MobileViews.com Podcast

Todd recorded one minute of audio outdoors and provides an A-B comparison of the original audio recording with a version processed by Adobe Podcast beta.

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:

• Todd's first attempt to use Adobe Podcast beta to enhance audio for a podcast
• Looking forward to Microsoft Bing powered by GPT?
• MacWhisper (Whisper Transcription in the US) uses OpenAI to transcribe audio files
• Valentine's Day tech?

Todd Ogasawara tests the Adobe Podcast beta which claims to reduce noise and enhance speech. You can hear Todd's initial impressions, a caveat on his impressions, and then short (10 seconds each) original podcast audio and Adobe Podcast beta processed snippets of both Todd and co-host Jon Westfall speaking in MobileViews Podcast 440 recorded a few weeks ago.

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by Jason Dunn for this podcast. They discuss:

• Intel's horrible 2022
• Todd finally is making peace with Microsoft OneNote and To-Do
• Apple's Freeform in comparison with Microsoft Teams and a related discussion of the Electron framework
• Jason's experiences with electric vehicles, solar panels, and battery technology
• Letting go of old but still functional gadgets
• ChatGPT haiku :-)

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

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

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

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

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.

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