MobileViews Podcast 326: Goodbye to Ricky Li; iPad Pro problem; Autodesk Sketchbook is free?; Google Lens OCRs handwriting; Apple Arcade; Jon’s R tip

In this podcast we discuss:

  1. RIP Ricky Li.
    MobileViews podcasts 216, 217, 232, 237 (the post missile crisis cast), 256, 277, 281
    MIni-podcast 30 – recorded with Paul Lawler in person sitting around an outdoor table during lunch
  2. iPad Pro 11-inch 2020 frequent spontaneous shutdowns and restarts
  3. Old news that was news to me: Autodesk Sketchbook full edition became free two years ago! This includes desktop and mobile views. Ref: All3DP.com
  4. After 16 years, Inkscape 1.0 was released on May 4. Introducing Inkscape 1.0. Open Source vector graphics for Linux, MacOS, and Windows.
  5. How to Scan and Import Text Into Google Chrome With Google Lens
  6. Jon signed up for Apple Arcade. Seems worth it for $4.99 a month with family sharing. Mini Motorways is awesomely addicting (Mini Metro was the developer’s first game, also awesome and very similar, and a 1 time purchase no ads).
  7. Tip from Jon’s Practical R 4 book
    The Input Method – reminds me of SAS’ cards command:

    OurData = (”
    Student Pretest Posttest
    A 25 27
    B 23 23
    C 21 22
    D 23 29
    E 23 24
    F 21 19
    “)
    Data = read.table(textConnection(OurData),header=T)

  8. Installed R & R Studio on my Chromebook. Excellent step-by-step by Francis L. Huang

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