Allison interviews Abedlrazek Aly, Co-founder and CEO of Bonocle, about their interactive mouse designed for people with visual impairment. The Bonocle mouse has one braille cell, three select buttons, and haptic feedback to help the user learn braille while having fun. Bonocle connects to a smart device and provides access to a library of apps […]
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iOS 15 – These are a Few of My Favorite Things
When Lory Gil was on Chit Chat Across the Pond after Apple announcements, she always said that she loved the new operating systems even more than the new gadgets because they makes old devices feel new. This year you get to play with iOS 15 whether you have a new iPhone or not. iOS 15 […]
Continue readingiCatcher! – A Podcatcher with More Control by Jill from the Northwoods
iCatcher Player Hi, this is Jill from the Northwoods. I wanted to do a review for the podcast app that I use to listen to all the podcasts. If you haven’t heard, I’m quite the addict when it comes to podcasts. I subscribed to about 144 podcasts. I keep my eye on another 177 podcasts […]
Continue readingTiny Tip – How to Name Photos on iOS/iPadOS
View → Metadata to See Titles In September I talked to you about how I organize my photos (https://www.podfeet.com/blog/2020/09/scanned-photos-organization/) and how I apply this detailed and fastidious organization even when bringing in scanned photos. One thing I didn’t tell you is that I also name a lot of my photos. I do this because I […]
Continue readingTiny Tip – How to Use Your iPhone or iPad as a Viewer for Negatives
My neighbor Rick just taught me an awesome trick. His wife is scanning in photos and also has a lot of negatives to sort through. As Billy Bob Thornton said in Bad Santa, “They can’t all be winners”, so she wants to find just the really good negatives to be scanned. The problem is that […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 30 August 2020
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 Pennsylvania has announced plans to release an Apple/Google-based COVID app in September — www.imore.com/… Which U.S. states are using Apple’s Exposure Notification API for COVID-19 contact tracing? 9to5mac.com/… 🇦🇺 Australia’s non-Google/Apple COVID app […]
Continue readingiOS/iPadOS Markup Tutorial on ScreenCastsOnline
A few months ago I made some fun discoveries about the built-in Markup tools in iOS and iPadOS and wrote an article telling you about my discoveries. I decided to do a video tutorial on the tools for ScreenCastsOnline and as usually happens, I learned even more about the tool as I created the tutorial. […]
Continue readingNC #786 Diamond Dog Saved Me, Markup on iOS, 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 31, 2020, and this is show number 786. So how fun was the Crew Dragon launch this week? I actually cried when that rocket took off. And […]
Continue readingFun with Markup on iOS/iPadOS – Long-Form Content, Multiple Screenshots and Tools
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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