IT Password Expiration Policies Don't Work Arbitrary time-based password expiration is not an industry best practice and has not been for years.
Podcast Aging and Wisdom | Podcast 180 Does age bring wisdom? Would we rather have youth or experience? How do we really feel about mortgages? Did Ty tell the same story twice on this podcast and neither of us noticed?
Podcast Star Wars | Podcast 179 The Skywalker Saga has finally ended. We look back on the good, the bad, and the boring parts of a galaxy far, far away.
recipe Hoppin' John My version of this classic adds pork, turning a side dish into an Instant Pot full meal.
Podcast Disney's The Mandolin 2 | Podcast 178 With Disney+ entering the field, how are these streaming wars going to end?
recipe Jennie's Zucchini Soup A surprisingly hearty Instant Pot vegetable soup...with a little bacon.
Podcast National Values vs The Global Economy How do you reconcile national values against an economy that cares less and less about borders? Also Ty weighs the seismic life change that comes with having a child, and more than one news story is about animal blood.
Podcast Democrats 2020 What do we want from whoever ends up being the 2020 Democrat? Also, we eliminate half the current field of candidates based on mostly nothing.
Podcast Piña Coladas Game of Thrones is over and Americans are stressed. They may or may not be related. Also piña coladas.
Podcast Game of Thrones Game of Thrones spoilers! Plus 45 minutes of describing the conflicts that kept us from podcasting for 2 months.
Podcast We're Not Dead (yet) Reports of the death of this podcast have been wildly exaggerated. But still pretty believable TBH.
Strategy Everything is Digital When we choose not to put something online, or not to produce something if it’s “just for web,” we are choosing not to serve an audience. And the audience we’re choosing not to serve is critical to our future.
Production The Cheap Podcast Studio It turns out people are still podcasting. So here's a cheap setup that'll get you the best bang for your buck.
Distribution Why Should I Caption Online-Only Content? Do we really have to caption online-only content? I want to caption everything, but how do I justify it to my organization when technically we may not have to?
Tech Problem with Wacom Tablet in Chrome? Here are Some Things to Try I use a Wacom tablet as my mouse. Recently I had to build a new laptop, and half the time when I tried to click something in Chrome it didn’t work. The first thing I found to try was turning off “Use hardware acceleration when available” in the Advanced
Podcast Jobscast 2 Jobscast 2! What’s the deal with health insurance? Should you lie about your experience? How should you dress for an interview? How do you write a professional email? All this and slightly more!
Podcast Decrypting the Living Room In this special we look at the technical details of the consumer side of the industry, from TVs and game consoles to the marketing-speak that confuses everyone. HDMI, HDCP, 4K, HDR, VR – if it’s been debated in a comments section, we’ll cover it.
Facebook How to Connect a Tascam 70D to an iPhone for Facebook Live (or Other Reasons) Say you want to do Facebook Live but have good audio, and happen to have a Tascam 70D audio recorder. It’s super easy to connect it to your iPhone. This should also work with other Tascam recorders that have 1/8″ Line Out/Camera Out jacks, though the setting
Management The Importance of Inclusive Diversity Not too long ago I attended an event for broadcast engineers. After more than one welcome to “engineers and wives,” a speaker talked about how important it is for us to bring new people into broadcast engineering. I, and many others, nodded in agreement. Then they handed out gendered raffle