In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss:
- iPad Pro 11-inch replaced. No more spontaneous shutdowns and reboots
- Google Play Music going away. Forced to switch to YouTube Music. But, no sign of the “transfer button” on YouTube Music for iPadOS.
- How much credence should I give to browser speed tests like Speedometer 2.0? I began wondering about this as I debate whether to buy the new Lenovo Chromebook Duet when it is available somewhere (other than in reviewers’ hands). AboutChromebook’s Kevin Tofel noted that he is not a fan of benchmarks. However, people always ask (like me). So, he provided a set of results from multiple tests and the Duet clocked in at 46.07. Being too lazy to run the full set myself, I choose Speedometer 2.0 as a representative test to compare against a couple of devices I have for testing. Note that results appear to vary because Kevin’s Speedometer 2.0 result for the Acer Chromebook Spin 13 was 104 while mine is 61.80. I checked and we have the same model (CPU, memory, etc.).
- Jon’s Using his Apple Watch to its full potential.
- iOS text messages & multiple devices – notifications problem
- Still struggling with URL Schemes with Microsoft Office (why doesn’t ms-excel:// always open in office or Excel – WHY would it open Onedrive?!?)
- Revisiting the Microsoft Whiteboard app
- Microsoft Office app for iOS and Android
- Jon’s Struggle to use a Apple 27’’ Cinema Display (2010, not thunderbolt, Mini-Displayport) with USB C. Cost of my desired refresh.
- Jon’s R tip
Web Scraping with rvest package – example code below. Basically if you can read HTML and understand CSS classes, you can find information and download it.install.packages(“rvest”);
library(“rvest”);
addr - App Tip of the Week: Garageband How-To Videos.iSongs’ version of Gangstas’ paradise
iPianoDude
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