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YouTube is getting into the merch business; the real-life Instagram camera will never exist; and, backing up to the cloud, is it worth the hassle? Erfon recounts his experiences. All that and more on this week’s User Friendly!

User Friendly - Episode 17 - May 16, 2012

Roberto and Erfon ponder: Is Flickr really a lost cause like Gizmodo thinks? Or is there still hope? And then we talk about those little things you use every day but never think about: icons. All that and Roberto shows off his new Macbook SSD upgrade on this ep. of User Friendly.

User Friendly - Episode 16 (May 9, 2012)

Revision3 gets sold - what is Kevin Rose doing with his life now? Erfon’s got a new favorite app, and then Roberto and Erfon check out a new web app that let’s you have your own call-in video show! All that and two men wrestling shirtless on this week’s User Friendly!

User Friendly - Episode 15 - May 2, 2012

WARNING: THIS EPISODE OF USER FRIENDLY IS SO GOOD IT COULD KILL YOUR LIFE FORCES. Join Roberto and Erfon as they talk about “These Amazing Shadows,” a hauntingly good documentary about our country’s love affair with motion pictures. Then Erfon recalls his interview with Ken Segall, former Steve Jobs ad guy and collaborator who helped name the iMac, and co-developed the Think Different ad campaign. Ken worked with Steve for 12 years, and Erfon got to talk to him about it. And finally, gadgets! Roberto shows off his new NOT Apple TV, a Sony kinda Apple TV thing, romantically named the Sony 5JX2.88*1—55.

User Friendly - Episode 14 - April 25, 2012

In this week’s episode, Roberto and Erfon ponder a Kickstarter documentary project about Youtube celebrities; pontificate over Morgan Spurlock’s new documentary about the culture of Comic Con; and finally, with twitter and facebook, Erfon and Roberto discuss how businesses now have nowhere to hide when they dole out bad customer service.

User Friendly Episode 13 - April 19, 2012

Holographic Tupacs, the truth about making money on Youtube, and Erfon shows off his new Canon 5D Mark III. This ep of UF is thebomb.com!

User Friendly - Episode 12 

Erfon’s bizarre experience at Seattle’s anime convention Sakura-Con; how Instagram will change now that Facebook bought them; and never get your smartphone stolen again. All that and more on this week’s User Friendly.

Comicon craziness! Roberto and Erfon talk about spending three days at Seattle’s Emerald City Comicon. Their fave parts, and what’s it’s like to be a vendor there. Then it’s all Apple. Erfon and Roberto discuss why Ashton Kutcher playing Steve Jobs in a new movie is a bad idea. That and more in this ep. of User Friendly

- Roberto’s Comicon Vlog http://youtu.be/K5UC7cPLRQw

- Erfon’s Comicon Vlog http://youtu.be/QXv8J3izXTo

User Friendly - Episode 10

We’re at episode 10 already! Wish we had remembered, during the ep. we thought we were still at 9. It’s Roberto’s fault.

In ep we talk about how companies like Apple foster creativity among their ranks; why steve jobs hated the names siri, iMac, and iPad; and then we review one of roberto’s new favorite apps for the Mac, Boom. Oh, and we end with heavy metal shredding. CLICK PLAY NOW

User Friendly - Episode 9 

Google just bought Kevin Rose. Paypal sets their sites on Square’s territory, and the poetic reading of rap lyrics. It’s all that and more on this week’s User Friendly.