Just a bit ago I told you that my ScreenCastsONLINE tutorial video on the foundations of using Notability had been posted, and I teased that the Advanced Notability tutorial would be hot on its heels. In this advanced tutorial, I’ll show you how you can take notes with Pencil or with a keyboard while recording […]
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Follow-on Typora Review from Allison
You’ve just heard (or read) Physics Nerd Graeme explain why he chose Typora as the text editor to write his notes for his Physics Shorts videos. I had been planning on doing my own review of Typora, and while he beat me to it, there are some features I want to tell you about myself. […]
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Last week Physics Nerd Graeme told us how he’ll be doing a mini-series on the tools he uses to make his Physics Shorts videos. This is part two of that mini-series. I made the decision to write my notes for my Physics Shorts videos using Markdown so that they are in a simple format that […]
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Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Microsoft delays Windows Recall amid privacy and security concerns — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… (Initially only to Windows Insiders AKA beta testers) The scale of the Snowflake breach we discussed last time becomes clearer: Snowflake Breach Exposes […]
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I recently embarked on a project to create videos for the rest of A Level Physics to go on my YouTube Channel, “Physics Shorts with Dr Sheppard“, having done half a while back. I spent some time developing my process, so I thought I’d write it down and share. Physics Shorts with Dr. Sheppard Aims […]
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One of the apps that I’m passionate about is Notability. Eight years ago I created a ScreenCastsONLINE tutorial about Notability and we’ve done several little update and tip videos about this great software. Notability has only become more and more capable since 2016 so we decided it was time for a bottoms-up tutorial. But as […]
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I talked a few weeks ago about the Bartender kerfuffle when developer Ben Surtees sold it to a company called Applause. While I’ve not taken up the alarm bells, many still remain skeptical of this new company. You’ll also remember that Physics Nerd Graeme reviewed Hidden Bar for us as an alternative to Bartender. This […]
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Allison interviews Lauren Reynolds from Sony about their new self-fitting, over-the-counter hearing aids. Since these hearing aids do not require an evaluation and fitting from an audiologist, they are much less expensive and are easier to purchase than traditional hearing aids. Sony’s hearing aids come in a couple form factors. The CRE-C10 self-fitting hearing aids […]
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In our Slack community (podfeet.com/slack), before WWDC there was a discussion about password management with Apple Keychain, and Physics Nerd Graeme jumped into the discussion. He had a tiny tip on how to share passwords with family members. Keep in mind that this discussion occurred right before WWDC when Apple announced that they’re coming out […]
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Deep Dive — You Probably Want to Avoid Microsoft Recall, at Least for Now! At their recent Build developers conference Microsoft announced a new line of ARM-based laptops with built-in AI chips branded as Copilot+ PCs, with one of the headline features being Recall. The idea is that Recall will constantly monitor everything you do […]
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