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120: Vic's Workshop Jun 7, 2026 01:59:08 After building my own Soundbooth a few years ago and subsequently learning that Vic was selling his own woodworking creations, I just had to go in-depth with Vic about Woodworking...what it means to be one and what tools can make it so much easier. After a handful of life updates, we spend the rest of those two hours diving into everything about Woodworking and Vic's workshop.With Vic Hudson a

119: Is That Photo Real? Mar 29, 2026 01:14:22 With heavily digitally modified images and fully AI-generated images now being regularly posted as being real, what can we trust? John and Clay tackle the challenges of flagging photo modifications, and propose a potential solution for ensuring a photographic chain of trust. Can it be done?With Clay Daly and John Chidgey.Links of Potential Interest: Nikon Z30 Kit with 16-50mm VR Lens Nikkor Z 28-

118: Call Me Anywhere (Just Not Underwater) Feb 21, 2026 00:58:17 After some updates about the past few months, Vic and I touch on the Starlink and SpaceX Direct To Cell technology. How it works and the ways in which it differs from other entrants like Iridium.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.TEN Show Links: Pragmatic Episode 99: StarLink Links of Potential Interest: LTE Signal Strength Guide DTC Thread Free Space Loss Calculator SpaceX completes 1st Starlink

117: Video is Harder May 15, 2025 01:16:43 Having recorded and edited over 130 video episodes of various shows, John discusses everything he's learned with Vic, reflecting on gear choices and changes and the tradeoffs between scripting and not and finally editing. All of this to reach a singular conclusion...video is harder.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.TEN Show Links: TEN: Causality TV TEN: Pragmatic Electric TEN: Whisky Whiskey

116: Whisky Whiskey Oct 20, 2024 02:02:31 Vic joins John to discuss all things Whisky/Whiskey as John launches a new Video Podcast of the same name. Think of Pragmatic...but applied to Whisky...in a video form. We cover everything from Mash Bills to Distilling, Barrel Influence and lots and lots more.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.TEN Show Links: (Causality TV) TEN: Causality TV Episode 1: CrowdStrike TEN: Causality TV TEN Show Links:

115: Use Sparingly Use Wisely Jun 6, 2024 01:38:23 Scott Willsey returns to pull apart the Google AI Overviews feature, the risks of trusting LLMs and Generative AI and the OpenAI Scarlett Johansson saga. Also John's returning to the USA in September and embracing Dumb Watches along with a host of other updates.With Scott Willsey and John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced John’s Coming Back to America: (VOTE HERE) Arizona Sep

114: Monopoly (Not The Game) Apr 15, 2024 02:00:35 Vic and John discuss southbooth cooling progress, the lack of Apple Vision Pro internationally, Johns new Electric Ride on Mower, briefly about cricket and finally the US DoJ Anti-Trust case against Apple.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced TechDistortion Referenced Articles: 47 At A Test Match Finally Anti-Trust Links of Potential Interest: What Is Prism Corre

113: Whack Me In The Face Jan 25, 2024 01:02:32 Vic joins John to go discuss the new iPhone 15 Pro Max Lenses for photos and video, using the Meta Quest 3 and trying out the Fuji Real3D Camera vs iPhone 15 Pro Max Spatial Videos in anticipation of the upcoming Apple Vision Pro.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced Links of Potential Interest: EVSE: Electric Vehicle Fires FujiFilm FinePix Real3D Camera Nomad Good

112: A Mixed Bag Nov 8, 2023 01:00:37 Vic joins John to go through a mixed bag of topics including the two most recent Apple Events, selling lenses, the new 5x iPhone Pro Max Lens, Johns day job company being potentially bought and split as well as the Soundbooth and some conference speaking.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced Links of Potential Interest: Apple Event: October 30 Apple Event: Septembe

111: Virtually Augmented Jul 14, 2023 02:06:35 Vic joins John to look at the history of Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality and Augmented Reality as we pre-assess the pros and cons of AR and VR and the upcoming Apple Vision Pro.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced Links of Potential Interest: 3D Display Autostereoscopy Vergence Accommodation (vertebrate eye) Vergence-Accommodation Conflict Virtual Reality Reality L

110: Apple Watch Evolution Jan 27, 2023 01:46:22 With some initial discussion of the Twitter Appocalypse and M2 Mac Mini, John and Vic dive into the Apple Watchs evolution since 2015 to present and discuss whether or the newest Apple Watch design can be thought of as the ultimate Ultra.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced Celebrating Causality’s 50th Episode!! The TEN Store is NOW Open! Related Episodes: P

109: Soundbite Workshop Oct 17, 2022 01:36:38 Following Johns appearance on Episode 100 of Podcasting 2.0, John is joined by Dave Jones to workshop the soundbites tag enhancements, as well as touch on BitCoin and Crypto strengths and weaknesses in the longer term.With Dave Jones and John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced Create your own Credited Soundbite Related Articles: Podcast Lightning Podcasting 2.0 Podcasting 2.0 Addendum

108: Not Turning It Into A Flower Pot Jun 10, 2022 01:32:50 Clay joins John to walk through the key moments of the WWDC keynote for 2022 and look at what each means for us and also the broader populace. Whilst John is sad about the Trash Can being Ventura-canned, there were lots of things to smile about too.With Clay Daly and John Chidgey.TechDistortion Articles Discussed: Tesla User Interface Pragmatic Episodes Referenced: Pragmatic Episode 107: Tesla

107: Tesla Electric Mar 8, 2022 01:22:16 Russell returns to Pragmatic to discuss his experiences with renewable energy, both the Model S and Model 3 and we dive into the finer issues with glanceless controls and other concerns regarding Tesla's User Interface.With Russell Ivanovic and John Chidgey.TechDistortion Articles Discussed: Tesla User Interface Pragmatic Electric Links: Pragmatic Electric Pragmatic: Electric - YouTube Intr

106: Wind Farming Jan 30, 2022 02:05:54 Wind Farms are getting bigger and spreading throughout the world both on and off-shore. Vic joins John to talk about Wind Turbines, John's new Tesla and the launch of the new Video podcast/vodcast Pragmatic Electric.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.TechDistortion Articles Discussed: Retro Mac Pro Retro Mac Pro Part 2 Upgrading the Mac Pro SSD Upgrading the Mac Pro RAM Buying A Tesla Pragmati

105: Chips Ahoy Nov 21, 2021 01:10:53 Where have all the chips gone? Scott Willsey joins John to look at how the shifting automotive use of ICs, a drought, a pandemic and poor planning amongst other things has led to an unprecedented global chip shortage with no end in sight.With Scott Willsey and John Chidgey.Links of Potential Interest: 2020–2021 Global Chip Shortage Surging Demand Cause Semiconductor Shortfall Global shortage in c

104: Mirrorless Revolution Sep 28, 2021 01:37:15 Watching photography evolve in the past few years had demonstrated with computing power comes the possibility of ditching the SLR entirely and going mirrorless. Clay returns to discuss the mirrorless revolution. And yes, Clay called it first.With Clay Daly and John Chidgey.Related Episode Link: Pragmatic Episode 94: Photography Pragmatic Episode 101: Astrophotography Related Articles: Kit vs Ta

103: Lockdown Computing Jul 16, 2021 01:09:09 Lockdowns due to the pandemic of 2020-2021 has shifted a lot of peoples computing needs with working from home on their computer now a real driver for many people. We look at how it's impacted John and take a walk down history lane of Vic and John's various Macs for the past few decades and how it led to a controversial purchase.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Related Articles: Retro Mac

102: Podcast Lightning Feb 7, 2021 01:48:48 A team of podcasters and developers are working on the next evolution of podcasting they call Podcasting 2.0. Dave Jones joins John to talk about their goals, RSS, XML and JSON pieces and how they fit together. To top it all off, we also dive into BitCoin, Lightning and distributed monetisation in podcasting.With Dave Jones and John Chidgey.Related Articles: Podcasting 2.0 Podcasting 2.0 Addendum

101: AstroPhotography Jan 3, 2021 01:48:52 Ian Norman from Lonely Speck joins John to talk about photographing the MilkyWay with just your DSLR and without spending a fortune. We cover everything from Star-Trackers, Red-light filter removal, Pollution Filters, Focussing techniques, Image stacking and lots more.With Ian Norman and John Chidgey.Links of Potential Interest: How to Photograph the Milky Way - LonelySpeck Bahtinov Mask SharpSta

100: Oh My NAS Dec 12, 2020 01:45:13 Casey returns to join John in an episode where we explore all things NAS - specifically the Synology. How we use it, what we use it for and how we neither of us can ever live without one anymore!With Casey Liss and John Chidgey.Related Article: Oh My NAS Links of Potential Interest: Plex Starport 75 QNAP Parallels Plex/NAS Compatibility Spreadsheet MoCA Bridge Plex Pass Plex Naming Primer Chann

99: StarLink Aug 14, 2020 01:17:44 SpaceX and Elon Musk have been accelerating a project to provide high-speed, low latency broadband internet around the world via Satellites and are calling it StarLink. Radek joins John to deep dive into what StarLink is trying to accomplish, why it's a such a different approach to the problem and why it might actually succeed where others have failed.With Radek Pietruszewski and John Chidgey.

98: Docks And Interference Apr 19, 2020 01:17:14 After a brief chat about John's App-in-progress Timeless Day, Ronnie Lutes joins to dissect the problems and pitfalls of poorly shielded or cheap USB 3 devices and how they can create BlueTooth drops out, Trackpad bullet chattering, Mouse stuttering and more and how one might diagnose and fix these issues. A must listen for those with suspected interference on their PC or Mac wireless devices.

97: Back To The Mac Jan 1, 2020 00:50:21 Myke Hurley returns to the show to follow on with Optimal Interfaces, now looking into application specific advantages of the different user interfaces we have available to us for our specific use cases. We also consider an apocalyptic world where we can only have one device and what it would be.With Myke Hurley and John Chidgey.Related Episode Link: Pragmatic Episode 93: Optimal Interface Relat

96: I’ll Do The Procrastination Episode Tomorrow Dec 17, 2019 01:32:02 In an episode that could not be put off any longer, Merlin Mann joins John to unpick the habit of procrastination, how to identify when you're doing it, why you're doing it and how to stop yourself from doing it and get yourself back on track.With Merlin Mann and John Chidgey.Related Episode Links: Pragmatic Episode 40: Productivitus Interruptus Pragmatic Episode 50: Accidental Clicking

95: FOSS Social Aug 16, 2019 01:47:53 Free Open Source Software is at the heart of the Federated Social revolution that's gathering momentum. David Chartier joins John to walk through where we are in that journey so far, the current players, the current challenges and value of having multiple social-network options.With David Chartier and John Chidgey.Related Article Links: TechDistortion: Engineered Space Take 2 TechDistortion F

94: Photography Jun 21, 2019 02:26:51 If you want to take the best possible picture, far better than a smartphone will ever be able to, where do you begin? John is joined by Clay Daly to walk through the details of modern digital photography, the pitfalls, the misconceptions and the reasons you should consider it if you haven't.With Clay Daly and John Chidgey.Related Episode Links: Pragmatic Episode 12: Pages Blocks Planes Die Ba

93: Optimal Interface May 17, 2019 01:41:01 With a growing number of device categories and devices within them, it can be hard to pick what devices from what category will meet your needs. Jason Snell joins John to try to determine what the optimal interface is for what use case you might need and where technology is heading.With Jason Snell and John Chidgey.Related Article Links: Optimal Interface: Part 1 Input Optimal Interface: Part 2 O

92: Espresso Mar 22, 2019 01:41:25 Following on the Pragmatic Coffee journey, Miha joins to discuss every detail behind the Espresso coffee and how to make the best shot you can.With Miha Rekar and John Chidgey.Previous Episode Links: Pragmatic Episode 30: Coffee Pragmatic Episode 30A: Coffee Follow-up Part A Parallel Passion Episode 4: John Chidgey Miscellaneous Links: John Making A Latte Miha Latte Art History: Espresso Hist

91: Zelda Feb 25, 2019 02:06:34 John Siracusa returns to Pragmatic to discuss everything Zelda related, with a focus on Breath of the Wild and how so many established Zelda gameplay rules were thrown out the window with resounding success.With John Siracusa and John Chidgey.Miscellaneous Links: John Chidgey’s Zelda Amiibo Collection The Legend of Zelda Role-playing Video Game 10 Games With Guinness World Records Player&rs

90: Agile Jan 25, 2019 01:43:50 Waterfall development is being overtaken Agile and in only two decades its popularity continues to grow. Casey Liss weighs in on the pros and cons of Agile while we look at where it's best to use it and what can help to make Agile work.With Casey Liss and John Chidgey.Previous Episode Link: Pragmatic Episode 79: Diluted My Metric Goodness Miscellaneous Links: Waterfall Model Technical Debt

89: The Problem Is Us Dec 6, 2018 02:11:13 Social Media has taken the world by storm but recent history has shown all that glitters isn't gold and has many people wondering if the technology is the problem, or if the problem is us?With Seth Clifford and John Chidgey.Previous Episode Link: Pragmatic Episode 80: Mastodon Miscellaneous Links: I Don’t Want to Do This Anymore: Fundamentally Broken My Company Tried Slack For Two Yea

88: Trust, Faith and the Cloud Oct 5, 2018 00:56:59 With Cloud Storage becoming a staple of modern computing, we deep dive into the history of how cloud storage came about, what features it has or should have and ultimately who can you trust?With Rob Griffiths and John Chidgey.Miscellaneous Links: Cloud Storage Box DropBox Amazon S3 Single Source Of Truth MobileMe Meet iCloud’s great-grandfather: iTools Apple Enhances .Mac Nextcloud vs ownCl

87: Static vs Dynamic Aug 17, 2018 01:01:30 From the retronymous Web 1.0 through 2.0 and beyond, we look at how web development is coming full circle and when Static, Dynamic or Statically Generated sites make the most sense.With Radek Pietruszewski and John Chidgey.Miscellaneous Links: Web 2.0 Page Caching: Varnish vs Nginx FastCGI Cache Varnish (software) Support Pragmatic on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer: 'r'.Epis

84A: Space X Follow-up 1 Aug 12, 2018 00:12:30 Follow up (Part A) to Space X where we address the outcome of the first Falcon Heavy launch and Falcon 9 booster relanding outcome, SpaceMan and we don't panic.With Radek Pietruszewski and John Chidgey.Related Links: Falcon Heavy Falcon Heavy Montage Support Pragmatic on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer: 'r'.Episode Silver Producers: Carsten Hansen and John W

86: Segway Evolution May 4, 2018 01:37:02 Self-balancing vehicles started with the Segway in 2001, but since then they've evolved, losing their handle bars and even losing a wheel. We look at how they've evolved over time, how safe they are and how potentially crazy John is, since he's started riding one.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Miscellaneous Links: iBOT Segway Inc Segway PT Segway Online Store Jimi Heselden Personal

85: Uncommon Transportation Apr 2, 2018 01:43:11 When you're trying to optimise a daily commute, there are lots of options to choose from. Balancing physical effort, cost, speed, safety, storage and more we deep dive into how the concept of multi-modal transportation can make your commute more efficient.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Miscellaneous Links: Walking Jogging Running Micro-car Bicycle Performance Self-selected Speeds And Metabo

84: Space X Dec 8, 2017 01:59:29 Elon Musk is considered by many to be a technological visionary. In this, the third in a series of shows about Elons projects, we look at Space X, its history, its rockets, capsules and Elon's dreams of going to Mars.With Radek Pietruszewski and John Chidgey.Links of Potential Interest: Rocket Space X Elon Musk Falcon 1 Falcon 9 v1.0 Falcon 9 v1.1 Falcon 9 Full Thrust Elon Musk shows off firs

83: Tesla Part Two Nov 3, 2017 01:25:21 Elon Musk is considered by many to be a technological visionary. In this, the third in a series of shows about Elons projects, we look at Tesla, its history, its cars the practicalities of what Elon's trying to achieve.With Caleb Elston and John Chidgey.Battery: Tesla Thermal Management System List of Battery Sizes Inconel Aviation Stack Exchange AutoPilot: Autonomous Driving Levels Intels

82: Tesla Part One Oct 6, 2017 01:41:20 Elon Musk is considered by many to be a technological visionary. In this, the second in a series of shows about Elons projects, we look at Tesla, its history, its cars the practicalities of what Elon's trying to achieve.With Caleb Elston and John Chidgey.People: Martin Eberhard Elon Musk Marc Tarpenning Ze’ev Drori Vehicles: Roadster Roadster In Depth Model S Model S The Quickest Prod

81: Boring Loops Jun 30, 2017 00:54:27 Elon Musk is considered by many to be a technological visionary. In this, the first in a series of shows about Elons projects, we look at Hyperloop and The Boring Company and the practicalities of what Elon's trying to achieve.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Miscellaneous Links: Hyperloop TGV Land Speed Record For Rail What is the minimum air pressure the human body can tolerate? The Boring

80: Mastodon Jun 9, 2017 01:10:12 GNU Social is gaining momentum recently with Mastodon leading the charge. It's a different way to micro-blog and it's not perfect, but it shouldn't be dismissed out of hand. Vic joins John to walk through where it stands today.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Miscellaneous Links: GNU Social GNU Social and GNU FM GNU Social Wikipedia Mastodon Software Mastodon Instances Twitter Micro.b

79: Diluted My Metric Goodness Mar 24, 2017 01:06:07 The history of measurements has a few surprises. Casey Liss joins John to discuss once and for all Metric and Imperial measurements.With Casey Liss and John Chidgey.Miscellaneous Links: Origin of the Metric System Litre Celsius Fahrenheit Mile Furlong Pound (mass) MKS System of Units Metric Time Your Calendrical Fallacy is Thinking Temperature Comparison Chart Support Pragmatic on PatreonEpisod

78: Full Term Surface Pro Jan 20, 2017 00:42:34 For 9 months now John has been using a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 for work purposes, and Vic's son uses a Pro 3 at College. We go back and forth on the device as both a laptop and a tablet.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Miscellaneous Links: Pragmatic Episode 29: You Can’t Fight Physics Pragmatic Episode 73: Everything Is Cyclic Support Pragmatic on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer:

77: Look Before You Touch Dec 10, 2016 00:52:46 The new MacBook Pros come with a new feature Apple call the Touch Bar. We look at whether blending direct and indirect interactions make sense and try to figure out if the Touch Bar is actually a good idea.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Miscellaneous Links: Apple Developer: Touch Bar Support Pragmatic on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer: 'r'.Episode Silver Producer:

76: Banned Oct 20, 2016 01:21:58 Marco and I discuss how the Apple Watch brought us both back to wearing watches and the search for the ideal Watch Band for every use case.With Marco Arment and John Chidgey.Previous Episode Links: Episode 38: Watch This Time And Space Episode 38A: Watch This Time And Space Follow-up Part A Related Articles: Silent Journey Miscellaneous Links: Permeability (electromagnetism) The Watch Strap P

75: Rollercoasters Sep 13, 2016 00:50:40 A lot of people love Rollercoasters including the hosts of the show. We look at the history, evolution and revolution of these amazing thrill rides.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Miscellaneous Links: Rollercoaster Kinetic Energy Potential Energy Coasters-101 Wheel Design Rollercoaster Wheel Assembly Highest G-Force on a Roller Coaster The Demon - Australian theme parks Support Pragmatic on Pa

74: Vics 20 Jul 22, 2016 01:29:18 It's all about Vic! He takes us through his history of programming for slightly more than 20 minutes.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.A Maintained List of DevCasts Vic Listens To: DevCasts from Vic Hudson on Twitter Vic Around The Web: vichudson1 (Vic Hudson) · GitHub User vichudson1 - Stack Overflow App Story Tweets by Vic Hudson (@vichudson1) – Twitter Money Pilot: Money Pilot Tweets by

73: Everything Is Cyclic May 29, 2016 01:12:48 Weighing up the cycles of driving vs public transport and Windows to Mac and back again.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Related Episodes: Pragmatic Episode 8: A Nice Quiet Serene Environment Pragmatic Episode 29: You Can’t Fight Physics Related Articles: Everything Is Cyclic Miscellaneous Links: Personal Space Apple Has Lost The Functional High Ground Support Pragmatic on PatreonEpis

72: So Much Noise Apr 10, 2016 00:42:41 Noise as a term is widely misused and misunderstood. Carmen joins John to sort out the signal from the noise.With Carmen Parisi and John Chidgey.Related Episodes: Pragmatic Episode 8: A Nice Quiet Serene Environment Pragmatic Episode 16: One Mans Hopes And Dreams Of An RF Bubble Pragmatic Episode 64: Software Radios Neutrium Episodes: Neutrium Episode 3: Introduction To Hydraulics Neutrium Epis

71: Off The Rails Mar 18, 2016 00:49:07 Trains and roads look like they have lots in common but the trade-offs in signalling and network design are completely different, and horrendously inconsistent.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Miscellaneous Links: What is a tram? First electric tram General Motors streetcar conspiracy Railway signal Railway signalling Australian railway signalling Support Pragmatic on PatreonEpisode Gold Produc

70: The Seas Will Rise Feb 27, 2016 00:38:47 The cause of global warming may be hotly debated, but rising sea levels are a fact. Vic joins John to talk about how fast it's happening and how our cities will need to adapt.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Miscellaneous Links: An Inconvenient Truth on iTunes The Great Global Warming Swindle IMDb The Great Global Warming Swindle Thermal Expansion GISS Surface Temperature Analysis Sea Ice Dat

69: It's Complicated Jan 22, 2016 01:04:03 Smart Watches support dynamic, configurable complications but not all are created equal. Russell Ivanovic from Shifty Jelly joins John to see just how complicated it can be.With Russell Ivanovic and John Chidgey.Related Episodes: Pragmatic Episode 38: Watch This Time And Space Pragmatic Episode 38A: Watch This Time And Space Follow-up 1 Miscellaneous Links: Complication (horology) World’s

68: Paperless Jan 9, 2016 01:31:03 We are closer than ever to a paperless office, and for John with the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil it's time to actually try and see if it's possible.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Related Articles: The iPad Pro and Apple Pencil in Engineering Good Notes Related Episodes: Causality Episode 4: Titanic Pragmatic Episode 23: Maximum Erasability Pragmatic Episode 29: You Can’t Fight Phy

67: Iron Man Nov 29, 2015 00:46:39 What if the superhero Iron Man was real? We look at some of his tech and assess how possible it is.With James Smith and John Chidgey.Miscellaneous Links: Iron Man’s armor Arc Reactor Iron Man 2 Particle Accelerator Group 10 Element Palladium Island of Stability Ion Thruster RF Resonant Cavity Thruster FORTIS Exoskeleton US Navy to Test Fortis Exoskeletons Lockheed Martin’s HULC Roboti

66: Haptic Taptic Tactic Nov 6, 2015 00:46:10 Apple are pushing Haptics in more of their devices each release. We look at why they are and how they're doing it differently.With Carmen Parisi and John Chidgey.Related Articles: Silent Journey Teardowns: iPhone 6s Plus Teardown iPhone 6s Teardown Apple iPhone 6s Teardown Magic Trackpad 2 Teardown Retina Macbook 2015 Teardown MacBook Pro 13" Retina Display Early 2015 Teardown Apple Wa

65: Everything is Analogue Oct 23, 2015 00:43:41 We tackle the subtle differences between analogue and digital data transmission and why frequency changes everything.With Carmen Parisi and John Chidgey.Miscellaneous Links: Digital signal IC power-supply pin Transistor–transistor logic Coulomb Capacitance Inductance Electrical Impedance Digital signal Pragmatic 12: Pages Blocks Planes Die Bank Device Basic Principles of Signal Integrity (PDF) Hi

64: Software Radios Oct 10, 2015 01:00:23 Pragmatic returns to talk about a recent melding of traditional radio technology and software that are now dominating the telecommunications world.With Carmen Parisi and John Chidgey.Miscellaneous Links: Reverse Engineering a Qualcomm baseband (PDF) Morse code Radio Narrowband Pragmatic 39: Look Ma, No Wires Pragmatic 5: The Next Ubiquitous Thing Quadrature amplitude modulation Frequency mixer Ny

63: Making Up Lines Then Reading Between Them Apr 6, 2015 03:10:13 In this final episode John talks about the making of Pragmatic, highlights, lowlights, criticisms and advice on whether you should have listened to it or any podcasts at all. Then Vic grills John for information.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Stickers Direct Links: Pragmatic Sticker: Small Pragmatic Sticker: Large TechDistortion Sticker: Small TechDistortion Sticker: Large Previous Related Epi

62: Send It Into The Void Baby Mar 22, 2015 02:51:10 John tackles how the internet works - the most requested topic as voted by Pragmatic listeners in this, the penultimate episode of the show.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Stickers Direct Links: Pragmatic Sticker: Small Pragmatic Sticker: Large TechDistortion Sticker: Small TechDistortion Sticker: Large Previous Related Episodes: Pragmatic Episode 16: One Mans Hopes And Dreams Of An RF Bubble

61: You Never Really Owned It Mar 14, 2015 01:24:03 Seth Clifford returns to discuss DRM and the value of entertainment content. We also explore if DRM will someday end.With Seth Clifford and John Chidgey.Stickers Direct Links: Pragmatic Sticker: Small Pragmatic Sticker: Large TechDistortion Sticker: Small TechDistortion Sticker: Large Previous Related Episodes: Anodised S02E06: Less Than Official Means Pragmatic Episode 42: Hopefully They Don&r

60: Or Was That Doctor Sbaitso Mar 7, 2015 01:37:41 With four episodes to go Vic chose a topic that was never on the list - the history of programming. We look at five key people in the evolution of programming.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Stickers Direct Links: Pragmatic Sticker: Small Pragmatic Sticker: Large TechDistortion Sticker: Small TechDistortion Sticker: Large Punch-Cards: Computer Programming In The Punched Card Era Early Punched

59: Roll With The Seasons Feb 26, 2015 01:11:03 Erik Hess of Technical Difficulties and Dawn Patrol joins me to talk about the things that motivate and demotivate us, and turning hobbies into jobs and then back into hobbies again.With Erik Hess and John Chidgey.Related Pragmatic Episodes: Pragmatic Episode 41: Meaningless Token Award Podcasts Referred to: Generational Technical Difficulties Dawn Patrol Stickers Direct Links: Pragmatic Stic

58: I Want My Hovercar Feb 20, 2015 01:51:28 The next disruption in transportation is coming to a car near you soon. We walk through the history and evolution of personal transportation and look to the future.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Related TechDistortion Articles: Setting The Bar High Working From Home is a Privilege Podcasts Referred to: Asymcar Storming Mortal Ep17: Nutella and Voting in Australia with John Chidgey Stickers D

57: Lap Band Bypass Gastric Sleeve Feb 15, 2015 02:09:43 My wife joins me as we discuss our recent experiences with being obese and undergoing weight-loss surgery. It's extreme but it works though it's not without serious risks.With Kirsten Chidgey and John Chidgey.Related TechDistortion Articles: How Did I Get Here? Stickers Direct Links: Pragmatic Sticker: Small Pragmatic Sticker: Large TechDistortion Sticker: Small TechDistortion Sticker:

56: Lovely Platitudes Don't Help Me Feb 6, 2015 01:13:47 Brianna Wu is the CEO of GSX and is one of the women behind Revolution 60. Join us as we talk about gender imbalance in Engineering and Technology, and how we can help bring balance to the force.With Brianna Wu and John Chidgey.Briannas Other Podcasts: “Isometric” (5by5.tv/isometric) Rocket Debug 44: Brianna Wu, Amanda Warner and Revolution 60 Related TechDistortion Articles: Pragma

55: Cautiously Concerned Jan 31, 2015 01:45:45 Privacy online is becoming a bigger issue with more servers hacked every week our personal data has never been at more risk. Seth Clifford joins me to talk strategies to reduce your exposure on the internet.With Seth Clifford and John Chidgey.You should also check out Seths new venture at Hey Derby and their iOS app Stringer. Related TechDistortion Articles: Pragmatic T-Shirts T-Shirt Direct Lin

54: Stop Rubbing Your Reader Against My Butt Jan 24, 2015 01:08:37 The Apple Watch promises to make Apple Pay even easier and safer than traditional credit card transactions. We look at the history of Credit Card data transactions and consider the practicalities. Of course.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Related TechDistortion Articles: Pragmatic T-Shirts T-Shirt Direct Link: TeeSpring: Pragmatic T-Shirt Previous Pragmatic Episode Links: Episode 1: Faraday&

53: Overlapping Signals Jan 16, 2015 01:26:19 There is a growing trend to eliminate the wires and go wireless for data and for power. Can it work? Is it practical? Dive in.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Previous Pragmatic Episode Links: Episode 1: Faraday’s Cage Episode 38: Watch This Time And Space Episode 47: Interrogation Signal Episode 50: Accidental Clicking Related Links: Wireless power physics - Is there any data on how effi

52: Your Mileage May Vary Jan 8, 2015 01:49:22 Are electric cars going to save you money? We look at all electric and plugin hybrids, charging habits and being energy independent.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Previous Pragmatic Episode Links: Episode 2: The Battery Problem Episode 2a: The Battery Problem Follow-up Part A Episode 2b: The Battery Problem Follow-up Part B Episode 2c: The Battery Problem Follow-up Part C Episode 2d: The Batter

51: Psst Come Here I Want To Tell You Something Dec 31, 2014 01:01:17 Automation in OSX, iOS and the PC can save lots of time for users prepared to invest some time up-front. We delve into the history on these platforms, where it can be useful and when you should use it.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Related TechDistortion Article: Tweaking Workflows Previous Podcast Episodes Referenced: Pragmatic Episode 37: The Sledgehammer Solution Pragmatic Episode 35: Writ

50: Accidental Clicking Dec 23, 2014 01:55:15 John Siracusa joins me to discuss RSI in depth, drawing on both of our experiences we look at what works, what doesn't and why you should care. Keyboards, trackpads, trackballs, mice, chairs, we cover it all.With John Siracusa and John Chidgey.John Siracusa Related Links: 5by5 | Hypercritical #6: Frivolous Things Hypercritical RSI Links: Dr. Pascarelli’s Complete Guide to Repetitive S

49: A Bow On The Handlebars Dec 13, 2014 01:00:48 With holiday cheer Vic and John dive into some of the finer details of Christmas and the Holiday season looking at wrapping paper and sticky tape, what to wrap, what you shouldn't and why, and a bit about Santa (warning for young kids POSSIBLE SPOILERS!)With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Related Links: Pressure Sensitive Tape Scotch 25 MultiTask Tape How Wrapping Paper is Made Thomas Nast I Sol

36A: Prevailing Wind Direction Follow-up 1 Dec 7, 2014 00:17:55 Follow up (Part A) to Prevailing Wind Direction where we address different personality types and how they cope with remote work, safety cultures around the world and recent FIFO suicides.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Depression/Suicide Helplines by Country: Beyond Blue (Australia) Suicide Prevention Helpline (USA) The Calm Zone (UK) Support Pragmatic on PatreonEpisode sponsor:Harvest:

48: You Say Data, I Say Daaa-taaa Dec 4, 2014 01:27:22 SCADA User Interface design has many things in common with other graphical design methodologies. We look at how SCADA works, what it does, the limitations of the human eye and colour perception, buttons as buttons, indicators as indicators and more.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Previous Pragmatic Episode Links: Episode 29: You Can’t Fight Physics Episode 47: Interrogation Signal Related

38A: Watch This Time and Space Follow-up 1 Nov 30, 2014 00:24:00 Follow up (Part A) to Watch This Time and Space where we address durability of mechanical watches vs quartz watches, accuracy, using the band as a charging point, batteries and cameras and whether a smartwatch without an always-on face is a failure.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Related Links: Railroad Chronometer Support Pragmatic on PatreonEpisode sponsor:Harvest: Harves

47: Interrogation Signal Nov 27, 2014 01:15:05 We delve into Barcodes and RFID tracing their history and dissecting exactly how they work and where the future of identification technology is headed specifically for shopping experiences.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Previous Pragmatic Episode Links: Episode 16: One Man’s Hopes and Dreams of an RF Bubble Episode 39: Look Ma, No Wires Related Links: Dewey Decimal System Barcode Barcod

46: Out of Steam About Steam Nov 20, 2014 01:32:38 We delve into energy conversion efficiencies of solar photovoltaics, fuel cells, the Hydrogen Economy, steam and hydro-turbines and ways you can conserve energy in your home.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Previous Pragmatic Episode Links: Episode 2: The Battery Problem Episode 2a: The Battery Problem Follow-up Part A Episode 2b: The Battery Problem Follow-up Part B Episode 2c: The Battery Probl

45: Not Part of the Plan Nov 14, 2014 01:15:01 Managing features and requirements on your project is difficult and scope creep is your constant enemy. John and Seth explore classifying features, dealing with client requests and making it all work to a plan for internal and external projects.With Seth Clifford and John Chidgey.TechDistortion Companion Article: Four Quadrants Related Links: Finding Colours That Sell Scope Creep Activated Slud

42A: Hopefully They Don't Burn It Follow-up 1 Nov 10, 2014 00:31:20 Follow up (Part A) to Hopefully They Don't Burn It where Vic and John touch briefly on DRM, looking at kill switches and when it's right/wrong to use them confirm that Chapters is still open, touch on libraries already lending books via Kindles and more.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Related Links: Amazon Wipes Customers Kindle Episode 12 Pages Blocks Planes Die Bank Device When an eRea

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