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Jony Ive to oversee software and hardware design at OpenAI with possible hardware in 2026, Google I/O highlights including personal context Gemini, Veo video generation, and Jason goes hands-on with Android XR glasses. Plus, CarPlay Ultra and exciting WWDC news.Bonus Episode: WWDC and Stephen's Secret Events. Listen here!Sponsored by:AGNTCY: Build with other engineers who care about high quality multi-agent software. Visit AGNTCY.org and add your supportShow Notes via EmailSign up to get exactly one email per week from the Primary Tech guys with the full episode show notes for your perusal. Click here to subscribe.Watch on YouTube!Subscribe and watch our weekly episodes plus bonus clips at: https://youtu.be/PCRgrJ5cPP0Join the CommunityDiscuss new episodes, start your own conversation, and join the Primary Tech community here: social.primarytech.fmSupport the showGet ad-free versions of the show plus exclusive bonus episodes every week! Subscribe directly in Apple Podcasts or here if you want chapters: primarytech.memberful.com/joinReach out:Stephen's YouTube Channel@stephenrobles on ThreadsStephen on BlueskyStephen on Mastodon@stephenrobles on XJason's Inc.com Articles@jasonaten on Threads@JasonAten on XJason on BlueskyJason on MastodonWe would also appreciate a 5-star rating and review in Apple Podcasts and SpotifyPodcast artwork with help from Basic Apple Guy.Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: podcast@primarytech.fmLinks from the showSam and Jony introduce io | OpenAILoveFrom, Serif: created by Jony Ive's LoveFrom | WallpaperThe 15 biggest announcements at Google I/O 2025 | The VergeAt I/O, Google Just Shipped Apple's AI PromisesGoogle I/O '25 Keynote - YouTubeMicrosoft CTO Kevin Scott on the birth of the agentic web | The VergeGoogle Shows Off Android XR Smart Glasses With In-Lens Display - MacRumorsFortnite returns to the US App Store for iPhone and iPad - 9to5MacCarPlay Ultra, the next generation of CarPlay, begins rolling out today - AppleApple's Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off June 9 - Apple (00:00) - Intro (03:07) - OpenAI ❤️ Jony Ive (11:00) - Google I/O Highlights (17:08) - Gemini + Search (25:08) - Veo and Flow (29:41) - Sponsor: Agntcy (30:52) - Android XR Hand's On (43:29) - Fortnite Returns to iPhone (44:49) - CarPlay Ultra (48:39) - WWDC Invites (51:28) - Mac App Shenanigans ★ Support this podcast ★
This is a preview of a bonus episode- check it out on our Patreon! ------ Designer Michael Oswell joins the show this week to talk about his work in graphic design and typography. Michael talks about how he got started in design, at a time when work was still drawn by hand first and tailored to print mediums – and how the expectations of social media platforms and digital first technologies has diminished the importance of drawing. We also speculate over contemporary fascism's penchant for Serif fonts, what the decline of original imagery tells us about culture's lack of imagination, and whether modern design's inability to inspire is the fault of the Adobe Creative Suite. Follow and support Michael's work, here: https://www.instagram.com/michaeloswellgraphicdesigner/?hl=en-gb ------ PALESTINE AID LINKS You can donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians and other charities using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to survive, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money. https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict -------- PHOEBE ALERT Phoebe! Okay, now that we have your attention; check out her Substack Here! Check out Masters of our Domain with Milo and Patrick, here! -------- Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).
Me. I Am. A Memoir. The Meaning of 'The Meaning of Mariah Carey'
Last time on Christine Lahti in Space: Dr Christine Lahti receives a visitor from back home, a no-nonsense veterinarian played by Sheryl Lee Ralph, who has bad news about Sunset, Dr Lahti's beloved Crested Gecko. Sunset needs an urgent blood transfusion, and the only suitable donor is space Nurse, who refuses on religious grounds. Special Guest Star Heather Locklear as a retired discount hairdresser confronts Pencil (Daphne Zuniga) in the stationery cupboard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Imagine Dolly Parton's Jolene. Now, imagine Miley Cyrus singing it. It's the same song and the same lyrics—but they feel completely different, right? That's exactly how typefaces work. A typeface sets the tone before a single word is read. It tells your audience who you are—before they even realize it. And whether your brand feels classic and trustworthy like Dolly's Jolene or bold and modern like Miley's version depends on the choices you make in your typography.” Today, we're diving into the world of fonts, branding, and first impressions. We'll break down: The difference between a typeface and a font (spoiler: Jolene analogy included
El día de hoy: Les hablo un poco de la publicación más reciente de PowerOn de Bloomberg, la oferta de Serif para ganarle usuarios a Adobe y la nueva actualización de Ivory para Mastodon. Leer más: Nuevos modelos de Apple Watch | Bloomberg ↗︎ Prueba gratis de Affinity por 6 meses | Serif ↗︎ Nueva versión 2.0 de Ivory para Mastodon | Ivory by Tapbots ↗︎ No olvides suscribirte y calificar el podcast en cualquier plataforma donde lo estés escuchando, también me puedes seguir en mis redes sociales o unirte al canal de Telegram @olveratech en todas ellas. ¡Muchas gracias por escuchar!
Nem csak Közép- és Kelet-Európa a világnak olyan része, amelyet az I. világháború és az azt lezáró béke a mai napig meghatároz: a Közel-Kelet is ilyen térség.Ebben az epizódban Mestyán Ádámmal, Amerika elit egyeteme, a Duke University történelemtanszékének docensével beszélgetek az oszmán birodalom szétrobbanásáról és a mai arab államok kialakulásáról, brit ügynökökről és egy magára hagyott királyról.No és egy kicsit a punkról, mert hogy a Közel-Kelet-kutató életét egy ideig nem az arabisztika és a tudomány, hanem a költészet és a Vágtázó Halottkémek határozták meg – amely bandának igen fiatalon basszusgitárosa lett.
Summary In dieser Folge von SEOpresso spricht Björn mit Moritz Serif über SEO im Redaktionsumfeld, insbesondere über Google Discover und Google News. Moritz teilt seine Erfahrungen aus verschiedenen Redaktionen und betont die Bedeutung von SEO in diesem Bereich. Moritz gibt Einblicke in die Optimierung für Google Discover und betont die Bedeutung von Autorität, einzigartigem Content und Engagement. Sie sprechen auch über die Auswirkungen von Google Discover auf Redaktionen und die Herausforderungen bei der Messung des Erfolgs. Schließlich diskutieren sie die SEO-Optimierung für Nachrichtenereignisse und wie Redaktionen sich darauf vorbereiten können. In diesem Teil des Gesprächs geht es um die organisatorischen Herausforderungen bei der SEO-Optimierung von Nachrichtenartikeln. Moritz Serif erklärt, wie er bei der US-Wahl mit seinem Team zusammengearbeitet hat und wie sie den Live-Traffic beobachtet haben, um den Titel und den Inhalt der Artikel anzupassen. Sie diskutieren auch, wie man bei ad hoc Ereignissen wie Anschlägen oder Unfällen schnell reagiert und die Redaktion und SEO zusammenarbeitet. Moritz Serif betont die Bedeutung von Schulungen und Wissenstransfer, um die gesamte Redaktion für SEO zu sensibilisieren. Takeaways SEO ist ein wichtiges Thema in Redaktionen, insbesondere bei Digitalpublishern wie Ippen. Für Google Discover ist Autorität auf ein bestimmtes Thema, einzigartiger Content und Engagement entscheidend. Google Discover kann eine bedeutende Traffic-Quelle sein, aber es ist wichtig, nicht zu abhängig davon zu werden. Die Optimierung für Nachrichtenereignisse erfordert eine gute Planung und Nutzung von SEO-Tools. Die SEO-Optimierung von Nachrichtenartikeln erfordert eine enge Zusammenarbeit zwischen der Redaktion und dem SEO-Team. Beim Live-Traffic-Monitoring während Ereignissen wie der US-Wahl können Titel und Inhalte von Artikeln angepasst werden, um den Traffic zu steigern. Bei ad hoc Ereignissen ist es wichtig, schnell zu reagieren und die Redaktion und SEO zusammenzubringen, um die Berichterstattung zu planen. SEO-Schulungen und Wissenstransfer sind entscheidend, um die gesamte Redaktion für SEO zu sensibilisieren und sicherzustellen, dass SEO in den redaktionellen Prozess integriert wird. Chapters 00:00 SEO im Redaktionsumfeld: Die Bedeutung von Google Discover und Google News 07:43 Optimierung für Google Discover: Autorität, einzigartiger Content und Engagement 13:23 Die Auswirkungen von Google Discover auf Redaktionen 22:31 Schnelle Reaktion und Zusammenarbeit bei ad hoc Ereignissen 29:14 Akzeptanz und Verständnis für SEO in der Redaktion
#174 The news of Canva buying Affinity and its parent company Serif has shocked and outraged designers worldwide. Find out more about the Affinity acquisition and what it means for designers.
This Week's Topics: Apple announces WWDC 2024 Apple users target of phishing attack Canva acquires Serif's Affinity apps Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner
This Week's Topics: Apple announces WWDC 2024 Apple users target of phishing attack Canva acquires Serif's Affinity apps Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner
In this week's episode, the gang discusses the DOJ antitrust lawsuit against Apple, the upcoming WWDC 2024 in June, Apple's chip vulnerability, and Tim Cook's goodwill tour in China. The panel also shares their thoughts on NAB 2024, Nikon's acquisition of RED, Canva's purchase of Affinity, and a recent auction of vintage Apple memorabilia. US Department of Justice and 18 state attorneys general sue Apple for violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act, alleging that Apple maintains an unlawful monopoly. The panel breaks down the DOJ's 88-page complaint, discussing its merits, challenges, and potential outcomes Apple announces the dates for WWDC 2024 (June 10-14), with the panel speculating on potential AI announcements and updates to iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 Mark Gurman's reports on the delay of new iPads due to software issues An unpatchable vulnerability in Apple Silicon chips that can leak secret encryption keys, with the panel discussing its implications and mitigations EU announces investigations into Apple, Meta, and Alphabet under the Digital Markets Act, focusing on the App Store and restrictions on developers Nikon acquires RED Digital Cinema, with Alex Lindsay providing insight into the camera industry and the potential impact of the acquisition Canva acquires Serif, the makers of Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher, raising questions about the future of the Affinity suite Tim Cook's visit to China to announce a new Shanghai store and meet with developers and companies, as well as his commitment to launch the Vision Pro headset in China by the end of the year Steve Jobs and Apple memorabilia fetch high prices at auction, including a signed business card and a handwritten check Picks of the Week: Andy: STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces - a two-part documentary about the comedian's life and career, premiering on Apple TV+ on March 29th Jason: HomeControl Menu for HomeKit - a Mac menu bar app that allows users to control their home devices without opening the Home app Alex: Nuphy Air96 - a mechanical keyboard which offers a great typing experience and customization options Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/zerotrustAI Download StressFace robinhood.com/boost zocdoc.com/macbreak cachefly.com/twit
In this week's episode, the gang discusses the DOJ antitrust lawsuit against Apple, the upcoming WWDC 2024 in June, Apple's chip vulnerability, and Tim Cook's goodwill tour in China. The panel also shares their thoughts on NAB 2024, Nikon's acquisition of RED, Canva's purchase of Affinity, and a recent auction of vintage Apple memorabilia. US Department of Justice and 18 state attorneys general sue Apple for violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act, alleging that Apple maintains an unlawful monopoly. The panel breaks down the DOJ's 88-page complaint, discussing its merits, challenges, and potential outcomes Apple announces the dates for WWDC 2024 (June 10-14), with the panel speculating on potential AI announcements and updates to iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 Mark Gurman's reports on the delay of new iPads due to software issues An unpatchable vulnerability in Apple Silicon chips that can leak secret encryption keys, with the panel discussing its implications and mitigations EU announces investigations into Apple, Meta, and Alphabet under the Digital Markets Act, focusing on the App Store and restrictions on developers Nikon acquires RED Digital Cinema, with Alex Lindsay providing insight into the camera industry and the potential impact of the acquisition Canva acquires Serif, the makers of Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher, raising questions about the future of the Affinity suite Tim Cook's visit to China to announce a new Shanghai store and meet with developers and companies, as well as his commitment to launch the Vision Pro headset in China by the end of the year Steve Jobs and Apple memorabilia fetch high prices at auction, including a signed business card and a handwritten check Picks of the Week: Andy: STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces - a two-part documentary about the comedian's life and career, premiering on Apple TV+ on March 29th Jason: HomeControl Menu for HomeKit - a Mac menu bar app that allows users to control their home devices without opening the Home app Alex: Nuphy Air96 - a mechanical keyboard which offers a great typing experience and customization options Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/zerotrustAI Download StressFace robinhood.com/boost zocdoc.com/macbreak cachefly.com/twit
In this week's episode, the gang discusses the DOJ antitrust lawsuit against Apple, the upcoming WWDC 2024 in June, Apple's chip vulnerability, and Tim Cook's goodwill tour in China. The panel also shares their thoughts on NAB 2024, Nikon's acquisition of RED, Canva's purchase of Affinity, and a recent auction of vintage Apple memorabilia. US Department of Justice and 18 state attorneys general sue Apple for violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act, alleging that Apple maintains an unlawful monopoly. The panel breaks down the DOJ's 88-page complaint, discussing its merits, challenges, and potential outcomes Apple announces the dates for WWDC 2024 (June 10-14), with the panel speculating on potential AI announcements and updates to iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 Mark Gurman's reports on the delay of new iPads due to software issues An unpatchable vulnerability in Apple Silicon chips that can leak secret encryption keys, with the panel discussing its implications and mitigations EU announces investigations into Apple, Meta, and Alphabet under the Digital Markets Act, focusing on the App Store and restrictions on developers Nikon acquires RED Digital Cinema, with Alex Lindsay providing insight into the camera industry and the potential impact of the acquisition Canva acquires Serif, the makers of Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher, raising questions about the future of the Affinity suite Tim Cook's visit to China to announce a new Shanghai store and meet with developers and companies, as well as his commitment to launch the Vision Pro headset in China by the end of the year Steve Jobs and Apple memorabilia fetch high prices at auction, including a signed business card and a handwritten check Picks of the Week: Andy: STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces - a two-part documentary about the comedian's life and career, premiering on Apple TV+ on March 29th Jason: HomeControl Menu for HomeKit - a Mac menu bar app that allows users to control their home devices without opening the Home app Alex: Nuphy Air96 - a mechanical keyboard which offers a great typing experience and customization options Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/zerotrustAI Download StressFace robinhood.com/boost zocdoc.com/macbreak cachefly.com/twit
In this week's episode, the gang discusses the DOJ antitrust lawsuit against Apple, the upcoming WWDC 2024 in June, Apple's chip vulnerability, and Tim Cook's goodwill tour in China. The panel also shares their thoughts on NAB 2024, Nikon's acquisition of RED, Canva's purchase of Affinity, and a recent auction of vintage Apple memorabilia. US Department of Justice and 18 state attorneys general sue Apple for violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act, alleging that Apple maintains an unlawful monopoly. The panel breaks down the DOJ's 88-page complaint, discussing its merits, challenges, and potential outcomes Apple announces the dates for WWDC 2024 (June 10-14), with the panel speculating on potential AI announcements and updates to iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 Mark Gurman's reports on the delay of new iPads due to software issues An unpatchable vulnerability in Apple Silicon chips that can leak secret encryption keys, with the panel discussing its implications and mitigations EU announces investigations into Apple, Meta, and Alphabet under the Digital Markets Act, focusing on the App Store and restrictions on developers Nikon acquires RED Digital Cinema, with Alex Lindsay providing insight into the camera industry and the potential impact of the acquisition Canva acquires Serif, the makers of Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher, raising questions about the future of the Affinity suite Tim Cook's visit to China to announce a new Shanghai store and meet with developers and companies, as well as his commitment to launch the Vision Pro headset in China by the end of the year Steve Jobs and Apple memorabilia fetch high prices at auction, including a signed business card and a handwritten check Picks of the Week: Andy: STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces - a two-part documentary about the comedian's life and career, premiering on Apple TV+ on March 29th Jason: HomeControl Menu for HomeKit - a Mac menu bar app that allows users to control their home devices without opening the Home app Alex: Nuphy Air96 - a mechanical keyboard which offers a great typing experience and customization options Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/zerotrustAI Download StressFace robinhood.com/boost zocdoc.com/macbreak cachefly.com/twit
In this week's episode, the gang discusses the DOJ antitrust lawsuit against Apple, the upcoming WWDC 2024 in June, Apple's chip vulnerability, and Tim Cook's goodwill tour in China. The panel also shares their thoughts on NAB 2024, Nikon's acquisition of RED, Canva's purchase of Affinity, and a recent auction of vintage Apple memorabilia. US Department of Justice and 18 state attorneys general sue Apple for violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act, alleging that Apple maintains an unlawful monopoly. The panel breaks down the DOJ's 88-page complaint, discussing its merits, challenges, and potential outcomes Apple announces the dates for WWDC 2024 (June 10-14), with the panel speculating on potential AI announcements and updates to iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 Mark Gurman's reports on the delay of new iPads due to software issues An unpatchable vulnerability in Apple Silicon chips that can leak secret encryption keys, with the panel discussing its implications and mitigations EU announces investigations into Apple, Meta, and Alphabet under the Digital Markets Act, focusing on the App Store and restrictions on developers Nikon acquires RED Digital Cinema, with Alex Lindsay providing insight into the camera industry and the potential impact of the acquisition Canva acquires Serif, the makers of Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher, raising questions about the future of the Affinity suite Tim Cook's visit to China to announce a new Shanghai store and meet with developers and companies, as well as his commitment to launch the Vision Pro headset in China by the end of the year Steve Jobs and Apple memorabilia fetch high prices at auction, including a signed business card and a handwritten check Picks of the Week: Andy: STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces - a two-part documentary about the comedian's life and career, premiering on Apple TV+ on March 29th Jason: HomeControl Menu for HomeKit - a Mac menu bar app that allows users to control their home devices without opening the Home app Alex: Nuphy Air96 - a mechanical keyboard which offers a great typing experience and customization options Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/zerotrustAI Download StressFace robinhood.com/boost zocdoc.com/macbreak cachefly.com/twit
In this week's episode, the gang discusses the DOJ antitrust lawsuit against Apple, the upcoming WWDC 2024 in June, Apple's chip vulnerability, and Tim Cook's goodwill tour in China. The panel also shares their thoughts on NAB 2024, Nikon's acquisition of RED, Canva's purchase of Affinity, and a recent auction of vintage Apple memorabilia. US Department of Justice and 18 state attorneys general sue Apple for violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act, alleging that Apple maintains an unlawful monopoly. The panel breaks down the DOJ's 88-page complaint, discussing its merits, challenges, and potential outcomes Apple announces the dates for WWDC 2024 (June 10-14), with the panel speculating on potential AI announcements and updates to iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 Mark Gurman's reports on the delay of new iPads due to software issues An unpatchable vulnerability in Apple Silicon chips that can leak secret encryption keys, with the panel discussing its implications and mitigations EU announces investigations into Apple, Meta, and Alphabet under the Digital Markets Act, focusing on the App Store and restrictions on developers Nikon acquires RED Digital Cinema, with Alex Lindsay providing insight into the camera industry and the potential impact of the acquisition Canva acquires Serif, the makers of Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher, raising questions about the future of the Affinity suite Tim Cook's visit to China to announce a new Shanghai store and meet with developers and companies, as well as his commitment to launch the Vision Pro headset in China by the end of the year Steve Jobs and Apple memorabilia fetch high prices at auction, including a signed business card and a handwritten check Picks of the Week: Andy: STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces - a two-part documentary about the comedian's life and career, premiering on Apple TV+ on March 29th Jason: HomeControl Menu for HomeKit - a Mac menu bar app that allows users to control their home devices without opening the Home app Alex: Nuphy Air96 - a mechanical keyboard which offers a great typing experience and customization options Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/zerotrustAI Download StressFace robinhood.com/boost zocdoc.com/macbreak cachefly.com/twit
What makes an accessible typeface? And how can we improve typography in regard to web accessibility? To answer this and other questions, I invited type designer Eleni Beveratou, creative director at Dalton Maag. We discuss:
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The party is flung forward into the future via Serif's opened rift. They must pick up the pieces, regroup with old friends, and head up to the palace one last time for a chance at redemption. Cast: DM: Joe Swo Johnson: Bob Henry McCoy: Derek ("Cheddar") Chadwick: Dan Maggie Haggis: Sam Ividian: Alex --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-geek-rep/support
Their adversary is dead only for a new one to rise, but giving them a clear motivation to move forward out of new captivity to pursue vengeance yet again. Serif leaves to pursue his new goals, leaving our players trapped behind him armed with a powerful key to the aether Cast: DM: Joe Swo Johnson: Bob Henry McCoy: Derek ("Cheddar") Chadwick: Dan Maggie Haggis: Sam Ividian: Alex --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-geek-rep/support
Having escaped Grimwall Prison from the help of a mysterious friend named Serif, it seems as though everyone's goals align to take vengeance upon the man responsible for their imprisonment. The streets are in an uproar over the recent assassination of the High Priest, the King essentially, while people riot against each other over use of dark magic. With the High Priest dead, the heir to the throne missing, and the leader of the Zealot militant forces now being hunted, who will be left to take over Grimwall? Cast: DM: Joe Swo Johnson: Bob Henry McCoy: Derek ("Cheddar") Chadwick: Dan Maggie Haggis: Sam Ividian: Alex --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-geek-rep/support
#39: Hear the life journey of Penticton's Mayor, Julius Bloomfield. From his unconventional upbringing amidst the chaos of a British psychiatric hospital to his transformative role in shaping the future of a city nestled between two lakes, Julius's story is nothing short of extraordinary. From his roots in England, his journey to Canada, and his rise from running British pubs to becoming a prominent figure in Penticton's real estate and political scene. Through insightful conversations, we delve into Julius's unique perspectives on social issues, economic development, and his passion for sustainability, all while gaining a deeper understanding of his vision for Penticton's future. • 00:00:13 Start• 00:02:27 Okanagan wine! Two different wines to recognize the two different personalities/demographics in the biz• 00:07:10 Hard year for the Okanagan wine industry• 00:08:00 August rock slide• 00:08:35 Julius from England• 00:08:51 Moving around Britain from a young age• 00:09:07 Growing up with parents in the mental health industry• 00:10:05 1988, exploring Canada• 00:11:34 Julius's protective babysitter• 00:12:44 Living with bohemian/gypsy-style parents• 00:14:11 32 Running British pubs• 00:14:41 Cams Adopting Journey• 00:16:01 Cam's people are from the Isle of Muck• 00:17:28 Julius's family tree• 00:18:47 Why Canada• 00:19:12 Starting with nothing to something by 19• 00:19:52 British Society standards• 00:21:02 Choosing Canada• 00:22:41 “The Okanagan is the place to go!”• 00:24:16 Buying the Naramata Pub• 00:27:26 Introducing the log cabin• 00:28:51 Selling the pub and getting into Real Estate• 00:29:02 Why Real Estate• 00:29:50 Working in a job that pays for results and not for time• 00:30:34 The difference between his son, the Serif vs. RCMP vs. City Police• 00:31:39 Junior partner second, mayor first!• 00:32:25 Needing purpose in your life• 00:32:43 Getting into politics• 00:32:54 Running for the Green Party• 00:33:55 Social issues taking a toll on his mayorship• 00:35:02 The level of drugs in different city centers• 00:35:27 Recovery models, the four-pillar approach• 00:37:19 Safe Places bylaw in Penticton• 00:37:37 The argument of the people for change vs. the people who favour sameness• 00:38:48 Fuzzy lines between productive services• 00:39:34 2023 crime rates in Penticton, the traction is in the numbers• 00:42:19 Car 40• 00:44:06 The demand for housing in city centres• 00:45:30 Social housing needs within Penticton and major city centres• 00:45:56 Penticton bike path• 00:49:51 Economic development• 00:51:27 Pentictions natural amenities• 00:51:50 Electric Mobility / EV Revolution• 00:52:35 Rivian's• 00:54:46 Julius's Solar Panel Ranch• 01:00:42 Becoming a Horse Enthusiast• 01:01:29 Endurance horse racing• 01:04:34 The Iron Man Horse Race• 01:06:03 Vision for Penticton• 01:08:09 Critical on new development companies entering Penticton's Real Estate scene• 01:10:26 Lifestyle, lifestyle, lifestyle• 01:12:28 Feeling failure• 01:13:00 Being in service to the city you love• 01:13:22 End
Gutenburg shipped the first working printing press around 1450 and typeface was born. Before then most books were hand written, often in blackletter calligraphy. And they were expensive. The next few decades saw Nicolas Jensen develop the Roman typeface, Aldus Manutius and Francesco Griffo create the first italic typeface. This represented a period where people were experimenting with making type that would save space. The 1700s saw the start of a focus on readability. William Caslon created the Old Style typeface in 1734. John Baskerville developed Transitional typefaces in 1757. And Firmin Didot and Giambattista Bodoni created two typefaces that would become the modern family of Serif. Then slab Serif, which we now call Antique, came in 1815 ushering in an era of experimenting with using type for larger formats, suitable for advertisements in various printed materials. These were necessary as more presses were printing more books and made possible by new levels of precision in the metal-casting. People started experimenting with various forms of typewriters in the mid-1860s and by the 1920s we got Frederic Goudy, the first real full-time type designer. Before him, it was part of a job. After him, it was a job. And we still use some of the typefaces he crafted, like Copperplate Gothic. And we saw an explosion of new fonts like Times New Roman in 1931. At the time, most typewriters used typefaces on the end of a metal shaft. Hit a kit, the shaft hammers onto a strip of ink and leaves a letter on the page. Kerning, or the space between characters, and letter placement were often there to reduce the chance that those metal hammers jammed. And replacing a font would have meant replacing tons of precision parts. Then came the IBM Selectric typewriter in 1961. Here we saw precision parts that put all those letters on a ball. Hit a key, the ball rotates and presses the ink onto the paper. And the ball could be replaced. A single document could now have multiple fonts without a ton of work. Xerox exploded that same year with the Xerox 914, one of the most successful products of all time. Now, we could type amazing documents with multiple fonts in the same document quickly - and photocopy them. And some of the numbers on those fancy documents were being spat out by those fancy computers, with their tubes. But as computers became transistorized heading into the 60s, it was only a matter of time before we put fonts on computer screens. Here, we initially used bitmaps to render letters onto a screen. By bitmap we mean that a series, or an array of pixels on a screen is a map of bits and where each should be displayed on a screen. We used to call these raster fonts, but the drawback was that to make characters bigger, we needed a whole new map of bits. To go to a bigger screen, we probably needed a whole new map of bits. As people thought about things like bold, underline, italics, guess what - also a new file. But through the 50s, transistor counts weren't nearly high enough to do something different than bitmaps as they rendered very quickly and you know, displays weren't very high quality so who could tell the difference anyways. Whirlwind was the first computer to project real-time graphics on the screen and the characters were simple blocky letters. But as the resolution of screens and the speed of interactivity increased, so did what was possible with drawing glyphs on screens. Rudolf Hell was a German, experimenting with using cathode ray tubes to project a CRT image onto paper that was photosensitive and thus print using CRT. He designed a simple font called Digital Grotesk, in 1968. It looked good on the CRT and the paper. And so that font would not only be used to digitize typesetting, loosely based on Neuzeit Book. And we quickly realized bitmaps weren't efficient to draw fonts to screen and by 1974 moved to outline, or vector, fonts. Here a Bézier curve was drawn onto the screen using an algorithm that created the character, or glyph using an outline and then filling in the space between. These took up less memory and so drew on the screen faster. Those could be defined in an operating system, and were used not only to draw characters but also by some game designers to draw entire screens of information by defining a character as a block and so taking up less memory to do graphics. These were scalable and by 1979 another German, Peter Karow, used spline algorithms wrote Ikarus, software that allowed a person to draw a shape on a screen and rasterize that. Now we could graphically create fonts that were scalable. In the meantime, the team at Xerox PARC had been experimenting with different ways to send pages of content to the first laser printers. Bob Sproull and Bill Newman created the Press format for the Star. But this wasn't incredibly flexible like what Karow would create. John Gaffney who was working with Ivan Sutherland at Evans & Sutherland, had been working with John Warnock on an interpreter that could pull information from a database of graphics. When he went to Xerox, he teamed up with Martin Newell to create J&M, which harnessed the latest chips to process graphics and character type onto printers. As it progressed, they renamed it to Interpress. Chuck Geschke started the Imaging Sciences Laboratory at Xerox PARC and eventually left Xerox with Warnock to start a company called Adobe in Warnock's garage, which they named after a creek behind his house. Bill Paxton had worked on “The Mother of All Demos” with Doug Engelbart at Stanford, where he got his PhD and then moved to Xerox PARC. There he worked on bitmap displays, laser printers, and GUIs - and so he joined Adobe as a co-founder in 1983 and worked on the font algorithms and helped ship a page description language, along with Chuck Geschke, Doug Brotz, and Ed Taft. Steve Jobs tried to buy Adobe in 1982 for $5 million. But instead they sold him just shy of 20% of the company and got a five-year license for PostScript. This allowed them to focus on making the PostScript language more extensible, and creating the Type 1 fonts. These had 2 parts. One that was a set of bit maps And another that was a font file that could be used to send the font to a device. We see this time and time again. The simpler an interface and the more down-market the science gets, the faster we see innovative industries come out of the work done. There were lots of fonts by now. The original 1984 Mac saw Susan Kare work with Jobs and others to ship a bunch of fonts named after cities like Chicago and San Francisco. She would design the fonts on paper and then conjure up the hex (that's hexadecimal) for graphics and fonts. She would then manually type the hexadecimal notation for each letter of each font. Previously, custom fonts were reserved for high end marketing and industrial designers. Apple considered licensing existing fonts but decided to go their own route. She painstakingly created new fonts and gave them the names of towns along train stops around Philadelphia where she grew up. Steve Jobs went for the city approach but insisted they be cool cities. And so the Chicago, Monaco, New York, Cairo, Toronto, Venice, Geneva, and Los Angeles fonts were born - with her personally developing Geneva, Chicago, and Cairo. And she did it in 9 x 7. I can still remember the magic of sitting down at a computer with a graphical interface for the first time. I remember opening MacPaint and changing between the fonts, marveling at the typefaces. I'd certainly seen different fonts in books. But never had I made a document and been able to set my own typeface! Not only that they could be in italics, outline, and bold. Those were all her. And she inspired a whole generation of innovation. Here, we see a clean line from Ivan Sutherland and the pioneering work done at MIT to the University of Utah to Stanford through the oNLine System (or NLS) to Xerox PARC and then to Apple. But with the rise of Windows and other graphical operating systems. As Apple's 5 year license for PostScript came and went they started developing their own font standard as a competitor to Adobe, which they called TrueType. Here we saw Times Roman, Courier, and symbols that could replace the PostScript fonts and updating to Geneva, Monaco, and others. They may not have gotten along with Microsoft, but they licensed TrueType to them nonetheless to make sure it was more widely adopted. And in exchange they got a license for TrueImage, which was a page description language that was compatible with PostScript. Given how high resolution screens had gotten it was time for the birth of anti-aliasing. He we could clean up the blocky “jaggies” as the gamers call them. Vertical and horizontal lines in the 8-bit era looked fine but distorted at higher resolutions and so spatial anti-aliasing and then post-processing anti-aliasing was born. By the 90s, Adobe was looking for the answer to TrueImage. So 1993 brought us PDF, now an international standard in ISO 32000-1:2008. But PDF Reader and other tools were good to Adobe for many years, along with Illustrator and then Photoshop and then the other products in the Adobe portfolio. By this time, even though Steve Jobs was gone, Apple was hard at work on new font technology that resulted in Apple Advanced Typography, or AAT. AAT gave us ligature control, better kerning and the ability to write characters on different axes. But even though Jobs was gone, negotiations between Apple and Microsoft broke down to license AAT to Microsoft. They were bitter competitors and Windows 95 wasn't even out yet. So Microsoft started work on OpenType, their own font standardized language in 1994 and Adobe joined the project to ship the next generation in 1997. And that would evolve into an open standard by the mid-2000s. And once an open standard, sometimes the de facto standard as opposed to those that need to be licensed. By then the web had become a thing. Early browsers and the wars between them to increment features meant developers had to build and test on potentially 4 or 5 different computers and often be frustrated by the results. So the WC3 began standardizing how a lot of elements worked in Extensible Markup Language, or XML. Images, layouts, colors, even fonts. SVGs are XML-based vector image. In other words the browser interprets a language that displays the image. That became a way to render Web Open Format or WOFF 1 was published in 2009 with contributions by Dutch educator Erik van Blokland, Jonathan Kew, and Tal Leming. This built on the CSS font styling rules that had shipped in Internet Explorer 4 and would slowly be added to every browser shipped, including Firefox since 3.6, Chrome since 6.0, Internet Explorer since 9, and Apple's Safari since 5.1. Then WOFF 2 added Brotli compression to get sizes down and render faster. WOFF has been a part of the W3C open web standard since 2011. Out of Apple's TrueType came TrueType GX, which added variable fonts. Here, a single font file could contain a number or range of variants to the initial font. So a family of fonts could be in a single file. OpenType added variable fonts in 2016, with Apple, Microsoft, and Google all announcing support. And of course the company that had been there since the beginning, Adobe, jumped on board as well. Fewer font files, faster page loads. So here we've looked at the progression of fonts from the printing press, becoming more efficient to conserve paper, through the advent of the electronic typewriter to the early bitmap fonts for screens to the vectorization led by Adobe into the Mac then Windows. We also see rethinking the font entirely so multiple scripts and character sets and axes can be represented and rendered efficiently. I am now converting all my user names into pig Latin for maximum security. Luckily those are character sets that are pretty widely supported. The ability to add color to pig Latin means that OpenType-SVG will allow me add spiffy color to my glyphs. It makes us wonder what's next for fonts. Maybe being able to design our own, or more to the point, customize those developed by others to make them our own. We didn't touch on emoji yet. But we'll just have to save the evolution of character sets and emoji for another day. In the meantime, let's think on the fact that fonts are such a big deal because Steve Jobs took a caligraphy class from a Trappist monk named Robert Palladino while enrolled at Reed College. Today we can painstakingly choose just the right font with just the right meaning because Palladino left the monastic life to marry and have a son. He taught jobs about serif and san serif and kerning and the art of typography. That style and attention to detail was one aspect of the original Mac that taught the world that computers could have style and grace as well. It's not hard to imagine if entire computers still only supported one font or even one font per document. Palladino never owned or used a computer though. His influence can be felt through the influence his pupil Jobs had. And it's actually amazing how many people who had such dramatic impacts on computing never really used one. Because so many smaller evolutions came after them. What evolutions do we see on the horizon today? And how many who put a snippet of code on a service like GitHub may never know the impact they have on so many?
So many ways to graft, so many materials! In this episode I speak to Serif Kücük who runs the Bone Factory training academy. Serif has spent years training with Prof Khoury and his results speak for themselves. In this episode, we aim to give you a glimpse of the power of autogenous bone
“Find the Universal.” When Mrs. Gallagher and I chatted about this “mantra” of hers it deeply moved me. Honestly, I have thought about it all week. As our ELL teacher (English Language Learner) she works daily with students from all over the world. In the three buildings that make up Tallmadge City Schools there are over 9 languages other than English being spoken. These are the young people that Mrs. Gallagher works with on a daily basis helping them learn and adjust to the daily demands of being a student in America. Her journey into education, and especially her journey to becoming an EL teacher is fascinating. What she does now wasn't her first, second, or even third career. Her journey through life encompasses time as a mother, grandmother, artist, college professor, poet, editor, author, and so much more. She describes herself as being curious and creative, both attributes modeled by her mother. Her writings, teaching, and stories certainly give evidence to these characteristics. Below you will find links to much of her work. She has a gift with words and a passion for poetry and art. She is also extremely passionate for her students. She combines her passion for both words and her students in her class and she teaches her students to describe to the world who they are and and to share their personal stories. I had the pleasure of sitting in on a recent professional development session where she and 6 of her Nepalis students enlightened our educators with strategies and stories of life as an international student at TCS. Their stories moved me. Much like our guest on episode 48, Serif Krkic, many of these young women were placed in the classroom without understanding English. One young lady, her poem linked below, shared with spoken and written word how she came over as a refugee, like Serif. Her poem is inspiring. Please listen to it, as she reads it in her own voice: Finding Myself By the time our conversation ended, as you will hear, Ms. Gallagher made it clear that she is passionate about her stories, her family, her art, and especially her students. She demonstrates and lives out the very same characteristics her students have taught her… Adaptability. Hospitality. Resiliency. Most of all, the ability to “find the universal” in all people. I walked away from this interview better. I walked away wanting to find the universal and make others feel wanted, seen, and heard. There is a lot to be learned from Kathleen's story, and so much to be learned from the incredible students she works with daily. Enjoy episode 51 and be sure to share this episode with a friend. Click the links below to learn more about Ms. Gallagher: Take the Q70 to the F Train? -poem written by Ms. Gallagher Pushcart Poetry nominee in 2012 for a poem in her book “I See Things are Falling” Edited and wrote forward to Eternal Snow --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mark-horner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mark-horner/support
Have you ever wondered how to take the leap from creating client work to producing original content that you are passionate about? Today on the show I talk with D.C. Joseph, founder of Serif Creative, about how he is breaking out into the realm of creating original content with his video production business. Doug has found a way to produce original content while simultaneously maintaining a healthy commercial production business and shares how he was able to make this a reality. Sometimes you have to step out and do what it takes to make your dream happen, regardless of if you feel like the timing is perfect. Focus on the things that you can control and make it happen! Key Takeaways Don't neglect thinking like an ad agency even if you are a company of one. Use the 7 story archetypes to build strong foundations for the stories that you produce. How to shift your business to be capable of producing the original content that you want to make. Learn to control what you can and lean into effective preparation in order to succeed. About D.C. (Doug) Joseph D.C. Joseph is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Serif Creative. They help brands achieve creative greatness. Over the years, he's become an award-winning, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, a producer of international campaigns, a strategic advisor to C-suite executives, and the Executive Director of the Columbus International Film Festival, the oldest film festival in the U.S. His journey through entrepreneurship has been anything but easy or ordinary. It encompasses learning the art of storytelling in his grandmother's biker bar to competing in mixed martial arts and international grappling tournaments to filming music videos in Iceland. These collective experiences helped him develop his craft of bringing stories to life through film. As brands began to request his work, he saw how he could impact their broader marketing needs, ultimately setting the foundation for Serif Creative. Today, his passion is rooted in Serif—community, team building, and establishing a company that can provide for creatives—continue to grow. They motivate his team and him to seek new experiences to sink their teeth into and eagerly raise the bar when it comes to storytelling and creating meaningful connections. In This Episode [0:00] Welcome to the show! [3:03] Meet D.C. Joseph [6:09] Client direct work vs agency work [13:05] The 7 story archetypes [18:27] Creating original content [22:27] Setting up your business for successful, original content creation [33:38] Presenting original content to buyers [43:50] Connect with D.C. [44:47] D.C.'s closing thoughts [46:18] Outro Quotes “The grass is never greener on the other side, It's where you're watering it. So, the same struggles that you have with client work also exist in producing your own.” [23:53] - D.C. Joseph “Ultimately, the timing will never be right, you just have to make it happen.” [25:48] - D.C. Joseph “I had to decide, do I want to improve my filmmaking or do I really want to improve as an entrepreneur, as a business owner?” [41:40] - Ryan Koral “Control the controllable. There's only so many things you can control. It doesn't do any good to think and get distracted by the things you can't control. So if you want to have a level of control, it all starts with preparation.” [44:59] - D.C. Joseph Links FREE Workshop Available "How to Consistently Earn Over $100k Per Year in Video Production While Working Less Than 40 Hours Per Week" Get the ASCEND Method Cheat Sheet Join the Grow Your Video Business Facebook Group Find Josh Emerick online Find Doug Joseph online Follow Serif Creative on Instagram | Facebook Connect with Doug Joseph on LinkedIn Follow Ryan Koral on Instagram Follow Grow Your Video Business on Instagram What's your question for the podcast? Share a video or audio response! Check out the full show notes page If you haven't already, we'd love it if you would take 1 minute to leave us a review on iTunes!
This episode of #Between2BlueDevils features Tallmadge resident/business owner, and THS assistant soccer coach Dr. Serif Krkic. To most of us he is known as Dr. K. Dr. K's story is an amazing story. He begins sharing what it was like to grow up in Bosnia during the Bosnian War. You have got to listen to what it was like moving to the United States in 2001...without knowing how to speak English! In 2008 Dr. K graduated from Firestone High School. After high school he decided to stay local and become a Zip! Dr. K graduated from The University of Akron and then decided he wanted to become a chiropractor...a profession he calls an "accidental profession." Once he made the decision he set off to go to school in Illinois called the National University of Health Sciences. Serif (pronounces Sheriff) loves to snowboard, coach soccer, train and mentor young athletes, and serve the city he lives in...Tallmadge, Ohio. He is a proud member of the Tallmadge Rotary and Tallmadge Chamber of Commerce. As you listen to Serif passionately share about his role in these two community groups you will hear him talk about Operation Christmas Child. The story of the role this organization played in his life as a child and the role it now plays in his adult life is truly inspiring. I left this interview feeling so uplifted and inspired. Ironically after ending the interview and cleaning up my equipment I went down to the weight room to get my work out in. There was Dr. K with 6 young men who came in to work out with him on a Saturday morning. Staying true to his calling he was giving of his time to help our students become better versions of themselves. Truly an inspiration...Dr. K is one of a kind. To connect with Dr. K and learn more about Tallmadge Chiropractic click on the website link below and follow them on all socials! https://www.tallmadgechiro.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tallmadgechiro/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tallmadge-chiropractic/about/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tallmadgechiro/ Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/tallmadge-chiropractic-tallmadge Dr. K's favorite books: Spark How To Win Friends And Influence People --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mark-horner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mark-horner/support
After Chaz's horrifying discovery, the group rushes to warn those in Envy's path. Kenon Pearce as DM and Simon Jordache Richardson as Chaz, Serif, and Brad Nikki Richardson as Talice and Sally ISHNAR/KALCRIN HOMEBREW SETTING by Kenon Pearce Sound editing and by Jordache and Nikki Richardson Kenon Pearce @mr_fugufish Jordache Richardson @jdash24 Nikki Ri @thenikkiri Website: totrpodcast.com Twitter: @totrcast Facebook: @topoftheround Instagram: @topoftheround THANK YOU HONORARY PRODUCERS! Gail Yadon Koebaebeefboo Dawn Prewett Holden Ray Corey Pfautsch Grayson Wanna talk to the cast? Check out our private Discord! https://discord.gg/qshNJJfKRr Go to our website for MERCH! https://www.totrpodcast.com/merch-store.html#/ Find/Review us on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/top-of-the-round-808056 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/topoftheround Buy us a cup of coffee on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/topoftheround Join our Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/476203760792265/ TOTR WIKIPEDIA! https://topoftheround.fandom.com/wiki/Top_of_the_Round_Wiki LIGHT OF THE HOPELESS BY NICK HIGHAM https://www.nickjhigham.co.uk/ Music Courtesy of epidemicsound.com: Catharsis by David Celeste A Journalist's Dream by Out To The World CB Radio Static 8 by SFX Producer Tricks Be Damned by Stationary Sign Under the Microscope by Josef Falkenskold Through the Bars by Michael Rothery Light-Footed by Bonnie Grace Leave it to the Professionals by Arthur Benson Awaiting Backup by Experia Taken at the Doorstep by Max Anson Abandoned Houses by Wendel Scherer Dark Mountains by Wendel Scherer As Light Returns by Walt Adams Mainlander by Dream Cave Oft by Jon Bjork Clear as Day by Craft Case Lost Senses by Sage Oursler Hybrid Rhythmics by Jon Sumner End of the Line by Anthony Earls Waiting for Answers by Trailer Worx More of This, More of That by Arthur Benson Walker Street by Dream Cave Hidden Enigma by Dream Cave Person of Interest by Dream Cave Blind Date by Jerry Lacey The Enchanted Land by Alexandra Woodward Monolith by Ethan Sloan Absent Cognition by Max Anson Fear of Flying by Ted Beattie Nothing Much by Phoenix Tail Run for It by Robert Ruth Echoes of Humanity by Max Anson There Are No Heroes by Philip Ayers Time Is TIght by Experia Preparation for the Unknown by Experia First Rule by Anthony Earls Chimera by Alec Slayne The Raid by Jon Sumner Off My Radar by Jerry Lacey Organized Chaos by Arthur Benson The Postman by Kikoru I Have a Plan, Mr Norton by Arthur Benson Tracker by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Hourglass by Michael Rothery Juncture by Philip Ayers Deep Freeze by Robert Ruth Mind Your Step by Craft Case Retrieval by Cobby Costa The Red Soil by Saira Ridley Pretend to Wake Up by Max Anson Head Games by Max Anson This Pale Blue Dot by Christian Andersen A Lesson in Vengeance by Experia Arcane Sun by Max Anson A Special Rite of Passage by Christian Andersen Fear of Flying by Ted Beattie The Big Escape by Eludent Arrival of the Hour by Max Anson Solemn by Bonnie Grace Boiling Point by Hampus Naeselius Breathe it in Deep by Hampus Naeselius Rivers Run Red by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Path to the Abyss by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Brain Copy Syntax Error by Oh the City Arriving in Ancient Rome by Kikoru Throbbing Anxiety by Dream Cave Seven to Eight by Walt Adams Sirens in the Dark by Anthony Earls On Alert by Ethan Sloan Mainlander by Dream Cave Stay Whimsical by Arthur Benson Mystic Mountain by Jon Bjork The following music was used for this media project: Music: Stalker by Rafael Krux Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/5413-stalker License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The following music was used for this media project: Music: Beginning Of Conflict by Rafael Krux Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/5288-beginning-of-conflict License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The following music was used for this media project: Music: Cinematic Suspense Series Episode 008 by Sascha Ende Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7669-cinematic-suspense-series-episode-008 License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The following music was used for this media project: Music: Nothing Left by Dave Deville Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8547-nothing-left License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The following music was used for this media project: Music: Mysterious by Agnese Valmaggia Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6786-mysterious License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The following music was used for this media project: Music: Smooth Criminal by John Bartmann Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/9483-smooth-criminal License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The following music was used for this media project: Music: Myst on the Moor by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4104-myst-on-the-moor License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Serif recently announced version 2 of all of their apps are now available including Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher. This marks the first time Affinity Publisher is available on the iPad. On this episode to discuss these new apps is Denny Henke; who was on episode 30 of this show to discuss the original Affinity apps for iPad. Bonus content and early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at www.patreon.com/ipadpros. Bonus content and early episodes are also now available in Apple Podcasts! Subscribe today to get instant access to iPad Possibilities, iPad Ponderings, and iPad Historia! New episodes of the bonus shows release the first week of every month. Show notes are available at www.iPadPros.net. Feedback is welcomed at iPadProsPodcast@gmail.com.Chapter Markers00:00:00: Opening00:02:14: Support the Podcast00:02:41: Denny Henke00:05:43: Current Setup00:06:51: Moft00:08:49: The Affinity Apps00:13:07: Same File Format00:21:52: Designer00:31:14: Mac vs iPad app?00:32:32: How do you use Designer?00:34:11: Removing background?00:36:04: Missing from Illustrator?00:36:45: Publisher00:44:28: Multiple Chapters00:46:29: Linked Files00:47:42: Custom Tables00:50:27: Final Output00:52:29: Photo00:54:19: Help system00:55:47: Stacking00:57:01: Command Controller01:02:12: BeardyGuyCreative.com01:02:29: BeardyStarStuff.net01:02:57: Closing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to Code Completion, Episode 108! We are a group of iOS developers and educators hoping to share what we love most about development, Apple technology, and completing your code! Follow us @CodeCompletion (https://twitter.com/CodeCompletion) on Twitter to hear about our upcoming livestreams, videos, and other content. Today, we discuss: - Daylight Savings Time won't be happening for long. - NSDateFormatter.com (https://nsdateformatter.com) - Apple may soon be making their chips in the US. - 9to5mac (https://9to5mac.com/2022/11/09/apple-chips-2/) - Linus visits an Intel fab (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ehSCWoaOqQ) - Sam Zeloof makes his own chips (http://sam.zeloof.xyz/first-ic/) - Affinity launches V2. - Serif (https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/) - Sketch (https://www.sketch.com) - Working Copy (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/working-copy-git-client/id896694807) - Filmic Pro Blunders (https://www.newsshooter.com/2022/09/04/filmic-bending-spoons-join-forces-changes-to-subscription-model/) - Slopes (https://getslopes.com) - Modernizing an old app. - SLUZZULS (no longer available) (https://mochidev.com/apps/sluzzuls) - Code Completion Tip: - Do Statements (https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/ReferenceManual/Statements.html#ID533) - Gosh Darn Block Syntax (http://goshdarnblocksyntax.com) - Commented Out: Unifi discoveries. Your hosts for this week: * Spencer Curtis (https://twitter.com/SpencerCCurtis) * Dimitri Bouniol (https://twitter.com/DimitriBouniol) Be sure to also sign up to our monthly newsletter (https://codecompletion.io/), where we will recap the topics we discussed, reveal the answers to #CompleteTheCode, and share even more things we learned in between episodes. You are what makes this show possible, so please be sure to share this with your friends and family who are also interested in any part of the app development process. Sponsor This week's episode of Code Completion is brought to you by Pennant. Go to https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id622463230?pt=1765080&ct=CodeCompletion&mt=8 today to check it out!
Brian Tran and David Stevens are co-founders of Serif, a global members club for LGBTQ+ leaders and creators. In this episode, they talk about the widely diverse and distinguished user base Serif is attracting, how they're completely revolutionizing the application of NFTs, and their vision of making the power of the thriving and influential queer community accessible to anyone, anywhere.
Your brand identity consists of the assets like your color palette, typography, logo, and website that help you become recognizable and memorable and also help you attract your soulmate clients. What are the critical things to consider when designing your brand identity assets? One exercise you can use for creating your brand identity is to create a Pinterest board that includes colors, photos, and fonts that resonate with you. Select colors, fonts, and images that reflect the feeling you want for your brand and business. This exercise tells so much intuitively about the person behind the business. However, there are things that need to be done before creating the Pinterest board. There are three critical factors to consider. Ideal clients You may like certain colors, but will that color palette attract the type of clients you want to work with. Have a complete understanding of your ideal client and their wants and needs. Goals What are your goals? What are your goals for the current year, next year, and in 5 years? This helps understand your business and know what you will be launching in the short and long term. Design helps launch goals be successful. Time to evolve your brand If what you've been doing, be flexible to rebrand, pivot, or take your design in a new direction. Next, create the Pinterest board with images that truly reflect who you are, as well as who your soulmate client is. Be sure that they are compatible. Once the Pinterest board is created, Elizabeth looks at the board and applies intuition and strategy to determine what will be best for the client. She also researches everything she can find online and truly gets to know the person to understand them before making final decisions. Art theory is also tied in at this phase. It is a matter of combining technical knowledge with intuition and strategy when designing brand assets. Color psychology is important for connecting with your soulmate client The feelings that come out of brand asset color schemes can really influence how people respond to and feel about a brand. Color psychology will influence whether people reach out to you to work with you or not. Some people are attracted to neutral and calm tones. Other people are attracted to pinks and beach vibes. You will attract very different clients if neutral, black and white, and minimalist neutral tones versus a beachy or sunset feeling. Neutral palettes give you space to think. What type of people are attracted to different color palettes? Corporate decision-makers tend to be more attracted to neutral palettes. Pink, even with black and white, will attract women. Red attracts strong, high-achieving people. Using typography to connect with your soulmate clients The biggest mistake people make with typography is using too many different types of fonts. Inconsistency with fonts is also a problem. Serif fonts, like Times New Roman, have a much more traditional feel. This may not feel right if you are a more edgy, forward-focused, or modern brand. If you are a more fun more relatable brand, think about a font that is softer, more rounded, not with a hard straight edge. Script fonts are sometimes overused and must be readable. A hand-written script font is more elegant. The key is to be consistent from your website to your social media accounts to be more recognizable and memorable. A great way to discover fonts and search font pairings. You will be able to see what looks good together and use them consistently. Tips for logo design Having a logo is not as important as one might think. People tend to get hung up on having a logo before having an offer to base their business on. A log is important for recognizability but it is not imperative for attracting clients. If you are an entrepreneur or coach, you should have your headshot as a profile photo, not a logo. Your logo isn't going to build an emotional connection the way a photo of you will. The priority is to build an emotional connection with your audience. Most entrepreneurs are trying to build a personal brand around themselves and not a huge faceless entity. Having a profile photo of yourself is more likely to build an emotional connection with you. Website platforms Elizabeth loves WordPress, but it is very technical. There are a lot of plugins and it can be overwhelming for people who are not tech-savvy. If you are doing a recipe membership, WordPress is going to be better than Kajabi. Kajabi is more simple, but it may not be right for everyone. It is a good site for online courses and memberships. It is important to know your membership structure to determine if Kajabi is a good fit. Listen to episode 177 for more details on building memberships. It is important to recognize which platform is best for you. Do it yourself versus hiring someone to create your brand assets and website If you hire someone to do the things you aren't skilled at or good at, you save yourself time and energy. But, if you don't have the money to invest, you can use Canva to create designs, but it can be very overwhelming because there are so many templates. Canva is great for social media posts and other graphics. But, you need to be consistent with your branding. You want them to be cohesive. Go to Etsy or Creative Market.com, design platforms, where you can find pre-created graphic templates. This will help you be consistent. Using these tools can be a great starting point, but they are not customized to your business. Time is everything. If you can get your brand identity built in a month, then you have the rest of the year to build out your business. About Elizabeth Averyanova Elizabeth helps purpose-driven female entrepreneurs, online coaches, and service providers scale their businesses with impactful, beautiful branding and design. She helps her clients attract their own dream clients, elevate their online presence, and book out their offers while creating a lasting impact in the world. Elizabeth has helped numerous coaches and female entrepreneurs with 6-figure online coaching program launches, impactful and effective landing page creation, and behind-the-scenes business systems that free up time from daily tasks. Learn more and connect with Elizabeth: Studio Classica Website Elizabeth Averyanova on Instagram In addition to creating your brand identity, there are 6 things every entrepreneur needs to build a solid foundation for long-term brand and business success. Learn more by downloading the free eBook on The Purpose to Results™ Method.
While I'm away on the third 'History of Byzantium' tour I thought it was time to talk to the man behind them - Şerif Yenen. Şerif has been a tour guide in Istanbul for decades and has published many excellent books on the subject. He has also gone online to share his love for travel through podcasts and Youtube videos. I talk to Serif about his career and ask him listener questions about what to do and see in Turkey.Contact me if you'd like to be on the mailing list for future 'History of Byzantium' tours.Check out Şerif's Youtube channel and his podcast 'Turkish Odyssey.' Or visit his website to find out more about his books, lectures and tours around Turkey. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Affinity Photo is a noteworthy alternative to Adobe Photoshop. On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt shares how to get started with Affinity Photo as an alternative Photoshop option. Host: Ant Pruitt Find Hands-On Photography on your favorite podcatcher. https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-photography Follow Ant Pruitt on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ant_pruitt/ Follow TWiT on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ Join the TWiT forums https://www.twit.community/ Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Affinity Photo is a noteworthy alternative to Adobe Photoshop. On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt shares how to get started with Affinity Photo as an alternative Photoshop option. Host: Ant Pruitt Find Hands-On Photography on your favorite podcatcher. https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-photography Follow Ant Pruitt on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ant_pruitt/ Follow TWiT on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ Join the TWiT forums https://www.twit.community/ Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Affinity Photo is a noteworthy alternative to Adobe Photoshop. On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt shares how to get started with Affinity Photo as an alternative Photoshop option. Host: Ant Pruitt Find Hands-On Photography on your favorite podcatcher. https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-photography Follow Ant Pruitt on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ant_pruitt/ Follow TWiT on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ Join the TWiT forums https://www.twit.community/ Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Affinity Photo is a noteworthy alternative to Adobe Photoshop. On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt shares how to get started with Affinity Photo as an alternative Photoshop option. Host: Ant Pruitt Find Hands-On Photography on your favorite podcatcher. https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-photography Follow Ant Pruitt on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ant_pruitt/ Follow TWiT on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ Join the TWiT forums https://www.twit.community/ Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
I'm joined by wonderful José Scaglione. He is a type designer, lecturer, and co-founder of the high renown foundry TypeTogether, which is behind popular typefaces like Bree or Adelle. They worked with top brands, like Apple and Google, where they also contributed serif typefaces for screen rendering. And this is why I invited José – to discuss with him the predominance of sans-serif in user interfaces and screen design more broadly. We speak about, why it might be a legacy issue, and that moving out of your comfort zone can be very rewarding. It brings us to legibility, readability, and accessibility. José also shares how he experienced the switch from static fonts to variable fonts as a type designer and foundry. If you struggle with pairing typefaces, this episode also has some tips for you. Talking points: 00:28 Introduction 02:39 Greeting to José Scaglione 03:36 Is the font in the TypeTogether logo overused? 06:01 Don't use tabular figures on business cards 07:27 Benefits of learning about typography 09:49 Why is sans-serif dominant in UIs? 13:02 Legibility, regardless of sans or serif 15:34 Why are neo-grotesques so popular? 17:08 Arguments against neutrality & Helvetica 18:57 Portada: A serif typeface for UI design 20:39 Complexity of printing vs screen 24:30 Variable fonts and optical sizing 27:57 Variable fonts and file size 29:37 Do you need the design space of VF? 31:31 Belarius: Slab serifs in UI design 35:40 Accessibility and typography 42:38 Advice for typography newbies 43:20 Tips on pairing typefaces 45:26 Rapid Round of questions 47:11 Goodbye 48:18 Summary Visuals, quotes, and links: https://pimpmytype.com/talk01
This week is soooo wonderful. We have Garrett Marcantel, Holly's friend from college and cast member of 12 Dates Of Christmas. We talk about his move to New York.. and then to LA, what it was like being a part of the show, his coming out journey and so much more! Garrett has so many wise words to say we were soaking it all up. Find him on Instagram @Garrett.mercantel, and check out his friends project he has been helping with on the website www.serif.space This episode is sponsored by Peak Scents, plant-powered, innovative skincare that gives real results without toxic chemicals.” Use Holly's affiliate link to receive 20% your entire order at https://peakscents.com/?ref=Hollywhite
Turkish Odyssey, Discover Istanbul and Turkey with Serif Yenen
In this episode, Serif gives you the basics and an orientation about Turkey. He answers questions like below. If you have the opportunity, you may like to take a look at a Turkey map while listening to the podcast. Where is Turkey located? What does Turkey mean? Geography of Turkey. Biblical Mountains and Rivers Largest Cities in Turkey Population of cities and the country How to visit Turkey? From where to start? Which cities to visit? How is Turkish Cuisine?
Turkish Odyssey, Discover Istanbul and Turkey with Serif Yenen
Turkish Odyssey Discover Istanbul and Turkey with Serif Yenen Turkish Odyssey focuses primarily on travel destinations and the best places to visit in Istanbul, Cappadocia, Kusadasi, Ephesus, Troy, Göbekli Tepe and many other places in Turkey. It covers everything from cultural information about places of interest to practical information like how to travel or what to eat in these places. Serif Yenen is a lecturer guide, international speaker, part-time university instructor and author of tens of guidebooks. Serif is a Smithsonian lecturer with more than ten lectures at the Smithsonian Associates in Washington DC. He guided Pope Benedict XVI and Oprah Winfrey. Serif's videos are on his YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/serifyenen Most of his publications are available at http://www.quickguides.info His tours and travel services are at http://www.serifyenen.com
Christine Marie Slaughter is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, and is expected to defend her dissertation in June 2021. Her dissertation, “No Strangers to Hardship”: African Americans, Inequality and the Politics of Resilience, develops a theory and measurement of “racial resilience”. Christine's primary research interests include political behavior and political psychology, race and ethnicity politics, and poverty. The second stream of research specifically focuses on Black women voters and intersectionality. Christine's dissertation is currently supported by the Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (2020), Institute of American Cultures and the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA (2020), and the APSA/ National Science Foundation Dissertation Development and Improvement Grant (2020). Christine holds a MA in Political Science from UCLA. Prior to UCLA, she graduated with a BA in Political Science and Comparative Women's Studies from Spelman College, a historically Black women's college in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a former UNCF/Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow.
CES 2021 It's CES but not like the usual CES that we are accustomed to. This year it is all virtual and as a result we can't tell you how incredible the latest Micro LED TV looks. There are some great sounding technological improvements that have us excited for the future. This is a long show but we are sure we missed something. If there is a product or announcement you think we should take a look at please let us know. Next week we'll discuss what others saw as “Best of Show”. We hope you enjoy the podcast. Savant's C by GE line is getting a makeover for the new year. Savant's C by GE smart home brand is now Cync. Paul Williams, General Manager of Product Management & Growth - "It's an ideal time to evolve our C by GE™ brand into Cync™, a new brand that best reflects how all of our smart home solutions connect easily and work together seamlessly for a complete smart home experience that can be customized to the lifestyle of every consumer." There will be three new smart home accessories, indoor camera, outdoor smart plug, and a fan switch. The Cync Indoor Smart Camera has a privacy shutter that physically blocks the lens and cuts audio recording on-demand. There is cloud and local recording via SD card. Subscription service is available for those who chose the cloud based solution. The Cync Outdoor Smart Plug is all weather and has two outlets The outdoor plug can be connected to wifi without a hub and can be used with Bluetooth. The two outlets can be controlled independently through app and voice controls through integration with Alexa and the Google Assistant. The Cync Fan Speed Smart Switch is an in-wall solution for ceiling fans has four different speeds. In addition to on-demand controls, schedules can be created for customized use throughout the day, and the switch also can be grouped with other Cync accessories. These products begin to arrive in March with the mobile app, and the Outdoor Smart Plug. The Camera will follow in May, with the Fan Speed Smart Switch in June. The exact dates and pricing have not yet been released. More info can be found at gelighting.com. LG LG OLED TVS New LG OLDS for 2021 A1 OLED Replaces B1 A7 processor and available in 42” C1 OLED available in 48”, 55”, 65”, 77” and new for 2021 83” panels. 4K, Gen 4 Alpha 9 processor which enables the TV to quickly identify the important elements within each frame and adjust brightness in those areas for a better exposed image. G1 OLED available in 55”, 65” and 77” 4k, Gen 4 A9 Processor, Evo (evo panels contain a new luminous element that promises higher brightness, clarity, detail and punch) Z1 OLED available in 77” and 88” 8K LG partnered with Xbox and Nvidia so that its G1, C1, and Z1 OLEDs could be fitted with G-Sync anti-tearing, stuttering and juddering technology, as well as AMD's FreeSync Premium equivalent. HDMI 2.1 features such as VRR are also correct and present. LG will also be the first brand to have the Google Stadia app available on its TVs in the US, UK and much of Europe. LG also discussed LG QNED MiniLEDs, as previously announced, which combine both NanoCell and quantum dot technologies with Mini LED backlight control. There will also be some plain NanoCell TVs as well, which will come with many of the gaming features, including the Google Stadia app, in addition to non-NanoCell LCD TVs for the budget end of the market. No pricing or shipping information at this time LG's webOS 6.0 Smart TV LG Electronics (LG) announced the introduction of webOS 6.0 for its 2021 OLED, QNED Mini LED, NanoCell and UHD smart TVs. Paired with the new Magic Remote, the latest version of the company's acclaimed TV platform offers viewers a more enjoyable and intuitive content discovery experience. The upgraded LG ThinQ AI in webOS 6.0 supports new voice commands for both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, making TV management and searching across streaming services, internet and broadcast channels easier than ever before. LG's new Magic Remote offers simpler controls when using voice recognition with multi-AI offerings of LG ThinQ, Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant.* Simple to navigate, slick, easy to hold and use, the Magic Remote offers more user-friendly features including fast connections between the TV and other devices and hot keys for accessing popular content providers such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+.** Magic Tap, a one-touch Near Field Communication (NFC) function on the Magic Remote, provides virtually instant access to a host of exciting viewing possibilities. By simply touching a compatible NFC-enabled smartphone*** to the remote, viewers can share content from their phones to the LG TVs or vice versa. Users can also view content stored in these mobile phones on their LG TVs while continuing to use their favorite smartphone apps and features. myQ® Opens Introduces Smart Access Solutions myQ Pet Portal - Allows you to control the pet door with two way audio and video through the myQ Pet Portal app. now available for pre-order on myQpetportal.com starting at $2,999 In-Garage Grocery Delivery Service - a new service that allows eligible Prime members to have their grocery orders from Whole Foods Market and Amazon Fresh delivered securely into their garage. More info here myQ Smart Community Access - allows residents to view and verify their guests' identities before granting them entry to the building or community. See Demo here myQ Smart Vehicle Access - will provide their drivers with the ability to safely open, close and monitor their garage door from wherever they are on their journey. More info here Moen Smart Water Products U by Moen Smart Faucet - offers completely touchless functionality. Flo by Moen - smart home water security system that features a suite of products to protect a home from water damage and leaks, 24/7. With the Moen App, consumers also get an unprecedented ability to control, conserve and monitor their home's water from anywhere at any time. Products include: Smart Sump Pump Monitor, and Smart Water Shutoff Hisense Starts a New Era of TriChroma Laser TV Hisense announced this cutting-edge display technology with a transformative product line of laser TV – TriChroma Laser TV on Monday. The technology is packaging and controlling separate lasers to get purer colors for display. A 128% improvement is achieved in the original RGB color. TriChroma also attains 20% brightness enhancement at the pixel-level with a 430-nit picture brightness, exceeding that of a regular TV. TriChroma laser technology, new TV product lines include various screen sizes, from 75-inch to 100-inch giant screen with elimination of ambient lighting. Since the color gamut coverage reaches up to 151% of the DCI-P3 film color standard, it is almost 50% beyond high-end cinema. Audiences can enjoy a strong sense of presence and stunning in-cinema viewing experience at home. More Laser TV models will be released this year, enriching consumers with more options than ever and projecting a promising market share in 2021. TCL TCL Television TCL announced its 3rd generation of mini-LED backlight will be launching later this year - OD Zero mini-LED technology. OD Zero is TCL's latest mini-LED backlight technology that delivers an ultra-slim display with tens of thousands of mini-LEDs and thousands of Contrast Control Zones™ for striking brightness, precision contrast, and smooth uniformity. The zero represents the measurement of distance between TCL's mini-LED backlight layer and the LCD display layer, which has now been reduced to a remarkable 0 mm to create an ultra-thin high-performance panel. All 2021 6-Series TCL Roku TV models being launched will feature 8K resolution. With 8K resolution four times sharper than today's 4K TVs, this means sharp clarity whether the content is native 8K from popular streaming services or if it's 4K content that's intelligently upscaled with TCL's powerful AiPQ Engine™ technology. While the new 6-Series 8K TCL Roku TVs will roll out later this year, all existing 6-Series 4K TCL Roku TV models will continue to be available. TCL will debut The XL Collection – the company's first lineup of 85" displays. Three different models will make up the XL Collection this year and each 85" TV will feature performance levels for every kind of home theater. From a simply smart 85" 4-Series TCL Roku TV that delivers the easiest way to enjoy 4K HDR streaming and an 85" 4K HDR TCL Roku TV with QLED picture quality to the ultimate 85" mini-LED powered 8K TCL TV with QLED wide color technology, the XL Collection will fit any budget and exceed the highest performance standards to deliver larger-than-life home entertainment. The 85R745 including Quantum Dot (QLED) color technology delivers better brightness and wider color volume; Dolby Vision; Dolby Atmos™ ; Contrast Control Zone technology, as well as Variable Refresh Rate and 120Hz HDMI input support for a smoother gaming experience The massive models of the XL Collection will be available in North America during the year ahead, starting with the 4-Series TCL Roku TV 85" set (85R435) launching later this quarter at just $1599. The 85" QLED TCL Roku TV (85R745) and 85" mini-LED powered 8K TV will arrive in the months to follow. TCL Electronics also announced that it will roll out a TCL Google TV™ series in 2021 to TCL customers, starting in the United States and later in other parts of the world. TCL Google TVs will combine TCL's industry-leading display technologies, such as Mini-LED, 8K and QLED, with Google's new entertainment experience, to help users discover and access the content they love in stunning definition on the latest TCL screens more easily than ever before. TCL Google TVs bring together movies, shows, live TV and more from across apps and subscriptions and organizes them for each user. It offers personalized recommendations so TCL users can discover new things to watch. Users can even ask Google to find movies and shows, answer questions, and control smart home devices with their voice on TCL's big screens. TCL Audio TCL has teamed up with Roku to launch the new Alto R1 soundbar, the company's first entry into "wireless" bars and the first soundbar to use Roku proprietary WiFi AUDIO streaming technology. This new feature completely eliminates the need to use a cable when connecting to the TV. Rather, simply plug the soundbar power cord into your wall outlet, turn it on and the TCL Roku TV will automatically generate an on-screen guide for set-up. Additional non-wireless options with Roku TV Ready will also be available later in the year. For consumers who want a bar with Dolby Atmos and voice capabilities, the Alto 82i with Dolby Atmos, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple AirPlay will launch in Q3 with dual built-in subwoofers. Two additional bars will round out the Alto lineup in 2021. The Alto 8e with a 3.2.1 configuration, Dolby Atmos, Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple Airplay and Spotify compatibility, along with a wireless subwoofer and up-firing speakers will be available in Q2. And lastly, another premium soundbar with Dolby Atmos. Cleer Crescent Smart Audio Speaker Newsweek - Best of CES 2020, House Beautiful - Best of CES 2020, AVS Forum - Best of CES 2020 Scheduled to ship in early January The speaker has a linear array of eight custom 40mm full-range drivers and two 3.3-inch subwoofers. It usee Dysonics' SoundShaping software to create an immersive listening experience, Wide Stereo Model mimics the sonic ambiance of a large orchestral performance, creating a soundstage from the stereo for far field and near field listening similar to that of a high end audio setup. Powered by Google Assistant, the Crescent incorporates an optimized mic array with noise-rejection technology for superior far-field voice recognition. The Crescent also supports Hi-Res digital audio formats and streaming from Spotify Connect Apple AirPlay 2, AAC, FLAC, WMA anc Apple Lossless, and Chromecast. Audio sources include With Wi-Fi, 3.5mm Aux, RJ25 and optical. Crescent's design was intended to fit in with decor regardless where it's placed in the home. A speaker grille with an acoustic construction structure and a reinforced speaker cabinet with glass fiber ribs for reduced vibrations and sonic resonance. The Crescent Smart Home Speaker, available is in champagne color, is priced at $699.99. WiSA Releases Sound Send Audio Transmitter WiSA, founded by Summit Wireless Technologies, is introducing SoundSend, the Association's first branded product. Consumer Electronic brands can now offer audio enthusiasts smart surround sound 5.1 systems hard bundled with SoundSend or co-promote with premium audio speakers or TVs. The SoundSend HDMI audio transmitter is designed to make true wireless multichannel audio accessible in minutes, without the need of WiFi, to any smart TV with ARC/eARC connections and transmits high-resolution audio automatically to WiSA Certified(tm) audio speakers an immersive cinema experience at home. Transmitting high-quality 24-bit/96kHz audio for up to eight channels, SoundSend is the Association's first product and offers advanced tuning features including My Zone to create the perfect sweet spot, and decoding capabilities for Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital+, Dolby True- HD and Dolby Atmos. Sound Send is available now for $179 through Amazon and other online stores. Platin Audio Expands Monaco Product Line to Include the First Smart Surround Sound System With the New WiSA SoundSend Wireless Audio Transmitter WiSA® LLC announced a wireless home cinema bundle complete with the WiSA SoundSend audio transmitter, the Association's first branded product, and the Tuned by THX™ Monaco 5.1 Immersive Wireless Home Audio System™ from Platin Audio. The bundle is now available for online purchase for $899 through Amazon, Newegg, eBay and Target. The Monaco 5.1 with WiSA SoundSend system gives users immersive, theater-quality sound experiences made possible by WiSA Certified™ speakers and the HDMI (or optical)-connected audio transmitter, enabling for effortless home cinema setup and control in less than ten minutes. The SoundSend transmitter, WiSA's first branded product, is a universal wireless multichannel home cinema audio transmitter designed to enable simple, yet amazing, home entertainment experiences for owners of smart TVs. The transmitter easily connects via HDMI/ARC and eARC to hundreds of millions of new and installed smart TVs. Better than unidirectional soundbars, the Platin Monaco and WiSA SoundSend system allows consumers to easily create truly immersive home cinema experiences in minutes. The compact Monaco 5.1 system from Platin is Tuned by THX and perfectly combines high-definition audio quality and a less than 5.2 millisecond latency for picture-perfect lip sync. With only a 1-microsecond synchronization between speakers, the result is amazing accuracy and clarity. The system fits easily into any size living space--no audio cables required--and users can connect the speakers to any AC outlet. WiSA SoundSend decodes Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital +, Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Atmos and offers audio quality of up to 24bit/96kHz. The SoundSend and Monaco combination can also create virtual Dolby Atmos experiences when an Atmos signal is delivered to SoundSend. Sony 2021 Models Announced All Sony TVS will include XR processing with AI driven texture enhancement, color recreation, signal and data processing and Netflix Calibrated Mode and IMAX Enhanced content, HDMI 2.1 compatibility, including support for eARC, 4K resolution at 120Hz and features like Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) and Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM), and NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) compatibility, with tuners that can handle the new 4K-capable broadcast standard. The other major change coming to Sony TVs is the transition from Android TV to its successor Google TV, first introduced last year on the new Chromecast with Google TV. One of the major features of Google TV is an emphasis on Google Assistant and Google Home voice interaction. Sony steps up this capability by introducing hands-free voice control for several of its 2021 Google TVs. All TVs support Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos sound along with HDMI 2.1 compatibility. Sony Master Series Z9J 8K LED TV. It's the only 8K model announced at this time, and Sony will offer the set in 75- and 85-inch screen sizes. Acoustic Multi-Audio technology, which delivers a sound from screen effect for more immersive listening and sound positioning that matches sound effects and dialogue to the objects and actors on screen. Also known as Cognitive TV which Sony says is a new processing method designed to replicate the ways humans see and hear. Cognitive Processor XR divides the screen into numerous zones and detects where the “focal point” is in the picture. The new processor can cross-analyze multiple elements at once, Sony claims, helping to adjust each element to its best final outcome. Cognitive Processor XR can also analyze sound position in the signal so the sound matches with what's on the screen, as well as upconverting any sound to 3D surround sound. Sony Master Series A90J OLED TV. Available in 55-, 65- and 83-inch sizes, Sony's newest OLED model promises beautiful picture quality with XR OLED contrast enhancement that adjusts the brightness for higher brights and deeper blacks, as well as XR triluminos pro for a wider color gamut and more realistic color palette. The A90J also features Acoustic Multi-Audio technology. Sony X95J. Available in 85-, 75- and 65-inch sizes is 4K. The X95JJ also features Acoustic Multi-Audio technology. Sony X90J, starting with a 50-inch set and ranging up to 75 inches is 4K. The X90J does not have hands-free capability or the room-listening mics that feature entails. Sony has not announced pricing for any of the above sets, or dates for retail availability but these details will be announced in spring of 2021, suggesting these models will go on sale sometime in the early part of this year. JBL launches new AirPods Pro competitors JBL Live Pro Plus - available on JBL.com on March 14, for $180 in four color options -- black, white, pink and beige. Adaptive Noise Canceling with Smart Ambient, Wireless charging, Speed Charge (10 minutes of charging gets you an hour of playback), Echo canceling mic technology are just a few of it's features Live Free NC Plus - available on JBL.com on March 14 for $150 in four color options -- black, blue, white and rose. Active Noise Canceling with Smart Ambient, Wireless charging JBL Reflect Mini NC TWS - Due in the Spring for $150. Available in blue, white and black. Active noise canceling with Smart Ambient feature, Independent earbud use (you can use a single bud) JBL Tour Pro Plus - JBL's Tour Series headphones will be available in black at major retailers and on JBL.com on May 30 for $200. 6.8mm dynamic drivers, Six hours of battery with active noise canceling on, eight hours with Bluetooth only, Check My Best Fit feature lets you check your ear fit with the companion app. KOHLER Expands Smart Home Collection at CES 2021, Emphasizes Wellbeing and Touchless Experiences for Kitchen and Bath Kohler introduced four new smart home products: Stillness Bath - This experiential bath draws its inspiration from Japanese forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku. Water, light, fog and aromas converge to create an immersive journey of the senses designed to relax the mind, soothe the body, and renew the spirit. Innate Intelligent Toilet - Innate includes a heated seat, auto open and close, intuitive remote, and personal bidet functionality. Touchless Residential Bathroom Faucet - The touchless bathroom faucet offers hands-free activation for washing hands, brushing teeth, and other daily tasks. There is also a remote puck that allows for a retrofit solution add-on to any KOHLER single control bathroom faucet. Kohler and Phyn Partnership - Kohler will launch two co-branded products with Phyn in 2021 – the KOHLER Whole Home Water Monitor Powered by Phyn – a DIY unit and a Pro version with an automatic shut off. The DIY version mounts under a single sink and can be easily installed by a homeowner. The Pro variation is installed at a water main, either inside or outside the home, and can mitigate costly damage through an automatic water shutoff feature. D-Link's introduces new solutions for safety, entertainment, learning, and working at home D-Link showcased their latest mydlink, Wi-Fi 6, 5G, and 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet solutions that digitally transform the home to meet users' needs for today's demanding applications. Home Safety - As more people are staying home due to the pandemic, the safety of the home has become more important than ever. D-Link's latest mydlink cameras and sensors, such as this year's CES Innovation Award Honoree Whole Home Smart Wi-Fi Water Sensor Kit, keep the home connected and protected, without sacrificing privacy. Home Entertainment - D-Link's new Wi-Fi 6 router, switch, and adapters bring revolutionary Wi-Fi 6 and 2.5GE technology to users at home, including a 2021 CES Innovation Award Honoree, D-Link's USB-C to 2.5G Ethernet Adapter. Wi-Fi 6 is capable of a maximum throughput of 9.6 Gbps across multiple channels, Samsung Neo QLED Using the new Quantum Matrix Technology. It precisely controls Samsung's exclusive new Quantum Mini LED to express blacks, whites and every shade in between with extraordinary accuracy. The Neo Quantum Processor Deep learning algorithms optimize your viewing conditions, improving movies, shows and games in real time. And with Neo QLED 8K, an AI-powered 8K picture is completed by 16 multi-model neural networks. Quantum HDR sets the new standard for incredible, crisp detail and rich, accurate color. The dynamic tone mapping of HDR10+ adjusts color and contrast scene by scene, allowing you to appreciate even the smallest details. Realistic 3D sound puts you in the middle of the action. Dynamic sound pinpoints movement from all corners of the screen with dedicated up-firing and side-firing speakers to bring each scene to life. Micro LED Discover stunning details on our biggest display that surpasses your greatest expectations. Energy-efficent technology delivers true-to-life color, sharp contrast and optimal brightness in every scene. Arena Sound Placed with ultimate precision for maximum effect, a full-range speaker delivers vivid, lifelike sound to fully immerse you in every scene. Object tracking and vocal clarity create a multi-dimensional soundscape to complete — and elevate — the viewing experience. 4Vue Get an immersive experience and view up to four screens at once from a variety of sources — including the four HDMI ports. 110-inch MICRO LED: This new screen features self-lit inorganic LED with a slim and nearly bezel-less Infinity Screen design that seamlessly blends into the living space. The result is a spectacularly immersive viewing experience with astounding picture quality. The 110-inch MICRO LED also adds “4Vue” (Quad View), a four-way viewing option—so you can keep up with multiple sports at once, or stream a tutorial while playing a video game. Also, for US consumers, more than 160 free channels are available through Samsung TV Plus. MICRO LED will be rolled out globally beginning this spring. Lifestyle TV: Samsung's cutting-edge lifestyle TV lineup includes The Serif, The Frame, The Sero and The Terrace—a recently launched 4K QLED outdoor TV—as well as Samsung The Premiere, a cinema-like quality 4K laser projector. SmartThings Cooking: A new service from Samsung SmartThings is designed to make your culinary journey seamless. An automatic Meal Planner powered by Whisk's Food AI recommends meals for the whole week, makes shopping lists with the ingredients you need, and connects to grocery retailers for one-stop shopping straight from the Family Hub™ refrigerator or your mobile screen. Recipe instructions can be sent directly to synced Samsung cooking devices to minimize hassles and mistakes Bringing AI and Robots to Daily Life Including Housekeeping Samsung has long been at the forefront of AI and robotics innovation, leveraging its seven global AI research centers to advance technology. By bringing AI to its products, Samsung is creating new home experiences—from washing machines that optimize water usage, detergents, and wash cycles, to TVs with a Quantum AI Processor that can upscale HD content into pristine 8K resolution. The major technologies featured during Samsung's press conference include the following: JetBot 90 AI+: Coming to the US 1H 2021, this new vacuum cleaner uses object recognition technology to identify and classify objects to decide the best cleaning path. LiDAR and 3D sensors allow JetBot 90 AI+ to avoid cables and small objects, while still cleaning hard-to-reach corners in your home. Also outfitted with a camera, JetBot 90 AI+ is integrated with the SmartThings app to assist you with home monitoring. Samsung Bot™ Care: The latest development in Samsung's growing robotics lineup, Samsung Bot™ Care is designed use AI to recognize and respond to your behavior. It will be able to act as both a robotic assistant and companion, helping to take care of the details in your life. It will also learn your schedule and habits and send you reminders to help guide you throughout your busy day. Samsung Bot™ Handy: Also in development, Samsung Bot™ Handy will rely on advanced AI to recognize and pick up objects of varying sizes, shapes and weights, becoming an extension of you and helping you with work around the house. Samsung Bot™ Handy will be able to tell the difference between the material composition of various objects, utilizing the appropriate amount of force to grab and move around household items and objects, working as your trusted partner to help with house chores like cleaning up messy rooms or sorting out the dishes after a meal. TV without cords Many electronics manufacturers strive for the better user's experience and comfort. One of such efforts is to make devices working without cords by getting the power wirelessly – literally through the air. The R&D stage startup Reasonance has presented one of its prototypes, a fully wireless 40" TV powered with 120W. For demonstration purposes the receiving coil has been placed on the back panel, though for the product itself it can be incorporated inside. Explanation of the technology can be found here Technical data of the TV powered by REASONANCE Power transferred 120 W Frequency used 20-120 kHz Distance (orthogonal alignment) 50 cm (19.5”) Efficiency 90%
Recorded 29th March 2020 You may notice some difference in the sound this episode - Simon's Mac had a kernel panic right at the end of the show and wiped out his recordings... Luckily Nick records a backup but his set up is a simpler Piezo recording with no Audio Hijack wizardry. However without him there'd have been no show at all. So we aren't complaining. Also we need to get Jim a mic that doesn't “rustle”! This week news of any great consequence (well non COVID-19 news anyway) was a bit thin, but as we're all in lockdown guests weren't! In a bit of a houseparty Simon is joined by Nick Riley, James “MacJim” Ormiston, special guest Ronnie Lutes and eventually Donny Yankellow... to make a fist of what they could dig up to chew over. And the amazingly brilliant interlude is "stolen" from Daniel Matarazzo (bit.ly/AwfulVirus) GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Glenn's book is completely FREE and can be downloaded here You can get Ghostery Midnight free for 3 months with the coupon code ‘workathome' Steve over at Geeks Corner is having an Apple Watch Strap giveaway... Why not pop on over and enter and get the chance to win an AppleWatch strap of your choice? Serif have made all their Affinity apps on Mac/PC and iOS available on a 3 MONTH free trial and reduced the priced by 50%... If you were even remotely interested now is the time to try and buy! Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week's show: NICK RILEY @spligosh on Twitter very occasionally. Sometimes appears on Bart Busschots' Let's Talk Apple JAMES ORMISTON MacJim in the Slack In charge of the Essential Apple Flickr Also on Flickr as thesrpspaintshop DONNY YANKELLOW AarcadeReviews.com for apple arcade reviews and more @rtteachr on Twitter Find his work at hedgehogalley.com Find his stuff in iBooks, a load of sticker packs in the App Store under Donny Yankellow and DesignBundles.net as Skrbly Skrbly Studio on YouTube Skrbly Store Skrbly Studio (Anyone can Draw) – App Store Kiddims on Graphite Comics Life is Random on Graphite Comics Search for Yankellow on the App Store/Books for Stickers and other work RONNIE LUTES @Nevadicus on Twitter Co-host on shows from the Bubblesort Empire with John Chidgey, Clay Daly, Vic Hudson and Scott Willsey Avid Golden Knights fan... (Las Vegas Ice Hockey Team) APPLE Apple planning Face ID for MacBook Pro and iMac – plus a notch – Apple Insider Apple's going to put a notch on your MacBook? Is nothing sacred? – ZDNet Apple admits MacBook Air anti-reflective coating can exhibit ‘issues' – Cult of Mac Apple releases coronavirus screening app and website in partnership with CDC – CNN Apple updates Siri with new CDC questionnaire for queries about coronavirus – 9to5 Mac Darkroom photo editor updated with full mouse and trackpad support on iPadOS – 9to5 Mac Apple makes its pro video and audio editing software free to use for 90 days – Engadget Pro Apps Bundle for Education – Apple Kuo Hath Said the ARM is Nigh – Gizmodo TECHNOLOGY This is the most convincing Apple iMac clone we've seen yet – Tech Radar Sony Spins Off Camera Business Into Separate Company – PetaPixel Polaroid's new Now instant film camera delivers a classic, punishing experience – The Verge – The Verge SECURITY & PRIVACY Bug in iOS 13.3.1 and later keeps VPNs from encrypting traffic, but there's a simple workaround – 9to5 Mac Zoom iOS update removes 'feature' that sent user data to Facebook — Apple Insider WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS Darkroom photo editor updated with full mouse and trackpad support on iPadOS – 9to5 Mac Skylum donate EUR 5 from any purchase to fight COVID-19 and help victims of the coronavirus pandemic – Skylum NEMO'S HARDWARE STORE Nemo will be back as soon as the trucks can get to him... Essential Apple Recommended Services: Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Recorded 22nd March 2020Apple launch and all new MacBook Air, iPad Pros with LiDAR, a keyboard with backlighting and trackpad for the new and previous gen iPad Pros, updated MacMini with more storage, new iPhone cases and watch straps. iOS 13.4 got a demo from Craig Federighi and more. BUT before we get to that I am joined by special guests Glenn Fleishman (author, journalist, 2x Jeopardy champion and more) and Pete Knowlton (from Ghostery) and we get led down a path of talking about WFH, COVID-19, and a whole load of associated matters. GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Glenn's book is completely FREE and can be downloaded here You can get Ghostery Midnight free for 3 months with the coupon code ‘workathome' Steve over at Geeks Corner is having an Apple Watch Strap giveaway… Why not pop on over and enter and get the chance to win an AppleWatch strap of your choice? I didn't mention this on the show but Serif have made all their Affinity apps on Mac/PC and iOS available on a 3 MONTH free trial and reduced the priced by 50%… If you were even remotely interested now is the time to try and buy! Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter!Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week's show: GLENN FLEISHMAN Glenn Fleishman is a veteran technology writer who has contributed to dozens of publications across his career, including Macworld, Fast Company, and Increment. He has also written dozens of editions of books in the Take Control series. He is currently building 100 tiny type museums full of real printing artifacts. Glenn's FREE Take Control of Working from Home Temporarily book Glenn's Tiny Type Museum) @GlennF on Twitter PETE KNOWLTON Visit www.ghostery.com Go to cliqz.com to check out their excellent privacy focussed browser Get Ghostery Midnight here and use coupon code workathome for a 3 month subscription for free @Ghostery on the Twitter APPLE New MacBook Air has more to love and is now just $999 – Apple Apple unveils new iPad Pro with breakthrough LiDAR Scanner and brings trackpad support to iPadOS – Apple Interesting comment from Benedict Evans on Twitter “Apple's investment in AR is really interesting to watch. An actual LIDAR scanner in the iPad (and presumable the next iPhone) purely for AR and 3D creation. Given limited use cases today, it seems pretty obvious this is about trying to seed creation ahead of a pair of glasses.” Craig Federighi shows off new iPad Pro in video from Apple Campus – Apple Magazine Here's how the iPad's new trackpad actually works – The Verge Mac Rumors YouTube overview of the new iPad, Keyboard, and Macs – YouTube Apple website banner now says retail stores are closed ‘until further notice' – 9to5 Mac People Who Left Devices at Apple Stores for Repair Can't Get Them Until Stores Reopen — MacRumors Apple is limiting online iPhone purchases — Seeking Alpha NEMO'S HARDWARE STORE Nemo will be back as soon as the trucks can get to him… Essential Apple Recommended Services: Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter… ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE… what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services… We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by [Pinecast](https://pinecast.com).
Recorded 1st March 2020 This week would have been Steve Jobs' 65th birthday, the product turned verb Photoshop passed 30, the StyleWriter is 29 and speculation about ARM Macs is running rife. Also the novelcoronavirus COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc. To talk about all this I am joined by Nick Riley for a lot of speculation as to what it all means! GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Get Donny Yankellow's 2FunDads iMessage stickers for FREE Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week's show: NICK RILEY @spligosh (https://twitter.com/spligosh) on Twitter very occasionally. Sometimes appears on Bart Busschots' Let's Talk Apple APPLE Apple's Over the Air OS Recovery Solves a Huge Problem Which Many Users Won't Realize Needs Fixing – Wccftech Apple may let users change default apps on iPhones to satisfy trustbusters – Mac Daily News Apple losing 2 veteran execs who were key in producing its top devices – Fortune 29 Years Ago Today, Apple Officially Launched the StyleWriter — iDrop News Four reasons why a removable battery for the iPhone is a horrible idea — Fast Company I Hope Apple Ignores John Gruber's Rants on the iPad — iPad Insight ARM for Mac Moving the Mac to ARM — iMore Do we need an ARM MacBook in an iPad Pro world? — TrustedReviews How Apple Might Introduce ARM CPUs in Future Macs — Mac Observer TECHNOLOGY Citroën's new EV is a tiny two-seater that only costs $22 a month — Engadget Adobe marks 30 years of Photoshop with new iPad and Mac features – 9to5 Mac Google, Microsoft & Facebook cancel near-term events due to COVID-19 with Google and Apple's larger events still in Question — Patently Apple Affinity Suite updates to v1.8 (and then immediately 1.8.1 with bug fixes) – Serif SECURITY & PRIVACY Flaw in billions of Wi-Fi devices left communications open to eavesdropping – Ars Technica Controversial Clearview AI iPhone App disabled for breaking App Store rules — Cult of Mac WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS Write Notes from Your iPhone's Lock Screen with This Hidden Feature — iDrop News Vimeo Create - Video Maker App Store JUST A SNIPPET For things that are not worth more than a flypast The phrase ‘Robot' was coined 100 years ago, in a play predicting human extinction by android hands — TechCrunch The Project Gutenberg eBook of R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), by Karel Capek. NEMO'S HARDWARE STORE Nemo will be back soon Essential Apple Recommended Services: Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – Get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... ProtonMail – End to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Fake Name Generator – So much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – Free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Recorded 15th September 2019 Simon is still afflicted with a stuffed up nose but never mind - this week he and Donny are joined by Ashley Hewson the CEO of Serif to talk about the hit Affinity Suite, Listen carefully and I think Ashley might even have given us a little bit of a scoop! GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Listeners of this show can claim $10 off purchases of Luminar and/or Aurora HD 2019 use the coupon code EssentialApple at checkout for your extra discount! Get Donny Yankellow's 2FunDads iMessage stickers for FREE Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has started up a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week's show: DONNY YANKELLOW @rtteachr (https://twitter.com/rtteachr) on Twitter Find his work at hedgehogalley.com (http://hedgehogalley.com/) Find his stuff in iBooks, a load of sticker packs in the App Store under Donny Yankellow and DesignBundles.net as Skrbly Skrbly Studio on YouTube Skrbly Store Skrbly Studio (Anyone can Draw) – App Store Kiddims on Graphite Comics Life is Random on Graphite Comics 2FunDads Search for Yankellow on the App Store/Books for Stickers and other work ASHLEY HEWSON Find them at www.affinity.serif.com (http://www.affinity.serif.com/) Follow them on Twitter as @affinitybyserif Affinity have 30% off the two workbooks (and are chucking in a free T-shirt if you use the special link) for a limited time... You have to use this link if you are interested - but that is the Photo Workbook and/or the Designer Workbook for £25.99 each for a limited period. Nemo's Hardware Store (47:09) ChargeHub HomeBase Power Bank Docking Station – Limitless Innovations – $60 US Direct ChargeHubGO+ Power Bank with Wireless Charging Pad, USB Charging Port, and 2 Built-in Cables – Limitless Innovations – $40 US Direct the same size as an X or XS phone, you just press a little black side button to turn on the battery then set your iPhone onto it and wireless charging begins. This is brilliant, even with a case on my X phone. And there are indeed THREE output ports: standard flat USB, USB-micro, and USB-C, in addition to the tucked-in Lightning and micro USB cables that are so versatile. NEMO Galaxy Black Reflective Sneaker Duffel – Hex Brand – $160 US / £177 UK Essential Apple Recommended Services: Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – Get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... ProtonMail – End to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Fake Name Generator – So much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – Free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
In this episode, I share quick tips for creating a business logo that I learned from the (very expensive) graphic designers who did my logo and website. Hopefully this will help you NOT have to spend a ton of money! :) Notes from this episode: 1. Make a list of adjectives/words that express how you want people to feel about your business. 2. Think in color theory. Search google for which colors express the emotions you want people to feel about your business. 3. Think about the problem you are solving for people, and incorporate aspects of this into your logo design. 4. Get the hex codes for the colors you have chosen. And use these EXACT same colors in ALL of your branding. This will help customers recognize your brand. 5. Use Canva (free online design platform) to play with colors/design/etc. 6. Decide if you want to use a serif or sans serif font. Serif are generally considered easier to read (but my logo uses a sans serif font and I love it…it is really about what message you want to communicate to your customers.) 7. Consider hiring a freelancer to design your logo after you've done some of the above things to get clear on what you want. (Fiverr, 99designs, Upwork) ONE LAST THING I forgot to mention on the episode! Think about how people interact on social media nowadays- on their PHONES for the most part. Your logo will appear VERY SMALL on mobile devices and you should consider how your logo will look when people are viewing it as a TINY icon on Instagram or other social media platforms! One thing I HATE about my own logo is that it doesn't look good small. :( AFTER I had recorded the podcast I found this awesome business some of you may want to know about: https://www.logolaliadesign.com/ (No affiliation or experience with their services but seems to be beautiful work for website and logo design at a great price point for start-up entrepreneurs.)
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