Comfort Zone, Episode 21: There’s Gold in That Computer!

Chris has the brand new iPad mini, Matt made a big change to his RSS, and Niléane introduces a new segment: Our Tech Stories. Then we get fun, weird, and thirsty in the game picks.

Weekly Topics

The new iPad mini — https://www.apple.com/ipad-mini/

Official Game Picks

Okay…? — https://apps.apple.com/app/id962050549
Vampire Survivors — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vampire-survivors/id6478975337
Gubbins — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gubbins-its-a-word-game/id1551894081

Other Things Discussed

Lichess — https://apps.apple.com/app/id968371784
Balatro — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/balatro/id6502451661
Zenless Zone Zero — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zenless-zone-zero/id1606356401
Sonos updates the Arc and Sub — https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/15/24270677/sonos-arc-ultra-soundbar-sub-4-announced
The Apple Pencil situation is healing — https://birchtree.me/blog/the-apple-pencil-lineup-is-doing-what-we-should-have-all-expected/
BasicAppleGuy’s colorful MacBook Air concept — https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/macbook
“Margin” blog post — https://shawnblanc.net/margin/
Razor Kishi Ultra — https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CXGMPLWK?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

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Chris on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisLawley
Matt on Birchtree — https://birchtree.me/
Niléane on Mastodon — https://nileane.fr/@nileane
Comfort Zone on Mastodon — https://mastodon.macstories.net/@comfortzone

0:00 - Chris got played by Sonos 2:22 - The new iPad mini 30:13 - Not following the news 44:40 - Our Tech Stories Ep 1: Our First Computer 54:14 - Lichess 56:25 - Okay…? 59:10 - Balatro 1:02:51 - Vampire Survivors 1:05:44 - Zenless Zone Zero 1:07:23 - Gubbins 1:09:43 - New challenge: multitasking 1:12:49 - What Apple product do you wish existed?

October 28, 2024

iPad mini (2024) Review: Small but Mighty

🔗 iPad mini (2024) Review: Small but Mighty

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Chapters

00:00 Intro 00:23 Display 03:08 A17 Pro 4:29 Sponsor Surfshark 5:39 Final Cut Pro 7:10 Logic 7:19 Lightroom 7:54 Performance 8:34 Productivity 9:29 Stroage 10:01 Game Streaming 11:41 Retro Gaming 12:06 USB-C 12:45 Colors 14:13 Apple Pencil 16:00 Who’s the iPad mini for? 18:00 Apple Intelligence 18:31 Should you upgrade? 19:56 Wrap Up

October 22, 2024

Comfort Zone, Episode 20: Get Me a Dr. Pepper Robot

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Niléane is fired up about the state of tech, Chris is enjoying the sweet, sweet sounds of a V12 engine, and Matt is really into a new web browser. For the challenge the gang dives into some different accessibility features for iOS and iPadOS

Weekly Topics

Some — https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/12/24268441/meta-ai-generated-northern-lights-images-threads-users-upset general examples — https://doctorow.medium.com/social-quitting-1ce85b67b456 of things sucking — https://www.macstories.net/stories/lgbt-and-marginalized-voices-are-not-welcome-on-threads/.

Sonos Arc — https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/arc
Sonos Sub — https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/sub
Zen Browser — https://zen-browser.app/

Other Stuff We Discussed

Matt’s northern lights over NYC photo —
Sonos Beam — https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/beam
Arc browser — https://arc.net/ -Amazon Astro — https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Amazon-Astro/dp/B078NSDFSB

Follow the Hosts

Chris on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisLawley
Matt on Birchtree — https://birchtree.me/
Niléane on Mastodon — https://nileane.fr/@nileane
Comfort Zone on Mastodon — https://mastodon.macstories.net/@comfortzone

0:00 - Welcome and democracy 6:16 - Everything sucks 37:13 - Sonos are great, though 56:57 - And browsers can be cool 1:09:27 - Full keyboard access on iPadOS 1:18:05 - Scheduling text size 1:21:45 - Live captions are amazing ✨ 1:28:17 - New challnge: free games

October 19, 2024

What’s on my iPad Home Screen: Apps, Widgets, Shortcuts, and More!

🔗 What’s on my iPad Home Screen: Apps, Widgets, Shortcuts, and More!

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Let’s talk about my iPad Home Screen and all the apps I use.