by Scott Feldstein | Wednesday, June 16, 2021 | music, tech
I got a new bag to hold all my music-related tools. This meant going through all that stuff item by item before putting them in their new home. That is when I rediscovered a cheap wireless system I bought two years ago and never really used. I say cheap because I...
by Scott Feldstein | Friday, April 30, 2021 | tech
A few weeks ago I posted a picture of my desk at work. It showed my M1 MBA up on a stand so that I could place it next to an external display. A few things have changed. First, I got some speaker stands so they actually point at my ears. Second, the most obvious...
by Scott Feldstein | Thursday, April 22, 2021 | rants, tech, were you aware of it?
Your iPhone is going to start letting you know if an app wants to track you. Facebook is mad about it. That’s it. You really could just stop reading now and you’d still walk away with a solid, if basic, understanding of the issue. Apps like Facebook currently track...
by Scott Feldstein | Thursday, April 8, 2021 | tech
My Mac-using friends will know that their computer came with a program on it called Preview. It’s the one that launches when you open a pdf document or an image file. But it’s much more than that. You can use it to combine pdfs into a single document. You can insert...
by Scott Feldstein | Sunday, April 4, 2021 | rants, tech
The future has never looked brighter for Apple’s Mac computer line. They are just beginning a two-year transition from Intel to Apple Silicon and the early results are stunning. This is the kind of innovation that will power Mac desktops and laptops through the next...
by Scott Feldstein | Monday, March 22, 2021 | tech
In my last post I mentioned that Apple’s M1 chip is amazing. I mentioned that it was getting terrific performance and stunning battery life. I mentioned that this is going to have an industry-wide impact over the coming years. Maybe the coming decade. Yes, I...