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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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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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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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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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Podcast #77: Ideas are Always Better Than Reality
It's always easier to look at an existing situation and suggest something that's better. This is in no small part because ideas (especially if they fit in a tweet) don't have to concern themselves with the trade offs that things do when they're actually implemented in the
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Podcast #76: 3 Ways I'm Stepping Ever So Slightly Outside my Comfort Zone
I'm experimenting with computer platforms, media, and content creation mediums, all in the interest of challenging my own assumptions about who I have decided I am. These are not life-changing differences, but they are small steps to challenge some decisions I made many years ago.
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Podcast #75: Drafts 5 Micro-Review
Drafts 5 will be releasing today and it's a great update! I am not going to post a full review of the app because I'm far too casual of a user to provide much insight into it, but I had to take a few minutes and talk about why I love
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Podcast #74: Expanding Your View Outside Yourself
It's easy to tell the world what you think is important, or what you see and good and bad. It's much harder to step outside yourself and understand, or even argue for, the opinions and world views of others. But just because it's hard doesn't mean it&
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Podcast #73: Try Another Browser, It Won't Hurt
So many people just seem to use Chrome these days, and odds are you are too. I'd seriously recommend trying something like Safari, Firefox, Vivaldi, or Opera.
Vlad Savov on The Verge
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Podcast #72: The Ridiculously Brilliant Breath of the Wild
Quick episode today where I gush about the latest Zelda adventure.
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Podcast #71: Strongly Held Opinions, but Opinions Nonetheless
I love the Magic Keyboard, and I actually really like the new MacBook keyboards too. These keyboards are not factually great, but they're great for me.
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The BirchTree Podcast #69: How I'd fix AirPods and Google Pixel Buds
The AirPods and Pixel Buds have features I wish they'd steal from each other.
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