Dithering Digest 1 – Weekly Roundup
Welcome to the first issue of the Dithering Digest! Every Friday we will share a handful of fun and interesting tech articles we have found in our travels across the web that will pique your geeky interest or give you new projects to try out. You can receive these by email for free by signing…
Brain dump fast with this free iOS Shortcut
Introduction Get things out of your head and into your task manager FAST with this free iOS shortcut! I use my devices for everything. My iPhone is always at hand and I am never far from my iPad or Mac. Having my to-do list all in one place that I can access at any time…
Make the ultimate bootable USB drive
Creating a USB Swiss army knife full of tech tools for all your geeky needs Today we are going to make the ultimate bootable USB drive to have with you at all times. This is an invaluable tool and it is all made possible by the Open Source tool Ventoy. This post is available in…
Turn your iPad into a portable HDMI screen for free
Using the free app Orion you can connect any video source to your iPad and use it as a portable HDMI monitor and screen recorder! I discovered this app this week from John Gruber on Daring Fireball. Having played around with it I think it will be a really handy part of my geek toolkit.…
Raspberry Pi 5 Announced
The Raspberry Pi Trading Company have just announced the Raspberry Pi 5 and it is available to pre-order now, shipping in late October. Of course they announced this less than 24 hours after I wrote a post about using the Raspberry Pi 4 for Digital Signage! This new Pi will be even better for that…
Free Digital Signage with Raspberry Pi and Google Slides
Using a Raspberry Pi with Google Slides is an excellent way to make very cheap and effective digital signage. In this guide I will show you how to build this. This is an updated method as the Screenly / Anthias software doesn’t seem to like 4K screens for Google Slides! And the beauty of it:…
New iOS 17 update: Features I will be using immediately
The iOS 17 update has just released for iPhone and iPad and it has some fantastic new features. Many are small but they have a big impact. Here are a few of my favourites. Live Voicemail This is great. If someone is leaving you a voicemail message you can see it as live text coming…
Goodnotes for iOS v6: How to get it free for Education!
Goodnotes for iOS is an amazing app for note taking on iPad and has recently had a major update with impressive new features. And if you are a school or other educational establishment you can apply to get it for free for all of your staff and students! This help article on the publishers site…
5 more Mac apps I use everyday
As a Mac user, I’ve discovered several Mac apps that have become indispensable in my daily routine. All of these apps are included in the Setapp subscription, over 240 amazing apps for just $9.99 a month. MindNode Organizing thoughts and brainstorming ideas has never been more enjoyable than with MindNode. This powerful mind mapping app…
Supercharge your Mac with Mac Apps from SetApp
5 Mac apps that I use every day (out of over 240!) for one low monthly price. SetApp is a fantastic service for the Mac (and iOS) that gives you access to over 240 apps for a monthly subscription of only $9.99 a month. I have been using it for several years and even if…
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