Category: Technology
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Unsolicited Product Review: Amazon Echo Loop Unboxing
In today’s episode, an unsolicited review of Amazon’s new Echo Loop, a smart ring that’s a voice interface to Alexa. Watch the unboxing to see what’s in the box, setup, and how it works. Disclosure: I paid for this device out of pocket and it’s not generally available yet – you had to submit a…
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You Ask, I Answer: Recording Better Video on Smartphone?
Linda asks, “What recommendations do you have for recording video quickly and easily? The camera on my iPhone isn’t doing the job.” Unless your iPhone is over 5 years old, chances are the camera on it is just fine. You’ve probably got three other problems: lighting, stabilization, and audio. Equipment mentioned is shown here: https://www.trustinsights.ai/amazonstorefront…
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You Ask, I Answer: AI-Enabled Parenting Tools?
Donna asks, “Super curious to hear your thoughts on tools like AI-enabled baby monitors and other AI-enabled parenting tools. What do you think?” The challenge of tools like AI-powered anything are twofold: what happens to the production data? And how was the model trained that the tool is built on? Most products and services don’t…
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You Ask, I Answer: Equipment to Video Record Speeches?
George asks, “which equipment, exactly, do you use to videotape your speeches – I see you bring a tripod with both video and audio recorders?” This question gets asked often, but the equipment does change over time, so here’s the mid-2019 loadout. I should add that all this is optimized to be set it and…
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How One-Click Unsubscribe Can Wreck Your Email Marketing List
One-click unsubscribe links could be destroying your email marketing list, especially if you’re a B2B marketer. By one-click unsubscribe, I mean any email marketing/marketing automation platform which allows a subscriber to opt out simply by clicking a link in the email and taking no further action or confirmation. When they get to the landing page,…
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You Ask, I Answer: IBM Multicloud Manager and The Importance of Cloud Governance
Melissa asks, as part of IBM’s launch of Multicloud Manager, “How important is avoiding vendor lock-in with regard to cloud computing?” Avoiding vendor lock-in isn’t as big a deal today as it was 20 years ago, in the days when you would park millions of dollars in proprietary hardware in your server room and hope…
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You Ask, I Answer: Business Messaging and Collaboration
Nick asks, “May I ask you, what business messenger or collaboration tool do you use? What feature or functionality is more valuable for you?” I use four business messaging platforms in the work I do: Slack for my company and many others Watson Workspace for my work with IBM LinkedIn Messages for outreach Facebook Messenger…
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You Ask, I Answer: How I Make Daily Video Content
Kathy asked, “How do you make daily video content? What’s the process?” This process has been iterative – it’s not something I came up with all at once. Below is the outline; if you’d like a printable PDF version, just click here. Can’t see anything? Watch it on YouTube here. Listen to the audio here:…
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Testing Microphones for the iPhone X
I’ve been working with much more video lately and had a question I needed an answer to – what microphones generate the best quality audio when I’m filming on my iPhone X? I had these microphones available to test: Wired headphones that come with the phone, the Earpods (Wired) David Clark HBT-30 headset (Bluetooth) Bose…
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Three Power Writing Tips for National Novel Writing Month
While I’m not participating, a number of friends plan to participate in National Novel Writing Month, or #NaNoWriMo. For me, once I’ve built an outline, the hardest part of writing is the actual writing, putting words on paper. To help those participating, I’m sharing 3 different ways to put lots of words on paper, so…
