Ray & Allison at ⌘-D Conference This week we’re joined by returning guest Ray Robertson, well-known AppleScript guru and general all-around automator. Ray joins me to talk about the increased challenges developers faced working with Apple. It’s no secret that iOS 13 and iPad OS 13 have been problematic on their own, but the betas […]
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Those Chit Chat Across the Pond episodes that are not Programming By Stealth or Taming the Terminal
CCATP #608 – Doug Ingram on Nightscape Photography
Doug Ingram joins us to talk about what he calls Nightscape Photography, which is a combination of astral photography (photographing the stars) and photographing of the surrounding landscape. His photographs of the Milky Way with the landscape are absolutely breathtaking. Doug explains his gear, the settings on his camera and the surprisingly little he does […]
Continue readingCCATP #607 – Bart Busschots’s Podcast Recommendations
In this week’s episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart Busschots joins us to talk about how he arranges his podcast listening, how he categorizes them and then what kinds of shows he likes. Bart listens to around 6 hours of podcasts per day so this is quite a long list. He purposely didn’t […]
Continue readingCCATP #606 — Bart Busschots on DoH and DoT
CCATP #606 for August 31, 2019, and I’m your host, Allison Sheridan. This week our guest is Bart Busschots with a non-Programming By Stealth episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond. In this “Lite” version of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart answered Scott Fairclough’s request to explain DoH and DoT. It’s super nerdy and […]
Continue readingCCATP #605 — Sandy Foster on CarPlay and Prius Prime Tech
In this week’s episode, Sandy Foster, aka @MacQuilter joins me to talk about why CarPlay is so awesome and how it influenced her decision to buy the top-of-the-line Prius, called Prius Prime. We also talk about the new tech in the Prius Prime including the fact that it’s not just a gas/electric hybrid, it’s also […]
Continue readingCCATP #604 – Bart Busschots on Tech of Buying a Mountain/City Bike
Bart Busschots joins us to talk about the technology decisions that go into buying a bike these days. I thought I knew about bikes, but I learned a lot about what’s changed just in the last five years. At the very end of the post, we have a video where Bart walks around his bike […]
Continue readingCCATP #603 – Laura Kane on Effect of Women on Business Success
This week our guest is Laura Kane, CFA, CPA, Head of Investment Themes Americas for UBS. Laura specializes in something called Sustainable Investing for UBS. As part of her research she has written several articles about investing through a gender lens. I’ve asked Laura to come on, not to talk about investing per se, but […]
Continue readingCCATP #601 – Dr. Maryanne Garry on Why Science is Broken
Dr. Garry, self-proclaimed Crusher of Dreams, joins us again on Chit Chat Across the Pond, this time to talk about how she thinks science is broken and why. Dr. Garry is a professor of Psychology at the University of Waikato, and also professor of the NZ institute of Security & Crime Science. In this episode, […]
Continue readingCCATP #599 — Dr. Devon Polaschek on Psychopaths
This week we’re joined by Dr. Devon Polaschek. Dr. Polaschek is the Joint Director of the New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science at the University of Waikato. I will further embarrass her by mentioning that she was recently awarded with a Queen’s Birthday honour (as in Queen Elizabeth). Dr. Polaschek has has been […]
Continue readingCCATP #598 — Oleksandr Kosovan of MacPaw on Setapp
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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