Passkeys Presentation for TMUG

My Passkeys presentation for TMUG (Tucson Macintosh Users Group) begins at the 49:12 mark.

This was the first time I gave this presentation. I plan to polish it up and post more about it again later.

References

1. What is a Passkey? Demo — passkey.org by Yubico
2. What is a Passkey? Demo —passkeys.io by Hanko
3. Passage Register — 1Password
4. Passkeys.directory — 1Password
5. FIDO Alliance Passkey Directory
6. Keeper Security supports passkeys for effortless authentication
7. Make your passkeys and passwords available on all your devices with iPhone and iCloud Keychain — Apple
8. February 16, 2024 Authenticate 2023: The role of credential managers in the past, present, and future of authentication with Anna Pobletts – FIDO Alliance
9. February 13, 2024 Passkeys might really kill passwords with Anna Pobletts of 1Password — The Verge
10. February 8, 2024 I Stopped Using Passwords. It’s Great—and a Total Mess by Matt Burgess – Wired
11. January 16, 2024 How to save, share, and manage passkeys using 1Password by Nick Summers — 1Password
12. December 29, 2023 A Passwordless Future Passkeys with Anna Pobletts of 1Password — Syntax
13. December 20, 2023 Passwords vs. Passkeys - FIDO Bites Back! with Jeff Crume — IBM Technology
14. November 20, 2023 FIDO Promises a Life Without Passwords with Jeff Crume — IBM Technology
15. November 4, 2023 Passkeys Email to Friends and Family by Allison Sheridan — Nosillacast
16. August 22, 2023 About the security of passkeys – Apple
17. May 24, 2023 Should You Use Passkeys Instead of Passwords? by Amira Dhalla, Yael Grauer — Consumer Reports
18. May 12, 2023 Passkeys may not be for you, but they are safe and easy—here’s why by Dan Goodin – Ars Technica
19. December 2, 2022 About Passkey — Know A Little More with Tom Merritt
20. November 16, 2022 Seven Misunderstandings About Passkeys by Nick Hodges — Passage by 1Password
21. May 14, 2022 CCATP #728 —Bart Busschots on Why FIDO Passkeys Rock by Bart Busschots — Chit Chat Across the Pond
22. February 28, 2016 Introduction to the Technical Debt Concept by Declan Whelan, Jean-Louis Letouzey — Agile Alliance
23. Unlock 1Password with a passkey (beta) — 1Password

Hand-Made Mac Tips

[Edit: I just updated this post and re-embedded a shortened version of the previous video. At 9 mins., I thought it was a little too long so I decided to shorten it by making the slides go a little faster. This one is now just under 5 minutes. I hope you like this version better. If you like a slower presentation, you can still find the original here.]

How to Toddler-Proof Your Mac
This is the first presentation in a series I'd like to call "Hand-Made Mac Tips."
This is a tutorial slide show video that shows you how to create and configure a separate user on a Mac which will protect your personal data from being damaged by curious little fingers. The presentation is just under 5 minutes long and guides you through a custom user account setup and configuration from start to finish. The slides move quickly so you may need watch it a second time and pause where necessary.




Intended Audience: parents, educators, early childhood administrators
Difficulty: moderate, time consuming (but well-worth it!)
Goal: After following these instructions, you will have a separate child-proof* user account on your Mac that you can switch to instantly in 2 clicks. You can then allow your young child (kindergarten and earlier) to explore your computer and use it as an educational tool without disrupting any of your important files. Please note that this new configuration will only help to protect your software. You still must work with the child to protect your hardware, i.e. monitor or laptop screen and keyboard.
Total Time: +/-20 minutes to watch video and follow along
What you will need: A Mac running OS 10.4 x 'Tiger,' some patience and understanding, toddler to test the configuration
Notes: Contact me via comments with any questions. I realize the text may be hard to read, so I recommend viewing the video via the YouTube site where you can enlarge it to full screen. There is no sound, just text and video. (This is my second attempt at making one of these.)
Additional Resources: Please visit www.themacmommy.com and check out my learning links section where you can find lots of great references to educational software for young children from all over the web. There are even some Windows-friendly links as well!

Please let me know what you think of this presentation and if you would like to see more like it. This is my first tutorial using this slide show method and I'm currently exploring other methods and formats. Any suggestions and ideas would help me make this a better resource.

I hope you find this useful. Any questions or comments, just ask TheMacMommy :)

*Author assumes no responsibility for loss of data or damage. Be wise and supervise children while using the computer!
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First Screencast

Ok, so I have been messing around with this free app called Jing. Everyone knows I like free (mommy geek on a tight budget) otherwise I would love to use SnapzProX but I can't yet spare the 70 clams to purchase it. Plus I just want to practice my hand at this whole screencasting thing before committing to it. I teach classes using a projector and this method, so I thought why not record some video and create an archive for my students to sort through. So here is my very first screencast for your viewing enjoyment...or not.

Right now, I am messing around with this post because for some reason I can not intuitively figure out how to get the resolution scaled down. The video is way too large. Not to mention the file size is honkin huge. I tried tinkering with the code, but I have no clue what I'm doing in there. I tried changing some of the sizes but then the video container box got small but the rest of the video remained large. I'll keep investigating this.

I've tried creating several different versions on the same theme but I really don't like my voice. Well, my voice isn't horrible, but I have to work on the uhhhs and places where I screw up. Maybe I need to write a script or just practice a little more first. The other thing is that I'm using the built in microphone and so you can hear my fans running and my fingers hitting the keys. I discovered I'm a very heavy hitter when it comes to typing. So, I decided to forgo the whole sound thing and find a way to get instructions in there. Watch for yourself and see what you think.

This is not what I would pick for a final, but I wanted to at least start testing how posting this sort of thing to my blog might work out. I welcome any comments or feedback if anyone knows more about this stuff. I would loooove to learn how to do this better. It seems like a lot of fun and I really want to teach people how to do things visually.

[Edit] I ended up abandoning Jing for the time being to try out Screenflick. I really like it. I'll post more on it later but for now, I wanted to test it some more by replacing the prior Jing screencast with this Quicktime movie. Testing here to see if the code embeds the movie in a nicer size. I think the file size is larger though. Will work on reducing that but for now, I'm just embedding the code.

[Edit] I had to remove the embedded code because it made the page load way too slow. Clicking the link in the post title should go to the file where I uploaded it.

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