A lot of people are not “getting” what the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is all about. I had heard about ALS before but had no idea how awful and terrifying of a disease it is until I saw the Ice Bucket Challenge carried out by a 26 year old man named Anthony Carbajal who’s family […]
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Enhance Your Podcast Listening with Overcast by Terry Austin
Hi there, Castaways! I’m Terry Austin and I’m here to tell you about an awesome new podcast app called Overcast from Marco Arment. You may recognize the name, Marco created Instapaper and was the co-founder of Tumblr. There’s a great interview article over at TechCrunch titled “Why Marco Arment Built a Podcast App”. I’m always […]
Continue readingSearch for Bluetooth Sport Headphones or No to Jaybird, Yes to Jabra
The Problem to be Solved Steve and I both do a lot of exercise, and love to listen to podcasts while we run and go to the gym. For ages we’ve used Sony over the head headphones, like the ones you could get with a Walkman in 1972. You may recall me talking about this […]
Continue reading#484 10th Anniversary of Podcasting, eM Client, Zoom iQ5 Mic for iPhone, Automator Service for xkpasswd
Reminder to opt in to the NosillaCast News to get the shownotes fed to you every week via email at NosillaCast News Signup Page, my maudlin and sentimental look back at 10 years of podcasting and what it’s meant to me, Kevin from Connecticut reviews eM Client which allows him to check iCloud email on […]
Continue readingZoom IQ5 Mic for iPhone by Ken Knight
I enjoy doing audio recording especially when I’m traveling. And while the built-in microphone on the iPhone five is certainly adequate for short clips it really fall short when you wan to get a proper sense of the world around you and if you want to do anything like recording an interview. To achieve far […]
Continue readingAllison on Daily Tech News Show with Tom Merritt
I was on episode DTNS 2298 – UBER DOESN’T LYFT where we covered the big GamesCon announcements, how Viv will beat Siri’s pants off, and why women spend more money on, and are more loyal to mobile games.
Continue readingHappy 10th Anniversary to Podcasting
Wednesday was the 10th anniversary of podcasting and if you’ll indulge me a bit, I’m going to do a walk down memory lane. Audio and video on the web existed long before podcasting was ever invented, but it was missing a good delivery mechanism. I remember in the early days when I’d try to explain what […]
Continue readingAccess iCloud, Gmail and More on Windows Using eM Client by Kevin in Connecticut
Hi Allison – Kevin from Connecticut here. Now that I am primarily a Windows user on the desktop (laptops included), I wanted to find a good way to check iCloud email in Windows via a client with full contacts and calendar support. For some time now, there has been an iCloud Connector for Microsoft Outlook. […]
Continue reading#483 Aperture Benefits with Lightroom, Why People Care About RAW Updates to OSX, DayMap, Becoming an iOS Programmer
Bruji’s Pocketpedia does more than sync to your OSX ‘pedia apps, Dilbert from August 5th 2014 discusses so easy your mother could do it. Tom Stewart tells us his new process to keep some of the benefits of Aperture as he moves to Lightroom. Camera RAW updates and why people care. Task Management in a […]
Continue readingCamera RAW Updates and Why People Care
For years I have seen Apple come out with OSX updates that say “new camera RAW support”, and for years I’ve wondered what that really was and why anyone would care. I can tell you that I intimately understand why people care now, so I thought I should share my newfound knowledge with you. Not […]
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