I’m going to call this next subject the “Professor Maryanne Problem”. Do you find that you have lots of time where you can listen to podcasts (driving, exercising, vacuuming) but very little time to simply sit still and read long form articles? Or do you find, like me, that you’ve lost the ability to pay […]
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CES 2016: Brydge iPad Keyboards
Allison interviews Nicholas Smith from Brydge about their new keyboards specifically designed for iPads of all types. Brydge makes aluminum keyboards with backlit keys and a 180 deg hinge for the iPad mini 1, 2, 3 & 4, the iPad Air and Air 2 and the iPad Pro. When these keyboards are mated with an […]
Continue readingCES 2016: PIQ Multi-Sport Sensor
Allison interviews Vincent Mons from PIQ about their new Multi-Sport Sensor and sport specific accessories. The PIQ sensor can track performance metrics of various sports including golf, tennis, skiing and others. The sport specific accessory works with the sensor to capture data and send it to your smartphone. The athlete can measure, track, and even […]
Continue readingScreenCasts Online App on AppleTV
You know I’m a big fan of Don McAllister’s ScreenCasts Online. I think it’s the best way to learn how to use applications on the Mac and iOS. It’s a subscription service at $6/month if you buy the yearly subscription. Think about that price compared to other online training courses. I’m biased because Don lets me […]
Continue readingBehringer U-Control UCA222 Digital Audio Interface
Hello Allison and NosillaCastaways. Allister here again from New Zealand with a short review of a product recommended to me by another NosillaCastaway. First, the problem to be solved. I just bought myself a brand new 27″ Retina 5K iMac. It is a beautiful machine and I am very pleased with it. No, that’s not […]
Continue readingFun with Video Encoding – FFmpeg & VidConvert
I’ve told you a lot of stories about how my friend Dorothy (aka macLurker) helps me out by writing scripts for me to help automate things I do for the podcast. She’s really smart and knows SO much more than I do about programming. We have a lot of fun working on these projects but […]
Continue reading1Password 6 Brings Searching of All Vaults to OS X
When I switched from LastPass to 1Password from Agilebits a few years ago, the only thing I missed was the method LastPass used to allow password sharing. Steve and I share a lot of passwords so this was super important to us. In LastPass you could simply select a login and share it to someone […]
Continue readingThree Camera Shoot for ScreenCasts Online
I’ve mentioned before that I do video screencasts for Don McAllister’s ScreenCasts Online subscription podcast. He lets me pick the topic (with veto powers) but this time he probably should have talked me out of it. Video screencasting is tough work but it’s made easier by the fantastic application Screenflow from Telestream. It captures your […]
Continue readingMarkdown Dogpile – Guest Post by Jim Sewell
Jim Sewell wrote this to me in an email in Markdown. He did this as an illustration of how he, along with Bart and just about everyone else, seem to think I’m missing the boat on using Markdown instead of html. I enjoyed it so I asked permission to share with all of you. Thoughts […]
Continue readingNC #557 CES Impressions, Jacoti ListenApp, PicoBrew, URB-E, Security Stuff
I’ll give you one person’s impression of the adventure they call CES (which isn’t the same for anyone else). We’ll hear interviews from CES. We’ll start with Jacoti about their free iOS ListenApp for the hearing impaired, we’ll learn about the PicoBrew home brewing system, we’ll talk to URB-E about the Compact urban electric vehicle, […]
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