The DM Series

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2 blind guys, Damashe and Michael, just talking tech. One on the Mac and the other on Windows 10. One mainly using IOS and the other on Android, you’ll have to tune in to learn who’s using what and the thoughts of both regarding assistive technology. Published on a non regular bases, it’s best to subscribe to learn when the next dose of goodness drops in your ear. read less

Marry Christmas with Unmute Updates
Dec 21 2022
Marry Christmas with Unmute Updates
Please Note: The transcript was autogenerated. It did mess Damashe's name up Marry Christmas With Unmute Updates. The Your Own Pay Podcast Network The DM Series [0:00] Hey listen, so it's been, well it's been a while. Last time we talked, well last time you listened to me. [0:10] Was August. Damasi, I got something exciting coming up for you. Stay tuned, we'll share more information about that. I wanted to drop in and say, hey, Merry Christmas. I think Damasi can drop his own message in if he wants. And I also wanted to give you a quick recap some of the stuff that's been going on with unmute presents. Those who don't know unmute presents is live on ACB community. You can go to ACB.Community, no.com after that, just ACB.Community. [0:41] And get more information about how you can get the emails that are sent out on a daily basis and how you can see what's coming up. So Marty and I have been hosting a call every Tuesday at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, that's 1pm Eastern, where you can come and ask your questions and we'llpretend like we know the answers. But in addition to that, we've also been publishing some extra content. So for example, on Sunday, Marty shared a quick demonstration on how you can use Siri to restart your phone in iOS 16 or greater. This past Thursday, we sat down and had a roundtable conversation. Marty, myself, and Michael Dois. You've heard Michael Dois on the podcast. Tune into DM81. Who's that? We talked about some of the new features of iOS 16.2 and some things you can expect. Tuesday we published a recording of our most recent Unmute education cast. This was a series that was related to taking pictures from a blind person's perspective. [1:57] So if you are interested in some Unmute Presents content, definitely check it out. You can subscribe to the Unmute Podcast on your favorite podcast app, simply search for Unmute Presents on ACB Community. Hope you enjoy this and share it with a friend. And stay tuned for a project Mossy and I are working on that has the word working in it. Thanks for listening to this pale media production. Transcript Support The DM Series by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-dm-series This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
DM97 - According to the Juices
Jun 21 2022
DM97 - According to the Juices
Damashe And Michael, Just Talking Tech DM97 - According to the Juices Starting out with a discussion about note taking and how both of us are handling capturing thoughts. Michael admits that drafts no longer live on his doc. Damashe shares a little about why he doesn’t want to use notes. Damashe helps us learn a little more about DEVONthink and how he’s using it. And Michael shares his ideal note taking wishes. Michael acquired a new piece of hardware for his audio setup, and we ask if you know the perfect solution to solve our problems. Damashe shares with us his consideration of Google workspace abandonment And this turns into a conversation about why we explore automation as much as we are. Damashe shares his predictions for the iPhone 14 line. And we discussed what Apple could do next. We close this episode out with a brief discussion of Apple’s passkeys and a little something we forgot to put in the show…  Links DEVONthink Docs.NewPodtrack p4Google essentials planThe EU's decision on USB-C chargers: What to know - Popular …Passkeys:  Can be shared via AirdropHow to recover themAbout the security of Passkeys Lets get social Damashe is on twitter @DamasheMichael is on twitter, @payown Support The DM Series by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-dm-series This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-3ce25e for 40% off for 4 months, and support The DM Series.
DM95 - New Gear for the both of us!
May 24 2022
DM95 - New Gear for the both of us!
Damashe And Michael, Just Talking Tech DM95 - New Gear for the both of us! In the latest episode of the DM series we talk about new tools both of us got. mallory says that it looks like an arm! We share with you a couple of microphones that we've both dropped some money on to try out, and this transitions into a discussion of the manual connections function on audio hijack  we ask you to send us a tweet with some ideas of ways you might want to route audio! What streaming service would you keep if you had to narrow it down to one, tune into this week's episode to hear both of us try to narrow our streaming services down. And finally we close this episode out with us talking about the value of outsourcing tasks we really don't want to do. Links for this episode Rode PSA1 Plus Swivel-Mount Studio Arm Microphone Stand (New)Shure SM7B Dynamic Cardioid Studio Vocal Microphone (New)Shure Beta 87A Supercardioid Condenser Microphone (New)Cloud Microphones CL-1 Cloudlifter Mic Activator (New)Electro-Voice ND96 Dynamic Supercardioid Vocal MicrophoneRogue Amoeba | Using Audio Hijack 4 with VoiceOverNetflix Plans and PricingApple TV Pricing You can get the original show notes for this episode, , on the original Your Own Pay Podcast Network page. Lets get social Damashe is on twitter @DamasheMichael is on twitter, @payown Support The DM Series by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-dm-series This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-3ce25e for 40% off for 4 months, and support The DM Series.
DM91 - Gravity forms solves all your problems
Mar 29 2022
DM91 - Gravity forms solves all your problems
briefly explain how we stream the show into clubhouse with the Mac This drops us into a conversation about gravity forms and michael's comparison to visual form builder Michael shares a quick navigation tip for gravity forms. Damashe asks Michael what problem he has with google docs on the Mac and shares his thoughts about google docs. Gravity forms has a lot of additional addons you can use to extend the functionality of it. Michael asks Damashe how to add snippets to a Wordpress site that you may get from gravity wiz. Michael shared some of his challenges he's had with sign in with Google, with one particular application and how you can get around it. Michael also shares away he's using text expander efficiently on windows. Michael and Damashe also talk about the concept of a home page to run your life from within the Wordpress dashboard. This takes us into a conversation about Damashe's happiness with duo and his SSO setup Links Gravity Forms Visual Form Builder Gravity Wiz Maatwerk Online’s Magic Portal: agency automates customer reporting and streamlines collaboration through their own customer portal GravityFlow Updraft Lets get social Damashe is on twitter @DamasheMichael is on twitter, @payown Support The DM Series by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-dm-series This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-3ce25e for 40% off for 4 months, and support The DM Series.
DM89 - Loopback To Mac
Mar 1 2022
DM89 - Loopback To Mac
Damashe And Michael, Just Talking Tech We thank you for feedback in our episodes, this week we start out with a little follow-up from a listener. You can in fact resize a Linode. This then transitions us into a follow-up conversation from DM87 related to file extensions and what Apple is doing vs what we shared in that episode. A brief discussion about how we open files on the mac using Launchbar prompts Damashe to ask Michael what he is doing on the mac. Michael shares why he is looking at the Mac and his thoughts about using it. We share a little information about Loopback with Voiceover, and how Damashe got started with it. Michael asks Damashe if he finds himself in a situation where he should know how to do something however just can’t grasp the mental concept? Damashe’s answer to Michael is a suggestion that all of us can use in life. Damashe and Michael then share some tips for navigating around the loopback interface with voiceover. Michael had to call Apple Accessibility while setting the Mac up, and Damashe has him stopso he could emphasize an important tip for the listeners. Michael shares a tip for quickly recovering voiceover speech that Damashe had to try. Damashe reminds you to just wait if you lose speech while trying to change your voiceover output. Damashe and Michael talk about what we want Loopback to provide, and then share some tips for creating devices in MacOs with virtual mix minus. This gives Damashe and Michael a chance to talk about Loopback in conjunction with the Soundcraft Signature 12MTK board we both bought last year. We close this week's episode out with Michael sharing his announcement about Payown Media, LLC and how switching his primary domain with Google Workspace has gone. Links LaunchBar 6 OWC USB # Travel Dock Loopback Apple Accessibility Phone Support The Network Lets get social Damashe is on twitter @DamasheMichael is on twitter, @payown Support The DM Series by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-dm-series This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-3ce25e for 40% off for 4 months, and support The DM Series.
DM88 - Serverless Club calendars
Feb 15 2022
DM88 - Serverless Club calendars
DM88 - Serverless Club calendars" Let’s jump in with Michael explaining how he’s getting audio from cleanfeed into Clubhouse. We did end up figuring out after the show ended how to bring people on stage and not here themselves, the secret is we just set Clubdeck audio to ⅞, hit group on ⅞ and left the AUX setup as Michael explained in the start of this episode. This then transitions into a conversation about how we block time on our calendars and a new feature for a tool both of us have used. Damashe tells us a little about AWS, and what AWS is. He gives a couple of examples of services you can get through AWS, however as he said he’s not even using nearly a quarter of the services they offer. This then takes us into a conversation about deploying serverless wordpress installs! curious? You’ll have to listen to this week's DM Series! If you're working on a website Damashe asks that you do him this favor and stop making edits on the live site you're working with. We talk about the importance of building out a staging site to try things on before pushing to the live site. We chat then about our favorite weather app and why we like it. This conversation was prompted by a listener who was curious why we use a particular weather app. We close this episode out sharing information about a project we are working on that you can be the first to learn about. Simply fill out the form to get on the mailing list to stay updated with information about this event to come soon! Let’s Get Social @payown on twitter@damashe on twitter@thedmseries on twitter Links For This Episode ClubdeckFantastical Fantastical  OpeningsAmazon SESAmazon LightsailAmazon EC2WordPress serverless DevOps platform | YmirServerless Computing - AWS Lambda - Amazon Web ServicesCARROT Weather for iOS and Android Support The DM Series by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-dm-series This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-3ce25e for 40% off for 4 months, and support The DM Series.
DM87 - Tracking Voice Toys
Feb 1 2022
DM87 - Tracking Voice Toys
DM87 - Tracking Voice Toys In the latest episode of the Damashe and Michael, Just Talking Tech Series we start out with Michael demoing one of the new narrator voices. Damashe shares info about how you can now type either / or \ to get to a url. This takes us into a conversation about focus modes and automating the use of these. Damashe and Michael discuss the problem with a unified design for credit and debit cards. This takes us into a conversation regarding the Lookout app on Android and how effective it is. You can listen in on our conversation about backups and what we are using to keep our digital lives backed up. This then takes us to a conversation about Damashe’s new toy, let us know what you think of it! This then takes us into a discussion about this being the year of tracking. And Damashe closes our chat out with a way he’s using AIRA. Links For This Episode Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22543 | Windows Insider BlogMastercard introduces accessible card for blind and partially sighted peopleLookout - Assisted vision - Apps on Google ARQBackupCarbon Copy ClonerSuperDuperKeeping To Your Productivity - DM57About Backup Strategies – Know a Little MoreCryptomator V7+ Headset MicRsyncCloudMounterWaterminderAIRAWasabi Cloud storageCountryman B3 Omnidirectional Lavalier Microphone Lets get social Damashe is on twitter @DamasheMichael is on twitter, @payown Support The DM Series by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-dm-series This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-3ce25e for 40% off for 4 months, and support The DM Series.
DM86 - It was a big deal when Michael wore pants
Jan 18 2022
DM86 - It was a big deal when Michael wore pants
Can't read this message? View this email in the web Hi [Name], Thanks for being amaizing! I wanted to share this episode with you, and because your a subscriber you get early access. Click To Listen We started this episode out talking about the DM Series New Year show. Give it a listen to let us know your thoughts! This then transitioned into a follow-up on Damashe’s shortcut he talked about in (dm85) Damashe asked Michael how his experience with Onenote was. We talked about Michael telling Damashe He was right. Damashe talked about his experience with doing a factory reset on his phone, and his phone setup! Michael shares a notification he got on his phone taking us into a conversation about Time Tracking with Focus Modes. We then discuss about how both of us are using Toggle and Timery Briefly we mentioned our watch setup! We close this episode out talking about Google workspace and alternative options. Links for this episode will be live tomorrow morning, but you get access to the podcast early. Click To Listen Best Michael - KJ7PAZ Your Own Pay Host on the Your Own Pay Podcast Network If you no longer wish to receive emails from us use the Unsubscribe link below Unsubscribe here 380 w Central Blvd Coquille, OR, 97423 Support The DM Series by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-dm-series This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-3ce25e for 40% off for 4 months, and support The DM Series.