In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss the Apple WWDC announcements that interested us the most
Blue Yeti (left) & Blue Yeti Nano (right) microphonesI used my new Blue Yeti Nano microphone for the first time for this podcast. It replaces the full-size Blue Yeti that I’ve used for years to record podcasts
What’s Jon looking forwards to?
Lock screen customizations look useful.
Dictation and keyboard can be interchangeably mixed.
Schedule email and undo send. Wonder if schedule email is client side or server side?
Very interested to see if they can get Passkey to take passwords on. Moderately successful with Sign In With Apple ID, which I assume will definitely support it.
Handoff expanding to FaceTime
Redesigned Weather Apps across the board.
WatchOS 9 has some nice workout tweaks – looking forward to custom workout?
This is the first of a planned series of MobileViews podcast focusing on technologists with Hawaii ties. This first in the series welcomes old friend Robert Lee who recently left a giant technology firm to join a start-up working on smart heat pumps. He has been in California for over a decade now but grew up in Hawaii and was a summer intern at a company I worked for years ago. He is currently the Lead Software Engineer at Stow Energy
Robert’s current favorite gadgets
Pinecil USB-C soldering iron
– Pinecil USB-C soldering iron
Solder anywhere – plugs into a macbook charger, I have been using this for field repairs and to keep my workbench compact
Mechanical keyboard enthusiasts might like this since it’s much less expensive and bulky than a traditional soldering iron
Ninja Creami ice cream machine
– Ninja Creami ice cream machine
Instead of slowly churning ice cream, this thing uses a 800 watt motor – like a shave ice machine at 10x speed
My partner and I have been making fruit and non dairy desserts as a stay at home hobby
Stow Energy Lead Software Engineer
One heat pump for your home heating, cooling and hot water – hydronic technology used in big commercial buildings on residential scale
Thermal storage – use excess solar energy or cheap time of use rates to time shift your heating and cooling energy usage
Simplify home HVAC – people only replace critical things like furnaces in an emergency, how can we help people learn more about their home’s health and make maintenance / dealing with contractors easier?
Embedded software, and also EE PCB design, and also cloud engineering, and also PEX plumbing, …
Recording with Audio Hijack (they dropped the “Pro”) 4 for the first time
No Android tablet with Samsung S Pen for me.
Considered buying a Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite with bundled non-Bluetooth S Pen for $280 from Costco.for my Daily Doodle project
Although this seems like a reasonably good deal, the problem is that the S6 Lite was released in 2020 with only 3 years of Android OS updates. So, its last update would be Android OS 13 in 2023.
Will wait to see what Google’s 2023 Pixel Tablet looks like — and how expensive it will be!
About iOS 15.5 Updates
Wallet now enables Apple Cash customers to send and request money from their Apple Cash card
Apple Podcasts includes a new setting to limit episodes stored on your iPhone and automatically delete older ones
Fixes an issue where home automations, triggered by people arriving or leaving, may fail
Fixes an issue that may cause iPhone SE (3rd gen) to unexpectedly shutdown
Apple has updated its App Store rules to make it so subscriptions can auto-renew without your explicit permission, even if the developer has raised the monthly or annual price
They do send a reminder though, I believe about a week in advance, with the price.
A fishy Disney story of a lost apple watch that somehow charged $40,000 of fraudulent charges.
Audio quality note: I used the microphone in my AirPods Pro instead of the Blue USB microphone I usually use. So, I found a bit “distant” in this podcast.
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Discussion Topic: Where do you draw the line on security between paranoia and practicality? The most secure system is air gapped in a locked vault…. Least secure is no firewall, all ports open and a root password of ‘password’… so what do Todd & Jon view as “good” practice and “overkill” practice?
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Jon’s trying Humanity this week – app that is supposed to tell you what your actual age is and help you “reverse” aging.
Jon bought a Populele 2 for $100 on eBay (Open Box)
