James Bilsbrough

Intelligence Powered

It’s been a hectic few months here for the team, but on November 4th 2024 we sat down with Alex Lowe for coverage of Apple’s end of October announcements for their new m4 powered Macs. Apologies this episode is so late in coming to you, but we hope you enjoy the Christmas Present! We discuss…

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Can You Hear Me?

Jae and James are joined by Alex and Gedeon for a no holds barred discussion of Apple’s Sepember event including the new iPhone 16, iOS / iPadOS 18, Apple Intelligence, and Apple’s take on the hearing aid.

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Handholding

Whilst we wait for #Apple’s latest announcements, take a trip back with us to when PDAs were still a thing, when styli ruled the handheld computing world, and when our panel was much much younger!

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Hair Helmet

Later than planned, but you can join James, Jae, and Alex for their discussion of Apple’s WWDC 2024 Keynote, including our thoughts on AI (Apple Intelligence) and all the other updates they announced.

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Crushing It!

James and Jae are joined by Alex Lowe for another Apple Event roundup. We look at all the new iPad goodness, play ‘Choose The Pencil’ and even explain why WiFi 7 being AWOL isn’t such a big deal.

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Hosting a Mastodon

James and Jae are joined by Hugo, the one man army behind Masto.host, to talk about the challenges that come with hosting multiple Mastodon instances for a wide range of communities. We also explore why having your own instance may be something to consider.

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Educating AI

James and Jae are joined by returning guests, Prof. Catherine Flick and Zack, to talk about the challenges of AI in academia, and how taking a ChatGPT shaped shortcut nearly cost Zack his high-school graduation.

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Framing a Better Laptop

James is joined by Nirav Patel, the founder and CEO of Framework, to talk about how important ‘Right to Repair’ is and the value we should all be placing on sustainable and upgradeable technology. Of course, we discuss the Framework laptop and what this uniquely customisable and upgradable notebook brings to the market.

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Weaving a Tapestry

James is joined again by Gedeon Maheux from The Iconfactory. This time we’re talking the Project Tapestry KickStarter, designing apps, as well as random diversions to Star Trek, Stargate, AI, and of course some good old Apple talk!

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Build-A-Browser

James and Jae are joined by Jon von Tetzchner, the CEO of Vivaldi. Jon shares his experience with building two different browsers, the early days of the browser-scape, and why we need to regulate or flat out ban the increasing profiling of users on the web.

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