Allison interviews Barbara van ’t Westende from AssistiveWare about their Proloquo2Go Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app. This app runs on an iPad and helps people who cannot convey their thoughts using speech to communicate. Proloquo2Go uses symbols and pictures that are displayed on the iPad and selected by the user to communicate. The symbols […]
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SleepPhones — Pajamas for Your Ears
Back when I was a teenager, I always used to leave my homework until last thing before bed. I was pretty sure it was just because I was lazy, but the excuse I used to give to my parents was “I do my best thinking late at night.” Oddly enough, there was more to my […]
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Now that Apple Cancelled AirPower – Ampere Unravel Instead!
On 29 March 2019, a few weeks after this article was originally published, TechCrunch reported that Apple has canceled AirPower. Might be time to take a serious look at Ampere’s Unravel. Now that we in the Apple community have gotten a taste for wireless charging, we want it on all the things. We’re not content […]
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Web Accessibility Evaluation – Podfeet is Not as Good as it Should Be
I pride myself on paying attention to accessibility, as part of the natural fabric of my podcasts and blog. What is that saying taken from Proverbs, “Pride goeth before a fall”? Yeah, I have fallen big time on this one. I’m a fanatic about making sure I have alt tags on my images. Alt tags […]
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Security Bits – 8 March 2019
Followups The on-going Spectre/Meltdown saga Google: Software is never going to be able to fix Spectre-type bugs — arstechnica.com 🇦🇺 Australia’s controversial anti-encryption law: Mozilla fears encryption law could turn its employees into insider threats — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… FastMail Challenges Australia Encryption Law — www.macobserver.com/… Grey-hat iPhone hackers Cellebrite are back in the news as older […]
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GoodTask 3 Task Manager for iOS and macOS
When it comes to task management apps on Apple platforms, there has long been a gold standard in the Omni Group’s OmniFocus. I’ve been invested in OmniFocus for over three years now and admire the fit and polish of the product, but I’m at a point in my life where its complexity is now overkill […]
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Thunderbolt 3 Docks – How Does the OWC Offering Stack Up?
OWC, CalDigit, Belkin & Accell Thunderbolt 3 Docks Compared Every once in a while I find myself descending into madness when I work on a review. Remember when I got curious about exactly what the government regulations were about banks and using SMS for two-factor authentication? That was our fun trip into NIST Special Publication […]
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Emmet to Quickly Create HTML Elements by Caleb Fong
Use emmet for productivity and great justice! Greetings Allison, and fellow NosillaCast-aways. Caleb, here to talk about another geeky tool. Even if you aren’t ‘stuck in’ on Programming by Stealth you may still find yourself writing HTML for a variety of reasons. You may have also come across the need to generate a large, even […]
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NosillaCastaway Honda Bob Has Left the Building
It is with great sadness that I tell you that NosillaCastaway Honda Bob passed away this week, after graft vs. host disease destroyed his body following a bone-marrow transplant a few years ago. Steve and I are devastated at this loss. I wanted to walk you down memory lane of who Bob was and why […]
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CES 2019: WHILL Powered Wheelchairs
In her final 2019 CES installment, Allison interviews Justin Gagnon from WHILL about their latest powered wheelchair. Gagnon shows Allison the new Model Ci, WHILL’s most portable powered wheelchair. Model Ci’s indoor features include a short wheelbase, narrow frame, responsive controls, and ability to perform tight turns. Its outdoor features include speeds up to 5 […]
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