The Wizard of iPhone Speaks

John MaGuirk
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12 1/2 minutes each Monday about the universe in your pocket or purse. If you have a new App I’d like to hear about it, call 615/584-2717 go to voice mail and leave your nomination & contact information to receive a Starbucks gift card. 

  1. 16h ago

    A token of my appreciation is winging its way to the Wall Street Journal weekend edition

    Opening piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church, closing banjo music courtesy of BanjoHangOut. The William  Tell Overture  (used with permission. Join me this week on Content Matters  when I explain concierge medicine

  2. 4d ago

    "A billion $ here, a billion $ there and pretty soon we are talking about real money..." Everett Dirkson former speaker of the House.

    Opening and closing music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church, used with permission..When next we meet, let's talk iPhone.  You don't have to go to prison to shut off your iPhone, from WSJ Weekend Edition 08/07/2026 -- reader suggested methods 08/16/20-26 I'll tell you how to do it easier.

    "A billion $ here, a billion $ there and pretty soon we are talking about real money..." Everett Dirkson former speaker of the House.

  3. Aug 13

    Benjamin Franklin was just quoting Socrates at the third Continental Congress when he said: “We have formed a republic; let’s see if we can keep it!”

    Opening piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church, closing courtesy of Dr Ming Wang. God Bless America recorded live by iPhone.I know everyone has an objection to originating at text for no reason, but try this one — Text Import Auto to 85100You will get a ping back asking you to subscribe to Import Auto Newsletter — Reply NO You will still get the $20.00 off — first visit coupon PS This is important — if you do this from home and are connected to WiFi, there are no text charges!(ATT hates that part)

  4. Aug 6

    This time next year, those newly constructed halls of commerce will be hosting pickleball bars.

    Opening and closing piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church. This podcast series is sponsored by your friends at Import Auto Maintenance. Visit thier website for a first-visit $20 (off) coupon. Consider this story in Newsweek Magazine, August 07 (20-26), Concrete Enemy (P29) A chronicle of the race to build data centers over local opposition — it’s a conundrum driven on both ends by modern know-nothings.I find it a classic example of a bogus coin toss: “heads I win, tails I win too”! Will the coin land on its edge? Highly improbable. The construction of these digital dugouts is justified as an enhancement adjunct for AI. Then the fur flies; the opposition plays their trump card: a “resource shortage.” Wrong!“We don’t need no stinking data center…!”(Thank You Treasure of Sierra Madre)Any savvy user knows you can launch your/any AI platform from that device that slips into your pocket or purse.Also contains this feature: The PodCast Doctor is IN.

    This time next year, those newly constructed halls of commerce will be hosting pickleball bars.

  5. Aug 1

    Glen Beck radio comentator GOT IT WRONG (Friday July 31) You can't tutor AI by scanning books

    Closing piano music courtesy of Bellevue Presbyterian Church. Today’s avatar is from a LinkedIn post decrying the destruction of books to “feed” knowledge to AI.Is the crash of a trash-loaded tractor-trailer truck in Nashville connected to a local failed idea?Could that trailer truck of trash have been the residue of a local attempt to “tutor” AI? It’s not as Glen Beck suggested on the radio today — you can’t scan knowledge into a computer to “tutor” AI.  I demur; it’s another demonstration of our lack of technical expertise. A PDF — portable document format is not machine-editable.

    Glen Beck radio comentator GOT IT WRONG (Friday July 31) You can't tutor AI by scanning books

  6. Jul 27

    Coming to a fuel stop near you — Amazon (are they the 500/lb Guerilla/sic in the room?

    Opening and closing music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church, (closing) Blair String Quartet plays Hyden (recorded live by iPhone 2016) Memo to my friend David Pogue, CBS Sunday News.“Sorry, ‘Charlie/David’ Starkist wants tuna to taste good, not tuna with good taste.” The recent spike in lettuce-borne illnesses has more to do with “processing” than regulations. Let's Talk LettuceThis recent flap about lettuce is more about how it's prepared or used than "sanitation".Here's the 411/ Most home consumers of lettuce buy the iceberg varieties of head lettuce. When arriving home, they deliver the wrapped head to the vegetable crisper at the bottom of the chill chest. Before serving, they unwrap the now chilled lettuce and discard the top two or three leaves and rinse the remainder at the kitchen tap.Commercial users are not so prolific -- they plan to use every possible leaf and may or may not rinse the lettuce before beginning the slicing process. Knowing the low education level dominant in our culture, this step (rinsing) is likely to be omitted.So now, when the head meets a mandolin, it's volume that matters, not sanitation, and now, in addition to contaminated produce -- now the blade is also compromised as well, spreading the infection more widely.

  7. Jul 20

    A congressional democrat cites the Constitution of The United States, I am reminded of a remark of Harry Truman:

    Harry said this --  “She (Eisenhaur) knows as much about the constitution (politics)…as a hog does about Christmas.”Music courtesy of Steven Valley Church (Be Still My Soul) & closing music curtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church -- used with permission. After the 2010 flood, 90% of businesses that lost data failed to reopen. Think Opery-Land!Listeners may call MouseCalls at six one five —six six two — zero two — three five, use the coupon code W-O-O-D-Y for a $19.95 rate for the first three months.A VIP/Silver subscription includes: MouseCalls weekly tech tips and alerts direct to your inbox.Call six one five —six six two — zero two — three five  Do it right Now!Next time on Wizard of iPhone Woodrow Wilson was a lousy movie critic -- some remarks about Birth of a Nation (film)

  8. Jul 13

    Once Upon a Time -- (In America) Newspapers Mattered

    Opening and closing music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church (recorded live  via iPhone) used with permission The summer driving season is in full swing, and next our thoughts will turn to:  “over the river and through the wood to grandmother’s house we go” In modern American that might be a trip to Florida or a ski excursion to Colorado If you make that holiday drive it’s more important than ever to visit Import Auto Maintenance and let them give your vehicle a once-over lightly  Let them visually inspect those belts, hoses, including that all important breaking system, before that dreaded check engine light comes on. Why wait for something to fail, practice a little preventive maintenance. No onboard computer can predict a part failing. The device only tells you after the fact, that may be too late. Visit import auto maintenance dot com and look for the twenty dollar first visit coupon;  call Sam at six one five — five two one — two five — nine zero ask for the pre-holiday inspection special or swing by Four Nine zero Craighead St., Nashville, TN, 37203 (for your navigator) For old-time Nashville, that’s Melrose Craighead connects Nolensville RD & Franklin RD (eighth avenue south)

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12 1/2 minutes each Monday about the universe in your pocket or purse. If you have a new App I’d like to hear about it, call 615/584-2717 go to voice mail and leave your nomination & contact information to receive a Starbucks gift card. 

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  • Creator
    John MaGuirk
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2026
  • Episodes
    35
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Copyright 2026 John MaGuirk
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    The Wizard of iPhone Speaks