37 (https://blog.openshift.com/podcast-podctl-37-how-to-deploy-applications-to-kubernetes/) covers Helm and other deployment schemes - Very responsible Coté hasn’t listened to it yet. Nerd fight on forking (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3276009/open-source-tools/the-kubernetes-fork-open-source-purists-miss-the-point.html): Asay: “Enterprises want stuff that works. As much as we in the open source world chatter and fret about vendor lockin, enterprises have demonstrated a remarkable ability to shrug off that concern and buy deeply into Microsoft, Oracle, and, yes, Red Hat’s OpenShift.” Question: how close are we to going OpenStack on all this? Is that even a helpful question, or just trolling? “Kubernetes has, in fact, already lost the war to serverless,” James Governor (https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2018/05/25/kubernetes-won-so-now-what/). By the time you hear this, Coté will have finally given a Kubernetes talk (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1002338318846083072). The State Of The Kubernetes Ecosystem (https://blog.spotinst.com/2018/05/20/kubernetes-ecosystem/): Overview of all the (vendor) players. “A Forrester study (http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/business/solutions/whitepapers/en/Documents/Containers_Real_Adoption_2017_Dell_EMC_Forrester_Paper.pdf) found that 66% of organizations who adopted containers experienced accelerated developers efficiency, while 75% of companies achieved a moderate to significant increase in application deployment speed.” “According to predictions from 451 Research, the market is set to grow from $762 million in 2016 to $2.7 billion by 2020” Important nonsense BA now part of TSA Pre (https://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2018/05/17/british-airways-tsa-pre-check/). Can show up later for that AUS→LHR flight. Although, it’s hard to find where to enter this. Perhaps it’s ticket-by-ticket. # Conferences, et. al. June 1st, 2018 - Coté speaking (https://voxxeddays.com/singapore/program/) at Voxxed Days, Singapore (https://voxxeddays.com/singapore/). June 28th and 29th, 2018 - Coté at DevOpsDays Amsterdam (https://www.devopsdays.org/events/2018-amsterdam/welcome/) - come get a sticker! Sep 24th to 27th - SpringOne Platform (https://springoneplatform.io/), in DC/Maryland (crabs!) get $200 off registration with the code S1P200_Cote. Also, check out the Spring One Tour - coming to a city near you (https://springonetour.io/)! Listener Feedback Gabriel from Puerto Rico got a sticker Daniel had a sticker sent all they way to South Austin SDT news & hype Check out Software Defined Interviews (http://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/), our new podcast. Pretty self-descriptive, plus the #exegesis podcast we’ve been doing, all in one, for free. Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Buy some t-shirts (https://fsgprints.myshopify.com/collections/software-defined-talk)! DISCOUNT CODE: SDTFSG (20% off) Send your name and address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you a sticker. If you run into Matt he’ll give you one too! Recommendations Brandon: Station Eleven (https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Station-Eleven-Audiobook/B00M27L7TC). Zone 1. Matt: The Terror (https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/05/the-terror-amc/559031/), still. Coté: American Airline’s software. Compared to others like BA, Cathey, Korean Air, Thai Air. Also, Star Trek: Discovery (https://www.amazon.com/The-Vulcan-Hello/dp/B077M2959Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1527812877&sr=1-1&keywords=Star+Trek+Discovery). Star Trek: Voyager (https://www.amazon.com/Caretaker/dp/B005HEVBGG/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1527812805&sr=1-1&keywords=Star+Trek+Voyager) is pretty good plane TV fodder. That Neelix guy needs to calm the fuck down though with his space-mullet (https://coub.com/view/3cjcd).

Part of living the speaker life is travel, so today you'll find out how to be a true road warrior! Joining us to give her expert insights and wisdom is our co-host, Melanie Diezel. If you've been listening to The Speaker Lab for awhile you'll remember Melanie from some recent episodes: she is an outstanding speaker, coach and consultant on her own - and she also does a phenomenal job of coaching our Speaker Lab students. And we had such terrific feedback from her recent appearances we decided to bring her back to the show. She's joining us for the next 3 episodes and we'll be talking about a few different topics. Today we're covering how to be a road warrior, booking travel, packing essentials, travel perks and rewards. It's all things travel today as a speaker and road warrior! Join us for that and more on today's The Speaker Lab.       THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:    Should you book your hotel or ask the client to do it for you? How far out should you book your travel? What is a tech tackle box? Why you should travel in clothes you could speak in. What is a travel one sheet and should you have your own? Why and how to choose one particular airline and its rewards program. Should you pay for TSA Pre-check and how can you get reimbursed for it? And so much more!   EPISODE RESOURCES Melanie Deziel's website Episode 73 of The Speaker Lab Episode 74 of The Speaker Lab AwardWallet app Episode 83 of The Speaker Lab TripIt FlightAware GateGuru Melanie Deziel on Twitter Melanie Deziel on Instagram Melanie Deziel on LinkedIn Elite Speaker Workshop Find and contact potential gigs Speaking Fee Calculator Booked and Paid to Speak Got questions? Send them in here Email me! Subscribe on iTunes, and leave us a rating or review  

All the news you need to know for Friday, December 8th, 2017!   Today we're talking about how the government shutdown will be avoided (for now) and the lawmakers who just resigned. Plus: YouTube's upcoming music service and an unlikely pair's pictures go viral. All that and much more - in less than 10 minutes! Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.  For links to all the stories referenced in today's episode, visit https://www.theNewsWorthy.com and click Episodes. Today's episode is brought to you by SOL Organics. SOL​ ​Organics​ ​sells​ ​luxuriously​ ​comfortable​ ​organic​ ​sheets​ ​and​ ​bedding. Go to www.SOLOrganix.com to redeem an exclusive holiday special of 40% off, free shipping + 2 free organic candles with CODE 'ERICA40'. 

EP106 - Amazon's Q3 Results Hot Take This episode is a hot take of the Amazon Q3 Results as well as a few misc pieces of news Apple opened it's new midwest flagship "town square" store in Chicago Amazon opened a new "Pickup and Return" retail concept in Chicago For those interested in todays update who want more, we have deep dive episodes on three topics: EP024 – Amazon Deep Dive EP089 – Amazon Acquires Whole Foods Hot Take EP093 - Prime Day Hot Take Breakdown of Q3 Results Core commerce/marketplace Forecast going forward International Prime membership Whole Foods Ad revenue Amazon Alexa/Echo Headcount AWS Amazon received licenses to distribute pharmaceutical equipment in 12 states, which could be a precursor to Amazon entering the pharmacy business.  The news immediately drove down stock prices of traditional pharmacy companies. In coincidental news, CVS announced a bid to acquire Aetna for $66B. Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 106 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Sunday, October 29th 2017. http://jasonandscot.com Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. New beta feature - Google Automated Transcription of the show: Transcript Jason:  [0:25] Welcome to the Jason and Scott show this is episode 106 being recorded on Sunday October 29th 2017 I'm your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I'm here with your co-host Scott Wingo. Scot:  [0:40] Jason and welcome back Jason Scott show listeners wow what an interesting week it was in the world of retail and e-commerce. It really showed this tale two cities that we've been talking about Jason you had JCPenney pronounce a miss and their stock took a 15% haircut. And put pressure on all the other department store stocks. Not news you want to have heading into the critical fourth-quarter then over in this that's the analog side of the story so does that say. One of our cities in another cities which I called digital City it had we had Google Microsoft and Amazon and it's really weird but this. This quarter they lined up their announcements all on Thursday, and each one of them really handle a blue away expectations so Friday Amazon Spike $228 and its about $1,000 stock before then and now its about 8. $1,200 stock that's a 13% jump in one day which is the most of that group of folks that that announce Google. In Microsoft and Amazon. You know what happens is there was an acceleration in the third quarter of both growth and margins that stunned many Amazon Watchers. But for our listeners it probably wasn't a surprise because we have really been seeing some bold moves from Amazon especially since Prime day at this quarter. So in fact Amazon usually Falls within this guidance that they accept the quarter before and they really blew that away by about 5% this time in this episode we are going to do a quick take in. [2:13] Dig into the reasons why. [2:29] So today we're going to spend the bulk of the show digging into Amazon's 3rd quarter cuz I think it's really important for everyone in the industry to understand the Dynamics that are setting up in both the online and offline world as we head into the fourth quarter. Jason how are you doing. Jason:  [2:45] I am doing it was exciting week with all these announcements going on and I'm a little sleep-deprived cuz I had to get up at 3 a.m. in New York to get my iPhone orders in. Scot:  [2:57] I did the same thing how did it. I know about half the people I know they did the that within the set of people that did 3 a.m. only about a half got an order off were you able to get an order in. Jason:  [3:08] I did I would give it a I was 142 so I I was intending to order a phone for myself and my wife and I should mention. In my wife's case it's kind of part of her birthday package so it was somewhat more critical and my wife and I are both in there. Annual upgrade program which like frankly the main reason we're in that program is because you're supposed to get priority. For that the new phones so we have both pre-qualified for the next phone earlier in the week so we did like half the the ordering process. [3:44] How you do a week in advance got up at 3, was not able to order my wife's because it turns out you have to do it through the store and the app did not like me changing Apple IDs on my phone to her Apple ID to place her order so, kind of suckly I had to use my Apple ID and place my order which went super smooth and I have my phone coming out on Friday. [4:12] And then I had to call my wife who is sound asleep and wake her up and talk her through placing the order on her phone and she was also successful but she got like 2 to 3 weeks to every window so now I'm I'm dreading the fact that. [4:27] My phone's going to come on Friday and her birthday phone is like going to come a week or two after that. Scot:  [4:33] Yeah it's interesting I was able to get I had to order for so I've got all of my phones have been waiting for the 10 so, I got to off on Verizon pretty quickly and then to on Apple I'll be interesting they all say Friday so we'll see who can live up to those expectations, it's funny I'm not in that program and those two people I know that are in that Apple program had a trouble with or treating her so excited before he let me put it in my car and it's already I just have to press a button. Jason:  [5:03] Yeah to their credit I will say in past bones it actually has worked out in our vanity but I I would 10 degrees right now it did not feel like it was expedited deal this time around. Scot:  [5:14] It seems like usually using the store work better cuz they would bring up the API is that the stories is fast and then the website was second with the seems like this time they switch those for some reason another weird observation there. Jason:  [5:27] Yes I tend to be hitting Refresh on both just too Archie had two iOS devices when logged in with my wife when I logged in as me and then and then the web browser and it we ended up using the store app in both cases. Scot:  [5:42] Yeah I need the cloud guy. The iCloud is so yeah it's tricky weak weaker sit daily. [5:48] Speaking of Apple before we jump in the Amazon you did I saw on the twitterverse you did a really cool visit to the the new flagship store there in Chicago. Jason:  [5:58] Yeah just just last week they open their their new store in Chicago they've always had a big store on Michigan Avenue and so they move the store few blocks and opened. The new the new Apple Store concept was it called the Town Square concept so they're there been a few of these I want to say. The first one might have been in Memphis there definitely is one in San Francisco and all the new stores that are open or are based on this. This this New Concept but this is the first one in the Midwest and it supposed to be there Midwest Flagship and that it is it is very impressive store the differences between the traditional Apple store in East Town Square stores, I'm going to call it subtle. You know this is largely the reimagining of the Apple Store under Angela Earnhardt who used to be the CEO of Burberry. She came over to Apple. And this is why Julie her concept and so the big thing is hey we're not just a retail store where at ounce where where where like the center space where people come to meet there's some controversy about them trying to own that. That positioning a lot of City centers don't don't particularly agree that apple is the center of their towns. Dave made the stores more organic so the genius bars go away and they literally have trees green trees in the store and it's called the Genius grow and so you know. You used to hang out under the trees and meet your Genius who then takes you to a to a table to to help resolve your issue in the wet. [7:36] You and I might have called shelves they not called The Avenues and have upgraded the displays for some of the the Apple products. So I can the old days they wouldn't have a very elegant display for headphones and how to have these like beautiful white. Wooden mannequin heads in the headphones are on mannequins they have wood grain modeled. [8:00] IPhones that the cases are mounted to so you can see them the actual cases mounted on the on the shape of the phone you know stuff like that. The the biggest new thing they've done those they have a big seating area in every store this kind of meant for just ad hoc meeting. It has some interesting like saw sitting there like bean bags that are under stools. And they have a a giant beautiful large format display and it's actually 6K resolution so super high resolution. And they have community events and stuff there so so in this. This new Apple Store what they did is they moved it from the middle of Michigan Avenue to sort of the the end of the shopping strip in Michigan Avenue right on the the river in Chicago. And so they now the whole front of the store is a glass window facing the river at super beautiful they had concerts going all all weekend for the grand opening. I'm in there you know doing graphics on the big screen and they had a band in front of the screen. And tell Buzz there's actual wait to get in the store most of the weekend as people are coming to check it out and. [9:10] When humorous but potentially sad unintended consequence. Is these giant glass windows right on the river apparently were confusing the birds and so they started finding. [9:22] Dead or injured birds that had tried to fly into the Apple Store and so now they're apparently. [9:27] Making some adjustments to the lighting to try to help the birds figure out that they shouldn't try to fly into the store. Scot:  [9:34] Ouch that it was Town Square but not for the birds I guess. Jason:  [9:39] Exactly yeah so so. You know you will get all this stuff and it's the merchandising is a little better again they they do spend a fortune on some premium materials there's like actual Limestone and there's. There's a marble that comes from a single query in Italy and the amazing glass architecture that they do for all these stores. [10:07] Interesting that's all part of the the brand experience which is a super important part of why Apple has the stores. I have not seen any announcements about how the this model store compared to the previous model store and they actually. Make any substantial changes in the financial metrics of the store. It's not obvious that there's like dramatically higher converting experiences like it's a very incremental upgrade in in most cases and. Specific to the Chicago store the Michigan Avenue store was never convenient right it's a huge tourist destination it's a huge shopping street but if you. You know it's a really difficult or to drive to and certainly there's no parking there and now they moved it to a place where do I go there literally is almost no Road access so it's a very pedestrian access door. If your interest in your walking Michigan Avenue it's easy to get to but like. If you are a resident that would be the store you would most avoid because it's the logistics are super complicated and normally in retail. You would you would you know desperately try to avoid those. Does transportation Logistics problems but I think Annapolis case that that store is just really designed for the out-of-town visitors that are on Michigan Avenue and it is a it is a cool historic site that used to be at. A young Courthouse vet but more importantly it was it was the site of the first settlers in Chicago so the first kind of cabin that got set up for it by a permanent resident of Chicago. [11:38] Is now this this big guy Apple Town Square store. Scot:  [11:42] Can I get a smartphone. Jason:  [11:44] Exactly push me over the edge I ordered a bunch of iPhone tens although I Kyle met in my head I keep saying iPhone x. Scot:  [11:53] I have a problem that to you have this Xbox to do that and think over the years. And then this is a nice Segway into our Amazon coverage you we were talking about this podcast to go where you were, doing something on Amazon and it kept hitting you in saying don't you want to come to this pickup store you explored that further and tell us what you discovered. Jason:  [12:16] Yeah so I've been at this a literally happened while recording a show that I was you were explaining something and I was falling along on the Amazon website and I put something in my cart and it offered me this new. Pick up an Amazon location option that I had never seen before. [12:33] And that's because Amazon had his just opens to Dedicated pick up locations in Chicago and so. Tired of these locations they had something very similar on a lot of college campuses they had these college pickup locations. And these these stores are very clearly a close cousin of those locations and effect. [12:56] If you look at some of the URL patterns that's it seems like they're kind of the exact same URL pattern as the the campus pickup locations but. You don't need a school ID on these and then they tend to not be on campus so one of them is just in a high-traffic area in Chicago that happens to be. [13:13] A little less than a mile from me and the other is right outside of DePaul University so accessible to the public but presumably also useful to DePaul student. And I sent you the value property or is this is a Amanda location. So it has specific hours with a bunch of lockers in side the location and so you can place an order on Amazon and have anything delivered to the lockers as opposed to. Your home and you can also take your returns to that location and so you might be saying hey Jason Amazon already has a lockers all over the place including this whole food stores. [13:49] How is it different to open a new a new location with Lockers in side in the big answer is most of the Amazon lockers that are unattended. Will only hold your package for 3 days so you have to pick it up within 3 days of delivery or they take it back that's obviously cuz they have a finite number of lockers and they don't want stuff just sitting in them for a month. I'm so at this pickup location near your. Items can stay in the locker for for a little more than two weeks for 15 days and the reason they do that is because the items aren't actually in the lockers the lockers. [14:23] Don't have backs. And behind all of the lockers is a Amazon little mini Amazon storage fulfillment center so all your order is it shipped there held in this fulfillment center and when you walk in the store and scan your barcode saying that you want to pick up your order. A human picture order from that that little storage area and put it in one of these lockers so your products tend to live in that Locker for 2 minutes. Before the front opens and went in the front opens you can actually see through the locker to all the the storage stuff. So in that way they don't tie up on the lockers they can accommodate a lot more packages a lot more different size packages but it does require labor. And said to me that's a a little bit of a trade-off the unattended lockers you generally have 24/7 access to them. These Walker's you can only get two in the stores open the stores open like 9 and 9 during the week and noon to 9 on the weekends. So I actually did try my first pick up at like 10 a.m. on a Saturday and couldn't get it but it is it is interesting that the pickup. [15:27] Is a significant part of the e-commerce experience it's become a big Battleground and we've seen lots of other Innovations around pick up. Amazon's also rolling out these lockers that they call Hub lockers which they're providing two buildings. [15:44] To allow package deliveries in the buildings and you know the Hub lockers don't just take Amazon packages they also take us in UPS and FedEx so they're kind of a utility for the building machine Amazon Footlocker's in all their Whole Foods. Some sort of interesting side note on that a lot of the whole foods are in malls and a lot of the other stores in malls have contracts with them all that. [16:07] Only certain that certain kind of product can't be sold by other retailer so. [16:11] There now ain't like Target is enforcing those small contracts to not allow Whole Foods to have lockers that would receive products that are restricted from other sellers in the in the mall so that's been kind of a. [16:24] A funny little thing we're seeing fly fight out and then of course this last week we've seen Amazon launch Amazon key which is. Amazon having access to a Smart Lock that they provide so that a delivery person can actually come into your home and drop off your package and you can monitor them over an Amazon Cloud cam which is kind of their version of Amazon Nest cam. And interesting Lee Walmart had announced about a week before that they had a partnership with August smart locks and they were doing. Doing service similar programs or seeing all these guys make a bunch of new plays in new pickup models too kind of you know accommodate all the edge cases for people that don't have coming in. [17:04] At their home or office and at least pickup location certainly seem like one of those and then of course the pickup locations also provide. Four very easy returns so when you have a return you can bring the product in an open box or a no box. You you can log into terminal in the store see your history order history so you want to return something. And just throw the box in the print you a code right in that that store you throw your return into a poly bag you put your label on top of the polybag. Drop it in the slot and generally within 10 minutes they'll have received that return you'll get a credit right away instead of you know waiting. To mail it back to a fulfillment center you don't have to do any shipping or packing or any of those sorts of things. Until the return Logistics feels like another area where we're starting to see a big e-commerce Battle Ground and once again the course Walmart announce these this mobile Express returns. Which is sort of a similar experience you don't need a box you don't need to wait in line to return anything at a Walmart store so this seems like the the the new areas for fighting or are pick up an anniversary Justice. Scot:  [18:17] About how big was the Amazon pickup store. Jason:  [18:20] It's not a huge door I'd say it's about 1500 square feet. I haven't been to both in Chicago yet so I've only I've only been to the one and you know there's definitely some like a couple motivated employees in there that are like trying to spread the word and I brought home a bunch of. Amazon swag that was custom labeled with the address of this this location. Scot:  [18:43] Do they sell Echoes or anything like that I was just just lockers and drop off. Jason:  [18:48] Yeah I know no said no product merchandising whatsoever they weren't selling anything that none of the terminals in the store could be used to like browse the inventory or purchase anything so it's purely a post-purchase experience either pick up or return. Scot:  [19:01] Russia. Jason:  [19:02] At least for now I would say they a service they were heavily promoting and they actually had, sidewalk signs and all these things is in Chicago we have a somewhat of a unique offering that I think Amazon starting to roll out to more places but we have same day delivery that is not Amazon Prime now. [19:20] I'm still at work close enough to a number of fulfillment centers that a lot of items in Chicago you can order by noon and have delivered by 9 p.m. and the sets actually delivered by a fleet of WW2 Amazon employee so it's not the w. It's not the Amazon Flex delivery people it's not UPS it's guys that work for the Fulfillment center driving stuff up from Indiana fulfillment center did it to deliver it to customers in Chicago, and so they're kind of leveraging that same day service with these lockers to say same day pick-up in the locker right so you can, you know order something before noon so like the locker for delivery and then 3:00 picking up that same day I actually found that to be a little bit annoying would actually like 5 hours from the main fulfillment center that most most goods come from from. From Amazon and said that, you know most same-day deliveries do end up getting delivered right around 9 sometimes 10 and the store closes at 9 so in my case, I ordered a I did a test order at like 10 a.m. promise for same-day delivery and I got a notification at 10:15 p.m. that I could pick it up same day if the locker but of course the locker have been closed for now. Scot:  [20:35] We found a bug. Jason:  [20:37] Yeah yeah yeah so I Growing Pains. Scot:  [20:42] I wonder if they're working on stopping that 24/7 there's kind of working up to work to it. Jason:  [20:47] You would think it would certainly like you can imagine them adjusting those hours as they see demand and there are newer fulfillment centers that have open closer to Chicago so I'm somewhat curious if, there is a plan in Works to shift some of that same day delivery volume to the the light closer Wisconsin fulfillment centers. Scot:  [21:08] They must love you guys cuz they're trying so much the stuff there so I'm sure they'll figure it out. Jason:  [21:12] Yeah or there's some senior Logistics exact that has an apartment here or something. Scot:  [21:18] We are just such a big Prime user they're doing it all for you. Jason:  [21:21] They're just trying to get off early mentions on the Jason and Scott show that's why they did. Scot:  [21:25] Just just listens and priming the pump. Jason:  [21:30] Masters of PR. Scot:  [21:32] Cool. Thanks for those those reports from the field always interesting to see what's going on there in the big city is shy town. Jason:  [21:39] Yeah hey I know we have a lot to cover but I did mention the Amazon key would you ever trust Amazon to have access to your front door. Scot:  [21:46] Don't think so I like the ones that give you access to your card like that doesn't really bother me at all like people putting stuff in my trunk but you know access to the house is just a whole nother thing. Jason:  [21:58] Yeah. I think that's that's been an interesting conversation is you know you know the trust issue has come up a lot and in many metrics Amazon is one of the most trusted, companies out there and yet that still feels a little scary to folks and it'll it'll be interesting I actually saw me because, just wave as people are using it but I actually saw the less blowback when Walmart announced it than I did when I was on an esta. Scot:  [22:24] Yeah yeah I don't know if the Walmart thing was as widely distributed. Jason:  [22:30] Know that I mean. Scot:  [22:31] May have been part of it. Jason:  [22:32] But even that being the case you got to give Walmart some credit like you know, I feel like it's a moral Victory these days when you're launching customer experiences ahead of Amazon I mean it like Amazon may have gotten much more buzzed but they did have to announce a week after Walmart. Scot:  [22:51] Glory is. I think he's really good at reading these tea leaves and getting in front of them I do want to try the Walmart quick return experience because it felt like an oxymoron when I was reading it cuz I've never had a quick return I've never had a quick customer service anything at Walmart. It's getting worse like I got on my Walmart and I swear they've cut the number of cash registers down by half there's this like 56 Bank of cash registers and there's two people working at I don't know if it's just when I go to Walmart or something but it's crazy. Jason:  [23:19] Interstate yeah I can speak to that I know I was Eliza Express Returns part of the solution you do have to get to a person in so they have an express lane. In customer service dedicated just to the end in my experience that can be super helpful but that can also have. Unintended consequences right to my analogy is if you think of them TSA Pre at the airport so when it first launched in only a few insiders had TSA Pre. You can fly through pre and it was awesome now you got two most airports and us and it's not uncommon to see the pre line being much longer than the regular line because everybody. Is in the know right and so you know it'll it'll be interesting of if that Walmart Express return is heavily leveraged. Well Walmart scale the lanes to support that or will it eventually get gummed up. I will tell you just simple things amuse me but when they launched the service they had a bunch of videos showing the experience, and in all the videos like a different Shopper you know gets in this fast line skips all the people standing in the slow lane and get their service, and I I watch those videos and I'm laughing cuz I'm like wait all those annoyed customers in the slow lane or Walmart customers to and it's almost like 100 making fun of their their customers and best of all they, they hired different actors to be the stars of each of these videos but the, annoyed customer in the slow lane is the same customer in all four videos so I'm thinking that's the most crude Walmart customer of all time. Scot:  [24:52] And you know what's going to happen is when people see people he's not lying they're going to get in it and argue and be like well why can't I be in the Express on I don't know if it's not clear who gets to you. Jason:  [25:04] I'm the guy standing in the back of the line at Starbucks that then pulls out his phone and does mobile order and pay cuz I realize it would be faster than thought you could you can imagine some of that in Walmart too. Scot:  [25:14] Yep you and I. Cool well we definitely want to save a big chunk of the show for Amazon's third quarter results and there's so much to cover we can probably go for three hours so I thought the best way to carve this up would look at some of our favorite. Platforms if you will. Amazon has yours five areas we want to cover, Court Commerce which includes the marketplace is the big one there's some interesting Wholefoods updates would be the second one, wilted bits around the ad platform we want to cover that which is number 3 in the number for would-be Alexa and conversational Commerce some really interesting topics there and then fits his little bit of a catch-all just been resting other. Nuggets that we kind of got out of the release so to be able to cover this and not have to go. Define everything over and over again we do point you to a couple of our other episodes if you want to if we say anything in this. Part of the show that doesn't make any sense to you then I would recommend going back to episode 24 which was our Amazon Deep dive we recovered a lot of these these topics and then. [26:18] Episode 89 we did a deep dive on the Whole Foods acquisition and what we thought was going on there. And then also Prime day when I talk a little bit about that today but you can get Fuller coverage by going to episode 93. So that at the high-level Amazon's revenues came in at 43.7 billion that's be billion which is 34% year-over-year growth and that beat the top end of Wall Street estimates by 2%. Jason way this works is companies come out and whenever they release a quarter they tell you what they think the next quarter is going to look like that's called guidance they usually give arranged historically I think like 9 out of 11 times in the last cut off, of those quarters Amazon is coming within the range sent you to give a renter Q3, and historically there's like almost a 90% chance they'll fall in there this time that they actually came in way above their own guidance so, Wall Street loves it when this happens that's called a beat and then with the company then gives forward guidance for that next quarter if that exceeds what everyone's thinking that's called a beat in a Race So This is a classic, beating raised you know it's kind of a You Know Not only was it a beaten raise but it would kind of trounce both numbers top-line and bottom-line forward current all that stuff. [27:33] You and I talked about this a lot there's a common misperception that Amazon is not profitable operating income beat expectations at 347 million Amazon doesn't really focus on the operating income is a metric they look at free cash flow and in that, performed very well during the quarter as well as we look at it as we drill into the core Commerce peace. Commerce retail grew 28% year-over-year growth, so just kind of a line folks e-commerce is reported by Consular that's my favorite metric at about 15 to 17% year-over-year growth so Amazon the retail part of Amazon is growing twice the rate of e-commerce which is pretty impressive. What. Books on Wall Street loved is in the second quarter a crew 23% see how this kind of 5% quarter-on-quarter acceleration so you know if we were charging this out there would be one. At 23%, YouTube and another died at 28% for Q3 so a pretty material acceleration of the business from second quarter to the third quarter. [28:36] So as you and I talk a lot that's the revenue for the core Commerce peace and that hides the underlying gmv so. GMB is when he's confusing things let me give kind of a little background before I go into some specifics, the the way it works is think about Amazon is to businesses you have the first party business which is a typical retail piano they get things from manufacturers mark them up. That's cause what they pay the manufacturer and then sales is what they saw them to the consumer so $50 which is marked up $200 revenue is $100. Easy peasy what complicates things is Amazon has this thing called The Marketplace or what we slang and Industry call the 3p and what happens there is I take that exact same widget at $100 and now because the accounting rules this is not. I get a lot of people to think Amazon's doing something 2 Furious it's just the the Gap accounting rules would Amazon sells $100 widgets through a third party. The they can only recognize their commission which is about 10% or an issue call this their take rate so that same widget that if it moves from one penis 3p now Amazon only gets $10 worth of Revenue. Just has the unintended consequence of hiding a lot of the impact of Amazon. It would call that transactional value of that third-party that hundred dollars not the $10 commission which is revenue we call that gross merchandise value in the world of marketplaces all of eBay. Got revenue is derived from transactional gmv a portion of Amazon's comes from 1p which where are GM vehicles Revenue in a portion comes from the third-party marketplace where Revenue equals. [30:18] 10% of gmv because that take red so with that being said the. What's frustrates people on this is Amazon doesn't really sees numbers and historically all Amazon would tell you was the percentage of units that come from third-party last quarter for example that was 51% that went down to 50% this quarter because you had one p got all the Whole Foods, first-party sales in there so it cut it for the first time you saw things kind of go from 3p to 1 P from a growth rate but it's cuz of that acquisition. [30:51] So starting in 2012 at Channel advisor we came up with estimates on GMB because we wanted to help retailers really understand this and and at least put a number out there that we thought was an educated guess. So we go to the calculus of figuring all that out. [31:08] What were you would end up with for example last year our estimate was about 277 billion just kind of put a number out there for for a rough estimate. Then at the end of 2016 Amazon change their financial disclosures and finally started to release. Did something called 3-piece seller service revenues and. The trick there though is that includes revenue from the marketplace but it also includes all third-party revenues from performing. And didn't really tell you how to split that up so there's this really wide range of gases that come out of there so so Wall Street now kind of takes that number and backs into it, and they come up with an estimate of 200 250 billion for that same time. So. The my way of doing it ends up at 277 they end up at 200 to 250 so you see these varying numbers to make it even more complicated. In that metric Amazon doesn't count books as one p they move them to 3p if the publisher counts it that way so it has this weird. Dynamic of of I I would not count that one of the reasons were off is they put a lot of the books over in. 3p and I think they should be over one paper anyways for the purpose of the discussion what was just think of it as you. Between 200 around 250 billion last year just kind of put a number out there that the agrees with both systems of doing this so. [32:37] That being said when you when you look at this what's interesting is historically first party has grown about 20% and third party has grown twice that pace at 43% maybe think about that for a second, to me that's the part that really competes with both retailers so so you have. Amazon's overall is growing 34% if you take out AWS it's growing at. [32:58] The Commerce peace is growing at about 30% but then when you look at the. The marketplace is growing at 43% so so really kind of interesting and something that retailers need to be aware of. [33:11] But what's happening is it's kind of an iceberg situation so what we see in Amazon's quarterly numbers is the tip of the iceberg which is their revenue you have to unpack that to get to the third party DMV. Add it to the first party DMV to get the total gmv and I think that's what matters because when Amazon third-party sells $100 widget. Walmart loses $100 didn't lose $10 on in the same is true for grocery and everything like that so so the total gmv is what really matters isn't how we should be sizing Amazon. So if we if we now look at the third quarter by my calculations of that 43.7 billion in the quarter, about 4.6 was from AWS so we take that out so it's clearly not in this bucket and that gives us there's some other Revenue but it's really relatively small and doesn't change the calculation so essentially 39 billion dollars on this from the retail part of the business. Of that 33 and a half is the first party which Lee's 5.6 billion dollars front for the third party so. So when you look at it that way third-party is actually a pretty small percent of revenues you about 20%. But then you have to take the 5.6 billion from third-party and x 10. Because of the the 10% thing so now you have 56 billion in GMD from third-party 33 billion ish from first-party you had those together and you effectively get 89 and a half billion in GMB for the third quarter so. By my calculations Amazon is effectively add in 90 billion dollar quarterly run rate from DMV that represents about a 360 billion-dollar average. [34:51] Annual run-rate. The u.s. is the United States 60% of Amazon so if you just want to look at to you as soon as I'm out of that 360 billion it's about 55 billion for the us and that gives the u.s. business a 215 billion run. So so just let me kind of put that in terms that. That makes sense so last year if you look at the third quarter on you end up with about 13 and 1/2 billion in June be so effectively Amazon Grew From 13 billion. [35:27] You make sure I get this right you should have JC Penney who I mentioned at the top of the show there at 12 and a half billion dollar retailer with with. 1100 stores so Amazon affectively grew your ear if you look at the DMV between Q3 last year and this year at JCPenney plus an extra billion dollars. The entire JCPenney not just online sales. [35:51] And then what's interesting at the Q3 2014 billion run rate it's going to be effectively a 50% growth so. [36:01] Joe Young Thug what it means is that Amazon will have if you look at the u.s. revenue. E-commerce which I want to look at a couple of the numbers like for sure they have 400 billion in the US at this kind of run rate Amazon will take him about half of the. Total online sales when you want to unpack the DMV and it's good because we're starting to see emarketer had some date out that started include the TMV a lot of people have if not really. Done this the right way I think in the now more than where you're starting to see people unpack that which is good. So going forward on Amazon put out fourth-quarter guidance. Between 56 and 60.5 billion again that really kind of was way above what Wall Street was asking for the fourth quarter this implies that the low range a 28% growth rate in the high range 38% growth range, 32 at the midpoint. You take that midpoint and you seem something similar to three metrics you're effectively get to gmv of about 110 hundred twenty billion, 45 of that comes from first-party 75 from third-party so. You look at that you're of your growth what happens in fourth quarter for Amazon as they just really search and, start to just take mass of share in the fourth quarter and then it kind of sustains going in the next year so effectively if you look at Q4, last year verses where they're projecting just a midpoint of next year it's effectively two and a half JCPenney is that the effect. [37:33] Gobble up in market share so and that's just at the midpoint if they come into the top range it's like three or four JCPenney's so I know I went to a lot of math, the punchline is Amazon is growing is about. Now it's more than twice as big as people think it is because of this hidden DMV under the surface. Jason:  [37:53] And it's important like I can't overemphasize half the media that covers Amazon. Still get this wrong right and they still just the use Amazon's reported revenue and talk about Amazon size and it's like just fundamentally wrong. Scot:  [38:11] Yeah I wish Amazon would just give it to him being number but the interesting thing haven't watched Amazon for 20 years now. Is one of Jeff Bezos his favorite classes was game theory in Game Theory you never want. Anyone really know what you're up to and until you absolutely have to tell them, there's a lot of case studies over the history of Amazon where they don't disclose things and they always play kind of funny games with math where they'll say so so for example we don't know how many prime subscribers there are they don't disclose the DMV should go back and do things but they got rid of some of my favorite ones that used to break down, the difference between media and electronics and General Merchandise so we had an idea for how those two categories are going as a switch some of these new metrics they got rid of those so, it's always this game of of kind of, why people think it's in the Furious but what Amazon's doing is in my experience when they when they think they have a strategic Advantage then they try not to tell people what's going on in that part of the business stuff because they want to protect, The Secret of that strategic management and I'll definitely put this market place as one of the top ones that they. 3 purposely do not disclose what's going on here because they don't want people to know how big this is. Jason:  [39:24] Yep and is it you sort of implied it but it may be as worth also stating that well it's possible to be profitable or not profitable in one piece else it's almost impossible to not be profitable in 3-piece house. Scot:  [39:39] Yeah if you the best proxy is Alibaba and eBay which are pure kind of marketplaces and those companies have like, 85 to 90% gross margins and then like 30 40% kind of net margins so you know a very profitable business of posited that the marketplace has been kind of cash cow that's really fueled started in 2006 all the way for the last 12 years that's what's fueled all the build-out in, Prime wellness centers all that because it's a hugely profitable kind of a line that the Amazon his pets humble down. Jason:  [40:14] Yep and your point because they don't have to break it out they don't show The Profit just from the marketplace and so you you get a lot of the this narrative where they they have to share the profits from from AWS in there they're fabulous and so you get a lot of people talking about well, AWS is the, the the profitable component that carries Amazon and in reality this this Marketplace is almost certainly a much bigger and more equivalently profitable. Business that that just say they don't have to disclose his ass as overtly. Scot:  [40:48] Yeah one of the one of the folks that really gets this is Mark Lori so he don't know the whole reason I started yet was effectually to go after this cash cow and then obviously Walmart has bought into that night, after imagine he spends a lot of time internally kind of helping educate folks there that this is going on because if you're a traditional retailer in my experience there are even more kind of. Blind but have a harder time getting their head around it because there's no offline analogy you know you can't point to something and say We'll look over there that's how that works cuz it's such a weird anomaly of the online business Amazon. Jason:  [41:23] Yep yep me you mentioned Prime members anything else we should cover on the the marketplace before we jumped. Scot:  [41:33] Quicken International really accelerated so it grew. [41:38] North America grew 35% International Group 29 International a couple points due to the impact of currency exchange of so everything I say takes that out, but I think the last quarter grew 26% so nice kind of quarter-on-quarter 26 to 29 per cent in the management team, I specifically called out International AWS and Prime / Prime day is as the the key reasons that they beat their expectations so I'll kick it over you do for some prime coverage. Jason:  [42:11] Yep and that you did trigger I guess it one last piece of editorial on the on the growth of the marketplace so if you add up that hole general merchandise value and I think you said that that you got that. Empire growth is somewhere between 28 and 38% so we call it let's call it 32% growth the. [42:33] The second largest e-commerce site which is way smaller than Amazon in the u.s. is Walmart they last cup of quarters have grown even. Much faster than that on iMac or so much more bass in so you think about, man Amazon which is arguably half of e-commerce are ready and they're growing at 32% and yet the industry average for growth is about 15% and so the reality is. There has not been a heck of a lot of growth for the rest of the e-commerce industry outside of Amazon. Scot:  [43:05] Yeah yeah I think small folks really struggle you seem eBay announce the results we didn't cover it specifically I think they're GMB grew five or six percent you know I think some folks had a surge kind of as they they played catch up but I think a lot of them are really starting to slow down as they they run into the Amazon buzzsaw. Jason:  [43:26] Yeah for sure and so as we talk about besides let's talk about prime prime is another one of those things that Amazon does not disclose as you mentioned in so it's left a lot of third parties to sort of, estimate what the prime memberships are in there was a lot of Buzz and a lot of articles, earlier this month I want to see around October 18th of the consumer intelligence research Partners released their updated estimate they've been doing an annual estimate for I think, two or three years now and this year they're estimating that there are 90 million Prime subscribers, which is up 25 million from their previous estimate right so they were, what was that 65 Million last year and 90 million now answer that that generated a ton of buzz but I think you and I have taken that with a grain of salt because, I'm not sure 90 million Prime subscribers really passes the smell test to me what about you. Scot:  [44:26] Yeah an enhanced again to it that's a u.s. number and there's the Census Bureau says there's 125 million households so that that would be like you know 60 to 70% coverage which feel tie, now there's not I've seen studies that show that kind of coverage at the high-end so you don't, got more affluent homes over index on Prime and they get up into the 67% but I think that's pretty aggressive to look at the whole us when, what I read the Wall Street research things were Amazon Street clever and they say we have tens of millions of subscribers and then they always everything is always relative like. It was our biggest day or we saw a 2X increase in sign on state they never give you a number when I, there's a fair number Wall Street folks that run surveys Witcher are always tricky but they're going into the you have tens of thousands of people in the survey sand, they they effectively kind of get to 60 million in the US and then another 30 internationally Prime hasn't been out in as many countries they're just really rolling it out to India for example most people. The metric size C say 90 million total 60 us and 13 on us so that would make this number pretty aggressive because I think you would have to have another. 30 on to that that 94 International so you it would be like 120 million all in so I think it's it's an over. Overstatement no one of the other things is. [45:58] All the Wall Street people are looking at paid Prime there are some free Prime program so there is prime for students and Prime for moms so maybe that adds another 5 or 10 unpaid Prime members and their but he and I have a hard time getting that 90 million in the u.s. number. Jason:  [46:12] Prime for government assistance as well not to. [46:16] Yeah and I I-10 and greet like just a couple of kind of benchmarks you can use to to just sort of check this, which tell you that 90 million is potentially possible but highly optimistic so so one thing to know is the analog equivalent of prime memberships is probably Costco membership so I think it was by far the most successful, membership base retailer out there and they have been phenomenally financially successful for a long time predicated almost exclusively on the revenue they generate from their memberships and Costco has 90 million, members so, you say hey if Costco could do it Amazon certainly could get there but it's doubtful there are ready there a particular you reconsider what, percentage of the u.s. population have embraced digital shopping versus the the percent that have have shopped in brick-and-mortar right and that brings me to, the second metric I like to look at the these Prime studies are not very big like this eirp thing I want to say was it a few thousand. Respondents in my memory might like what's even say generously 10,000 there's a much bigger studies that study, retail buyer penetration into the the the retailer in America that has seen the most us consumers is Walmart 95% of the u.s. Coshocton Walmart, 89% of the USA shop in McDonalds. You drop down to like 85% at Target and then you get to some of these these retards that are ubiquitous but Target more fluent Shoppers like Starbucks has reached only 48% of the US. [48:00] Despite how many Starbucks we see out there and those Studies have an Amazon is about 42 to 45% of the US have shopped Amazon so, there's a good news bad news thing there if your Amazon you go man we're performing terrifically and we've only reached 45% of us so we have a lot of growth left but if they only reach 45% of the US there's no way they could have 90 million Prime subscribers. Scot:  [48:24] Yeah and they're so there's two metrics there's 300 people in the US and then 125 million households so I think it's the one you just said would be against the 300, 45 yet should be like a hundred fifty million people have shocked Amazon see what expect you to be hard for. More than half of those two really be primary I'd be shocked so. Jason:  [48:45] Yeah nevertheless it was a interesting in the the Q&A after the, the announcement that the CFO had to answer a number of questions and you don't want it one of the questions is, hey how come you guys like see the guidance like what went better than expected and interesting Lee the cfo's answer was largely that Prime memberships, outperform their expectations expectations and specifically that Prime day, was driving a lot more Prime subscribers than expected and that, that that was having a carryover effect throughout the the corners so that Dad is super interesting wheat of course in our Prime Day episode we've talked a lot about the real gold Prime day being to get more Prime subscribers and here we have some some evidence from the horse's mouth that that's, exactly what it's what it's a exceed succeeding and doing. Scot:  [49:45] Yet even tired that International acceleration to Prime day being strong globally and getting a lot of global signups on Prime so the flywheel is Prime and Prime day is a way to remind people that it's out there, getting pulled in that flywheel in and get the flywheel going even faster. Jason:  [50:04] Yeah and I might take away from that that's terrifying is just, you'd expect that you know is Amazon girls they get more Prime subscribers at some point you hit this equilibrium where you've captured all the easy, Prime subscribers and it becomes much harder to acquire new ones and here's the CFO saying hey we've had pretty consistent Prime growth, and now we're seeing it accelerate and beat our expectations that that tells you that there's a lot of gas still left in this this growth tank. Scot:  [50:33] Yeah the other clue in the financials around us and again it's a little squishy but there is a line item called subscriber Revenue, and this is another way Wall Street kind of takes that in in the inside subscriber you have the revenue that comes from Prime. Which comes in many flavors now you have people prepaying annual you at like 99 bucks and you have monthlies go through here but then they have a number of other subscriber program so you have Amazon Prime music you have. The book program I think audible kind of falls into hear some parts of Ottawa so it's a little again it's so hard to pick a part. But what they said is the expression Revenue grew 59%. Not your rear and that was an acceleration it was I think 53% in the last quarter so again that kind of correlates to what's going on there and then they talked also about. [51:30] The echo so they said let's see. Within subscription Services music especially is working really well with Echo we're seeing a lot of growth in that area as we increase the number of Echoes so you and I are both examples of this where you have to pay a little bit of an upcharge you get, you get Prime music for free that were with your Prime subscription but to access it to your Echo you have to pay that $5 extra month this is one of those things you just kind of forget. Jason:  [51:58] A couple programs yeah you can pay 5 bucks a month to get it on a single Echo and they call this. Prime music unlimited so it's a bigger category library and you can have it available in a single Echo for five bucks a month or they have a family plan which makes it available to, on the mobile phones are five of your family members and to all the Echoes you own in in one household for 9 bucks a month, so I suspect you and I are paying nine bucks a month. Scot:  [52:27] I suspect that's true yes I remember I started with the first one and then like everyone want to listen to different music and it would specifically tell her she can't do that and then I was annoying so we upgrade it is very effective. Jason:  [52:39] In the in the last quarter they also added a feature to to the echo that enables multi-room music for the first time so now you can, you can email that same song to a bunch of different echoes in the same time or different music in each room it is become. [52:55] Pretty cool in terms of music playing device. Scot:  [52:59] You're very so no seeing that capability to shoot music to where we want to but at a fraction of the cost. Jason:  [53:04] Absolutely and I'm sure it was not Material in these reporting but there's actually one news source of what I assume is going to go into the subscription revenue for the first time they have added a. In-app purchase option for one of the echo skills. [53:23] See you now can pay a premium if you're using the Jeopardy skills to get access to more jeopardy games. [53:32] So I am not a big Jeopardy player on Echo apparently that's a big thing that I've totally missed, but I guess by default on the free app you can play 6 rounds are Jeopardy a day and you can only play that days Jeopardy so, now they blunch the service where you can pay extra, to get access to as many games of Jeopardy as you want every day and that in and of itself may or may not be interesting to you but to me what's interesting about that is, that means they put the mechanism in there to have, in-app purchase revenue for Echo skills and when you look at the other app ecosystems out there like at the iTunes Store the Google Play Store all the big money is in these. Free to download and an in-app. Purchase options in so that that potentially is a whole new economic ecosystem that's getting added to the Amazon juggernaut. Scot:  [54:26] Yeah it's interesting there there's a big tie in when you're watching Jeopardy and always fast forward to the commercial said it, makes you stop because it looks like you're back on Jeopardy but then it's an, a 30-second Amazon Echo Jeopardy tie and Commercial and then a big fan of mr. robot and they're doing a really big, think they're where you can the robots about this this devastating thing that happens on 59 so you can say Alexa what's the five nine news and it kind of like gives you news from the dystopian future so I don't know if there's any in-app purchase there but they're doing some really clever tie-ins with TV and then NFL and all that stuff's all tied together with the streaming part of what they do is just really getting to be pretty interested in an integrated with what they're doing there. Jason:  [55:12] And in The Coincidence Department it this week is actually the seven year anniversary of Watson winning that Jeopardy tournament and it it's funny to think, back then they had to rent the building next to the Jeopardy Studio because the IBM Watson computer that that, played in that that tournament was the size of the house and now of course there's a similar amount of processing power in the the new Google home Mini. Scot:  [55:41] Cool about Switching gears to your favorite topic grocery would what did you pick out early surround Grocery and Whole Foods. Jason:  [55:49] Yeah so a couple interesting takeaways it was only mentioned in the earnings. [55:56] They eat a lot of people are asking questions and we're interested in the future plans and Amazon did not disclose very much about the their future plans for Whole Foods. [56:07] Which going back to your point I think they like to play their cards close to their best when they can what was super exciting for the omni-channel nerds in the room is. Did they did add a new line item to the revenue reporting so for the first time they have offline Revenue line. And that the revenue in there for this first quarter was 1.3 billion. Which is a predominantly their Whole Foods revenue and that's from a partial quarter so I think that's only about 30 days of the quarter that the Whole Foods was in the Amazon number in so I assume that's. That's a new flavor of one Pier Avenue that shows up on this this separate line for physical stores the book store revenue is in that number I assume. Amazon has some kiosks and pop-ups and other things I assume all those things are in that number as well but I think they essentially said that all those things combined are somewhat in material. [57:03] In that number and sort of dwarfed by the the Whole Foods number so. Let you know this this first quarter that's not a particularly interesting number but I think it's going to be interesting to watch it grow and. I think enough quarters where Amazon makes big investments in growing the book stores which there are a lot of bookstore scheduled to open and maybe where we don't see a lot of growth that Whole Foods it'll be interesting to see whether that number moves at all. [57:28] You know if it's exciting for me that that number is going to be in there in the future. I didn't necessarily learn anything from this one it is interesting they are defining. [57:41] Physical stores as when the customer selects the item in the store so if you. Purchase something pick something out online and you schedule it for delivery to A Whole Foods. Locker for example or to one of those pick up locations that I talked about earlier. [57:59] That would that would still be considered an online purchase and that someone interesting because there is some variation in terms of different retailers, omni-channel reporting what what order do they consider an in-store purchase versus an online purchase so Amazon is clearly said. Brass it depends on where you select the item not words for Phil. Scot:  [58:21] The same day they always called the revenue net sales and now they call it online sale so so for the e-commerce people that's kind of exciting so now they have online sales and physical sales so pretty. What is a Wall Street analyst kind of said well you know what what else can you tell us now you've had Whole Foods on your belt for a Whole 30 days about the future. You're the CFO. Again plays a pretty close to that said nothing to announce but I think over time you'll see more cooperation and working together between fresh Prime now at Whole Foods and, we certainly seen that with the private label and it'll be interesting to see if if they leverage your for example we we speculated that that Prime now ability to do same-day delivery would be really nice, you know Whole Foods has partnered with instacart it doesn't make sense for Amazon to. Your fuel competitor they're effectively and use the prime now Network just called Flex to do same-day delivery so that was my read on that one I may be reading too much into it but. But interesting to see what they're going to do now that had the integrated for 30 days. [59:31] Another one that was too quick when I know we're Up Against Time the Amazon doesn't break out the ad business and we have talked a lot on the show about when we talked to brands, especially especially manufacturers removing dollars from Google advertising over to Amazon and. You'll see if I did give a little hint there so this lives inside of the quote on quote other line Amazon is specifically historically said advertising is the largest component of that there's a lot of dogs and cats in there I think there's some. I'm so the audible stuff that's not a subscription ends up in there and you know what you actually look Amazon doing like 80 different businesses and a bunch of them kind of live inside of here if it doesn't kind of the revenue. [1:00:15] IPhone to the previous categories. [1:00:19] But this line grew 58% in the CFO explicitly said advertising grew faster than other itself which means greater than 58%. [1:00:30] I'd be shocked if advertising wasn't growing north of 100% year-over-year based on annual anecdotally when I talk to folks this is the one area that. Everyone is really excited and seeing really good efficacy and then inside of Amazon everyone's moving over to these teams which is always an indicator the hot teams to be on it Amazon are Echo, private label and ads so you know I'd be surprised if it's not going well north of 100% so. I look forward to the day when it grows so big that Amazon has to break it out, see how big it is I think it's going to shock people I think this is going to be this kind of you know next multibillion-dollar business in this could be, really really really really bad for for definitely Google maybe in Facebook as Facebook gets to be a certain size. Yeah there's going to be a fight for one of the largest groups that spends money in and that's Brands and Retail and it's going interesting to see who wins this advertising Dollar Battle. Jason:  [1:01:28] Yeah I will say it's I have a feeling in the short run is going to be a mixed bag because that the estimates I've seen our kind of already in that 1 billion to 2 billion size business and in, I'm I'm sure you're right that that Google and Facebook, hate seeing a third player have a meaningful presents there but in some small way like again let's go let's be generous and caught two billion that that's still pretty small compared to Google's 90 billion, so for now it's not a hugely material competitor and I have a feeling with some of the antitrust conversations that are likely to come up in the the next couple years at Google and Facebook, don't be surprised if that the people making the strongest case for how big amazon are are Google and Facebook as they tried to demonstrate that they aren't monopolies. Scot:  [1:02:20] Absolutely. Jason:  [1:02:24] So this next one I know you have a lot of passion about because I feel like I saw you fighting about it on Twitter how many Echoes are out there. Scot:  [1:02:34] Yesu sisters interesting so the specific comment on the call was this was actually in the Jeff Bezos quote so if you're interested in the Amazon I definitely recommend either reading the transcript or listen to these calls out but also Amazon puts out a very lengthy press release, and, a lot of its kind of far away it's bullet points of everything they've announced in the last quarter which you know if you listen to show you already are well-versed in of course but I will skip right to the Jeff Bezos quotes kind of gives you an idea of what they want to focus on, I'm in the second piece of that quote I think the first piece was about prime day and. AWS and how awesome they were this is the quote so. Customers of purchase tens of millions of Alexa enabled devices so that was kind of interesting choice of words given Echo devices. Over 100,000 5 Star reviews and active customers are at more than 5 x since the same time last year and they talked about another explosion of skills and that kind of thing. So [1:03:38] So I was thinking so I put a tweet out there that said wow 5x is pretty impressive and I was thinking they probably went from 6 million to 30 million maybe 7 240 million. I don't think Echo would be half of prime at the fields aggressive so I was thinking somewhere in that range, and a guy John Wilson I think he's a listener he kind of said what I said. [1:04:07] I think it was actually smaller I think, yeah I read it was 20 million I was like that's really weird because they didn't disclose that what happened to someone took this the kind of felony Amazon strap that took this tens of millions Nate their logic was well they wouldn't say tens of millions and lessons at the very bottom of that range so let's say, you effectively 20 so I kind of came out with the number 20 because that's kind of how they read that math and then they said well, it must have been four million to 20 million so I just kind of thought it was interesting that. [1:04:37] Someone in his point was at Lex has a lot of hype and now lot of reality if it's just barely getting to 20 million users so I think it's kind of funny that you know when people fall into these Amazon traps that they've set. I read these things and I kind of think who would they say tens of millions is actually probably towards the higher and higher into that there, they're definitely the first thing I think is something big is here and they're hiding something and then the second thing I I tend to lean towards more of the middle of the range towards the height of those kind of a fun kind of argument to get in with John there and he agreed at the end that, this article kind of took a lot of Liberty with that quote. Jason:  [1:05:13] Yep that's a tricky you got to get into the Amazon mindset and not the the traditional mindset that a lot of folks are used to one slight tangent I totally apologize cuz I know where it was, going to be way over time for this this episode but you mentioned the Highlight section of the press release my favorite antidote is there this long list of highlights one of the Highlight bullets is, completed the 13 billion dollar acquisition of Whole Foods and another one of the Highlight bullets is that they successfully had bring your daughter to work day. Scot:  [1:05:43] Yeah it's really of a potpourri of what happened last quarter. Jason:  [1:05:46] Exactly so pretty pretty broad range of accomplishments is all. Scot:  [1:05:49] Yep yeah they don't really order them anyway I have a musty chronological order so we have never understood how they're ordered in there that's kind of random. Jason:  [1:05:59] But I'm guessing that bring your daughter to work day has to be a lot more daughters because there's some interesting information about how the the headcount is grown in Amazon. Scot:  [1:06:09] Yes sir one one analyst said hey if I do the math your head count is up 77% year-over-year and it d

This week the Bros bring up Mothers Day, Dan works on someone elses lawn mower, someone got pooped on by two different species in a matter of hour, Dan wants to sign up for TSA Pre-check, and One of the Bros wants to start a new Youtube Channel.

Can a federal government agency be good at customer service? The Transportation Security Administration – better known by its acronym, TSA – is setting out to change perceptions and make traveling easier by answering all sorts of questions on social media. The agency, which screens 2.2 million passengers and their luggage daily, while also protecting train stations and ports, launched the AskTSA Twitter handle last September with little fanfare. “The audience was there,” says Jennifer Plozai, Director of External Communications. “We didn’t promote it…Right when we launched, we had passengers sending us good questions on Day 1, and it’s just grown from there.” The most common questions include permitted and prohibited items, what types of ID are accepted, the popular TSA Pre✓® program, and people traveling with disabilities or medical conditions. TSA’s goal, says Plozai, is to “provide guidance, clarify our policies, answer questions, [and] resolve issues.” “This was a win-win for TSA to be able to launch a customer care account and help passengers be less frustrated with the process and have an better overall travel experience,” Plozai says. Since the TSA is one of the first government agencies to establish a customer service handle on social media – the United States Postal Service was another – Plozai had to learn from other sources, most notably airlines and airports. She and her team spent just four months from internal approval to launch, creating an answer database and establishing a social media policy. “There wasn’t one that we could find already existing in government,” Plozai says of the policy. “We needed a very well-defined policy for managing this program.” She has since shared the policy and best practices with other government agencies. TSA’s staffing model for social customer service is unique – and corporations should take note. The team uses a rotating group of TSA employees on “detail assignments” – that is, this isn’t their permanent job. The result is a unique mix of “very diverse backgrounds”, including airport officers, trainers, federal air marshals, and global strategists. “They all bring different expertise to our team and are able to help customers in a better way,” says Plozai. Each employee completes a four-week training program which focuses on social media, customer service, and combining the two. Plozai says the agency also uses social media to “have the pulse of the traveling public” and “to identify trends in operational issues by hearing the concerns of the public and being able to address those.” Results so far, she says, have exceeded expectations. “Interacting with the passengers in real time, whether it’s before, during, or after their travel experience, the appreciation that we’re there to listen… we’re just really pleased with the program and how it’s gone so far,” she says. Plozai met with me and Dan Moriarty for Episode 41 of the Focus on Customer Service Podcast. Key moments in the episode are below: 1:03 A brief overview of the TSA and Jennifer’s background 2:17 The recent launch of the Ask TSA program 4:35 How TSA was able to obtain leadership buy-in to start their social customer service program 7:26 Jennifer describes the process of setting up a pilot program 9:43 The types of questions that TSA sees in social media 14:16 The TSA’s expansion into Facebook Messenger 15:25 How recent negative press affected the questions TSA received on social media 19:55 Jennifer shares a memorable customer interaction 21:14 What Jennifer wishes she had known when she started Ask TSA 22:42 What the future looks like for TSA in social media Additional episodes of the Focus on Customer Service Podcast can be found on iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. If you have experienced great customer service from a brand on social media, please let us know in the comments below or tweet me at @dgingiss.

We are so certain that we make our own destiny. No matter who or how we worship, we seem to gravitate back to the delusion that we are in control, and that we deserve reward for our efforts. But Scripture teaches us a different lesson. Dr. Sams shows us how Scripture teaches that God provides everything - literally, everything. It comes and goes at His will. And so what matters is how we allow Christ to influence our actions for His kingdom. As His righteousness supplants our righteousness, we cannot help but proclaim His truth and freedom.

We are so certain that we make our own destiny. No matter who or how we worship, we seem to gravitate back to the delusion that we are in control, and that we deserve reward for our efforts. But Scripture teaches us a different lesson. Dr. Sams shows us how Scripture teaches that God provides everything - literally, everything. It comes and goes at His will. And so what matters is how we allow Christ to influence our actions for His kingdom. As His righteousness supplants our righteousness, we cannot help but proclaim His truth and freedom.

We are so certain that we make our own destiny. No matter who or how we worship, we seem to gravitate back to the delusion that we are in control, and that we deserve reward for our efforts. But Scripture teaches us a different lesson. Dr. Sams shows us how Scripture teaches that God provides everything - literally, everything. It comes and goes at His will. And so what matters is how we allow Christ to influence our actions for His kingdom. As His righteousness supplants our righteousness, we cannot help but proclaim His truth and freedom.

We are so certain that we make our own destiny. No matter who or how we worship, we seem to gravitate back to the delusion that we are in control, and that we deserve reward for our efforts. But Scripture teaches us a different lesson. Dr. Sams shows us how Scripture teaches that God provides everything - literally, everything. It comes and goes at His will. And so what matters is how we allow Christ to influence our actions for His kingdom. As His righteousness supplants our righteousness, we cannot help but proclaim His truth and freedom.

This episode, Chris remembers his feline companion and Office Manager who passed away recently. Then we get into an insanely long discussion of travel tips and horror stories. Do these things! If you liked the Office Manager, please donate to http://omhs.ca/ Check out our sponsors WonderNetwork and Grumpy Learning Buy stickers at devhell.info/shop Follow us on Twitter here Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3) Links and Notes Nexus TSA Pre-check E-passport map of LAX php[cruise] 2016

Check out Newbie Remote Conf and get your tickets!   02:24 - Guillermo Rauch Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog ZEIT @zeithq   Cloudup Mongoose.js Socket.IO 03:07 - Now: Realtime Node.js Deployments 04:28 - Key Concepts now-serve Heroku 10:22 - Deployment Process 14:55 - Getting Started Experience About 17:22 - Technology vs Design 20:36 - Running Now vs npm-install 27:17 - Simplicity; SSH and Metrics 35:33 - Debugging and Performance 37:34 - Security 41:44 - What’s Next?   Picks Overwatch (Joe) To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Jamison) React Rally (Jamison) Grokking Algorithms: An illustrated guide for programmers and other curious people by Aditya Y. Bhargava (Aimee) Birgitta Böckeler: Born for it (Aimee) TSA Pre✓ (Chuck) RIF6 Cube 2-inch Mobile Projector (Chuck) Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy (Guillermo)

Check out Newbie Remote Conf and get your tickets!   02:24 - Guillermo Rauch Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog ZEIT @zeithq   Cloudup Mongoose.js Socket.IO 03:07 - Now: Realtime Node.js Deployments 04:28 - Key Concepts now-serve Heroku 10:22 - Deployment Process 14:55 - Getting Started Experience About 17:22 - Technology vs Design 20:36 - Running Now vs npm-install 27:17 - Simplicity; SSH and Metrics 35:33 - Debugging and Performance 37:34 - Security 41:44 - What’s Next?   Picks Overwatch (Joe) To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Jamison) React Rally (Jamison) Grokking Algorithms: An illustrated guide for programmers and other curious people by Aditya Y. Bhargava (Aimee) Birgitta Böckeler: Born for it (Aimee) TSA Pre✓ (Chuck) RIF6 Cube 2-inch Mobile Projector (Chuck) Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy (Guillermo)

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In this solo episode, Lisa share her thoughts on preparing for the year ahead. She also discusses the virtues of TSA Pre and why there should be a Pre for every aspect of life.

Lex got into the TSA Pre line AGAIN. He was the king of the airport.

Lex got into the TSA Pre line AGAIN. He was the king of the airport.

This week, Will is joined by a special guest for an audio-only edition of the show. Topics discussed include SXSW, iOS 7.1, the 25th birthday of the world wide web, TSA Pre check, Guts of Glory, Titanfall, and the enduring appeal of Spelunky. Enjoy!