MobileViews.com Podcast

MobileViews Podcast 501: Advice for aspiring techies; Lost a panelist audio track for this podcast!

This podcast's discussion may sound a bit unusual. There's a reason for that. We've been using Adobe Podcast Studio "beta" since late last summer. In general, it has worked pretty well although we've encountered a few bugs along the way. However, we ran into a really unusual error recording this podcast. The panel consisted of me (Todd Ogasawara), co-host Dr. Jon Westfall, and guest panelists Frank McPherson and Don Sorcinelli. However, for some as yet unknown reason, Don's audio track was not uploaded. Fortunately, Adobe let me know about an undocumented debugging tool that let met salvage the remaining tracks. I brought these tracks into Audacity and deleted the silent sections which should have contained Don's contribution to the discussion.

With that explanation out of the way, this is what we discussed in this podcast.

• Daylight Savings
• Frank's Android phone experiences since the G1 was released in October 2008
• Advice for young aspiring technologiists
• New MacBooks but no new iPads (yet)?
• iOS 17.4's podcast transcription
• Todd's recent fav gadget: A smart air compressor/tire inflator 
• DisplayLink drivers
• Jon started using AI to illustrate his years of "Bad Joke Saturdays" jokes

MobileViews Podcast 499: Windows hot patching without reboots? Microsoft Copilot; Why people believe Google is shutting Gmail down

Jon Westfall and I are joined by Jack Cook and Don Sorcinelli for this podcast. In it, we discuss:

• Windows 11 updates may not need reboots after an update. Unfortunately, this is something i heard at the 1999 Microsoft Professional Developers' Conference (PDC) from the Windows 2000 team. 25 years later, I'm still waiting.
• Microsoft Copilot in Onenote?
• MIcrossoft Copilot Notebook (a sandbox for Copilot)
• Jon paid for Copilot Professional for his personal account and finds it impressive - so far
• Google explains why Chromebook keyboards have lowercase letters on their keyboards
• Google is denying rumors that Gmail will be shut down later this year. It is easy to understand why people believe this rumor since the company has discontinued so many of its services over the years

MobileViews Podcast 498: Edwin Margulies, CEO of Thrio (recently acquired by Nextiva)

In this podcast Todd Ogasawara is joined by special guest Edwin Margulies, CEO of Thrio (which was recently acquired by Nextiva). They discuss:

• The acquisition of Thrio (Contact Center as a Service) by Nextiva (Cloud Communications and customer experience management)
• Reflecting on the past 30 years of the journey from Computer Telephony to Cloud-based Unified Communications.
• The role Artificial Intelligence (AI) has played in large scale communications systems over the decades, its current and future roles.

MobileViews Podcast 496: Google Gemini, MSFT PC Manager?; Apple Vision Pro; Use AI to create products to sell

In this podcast, Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:

• Google Gemini
• MSFT PC Manager?
• Apple Vision Pro
• Use AI to create products to sell

MobileViews mini-podcast 42: AR/VR smartglasses discussion with Jared Kuroiwa

In this mini-podcast, guest co-host Jared Kuroiwa and I bought lunch from Drip Studio HNL. in downtown Honolulu.

Jared demoed what seemed like every augmented, virtual, and audio smart glasses except the Apple Vision Pro. We discussed the pros and cons of these much more affordable smart glasses (compared to the Vision Pro).

We also discussed some of the announcements from CES 2024.

MobileViews Podcast 491: Techie bags and bottles. Guest Sven Johannsen.

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by frequent guest panelist Sven Johannsen for this podcast. They discuss whether consumers (like them) will pay for "pro" LLM/GenAI tools. They also discuss the Zeiss Holocam that turns any glass window into a camera. Sven highlighted a report about Calendar Spam. They spend most of the rest of the podcast discussing water bottles and bags for techies.

MobileViews/MobileFoods mini-podcast 41: Testing three microphones for field podcasting with Paul Lawler

Todd Ogasawara is joined by guest co-host Paul Lawler to test three microphones to record an in-person podcast in a busy and noisy restaurant.

• iPhone 15 Pro Max built-in microphone
• Richchip Bluetooth wireless microphone connected to an iPhone 15 Pro Max
• Nearstream wireless lavalier pair of microphones connected to a Google Pixel 7a

During this mini-podcast, they also discuss Paul's 3D printing and Adobe Podcast Enhance.

MobileViews Podcast 488: Google Gemini AI in Bard and NotebookLM; AI recreating deceased entertainer’s speaking voice for biopic; Windows 10 EOS

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:

• iPhone 15 Pro Max "dead" display scare
• Trying a vertical mouse for the first time
• Google Gemini in Google Bard
• Google NotebookLM with Gemini generally available
• Who can affort Microsoft 365 Copilot at $30 per month?
• Biopic about singer Edith iaf will use AI to recreate her speaking voice
• Todd's musing of the day: Will people stop using question marks when writing because AI chatbots do not require them?
• Jon's tip: Cast Apple Preview edit to an iPad or iPhone for touch editing

MobileViews Podcast 486: Guest co-host Sven Johannsen. Favorite 2023 gadgets (so far)

Todd Ogasawara is joined by guest co-host Sven Johannsen for this podcast. They discuss some of the favorite new 2023 gadgets (and a few disappointments). The favs include: A 2nd generation Amazon Echo Show 8 (not the new 3rd gen), low-cost GaN chargers, low-price mini-soundbars, combo tablet stand/docks, Google Pixel Tablet, BougeRV Car fridge, ThruNite EDC Flashlight  Archer Mini, and Canon EOS T7.

MobileViews Podcast 485: Amazon/Comixology rant; Using a sub-$100 Android tablet; and more

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall and joined by frequent guest panelists Steven Hughes and Sven Johannsen for this podcast. They discuss:

• YouTube now able to ingest audio-only podcasts using RSS. The MobileViews Podcast is now available on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@ToddOgasawara/podcasts
• Surprised that Apple offered AppleCare+ warranty extensions
• Todd Has been using a sub-$100 Android tablet. The experience is a good one if you manage expectations.
• Todd received notice that he has access to Google NotebookLM but this does not appear to be availablle for his use
• Todd's rant: Amazon turning off the Comixology app on December 4 forcing users to use the less comicbook friendly Kindle app.
• Adam Savage CT scan of USB-C cable why Apples Cable costs $130