Vic and John discuss southbooth cooling progress, the lack of Apple Vision Pro internationally, Johns new Electric Ride on Mower, briefly about cricket and finally the US DoJ Anti-Trust case against Apple.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.This s

Whack Me In The Face

Jan 24th, 2024 1h 2m

Vic joins John to go discuss the new iPhone 15 Pro Max Lenses for photos and video, using the Meta Quest 3 and trying out the Fuji Real3D Camera vs iPhone 15 Pro Max Spatial Videos in anticipation of the upcoming Apple Vision Pro.With Vic Hudso

A Mixed Bag

Nov 7th, 2023 1h

Vic joins John to go through a mixed bag of topics including the two most recent Apple Events, selling lenses, the new 5x iPhone Pro Max Lens, Johns day job company being potentially bought and split as well as the Soundbooth and some conferenc

Virtually Augmented

Jul 13th, 2023 2h 6m

Vic joins John to look at the history of Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality and Augmented Reality as we pre-assess the pros and cons of AR and VR and the upcoming Apple Vision Pro.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhance

Apple Watch Evolution

Jan 26th, 2023 1h 46m

With some initial discussion of the Twitter Appocalypse and M2 Mac Mini, John and Vic dive into the Apple Watchs evolution since 2015 to present and discuss whether or the newest Apple Watch design can be thought of as the ultimate Ultra.With V

Soundbite Workshop

Oct 16th, 2022 1h 36m

Following Johns appearance on Episode 100 of Podcasting 2.0, John is joined by Dave Jones to workshop the soundbites tag enhancements, as well as touch on BitCoin and Crypto strengths and weaknesses in the longer term.With Dave Jones and John C

Not Turning It Into A Flower Pot

Jun 9th, 2022 1h 32m

Clay joins John to walk through the key moments of the WWDC keynote for 2022 and look at what each means for us and also the broader populace. Whilst John is sad about the Trash Can being Ventura-canned, there were lots of things to smile about

Tesla Electric

Mar 7th, 2022 1h 22m

Russell returns to Pragmatic to discuss his experiences with renewable energy, both the Model S and Model 3 and we dive into the finer issues with glanceless controls and other concerns regarding Tesla's User Interface.With Russell Ivanovic and

Wind Farming

Jan 30th, 2022 2h 5m

Wind Farms are getting bigger and spreading throughout the world both on and off-shore. Vic joins John to talk about Wind Turbines, John's new Tesla and the launch of the new Video podcast/vodcast Pragmatic Electric.With Vic Hudson and John Chi

Chips Ahoy

Nov 20th, 2021 1h 10m

Where have all the chips gone? Scott Willsey joins John to look at how the shifting automotive use of ICs, a drought, a pandemic and poor planning amongst other things has led to an unprecedented global chip shortage with no end in sight.With S

Mirrorless Revolution

Sep 28th, 2021 1h 37m

Watching photography evolve in the past few years had demonstrated with computing power comes the possibility of ditching the SLR entirely and going mirrorless. Clay returns to discuss the mirrorless revolution. And yes, Clay called it first.Wi

Lockdown Computing

Jul 15th, 2021 1h 9m

Lockdowns due to the pandemic of 2020-2021 has shifted a lot of peoples computing needs with working from home on their computer now a real driver for many people. We look at how it's impacted John and take a walk down history lane of Vic and J

Podcast Lightning

Feb 6th, 2021 1h 48m

A team of podcasters and developers are working on the next evolution of podcasting they call Podcasting 2.0. Dave Jones joins John to talk about their goals, RSS, XML and JSON pieces and how they fit together. To top it all off, we also dive i

AstroPhotography

Jan 2nd, 2021 1h 48m

Ian Norman from Lonely Speck joins John to talk about photographing the MilkyWay with just your DSLR and without spending a fortune. We cover everything from Star-Trackers, Red-light filter removal, Pollution Filters, Focussing techniques, Imag

Oh My NAS

Dec 11th, 2020 1h 45m

Casey returns to join John in an episode where we explore all things NAS - specifically the Synology. How we use it, what we use it for and how we neither of us can ever live without one anymore!With Casey Liss and John Chidgey.Related Article:

StarLink

Aug 13th, 2020 1h 17m

SpaceX and Elon Musk have been accelerating a project to provide high-speed, low latency broadband internet around the world via Satellites and are calling it StarLink. Radek joins John to deep dive into what StarLink is trying to accomplish, w

Docks And Interference

Apr 18th, 2020 1h 17m

After a brief chat about John's App-in-progress Timeless Day, Ronnie Lutes joins to dissect the problems and pitfalls of poorly shielded or cheap USB 3 devices and how they can create BlueTooth drops out, Trackpad bullet chattering, Mouse stutt

Back To The Mac

Jan 1st, 2020 50m 21s

Myke Hurley returns to the show to follow on with Optimal Interfaces, now looking into application specific advantages of the different user interfaces we have available to us for our specific use cases. We also consider an apocalyptic world wh

I’ll Do The Procrastination Episode Tomorrow

Dec 16th, 2019 1h 32m

In an episode that could not be put off any longer, Merlin Mann joins John to unpick the habit of procrastination, how to identify when you're doing it, why you're doing it and how to stop yourself from doing it and get yourself back on track.W

FOSS Social

Aug 15th, 2019 1h 47m

Free Open Source Software is at the heart of the Federated Social revolution that's gathering momentum. David Chartier joins John to walk through where we are in that journey so far, the current players, the current challenges and value of havi

Photography

Jun 21st, 2019 2h 26m

If you want to take the best possible picture, far better than a smartphone will ever be able to, where do you begin? John is joined by Clay Daly to walk through the details of modern digital photography, the pitfalls, the misconceptions and th

Optimal Interface

May 16th, 2019 1h 41m

With a growing number of device categories and devices within them, it can be hard to pick what devices from what category will meet your needs. Jason Snell joins John to try to determine what the optimal interface is for what use case you migh

Espresso

Mar 21st, 2019 1h 41m

Following on the Pragmatic Coffee journey, Miha joins to discuss every detail behind the Espresso coffee and how to make the best shot you can.With Miha Rekar and John Chidgey.Previous Episode Links:Pragmatic Episode 30: CoffeePragmatic Epis

Zelda

Feb 24th, 2019 2h 6m

John Siracusa returns to Pragmatic to discuss everything Zelda related, with a focus on Breath of the Wild and how so many established Zelda gameplay rules were thrown out the window with resounding success.With John Siracusa and John Chidgey.M

Agile

Jan 24th, 2019 1h 43m

Waterfall development is being overtaken Agile and in only two decades its popularity continues to grow. Casey Liss weighs in on the pros and cons of Agile while we look at where it's best to use it and what can help to make Agile work.With Cas