I was listening to TWiT this week and Georgia Dow was pleading with people to put down their tech and engage with each other. Becky Worley responded by talking about what the implications are when you look at your watch because you received a notification. Iain Thomson suggested that especially on a date you should […]
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Audio Hijack 3 Presentation at Macstock 2015
I had great fun presenting on Rogue Amoeba’s newest recording tool, Audio Hijack 3 at the Macstock Conference in Chicago recently. Hope you learn something watching this! Using a Screen Reader? click here
Continue readingMore Tag#529 Be the Match, Audio Hijack Audio Unit Effects, Spigen Apple Watch Stand, Transcend SSD, XARA Security
In a weak moment I encourage you to send in improvement suggestions and even give examples of suggestions I’ve implemented. Honda Bob needs your help; he needs a bone marrow transplant. You can register by going to https://join.bethematch.org. I learned a ton about Audio Hijack from Dave Hamilton and Don McAllister after I taught a […]
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George from Tulsa is a generous man and frequently will shoot Steve and me an email entitled “Brown Truck Arriving Soon”. By this he means that some gift is coming our way. One time it was peanuts, once it was a thing that plugged into power giving us USB ports and more 110V ports, and […]
Continue readingMore TagElegant and Inexpensive Apple Watch Stand from Spigen
The Apple Watch is an elegant piece of kit, but the charger that Apple sells you with the watch has a 6 meter, rather stiff cable going to the little magnetic puck. Since the cable is stiff, the puck kept flipping upside down so the magnet wasn’t face up. The puck is also white on […]
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It occurred to me that many of you might not know that I’m open to improvement ideas for the podcast and website. I get suggestions from time to time and quite often implement them. My favorite emails and tweets are telling me about typos. I can see a typo on someone ELSE’S writing from across […]
Continue readingMore TagEnhanced Sound with Audio Hijack’s Built-In Effects
One of the great things about teaching classes at conferences and user groups is how much YOU learn. Last week at Macstock, I did a demo of the new Audio Hijack and I’ve learned SO much more about the tool because of it. Before I explain what I learned, let me back up and explain […]
Continue readingMore Tag#528 Macstock & Midwest Mac BBQ, LastPass Don’t Panic, Reminders Nano, iOS Dictation Mic Volume, QFD, Dean Elger Angry Man
Macstock Conference and Expo and the Midwest Mac BBQ in Chicago was a HUGE hit and will definitely be repeated next year so start making plans now! Bart explains (in my voice) why you shouldn’t panic about the LastPass breach. Donald Burr tells us about the 99-cent app Reminders Nano for iPhone and Apple Watch. […]
Continue readingMore TagHow the Apple Watch Got Me to Dig Up My Yard
I’m afraid Fitbit is dead to me. I called time of death on the 6th of June at 10pm. This was a sad day for me because I’ve loved the motivation I got over the years from tracking my steps, making harder and harder goals for myself and competing with my friends and family in […]
Continue readingMore TagThe LastPass Breach – Don’t Panic!
When I do Security Lite with Allison as part of our Chit Chat Across the Pond segment I often tell people that there is no need to set your hair on fire. This is one of those times. Before I explain what happened and why it’s not a catastrophe, I want to start with a […]
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