iOS Games Worth Playing
Here’s a great list of games for your iPhone or iPad to check out if you’re already bored with whatever Santa brought you over the holidays. Every so often, a friend asks me for iOS game...
View ArticleGetting Ahead vs. Doing Well
Via Daring Fireball comes this article by Seth Godin on Getting Ahead vs. Doing Well: One unspoken objection to raising the minimum wage is that people, other people, those people, will get paid a...
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Mac Streaming to Twitch via OBS Issues
I’ve been trying to figure out how to stream video/audio to Twitch or YouTube using a piece of software called OBS – short for Open Broadcaster Software. It’s a super powerful piece of software that’s...
View Article► Daily(ish) #162: Shure Thing
Listen here Testing out a Shure MV51 in place of my usual Heil PR40. The post ► Daily(ish) #162: Shure Thing appeared first on Faraway, So Close.
View ArticleRogue One: A Star Wars Story Teaser Trailer
Direct link to YouTube Well if anything was going to bring me out of blogging retirement, it would have to be more Star Wars. I hadn’t read or heard much about Rogue One and just assumed, because of...
View ArticleSnapchat 101: A Course to Try and Explain Snapchat
A few months ago I started playing around with Snapchat. The core idea behind it is that your messages (text, pictures, videos) disappear once they’re viewed. Disposable content is kind of the opposite...
View ArticleAchtung Baby – 25 Years Later
Matt McGee, my atU2 Podcast co-host and creator of atU2.com, has launched a new site celebrating the 25th anniversary of U2’s Achtung Baby over at AchtungBaby.com. It’s difficult to overstate how much...
View ArticleFacebook Live Goes After Twitch
Now that Facebook Live (live video streaming to Facebook from your phone or computer) has established itself, the next logical step is e-sports or video gaming. Techcruch.com reports: Blizzard gamers...
View ArticleDon’t Listen to the Experts
You know the advice you hear from so-called experts that shuts you down? The stuff that stops you from moving forward with a hobby or an idea? You can’t record a podcast unless you have a $300 mic!...
View ArticleWhat Did I Do This Week?
If you’ve ever asked yourself: “I wonder what Chris found interesting on the web this past week?”, I’ve got the answer for you! I’ve relaunched my weekly newsletter and you can sign up below or at...
View ArticleSnapchat 101 Course On Sale for August
A few things: My Snapchat 101 course is on sale for the month of August – get it here for $8 I’m updating it with all new videos with details on all the new features Snapchat has added since I first...
View ArticleWho Is the Apple TV For?
Living in Canada, I didn’t expect that much of the fun stuff Apple was doing on the Apple TV would be available here for awhile – if ever. And I’m hopefully not going to be buying a new TV anytime...
View ArticleBuild Your Own iMessage Sticker Pack
MacStories has a full writeup / tutorial on how to design and launch your own iMessage sticker pack. I don’t know how to code, but I do have some design skills, and I wanted to see what it was like to...
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Facebook’s Notification Dark Pattern
If you’re not familiar with dark patterns in web/app design, Ars Technica has a good primer with one of the people maintaining a library of dark patterns at the appropriately named DarkPatterns.org. In...
View ArticleTony Romo on Life
Tony Romo is a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys and he recently released this statement on how he’s processing being seriously injured in the later stages of his career and having to watch his...
View ArticleFive Goals, Four Kids, One Hell of a Good Time
I have a feeling John Scott won’t be retired for long given how well he writes: his retirement announcement article is such a classy way to end something that he had no part in starting: Getting voted...
View Article►A Review of Rogue One by Two Christophers
Listen at goodstuff.fm/dailyish/193 or Patreon supporters can watch a video version here. Summary: Christopher Schmitt joins me to review and discuss Rogue One, which opened this week in theatres...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes on Wes Bos’ Course Platform
I’m a sucker for behind the scenes of almost anything except how hot dogs are made. Wes Bos puts out awesome training courses for really nerdy web stuff that even I don’t understand most of. And of...
View ArticleDid Facebook Live Audio Get Punished for Sins of the Past?
In late 2015 it was discovered that Facebook’s app for iOS may have been using a loophole to keep the app in the background longer than it should have by pretending to be playing audio. Now while...
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What To Do With Your Mac Before You Sell It
I’ve got a 2007 iMac that’s been sitting on my desk waiting to be Kijiji’d to some loving new home. I keep delaying wiping it and boxing it up 1 because I’m worried I’ll miss something – a photo, a...
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