episodes featuring Jae Bloom

Announcement

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

James, Jae, Alex, and Gedeon recording this episode.
Apple

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.

AI

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.

Apple

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.

Fediverse

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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AI

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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Browsers

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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Android

The Fruit and The Droids

James and Jae are joined by Zack to have an honest discussion on the #iPhone vs #Android debate. We delve into security updates, device longevity, right to repair, cross-platform messaging and much more, all whilst remaining calm and collected!

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Cameras

The UniFi Appreciation Show

You’ve heard us wax lyrical about how much we love UniFi, the easy to use networking and more ecosystem from Ubiquiti. We’re joined by Alex and Evan, the hosts of UI Chat, to look at why UniFi’s offering is so powerful and look at some of the gotchas and things to be aware of.

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Apple Event

Fastest Event Yet

James and Jae are joined by Alex Lowe for our traditional Apple Event discussion. We unpack what the new m3 powered Macs mean in terms of performance, why 8 GB of memory is probably enough, and join our friends at The Iconfactory in celebrating 20 years of xScope.