Standard Screenshot in Markup on iPadOS I take a lot of screenshots on my Mac, iPhone and iPads. I use it to teach people how to use tools and to show developers where I have a question about their applications. I’ve reviewed a plethora of methods to take screenshots on macOS as a result. I […]
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Diamond Dog Tempered Glass Screen Protector – I’m a Believer
Allison Interviews Arun Karamcheti from Diamond Dog at CES 2020 At CES in January, I interviewed Arun Karamcheti from Diamond Dog, the company that makes the tempered glass screen protectors with patented DiamondClad™ Diamond-Like Carbon Coating Technology. I challenged Arun to convince me that I would like having any screen protector on my phone. The […]
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NC #785 Jill on 15, Mythical Sea Monsters, 12X Zoom Kit for Phones, Keyboard Adventures
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, May 24, 2020, and this is show number 785. mp3 download Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite On this week’s episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite, […]
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When One Keyboard Fails, Visit the Shelf of Abandoned Hardware
Original Magic Keyboard I’ve been having some interesting fun with keyboards for my Mac in the last few weeks. By fun, I mean aggravation, fiddlyness and experimentation. Let’s lay out my use case first so I can explain the problem to be solved. I probably should use a desktop instead of a laptop for my […]
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An $11 12X Zoom, Macro, Fisheye Kit for Mobile Phones Can’t Be Any Good, Can It?
Two weeks ago I told you about a $16 camera kit for mobile phones from a company called Criacr. My title questioned whether that could possibly any good. As I explained the downsides of a cheap kit like this (lens aberration for example) I also explained that I was having a great time with it […]
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15 Year Testimonials, otter.ai, Loopback, Audio Hijack and Mythical Sea Monsters
Last week’s episode of the NosillaCast was pure joy for me because of the wonderful audio recordings sent in by so many NosillaCastaways. You know that I’m committed to giving people the content the way they want it, so I really wanted to be able to provide the messages in these audio recordings to those […]
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CCATP #639 — Lory Gil on All Things Apple
Lory Gil of iMore On this week’s episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, I was joined by the most awesome Lory Gil, managing editor of iMore and co-host of MacBreak Weekly on the TWiT network. Lory and I had an absolute blast talking about all things Apple. We talked about the supposedly seamless interface […]
Continue readingNC #784 Happy 15-Year Anniversary & 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, May 17, 2020, and this is show number 784 and it’s also the 15-year anniversary of the NosillaCast! That’s 784 NosillaCast episodes, 638 Chit Chats Across various ponds […]
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Security Bits — 17 May 2020
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Work continues on Apple & Google’s Exposure Notification API: Apple releases concepts for how exposure notification could look on iOS — www.imore.com/… Apple and Google to ban location tracking in contact tracing apps — […]
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CCATP #638 – Bart Busschots on PBS 96 of X — World Clock Challenge Solution
This installment of Programming By Stealth is a solutions show all about the clock assignment from PBS 92. Bart’s been quite busy this week designing an entirely new distance final exam system for the university where he works so he asked if I’d take on half of the content by presenting my solution to the […]
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