A few video highlights from Day’s 1 and 2
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MoogFest Day 2 – Workshops and Martin Gore
Today I got the chance to do a few workshops that I had signed up for. The first session was done by NC State and took everyone thru doing some WebVR development using AFrame and a site called Glitch. Glitch allows you to setup a WebVR environment quickly and easily. Fun class, reminded me of […]
A slow start – Moogfest 2019 Day 1
Today is day 1 of Moogfest 2019. Got here in time to pick up my pass at 10am (when it opened) and they were still setting up the place. To say setting up the place, is a bit of an understatement. The didn’t even have the tent fully constructed. The VIP lounge wasn’t built yet, […]
Conversation is not enough
In the last post I talked about how conversations are a powerful way of interacting with a computer. A conversation must have context and memory in order to enable this power. Simple commands and individual queries are good, but not sufficient to enable the UX of the future. Now let’s look at augmented reality (AR). […]
Security and IoT
This year there have been so many reports about IoT devices being hacked, being misused, and being subverted. I think we are at a watershed when it comes to Internet of Things Connected devices. There are two major issues, which if not resolved, will crater the industry and drive a large spike of distrust into […]
Why the HELL can’t Apple Fix iTunes?
The number of times that the iTunes library file has corrupted on my iMac is insane! I have a very large iTunes library. It consists of all the CDs, LPs, Cassette Tapes, and even some Reel-to-reels that I own, and have converted to digital. The library is about 23,000 songs and well over a thousand […]
Two days with iPad Pro 11inch
If you follow my blog at all, you know that three years ago I got the original iPad Pro 12.9inch. It really changed how I used my iPad, as I could now really do significant work while on the go. I recently upgraded it to the new iPad Pro 11inch, which seems so small now, […]
Getting ready for Wasted Time V8.0
This summer has been a ton of fun learning how to address SiriKit in WastedTime. The last piece I have been working on is changing the UI to leverage Reactive Swift – AKA RxSwift. This will (hopefully) allow you to start a meeting on your HomePod and then open the app on your iPhone or […]
My Apple Watch Series 4 Prediction
So, I’ve been thinking about WWDC’s demos, and the rumors that the Watch Series 4 is going to be bigger.. so let me be the first one to blog this out loud… The Apple Watch Series 4 will become your Dick Tracy watch. Here’s why I say this.. If you watched the keynote, they showed […]
Holiday Card App and other progress
So, I finally have had a few things slow down enough so I could do some more coding. I am working on two projects at once. The first is adding Siri support to Wasted Time v8.0 – this has been really fun, as I am learning about Siri Intents, changing the app to run without […]