Good and Geeky Books

By David Allen Wizardgold

Books for the Wannabe Geek about using technology to improve modern living. Have fun being a geek to be more efficient. Emphasis on using Apple kit.... more

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The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.

Good and Geeky Books episodes:

November 19, 2021 Using Github and Working Copy to Synchronise Obsidian
It was mostly a case of following some simple instructions on a website or on a YouTube video. I did struggle a little bit to get it to work and continue to work though I wanted it to. After a bit of time practising and getting it right I feel quite happy about the way it is set up. I would say it probably works better than using iCloud to synchronise between your Apple devices.

The podcast is not just about setting this up it's also about other stuff as well. Listen to the end.
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25min
November 06, 2021 Privacy and Security for Activism
I recommend Tails the amnesiac operating system if you are a whistle blower, activist or ordinary person in need of the most secure ways to share information. If you have to use a computer which is not your own then Tails is the business and recommended by EFF, Snowden and the Tor Project as well as by the Good and Geeky me.
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14min
October 23, 2021 Shortcut Automation to Merge PDFs on iOS
I made a tutorial video showing how to make a shortcut in the shortcuts app to merge PDFs. It works fine on iOS but doesn’t quite manage to do the job on the Mac yet. Even so, still very useful!
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4min
January 27, 2020 The best dictation application for iOS
Siri dictation is isn’t bad. But I’ve found an application called Dictation by BlueShift which is really quite good. It’s more of a transcription app than dictation when you compare with something like Dragon, but it’s still worth the €8 to buy it.
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15min
January 15, 2019 Shortcuts Tutorial – How To Create A Shortcut
When you’re making the perfect blog post there are a lot of moving parts. It would be easy to forget one or two pieces of the process as you go about putting it all together. I think it’s a good idea to have a list of all that needs to be done and to use …
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12min
March 09, 2017 Enough Apple Rumours to Sink a Ship
Apple News podcasts – Apple Rumours I like to keep ahead of what’s happening in the Apple news. Mainly I want to know if there are going to be new computers available especially when I’m getting to the stage where I need to upgrade the iMac computer I have on my desktop. I also write …
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5min
June 08, 2016 A day in the life of my daily iOS routine
The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is to put on my Apple Watch. It’s a part of my daily iOS routine. I love my Apple Watch and I wear it all the time. I’ve been using it now for one year and one month approximately and I wouldn’t like …
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April 06, 2016 Mac Hard Drive Problems Sorted
Hard Drive Problems on the iMac It’s most certainly a lesson for me and it can also be a lesson for you. Drives do fail from time to time and you should always have a backup plan to avoid Mac hard drive problems. I do have a backup plan, but I didn’t follow it as …
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6min
February 06, 2016 Day One 2 – The Best Journalling App for Mac and iOS
Day One 2 journalling application – first impressions I’ve been using the journalling application Day One for quite a few years now and now I have Day One 2 . I have written a book about Digital Journalling, you can get on iBooks and also on Amazon. I write every single day in Day One …
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26min
July 08, 2015 Mac20Q Podcast 125 – Life Logging, El Capitan, Video editing on iOS
I made a switch over to Android for my phone and my tablet for about 18 months and I did enjoy the first 12 months of it. After that I became increasingly fed up with the inability to upgrade the operating system on the phone. What was more annoying though, was the completely useless applications …
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15min

FAQs about Good and Geeky Books:

How many episodes does Good and Geeky Books have?

The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.