{"id":5897,"date":"2026-02-07T20:13:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=5897"},"modified":"2026-02-07T20:13:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:13:57","slug":"mobileviews-podcast-596-e-ink-onenote-ai-market-tremors-and-the-hyflex-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/07\/mobileviews-podcast-596-e-ink-onenote-ai-market-tremors-and-the-hyflex-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileViews Podcast 596: E-ink &#038; OneNote, AI Market Tremors, and the Hyflex Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px); height: 150px;\" title=\"MobileViews 596: E-ink &amp; OneNote, AI Market Tremors, and the Hyflex Classroom\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=7jyk8-1a3d18f-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=auto&amp;logo_link=episode_page&amp;btn-skin=7\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MViews-596-aiframe-1024x474.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MViews-596-aiframe-1024x474.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MViews-596-aiframe-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MViews-596-aiframe-768x356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MViews-596-aiframe-1536x711.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MViews-596-aiframe-2048x949.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nWe recorded <strong>MobileViews 596<\/strong> a day early on February 7, 2026, mostly to stay ahead of the weather. I\u2019m currently under a flood watch in Hawaii, while <strong>Jon Westfall<\/strong> has been dealing with the aftermath of an ice storm in Mississippi. We spent some time comparing the &#8220;quality&#8221; of our power outages\u2014I\u2019ve had five short ones recently, while Jon\u2019s neighbors dealt with a single, brutal nine-day stretch.<\/p>\n<p>In my retirement, I\u2019ve started using mechanical keyboards\u2014I have several now. Surprisingly, I broke my first keycaps ever this month on a <strong>Royal Kludge<\/strong> board. The stems on the &#8220;O&#8221; and &#8220;3&#8221; keys actually cracked. I\u2019ve been replacing them with a set of <strong>Warmier<\/strong> PBT shine-through keycaps, doing about three a day so it doesn&#8217;t feel like a chore. Jon is still rocking a 15-year-old Apple keyboard, but I\u2019m trying to convince him to try a 75% mechanical layout with a volume knob.<\/p>\n<p>We had a discussion about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/news\/invezz:c2ede31b8094b:0-why-anthropic-s-new-claude-plugins-sparked-global-selloff-in-software-stocks\/\">recent tech stock dip following <strong>Anthropic\u2019s<\/strong> new Claude plugins<\/a>. Major players like Microsoft and Oracle saw massive hits, and I can&#8217;t help but wonder if CEOs are overreacting to AI&#8217;s current capabilities. I see a parallel to the &#8220;Advanced Intelligent Networking&#8221; (AIN) of the late 80s. Back then, we were told visual &#8220;drag-and-drop&#8221; programming would replace coders, but that path failed because non-techies didn&#8217;t account for error conditions or governance. Jon agreed, noting that while the sky is changing, it isn&#8217;t necessarily falling, and companies may soon regret the mass layoffs they&#8217;ve justified in the name of AI.<\/p>\n<p>My <strong>Boox Note Air 5C<\/strong> journey continues. I recently picked up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.staedtler.com\/us\/en\/discover\/noris-digital\/#\"><strong>Staedtler Noris Digital Jumbo<\/strong><\/a> stylus. It looks just like a traditional pencil and features a digital eraser on the end. Interestingly, erasing with the physical end of the stylus is actually faster than hitting &#8220;undo&#8221; on an e-ink screen. My current workflow involves syncing my daily doodles from the native Boox app to <strong>OneNote<\/strong> as PDFs, though I\u2019m still struggling with how OneNote for Android handles the mixture of handwriting and text.<br \/>\nJon shared his progress on a mobile &#8220;Hyflex&#8221; setup for his psychology classes at Delta State. He\u2019s using a combination of gear to allow students to participate in-person, synchronously online, or via recording. One software highlight he mentioned is <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/waydabber\/BetterDisplay\"><strong>Better Display<\/strong><\/a> (the $21 Pro version), which allows for a picture-in-picture view of an extended display. It\u2019s a lifesaver when the classroom projector is positioned at an awkward angle behind the presenter.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Jon is planning his hardware roadmap for the year. He\u2019s debating between a DIY Linux box for local LLM work, a Unify storage appliance, or waiting for a <strong>Mac Mini with an M5 chip<\/strong>. Personally, I\u2019m keeping an eye on the rumor mill for a touchscreen MacBook\u2014I might actually buy one if it ever surfaces.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L6fMsV-DS9A\">Jon&#8217;s college classroom HyFlex setup video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MViews-596-infographic-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MViews-596-infographic-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MViews-596-infographic-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MViews-596-infographic-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MViews-596-infographic-1536x857.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MViews-596-infographic-2048x1143.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nAvailable via <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/mobileviews.com-podcast\/id301171904?mt=2\">Apple iTunes<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\u201chttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ToddOgasawara\/podcasts\u201d\">MobileViews YouTube Podcasts channel <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\u201chttps:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/MobileViewscom-Podcast-Podcast\/B08K565TQS?qid=1640555789&amp;sr=1-1&amp;ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&amp;pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&amp;pf_rd_r=TXEJVWB2VW471GJ9XQQ0\u201d&lt;\/a\">MobileViews Podcast on Audible.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recorded MobileViews 596 a day early on February 7, 2026, mostly to stay ahead of the weather. 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