You might have noticed that I write a lot. I write blog posts all week long (in theory publishing them during the week but they seem to pile up towards the end of the week). I also write a monthly column in Don McAllister’s ScreenCasts Online Magazine. Today I write all of my articles using […]
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CCATP #447 Mike Potter on How to Throw a Tech Conference
In this week’s episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond we’re joined by Mike Potter of For Mac Eyes Only to talk about what goes into creating a tech conference. We talk about choosing a venue, creating speaker agreements, getting insurance, managing the catering and more. He knows what he’s talking about because he’s about […]
Continue readingNC #583 Airport Firmware Update, Dumb Question on Older Hardware Security, Ocktobud Waterproof Earbuds, Tunity, Security Bits
Steve and I are about to become grandparents, so there’s likely to be some disruption to the show schedule in the next few weeks. I guest hosted the SMR Podcast last week with Terrance Gaines at smrpodcast.com/…. My video tutorial on Affinity Photo is up at ScreenCasts Online. I made a tutorial on how to […]
Continue readingTunity to Hear Broadcast TV on Your Phone
Have you ever been at the airport and there’s breaking news on the TV but you can’t hear it? How about you’re out at a bar and there’s a game on and you’d love to be able to hear it? What if you could get the audio sent to your smartphone? Well that’s exactly what […]
Continue readingOktobud SM01-X7 Waterproof Bluetooth Earbuds by Denise
Guest Review by Denise, aka Deverelle in the NosillaCast chatroom and on Twitter. Hi, this is Denise with a Castaway review of the Oktobud SM01-X7 waterproof Bluetooth earbuds. They are available on Amazon for $49.95 $59.95 US. The key feature is they are waterproof and rated to IPX7 so I couldn’t wait to try them […]
Continue readingDumb Question Corner – Can Older Hardware Stay Secure?
This week’s Dumb Question comes from Steve Ladhams and it’s a fantastic question. He wrote: Dear Allison Love the show. You bring tech knowledge to the masses. Well done. I have a question about MacOS security as my first Mac, an early 2009 24″ iMac and my son’s Mac Mini from 2009 (second hand from […]
Continue readingCCATP #446 – Programming by Stealth – 18 of x JavaScript Miscellany
In this episode of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots takes us through the final stages of learning JavaScript within the playground. Now that we know about objects, we need to re-visit the arguments object present in every JavaScript function. We need to take a detailed look at the typeof operator, and we need to look […]
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I’m really lucky to know Steve’s dad, Ken. You may remember him from his video appearance entitled “Octogenarian Talks 1Password”. He’s not super technical but he is VERY motivated towards security. He works really hard to understand the risks of online computing and to do whatever he can to mitigate these risks. He’s actually a […]
Continue readingNC #582 PencilClipz, On Uber and Self-Driving Cars, iCloud Photo Sharing for Non-Apple Users
In this week’s show I’ll tell you about PencilClipz from RadTech that might help keep track of your Apple Pencil for you, I’ll answer a dumb question that ends with an explanation of how to share photos with iCloud Photo Sharing even for non-Apple users. I did a couple of thought pieces for the show […]
Continue readingPencilClipz from Radtech for Your Apple Pencil
The Apple Pencil is a marvelous accessory for the iPad Pro. I’m no artist but I keep my Pencil close at hand because of how easy it is to use handwriting to type using the MyScript Stylus third party keyboard. I hear from a lot of iPad owners that while they like the Pencil, the […]
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