This week, the delightful Adam Engst of TidBITS joins us to talk about how he learned to write so well, what it’s like having an editor, and then moves into how he uses the AI tool Grammarly to improve his writing. It’s great fun as always and convinced me to pay for one month of […]
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NC #1031 Update on Flic, Elvie Bouncer Bassinet, Lifehive for Bees, Fancy Transcripts for Videos, Roam SodaTop, StehoMe, and Jason Snell on Six Colors Charts
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, February 9, 2025, and this is show number 1031. I’m super excited about this week’s show. Not only because we have four interesting interviews from CES along with […]
Continue readingCCATP #808 — Jason Snell on The Magic Behind the Six Colors Charts
If you’ve been on the Internet before, and you’ve heard of a little fruit company called Apple, then you’ve probably seen Jason Snell’s famous Six Colors charts on Apple earnings. In this episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, we don’t talk about earnings, we talk about the magic behind how he creates his famous […]
Continue readingFancy Transcripts of Video Interviews
This story was originally published on 2/5/25, but a significant addition was added on 2/8/25 when I learned more of what MacWhisper can do. I know I’m a weirdo with a podcast and blog posts for everything that’s in the show. I’ve told the story many times of how someone told me I shouldn’t do […]
Continue readingNC #1030 Hengbot Robotic Dog, Light Matrix 3D Displays, XCOOL Qi2 Battery, Shart Power Products, Wonder’s Nature Camera Petal, Security Bits
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, February 2, 2025, and this is show number 1030. mp3 download PBS 175 — GitHub Pages: Static Site Generators In Programming By Stealth this week, Bart has started […]
Continue readingXCOOL Qi2 Magnetic Phone Charger – a Very Thin 5000mAh Battery
You would think that reviewing a battery pack would be a simple exercise. In fact, on a normal tech podcast, it would go something like this: “I got this nifty Qi2 battery pack – it’s thin and light and it has a capacity of 5000mAh. It’s only $20!” But you just know that’s not how […]
Continue readingNC #1029 CleverCharge Multiple EV & Home, Torras Ring Cases, Lutron Caséta Switches and Shades, Adam Engst on Bootable Backups
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, January 26, 2025, and this is show number 1029. mp3 download Articles CES 2025: CleverCharge Home EV Charger The first interview from CES we’re going to play this […]
Continue readingTorras 360° Spin Stand Case for iPhone Won My Heart
When the iPhone Pro was announced with the new Camera Control button (don’t call it a button), I chose to buy the first Apple case created by the Beats team, and Steve chose a Spigen case. I reviewed both of them noting their relative merits. I loved and still love the Beats case. It’s a […]
Continue readingFlic Button, Hub LR, and Twist are the Least Fiddly Devices I’ve Ever Tested
New info added to the end from listener Christian on 1/8/2025 At CES, I interviewed Laura Ruiz Asenjo about the products from a company called Flic. Just in case you haven’t already heard the interview or read the transcript, Flic makes little buttons that allow you to control your Home Automation devices. Flic works with […]
Continue readingCCATP #807 — Adam Engst on Bootable Backups Bug in macOS Sequoia
Adam Engst of TidBITS joins us to talk about a bug in macOS Sequoia 15.2 that affected a low-level system tool called Apple System Restore or ASR. This tool is the path for developers of backup tools to create true bootable backups, and the bug makes it now impossible to create bootable backups. We talk […]
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