I dictate reminders to myself all the time while I’m on my walks. I wear AirPods, so I interrupt my podcast listening by saying, “Hey S-lady” and then “Remind me to …” I used to say “Remind me to… when I get home” but geofencing is not at all reliable, so I pick a time […]
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NC #827 CharJenPro Ear Hooks, CSUN AT Conference Section 508, Everything is Fiddly, ANDI Web Accessibility Tester
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, March 14, 2021, and this is show number 827. Before we get started I’d like to give a little shout out to Steve, because this week was our […]
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Everything is Fiddly – the Developer Edition by Claus Wolf
Open Access Helper Safari Extension Typically this section only includes the end user perspective, but today I wanted to tell you that things are fiddly for developers as well – or at least the hobbyist developer, like myself. I maintain a Safari App Extension called “Open Access Helper”, which helps you find legal Open Access […]
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Hi, this is Jill from the Northwoods. I’ve always been a math girl. The world makes sense in math. It has rules that you must follow. Logical! Orderly! Everything fits inside those rules. But when it comes to writing, that is an art that has so many fiddly parts. I’ve never been a very good […]
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I was watching a video on my iPad Pro and I wanted a richer, louder sound, so I used Control Center to switch it to the HomePod mini sitting right next to it. That worked great. After a bit, I wanted to change rooms, so again using Control Center I switched the audio output to […]
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Back in 2015, I wrote an article entitled “Everything is Fiddly” where I basically ranted about all of the things that are supposed to “just work” and yet don’t. In 2018, Helma from the Netherlands followed up with her own story for us of how everything is fiddly. As my life continues to be filled […]
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The show starts off with Joe Dugandzic telling us about affordable smart lighting from Sylvania. Then I’ll talk about the people of Macstock Expo, followed by stuff I actually learned during the sessions at Macstock Expo. Then we’ll hear how everything is fiddly in the Netherlands for Helma, including fighting Apple IDs and monitors and […]
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At the end of 2015, I did a major rant I entitled “Everything is Fiddly!” Ever since then, whenever I complain about trying to get some tech to work, Lindsay says to me, “Remember mom, everything is Fiddly!” This week, Helma from the Netherlands joins us to tell us all about everything that had gone […]
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