We started planning this one quite a while ago. Thankfully our topics tend to be evergreen – in that they’re still topical for quite a while. In that vein I know we are gaining new listeners and they aren’t all starting with the latest episode. Anyway, our schedules have been their usual hectic selves –Continue reading “Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 34 “Homeward Bound””
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Reduced To A Single Tap
(This is not a post about plumbing.) đ It’s been a while since I last wrote about personal automation. And in Stickiness I talked about what makes automations stick for me. This post is about experiments with RFID detection and automation. These actually turned into something I use daily when I’m at home. Hobbyist DigitalContinue reading “Reduced To A Single Tap”
Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 33 “These Boots Were Made”
I hope you can tell that Marna and I had a lot of fun making this episode. I can’t recall which of us came up with the cultural reference. But it sort of developed – until the aftershow was sort of inevitable. Anyhow here are the show notes for Episode 33. The podcast series isContinue reading “Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 33 “These Boots Were Made””
Like You Know?
Three recent events led to this blog post: I was driving a while back and listening to podcasts. Two in particular by highly experienced podcasters who are very articulate. Meanwhile I’d just completed editing a podcast episode of my own. (This was Episode 32, which you might have listened to already.) And a few weeksContinue reading “Like You Know?”
Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 32 “Scott Free”
Episode 32 was, as always a slow train coming. I think it’s a fun one – as well as being informative. It was really good to have Scott back, and we recorded in the Poughkeepsie studio, just after SHARE Atlanta, March 2023. Talking of which, the aftershow relates to SHARE. It’s a classic example ofContinue reading “Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 32 “Scott Free””
Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 31 âTake It To The Macsâ
This is the first blog post Iâve written on my new work MacBook Pro. While itâs been a lot of work moving over itâs a better place as itâs an Apple Silicon M1 Max machine with lots of memory and disk space. Thatâs nice, but whatâs the relevance to podcasting? Well, itâs very warm hereContinue reading “Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 31 âTake It To The Macsâ”
Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 30 âChoices Choicesâ
It’s been a mighty long time since Marna and I got a podcast episode out – and actually we started planning this episode long ago. It’s finding good times to record that does it to us, as planning can be a bit more asynchronous. Hopefully this delay has enabled some of you to catch upContinue reading “Mainframe Performance Topics Podcast Episode 30 âChoices Choicesâ”
Stickiness
Question: What’s brown and sticky? Answer: A stick. đ It’s not that kind of stickiness I’m talking about. I’ve experimented with lots of technologies over the years – hardware, software, and services. Some of them have stuck and many of them haven’t. I think it’s worth exploring what makes some technologies stick(y) and some notContinue reading “Stickiness”
Clippy? Not THAT Clippy!
A recent episode of the Mac Power Users Podcast was a round up of clipboard managers – on iOS and Mac OS. You can find it here. There was a subsequent newsgroup discussion here which I’ve been participating in. There are lots of things I want from a clipboard manager. They include: It to keepContinue reading “Clippy? Not THAT Clippy!”
Anatomy Of A Great App
This post follows on from Anatomy Of A Great iOS App. That post was only written in 2019 but such a lot has changed in the Apple ecosystem that I think it worth revisiting. A hint at what’s changed is that the title of this post doesn’t contain the word “iOS” anymore. (I can’t insertContinue reading “Anatomy Of A Great App”
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