Hi there, Castaways! I’m Terry Austin and I’m here to tell you about an awesome new podcast app called Overcast from Marco Arment. You may recognize the name, Marco created Instapaper and was the co-founder of Tumblr. There’s a great interview article over at TechCrunch titled “Why Marco Arment Built a Podcast App”. I’m always […]
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Search for Bluetooth Sport Headphones or No to Jaybird, Yes to Jabra
The Problem to be Solved Steve and I both do a lot of exercise, and love to listen to podcasts while we run and go to the gym. For ages we’ve used Sony over the head headphones, like the ones you could get with a Walkman in 1972. You may recall me talking about this […]
Continue readingMore TagZoom IQ5 Mic for iPhone by Ken Knight
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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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.
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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 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 […]
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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 […]
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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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