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 […]
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Allison 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 readingMore TagHappy 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 readingMore TagAccess 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 readingMore Tag#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 readingMore TagCamera 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 […]
Continue readingMore TagPhoto Editing – Moving from Aperture to Lightroom by Tom Stewart
This article describes my new workflow after moving my photo-editing from Aperture to Lightroom. Up until a year ago I was totally within the walled garden and enjoying the benefits of the apple ecosystem and it’s integration. My aperture libraries were always available to my apple TVs and ipad. A slight editing change on one […]
Continue readingMore TagTask Management in a Visual Way with DayMap
If you’re looking for the silver bullet that will make you instantly productive, then you should just move along now. But if you’ve tried a lot of different apps to manage the various projects you have in your life and none have really seemed to click with the way you think, then DayMap from whetstoneapps.com […]
Continue readingMore Tag#482 Why We Buy Physical DVDs, DVDpedia and Pocketpedia, Power-All Portable Power Bank, xkpasswd 2
I got to be on Bart’s show Let’s Talk Apple at lets-talk.ie. Why Steve and I still buy physical DVDs and how I use DVDpedia from Bruji.com to catalog all of our DVDs, and sync over to Pocketpedia for iOS. Intergalactically famous Honda Bob reviews the POWER-ALL Portable Power Bank to charge your devices AND […]
Continue readingMore TagCatalog Your DVDs with DVDpedia and Pocketpedia from Bruji
Back in 2009 I told you about a really cool application that I’m still using five years later, so I figure it’s time for a refresher. The application is called DVDpedia from Bruji.com. If you paid any attention to my post about why Steve and I still buy physical media, you’ll remember that we have […]
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