Author: todd

In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss:

• Jon’s stymied winter holiday travel plans (like millions of other people in the US)
  Late December 2022 North American winter storm
• Nomatic collapsible bags
• Jon’s comments about the current state of technology based on a recent visit to Disneyworld
• Apple’s new Freeform collaboration app

Available via Google Music Podcasts and Apple iTunes.

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Jack Cook and Sven Johannsen return as guest panelists for this week’s podcast.

• 
  Today is Leo Laporte’s last Tech Guy radio show
• iPadOS and iOS 16.2 was released on Dec. 12
• Apple Freeform
• Samsung Z-Fold4
• Microsoft Surface Earbuds as a PowerPoint presentation controller
• If you login to office.com, Microsoft tells you that:
  The Office app is becoming the new Microsoft 365 app
  However, if you click on “see what’s new”, you just get thrown back to the current Office.com portal on the web

Available via Google Music Podcasts and Apple iTunes.

MobileViews Podcast from Audible.com

I’m joined by frequent guest panelists Sven Johannsen and Don Sorcinelli for this podcast. We discussed:

• Communities in Microsoft Teams
  Todd: Used Teams for Android on a Chromebook to create a community to try it
  Sparse/primitive UI/UX – ugly
• iPadOS 16.2 rumored to be released sometime in the next week (mid-December)
• GoodNotes 5: Apple iPad app of the year
• Apple now has a deadline for switching the iPhone over to USB-C
  The European Union has set a deadline of December 27, 2024
• Sunbird Messaging, “Green and Blue Bubbles” and The Great Texting Struggle
  Another example of the technology zealots ongoing series brand and platform arguments

Available via Google Music Podcasts and Apple iTunes.

MobileViews Podcast from Audible.com

This is Jon Westfall’s last MobileViews podcast for 2022. In this podcast we reflect on 2022.

The past 12 months have been one of transitions and losses

• Todd lost a pet last December
• Both of us lost our Moms in 2022
• Elon Musk bought Twitter and, without being political, set off a firestorm leading to renewed interest in alternate open-ish social platforms
• The global pandemic seems to have come to a psychological (if not biological) end – except in China
• What has changed in tech – video conferencing goes main stream.
• The impact of the pandemic and Russia/Ukraine war on the economy and supply chain – impact on tech
• Todd is retiring at the end of 2022
• We’re seeing the Pandemic effect on tech innovation – the last 12 months seem to be mostly small upgrades, nothing major from any tech companies. The pipeline hopefully is refilling.