In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

• Using Google Meet to provide video while recording the podcast audio using Adobe Podcast Studio beta
• Inexpensive 3rd party pop shield for Todd’s Yealink UH37 headset
• The 2023 Apple Pencil USB-C. Aka Apple Pencil 0.5
• Differences in case designs for the iPhone 15 Pro Max’s Action Button
• USB-C extension cable quirks
• Jon’s Apple Watch 9 Ultra impressions
• Jon’s comments about Air Pods Pro 2 adaptive noise cancellation quirks
• 9to5Google: Google Photos now always backs up RAW images and shows in main grid

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Yealink UH-37

In this podcast, John Westfall and I discuss:

• Todd testing a new headset/mic: Yealink UH37
• Good idea to clean AirPod soundholes now and then
• Jon’s weird Microsoft Bookings issue: Microsoft Exchange Web Services vs. Exchange ActiveSync
• Todd’s Pixel 7a finally got the Android OS 14 update 10 days after its release on Oct. 4
• MacOS 14 Sonoma vs. Audacity 3.3.3 (and a workaround)
• Which new iOS/iPadoS 17 features are we actually using? Which features are we still trying to figure out?
• Todd’s Audible book recommendation: John Scalzi’s “Starter Villain”

Bo Bo Bao Wonton Min

Bo Bo Bao Mongolian Beef Bao sandwich

Bo Bo Bao Milk Tea Boba

I’m joined by guest co-host Paul Lawler for this special podcast recorded in-person and outdoors at a restaurant on a bay. Paul had a Mongolian Beef Bao sandwich and I had a Wonton Min noodle dish.

Bo Bo Bao: Noodle + Bao

ChessUp AI chess board

We discussed two of Paul’s recent interesting tech purchases starting with the ChessUp chess board with on-board AI; chess pieces that, when touched, cause the boar to light up to show legal moves in one mode and best moves in a second mode; an enhanced cloud AI; and the ability to play either the AI or another human.

Bambu 3D printer sample creations

We also discussed the Bambu Lap P1S 3D printer that is ready-to-print right out of the box with a build volume of 256 x 256 x 256 mm (a bit over 10 inches in each dimension or roughly 1024 cubic inches)

Bambu Lab P1P 3D Printer $599USD

A bit of inside baseball about this podcast: Paul and I were sitting in an outdoor dining area next to a bay while recording this podcast. It was a breezy day and there were a number of people speaking while passing by. We were using a pair of wireless lavalier microphones using an iPhone 14 Pro running the excellent $4.99 Just Press Record app. The audio was cleaned up using Adobe Podcast Enhance and pitch corrected using the open source Audacity software.

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For this podcast Jon Westfall and I are joined by guest panelists Steve Hughes, Sven Johannsen, and Don Sorcinelli.

We briefly discuss the new Google devices announced during the October 4 Made By Google event and more time on the new Tensor G3 software enabled features: Video Boost, improved Night Sight, Audio Magic Eraser, Best Take, and Magic Editor. We debate Magic Editor’s impact as it lowers the bar to create memories that never were.

We finish the podcast with a series of mini-rants including: Google’s trade-in value for old iPhone vs. recent Pixel models; Google’s alleged 7 years of support for the Pixel 8 series; Is the new Microsoft Outlook for Windows 11 that replaces Calendar and Contacts really better? And, finally, the ever increasing prices for streaming services.

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Meta AI chatbot in Messenger

In this podcast I spent the first 4 minutes solo explaining how the first 9 minutes of the podcast audio was lost while using Adobe Podcast Studio beta (emphasis on “beta”) and briefly summarizing the discussion Jon and I had about Google sunsetting its podcast app in 2024 and a side discussion about NPR’s odd regional subscription pricing.
For the remainder of the podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss the Meta (Facebook’s parent company) AI chatbot, MacOS Sonoma’s features of interest to us, an Adaptive Audio oddity when using the AirPods Pro 2nd generation earbuds, and the new Withings Body Scan Scale.

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In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I mostly focus on recent AI announcements from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.

• The Verge: All the biggest announcements from Amazon’s September 2023 product launch event
• ZDNET: Can Microsoft recover from the collapse of its Surface business?
• Microsoft’s former Surface chief Panos Panay is reportedly heading to Amazon
• Everything Microsoft unveiled at its Surface and AI event this week
• Announcing Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion
• Microsoft Bing Blogs: A new wave of innovation in Bing Chat and SwiftKey
• Google Blog: Bard can now connect to your Google apps and services
• Jon will be participating in an AI panel this week at work, what should his talking points be?

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