hardware / owns
Rimowa suitcase
“It's similar, but I bought a Rimowa suitcase this year and I love it. It's just a suitcase, but I love it.”
Public evidence record
David Rosenthal
Host · Acquired
- Claims
- 500
- Episodes
- 21
- Shows
- 1
- Named items
- 38
Books, apps, and tools
The evidenced stack.
app / uses
Waymo
“Yeah. Scoping just to ride share now that we have Waymo in San Francisco, I use Waymo in scenarios where I would never use an Uber or a Lyft.”
service / uses
Waymo
“Scoping just to ride share now that we have Waymo in San Francisco, I use Waymo in scenarios where I would never use an Uber or a Lyft.”
app / likes
Google Earth
“Yes, Keyhole and Google Earth (I think) is my favorite part of our first Google episode earlier this year.”
app / likes
Craigslist
“I think I talked before on the Meta episode about how much I love Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist before that.”
app / likes
Facebook Marketplace
“I think I talked before on the Meta episode about how much I love Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist before that.”
app / uses
Winamp
“I listen to so much music all the time on Winamp, it should just know what I like and automatically pick the next song.”
hardware / uses
AirPods
“I used AirPods for years and years and they’re great, but if you sleep on your side or do anything you know you got the AirPod jamming into your ears.”
app / avoids
ChatGPT
“Honestly, this is why I don't use ChatGPT for acquired work, I feel like we need to be a hundred percent all the time.”
other / uses
Blackberry movie
“Two on some holiday travel flights, I think recommended by an Acquired listener, actually, I watched the Blackberry movie.”
book / uses
Wool
“I have to give you a big thank you, because over the last couple of weeks since your recommendation, I have read the book Wool, which is the first in the series that is the Silo series on Apple TV+, because I'm more of a book guy than a TV guy.”
other / likes
Nike
“That's why Nike is my favorite episode, because I feel like this way of thinking about what we do finally clicked for me.”
Claim ledger
What David said.
2 transcript-backed records
01 / preference
I think the Birkin bag is a really good comp for it because pricewise, they’re actually pretty similar.
“I think the Birkin bag is a really good comp for it because pricewise, they’re actually pretty similar.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Rolex
- Publisher
- Acquired
02 / preference
I like being able to look someone in the eye and then shake them by the hand rather than do it the American way with 92 page contracts that no one reads or understands.
“I like being able to look someone in the eye and then shake them by the hand rather than do it the American way with 92 page contracts that no one reads or understands.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Formula 1
- Publisher
- Acquired