Mobile Talk

This week’s episode is an interesting combination of factors. Donn and Mark recorded this episode back in February, but other episodes wound up taking precedence. We reference quite a bit Joanna Penn, a writer and podcaster we both respect a great deal. Joanna has written 26 books, both fiction and nonfiction, and has a lot […]

Decluttering has become a cultural phenomenon, as evidenced by the popularity of Marie Kondo‘s work, particularly her book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing. Today, Mark and Donn talk about practical concerns with decluttering our mobile devices—identifying the apps that need to go, protecting against deleting something you […]

In this episode, Mark updates Donn and listeners about what happened at the Online Learning Consortium’s Innovate Conference, held this year in Nashville at the Opryland Hotel. Donn had planned to present with Mark about podcasting in higher education, but had to miss the trip. Mark deemed it a good conference and recommends it for […]

In this episode, Donn and Mark get really pragmatic with an issue that affects all of us who use smart phones and tablets: what to do when they get full! We talk about ways of dealing with it without just junking the thing and starting over. We think we’re back on track with our regular […]

In this mini-episode of Mobile Talk, Donn explains why you haven’t heard from us in awhile, and asks whether anyone is even listening. If you listen to Mobile Talk, please let us know, either by commenting below or responding to the brief survey. Get the podcast Grab it on iTunes. Or listen to it below […]

In this episode of Mobile Talk, Donn and Mark talk with math professor Chris Culliton about practical insights into producing video quickly under real-world deadline pressure—what works, what doesn’t, and what he’ll do differently next time. Listen in and learn from his experience. Get the podcast Grab it on iTunes. Or listen to it below […]

We’re running a bit late this week—life got in the way. But Mark and Donn are here to talk about tools they have found to help organize their chaotic lives, i.e., calendars and todo lists. Get the podcast Grab it on iTunes. Or listen to it below (if it doesn’t play when you click the […]

We haven’t posted episodes for a couple of weeks. It wasn’t because of being on holiday break—we had episodes lined up. But life got in the way. Donn’s entire family got sick with the flu. Donn’s disabled daughter wound up in the hospital—twice. Most devastatingly, Donn’s oldest son died. (If you would like to know […]

During Christmas Break, we decided to replay a previous episode that would be useful to you. We go back to June 2016 for the broadcast of “Desktop Recording with No Budget,” featuring Brandon Ballentine as co-host with current co-host Mark Fuentes as a guest. You can see the original video above, and hear the updated […]

In this episode of Mobile Talk, Mark and Donn talk with our old friend Brandon Ballentine about the newest iPhone. As we talked, we surfaced some things to verify here in the show notes, including: OLED definitely stands for organic light-emitting diode. What’s the organic part? The basic answer for laypeople is: it’s complicated. The name […]