Joshua Lowcock sometimes blogs on non-work-related topics, most of which are posted below. If you are work related thought leadership pieces by Joshua, you can find them here. If you’re after the Audience Attention Dilemma, it can be found here.
If we meet in person and I recommend software or a specific website, you can find Joshua’s tips link here.
The blog posts are organized into the following categories:
There’s a miscellaneous category for things that don’t really have a home. I also have a long blog post full of useful websites, simply called tips. If we meet in person or virtually, odds are I will mention a website listed in tips.
The more popular technically skewed posts, you can find a list of those here. For tips specific to macOS, you can find macOS tips here. If you’re an owner of a Remarkable eInk tablet and what hacks, guides, and utilities start here.
From 2016-2021, Joshua published a weekly email, called Last Week in Digital Media. The newsletter summarizes the latest news in digital media, marketing, and technology of the week. The email newsletter was published for several years and was available as both a (limited) free or paid subscription. The archive is still available.
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Recent Blog Posts
the Back Cover of Time Twister Jason, his brother Troy and their sister Helena discover that they possess the gift of time travel. Through the Time Twister Video game, they learn that they can use their powers in carrying out an important mission which will prevent the wrong future from coming to pass -- one that would endanger their father. - courtesy of the National Library of New Zealand my thoughts on Time Twister authored by Ged Maybury I randomly got to thinking about the book "Time Twister" by New Zealand author Ged Maybury just the other day. I read ...
I made this fun meme for those of us who work in digital, data, and privacy to make saying Happy Birthday just that much more fun. If you're after more fun, not necessarily created by me but curated by me, check this fun page ...
I built this page because whenever I cook, I would want to double-check cooking time for various meats. To save me having to search, it's now all on one page. Meat Cooking Times Lamb Pork Steak [ Top ] Lamb Temperature Lamb takes about 30minutes per pound, see this Australian rack of lamb recipe. Lamb should be rested for 3 minutes after it's cooked to reach the final temperature. Medium Rare 135˚F, after rest, 145˚F Medium 150˚F, after rest 160˚F Well 160˚F, after rest 170˚F [ Top ] Pork Temperature Pork Loin, Tenderloin, Pork Chop should be 145° F – ...
If you have ever wondered, this is the final scene of Castle Wolfenstein when you escape the aforementioned castle. This the Commdore 64 (C64) scene. In this screenshot, I made it out in uniform but without the war plans. Castle Wolfenstein was and really is still such a great game. I remember the first time I made it out and I was ecstatic. Thank you to the late Silas Warner and MUSE for all the great memories ...
Welcome to CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN Mate, the internet brought you here to get instructions out of me... One of my favorite games of all time is Castle Wolfenstein originally for the Commodore 64 (C64). Castle Wolfenstein is a stealth game. It is one of the first stealth games and somewhat defines the stealth genre (and I really like stealth games). It was also one of the first games to use actual sampling of voices. The original Wolfenstein is also now sometimes called Wolfenstein 2D although was never formally known by that name. The game was created by Silas Warner and published ...
Happy Holidays! A little privacy safe holiday greeting from me to you. I created this myself, feel free to share. If you enjoyed this, you might like my other fun posts ...
The classic film, A Few Good Men, meets Christmas and the little boy who wants to know if Santa is real. Or as I like to call it, "A Few Good Elves". A great mashup. This is a parody, so I believe it qualifies under fair-use rules. I'm not the creator of this, not sure where it comes from, but felt it was too good to be lost. All copyright belongs to the original owners ...
IMPORTANT 2024 UPDATE Some of this blog post is a little moot given Google, Apple, and Microsoft are now offering something similar direct with the Data Transfer Initiative. As of 2024, Microsoft doesn't support direct transfer but you can migrate Google Photos to iCloud easily direct with Google and Apple. Apple has a How To/Support article here. If you use Google Take Out, there is now an option to upload the Zip files direct to One Drive (you would then need to Unzip and sort). You can read more on how to connect Google Takeout to OneDrive here. On November ...
