Allison interviews Helena Harrison from Glean about their software tool that helps students get more out of the notes they take in class. Glean allows you to record class audio while adding your notes that are automatically time tagged with the audio. You can also combine class slides and other information along with your notes […]
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Amazon Basics 14” Laptop Sleeve is Not a Good Fit for Your 14” MacBook Pro
$11 Amazon Basics 14″ Sleeve in Black I mentioned during my review of the Lacdo Laptop Sleeve for 14″ MacBook Pro that Steve prefers the very simple design of the sleeve from incase that he had for his 13” MacBook Pro. He’s been waiting for them to come out with the 14” version but I […]
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Twelve South Curve Laptop Stand – Is Higher Better?
Jonathan Started It John’s mStand from RainDesign Earlier this month, Jonathan, aka @NuclearJon in the Slack and live chats, did a great review of his thought process in choosing a new high-res monitor. In his review he mentioned that his plan was to use the internal display on his MacBook Pro as a secondary monitor […]
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A Unique View on the 2019 16″ MacBook Pro
8-Core i9, 64GB RAM, 4TB Disk I’d like to tell you about the new 16″ MacBook Pro in a way that doesn’t repeat what everyone else has had to say already. I think I have a way to connect the dots between the new MacBook Pro and the tour we had of SpaceX. We’ll get […]
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Before learning about these two batteries, I highly recommend you read my previous article Can A Portable Battery Charge a Large Laptop?. In this article, I run through the math on how to figure out if one of these chargers will work for you. This background will be important as you judge these two batteries […]
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CCATP #485 – Chris Ashley on Microsoft Surface Laptop and Windows 10S Education Devices
Chris Ashley of the SMR Podcast joins us to talk about all of the big announcements coming out of Microsoft this week. We’ll try to understand where the new Surface Laptop fits into their lineup of mobile devices, and then we’ll shift gears to talk about the new line of Education devices. These devices from […]
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NC #604 Amazon Marketing, OWC Thunderbolt Dock, Stocking Stuffers, SCO Member App, All Smart Life Adapter
Amazon tricks me into buying stuff with the Echo Dot, OWC Thunderbolt 2 Dock review by Trevor Drover, tech stocking stuffers under $50, new SCO Member Tutorials iOS app for ScreenCasts Online, $22 AllSmartLife USB-C adapter to make your DisplayPort monitor work with a new MacBook Pro. mp3 download
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After the big Apple announcement, I sang the virtues of the new MacBook Pro. However, there appears to be some confusion about all of the different models Apple introduced. Dave Hamilton expressed consternation on the Mac Geek Gab about how much harder Apple has made it to choose the right model. I thought to myself, […]
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Guest Blog Post by George from Tulsa: What’s the problem to be solved? We hear that a lot from Allison, and for good reason. Right now, I hope I’m a solution, not a problem. Earlier this week Allison posted a request for user submissions so she could have more Holiday this Thanksgiving and less Podcast. […]
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