This article is a story of how my fans are going bananas on my new 16″ MacBook Pro. But we can’t start with the amazing solution I found in the app Turbo Boost Switcher until we back up and learn a little bit about computer processors. Not too deep, because we get in over my […]
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Affinity Publisher First Look
Hi. Allister Jenks here, back again with a first look at some fantastic new software. Years ago my wife started a small business designing and selling cross stitch patterns online. While she is the one with artistic flair in our family when it comes to putting together a printed product, that falls to my technical abilities. […]
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Pixelmator Photo for iPad was launched, rather fortuitously, just before I went on holiday. It turned out to be almost the perfect app for processing RAW photos from my DSLR camera while on the go. There are some key features of Pixelmator Photo that stand out for me over other iOS photo apps. Pixelmator Photo […]
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Allister Jenks is standing in this week for a vacationing Allison and Steve, with the help of a couple of NosillaCastaways.
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I’ve been playing around with computer graphics since before you could reasonably display a photo on a computer screen. I’ve grown my knowledge of how to work with graphics as the technology itself has grown and, as a result of this, there aren’t many graphical tasks I don’t at least have some idea of how […]
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It seems that iPads are gaining in popularity lately, and perhaps you have your eye on one of the new devices announced recently. Or perhaps you have an older iPad and you’re looking for a good use for it. Whether you’re looking to justify the new purchase or looking for something to do with the […]
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Allister Jenks stands in for a vacationing Allison Sheridan. We have a review of Paintcode, a story of using the Apple Watch to track health in ways other than the Activity app, Allister’s own health app Stretch Timer, two interviews from CES with We.Stream and Bellus3D, some security tips with Cyber Essentials, and a fun […]
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PaintCode is a macOS app with a very specific audience: macOS and iOS developers, although other developers should take a look too. If you’re not a developer then this review may not offer you an insight into purchasing, however, if you’re just interested in knowing “how stuff works,†this is a pretty cool story. For this reason, I have aimed this review at a less knowledgeable audience, which should also serve to explain to hobbyist developers, like myself, what value this tool can bring.
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