There are a lot of cloud options for your photos these days. If you have an Office 365 subscription for $99/year you get a terabyte of storage along with it so you can throw your photos up there. Dropbox is another good choice, once you get over the hump of agreeing to pay $99 for […]
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#541 How Encryption Works, iPad Pro Review, Video Interviews with the Real iPad, Dr Maryanne Garry
I created a video screencast for Don McAllister’s ScreenCasts Online on VidConvert from reggieashworth.com and Mactracker from mactracker.ca and you can watch the trailer at screencastsonline.com. I finally produced my video trying to explain to normal people how encryption works and why you need long, complex passwords. Share with your friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0B6353R0rQ. Dr. Maryanne Garry […]
Continue readingWhy Do Strong, Unique Passwords Matter?
In this video, I try to explain (in words normal humans can understand) how poor passwords can be revealed even if the website you’re using encrypts those passwords. Using a Screen Reader? click here Hacker image courtesy By Andersson18824 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue readingCan the iPad be a Good Enough Remote Video Recorder and Editor?
This story might be super old news to everyone else but the results surprised me so I’m telling it anyway. A while ago my buddy Niraj asked me for help with something. He had been tasked with helping at a work event where they wanted to be able to do impromptu video recordings of individuals […]
Continue reading#540 Good Screencasting Practices, Omnifocus 2, Sony vs. JBL Speaker Docks, Victor Cajiao on Apple Announcement
My appearances on MacBreak Weekly at twit.tv/mbw show number 471 and the Mac Roundtable at macroundtable.com. Don’t forget to email in questions for Dr. Maryanne Garry about brain stuff. I walk you through all of the steps and tools required to make a screencast for Don Mcallister. Allister Jenks of the zkarj.me where you’ll find […]
Continue readingWhat Goes Into Making a Good Screencast?
This week I’ve been working on another screencast for Don McAllister’s ScreenCasts Online podcast. I thought it might be interesting to walk through the process I use to create these, including what I’ve learned from Don. There’s really a lot that goes into making a screencast so I thought it might be fun to get […]
Continue reading#539 Ad Blockers, Octogenarian Talks 1Password, Aerb USB-C Dongle, HSXKpasswd Roll Your Own Configurations
Send in your questions you’d like to have Professor Maryanne Garry answer on the show about the brain, memory or how we perceive things for a show in a few weeks. I have an argument with myself about whether the use of ad blockers are essentially stealing or whether their our only defense against emotional […]
Continue readingAd Blockers – Stealing or User Right?
Last week Steven Goetz and I were doing some network performance testing and we happened to send each other screenshots of our results on the Ookla Speed Test Site. I was immediately floored by something. While my screenshot had 13 separate ads on the page, his was showing only 3. He was running the Ad […]
Continue readingOne USB-C Dongle to Rule Them All?
I get a lot of questions about the 12″ MacBook and specifically whether I find the one USB-C port to be limiting. For my use case it’s not a big problem but I did buy a dongle that fills in 90% of what’s missing when I do need something more. With a single USB-C port, […]
Continue readingOctogenarian Talks 1Password
I’ve been doing the rounds at local user groups about why the members might want to use a password manager. User groups tend to be in the older age group and while they politely listen to me and ask insightful questions, many of them are suspicious of these new fangled ideas I’m pushing. That got […]
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