Every year after the Macstock conference I like to talk about what I learned and what the experience was like. This year, the 10th-anniversary event was even more amazing than ever. As Dave Hamilton said on the Mac Geek Gab, Macstock is like camp for nerds. Mike Potter continues to run a fantastic event and […]
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Security Bits – 21 July 2024
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 Kaspersky officially announce they are leaving the US — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… Kaspersky offers free security software for six months in U.S. goodbye — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… Google are not the only company losing the battle against […]
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Overcast – New and Improved! – Another Walkthrough
Overcast At the end of May this year, I decided to learn every single nuance of the podcasting app Overcast and write it up as a blog post. I’ve gotten a lot of traction on the post, especially from long-time users of Overcast who also found the interface a bit opaque and difficult to master. […]
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CSUN 2024: ReBokeh iOS App for People with Vision Impairment
Allison interviews Emerson Maggi from ReBokeh about their iOS app that helps people with low vision use their iPhone more easily. Rebokeh is working on a similar app for Android phones. The ReBokeh app makes use of the camera on your existing iOS device and enables adjustments to contrast, brightness, colors, and inversion filters. It […]
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Macstock 2024: Make the Mac Work for You
Allison Sheridan presents several methods to use your Mac faster and more efficiently to get the most out of it at the Macstock VIII Conference held in Crystal Lake, IL. Using a Screen Reader? click here
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Allison Sheridan presents several Tiny Tips to help improve your productivity using a Mac at the Macstock VIII Conference held in Crystal Lake, IL. Using a Screen Reader? click here
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NosillaCast Island
Allison and I had a fantastic time this year at Macstock as we always do. There was a special event that the NosillaCastaways may enjoy hearing about. Allison and I attended the Karaoke with Kelly event along with the entire gang after a full day of Macstock sessions on Saturday. It was later in the […]
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Cleaning Up Apple Contacts Using Smart Lists
While I was at Macstock Conference and Expo, a lovely gentleman named Bob asked the table for advice on how to clean up his Contacts. He explained that he had a few things he wanted to fix. The first was that when he chose the Resolve Duplicates option, it showed that he had over 500 […]
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CCATP #797 – Adam Engst on His Quest for Alarming Notifications
CCATP #797 for July 9, 2024, and I’m your host, Allison Sheridan. In case you missed the announcement, Adam Engst of TidBITS is now a member of the Podfeet Podcasts family as a continuing contributor to Chit Chat Across the Pond. In this week’s episode, we talked about why Adam believes we need persistent calendar […]
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CSUN 2024: XR Navigation Audiom Inclusive Digital Map
Allison interviews Chris Toth, CTO and Co-Founder of XR Navigation. His company provides the Audiom digital map service that is accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired. Audiom pulls GeoJSON map data from standard digital maps and renders the information into 3D audio. This audio can be used to navigate to a desired […]
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