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It’s so rare to find reasonably priced, easy-to-understand books dealing with anything technical, that is unless you’ve heard of Take Control Books. The Take Control Books team publishes books on a wide variety of Apple and non-Apple related topics, most of which are priced below $15, even less if purchased as a bundle. I love… Read more

Today I thought I would do something different and share some piano medleysthat bring me joy. Kurt Hugo Schneider is a composer, music producer, and director. Most of his work is on his YouTube channel https://www.kurthugoschneider.com/about/ I discovered Kurt once while having a bad day. I was searching on YouTube, just mindlessly looking for some… Read more

I remember the first time I was asked this question: I was giving a presentation after which a woman approached me and asked, “What should I do when I meet a blind person?” I was totally taken aback and had no idea how to answer her question. “Shake their hand?”, I said in a faltering… Read more

Ever since Apple’s announcement of MagSafe in its iPhone 12 lineup, I thought the perfect application would be to connect an external battery pack. For those unfamiliar with MagSafe, it builds on existing wireless charging technologies, but because of what I call “Apple magic”, it can provide more power and hence can charge devices more… Read more

Ever since I stayed up way too late, refreshing my browser in a frantic attempt to pre-order my first Apple Watch, there is one feature that I always wanted to have: the ability for my watch to chime on the hour, every hour. Growing up, I remember everyone seemed to have a watch that could… Read more

Today’s post will be a short post because I’m just getting home after what has been a long and emotional day. As I’ve already blogged about, my daughter, Gabby, is starting at North Dakota State University and today was move-in day. In preparation for an early move-in this morning, we traveled to Fargo yesterday and,… Read more

We just arrived in Fargo a little wile ago in preparation for moving our daughter, Gabby, into college. This is Gabby’s first year at North Dakota State and she is very excited. Of course we hadn’t been in Fargo for more than ten minutes before we just had to go shopping for some stuff she… Read more

I wanted to share a site which I’ve always assumed must exist, but have never actually seen prior to today. This Day in History is a site which allows you to choose a date and see significant events that happened on that particular day. I confess I’ve been a bit mesmerized by this site over… Read more

One of the really cool things about participating in the Ultimate Blog Challenge is that I receive daily ideas about topics on which I might want to blog. The challenge doesn’t require that I follow these suggestions at all, they’re just ideas. Day 15’s suggestion was a particularly interesting one: Create an AMA, Ask Me… Read more

One of the things that most excites me about accessibility is that it has proven Time and time again to be a springboard for innovation. Speech to text, text to speech, curb cuts and ramps, the Segway, and even the typewriter keyboard are examples of how thinking about a problem from an accessibility perspective has… Read more