MacVoices #844: MacVoices at Expo – Jim Heid Discusses iLife ’08 and More in the Peachpit Booth
Jim Heid, the author of The Macintosh iLife 08, joins Chuck Joiner for a live taping of MacVoices in the Peachpit Booth on the Expo show floor. Jim shares his impressions of Expo, evaluates the MacBook Air, tells you why the new version of Microsoft Office isn’t the big deal it once would have been, [...]
MacVoices #839: MacVoices at Expo – Members of the TidBITS Crew Chat About How They Covered Steve Jobs’ Keynote
Adam Engst, Tonya Engst, Glenn Fleishman and Rich Mogull, all from TidBITS, visit the Macworld Podcast Studio to discuss the place TidBITS holds in the Mac universe, how their team rose to the challenge of covering the year’s biggest Mac event, Macworld Expo, and most notably, Steve Jobs’ keynote. The crew describes their real-time collaborative [...]
MacVoices #835: MacVoices at Expo – Cyrus Farivar Provides Broad Perspectives on Technology Journalism
With some convincing, we dragged Cyrus Farivar, the engineer for all the shows taped in this year’s Macworld.com Podcast Studio, up to the mic to find out what he’s been up to since leaving his post at Macworld magazine. Cyrus talks about his love of technology journalism, his mentors at Macworld, how he uses his [...]
MacVoices #808 – Chuck La Tournous Previews His Macworld Expo WiFi Network Sessions
Chuck La Tournous of RandomMaccess, who will be presenting “Creating and Using a WiFi Mac Network” in the Macworld Learning Center at Macworld Conference & Expo, provides us with some thoughts on Airport network as a preview to his session. Chuck talks about why Apple’s Airport shouldn’t necessarily be your first choice of a wireless [...]
MacVoices #805 – Alykhan Jetha of Marketcircle Discusses Apple, the Enterprise Market, and Why They Shouldn’t Meet
Alykhan Jetha, the President and CEO of Marketcircle, talks about his blog post that encouraged Apple to stay away from the enterprise market, and why he feels so strongly about that position. AJ differentiates between developing for the consumer, small business and enterprise markets based on his experiences at NeXT, explains why Apple’s focus on [...]
MacVoices #804 – Digital Photographer Mikkel Aaland Tells The Story Behind “Photoshop Lightroom Adventure”
Author and digital photographer Mikkel Aaland took a group of his friends to Iceland and the result was Photoshop Lightroom Adventure: Mastering Adobe’s Next-Generation Tool for Digital Photographers. Mikkel talks about his unusual approach to Adobe’s digital photo manipulation software and how it yielded a book that both instructs and inspires. How the team provided [...]
MacVoices #803 – Sharon Zardetto Discusses Why “Take Control: The Mac OS X Lexicon” Is More Than Just A Reference
Sharon Zardetto has updated Take Control: The Mac OS X Lexicon for the Leopard era, and joins us to talk about how the latest version of the Mac OS required some additions you would expect and others that might surprise you. Sharon discusses her favorite new Finder feature, Apple’s strange lack of naming conventions for [...]
MacVoices #7122 – Jude Biersdorfer Talks About the New Edition of “iPod: The Missing Manual” and Her Macworld Expo Presentation
Jude Biersdorfer, the author of, “iPod: The Missing Manual, joins us on “The Road to Macworld Expo” to discuss what’s new in iPod-land, and her presentation, “Filling Your iPod with Free Video,” in the O’Reilly Booth at the show. Jude talks about why an iPod touch and a Wi-Fi connection means you’ll never run out [...]
MacVoices #7121 – Sharon Zardetto on Taking Control of Fonts in Leopard
Sharon Zardetto has updated her Take Control book on fonts to Take Control of Fonts in Leopard because even though there are fewer font issues in Leopard, there are still many aspects of font management you need to be aware of. Sharon talks about why why you might have font issues with Microsoft Office 2004 [...]
MacVoices #7118 – The Latest on Buying the Best Digital Camera from Laurence Chen
The world of digital cameras changes fast. That’s why Laurence Chen has updated his book, Take Control of Buying A Digital Camera with the latest information on how to make the selection that’s right for you. Larry talks about some of the features that are trickling down from the higher priced cameras, such as face [...]
