Software Reviews

Quick Take Review: Otter.ai Review of Otter.ai…Otter.ai transcribes audio conversations. The app performs real-time transcription with delayed corrections. It can also process existing audio files. I have used Otter.ai in a number of situations, from noisy rooms at San Diego Comic-Con to telephone interviews conducted in a quiet home office. …

Why everyone needs to mind map The future is non-linear. No, the arrow of time does not shift back-and-forth against itself. But stories that start seemingly in one place, may begin in an unexpected quadrant and end nowhere near an anticipated destination. Some just call that good storytelling, but when …

TheBrain 10 https://www.thebrain.com Pricing and feature comparisons can be found here. The new version of TheBrain, version 10, refines the reimplemented native code across platforms and delivers several enhanced user experiences. Understanding TheBrain At its core though, TheBrain continues to offer the most unified organizing platform on the market. Unfortunately, …

Time to Take on Time as X.AI Repositions and Extends Scheduling Agent Features Summary AI scheduling service provider x.ai relaunched their scheduling service at the end of 2018. They have delivered more accessible pricing models for entrepreneurs, Gig Economy workers and enterprise team, along with a more elegant on-boarding experience. …

Rocketbook Everlast Mini and Transcription Read our original Rocketbook review here. For the most part, I have gone paperless. I scan content with ABBY’s FineScanner on my iPhone and iPad, and I take most notes with Noteshelf on my iPad Pro with Apple Pencil. But there are still times when …

Product: CleanMyMac X Publisher: MacPaw Price: $39.95/1 year/1 Mac (for more pricing options, click here) Outsource MacOS Maintenance to CleanMyMac Every time Apple comes out with a new version of Mac OS there are a few pieces of software I want day one, and key among those is CleanMyMac. And …

Review: Rocketbook app and notebooks Kickstarters continue to drive innovation. The latest piece of technology to arrive at my desk for evaluation isn’t really technology at all, at least not as most people usually think of it. Rocketbook entered the market with the goal of creating the last notebook you …

Review: Updated GoToMeeting iOS Client GoToMeeting iOS Client. Updated GoToMeeting iOS Client remains free. Hosting a meeting requires a paid GoToMeeting account. LogMeIn GoToMeeting facilitates shared experiences: a file, a whiteboard, a web page or an active screen. Until recently, mobile devices were OK clients for connecting to meetings, but when it …

x.ai scheduling bot heads to the enterprise If you want to experience AI in a meaningful way, you need to look at x.ai’s meeting scheduling service. I have written about them before just as they were emerging from incubation (see Testing Amy: What it’s like to have appointments scheduled by …

  Amazon Alexa Frailty: Syntax Fragmentation in the Skill Ecosystem Alexa has a problem and its me. I can’t remember all of the special syntax required to make its skills work. Unlike an app, where I click and am brought into an environment that offers visual clues and instructions, I’m …