Author: todd

I had the privilege of speaking with Dr. David Lassner, President of the University of Hawaii, to record this podcast during lunch on October 27, 2023. We discussed his amazing career at the university, the technology changes we saw and worked on over the decades with a focus on distance learning technology and the rollout of broadband services to enable enhanced Internet access.
We also had a brief Mobile Food Views discussion after enjoying our lunch at Big City Diner in Kaimuki.

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In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

• Using Google Meet to provide video while recording the podcast audio using Adobe Podcast Studio beta
• Inexpensive 3rd party pop shield for Todd’s Yealink UH37 headset
• The 2023 Apple Pencil USB-C. Aka Apple Pencil 0.5
• Differences in case designs for the iPhone 15 Pro Max’s Action Button
• USB-C extension cable quirks
• Jon’s Apple Watch 9 Ultra impressions
• Jon’s comments about Air Pods Pro 2 adaptive noise cancellation quirks
• 9to5Google: Google Photos now always backs up RAW images and shows in main grid

Available via Google Music Podcasts and Apple iTunes.

MobileViews Podcast from Audible.com

In this podcast, John Westfall and I discuss:

• Todd testing a new headset/mic: Yealink UH37
• Good idea to clean AirPod soundholes now and then
• Jon’s weird Microsoft Bookings issue: Microsoft Exchange Web Services vs. Exchange ActiveSync
• Todd’s Pixel 7a finally got the Android OS 14 update 10 days after its release on Oct. 4
• MacOS 14 Sonoma vs. Audacity 3.3.3 (and a workaround)
• Which new iOS/iPadoS 17 features are we actually using? Which features are we still trying to figure out?
• Todd’s Audible book recommendation: John Scalzi’s “Starter Villain”

I’m joined by guest co-host Paul Lawler for this special podcast recorded in-person and outdoors at a restaurant on a bay. Paul had a Mongolian Beef Bao sandwich and I had a Wonton Min noodle dish.

Bo Bo Bao: Noodle + Bao

We discussed two of Paul’s recent interesting tech purchases starting with the ChessUp chess board with on-board AI; chess pieces that, when touched, cause the boar to light up to show legal moves in one mode and best moves in a second mode; an enhanced cloud AI; and the ability to play either the AI or another human.

We also discussed the Bambu Lap P1S 3D printer that is ready-to-print right out of the box with a build volume of 256 x 256 x 256 mm (a bit over 10 inches in each dimension or roughly 1024 cubic inches)

Bambu Lab P1P 3D Printer $599USD

A bit of inside baseball about this podcast: Paul and I were sitting in an outdoor dining area next to a bay while recording this podcast. It was a breezy day and there were a number of people speaking while passing by. We were using a pair of wireless lavalier microphones using an iPhone 14 Pro running the excellent $4.99 Just Press Record app. The audio was cleaned up using Adobe Podcast Enhance and pitch corrected using the open source Audacity software.

Available via Google Music Podcasts and Apple iTunes.

MobileViews Podcast from Audible.com