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MobileViews Editor Todd Ogasawara discusses mobile technology hardware and software
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Oct 8, 2023
Oct 8, 2023
57 min
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by Steve Hughes, Sven Johannsen, and Don Sorcinelli.
They briefly discuss the new Google devices announced during the October 4 Made By Google event and more time on the new Tensor G3 software enabled features: Video Boost, improved Night Sight, Audio Magic Eraser, Best Take, and Magic Editor. They debate Magic Editor's impact as it lowers the bar to create memories that never were.
The finish the podcast with a series of mini-rants including: Google's trade-in value for old iPhone vs. recent Pixel models; Google's alleged 7 years of support for the Pixel 8 series; Is the new Microsoft Outlook for Windows 11 that replaces Calendar and Contacts really better? And, finally, the ever increasing prices for streaming services.
Oct 2, 2023
Oct 2, 2023
38 min
In this podcast I spent the first 4 minutes solo explaining how the first 9 minutes of the podcast audio was lost while using Adobe Podcast Studio beta (emphasis on "beta") and briefly summarizing the discussion Jon and I had about Google sunsetting its podcast app in 2024 and a side discussion about NPR's odd regional subscription pricing.
For the remainder of the podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss the Meta (Facebook's parent company) AI chatbot, MacOS Sonoma's features of interest to us, an Adaptive Audio oddity when using the AirPods Pro 2nd generation earbuds, and the new Withings Body Scan Scale.
Sep 25, 2023
Sep 25, 2023
46 min
Todd Ogasawara & Jon Westfall discuss Amazon & Microsoft's AI announcements in the past week (mostly ignoring their hardware announcements). They also discuss Google's Bard integration with Google apps and services.
They also discuss Jon's planned approach for an upcoming AI faculty panel at the university where he is a professor.
Sep 18, 2023
Sep 18, 2023
35 min
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss the recent Apple iPhone and Watch announcements with guest panelist Steve Hughes with a focus on items that did not get much attention (crossword puzzles in News+) during the event as well as clearing up some questions about which new features (such as the new portrait photography refocus ability) will be available for older devices.
Sep 10, 2023
Sep 10, 2023
36 min
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall use Adobe Podcast Studio beta as their remote podcast recording tool. For this session, Adobe Podcast Studio beta replaced their usual recording tool set of Microsoft Teams (for voice over internet) and Rogue Amoeba Audio Hijack (to record from Teams).
They also discuss the upcoming (Sept. 12) Apple Wonderlust product announcement event and the near future (Oct. 4) Google Pixel devices announcement event.
Aug 31, 2023
Aug 31, 2023
15 min
To kick off the Mobile Food Views podcast, Todd Ogasawara is joined by Philip Mow to talk about Poke (seasoned diced raw fish) in Hawaii. We ventured to Hanapa'a Market in East Honolulu where Todd had the Cali-Crunch and Phil had the special-of-the day - a miso salmon.
The recorded this podcast outdoors using the relatively new ABSGEEGA K51 wireless lavalier microphones recorded to an iPhone 14 Pro.
They also reminisced a bit about working with mainframes in the good ol' days :-)
Aug 28, 2023
Aug 28, 2023
46 min
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by Jack Cook for this podcast. They discuss:
- Meta Threads finally has a web UI
- Notion AI
- Foundry tech magazines (Macworld, PCWorld, Tech Advisor, and TechHive archive as knowledge source for an AI chatbot
- Python =PY() coming to Excel
- Wordpress 100-year $38K domain/site
- Fried chicken (???)
Aug 21, 2023
Aug 21, 2023
51 min
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by frequent guest panelists Steven Hughes and Sven Johannsen. They discuss:
- FEMA's Hawaii rumor response and frequently asked questions
- Why Todd didn't turn to X (Twitter) for first hand information after hearing about the Lahaina, Maui wildfires
- Why Canadians can't turn to Facebook for news during its current wildfires emergencies
- CBS reported Microsoft pulled an AI-generated article that recommended tourists visit the Ottawa Food Bank for ... food
- Haystack News
- Apple Batterygate settlement money going out soon
- Sven's Google Pixel Fold experience ... so far
Aug 13, 2023
Aug 13, 2023
45 min
Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by frequent guest panelist Don Sorcinelli. They discuss:
- One of the recommended charity funds to support the victims of the Lahaina Maui wildfire
- Using CharityNavigator to vet charitable organizations
- Ooma VoiP for home phones and progress in porting Todd's landline phone number to it
- Noting the IBM PC's launch 42 years and 1 day ago (Aug. 23, 1981) and other tech reminisces
- Making peace with the Notion note-taking service and considering trying Obsidian too
- Jon's tech travel notes based on his recent trip to attend the American Psychological Association conference in Washington DC
Aug 6, 2023
Aug 6, 2023
1hr 5 min
Todd Ogasawara and guest co-host Steven Hughes discuss:
- Todd's adventures with Ooma Telo Air 2 (in progress)
- Home Automation: Smarter Living; US Cyber Trust Mark; & more
- Is AI/LLM/Machine Learning getting less intelligence
- Tesla range and price claims
- Apple and Google lead initiative for an industry specification to address unwanted tracking
- Keep or toss all those streaming video services that are all increasing prices at the same time?
- Star Trek Strange New Worlds
- NASA+: New streaming service