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 […]
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What 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 readingOmniFocus 2 Might Help You Get Things Done
Hello Allison and the NosillaCastaways, Allister here from New Zealand again with a review of an application I’ve known about for years but only just grokked. Let me start by reading you a list. To Do (two words), myTo-Dos, iProcrastinate, OmniFocus for iPhone, ToDo (one word), Remember The Milk, To Do Exchange Tasks, Any.do, Things, […]
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 readingOne Messaging App To Rule Them All With Telegram Messenger
Leo LaPorte has been talking lately about his desire for a single messaging app for all platforms. He’s found what he thinks might be the right tool for the job, Telegram Messenger from telegram.org. I decided to give it a run and I’m in love with it! Telegram has native apps for OS X, Windows, […]
Continue readingA Better Camera Strap for Your Micro Four Thirds Camera from Peak Design
During Trey Ratcliff’s after-party there was time for questions to Trey. I shot my hand up first and I was rewarded with a gift. Before I tell you about it though, what’s our problem to be solved (other than loving free stuff?) Most cameras come with a neck strap and they work ok to keep […]
Continue readingTrey Ratcliff Photowalk Los Angeles
Last Saturday night, Pat Dengler and I went on one of Trey Ratcliff’s photo walks in LA. i He’s doing them all across the US so it’s a unique opportunity to hang out with him…and a few hundred of your closest friends. If you haven’t heard of Trey Ratcliff, he’s pretty much the Internet darling […]
Continue readingBeautiful Wood Lapdesks from iSkelter
It seems that in the world of Tech gadgets you have to choose between well made, classy, attention to detail devices that are expensive and poorly made, but inexpensive accessories. You get cheap with cheaply made, and vice versa. Notable exceptions to this rule are the accessories from a company called iSkelter at iskleter.com. Their […]
Continue readingMacVoices #15166: Allison Sheridan Talks About Her Power Tools
Had a blast talking power tools with Chuck Joiner on MacVoices this week, and I was even (mostly) nice to him! Using a Screen Reader? click here
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