Oleksandr Kosovan CEO of Macpaw While we were at the Alt Conf in San Jose (WWDC-adjacent) I had the opportunity to interview Oleksandr Kosovan, CEO of MacPaw, creators of Setapp and Clean My Mac. Setapp is a subscription service that gets you unlimited access to around 150 different high-quality apps for $10/month. While I was […]
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NC #736 Soulver, Fitbit vs. Apple Watch for Wheelchair Users, Security Bits
I had the great pleasure of being on the actual radio with Rich Stroffolino. We’re off to a Chilean total eclipse of the sun so we need you to help out Allister Jenks and Bart Busschots with audio recordings. I review Soulver as a very inventive way to take notes with math in them. Tom […]
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Is the Zoom iQ7 a Good Add-On Mic for Interviews?
Zoom iQ7 $100 on Amazon You may have heard Dr. Maryanne Garry on Chit Chat Across the Pond a few times. She’s a professor of false memories who likes to call herself the Crusher of Dreams. She told me she would like to be able to do interviews while at conferences, and asked if I […]
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Security Bits – 15 June 2019
Followups 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 Thanks to a letter sent to Facebook by US Senator Richard Blumenthal we now know that Facebook’s controversial VPN tracking app collected data on 187K users, and that 31K of those were in the US, and 4.3K of those were teens. The remaining users were in India — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… Security Medium — […]
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CCATP $#597 — Bart Busschots on PBS 80 of X — JavaScript Promise Chains
Bart Busschots (successfully) explains the concept of JavaScript promise chains. It’s a rough ride because of the subject itself, but he gets us there through his care and detail in explaining the concepts and of course his great examples. When he’s done, you’ll know how to chain promises together, you’ll understand what data is passed […]
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Will Soulver Solve a Problem for You?
I’m starting to feel like applications for the Mac never surprise me anymore. It seems that in a few minutes you can figure them out because they all work pretty much the same. Once in a blue moon, you find an app that has a completely new approach and a unique interface that is delightful. […]
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NC #735 Tesla Repair, Why AltConf, WWDC Keynote, WWDC State of the Union
This is an action-packed show. I’m going to start with a story I totally forgot to include in the podcast last week, and that was my promised, “How to Get Your Tesla Repaired After an Accident”. I had it in the shownotes last week and an alert listener (I’m bummed I can’t remember who) told […]
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WWDC Adjacent – Why AltConf is Cool
AltConf for WWDC Getting into Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference is really hard. First of all, there’s a lottery system to even be allowed to get a ticket. If you get lucky, you’ve earned the joy of paying $1600 to attend the event. Of course, if you’re a developer, this is a unique opportunity to […]
Continue readingCCATP #596 — Anže Tomić on Tech in Slovenia
This week on Chit Chat Across the Pond I had the great pleasure of talking to Slovenian tech podcaster, Anže Tomić. Anže also works for RTV Slovenia’s Val 202 public radio, and as he says on his website, he sounds like an Eastern European Bond villain. He’s also a writer for the most read Slovene […]
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WWDC 2019 State of the Union Observations
The WWDC Keynote was very interesting, and also targeted towards the press and consumers. Alt Conf also streamed the State of the Union. I had no idea what to expect, other than that it would be quite a bit more technically oriented. I was afraid it would be way over my head, but because of […]
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