Canvas
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Canvas
Canvas was a podcast all about mobile productivity. Armed with iOS, Federico and Fraser walked through workflows, explored the best apps for the iPad and iPhone, and helped users solve problems. Hosted by Federico Viticci and Fraser Speirs.
Recent Episodes
76 episodes
77: Future of iPad - Ecosystem
In this, final, episode of Canvas, Fraser and Federico look into the future of the iPad ecosystem.
76: Future of iPad - Automation
Fraser and Federico open with an important announcement about the future of Canvas, then speculate on how iOS automation might move forward in the fut...
75: Future of iPad - The Cloud
In this episode on the future of the iPad, Fraser and Federico take a look at cloud services - both Apple's and third parties.
74: Future of iPad - Hardware
In this post-event episode, Federico shares his impressions of the new 3rd generation iPad Pro and we look to the future of iPad hardware.
73: Future of iPad - Software
In this forward-looking episode, Federico and Fraser try to imagine what the future of the iPad might be, with particular consideration of the softwar...
72: Fraser Goes to the Dark Side
In a surprising turn of events, Fraser buys an Android phone and Federico demands to know why.
71: Shortcuts, Shortcuts or Shortcuts?
This week, Federico spends a quarter of the show saying "Shortcuts", Fraser invents a morse code Shortcut and OpenDoc is referenced in the passing.
70: Task Managers in 2018
This week, Fraser and Federico take a look at the "Big Four" task managers on iOS - Things, OmniFocus, Todoist and Apple Reminders - and consider how...
69: Getting Ready for iOS 12
This week, Federico leads us through an exploration of the new features coming (soon!) in iOS 12.
68: Cloud Storage in 2018
Fraser is joined by David Chartier for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of cloud storage in 2018 and its impact on our lives.
66: Living the Google Lifestyle on iOS
This week Fraser walks through the details of living the Google Lifestyle on iOS.
65: Hands-On with the Shortcuts App
Federico is joined by Jason Snell to talk about Shortcuts.
64: Summer Travel with iOS
Appropriately for the topic, Federico is away so Fraser is joined by Bradley Chambers to share tips and tricks for managing summer travel with iOS.
63: iOS 12 First Impressions
Fraser and Federico have been living on the early betas of iOS 12 for a couple of weeks now and they really like it.
62: WWDC 2018 with David Chartier
With Federico at WWDC, Fraser is joined by David Chartier to evaluate the announcements of Apple's Keynote.
61: Parental Controls
In this solo episode, Fraser takes you through four techniques for restricting the function of an iOS device in different scenarios.
60: Watching TV on iOS
Turns out™ that iOS was for content consumption all along! This week, Fraser and Federico look at ways to watch TV and video content on iOS.
59: Keeping Track of the Weather
In this episode, Fraser and Federico chat about the weather and how to keep an eye on it digitally through iOS.
58: The Multi-Pad Lifestyle, with Myke Hurley
Myke Hurley joins the show to discuss why and how he uses multiple iPads for his work.
57: Apple Education Event 2018
On March 27th, Apple held its 2018 Education Event showcasing the 6th Generation iPad and various new education apps and features. We dig into these a...
56: eBooks on iOS
In this episode, Federico and Fraser look at your options for reading and creating eBooks on iOS. From mainstream apps like iBooks and Kindle to Marvi...
55: Getting the Most out of Find My Friends
This week, Fraser leads us on a deep-dive into the feature set of Find My Friends, the built-in location sharing app in iOS.
54: Managing Your Smart Home from iOS
This week, Federico schools Fraser in the ways of Apple HomeKit and HomeKit compatible accessories.
53: Remote Screens on iOS
This week, Federico and Fraser continue discussing techniques for connecting to remote computers using screen-sharing protocols like VNC.
52: SSH from iOS
This week we dive into a nerdy topic: working with SSH connections on iOS.
51: Apple Watch
With Christmas just around the corner, we bet some listeners might be the new owners of a shiny Apple Watch quite soon. Here are our favourite apps an...
50: The Things We Carry
For our 50th episode, we take a look at the outside of our iPads instead of the inside. Fraser and Federico open up their kit bags and show what they...
49: Long-Form Editors - Honourable Mentions
In this episode, we wrap up our look at long-form editors with a look at the honourable mentions for other interesting apps on iOS.
48: Long-form Writing in Scrivener
We continue with our mini-series on long-form writing apps with a look at Scrivener.
47: Long-form Writing in Ulysses
In this first episode of a mini-series on long-form writing on iOS, Fraser and Federico go deep on one of their favourite applications: Ulysses.
46: Versions
Making, accessing and using versions of files is something that has been built into some iOS apps for a while now but few know how to access the featu...
45: Files and File Providers in iOS 11
With iOS 11 released, apps are starting to receive updates to be compatible with features like the new Files app. In this episode, Fraser and Federico...
44: Getting Ready for iOS 11
In this solo episode, Fraser shares information about iOS storage management, backup and OS updating in preparation for iOS 11.
43: iOS 11 Notes
This week Fraser and Federico take a look at the changes coming to one of the most-used applications in iOS: Apple Notes.
42: iOS 11 - Multitasking
This week Fraser and Federico resolve their differences over another major iOS 11 feature: Multitasking.
41: iOS 11 - Drag and Drop
In this episode, Fraser and Federico dive deep on the topic of Drag and Drop in iOS 11.
40: Mind Mapping
This week Fraser and Federico really explore the space looking at Mind Mapping tools on iOS.
39: Everyone Can Code on iPad
This week Fraser flies the show solo and brings an update on programming on iOS by going into detail on Apple’s Everyone Can Code initiative.
38: 21 Days Later
This week Fraser and Federico reflect on a couple of weeks of intensive use of iOS 11.
37: WWDC 2017 with Tom Bridge
This week, we go in-depth on the iOS-related announcements from WWDC 2017.