S1E147 - Essential Apple Podcast 147: Affinity - a ten year labour of love!

Recorded 15th September 2019 Simon is still afflicted with a stuffed up nose but never mind - this week he and Donny are joined by Ashley Hewson the CEO of Serif to talk about the hit Affinity Suite, Listen carefully and I think Ashley might even have given us a little bit of a scoop! <h4>GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS</h4> Listeners of this show can claim $10 off purchases of Luminar and/or Aurora HD 2019 use the coupon code EssentialApple at checkout for your extra discount! Get Donny Yankellow's 2FunDads iMessage stickers for FREE Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has started up a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. On this week’s show: <h4>DONNY YANKELLOW</h4> @rtteachr (https://twitter.com/rtteachr) on Twitter Find his work at hedgehogalley.com (http://hedgehogalley.com/) Find his stuff in iBooks, a load of sticker packs in the App Store under Donny Yankellow and DesignBundles.net as Skrbly Skrbly Studio on YouTube Skrbly Store Skrbly Studio (Anyone can Draw) – App Store Kiddims on Graphite Comics Life is Random on Graphite Comics 2FunDads Search for Yankellow on the App Store/Books for Stickers and other work <h4>ASHLEY HEWSON</h4> Find them at www.affinity.serif.com (http://www.affinity.serif.com/) Follow them on Twitter as @affinitybyserif Affinity have 30% off the two workbooks (and are chucking in a free T-shirt if you use the special link) for a limited time... You have to use this link if you are interested - but that is the Photo Workbook and/or the Designer Workbook for £25.99 each for a limited period. Nemo’s Hardware Store (47:09) ChargeHub HomeBase Power Bank Docking Station – Limitless Innovations – $60 US Direct ChargeHubGO+ Power Bank with Wireless Charging Pad, USB Charging Port, and 2 Built-in Cables – Limitless Innovations – $40 US Direct the same size as an X or XS phone, you just press a little black side button to turn on the battery then set your iPhone onto it and wireless charging begins. This is brilliant, even with a case on my X phone. And there are indeed THREE output ports: standard flat USB, USB-micro, and USB-C, in addition to the tucked-in Lightning and micro USB cables that are so versatile. NEMO Galaxy Black Reflective Sneaker Duffel – Hex Brand – $160 US / £177 UK Essential Apple Recommended Services: Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – Get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... ProtonMail – End to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Fake Name Generator – So much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire – Free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack <h4>You can follow us on:</h4> Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.