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Portal — Immersive Soundscapes for Focus or Relaxation

Recently, there has been a groundswell of ambient noise applications. These are intended to provide a background level of noise to help you focus, relax, or even sleep. The simplest may offer white noise, and a few other colours of noise. More feature rich examples may add in other, natural sounds like rain, a crackling […]

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I’m Still Using It

October 10, 2022
by podfeet

I’ve got an idea for a new segment for the show that I think might be really fun, and it’s an audience participation game. The segment is called “I’m Still Using It”. Here’s my idea. If you’ve got a gadget or a piece of software that you’ve been using for a long time, write a […]

How I Fell in Love with Photography

I’ve been an enthusiast photographer since December 1986. Mum, Dad, my brother and I were on our way to the UK for a holiday when it happened, in a camera shop in Lucky Plaza, on Singapore’s Orchard Road. Lest you think I was buying, I wasn’t. My brother was, and as he was choosing his […]

GoodTask 3 Task Manager for iOS and macOS

When it comes to task management apps on Apple platforms, there has long been a gold standard in the Omni Group’s OmniFocus. I’ve been invested in OmniFocus for over three years now and admire the fit and polish of the product, but I’m at a point in my life where its complexity is now overkill […]

NC #670 Paintcode, Apple Watch Health Tracking, Stretch Timer, We.Stream, Bellus 3D, Cyber Essentials, Rings

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 […]

PaintCode by PixelCut

PaintCode is a macOS app with a very specific audience: macOS and iOS developers, although other developers should take a look too. If youâ€™re not a developer then this review may not offer you an insight into purchasing, however, if youâ€™re just interested in knowing â€œhow stuff works,â€ 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.

NC #659 Solving Network Problems, 2017 What Apps Am I Still Using Part 1, Security Bits

December 22, 2017
by podfeet

This week I was on the Clockwise Podcast episode 220 at relay.fm/…. Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone talked about my iOS 11 settings Mind Map of Doom on iOS Today episode 372 at around 57:30 into the show. Helma from the Netherlands brings us some networking tips. I bring you the first half of my […]

Alternote Brings a Nicer Interface to Evernote

I know we’re all supposed to love Evernote, but I just don’t. So many people tell me how they record everything in Evernote. I get the appeal of having a single place to record everything you want to remember, but there was something holding me back. I’ll get to that in a moment I did start […]