Basic AF: a (mostly) tech podcast
Apple makes incredible products. The tips and insights that actually help are harder to find. Basic AF cuts through the hype cycles and gets straight to what matters for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch users. Plus, app recommendations, gear reviews, AI tools, and the everyday tech that actually shows up in your life. Every other Monday, Tom Anderson and Jeff Battersby bring 25+ years of real-world Apple experience to practical, insightful conversations for people like you.
Basic AF: a (mostly) tech podcast
Apple Services with Gannon Nordberg
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In this episode:
- Apple security updates you should install
- Thoughts on the rumored MacBook Air 15”
- Gannon’s Apple products and his wild keyboard
- What we like about Apple Fitness+
- Saving money with Apple One
- Apple Pay, Apple Card, and Apple Cash
- Is AppleCare worth it?
Guest - Gannon Nordberg
Gannon is a Google Certified Educator, Apple Teacher, and a Canvas Advocate who aims to create polished and user-friendly instructional support resources, including help guides, webinars, videos, and course design elements that are entirely free from confusing techie jargon.
He has spoken at several national conferences, and won the national award for outstanding support to faculty and students in 2019 through the Instructional Technology Council, and the 2022 Excellence in Education Award for Collaboration within the Virginia Community College System.
He also feeds off an endless pile of productivity and self-help books surrounding focus, building margin, minimalism, reducing digital distractions, and using time intentionally.
Find more on Gannon at https://www.gannonnordberg.com.
Links from the show:
- Apple Security Updates Support Article
- MacRumors: 15-Inch MacBook Air Rumored to Launch in April
- Refurb Tracker: Track availability of Apple refurbished products
- Apple Studio Display
- ZSA Moonlander split ergo mechanical keyboard
- Magic Trackpad
- Elgato Stream Deck MK.2
- Elgator Wave:3 Microphone
- Apple Fitness+
- Apple Entertainment Services
- Apple Card
- Apple Pay
- Apple Cash
- AppleCare
- iCloud
- BackBlaze Online Backup
- Eve Smart Switches
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