Darren, Jesse and Stuart reconvene for the second WTF Tech show to try to avoid mentioning the US election, but end up discussing “fake news”, the new UK surveillance law, followup on the new MBP USB-C ports and Touch Bar, plus the newly announced Microsoft Teams. (Recorded Mon 21st Nov 2016)
Show notes:
* “Fake News” and how to overcome it
* Jeff Jarvis: list of ideas on how to tackle fake news
* New UK Surveillance law
* Boing Boing article
* The Guardian article
* Volker’s post re: encrypted messaging (Signal)
* Apple Event Fallout
* Useful Macbook Pro with Touch Bar reviews
* Jason Snell @ Six Colors
* Rene Ritchie @ iMore
* Tweet re: using multiple dongles to provide Ethernet connectivity
* Microsoft Teams
* Stuart’s post on Teams and similar apps
* Tips:
* Darren: Blue Yeti US Microphone
* Jesse: For Domino developers: Serdar’s improved XPages SDK
* Stuart: Workflow – powerful yet intuitive automation app for iOS. Canvas – podcast on iOS productivity, with recent series on using Workflow.
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