James
Co-Host of Crossed Wires
James is in his early 30s and is a passionate Apple fanboy, having been a Mac user for over 10 years. He also enjoys photography, the odd video game, far too much sci-fi and good music.
James became a Christian in his early teens and was baptised in a freezing cold river in the middle of Switzerland a few years later.
James has hosted 32 episodes.
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Episode 026: Various Kinds of Engineering
Episode | August 1st, 2018 | 1 hr 39 mins
apple, crispr, engineering, genetics, i9, intel, macbook pro, microsoft, surface go, thermal throttling
Recorded on 27th July 2018
James and Oli talk about beer-tasting AI, iOS 12’s new ‘Listen Live’ feature for the AirPods, the saga of the new 2018 MacBook Pros, Microsoft’s new Surface Go, some cool new bike lights, and then take a deep dive into the ethics of genetic engineering. -
Episode 025: Lead Us Not Into YouTube
Episode | July 1st, 2018 | 1 hr 39 mins
binge watching, copyright, digital well-being, eu, ios 12, macbook keyboard, macos mojave, netflix, photography, public betas, sony a7 iii, talent, video, wwdc 2018, youtube
Recorded on 27th June 2018. Oli and James are joined by special guest Stephen to discuss photography, the Sony A7 mark 3, new EU copyright laws, Apple’s latest public betas, the repair program for MacBook keyboards and then we take a deep-dive into what digital wellbeing means for us as Christians.
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Short Circuits 006 - WWDC Thoughts with Jonathan Bloom
Episode | June 9th, 2018 | 1 hr 20 mins
apple, ios, ipad, iphone, keynote, macos, mojave, privacy, shortcuts, siri, tvos, watchos, wwdc
A very much not so short circuit for you this time. We’ve just had Apple’s annual WWDC Keynote. James is joined by fellow podcaster and Fireside.fm user, Jonathan Bloom, to review the key points of Apple’s latest software announcements.
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Episode 024: We’ve Updated Our Privacy Policy
Episode | June 1st, 2018 | 1 hr 36 mins
apple, facebook, gdpr, imac, parenting, privacy, social media, surface hub 2, teensafe
Recorded on 25th May 2018: Benjamin, James and Oli get deep into what GDPR means, look into how social media drives us, the 20th anniversary of the iMac, Microsoft’s Surface Hub 2 and technology for parenting.
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Short Circuits 005 - Joel Drapper on Privacy & Security
Episode | May 12th, 2018 | 58 mins 21 secs
amazon, apple, data, facebook, google, passwords, privacy, routers, security, updates, vpn, wifi
On the back of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica breaches, James sits down with longtime friend of the show, Joel Drapper, to have a good long talk about all things privacy and security.
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Episode 023: Coffee Powered Podcasting
Episode | May 1st, 2018 | 1 hr 37 mins
android, apple, apple pay, church of england, collection, customer service, imac pro, ios, linus tech tips, mac pro, pro workflow team, repairs, security
Recorded on Friday 27th April, 2018:
With Benjamin being unwell and unable to record this episode, Oli steps into the fray to record with James. -
Short Circuits 004 - Matt Shaefer on YouTube & Vade
Episode | April 29th, 2018 | 33 mins 6 secs
comments, content creation, privacy, product reviews, smart parking, startups, videos, youtube
James is joined by YouTuber Matt Schaefer, most well known for his MS Tech series of videos, to talk about all things YouTube and then to divert into Matt’s new startup, Vade.
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Short Circuits 003 - Dan Wood on the Amiga
Episode | April 11th, 2018 | 51 mins 36 secs
a1200, a600, amiga, cd32, commodore, dma design, games, retro, team 17
Dan Wood from the Retrro Hour Podcast joins James to talk about the rise and fall of the Amiga from the mid-eighties to the early nineties. Lots of great nostalgia for this classic 16–bit home computer line.
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Episode 022: Convenient Host Delivery
Episode | April 2nd, 2018 | 2 hrs 7 mins
airpods, apple, china, convenience, hp, linux, mcafee, microsoft, nintendo switch, privacy, ps2, ps3, samsung, tunnelbear, vpn, windows 10
Recorded on Sunday 11th March, 2018:
Getting ready for Benjamin to take some time off in a few months, we order a new co-host and find his delivery to be incredibly speedy. This is a bumper episode of the show, so get comfortable and enjoy. -
Short Circuits 002 - Austin Braun on Space
Episode | March 15th, 2018 | 27 mins 43 secs
elon musk, falcon, iss, launch, mars, shuttle, space, space station, spacex
Hot on the back of the warp trail of episode 22, James talks to Austin Braun about space and the future of exploration.
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Short Circuits 001 - Cornelius Franklin on Videography
Episode | March 9th, 2018 | 32 mins 46 secs
4k, 8k, cameras, drones, interview, iphone, photography, smartphone, video
In our first episode of ‘Short Circuits’, our new interview style content, James talks to Cornelius about shooting video with an iPhone, the differences between shooting with a smartphone and a traditional camera, and we look forward to 8K content and the popularity of drones.
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Episode 021: These Are The Voyages
Episode | March 1st, 2018 | 1 hr 36 secs
crisis, elon musk, falcon heavy, furniture, homepod, kfc, mars, space, spacex, speakers, tesla roadster
Cheesy podcast opens… the final frontier. We’re back for our latest episode following the launch of the Falcon Heavy with a Tesla Roadster onboard, the launch of the HomePod and the marks being made in many different ways. We then go for a space walk to discuss if Christians should be excited about the potential of colonising other planets?