But it has become more possible because of AI — A couple of years back, I posted an article explaining why I don’t think we will see a tech singularity for many, many years. …

The new Voice Isolation feature truly surprised me — Once a week I call my sisters. One of them gets up early, so I talk to her for an hour first. After we are done, the other one calls in and I spend another hour or so with her. We don’t use FaceTime because we are usually doing chores…

Couldn’t we do better? — This is more of a question than an opinion, so I’d really like those who agree and especially those who disagree to jump into the comments. I was listening to TWIT talk about Twitter’s now useless blue checks and how contenders for the throne like BlueSky need to verify users…

I have learned a lot, but I’m often frustrated — Eventually we will live in a world where language translation is either automatic or unnecessary. That is, either everyone will speak a common language or our personal tech will translate anything accurately and easily. Our tech is not so very far from that latter choice. It’s good enough now to…

Now tell me how it can’t tell truth from lies — You may already know that I listen to a lot of podcasts. I’m retired; I have the time, and I learn many things while listening. For example, today one podcast host explained the “reality” of AI’s like ChatGPT. “It can’t think. It just strings words together and all of those…

I’m Done With Apple’s Shortcuts and It Could Get Much Worse — I really thought Apple’s Shortcuts would be a good tool. I recognized its frustrating interface and its limited power, but because I was able to do a few useful things with it, I had hope. Apple Shortcuts: Love It or Hate It? Shortcuts is coming to Mac and Automator is on life support. What say you?medium.com That hope has dried up like my birdbath in July.

Because it’s worse for both of you — This morning I read “Questions from an Unsuitable Caregiver” by Orrin Onken. Orrin asks a number of partly tongue in cheek questions about caring for a partner with a chronic disease. He asks questions such as “Should dinner be what the cared for person wants to eat or what the…

But I’m not sure I believe that — Doesn’t look pretty, does it? I was diagnosed with Barretts Esophagus more than a decade ago. It comes from GERD, which is acid reflux. In my particular case, the acid leaks by the flap that is supposed to keep it away from your throat. …

Apple isn’t lost in the wild — I listened to This Week in Tech #923 this morning while walking and found myself disagreeing with just about every thing the hosts had to say about the Apple Headset that is rumored to debut at WWDC this coming June. TWIT (as they call it) is not a podcast I…