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MobileViews Editor Todd Ogasawara discusses mobile technology hardware and software
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Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by frequent guest panelist Don Sorcinelli. They discuss Microsoft's intent to include ChatGPT-like AI in its Office suite, Google Bard's pre-launch misfire, and wonder if Apple's Siri is going to get some AI "smartness" to compete with Microsoft and Google.
They also discuss Jon appreciating Apple's easy-to-replace AirTag battery, changes in our Every Day Carry (EDC) items, and Don's experience with Rocketbook and the Microsoft Windows and Office Insider programs.
Note: Todd used Adobe Podcast beta to post-process the audio for this podcast.
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
In this MobileViews Podcast Hawaii Techies edition, Todd Ogasawara is joined by special guest co-host Kiman Wong. They have a discussion spanning from the 1980s to the present. Kiman has a great perspective of this development over time. At one point in his career, he was the GM for the Time Warner Oceanic Hawaii Roadrunnder (cable modem) service.
Sunday Jan 22, 2023
Sunday Jan 22, 2023
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:
- Jon's new PsychOut Discord server focusing on psychology, technology, and their intersection
- A high school with lights that can't be turned off because of software failure
- The decline of newly created podcasts series
- GNU Octave: A scientific programming language compatible with Matlab scripts
- Apple's 1980s Lisa computer's OS source code released as Open Source
- A TV series based on the 2015 Hugo award winning novel The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin. The first episode is available for free viewing on YouTube. The series is viewable (in the US) on the Viki.com streaming service
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:
- Developing a notion of how Apple's Freeform app fits into the note taking world
- The emergence of end-user accessible AI tools
- Jon's view of tools like ChatGPT in higher education.
- Jon's overview of Apple's AirPods Pro 2nd generation
Sunday Jan 08, 2023
Sunday Jan 08, 2023
In this podcast, Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:
- Todd temporarily switching to a low-cost ($30) USB condenser microphone
- LAMY Safari smart pen reinventing the Pulse Livescribe (released in 2008)
- Honolulu's credit card based parking meters shutdown because Verizon turned off its 3G wireless network
- AT&T turned off 411 operator service for its PhoneS landline phone customers
- CES: WIthings U-Scan - urine analyzer
- CES: Samsung Flex Hybrid Tablet
- Apple VR/AR rumors
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
In this podcast Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall recorded the first few minutes of the session using Cleanfeed.net and then switched to Microsoft Teams for an A-B audio comparison.
They also discuss:
- The last 3G network in the US (Verizon's) is turned off
- Ourodev.com: Install your own City of Heroes server
- Jon's 22 year old shareware is still available on Archive.org
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Todd Ogasawara is joined by frequent guest Paul Lawler. We discuss a few our favorite 2022 gadgets and services from a digital coffee scale to a Synology NAS. We bid farewell Dark Sky and Slingbox. And, I take a brief Jurassic Tech side trail after finding an old Eye-Fi WiFi-enabled 4GB SD card from around 2006 for digital cameras.
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:
- Jon's stymied winter holiday travel plans (like millions of other people in the US)
- Jon's comments about the current state of technology based on a recent visit to Disneyworld
- Apple's new Freeform collaboration app
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Guest co-host/guest panelist: Ryan Ozawa
- Moving from Meta Bulletin to Substack
- Hawaii in-person tech events
- Twitter alternatives
- Mastadon
- Post
- Arc browser
Sunday Dec 18, 2022
Sunday Dec 18, 2022
Todd Ogasawara is joined by guest panelists Jack Cook and Sven Johannsen for this podcast.
We noted that today, Dec. 18, 2022, marks the last day of Leo Laporte's syndicated Tech Guy radio program.
iOS and iPadOS 16.2 were released on Dec. 12. Todd and Sven gave the new Apple Freeform collaboration app a quick test.
Jack told us about the Samsung Z-Fold4 phone with not just two screens. It has three!
Sven noted that the Microsoft Surface Earbuds can be used to control a PowerPoint slideshow during a presentation.