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Podcast #86: Podcasts, iPads, and Headphone Jacks
How I produce my podcast, why I think the iPad is great for content creation, and why needing to use a headphone jack is actually kind of inconvenient these days.
Unco episode 14: https://www.unco.fm/unco/014
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Podcast #85: Google I/O At Lightning Speed
Google I/O's keynote ended literally 2 minutes before I hit record on this episode, so enjoy my completely off the cuff thoughts about the event. There's more to come from Google this week, so expect to hear more about I/O in the coming days.
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Being Yourself is Differentiating (appearance on the Unco podcast)
I was honored to be invited onto the Unco podcast, Timothy buck’s excellent podcast about everything unusual in technology. We talked about building an audience online, the value these internet side-projects provide, and how the definition of “privacy” has changed over the years and where it’s headed.
It was a pleasure to
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Podcast #84: Microsoft Build Is All Business
My initial reactions to Microsoft's lengthy, and all business keynote presentation from Build 2018. As someone who focuses on consumer tech, there really wasn't a lot for me at this show, but Microsoft did have a few things of note to talk about.
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Living that #DongleLife all the Way Back in 1998
From The New York Times' review of the original iMac in 1998: Who Said Computers Have to Be Square?
Apple contends that the 1.44-megabyte, 3.5-inch disk drive is a thing of the past and that putting one in the iMac would have made it last year's machine instead
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Summer 2018 Browser Speed Test (Mac and iOS Edition)
The most important feature in a web browser for me is performance. Extensions are nice and UI is relatively important to me as well, but at the end of the day it’s speed that I want more than anything else. I never want to feel like I’m being slowed down by anything besides
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Podcast #83: Pocket Casts Changes and Cancelling Spotify
There was some news about Pocket Casts yesterday, and people are a bit conflicted on what to think about it.
Also, my one dollar month of Spotify is almost up and I had to make a decision about if it would replace Apple Music for me. The answer was a resounding no.
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Podcast #82: Prioritizing Quality of Life Features
On iteration and making time for those features that don't make money on their own, but make your experience better so that people stick around.
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Where Your Data Lives
Who Has More of Your Personal Data than Facebook? Try Google
Everyone has different opinions on Google and data, and I’m not going to litigate that here, but this bit about how Google still tracks you even when you elect not to opt into any of their services is depressing.
Google Analytics is far
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A Quick Note on Bitcoin
Bitcoin Is Ridiculous. Blockchain Is Dangerous - Bloomberg
That all of this adds up to money is ridiculous, and we should probably mock it more than we do. Consider Bitcoin a grand middle finger. It’s a prank, almost a parody of the global financial system, that turned into a bubble.
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Still, I can’t help
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Podcast #81: Apple Made a Ton of Money Again
Apple seems to be pretty good at making a stupid amount of cash, huh?
See also my post from this morning with some fancy actions for you Drafts users out there.
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A Layperson’s Thoughts on Today's Apple Earnings
I’m much more of a product guy than a business guy, but because I’m into Apple, I just had to check out the quarterly results today. Here are my layperson feelings on what Apple announced.
iPhone X is a miracle product. How Apple has made a $1,000 phone their top seller for
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Podcast #80: Apple Maps, Google Maps, and Trust
I just travelled to Austin, Texas for a long weekend and learned a little about myself when it comes to which mapping service I trust more to get me where I'm try to go.
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Podcast #79: What I Value Most in a Task Manager
There is a reason I keep going back to OmniFocus.
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Podcast #78: A Straight Up Windows 10 Rant
How am I annoyed by Windows on a daily basis? Let me count the ways ;)
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The Real Problem with Apple’s iCloud Storage Options (hint, it’s not price)
The thing about iCloud storage | Beardy Guy Musings
Enough. If I can afford a $400 or $600 or $1,000 iOS device that also requires fees for monthly internet and apps to be useful, I can also afford a monthly .99 or 2.99 a month for added iCloud.
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