I’m a member of a Google Plus Community called Podcasting Technology Resources which is super active with nearly 2000 members. It’s a great place to talk about gear and tools. Many early podcasters ask me what mic they should get, and that question gets asked really often in the Podcasting G+ community as well. The […]
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HISY Wireless Remote Shutter for iPhone
My mother-in-law has a tough job trying to find gifts for Steve and me. She knows we love tech stuff but what are the chances that she could find something cool that we don’t already have? Well this year she found something that maybe I don’t need but is still pretty cool. It’s called the […]
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About a week and a half ago I was about to plug my iPad in to charge for the night, when I noticed it was indicating that the battery was completely drained. This is indicated by a black screen with a battery symbol showing a red line for how full it is (not very) and […]
Continue reading#503 Gas Cubby, Yota-phone, CuBox-i2ex, Elusive 1s and 0s, TTT Part 26 DHCP
Steven Goetz (aka Goatman) sent in a review of Gas Cubby Free, Allister came through with an unsolicited testimonial for Hover, Knightwise reviews the inventive and interesting Yota-Phone, Door tells about the CuBox-i2ex and in Dumb Question Corner, Steve answers Timo from Finland’s question about 1s and 0s. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart […]
Continue reading#502 Mountain, Moom, Night Before Christmas, State of Android with Door
My latest screencast is up at Don McAllister’s ScreenCasts Online where I teach how to use Art Text 2 from BeLight Software. Manage your external volumes with Mountain from appgineers.de. I successfully moved one of my domains to Hover, check out the show for 10% off domains this month only. Control your OS X windows […]
Continue readingControl Your OS X Windows with Moom
My daughter Lindsay (you know her as Jibblies in the chat room) told me the other day that there’s one thing she misses from Windows 7 on the Mac, and that’s the ability to have a window snap to the left or right half of the screen (or top/bottom half). She loves throwing things out […]
Continue readingManage Your External Volumes with Mountain
Back in July I wrote a blog post entitled “Top 5 Menu Bar Apps” in response to Tammy’s question of what my favorite apps were. In my top 5 was a menu bar app called Jettison, and I sang its virtues for letting me very quickly eject external drives and put my Mac to sleep […]
Continue reading#501 iFlicks, Fire TV Stick, Epson Labelworks Portable Labeler, Nvidia Shield, Fire HD6, Firephone, TTT Part 25 IP subnets
iFlicks review from iflicksapp.com by Jeff from New Hampshire helps you get your videos into the right categories in iTunes. I review the Fire TV Stick from Amazon (spoiler, I like it!) Donald Burr brings us his review of the Epson LabelWorks LW-600P App-enabled, Portable Label Printer. I tell the story of the trials and […]
Continue readingEpson LabelWorks LW-600P App-enabled, Portable Label Printer by Donald Burr
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IL7BJMM/?tag=otakunocast-20 The problem to be solved: Getting organized! Examples: Label cables/power bricks to match them up with the devices they belong to Label drawers that store various types of cables/other objects Label file folders The solution: a labeler! But they really suck! Lousy little rubbery keyboards Tiny, faint, barely visible display Very limited selection of […]
Continue readingGeorge from Tulsa Reviews 3 Android Devices
George from Tulsa here to give you a brief overview of three Android devices I recently purchased. Nvidia Shield Tablet The Nvidia Shield Tablet is a serious gaming machine and showpiece for Nvidia’s connected gaming network. It’s also the fastest Android tablet on the market today, surpassing even Google’s flagship Nexus 9. I’m not a […]
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