I want to remind all of our listeners that you can subscribe to our podcast by texting GeekOut to 66866. And we’re going to geek out for a little bit before we do. Kate, we’re going to deep dive on some fun stuff with you. I am just an unashamed, ardent, militant, capitalist but it’s been a weird few weeks, and I’m grateful Christmas is coming. I tell people all the time, don’t call me a Republican or a Democrat. And so now they’re hoping that it’s 7 to 10 days. And so people were literally not quarantining because it was too long. CDC just lowered their guidance to 7 to 10 days because people don’t want to quarantine for 14 days, turns out it was overkill anyway because 7 to 10 is all you needed. I didn’t because I think it’s going to be so severely misused. I did not enable the exposure notifications in iPhone. Kate: E verything’s dinging at you all the time.
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James: I found it helpful in the beginning and now it pisses me off because I’m like stop telling me how to wash my hands, they’re fine! Kate: Do I want to enable that though ? Is it helpful or does it kind of disturb you, how your hand washing technique is off? When I start washing my hands it times how long I’m washing my hands for, did you know this? You can enable it. Apple rolled out a feature on my Apple watch. W e had to go through education with 7 billion people on how to wash their hands. You know some people do that Kate, they literally will walk up and cough. I’ve always been a fan of sneezing and coughing into your elbow, and it always made me really angry when people don’t ever cover their mouth when they cough. W ho knew that Howie Mandel was a vision ary, but he was, and I’ve always been a fan of the fist bump. So I’ve always loved the Howie Mandel fist bump. And so you’re not trapped indoors breathing other people’s air particles, a nd I’ll be honest, I’m a germaphobe and an extrovert. I am thankful I’m in Texas, because it’s warm most of the year here, even in the winter, it’s warm. James: It is, can someone just come inject me with something that’ll fix this so we can move on. Kate: I think the only thing we can all agree on is that today’s date is the 700th of March. People who really genuinely don’t like others, a nd have used this as an opportunity to isolate themselves and use COVID as the ultimate introvert’s excuse to never be around other people, and others like me, who literally go stir crazy mad when you can’t be around others, it’s fascinating how you pick a single issue and it’ll be a 50 / 50 response rate on all of them. It’s just funny, the world is bifurcated in so many ways and that is one of them, COVID has exposed some of this Kate where you have people who hate having anything on their face and others don’t mind a mask. I have friends in Michigan who cannot wait for the snow to drop because they break out the snowmobiles and the park a s, and it’s officially winter sports time and hunting and all the other things that they like to do. James: Some people just aren’t made for it. And I would just sit out there wondering, when is recess over, th is sucks. I tell people one of the reasons I’m in Texas is as early as six years old, they would send us out for recess and kids were building igloos and forts and having snowball fights. Were you best friends with a snow shovel? James: And then you’re like, Oh, not this again Kate: It’s really beautiful until the moment you pick up a snow shovel And then you’re like, ah, okay, I’m tired of it. It is exciting that first dusting, and then you get the snow and then the lawns are covered, and the kids make snowballs, and they make snowman. We’re getting our first snowstorm tomorrow morning.
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I’m delighted to be here, but you’re right about winter. We’ve got Kate Terry with us from Surround Insurance, Kate, how’s it going up there in beautiful Boston Massachusetts? We don’t have snow and ice like you guys in Boston do. Another week, another week, winter is here definitively in Texas, had a first hard freeze, killed all my flowers out in front of the house. We are taking you on a journey through insurance tech, so enjoy the ride, and geek out! We will be interviewing guests and doing deep dives into specific technology we see changing the industry.
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The InsureTech Geek podcast, powered by JBKnowledge, is all about technology that is transforming and disrupting the insurance world. On episode 4 3 of the InsureTech Geek podcast, talking about all things tech for the modern generation with Kate Terry from Surround Insurance.