Andy Ihnatko of the Chicago Sun Times joins me to talk about the current state of journalism, and we discuss the question of whether “real” journalism is on its way out. We also side track into discussing how a dying car has caused Andy to get more exercise and our joint enthusiasm for the author […]
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Those Chit Chat Across the Pond episodes that are not Programming By Stealth or Taming the Terminal
CCATP #443 Bastian Wölfle – A Geek’s Guide to Diet and Exercise
This week our guest is Bastian Wölfle software product manager, German podcaster and self-described crazy man. Bastian lost 40 kg (90 pounds) and he tells us how he pulled this off. He’s got book recommendations, geeky recommendations on how and what to track in your body stats, and of course gadgets to make the whole […]
Continue readingCCATP #441 Dr. Maryanne Garry on Cognitive Biases, Learning and Aging
Dr. Maryanne Garry, Professor of Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington joins us again to talk about two really interesting books about cognitive psychology. I enjoy talking to Dr. Garry because she reads real studies that follow scientific processes, where we mean those that explain studies which can be falsified (which are the only real […]
Continue readingCCATP #439 Antonio Rosario on Photo Processing
Antonio Rosario of the Switch to Manual Podcast at switchtomanual.com/… joins us again to answer some of my photo processing questions. He tries to explain to me the difference between a filter and an adjustment in programs like Photoshop and Affinity Photo (and I think he succeeds), we talk about how to avoid falling into […]
Continue readingCCATP #437 Devin King on Photography
In this week’s episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, we’re joined by Devin King, the first VP and Program Director for SMOG, the Southern California Macintosh Owners | Users Group (Ocmug.org). He’s a photographer who converted from a giant Canon DSLR to carrying two mirrorless cameras, the Olympus OM-D E-M1 and the Fuji X-T1. […]
Continue readingCCATP #436 Allister Jenks and Julie Kuehl Talk WordPress
Allister Jenks hosts Julie Kuehl to talk about WordPress – the web software you can use to create a beautiful website, blog, or app. We discuss what it is, what it isn’t, the two key variations of WordPress, how simple and yet powerful and flexible it is, and how it is both a free, open source […]
Continue readingCCATP #435 How to Secure Your Internet of Things
Bart Busschots did a talk for the Connecticut Macintosh Connection (aka CTMac) at ctmac.org a few weeks ago where he explained how the Internet of Things can be a concern for the security of your home network. Of course he didn’t stop there, he sent on to explain how for a fairly small amount of […]
Continue readingCCATP #433 I Push Hard on Greg Scown from Smile About TextExpander 6
There’s been a lot of consternation on the Internet this week about the announcements by Smile with their new TextExpander 6 product at textexpander.com. I invited Smile founder Greg Scown onto the show to explain their thinking and to allow me to ask him some tough questions. It was hard for me to do because […]
Continue readingCCATP #431 “What’s a Producer?” With Jennie Josephson
Jennie Josephson, Senior Advisor to the Daily Tech News Show, joins us this week to try and answer a question I’ve had for a long time, “What’s a producer?” Jennie is qualified to answer this question with her background in radio and news production over the years. You’ll hear her try to answer this question […]
Continue readingCCATP #429 Stewart Cheifet on AI, Self-Driving Cars and Virtual Reality
Stewart Cheifet hosted shows on television about technology from the 1980s through 2002. The Computer Chronicles and Net Cafe are still fascinating to watch because of Stewart’s ability to see the current technology and map out the path to the future. I asked Stewart to come on and talk about Artificial Intelligence, self-driving cars, and […]
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