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Nick and Todd talk about the way technology fits in their lives and how it affects their kids and families. They discuss the recent tech news focusing on the aspects of privacy, security, and ethics.Despite being in different hemispheres and a ridiculous number of time zones apart, the show’s hosts have decided to keep in touch. They are based in Wellington, New Zealand, and Ann Arbor, MI, USA and can often be found at the local GDG and Cocoaheads events that they organise for their communities.
Somewhere between the coffee check and the iCloud backup switch, Nick and Todd become your tech friends.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A warm comeback episode that pairs easy chemistry with useful Android and Chrome OS talk.
Keep in Touch feels like a reunion more than a tech segment, and that is part of its appeal. Todd and Nick settle into an easy back-and-forth about family, work, time zones, and the long stretch since they last recorded.
A relaxed work and life chat that centers on a new job, remote collaboration, and an easy friendship.
Todd and Nick keep things grounded in everyday work and life, with coffee, red wine, and an easy back-and-forth setting the tone. Most of the episode sits with a new job and the shift from a small team to a much larger organization, especially the awkward part of figuring out…
A loose, funny check-in that turns ordinary errands into a sharply observed portrait of home life.
This episode lands as a sly, easygoing look at everyday life: a backwards microphone, a lockdown beer delivery, and a conversation that drifts from audio gear into the practical business of getting through the week. Its strength is precision without fuss.
Technology, attention, and responsibility in conversation.
Host Jack Rhysider narrates true hacking, breach, and privacy stories from the people involved.
David Pierce and Verge staffers cover AI industry news, gadgets, and tech policy weekly.
Long-form interviews on AI coding agents, infrastructure, and security, plus a recurring SED News roundup.
Founders and engineers on AI coding agents like Claude Code, and supply chain security.
After a gap of several months, Todd and Nick return to Keep in Touch to catch up on life, work, and technology milestones they missed.
Todd and Nick, co-hosts of Keep in Touch, catch up on COVID-19 developments in New Zealand (effectively COVID-free) versus the United States (no national response, Arizona and Texas still surging), and the WHO's record of over 240,000 new cases in a single day.
Todd and Nick discuss the Apple and Google joint Bluetooth contact tracing API initiative, framing privacy as a human right and expressing concern about government data retention regardless of anonymisation claims.
Keep in Touch #14, “We live in Sci-Fi times,” connects Android malware, passwordless authentication, COVID-19 closures, and working from home.
Keep in Touch episode 13 follows Todd and Nick from a TCL 4K television purchase into questions about Apple’s iCloud backup encryption, Ring’s data collection, and recurring software subscriptions.
Two hosts discuss technology's role in their lives and families, touching on privacy, security, and ethics over drinks.