Todd Ogasawara is joined by frequent guest Paul Lawler. We discuss a few our favorite 2022 gadgets and services from a digital coffee scale to a Synology NAS. We bid farewell Dark Sky and Slingbox. And, I take a brief Jurassic Tech side trail after finding an old Eye-Fi WiFi-enabled 4GB SD card from around 2006 for digital cameras.

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss:

Jon's stymied winter holiday travel plans (like millions of other people in the US)

Jon's comments about the current state of technology based on a recent visit to Disneyworld

Apple's new Freeform collaboration app

Guest co-host/guest panelist: Ryan Ozawa

Moving from Meta Bulletin to Substack

Hawaii in-person tech events

Twitter alternatives

Mastadon

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Arc browser

Todd Ogasawara is joined by guest panelists Jack Cook and Sven Johannsen for this podcast.

We noted that today, Dec. 18, 2022, marks the last day of Leo Laporte's syndicated Tech Guy radio program.

iOS and iPadOS 16.2 were released on Dec. 12. Todd and Sven gave the new Apple Freeform collaboration app a quick test.

Jack told us about the Samsung Z-Fold4 phone with not just two screens. It has three!

Sven noted that the Microsoft Surface Earbuds can be used to control a PowerPoint slideshow during a presentation.

Todd Ogasawara is joined by frequent guest panelists Sven Johannsen and Don Sorcinelli for this podcast. They discussed the new Communities for Microsoft Teams, expecting iPadOS 16.2 sometime this week, Apple's iPad app of 2022 - GoodNotes 5, the EU forcing Apple to use USB-C to charge all their devices, Sunbird Messaging's attempt to resolve the green vs. blue messaging bubbles war - part of the long line tech zealots brand/platform arguments.

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall reflect on 2022 - a year of transitions and losses.

They also discuss Microsoft replacing laid off MSN journalists with AI and Apple's 2022 App Store award winners.

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by frequent guest panelist Sven Johannsen to discuss Black Friday purchases and "almost" purchases.

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss companies changing hands (new owner) in 2022 with a focus on their previous favorite note taking app/service: Evernote.

They also discuss Jon's questions about tool preferences.

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall are joined by guest panelist Sven Johannsen for this podcast.  They discuss holiday tech gift ideas based on products they actually bought and used.

They also discuss, in the context of Sven's Amazon Kindle 2022 Fire Tablet 8 HD Plus, tolerable (or even desirable) vs. annoying digital advertising.

Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall discuss the need for certifying Minimally Viable End-Users to ensure business continuity and security.

They also discuss Todd's rediscovery of his inexpensive USB-C tester/multimeter; M2 iPad Pro terrible battery life; waiting for iPadOS 16.2 for external display support & Freeform app; Apple dropping "hey" from "hey Siri" -- bad idea.

Jon shares a Withings Bluetooth Blood Pressure Cuff and his recent purchase of the Popmusic Popupiano.