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#446: MPU+: Are You Going to Go Big?
September 3rd, 2018 · 97 minutes
Katie and David speculate about Apple's September 12th event, David goes laptopless again, hiding cables and technology clutter around your home, shutting down Wi-Fi on a schedule, storing business cards, fixing a broken iPhone and listener feedback.
#445: HomeKit Intensive
August 27th, 2018 · 91 minutes
David and Katie dive deep on HomeKit and discuss the HomeKit App, managing rooms, creating scenes, automation and our favorite HomeKit enabled devices. We also discuss where HomeKit falls down and our workarounds.
#444: Workflows with iPhone JD Jeff Richardson
August 20th, 2018 · 102 minutes
Jeff Richardson from iPhone JD joins Katie and David to chat about how he uses a Mac at home and PC at work, going all in and adopting a paperless lifestyle with the iPad, starting a successful blog, using the Apple Watch and more.
#443: Revisiting Music Management
August 13th, 2018 · 89 minutes
Katie and David revisit music management and discuss the state of the two major streaming services, how things have changed iTunes Match, managing their music, and audio at home and in the car.
#442: Workflows with Joe Buhlig
August 6th, 2018 · 89 minutes
Joe Buhlig joins David and Katie to talk about his iPadless life, analog tools for productivity, managing a business, Discourse and more.
#441: MPU+: The Grass is Always Greener
July 30th, 2018 · 94 minutes
David and Katie talk about cutting the cable, Katie's moves away from Evernote, David's experimentation with iOS Mail clients, getting burned when selling online, choosing an email provider, the iOS 12 Beta, and answer listener questions.
#440: Workflows with Thom Zahler
July 23rd, 2018 · 98 minutes
Artist, illustrator and cartooner Thom Zahler talks about his life as a comic book artist, writer and the digital and analog tools he uses. He shares how he makes a living as an independent worker, and his experience on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."
#439: On Our Desks …
July 16th, 2018 · 89 minutes
David and Katie share their home office setups. We discuss all the gadgets in, on and under our desks, what's connected to our Macs and how we get work done.
#438: Workflows with Matt Gemmell
July 9th, 2018 · 84 minutes
Matt Gemmell joins us to discuss life as a software engineer turned writer, his evolution from Mac to iOS, his passion for fitness, and being an independent worker.
#437: The iPhone as a Communicator
July 2nd, 2018 · 98 minutes
Of all the things an iPhone can do, we sometimes forget it’s a great device for communication. In this episode we dig deep on how to use the iPhone as a communications tool.