MacVoices #1204: Road to Macworld – Doug Wright of Sonoma Wire Works Discusses Their iOS Music Products
The Road to Macworld | iWorld 2012 includes a talk with Douglas Wright of Sonoma Wire Works about the iOS music apps and hardware that they will be demonstrating at the show. Doug talks about how they let you record anywhere the mood strikes, what you can do with the tracks, and even cites an [...]
MacVoices #1201: Road to Macworld – Glenn Fleishman and Lex Friedman Walk While They Work
As the countdown to Macworld|iWorld 2012 speeds up, Glenn Fleishman and Lex Friedman preview their session on the new trend of standing, rather than sitting, while you work. Going one step farther (pun intended), Glenn and Lex explore the implications of setting up a treadmill at your desk, taking multitasking in a whole new direction. [...]
MacVoices #1199: Maria Langer Tames Dragon Dictate
Maria Langer has completed yet another new book, Dragon Dictate 2.5: Visual QuickStart Guide, and shares how she adapted the visual quickstart guide methodology to a program that isn’t all that visual. Before you start talking to your Mac, let Maria set your expectations about training (“not much”), results (“amazing”), microphone and environment requirements, and [...]
MacVoices #1197: Erica Sadun and Steve Sande Help You Talk to Siri
Erica Sadun and Steve Sande have a new ebook that you will want to know about, Talking to Siri: Learning the Language of Apple’s Intelligent Assistant. Find out about some of the unexpected uses for Siri, why her personality is such a surprise, and how to sample her (his?) other voices. Siri is officially still [...]
MacVoices #1192: Jeff Carlson on Getting to Know the iPad and iOS 5
In the first of a two part interview to discuss his latest books, Jeff Carlson offers advice from Meet the iPad and iOS 5 to help new and experienced users alike get the most out of the device. How he approached the subject, how iOS 5 has transformed the iPad experience, some favorite apps to [...]
MacVoices #1185: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Backing Up Your Mac
Joe Kissell, fresh off a relocation in Paris, talks about his new place before explaining why his latest Take Control book, Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac, combines and updates several previous titles, and why it was time for the change. Joe takes us through how changes in the Mac OS and technology in [...]
MacVoices #1182: Glenn Fleishman Takes Control of Your 802.11n Airport Network for the Second Time
Glenn Fleishman just completed his most recent book, Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Network, Second Edition, and joins us to discuss a variety of Airport matters, including why Apple abandoned that term in OX X 10.7 Lion. Only the base station units retain the “Airport” name, and Glenn covers some of the benefits that [...]
MacVoices #1173: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Speeding Up Your Mac
In what turns out is the third book in a trilogy of Mac performance information, Joe Kissell has released Take Control of Speeding Up Your Mac. While it didn’t start out as a series, this book joins Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac and Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac to help you get and [...]
MacVoices #1171: Mark Fuccio Discusses Start-Ups, Funding and Finding the Tech Market Sweet Spot
Mark Fuccio is off on a new adventure, helping tech start-ups…start up. There are many challenges facing anyone trying to bring a product, hardware or software, to market. Mark discusses some of those, including determining the right price, finding funding through a variety of sources, and some of the pitfalls that are and are not [...]
MacVoices #1166 – Jeff Carlson on Taking Control of iPad Media
Jeff Carlson has been busy updating his Take Control of iPad Media to the second edition, and talks about the changes iOS 4.3, Airplay and the iPad 2 have brought to Apple’s tablet. If you want to get the most from your iPad 1 or iPad 2, find out how new and optimized tools for [...]
