Home Screen widgets on iOS are a tradeoff between instant access to many applications and instant access to useful information. Even the small widget size displaces four potential spots for app icons. Because of this tradeoff, I have had an on again, off again relationship with widgets. I’ll try out new ones offered by third-party […]
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Portal — Immersive Soundscapes for Focus or Relaxation
Recently, there has been a groundswell of ambient noise applications. These are intended to provide a background level of noise to help you focus, relax, or even sleep. The simplest may offer white noise, and a few other colours of noise. More feature rich examples may add in other, natural sounds like rain, a crackling […]
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Stream Deck — Down the Rabbit Hole, Part 3
At the end of Part 2, I had a really useful set of buttons, many with nice button faces, and I was looking into how to get live information to display on a button. I knew there were plugins that did this for their specific functions, but I could not figure out how I could […]
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Stream Deck — Down the Rabbit Hole, Part 2
When we left our hero at the end of Part 1, he… I… had a working set of controls for my NanoLeaf lights. Once I had my buttons working, I decided I wanted to have some nice images to place on them to make the actions clear, and which were nice to look at. The […]
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Stream Deck — Down the Rabbit Hole, Part 1
As is so often the case, I wish to blame Allison for what I’m about to tell you. I’ve had a project on the boil for a while now which had me seriously considering buying an Elgato Stream Deck. It is entirely Allison’s fault, however, that I actually bought one. I bought the Stream Deck […]
Continue readingMore TagI’m Still Using It — Allister on the AKG D88S Dynamic Microphone
The date was 1st August, 2006. I walked into The Rockshop in Wellington and said to one of the staff “I want a microphone to record my voice to a computer, for a podcast.” That staff member didn’t skip a beat; I had thought the word “podcast” might be a sticking point, but no. I […]
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A Tiny Tip Collection — macOS Control Centre
When macOS Big Sur broke cover, we got a first look at the Control Centre as imagined for the Mac. While it’s cousin, the new Notification Centre, has been much maligned, I feel like Control Centre flies under the radar. Maybe that’s because everyone is just getting on and using it, but I wonder whether […]
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How I Fell in Love with Photography
I’ve been an enthusiast photographer since December 1986. Mum, Dad, my brother and I were on our way to the UK for a holiday when it happened, in a camera shop in Lucky Plaza, on Singapore’s Orchard Road. Lest you think I was buying, I wasn’t. My brother was, and as he was choosing his […]
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NC #897 Streaks, Time Out with the Time Out App, Sony WH-1000XM4 Noise Cancelling Headphones, Heart Rate Variability with Training Today, Tiny Tips for Finder
Hi, this is Allister Jenks of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, July 17, 2022, and this is show number 897. mp3 download Allison and Steve are in Iceland — land of volcanoes and glaciers! While they’re off enjoying themselves […]
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Tiny Tips for Finder by Ed Tobias
Hi guys this is Ed Tobias, also known as Mr. Ed in the chats. Normally I’m just a few miles from Podfeet headquarters, but right now I’m talking to you from the East Coast of the United States. We’re on vacation and we just spent the day at Martha’s Vineyard, a small island off of […]
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