Smart Tech Today #18: Amazon Owns the Smart Speaker Market
February 25
On this episode of Smart Tech Today, Mikah and I talked about: Using the Eve Aqua in a patio-based automated watering system Nearly 70% of
Entering your home with just a tap (using NFC & iOS)
February 18
Matt Haughey started with an August Smart Lock and ended up getting NFC tags so that everyone in his family could tap in and out of the house.
Smart Tech Today #17: Piloting Your Ambulatory Meat Sack
February 10
On this episode of Smart Tech Today, Mikah and I talked about: Your Philips Hue light bulbs could be hacked; update your firmware for the
Using Apple Pencil to edit audio with Ferrite
February 7
Last Monday night, I streamed on Twitch for about a half hour on the topic of Ferrite for iPad with my friend Alec Pulianas, a
“Show me this clip” for video podcasts with this Overcast to YouTube shortcut
February 5
If you didn’t already know, my podcast Smart Tech Today comes with a video feed now – you can download a full video feed in
Smart Tech Today #16: Smart Tech at the Super Bowl
February 5
On this episode of Smart Tech Today, Mikah and I talk about: Amazon’s Super Bowl advertisement for Alexa Google’s Super Bowl advertisement for the Google
Smart Tech Today #14: Loads of Smart Tech at CES 2020
January 20
This week, I talked about the loads of gear I saw at CES – plus, Smart Tech Today now has video! Make sure to subscribe on YouTube and watch along.
How far did I walk today?
January 7
Today’s new shortcut is How far did I walk today? is designed for CES attendees but is also good for anyone really: Looks at the
Which CES shuttle should I take?
January 6
New shortcut “Which CES shuttle should I take?“ for CES attendees: Pulls from a dictionary of CES hotel names and their associated shuttle #s, lets
Playing a podcast by time of day using “If” conditionals
January 3
This afternoon, @kcjokes asked for a shortcut that can play a podcast based on the time of day:
Log your sun exposure with an Apple Watch automation ⌚️
January 2
Here’s a Personal Automation for Apple Watch that I’m running automatically at the start of my Walking workouts – Log UV index: Gets the current
Singalong
January 1
New shortcut Singalong for Apple Music users: Turns on the Apple TV, asks if you want to Hand Off music to the TV from the
2020 Meme generator
December 28
Sometimes you just have to make a meme into a shortcut: Takes the “2020” meme with a line of text in the middle and uses
Twitter self-search
December 24
Self-search is a handy shortcut I built for Twitter users: Using a Twitter username inputted on import and a keyword entered when the shortcut is
Pick random Office episode
December 18
If you love The Office and want to have a random episode picked for you, this shortcut is for you: Using a dictionary filled out
Move from Ulysses to iA Writer
December 18
Just created this new shortcut Move from Ulysses to iA Writer: Gets sheets from a group in Ulysses, asks which one to use, then adds
MacStories releases MusicBot, putting most of Apple Music in one Siri Shortcut
December 17
Federico Viticci, doing his usual excellent work on MacStories: For the past several months, I’ve been working on a shortcut designed to be the ultimate
Smart Tech Today 11: Samuel L. Jackson on Your Amazon Echo
December 16
On episode 11 of Smart Tech Today, Mikah and I covered a K-Pop rapper’s AirPods problem, Samuel L. Jackson on your Echo, and Sling TV
Transit’s Apple Watch app returns after two-year hiatus
December 12
Jon Fingas, writing for Endgaget about Transit for iOS releasing a new version of their Apple Watch app: The popular public transportation tool is now
Smart Tech Today 10: We Want Smart Blinds
December 10
On our tenth episode of Smart Tech Today, Mikah and I talk about these stories: Sony brings AirPlay 2 and HomeKit to select 2018 and