0:00 I just can't get over that, man. Look how small it is. It's a really good design. I'll be the first to say it. I like this look over the iPhone Duo. I like the square aspect. I don't like that kind of D shape the iPhone Duo has. >> [music] [music] >> So, it is day technically day four, I guess, of using the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold. Honestly, pretty impressed. Folding phones are actually there now. Like, somebody could realistically get this phone, and I assume get the Ultra,
0:45 and it could just be their main phone. It's not like this fun little side gimmick where you got extra money, so you're willing to burn it to test this thing. Like, it could be an actual useful, so far at least with me testing it, it could be a a useful everyday piece of technology. It's so cool that I can be in kind of operator mode and use it like from this tiny screen here. Like, organizing my content planner or checking an email, but if I really want to get into the work of things, like right now we're about to do push day. So, I had Grockbot take my workout for the day and make this little checklist thing. And I know it sounds silly, but I love being the type of person that can grab like a device like this and click that I'm done. But, I'm actually genuinely surprised at how like with my first time experiencing
1:30 this, one, how fluent it just is. Like, it's a it's a piece of tech. The product, the design, everything, especially with this passport style version where it's like much smaller. It's not only a design that's trustworthy, it is already in four days becoming naturally useful in my hand. Like, it's not confusing. It's not overwhelming. It's not underwhelming. You know how some devices, they have this option, like this thing that you can do, like touchscreen on on laptops. Like let's just be real. And sure, it's a piece of tech that like works. It it works well. But it's it's still just like this thing that's an add-on that isn't really going to change the average person's way they interact with something. I thought for a long time folding phones were going to be exactly that. I'm like, this is just
2:16 so unrealistic. Like naturally as a society we're just so used to this this one device. Just in 4 days of experiencing testing this, not even testing it in the terms of like it being my main phone, but just testing it as a side, it made me realize that folding phones are not a gimmick. They are actually the future. This is how a lot of society is going to operate at some point in time. Whether it's now or later will be determined at a different point in time. But I'm just trying to emphasize the impact that I'm actually genuinely shocked at how good a folding phone is. I was not prepared for that. >> [music] [music] >> Okay, successful little push day. One of
3:03 the best things about AI, especially with how Grok Bot works, where you can have individual bots or agents within your organization, multitasking is insane. Where's Seth? There we go. Good morning Seth. >> Morning, Aaron. What's first today? >> We're going to be doing a live stream today. And if there's any trending stories in the last 24 hours related to the categories that we talk about, you know, tech platforms >> Anything you want weighted heavier while that runs? >> Nope, just go ahead and make sure you organize it by retention. >> Reordering it retention first. I'll flag anything that breaks while you wait. >> I know. It's It's crazy. A lot of people don't understand it, but I'm telling you right now the way that I've been able to operate over the last couple months
3:50 utilizing Claude, Grok Bot, Gemini, Muse, crazy. And that's kind of like the whole point with wanting to see a phone I this because of having the ability to switch and do [ __ ] like this. Again, for me it's it's I typically keep my iPad for more personal. If you guys haven't caught on by now, I don't like a lot of chaos, okay? So, this is what my iPad typically looks like. Calendar at the top reminders email ChatGPT which I've been slowly replacing ChatGPT with Gemini and Claude. And then I have Sheets, YouTube Studio, my content planner, calendar login, and voice memos. It's really boring, but the whole point of having this in my workflow,
4:37 again, no social media on this. If I'm using it, it's mainly just to be doing stuff. I have YouTube on there, so that way like if the kid is watching something on the big screen, which nowadays seems to be every goddamn night, and I don't want to watch Spider-Man and the Avengers cartoon series for the 50th time in a row tonight, then I can just watch a couple of the guys stream or some people build some things on YouTube. So, the question with that is, do I really want to muddy the routine that I have by introducing something that would also have social media on there as well, to where I'd be more enticed to doomscroll? Eh, but also too, it's like at a certain point, you got to just be an adult, you know what I mean? Like, hiding things from you, it's just not a it's I don't
5:22 know, dude. I'm I'm trying to learn more about balance. And as somebody who spends a lot of time on this in this space and a lot of time on these platforms, um it's not healthy to be on here, for sure. And I overindulge a little bit too much, but I don't even spend a lot of time on this stuff. So, a lot of my optimization as well tech is pretty useful, and you can manage a lot of your time with it. I also really like to disconnect. So, little bit of a double-edged sword. Anyways, got to make my oatmeal bowl, get upstairs, get ready for a live stream. I look forward to seeing you guys. All right, before we go live, I got to make got to make me a thumbnail. Cleaning the MacBook [clears throat] right now. I'm going to go for one of those like type thumbnails. Listen, hey, I just wanted to take an opportunity. If you're new to the channel, I try to be um
6:10 I don't know, I try to I try to be helpful. As I go through experiences as a as a creator, I like to try to give back any perspective um in anything that I can. So, over the last week, a couple videos started to really pop off, especially related to tech, right? Which brings in a whole new audience of uh of people. And I got a comment today uh where like the person was clearly just trying to make a a jab to me or trying to be negative. What's so ironic about this is their their YouTube channel is tech. And the jab that they were trying to make was nothing to do with the topic. It was just my character, my appearance. Um they were just trying to be condescending. I couldn't just help [clears throat] but think how miserable that person has to be to consume a piece of content suggested to
6:57 him in the online world, to actually watch it, and whatever is going on in his world is so negative and down that he tries to bring somebody that he doesn't even know on the internet down with them. That is what that is, by the way. That's why I wanted to turn on this camera. I wanted to explain to you guys, no matter what you do, no matter the hobbies that you're into, as you come up through anything, as you try to put yourself out there as a person, as you try to improve and get better, you have to realize that anybody who focuses on somebody else's stuff and tries to bring them down, there's a reason why they're trying to bring them down. They're bringing them down to their level because this is what they deal with in their own heads thinking about themselves every single day. I wanted to just remind some of you guys
7:43 and gals that as you experience some of these things and you try to put yourself out there, family, friends, strangers on the internet that don't believe in themselves and are negative to themselves, they're going to also lash out to you because misery loves company. And when you understand that, when you understand that the person that is actually being that way, the reason they're commenting like that is because they probably have a really sad life. It changes your perspective. Instead of being offended or upset about their comment, they more so feel sorry for them, as weird as that sounds. But, I just wanted to remind you guys, push after your [ __ ] Go after your things. You can change. You can work for some some [ __ ] in life. You deserve to be happy doing what you love. Cuz this is
8:29 the one life you get it to live. Anyways, let's get this thumbnail made, go live. Dude, I love I love the standing desk for days like today. I did a 3-hour stream. You're sitting for a long time. Want to change it up a little bit, you can just easily do that. Okay, so with being a full-time creator one of the biggest things with a phone, like what I have to consider by having a phone or investing into a phone, it can't get in the way, >> [music] >> right? This is why I've opted into things like the iPhone 18 Pro >> [music] >> or keeping up with Pro models, like the Google Pixel Pro. It's not just the overall design and shape of it, but it's also can it handle working with multiple things and the big thing, the camera.
9:15 Does it have good photo and video capabilities? Cuz a lot of people don't realize that. There are a lot of times where I use my cell phone as a B or C cam for videos. And people don't complain with it stacked next to a cinema camera. And again, for the size, for the fact that you get a phone with a folding phone, the camera's actually really good. The internal is really [music] good. This is again where I align more with this idea that it's not just a gimmick anymore. I don't feel with the Z Fold that I'm getting a phone where I have to compromise in certain areas. That was a a big debate for me [music] wanting to get the Duo. And sure, all cameras that they put in phones nowadays, they're honestly pretty decent. The fact that it's a camera and a phone, but this is really good. I can
10:02 tell they didn't skimp on putting the technology inside of this phone. And because of that, I'm able to do the multiple things. Like I said last night while I was posting on eBay, I had Gemini open on one screen doing research on a couple products that we were getting ready to post. I so I had that split screen and then at a moment I also had Instagram split screen on the right side cuz I was catching up with some comments and then I had email on the left side. And again it's not this idea of like, "Oh wow, you can multitask on a device like this. Great." Again, we're talking about a little item like this where it's got a front screen that is fully interactive. You can do everything you want on the front screen. But then you fold it open and you have a whole 'nother world. And the fact that it can do all of that, pretty cool. Pretty pretty cool. I just
10:48 can't get over that, man. Look how small it is. It's a really good design. I'll be the first to say it, I like this look over the iPhone [music] Duo. I like the square aspect. I don't like that kind of D shape the iPhone Duo has cuz iPhones have that like rounded edge. If I needed to change the ecosystem and I wanted to go down to one phone, right? And then it was like, "Okay, I'm going to force myself to use a folding phone." So I actually have thought about doing that. But if you needed to do that, if you needed to everything as a full-time creator or operating a business and you wanted to have the best of both worlds, something more sleek, compact where you could just use a general phone and then this option to open it up in other ways, this could 100% handle that. Crazy times. >> [music]
11:38 [music] >> Head up. Got a big old big old ribeye thrown. Big old hunk of meat. Part of the bag was ripped. It's got this like black spot on it. I'm so locked in right now the last thing I want to do is get sick off of eating some bad meat. That means now I got to go to the store and I got to grab something to come back and cook. Because your boy got rid of DoorDash. I'm committed, man. I'm [ __ ] I'm I'm done. I've not I didn't just delete DoorDash off of my phone. I deleted DoorDash altogether. It is gonzo. I got nothing thawed. I got to have some like either chicken or steak. so I got to run to the store real quick. Dude, rice cakes so clutch. When I lost like 90 or something pounds back in the
12:23 day, when I first got into fitness and [ __ ] rice cakes were my go-to snacks. Easy, convenient. Now they got This is caramel chocolate chip. What are we talking about this? >> By the way, I didn't know if the fold would fit my wireless charger in my truck, and it actually does. It's kind of crazy how slim, while it's folded, this thing is. How slim it is in general, even when you unfold it, it's super impressive how slim it is then. It is a perfect size. Okay, I'm just going to say it. I know I'm going to say it a few times. This form factor, it's goated. I love this size of phone. I want this size of phone in just a normal phone. This, don't care. I just I want
13:08 this. I want this right here. I need to check out that phone. Um I can't remember what brand it is, but it's like the return of the BlackBerry. It's like a more square screen like this, and it's got a keyboard at the bottom. It blows my mind how many people don't comprehend this idea that like a lot of us enjoyed previous versions of phones. I >> [clears throat] >> I've contemplated moving to a flip phone so many times. I need to just grow the balls and do it. It's what I should actually do. It's just so silly because like what I do, I have to have a phone. First of all, because like working with Mac, for example, or or Apple, the ecosystem is just so fluent. That's where I run my management chat. It's just so easy because I can be on my MacBook, I can be on my phone, I can be on my iPad, and they just all sync. That's one thing where I noticed if I want to use this as a business
13:54 perspective, it is an L that I can't have iMessage on this. I don't know, some people don't get that. They're just like, "Well, just start a Just start a chat with another thing." But it's like still, it's it's just not as fluent across everything when you have iMessage that works on MacBook, iPad, phone, and it's all the same thing. If I even get another phone and I have two phones, like a personal phone and a business phone, I can still be tied to the same iMessage by logging into the same account. Which is To me, that's goated. I wish that you could get iMessage on Android devices. And I know people are going to give me [ __ ] for that. But like you just don't understand the convenience of being able to have a chat amongst everything. And it's not that you can't do that with Android.
14:40 It's that you can't do that with something across the board everywhere. Facebook Messenger gets Who the hell uses that? All right, I'm about to test big post actually. Big big moment here. Another good thing about standing desk is they make better tripods. You can move them up and down. So, I'm about to post on Instagram a brand deal from the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8. I hate saying models to things. It sounds like a TikTok ad. It's a big post actually. This is a pretty big brand deal. Now that it's actually out there, we can talk about it. Herman Miller. The reason why this is so big is because a couple years ago before the whole streaming stuff happened and I was really focused on brand deals and and growing the brand. Where I was at that time is I was
15:27 at the point where I was starting to do deals with some companies. But I remember specifically when Herman Miller reached out to my agency and was doing a campaign with a couple people at the agency, they didn't want me for that campaign. And like hey, any brand that's working with creators based off of the creators demographic, their size, the the overall imagination, it's completely up to the brand. That's what they're spending their money on. So, I You just have to kind of accept those things. And I just accepted at that point. I was just like okay, well I'm just not the type of creator that's going to get an opportunity with something like that. And then here we are, fast forward, we're like 6 months in to working with brands again and taking brand deals
16:13 again. And we get Herman Miller, man. We have two crazy brand deals coming here too for the holidays. We just worked with AMD. I just feel very grateful. But for a deeper personal perspective, guys, don't give up on [ __ ] man. I was super hard on myself with this whole like transition from doing what I was doing, building my brand, then going streaming full-time for a few years, and and and trying to find myself. I was really hard with the amount of pressure I put on myself, and then getting back into the swing of things, I was really hard on myself again, telling myself that these were just lucky windows and I'll never get these opportunities again. And it's just it's just the negative human mind
16:58 putting down on the things that aren't actually true. It's it's not reality. You can continue to thrive and work towards something. I'm just very grateful, very proud of myself. We've been working really hard this year. Very happy for the community that I'm building, the team that I got around me. >> [music] >> And I'm excited to see where all of it goes. I just I wanted to hop on here, yabber about that really quick. And we're about to make such a big post on a Samsung phone. That's crazy. So for those of you out there that are calling me a hater, an Apple fanboy, I'm just being honest about things. That's just it. I'm about to post one of my biggest brand deals of my career on a Samsung folding phone. What crazy times.
17:51 >> He is going to crash. >> You see yourself? >> Spider-Man. >> Spider-Man. Say cheers. It's Popsicle time. I listened to a guy that lost like a hundred and something pounds, and he said the best way to curve late night cravings Popsicles. And it's true. We found these Popsicles. Should probably wait for the garage door to close. We found these Popsicles that little man really likes, and they're like, what are these? Like 15, 20 calories? 25 calories. No added sugars. Potassium and vitamin C. >> Yeah, oh yeah, hydration. Super good. All my fellow fat guys out there, late night cravings. Popsicles. All right, gang. Well, first day in the life with Galaxy. I don't know what like I should probably actually get out and about one of these weeks with it to really test it, take
18:38 some photos with some other creators, but today I more so wanted to just see how it naturally worked in like a day-to-day, like an actual work day cuz I got it on Friday and I spent some time with the little man this weekend while Megan had to do uh this work thing on Saturday. Pretty dope so far. It like again, I could see myself using it. Like if I wanted to use it full-time, I definitely could. I'm actually thinking about switching it over to the main phone. With like the e-sims now, you can just switch these lines. You got a problem over there? >> Daddy hot. >> Okay. Let me end this off real quick. Long story short, I'm going to be doing some more testing. So far, yeah, so far really good. I highly recommend. All right, guys. Raise hell, praise Dale. That's what I got for you
19:24 guys today. Deuces. Why is it so bright in here?
