The Mac Roundtable is a collaboration by some of the very best independent Mac content creators, totaling fourteen members. It wasn’t always that way, however. The four founding members of The Mac Roundtable, Adam Christianson, Joseph Nilo, Steve Stanger, and Tim Verporten, talk about how and why it got started and who created the group’s assets. The Roundtable’s history wasn’t without rough spots; the panel talk about the challenges that put the group on hiatus for a time, the international flavor of the panel, and the “reboot” that brought it back bigger and better than ever.
MacVoices #1087: The Founders of The Mac Roundtable Discuss The Group’s Origins and Evolution
MacNotables #1021: Adam and Tonya Engst Explain eBook Formats, Outline Safari 5 Features and Ask For Help with a Family Dispute
Adam and Tonya Engst of TidBITS and Take Control Books are the perfect couple to help make sense of the pros and cons of the various ebook formats. The Mac Power Couple first give us an update on their Take Control books, how they are available, the best way to read them, and what some of the plans are for the future. The differences between PDF and ePub formats for ebooks are subtle, but both distinct and important; Adam and Tonya explain those differences, and which is best for what type of books. Adam delivers a summary of the new features of Safari 5 along with his thoughts on each, and then we ask MacNotables listeners to help settle an Engst family dispute over new hardware. Be sure to listen and vote your conscience.
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MacJury #1013: The MacJury Considers Apple’s WWDC 2010 Keynote Announcements (Part 2)
In the second part of the deliberations on the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference announcements, the iPhone’s specifications, including the glass-and-steel construction, the new screen construction, and the camara are reviewed. AT&T’s upgrade policies for existing iPhone owners are examined (and they don’t appear to be consistent), AT&T coverage, and Steve Jobs’ presentation of iAds are all analyzed by the panel of John F. Braun, Bryan Chaffin, Peter Cohen, Keith Lang, Chuck LaTournous and host Chuck Joiner.
MacVoices #1086: Jeff Carlson Takes Control of Media on Your iPad
Jeff Carlson has tackled what arguably is the most prevalent activity iPad activity in Take Control of Media on Your iPad. Jeff discusses what is and isn’t optimal in listening to your iTunes library on your iPad, some playlist tricks that are far from obvious, and what he hopes to see corrected soon. Jeff also covers music and video streaming options, how AT&T’s data plan changes may affect your watching and listening habits, and how the iPad both enables and facilitates both ebook reading and impulse book purchases.
MacNotables #1020: Dennis Sellers on the Intersection of a Post-PC World and Apple’s WWDC Announcements
Dennis Sellers provides his thoughts on the announcements at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), with an eye toward what a post-PC world might look like. Dennis and host Chuck Joiner hit the high points of Steve Jobs’ keynote, including the new iPhone design, the clear shots at Google, and how the biggest surprise announcement was software-based. The iPhone 4 and the newly renamed iOS 4.0 addressed many of the criticisms that have been leveled at the iPhone in recent months; Dennis and Chuck look at those, and more.
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