April 10, 2010
Dr. Dave prepares listeners for his Tucson Tea Party speech and mixes political conviction with the brothers’ characteristic teasing. Several passages distill his consulting approach: ask support staff calmly whether a proposed fix risks the customer’s data, separate a product’s novelty from whether a person will really use it, and seek a fresh set of eyes when expertise becomes trapped inside an assumption. That last principle comes from Dr. Dave’s own brake-line problem, which Evil Steve solves with one simple suggestion. The show also captures Dr. Dave’s Redskins analysis after the Donovan McNabb trade, a caller’s wish to hear Computer Talk online, his concern about corporate-government data sharing, and a personal explanation of why he would not buy the new iPad despite admiring Apple’s strengths.
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