My friends at Apple, for I must surely call any organization that has taken so much of my money in exchanged for shiny objects a friend, announced a lot of new shiny objects this week. And so, I podcasted about them on my own show, on a show where I’m a regular, and as a guest on someone else’s show. Minimum show length? 1 hour. That’s the one I produced and edited. You’re welcome! But Siri-ously. Do check them out, of they were fun shows to do: The Parallel, #3 “Everyone Wants an Apple TV,” with Dan Moren and Josh de…
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This Week in Podcasts
Posted in Pods and Presos
Dan Moren and Jason Snell were kind enough to invite me back on the Clockwise podcast for episode #102. Most of today’s topics come down to Apple in the entertainment realm. I also got to plug The Parallel to a new audience. Instead of recording the Maccessibility Roundtable as usual tomorrow, we will do a show immediately after Tim Cook and company reveal their secrets, next Wednesday. So join us on the stream, and on Twitter with #volive. Finally, speaking of The Parallel. I would love to have your feedback on the show, and who you want to hear from in future…
Back in the Saddle: Check Out My New Podcast
Posted in Access and Disability, Announcements, New Media and Tech, and Pods and Presos
Lately, I’ve been rediscovering my love of podcasting. For those of you who don’t know, and that includes a surprising number of friends and colleagues, I produced my first podcast in 2004, and continued to make shows on the regular for the better part of the next nine years. I have guested on many podcasts, and was active in the first wave podcasting community; the enthusiasts and semi-pros who congregated at the first few New Media Expo events. Oh yeah. And I ran Blogger & Podcaster Magazine, which sadly folded after a year-and-a-half run. It’s weird to feel I need…
This is how we kill time until Apple’s next announcement. Actually, it was an interesting show. But we are waiting for the folks in Cupertino. Maccessibility Roundtable #91 Too. I occasionally write on this blog. Check it out if you would.
The Face We Show the World
Posted in Access and Disability, and New Media and Tech
This morning, I retweeted a USA Today column by James Alan Fox, a legally blind professor. Because low-vision! Mainstream media outlet! Yay! He writes about the experience of using airports as a visually impaired person. As I read, I ticked off each point he made, recognizing them as my own travel frustrations. I felt much more connected to this guy’s experience than I do to the usual gripes about flight delays and TSA policies. The article is mildly funny, so that didn’t hurt. I especially liked the bit about not trusting a bored teenaged kid to interpret a fast food…
The One iPod Touch Fangirl
Posted in New Media and Tech, and Random Personal Nonsense
This week’s announcement of faster, more colorful versions of the iPod Touch was met with: a) rapture b) sophisticated market analysis c) indifference Actually, the answer is d) scorn. You see, the lowly (that one always hurts) iPod Touch is not perceived as an aperitif for those wishing to sample the iOS menu. Nor is it the logical landing place for someone who prizes small, elegant things. It is also not a cost-effective way to get onto the Internet without all the carpel tunnel. No, dear readers, the iPod Touch kind of makes people crazy. Crazy the way reality TV makes…
Podcast Plethora, part 2
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Audio just keeps coming. Blind Bargains posted the rest of my ACB coverage, along with Joe’s NFB interviews. You can also find me on Clockwise #95, talking about whether the updated iPod Touch (swoon) portends a small iPhone, plus Comcast, Reddit, and ibeacons. Speaking of beacons, please enjoy my interview and demo (audio) of the Lowviz Guide indoor navigation system from ACB.
Podcast Plethora, part 1
Posted in Pods and Presos
Last week and this shall be filled with podcasts. You have been warned. I covered the ACB convention for Blind Bargains, and those stories are starting to hit the feed today. For the moment, I commend you to the BB site and podcast feed. There’s one really cool episode I want to give special pimpage when it drops, so watch for it. In the meantime, please also enjoy a really long but interesting Maccessibility Roundtable, with lots of talk about Apple Music, plus my commentary on that Cupertino company’s presentation at ACB.
The Roundtable Rides Again
Posted in Announcements
We can make a short show. Yes we can! Then I screw that up by including a 1 minute ad for my book in the middle. Behold and purchase! Download Maccessibility Roundtable #87: I’ve Lost My Analogy Brain
The Roundtable Dissects WWDC
Posted in Pods and Presos
After enduring (we actually liked a lot of it) a super-long WWDC keynote, the Maccessibility Roundtable crew held forth on all of Apple’s announcements and shiny gewgaws. Download Maccessibility Roundtable #86: Grandpa Fonzie