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MacVoices #1242: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – nivio Gives You Affordable Access to the PC Environment on Your Mac or iPad

Chuck — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:30:26 +0000

On the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, nivio launches their United States presence with a large booth and exciting capabilities. Paul Chakour explains how nivio puts a virtual PC in your browser and even on your iPad via their subscription service. What makes it more interesting is the ability to subscribe to applications in their service (the Microsoft Office suite, for example) on an as-needed basis. Want to work with a particular application for a project or only a month or two? You can do it in nivio, and affordably too. Find out why this may be one of the best options for running PC programs on your Apple gear yet.

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MacVoices #1241: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Code 42 Software Gets Funding, Improves Enterprise and Individual Backups

Chuck — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:30:10 +0000

On the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Mike Evangelist of Code 42 Software, makers of CrashPlan, discusses the major funding they recently received, and what it means to both the company and its customers. Code 42 isn’t just for individuals, however. Mike talks about the enterprise presence that you might not know about, and how users in both the personal and business worlds benefit from what they learn from their many classes of customers.

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MacVoices #1234: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Dane-Elec’s my-Ditto Provides Secure Cloud and Local Storage

Chuck — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:30:25 +0000

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Aaron Campbell of Dane-Elec profiles the MyDitto, a plug-and-play hybrid solution that includes both USB and cloud-based storage, as well as the new MyDitto Pro NAS, how they deliver functionality while maintaining the security that is critical in today’s world, and how the whole system works, including backups.

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MacVoices #1231: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – FileThis|Fetch Retrieves and Organizes Your Paperless Statements

Chuck — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:15:00 +0000

On the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Brian Berson of FileThis introduces their new product, FileThis|Fetch. Dedicated to integrating paperless statements from your bills (bank, credit card, electric company, gas company, etc.) into your paperless workflow, FileThis|Fetch automatically downloads and presenting the paperless statements so you don’t have to. With a strong emphasis on security, FileThis|Fetch makes sure you won’t be late with your payments and won’t have to remember what comes due when.

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MacVoices #1230: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Rage Software Improves the Ease and Accessibility of Search Engine Optimization

Chuck — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:00:45 +0000

At Macworld | iWorld 2012 in San Francisco, Paul Levine of Rage Software makes good on his promise a few months ago, and shows off SEIntelligence, the new search engine optimization tool that not only delivers valuable information about who is visiting your web site, but also how to manage your tags and content to bring in even more. Paul gives us a demo of the SEO tool that anyone can learn and use by taking advantage of their training videos.

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MacVoices #1228: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Sparrow Gives You A New Way to Manage Your Email

Chuck — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:30:46 +0000

From Macworld | iWorld 2012 in San Francisco, Dom Leca discusses Sparrow , the latest and greatest email program for the Mac. What could be new in an email program? Dom explains the lean and mean approach that Sparrow takes to help you manage your email flood in a fast, efficient and new way that is austere and functional in its approach.

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MacVoices #1224: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – e3 Software Helps You Get The Word Out with Direct Mail

Chuck — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:00:58 +0000

From the OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Jonathan Hammer, President of e3 Software, talks about their bulk email product Direct Mail. Jonathan explains how the software works, the steps they take to keep your message from being construed as spam, and the control you have over what you send and the information you get back from your email campaigns.

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MacVoices #1223: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Sheep Systems Helps Shepherd Time Machine and Bookmarks

Chuck — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:30:18 +0000

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Jerry Krinock explains how FileGoBack helps you find what you’re looking for faster and easier in Time Machine, and how BookMacster will help you keep keep track of and sync your browser bookmarks across multiple Macs and even with your PC.

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MacVoices #1220: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Realmac Software Takes the Wraps Off Clear, Their New Things-To-Do App

Chuck — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:00:37 +0000

On the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Nik Fletcher of Realmac Software talks about their new to-do iOS app, Clear, which sports a super-clean, intuitive user interface, the state of their flagship web site creation tool Rapidweaver
and what to expect in the next version.

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MacVoices #1219: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Karelia Software Takes Web Publishing Tool Sandvox to the Next Level

Chuck — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:00:48 +0000

At Macworld 2012, Dan Wood of Karelia Software shows off the newest features of Sandvox, their web site creation tool that makes authoring great-looking and fully functional web sites easy. With Lion enhancements, new photo options and more, this is the best version of Sandvox yet.

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A native of California now based in the San Francisco Bay area, Dan Wood is the father of two children, prefers bicycles to cars, and is involved in community groups. His commitments to simplicity, sustainability, and fairness inform his software development philosophy, as does his belief that communication—and making communication easier for more people—is vital to a more informed, active, and productive society. Before forming Karelia Software in 2001, Dan honed his software development skills in several contexts, including “classic” Macintosh and Java development at Bear River Associates and Electronic Arts.Dan can be found on Twitter.

MacVoices #1210: Road to Macworld – Cliff Miller of Splashtop Previews His IT Conference Session and Discusses Virtual Desktop Software

Chuck — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:16:41 +0000

The Road to Macworld | iWorld 2012 is a long one for some. Cliff Miller, Chief Marketing Officer for Splashtop, talks to us from Beijing about his IT Conference track session, iPads in the enterprise market, and the service department view of IT departments as technology has evolved. Unlike Macs in the enterprise, which were often brought in the back door, the iPad is being carried in the front, and support demanded rather than requested. Chris addresses these developments, and profiles his company’s high-performance virtual desktop software, Splashtop Remote Desktop for iPad.

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Cliff Miller is currently President of Asia Pacific & Chief Marketing Officer of Splashtop. Splashtop’s flagship application is Splashtop Remote Desktop, which allows users of an iPad, iPhone or other devices to run Macintosh and Windows programs, including Microsoft Office, World of Warcraft, Starcraft2 and more. Splashtop works closely with chip manufactures on hardware optimization, enabling multimedia performance that is 3 to 15 times better than competitive remote desktop products. Splashtop Remote has been the #1-ranking application in the Apple App Store in China, the US and many other countries. You can find Splashtop on Facebook, Twitter, and follow their developments on their blog.

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MacVoices #1207: Kirk McElhearn Takes Control of the FAQs of iTunes

Chuck — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:45:01 +0000

Kirk McElhearn, the author of Take Control of iTunes 10: The FAQ, Second Edition, provides some guidance on getting the most out of iTunes, regardless of whether you are listening to Schubert or the Grateful Dead (both are among Kirk’s favorites). He spends some time discussing iTunes Match, how to make sense of it, and why backup is such an important part of using it. What does and doesn’t belong in the cloud, the value of digital upgrades and more are all part of both this conversation and his new book.

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Kirk McElhearn writes about Macs, iPods, iPads, iTunes, books, music and more. He’s written a dozen books, is a Senior Contributor to Macworld, and writes for several other web sites and magazines. He reviews classical CDs for MusicWeb and audiobooks for Audiofile, and is a French-English translator.

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MacVoices #11104: Adam Engst and Glenn Fleishman Discuss the New TidBITS Membership Program

Chuck — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:26:57 +0000

Adam Engst and Glenn Fleishman reveal the reasons and thinking behind the new TidBITS Membership Program. As part of the ongoing process of trying to deliver quality content that readers expect while generating sufficient revenue, TidBITS is now offering a membership option to let loyal readers have something special. Adam and Glenn talk about the “uncomfortable middle,” the inevitable debate about memberships, subscriber-only content, value-adds, give-aways, and how they are trying to strike the balance with an “Apple Scale” based on your contributions. The discussion is lengthy and provides a peak behind the curtains at the debates over these issues, what makes their publication unique, and more, as TidBITS moves into the future.

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Adam C. Engst is the publisher of TidBITS and Take Control Books. He has written numerous books, including the best-selling Internet Starter Kit series, and many magazine articles – thanks to Contributing Editor positions at MacUser, MacWEEK, and now Macworld. His innovations include the creation of the first advertising program to support an Internet publication in 1992, the first flat-rate accounts for graphical Internet access in 1993, and the Take Control electronic book series. His awards include the MDJ Power 25 ranking as the most influential person in the Macintosh industry outside of Apple every year since 2000, inclusion on the MacTech 25 list of influential people in the Macintosh technical community, and being named one of MacDirectory’s top ten visionaries. And yes, he has been turned into an action figure. Want more? Follow Adam on Twitter for 140-character musings on a variety of topics.

Glenn Fleishman is a TidBITS contributing editor and a Seattle journalist who covers technology for publications like The Economist, The Seattle Times, and Ars Technica. Glenn is a senior contributor at Macworld, and writes regularly for BoingBoing. For TidBITS, Glenn builds and runs much of the technology infrastructure. Glenn lives in Seattle with his wife, Lynn, sons Ben and Rex, two iPhones, an iPad, and a dozen Macs of various vintages. You can find out what’s on his mind by following him on Twitter.

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MacVoices #11103: Joseph Ansanelli of ZangZing Profiles Their Elegant Photo Sharing Service
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MacVoices #11103: Joseph Ansanelli of ZangZing Profiles Their Elegant Photo Sharing Service

Chuck — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:20:14 +0000

Joseph Ansanelli, the CEO and co-founder of ZangZing, profiles their photo sharing service for the rest of us. Joseph explains their take on the familiar album metaphor, privacy, security and different levels of sharing, and the new one-click import of your photos from wherever they are on the web. Supported services for the import feature include Facebook, Flickr, DropBox, Shutterfly and more. Especially important as we count down to the MobileMe shut-down is the ability to directly import photos stored there to ZangZing. Joseph covers why their service is free for now and why they don’t like the ad-supported option, and why they don’t engage in “pic napping” the way some sites do. Find out why ZangZing may be the most elegant, approachable photo-sharing option available and give it a try.

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Joseph Ansanelli is CEO and co-founder of ZangZing, a a company dedicated to redesigning photo sharing to be simple and beautifully designed. ZangZing is creating one place for users to share their most important photos. Prior to ZangZing, he has served as CEO and co-founded three companies: Trio Development was his first venture, which was acquired by Apple and became Claris Organizer; Connectify, which was sold to Kana Communications for ~$300 million post IPO; and Vontu, which was acquired by Symantec. Joseph resides in San Francisco, CA and when not at ZangZing, enjoys spending time his his wife in the outdoors and taking lots of photos. Connect with ZangZing on Twitter and Facebook.

MacVoices #11102: Gilles BianRosa of Fanhattan Discusses How They Find The Media You Want…Wherever It Is

Chuck — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:10:05 +0000

With the ever-increasing number of services offering movies, TV shows and more, it can be difficult to find what you want when you want it. Enter Fanhattan. Gilles BianRosa, CEO of Fanhattan, explains how their service locates the movies, TV shows and more that you want to see, tells you how they are available (rent, buy, stream, etc.), and in many cases, lets you start watching right away, especially on an iDevice. Fanhattan goes beyond that, though, and connects you with all sorts of related content and materials to supplement your experience. Gilles covers all that, the future of Fanhattan on our televisions, and more.

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Gilles BianRosa is currently the CEO of Fanhattan. Prior to that, he was with McKinsey and Company in Palo Alto, California, where he led mission-critical initiatives related to product roadmaps and go-to-market strategies for venture-backed and “academy” technology companies including Microsoft, HP, BEA, SAP. Before joining McKinsey, Gilles was instrumental in the launch of Vivendi’s media and services Internet platform for health professionals. Early in his career, Gilles founded MileStone, a software company serving the retail industry. Gilles advises the FCC on internet policies, and is a frequent speaker at leading industry events, including CES, MIP, NATPE. He holds a MS in Computer Science from EPITA School of Engineering in Paris, and an MBA from Harvard University.

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MacVoices #11100: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Mail on Your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch

Chuck — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:00:12 +0000

In what may or may not be his last Take Control book of the year, Joe Kissell talks about the third edition of Take Control of Mail on Your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Yes, we know…you’ve been using Mail on your iDevices just fine up until now. What you don’t know is that Mail has been undergoing many changes, especially in iOS 5, and now rivals many desktop mail programs. Joe reviews the changes and updates, and talks about why it may be all the mail program you need. Covering not just Apple’s iCloud mail but also Gmail, an old dog email service that has learned new tricks and one feature that needs Apple’s attention, Joe helps us further refine our email strategy with Apple’s mobile devices in mind.

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Joe Kissell is the author of over two dozen Take Control ebooks, as well as a host of print books. He is a senior editor for TidBITS, and a Senior Contributor to Macworld. Keep up with him if you can on his personal blog, JoeKissell.com, and on Twitter.

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MacVoices #1198: BlogWorld L.A. 2011 – Livefyre Ignites Your Site’s Commenting Options

Chuck — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:30:00 +0000

From BlogWorld Los Angeles 2011, Jenna Langer, Director of Strategy for Livefyre explains how Livefyre replaces your site’s commenting options with a fully-featured, real-time system that includes the ability to pull social media conversations into your blog, sharing options and much more. Jenna discusses the ease of implementation, their adaptive moderation, spam and profanity options and more.

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MacVoices #1197: Erica Sadun and Steve Sande Help You Talk to Siri

Chuck — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:58:36 +0000

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 a beta product; Erica and Steve talking about the implications of its widespread deployment as a beta, what that can mean fur the future, and how to get the most out of Siri now and in the future.

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Erica Sadun writes lots of books and she blogs at TUAW. When not writing, she’s a full time parent of geeks who are brushing up on their world domination skills. According to her academic dosimeter, she’s acquired more education than any self-respecting person might consider wise. She enjoys deep-diving into technology. You can follow her on Twitter and find out more about the books by she and Steve Sande at Sand Dune Books.

Steve Sande also writes way too much. He’s the Hardware Editor at TUAW, and recently logged over one million words written for the blog in just over three years. He’s written a number of books for Take Control Books and Apress, is married to a rocket scientist, and spends his days being bossed by a cat. You can watch what he says on Twitter.

MacVoices #1192: Jeff Carlson on Getting to Know the iPad and iOS 5

Chuck — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:14:15 +0000

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 get the new iPad owner involved, and whether this is really a post-PC device are all part of the discussion.

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MacVoices #1191: Joe Kissell Takes Control of iCloud

Chuck — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:30:00 +0000

Joe Kissell just completed his latest effort, Take Control of iCloud, and takes a short break to talk about one of Apple’s most ambitious efforts yet. After reminding us that iCloud is, at least for the basic service level, free, Joe explains how you need to think of iCloud as different than other online offerings, some strategies to follow to convert from MobileMe, and how to make sense of the Apple ID situation as well as your .me and .mac addresses. iCloud brings with it a roster of services and capabilities; Joe walks us through them from a practical perspective and gets you ready for your move to the cloud.

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MacVoices #1190: John Chaffee of BusyMac Discusses the Transition From MobileMe to iCloud for Calendar Syncing

Chuck — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:30:04 +0000

John Chaffee of BusyMac helps us work through the maze of calendar and contact syncing that has arrived with the launch of iCloud and the first steps away from MobileMe. Why separating events and to-do’s is a good thing, the steps to take to successfully migrate your calendar, both with and without BusyCal, changes in to-do handling are all included in the discussion. John also touches on the compatibility of BusyToDo with BusyCal and Apple’s Reminders, Google calendar integration, and how to get your calendar list and mini calendar back.

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John Chaffee is the President and co-founder of BusyMac, who’s products include BusyCal, BusyToDo and BusySync. Follow them on Twitter.

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MacVoices #1189: Dan Berube and Michael Horton Talk Final Cut Pro X and the Upcoming FCP SuperMeet in Boston

Chuck — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:00:00 +0000

The next The Final Cut Pro SuperMeet, this time in Boston, is rapidly approaching, and Daniel Berube and Michael Horton are back to talk about what this gathering of digital video gurus will offer. On the program are presentations for all levels of video producers, enthusiast and pro alike, including a Thunderbolt demo with a video production slant, a raffle that is huge, even by FCP SuperMeet standards, and the highlight of the show, a presentation by editing superstar and Oscar winner Walter Murch. First, though, Dan and Mike provide their perspective on Final Cut Pro X, the launch of the product, where it is, where it is going, and their thoughts on the future of Apple’s non-linear editing program.

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Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices, MacVoicesTV, MacNotables and The MacJury, a group of shows and web sites that make up The MacVoices Group, and is part ofMacLevelTen . You can catch up with what he’s doing by following him on Twitter, friending him on Facebook, or circling him on Google+. MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group Michael Horton is the head and founder of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro UserGroup (lafcpug) and Co-producer of the FCPUG SuperMeets held annually throughout the world. Follow him on Facebook and Twitter. Daniel Bérubé is Co-Producer of the SuperMeets and Founder of the Boston Final Cut Pro User Group (BOSFCPUG), a story driven community of globally connected collaborative digital filmmakers and broadcast professionals focusing on the craft of editing not only to show How but to share Aesthetics and related tools for digital cinema and distribution. When Dan is not working on the SuperMeets or BOSFCPUG, he travels around the country as a camera product specialist for Canon USA, or works as a Producer/Editor with his brother Donald Bérubé at Boston-based collaborative noisy brain. Productions. Dan is also an experienced Canon EOS photographer and enjoys capturing magical moments while on the road and transforming images into art on the Mac. Dan can be contacted at dberube@bosfcpug.org.

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MacVoices #1184: Mark Fuccio and Nico Peruzzi Introduce tripleMOJO To Connect Content Creators, Consumers and Sponsors

Chuck — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:30:39 +0000

If you are a podcast producer or blogger, a podcast or blog consumer or a vendor looking to connect with the audiences of these forms of media, then you’ll be interested in hearing about tripleMOJO. Mark Fuccio and Nico Peruzzi explain how their new service will help content producers learn more about their audiences, allow audiences to provide substantive feedback without surrendering their anonymity, and will connect the vendors seeking those audiences. The founders explain how it all works, why you will want to participate, and where the name came from. While you’re listening, fill out the MacVoices’ tripleMOJO survey so we can learn more about what you like and what you want.

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MacVoices #1183: Paul Levine of Rage Software Discusses Moving Your Site From iWeb to WordPress

Chuck — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:30:35 +0000

With MobileMe on the way out and iCloud on the way in, it appears that your iWeb site may quickly become a thing of the past. Paul LeVine of Rage Software can help you make the move to the more powerful WordPress platform with iWeb to WordPress. Paul explains what the software can and can’t convert from one to the other, why you won’t lose your comments but you will need to work on photos, and the uses for their product beyond the initial site conversion. Paul also discusses their Mac HTML Editor & Website Builder, their new SEO tool that will soon be available to everyone, and teases us with new products that will see the light of day at Macworld 2012.

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MacVoices #1179: Dan Wood Discusses Migrating From iWeb to Sandvox

Chuck — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:30:40 +0000

The indications from Apple are that their web publishing program, iWeb, is reaching its end of life. In June of 2012, MobileMe will go away, and with it any web sites you have hosted there. Dan Wood of Karelia Software discusses why you need to start looking for other options for both now, and how their program, Sandvox, can help. What you need to look for in replacements, what Sandvox can and can’t accomplish in drag-and-drop fashion, web hosting requirements and more are covered by Dan, along with a discount code to save on Sandvox.

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MacVoicesTV #1158: Dan Wood Introduces Web Publishing Solution Sandvox 2

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MacVoices #1170: Jeff Gamet on a Google-Free Lifestyle (Sort-of)

Chuck — Mon, 23 May 2011 16:00:00 +0000

Jeff Gamet caused some confusion during a recent MacJury appearance when he revealed that he had adopted a Google-free lifestyle, and we wanted to get to the bottom of it. Jeff explains what he meant by his comment, what Google apps he has removed from his Macs, and what pushed him to do it. Jeff and host Chuck Joiner also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of keeping your data in the cloud, and whether it is time to start rationing your bandwidth.

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MacJury #1103: The iPad at One: An Examination of The First Year of the iPad

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MacVoices #1169 – Maria Langer Takes Outlook for Mac 2011 Step-by-Step

Chuck — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:15:44 +0000

The latest effort from Maria Langer is the new Microsoft® Outlook® for Mac 2011 Step by Step (Step by Step, a guide to the newest addition to the Microsoft Office suite for Mac. After extensive research for the book, Maria talks about who Outlook is suited for, the Exchange Server compatibility that highlights the program, and the functionality that remains from the Entourage days. Cross-platform compatibility and similarity is especially important for an enterprise workhorse program, and Maria talks about how Outlook delivers, what is missing from the program that she hopes comes back, and reveals what else she hopes to see in the next version.

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MacVoices #1166 – Jeff Carlson on Taking Control of iPad Media

Chuck — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:45:55 +0000

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 media conversion, key apps and the evolution of the platform has made it an even more capable and useful device.

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Apple TV

Al Jazeera English Live

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Kipper children’s videos

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MacVoices #10101: Fraser Speirs Discusses A Real-World Deployment of iPads in the Classroom

Real Racing HD

Pandora Radio

MacVoices #1165: Steve Sande Takes Control of iWeb ’09 Updates and Enhancements

Chuck — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:00:00 +0000

Steve Sande has updated his Take Control of iWeb ’09 to version 1.1 to reflect the changes and additions to Apple’s web publishing program, even though it didn’t get a full update in iLife ’11. Steve talks about where iWeb is and where it is going. Even if you don’t plan to use it as your main web authoring solution, iWeb ’09 has a place in your toolkit. New additions from both Apple and third parties have upped iWeb’s game; find out how you can get more out of the program under Steve’s guidance.

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MacVoices #1164: Jay Nelson on Quark 9, the Blio Reader and Desktop Publishing 3.0

Chuck — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:15:00 +0000

Desktop publishing and design expert Jay Nelson talks about the next revolution in desktop publishing, and how the upcoming QuarkXPress 9 will fit into the picture. We’re talking about the rich-media environments offered by mobile devices in general, the iPad and iPhone in particular. Jay introduces us to the next standard you’ll be hearing about, the Blio reader, and what it offers. Even though it is a Windows-only option right now, the Apple platform versions are on their way, and could change the game. How it could change the game for major book publishers, where it fits in to the desktop publishing spectrum, and how the tools that Quark will offer to the Blio and all other forms of content delivery are all part of Jay’s summary of what’s coming soon.

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MacVoices #1162: John Martellaro Talks About His Disappointment in the iPad 2

Chuck — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:03:51 +0000

When Steve Jobs left the stage in San Francisco following the iPad 2 announcement, everyone was happy with the new model. Well, almost everyone. John Martellaro of The Mac Observer wasn’t as wowed as he would have liked, and wrote an article that drew plenty of interesting responses. John joins us to talk about why he was disappointed, but will buy an iPad 2 anyway, and the many and varied comments that have been directed his way.

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MacVoices #1157: Macworld 2011 – Dolly Drive Sends Your Data Through Time Machine to the Cloud

Chuck — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:30:00 +0000

From Macworld 2011, Anthony Palermo of Dolly Drive introduces us to their cloud backup service that is unique because it uses Apple’s Time Machine interface. With more and more users becoming familiar with Time Machine functionality, Dolly Drive can be a logical extension to your backup strategy. Anthony explains the current state of Dolly Drive, how it helps you keep local backups as well, and outlines some features to be released in the near future.

The video version of this episode is available on MacVoicesTV.

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MacVoices #1146: Macworld 2011 – Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba Discusses How Airfoil Can Send Your Mac’s Audio Anywhere

Chuck — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:00:00 +0000

At Macworld 2011, Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba provides his thoughts on the show before updating us on the newest version of their audio-anywhere utility, AirFoil 4. Not just for iTunes music, Paul explains how Airfoil will send your Mac’s audio to your iOS devices, other computers, and even your Apple TV home theater.

The video version of this episode is available on MacVoicesTV.

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MacVoices #1129: Macworld 2011 – Vimeo Offers Online Video Hosting and Sharing for Producers of All Levels

Chuck — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:15:00 +0000

In the Vimeo booth at At Macworld 2011, Matt Schwarz explains why Vimeo is the perfect video sharing solution for home movies as well as feature film-stype projects. Covering groups, channels and methods of delivery to viewers, Matt highlights the generous upload specs for both the normal and pro accounts, covers their position on Flash vs. HTML5, and introduces you to Vimeo Video School, a free resource to help you produce better videos.

The video version of this episode is available on MacVoicesTV.

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MacVoices #1117: Macworld 2011 – Parenting in the Age of the Internet

Chuck — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:00:00 +0000

On the Macworld Live stage at Macworld 2011, a panel of Mac technologists discuss the challenges of raising children in a connected world that is constantly changing. Social media use, gaming, cell phone use,texting, balancing tech with real world activities, and how much tech is too much or not enough are all discussed by the panel of:

Tonya Engst – TidBITS and Take Control Books
Omaha Sternberg – iGame Radio
Christopher Breen – Macworld
Chuck La Tournous – RandomMaccess, The Mac Observer
Michael Rose – The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Chuck Joiner – The MacVoices Group (host)

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MacVoices #1101: The Road to Macworld – Adam Engst Discusses Macworld, The Mac OS X Evolution and More with CTMac

Chuck — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:00:00 +0000

On The Road to Macworld, Adam Engst of TidBITs and Take Control ebooks and host Chuck Joiner made a virtual visit to the Connecticut Macintosh Connection to talk about the evolution of Mac OS X and his session at Macworld on that topic, what Macworld means to him, the challenges facing a digital book publisher and more.

The Road to Macworld 2011 is a special MacVoices series produced in partnership with Macworld to preview some of the exhibitors and presentations at Macworld 2011 in San Francisco from January 26 – 29 at the Moscone Convention Center.

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TidBITS

Take Control Books

What’s Wrong with Digital Cameras by Charles Maurer on TidBITS

BusyCal

moodagent

Contour Design RollerMouse

Zillow Real Estate Search for iPhone and iPad

Air Display for iPhone and iPad

Hazel by noodlesoft

Transmit by Panic Software

MenuMeters by Raging Menace

Keyboard Maestro

Take Control of Thanksgiving Dinner by Joe Kissell

Take Control of Your Paperless Office by Joe Kissell

EasyFind from DEVONtechnologies

DropBox

Clone Wars, or How My Backups Ate My Photos by Adam C. Engst

MacVoices #10135: The Road to Macworld – Paul Kent Covers The New Industry Forum and Updates Everything Else at Macworld

Chuck — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:15:00 +0000

Paul Kent, Vice President and General Manager at IDG for Macworld, is back to give us an official update on The Road to Macworld that includes an introduction to the new Industry Forum at Macworld 2011. Boasting a series of focused presentations by some of the Apple industry’s most influential names, the Industry Forum is for anyone and everyone with a serious interest in the direction and future of the Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad and more. Paul also updates us on the feature presentations that are open to all attendees, the focus of the show and how it has evolved with the times, and how Macworld addresses all aspects of the Apple experience.

The Road to Macworld 2010 is a special MacVoices series produced in partnership with Macworld to preview some of the exhibitors and presentations at Macworld 2011 in San Francisco from January 26 – 29 at the Moscone Convention Center.

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MacVoicesTV #1009: MacVoicesTV at Macworld – Bill Atkinson Shows Off His New PhotoCard iPhone App, and Comments on the iPad

MacVoices #10132: The Road to Macworld – Zoë Keating Discusses How She Merges Her Mac and Her Music

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MacVoices #10134: Tonya Engst Takes Control of the iPad with iOS4

Chuck — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:00:00 +0000

Tonya Engst has updated her book, Take Control of iPad Basics, to v1.2. Why a .1 upgrade and what does it mean? Tonya explains before digging into some iPad basic tips for every level of user. The iPad is #1 on everyone’s holiday gift list for giving or getting, and Tonya’s book assures the new iPad owner they will be enjoying the full capabilities of the device with minimal effort or learning curve. Tonya discusses some of the less intuitive aspects of iPad use, why security is especially important for this mobile device, reveals her favorite use for her iPad, and more.

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Take Control of iPad Basics

Pandora

Pandora Radio

Take Control 7th Anniversary 50% Off Sale!

MacVoices #10131: Julio Ojeda-Zapata On Why The iPad Means Business

Chuck — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:14:00 +0000

St. Paul Pioneer Press tech columnist Julio Ojeda-Zapata is the author of the new iPad Means Business. Even though perceived as a media device, more and more business people are adopting the iPad as a way to get things done. Julio talks about the diverse business disciplines where the iPad is playing, and how it is being used for everything from information storage to cash register. While there are, literally, hundreds of thousands of apps available for the iPad, Julio highlights some of those that kept appearing on the lists of people who have adopted the iPad for business.

The video edition of this interview is available on MacVoicesTV #1064

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iPad Means Business: How Apple’s Tablet Computer is Changing the Work World

Square

MacVoices #10101: Fraser Speirs Discusses A Real-World Deployment of iPads in the Classroom

LogMeIn Ignition

NetNewsWire for Mac

NetNewsWire Premium (for iPhone)

Five-Star Apps: The best iPhone and iPad apps for work and play by Glenn Fleishman

Take Control of Media on Your iPad by Jeff Carlson

MacVoices #1086: Jeff Carlson Takes Control of Media on Your iPad

MacVoices #10130: The Road to Macworld – Joseph O. Holmes Talks About Efficient Digital Photo Processing

Chuck — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:00:00 +0000

On The Road to Macworld, featured artiest Joseph O. Holmes discusses his approach to fine art photography, and what you can expect to learn at his Users Conference session, The Fine Art Photographers’ Workflow – Developing an Efficient Path to Better-looking Photos. Joe discusses what has been lost and gained in the move to digital photography, some of the efficiencies he has developed in keeping his daily photoblog, joe’s NYC, going since 2004, and what he tries to accomplish when taking and editing a photo. Want to improve your photos now? Joe gives us a couple tips on what you can do to accomplish that goal, and prepare to get even more out of his Macworld conference session.

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DxO Optics Pro v6.5 Standard

DxO Optics Pro v 6.2, Elite Edition Photo Enhancing Software for Mac & Windows.

MacVoices #10129: Joe Kissell Finally Takes Control of Your Paperless Office

Chuck — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:00:00 +0000

After writing books and articles that touched on the topic, Mac expert Joe Kissell has released Take Control of Your Paperless Office, a handbook to accomplish the task. Blending a high-level approach to going paperless with some very practical and self-developed techniques, Joe talks about what scanners to buy, what software you need to help organize your documents and ways to store you documents locally and in the cloud. Joe covers workflows that work, how to avoid barriers that might doom your attempt to rid yourself of paper clutter, and why this was one of the most fun Take Control book he’s written yet.

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Take Control of Your Paperless Office by Joe Kissell

Take Control of Getting Started with DEVONthink by Joe Kissell

The Real Paperless Office by Joe Kissell on Macworld

DEVONthink by Devon Technologies

Yojimbo by Bare Bones Software

Data Robotics Drobo 4-Bay USB 2.0/FireWire 800 SATA Storage Array

Drobo S 5-Bay USB 2.0/FireWire 800/eSATA Storage Array

Drobo FS 5-bay Storage Array

Data Robotics DroboPro 8-Bay USB 2.0/FireWire 800/iSCSI Storage Array

DroboPro FS-8 bay Gigabit Ethernet Network Attached Storage

Evernote

DropBox

MobileMe

Take Control of MobileMe

MacVoices #10122: Joe Kissell Takes Control of MobileMe Again

Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M Instant PDF Sheet-Fed Scanner for the Macintosh

MacVoices #1066: Joe Kissell Helps You Get Started with DEVONthink

Paperless by Mariner Software

NeatWorks Digital Filing System Software for Mac

NeatDesk 698 Desktop Scanner and Digital Filing System for Mac (White)

PDFpen by Smile Software

Earth Class Mail

MacVoices #10127: Sharon Zardetto Takes Control of Safari 5

Chuck — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:00:00 +0000

Sharon Zardetto‘s latest release is Take Control of Safari 5, and she joins us to talk about the new features, big and small in this version of Apple’s web browser. Leading the pack in the “big” category is Reader, a function that makes web page content more legible and accessible by changing it to a standard size, type and style while stripping out a web site’s ads, navigation and more. While good for web surfers, publishers and advertisers haven’t exactly welcomed the feature. Sharon discusses this struggle, along with the other big new Safari feature, Extensions, by talking about their functionality, the two ways to get them, and some of her favorites.
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Take Control of Safari 5

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Take Control Books

33thingsbooks.com

MacTipster

Where to get Safari extensions on Sharon’s MacTipster blog

MacVoices #10122: Joe Kissell Takes Control of MobileMe Again

Chuck — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Author and Mac expert Joe Kissell is back to talk about the second edition of Take Control of MobileMe, Second Edition,, Apple’s online service. MobileMe has evolved both over its lifetime, and since the first edition of this book; Joe covers this evolution, talking about what has disappeared, what has been introduced, and how the little changes have added up to an imperfect but improved and valuable service. Among the functions and features discussed are syncing through MobileMe, MobileMe Mail and the ways it beats Gmail, the uses and shortcomings of iDisk and photosharing and more. Joe explains why, even with its faults, MobileMe is a good value and why you should be a member.

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1Password from Agile Web Solutions

MobileMe

MacVoices #10121: CoTweet Helps Your Business Manage an Aggressive Social Network Presence

Chuck — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:50:00 +0000

In Las Vegas at BlogWorld, Meg Clark and Ayush Agarwal of CoTweet discuss their solution for social media activity by enterprise-level clients. With posting capabilities for both Twitter and Facebook, CoTweet facilitates not just getting the word out, but also offers tools to manage customer interaction and sales opportunities through integration with SalesForce. The CoTweet duo discuss the logistics of getting started with CoTweet, the feature sets of both their free and paid services, and more.

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MacVoices #10120: Omaha Sternberg on Apple’s Gaming Position and Better Games for iDevices

Chuck — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:10:00 +0000

At BlogWorld in Las Vegas, gaming expert Omaha Sternberg talks about how games push technology forward, and how Apple is taking some surprising lead positions in gaming, especially portable gaming. Even if Steve Jobs is projecting the reality distortion field, it can’t be argued that Apple is suddenly playing a more important role than ever before. Omaha explains the initial hesitancy of some game makers to get involved, and why now we can look forward to better and more sophisticated games on all of Apple’s iDevices. Omaha also delivers her thoughts on this year’s BlogWorld, what she enjoyed, and what she would like to see for next year’s expo.

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iGame Radio

MacVoices #10119: From BlogWorld 2010: Chuck La Tournous Discusses Social Media from the Enterprise Perspective

Chuck — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:18:19 +0000

In Las Vegas at BlogWorld, Chuck La Tournous provides an update on social media from the enterprise perspective. No longer an option for businesses, Chuck discusses why any return-on-investment (ROI) measurement of social media initiatives doesn’t tell the whole story and the impact that social media may have on other communication and service channels. Chuck also covers some of the kinds of information to distribute with your social media efforts and how it can help humanize and distinguish your company.

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The Mac Observer

MacVoices #10117: From BlogWorld 2010: BookBrewer and Borders Team Up To Sell Your Blog as a Book

Chuck — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:30:00 +0000

In Las Vegas at BlogWorld, Dan Pacheco, Founder and CEO of FeedBrewer Inc., and Kelly Peterson, eBook Manager for Borders, discuss BookBrewer, the site that lets bloggers turn their sites into ebooks, suitable for publication and sale. Dan reviews the process, how much it costs, how web sites get converted to ebooks, how long the process takes, and how they are distributed for sale. Kelly talks about Border’s involvement in distribution and how it fits with their model of delivering content that people want to read. In Border’s eyes, Book Brewer books will have the same status as any other book from a major publisher and that has significant implications for the publication of your book. Not just for blogs, BookBrewer can generate an ebook, ready for publication, from a variety of sources, including Word and PDF files.

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MacVoices #10116: From BlogWorld 2010 – The Mac Roundtable Discusses The Show, Live Streaming Media and More

Chuck — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:21:00 +0000

Members of The Mac Roundtable were in Las Vegas for BlogWorld 2010, and gathered to discuss the structure of the conferences, the show floor, and some changes they would like to see. Two members discuss their own sessions, the ways both audio and video podcasts are consumed, and the importance of live streaming media. Participating in the conversation are John F. Braun, John Chambers, Katie Floyd, Dave Hamilton, Don McAllister, Allison Sheridon and host Chuck Joiner.

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John F. Braun

John F. Braun on Twitter

The Mac Observer

The Mac Observer’s Mac Geek Gab

Monday’s Mac Gadget

John Chambers

One Minute Tip

John Chambers on Twitter

One Minute Tip on Twitter

Katie Floyd

Katie Floyd on Twitter

Mac Power Users

Katie’s blog

Dave Hamilton

The Mac Observer

Backbeat Media

The Mac Geek Gab

Dave Hamilton on Twitter

Don McAllister

Don McAllister on Twitter

ScreenCastsOnline

The Mac Screencast Guy – Don’s personal blog

Allison Sheridan

The NosillaCast

Allison Sheridan on Twitter

MacVoices #10114: Karen Anderson Takes Control of the Basics of the iPhone Under iOS 4

Chuck — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:45:00 +0000

Karen Anderson, long an editor of Take Control books, has moved into the driver’s seat, authoring her first title, Take Control of iPhone Basics, iOS 4 Edition. Karen talks about why you can be happy with an iPhone 3GS, especially if you have limited needs, but why the iPhone 4 is still at the top of the heap. No matter which iPhone you select, Karen helps you get more out of it by reviewing some of the features built in to both the device itself, as well as iTunes that are often overlooked, including Visual Voicemail and prevention of duplicate app purchases. Along the way, Karen touches on HDR photography, using the iPhone 4′s flash, the usability of FaceTime, the need for a “data strategy” for media purchasing and data syncing, and offers some unusual app recommendations.

Links

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

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Take Control of iPhone Basics, iOS 4 Edition
Karen Anderson on Twitter

Writer Way – Karen’s blog

iPhone 4 Tips – Karen’s iPhone 4 blog

Take Control of iWeb ’09 by Steve Sande

Take Control of Mail on the iPhone and iPod touch, iOS 4 Edition by Joe Kissell

Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail. Take Control of Apple Mail in Snow Leopard Joe Kissell

Take Control of Mail on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch by Joe Kissell

Tango Brings a New Face to Mobile Video Calls by Walt Mossburg on the Wall Street Journal

Pro HDR

Hoot Dunnit?

Cell phones and American adults on Pew Internet

The Woogie from Griffin Technology

MacVoices #10113: Mark Fuccio, Colleen Kelly and Alex Lindsay Introduce the New DroboPro FS

Chuck — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:30:00 +0000

Mark Fuccio, Senior Director for Data Robotics, returns to introduce yet another new Drobo product, and this time he brought friends. Colleen Kelly and Alex Lindsay join in to discuss the new DroboPro FS in particular, and Drobo’s reliability and expandability in general. The DroboPro FS offers redundant gigabit Ethernet connectivity, expandability up to 16TB, and the new Drobo Sync that simplifies backup to a remote DroboPro FS. Colleen and Alex cover what this all means from the video professional’s perspective, and how it compares with other, less elegant and much more expensive solutions. The flavors, characteristics and dangers of RAID enter into the conversation, and are compared with Drobo’s BeyondRAID feature set that solves many of the problems. Things get geeky as the group enter into why the cloud isn’t appropriate for all kinds and volumes of data generated by some projects, and how the DroboFS Pro addresses the needs of those with secure and high capacity storage needs.

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Mark Fuccio on Twitter

Drobo on Twitter

Colleen Kelly
Colleen Kelly on Twitter

Alex Lindsay
Alex Lindsay on Twitter

Pixel Corps

DroboPro FS

MacVoices #10112: Joe Kissell Returns to Take Control of Mail in iOS 4 for iPhone and iPod touch

Chuck — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:30:05 +0000

Joe Kissell returns from a well-justified four-month hiatus to talk about his latest book, Take Control of Mail on the iPhone and iPod touch, iOS 4 Edition. Yes, the title is a mouthful; Joe explains why it was necessary to accurately reflect the contents of the book, and why it will eventually change. If you thought the unified In-Box in Mail in iOS 4 was the only enhancement, think again. Joe reviews some of the other new features, including moving messages between accounts, the four different ways to access your Gmail account, working with MobilMe’s mail on your iOS4 iDevice, using your own domain or other email service with Mail, and much more.

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Take Control of Mail on the iPhone and iPod touch, iOS 4 Edition.

Apple iPod touch 8 GB

MobileMe

MacVoices #10108: Melissa Davis on Her Tech Cred, Mac Blogging, Mommy Blogging and How She Combines Them All

Chuck — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:20:00 +0000

Melissa Davis, aka The Mac Mommy, and co-host of Moms Gone Geek, talks about her tech background, including time served in the educational technology space, and why she does and doesn’t consider herself a “mommy blogger.” Engaged in something of a social experiment with herself and her family at the center, Melissa talks issues of privacy, the costs and benefits of a public persona, and her first troll encounter. Melissa compares online tech community with more traditional social models, reveals a surprising source of inspiration, and outlines the many different types of information that can be found on her blog.

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MacJury #1020: Back-To-School Tech – Macs, iPads and Today’s Changing Educational Environment

MacVoices #10101: Fraser Speirs Discusses A Real-World Deployment of iPads in the Classroom

dadlabs

MacVoices #10106: Katie Floyd and David Sparks Discuss The Mac Power Users

Chuck — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:00:41 +0000

Katie Floyd and David Sparks talk about their in-depth approach to getting things done with your Mac that is the basis for their show, Mac Power Users. Katie and David discuss the origins of the show, what they were doing before this, and the expectations they set by adopting this particular name. The format has evolved over time, and now includes workflow shows with some notable guests, hardware and software discussions and more. Find out what you will find when you listen, how the hosts’ backgrounds and professions affect the content, and why they value their back catalog in this unplugged conversation.

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Mac Power Users

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MacSparky – David’s blog

MacVoices #10104: Omaha Sternberg Reports on The Penny Arcade Expo and Mac and iOS Gaming

Chuck — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:05:00 +0000

Omaha Sternberg of iGameRadio spent her Labor Day weekend at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), and explains what it is and where computer gaming in general, and Mac gaming in particular fit in. With opportunities for all aspects of the gaming community, from tabletop to online games, Omaha talks about her experiences, the social aspects of the show, and some of the more interesting developments that include a possible update to a game after a decade of waiting, and an upcoming game that involves three very unlikely ingredients and more. Omaha also talks about mobile vs. online gaming, where the iPhone and iPad fit in at this point and in the future, and more.Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

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Omaha Sternberg on Twitter

iGameRadio

MacVoices #10100: Rich Mogull Wraps Up DEF CON, Evaluates WikiLeaks and Offers iPad Security Tips

Plants vs. Zombies

Is the iPod Touch the #1 portable game player? by Omaha Sternberg on the iGameRadio blog

Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials

BoxBattle HD – Shoot at matchboxes with a cannon in a hot, arcade-style artillery battle!

MacVoices #10102: The Smile Software Crew Introduce the Cool New Features of PDF Pen 5

Chuck — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:45:00 +0000

Smile Software (formerly SmileOnMyMac) is at it again, upgrading one of their wildly useful tools with even more new and cool features. Jean MacDonald, Philip Goward and Greg Scown join us to talk about PDF Pen 5, New to this version is redacting of PDFs…real redacting, not just cosmetic graphic placement that can reveal confidential information. How this is implemented and why it is so important are covered in depth, as is the other new killer feature, conversion of web pages to PDF documents. You won’t appreciate how useful and sophisticated this is until you hear the group explain how it works and how much control you have to download not just a page, but links and content as well. A live demo is even done during the show, much to everyone’s surprise, so you can hear how long it takes and what you get out of it. The Smile crew review other changes to this version of PDF Pen, how the upgrades work, and how another of their products, TextExpander, is fast evolving into a platform of its own for handling text on the Mac, iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

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Jean MacDonald on Twitter

Greg Scown on Twitter

Philip Goward on Twitter

Smile Software on Twitter

Smile Software Development Kit

PageSender

TextExpander (for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch)

MacVoices #10101: Fraser Speirs Discusses A Real-World Deployment of iPads in the Classroom

Chuck — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Fraser Speirs of Connected Flow is not just a great software and app developer, but also teaches computing in a local school. For this school year, the school decided to give every student an iPad, and to integrate Apple’s latest device into the teaching methodology in a big way. Fraser explains how the decision came about, the cost of funding the project, and why it was viewed as a favorable investment in the future. There’s more than just handing the student the iPad, obviously. Fraser covers training, app picks and management, iPad acceptable use issues both at school and at home, and some of the issues they are having with current iTunes App Store policies. Hoping that other schools around the world will undertake similar projects, Fraser provides some recommendations on the process, how to plan, and some of the decisions that have to be made with regard to many of the online educational resources.

Links

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

The iPad Project: What Kind of Day Has It Been? by Fraser Speirs on his personal blog

MacJury #1020: Back-To-School Tech – Macs, iPads and Today’s Changing Educational Environment

Keynote

Brushes – iPad Edition

National Geographic GeoBee Challenge

Toy Story 3 Read–Along

Pickin’ Time

FlickrExport for iPhoto by Connected Flow

FlickrExport for Aperture by Connected Flow

Aperture to Final Cut Pro by Connected Flow

FlickrExport Lite for Aperture by Connected Flow

Darkslide – Flickr Client by Connected Flow

DarkSlide Premium by Connected Flow

MacVoices #10100: Rich Mogull Wraps Up DEF CON, Evaluates WikiLeaks and Offers iPad Security Tips

Chuck — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Security expert Rich Mogull gave MacVoices’ host Chuck Joiner a tour of this year’s DEF CON hacking conference in Las Vegas while performing his duties as a “goon.” Rich explains what that means, the events and the spirit of DefCon, and why the conference badges are so different and sought after. Then, Rich provides some perspective on the activities of WikiLeaks that have been so prevalent in the news, citing both the goods and bads of their practices. To wrap up, Rick offers some tips for iPad security that will help keep both you and your data safe.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Rich Mogull on Twitter

Securosis

TidBITS

Mobileme (including Find my iPad capability)

MacVoices #1099: Michael Horton and Dan Berube Discuss the Third Annual Amsterdam Final Cut Pro SuperMeet

Chuck — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:30:00 +0000

Michael Horton and Dan Berube are back again, this time to talk about the upcoming Amsterdam Final Cut Pro SuperMeet, their third in that city, and their fourth FCP event this year. Who will be presenting, exhibiting and attending are all discussed, along with a tease about a super-secret special speaker that they aren’t ready to announce yet. SuperMeet workshops and Open Screen Theater will make their first appearances in Amsterdam, and the whole event will be streamed online for the benefit of those unable to attend. Mike and Dan also offer their thoughts on the trend of DSLR filmmaking, the adequacy of the latest Mac Pro machines for video professionals, and hit at future events.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Michael Horton on Twitter

Dan Berube on Twitter

FCPUG Network and SuperMeet on Facebook

SuperMag #4

MacVoices #1098: Mark Fuccio of Data Robotics on the Speed and Ease of iSCSI, Their MacVoices Group Sponsorship, and a Drobo Contest

Chuck — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Mark Fuccio, the Senior Director of Products & Markets for Data Robotics points out that, even if your Mac doesn’t have eSATA, it probably is iSCSI capable, and compatible with one of Drobo’s fastest interface options. Mark describes just how fast and easy it is to implement this capability, why Drobo has opted to become a sponsor of the MacVoices Group of internet shows, and announces a contest to celebrate, where you can win a Drobo simply by describing your frustrations with mass storage solutions.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Mark Fuccio on Twitter

Drobo on Twitter

Contest Link – Win a Drobo courtesy of MacVoices

Information about the contest prizes
Drobo S
Drobo FS

Information about iSCSI

Information about DroboPro

Victor Cajiao’s Drobo vs. DroboPro performance tests

Video producers talk about using Drobo video

Rich Harrington

Michael Lewis

MacVoices #1097: Steve Sande Takes Your iPad to the Max

Chuck — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:15:00 +0000

Steve Sande, along with Erica Sadun and Michael Grothaus, have released the new Taking Your iPad to the Max from Apress, and talks about how the need for a book about Apple’s latest hit hardware device. The iPad can be almost anything you want it to be. Steve talks about how he and his co-authors approached both the built-in applications as well as third-party apps, and where the iPad fits into both your work and play lifestyle. Designed for both the iPad novice as well as the experience iPhone/iPod touch user, Steve cites several examples of how you can take your iPad to the max.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Steve Sande on Twitter

Taking Your iPad to the Max The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Take Control of iWeb ’09

Mirror’s Edge™ for iPad

Air Hockey Deluxe

New York Times Editor’s Choice

BBC News

USA Today Adpbe Ideas

Brushes – iPad Edition

Epicurious Recipes & Shopping List Dropbox

Wine Ratings Guide for iPad iMovie for iPhone 4

Keynote

Numbers

Pages

MacVoices #1096: Boinx Software’s Oliver Breidenbach Explains Why You Gotta See This and the Latest Update to FotoMagico

Chuck — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:30:00 +0000

Boinx Software CEO Oliver Breidenbach is back to talk about their new iPhone photo application, You Gotta See This, and the latest additions to FotoMagico. With integration into Final Cut Pro or Express and more, FotoMagico lets you take more control of your slideshow story than ever before. Oliver explains how creating impressive custom slideshows in those apps is now easier than ever before using their product, how it crosses the line into simple video editing, and how it “brings back the fun to video editing.” Oliver then covers You Gotta See This, an iPhone app unlike any other. Not to be confused with stitching or panorama apps, You Gotta See This creates spacial collages of your image, delivering a unique and artistic take on your subject with the trademark Boinx ease-of-use. Oliver offers tips on how to access the highest resolution image possible, as well as some shooting tips, and then teases us with a hint at a future Boinx product.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Oliver Breidenbach on Twitter

Boinx Software on Twitter

BoinxTV

FotoMagico

Boston Final Cut Pro SuperMeet

Amsterdam Final cut Pro SuperMeet

You Gotta See This

Elgato Turbo.264 HD Encoder/Accelerator

AutoStitch Panorama

Pano

BoinxLabs on Twitter

MacVoices #1094: Ian Schray Discusses Protecting Your Mac From Theft with GadgetTrak

Chuck — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:15:46 +0000

Three has been plenty of attention to locating your iPhone or iPod with MobileMe, but what about your Mac? Ian Schray has the answer with GadgetTrak, a service that lets you track your Mac laptop if stolen. Ian takes us through some disturbing FBI statistics about laptop theft, and describes how GadgetTrak can help you not contribute to them. GadgetTrack allows you to locate your missing Mac (or PC) using Wi-Fi positioning, take photos of the thief with the built-in camera, and obtain information that can help law enforcement recover you Mac and catch the bad guys. Not just for laptops, Ian covers how they work with educational institutions to help protect Mac labs, desktop or portable, and why that is such an important consideration given the cost of insurance for such installations.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

GadgetTrak

Ian Schray on Twitter

GadgetTrak on Twitter

MacVoices #1093: Maria Langer on Facebook Privacy, Social Networking Pressures, and How It Happened to Her

Chuck — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:42:00 +0000

If you think the Facebook privacy issues can’t affect you, you need to hear from Maria Langer about her recent social networking experiences. Maria describes how Facebook created a “community page” about her, without her acknowledgement or consent, and invited anyone and everyone to “help.” Facebook’s privacy settings can be a double-edged sword, revealing and restricting your content at the same time. Maria talks about that, as well as the pressure she has been receiving to more actively participate on Facebook and other forms of social media, why that participation is so different from posting things to her blog or having a Wikipedia page, and how easy it is to lose control of one’s online identity. Think it can’t happen to you? It happened to Maria, and she hopes you can learn from her story.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Maria Langer on Twitter

Maria’s Guides

An Eclectic Mind – Maria Langer’s personal blog

Office 2008 for Mac: Small Business Projects at lynda.com

The Facebook Decision on Maria’s blog

Connect with Facebook? on Maria’s blog, An Eclectic Mind

Maria’s “Community Page” on Facebook

South Park – You Have Zero Friends episode on iTunes

MacVoices #1091: Katie Floyd Discusses Ditching Your Cable

Chuck — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:30:26 +0000

Tired of high cable TV bills? Being tempted by the siren’s song of the online video services? Katie Floyd spent some time researching the costs, benefits and compromises of disconnecting from cable, and shares her findings in a thought-provoking discussion. Katie covers the options for over-the-air video acquisition, what is and isn’t available on Hulu Plus and Netflix, and the costs of download options like the iTunes Store. On the hardware side, Apple TV, TiVo, HD antennas, dedicated streaming media boxes are covered, along with a dedicated Mac mini, remote control options, are all reviewed. Katie talks about how to evaluate your cable expense vs. what you need in hardware and services, and how to get started unplugging from cable.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Katie Floyd on Twitter

Mac Power Users

Katie’s blog

Kate’s Checklist for Ditching Cable

MacJury #1017: Is Hulu Plus Worth The Money?

Apple TV with 160GB Hard Drive

Apple Mac Mini

Writings, Ramblings, Proclamations and Prognostications – Chuck’s blog

MacVoices #1090: Duncan Champney and Steve Sheets Make Location-Based Information Useful with Save My Place

Chuck — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:15:50 +0000

Interested in the useful application of location-based information? Duncan Champney and Steve Sheets of WareTo put it in your hand with versions of Save My Place for the iPhone and iPad. Duncan and Steve talk about the origins of the application, how users are bending it to uses not originally intended, and how that is influencing their future direction. Save My Place leverages Google maps, but improves on them with bookmarking and comparison features to deliver a more useful, personal experience. Interface decisions for both versions, ideas for enhancements, how you can be part of the app’s development, and more are part of the discussion with Duncan and Steve.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Save My Place for iPhone

Save My Place for iPad

MacVoices #1088: Dave Howell of Avatron Software Discusses The Air Sharing and Air Display Apps

Chuck — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:15:00 +0000

Dave Howell, the CEO of Avatron Software, talks about two terrific apps, Air Sharing and Air Display. Dave talks about why they wrote Air Sharing, how it functions as both a wireless interface to your iPhone or iPad as well as a document reader, and how they ensure the security of your data in transit. Then, Dave covers Air Display, the app that lets you use your iPad as a second display for your Mac. Air Display will make you look at the issue of a touch screen Mac differently as well as give you a multi-monitor anywhere you choose to work. Dave also hints at the future of the app, and some of the things they hope to accomplish that will make it even more useful.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Dave Howell on Twitter

Air Sharing HD

Air Display

Air Sharing

Air Sharing Pro

MacVoices #1087: The Founders of The Mac Roundtable Discuss The Group’s Origins and Evolution

Chuck — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:00:00 +0000

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.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

The Mac Roundtable

Adam Christianson

Adam Christianson on Twitter

The MacCast

Joseph Nilo

Joseph Nilo on Twitter

Joseph Nilo.com

Hi/Lo Media

Steve Stanger

Steve Stanger on Twitter

The Mac Attack

Tim Verporten

Tim Verporten on Twitter

The Mac ReviewCast

Von Glitschka

MacVoicesTV #1013: MacVoicesTV at Macworld – The Mac Roundtable Take The Main Stage

MVTV #955: MacVoicesTV at BlogWorld – The Mac Roundtable Crew Go At It Live

MacVoicesTV #916: Macworld Expo – The Mac Roundtable Discuss Apple, The Future of Macworld and Product Picks

MacVoices #1086: Jeff Carlson Takes Control of Media on Your iPad

Chuck — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:30:00 +0000

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.Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Jeff Carlson on Twitter

Jeff Carlson’s Personal Site

Practical Mac – Jeff’s Seattle Times column with Glenn Fleishman

Take Control of iPad Basics by Tonya Engst

Take Control of Media on Your iPad by Jeff Carlson

Take Control of Working with Your iPad by Joe Kissell

Take Control of iPad Networking & Security by Glenn Fleishman

Reading Take Control Ebooks on an iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) by Tonya Engst

Take Control of Mail on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch by Joe Kissell

Apple iPad (WiFi)

Pandora Radio App

SoMaFM Player App

Most Pandora users unaffected by AT&T data cap on The Los Angeles Times

Air Video App

Apple’s Remote App

IGI IRB-1 i Got Control Remote Adapter for iPods and iPhones

Square app

The iPad Pocket Guide by Jeff Carlson

MacVoices #1085: Glenn Fleishman Takes Control of iPad Networking and Security

Chuck — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:15:00 +0000

Networking guru Glenn Fleishman takes on two very specific topics in his new book, Take Control of iPad Networking & Security. Networking on your iPad can be simple, but to get the most out of it, you need to understand that it is all about management – power, what to connect to, service, plans and more. You can do a whole with a properly networked iPad, and Glenn provides you with some examples, including recovering a lost or stolen iPad and controlling other Macs or PCs. Glenn explains why AT&T’s new data plans really shouldn’t affect many users, and how to manage your networking to be sure it doesn’t. Getting data on and off your iPad, ebook access and reading and more are included in Glenn’s discussion of the book.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Glenn Fleishman on Twitter

TidBITS

Take Control Books

Take Control of iPad Basics by Tonya Engst

Take Control of Media on Your iPad by Jeff Carlson

Take Control of Working with Your iPad by Joe Kissell

Take Control of iPad Networking & Security by Glenn Fleishman

Reading Take Control Ebooks on an iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) by Tonya Engst

Managing your 250MB iPad 3G plan by Glenn Fleishman on iPhone Central

Take Control of Screen Sharing in Snow Leopard by Glenn Fleishman

Take Control of Screen Sharing in Leopard by Glenn Fleishman

LogMeIn Ignition

iTeleport

GoodReader Lite for iPhone in the iTunes Store

GoodReader for iPhone in the iTunes Store

GoodReader for iPad in the iTunes Store

Dropbox for iPad in the iTunes Store

MobileMe iDisk app

MacVoices #1078: Yuri Selukof of Good.iWare Outlines The Long List of The Capabilities of GoodReader for iPhone and iPad

BN eReader for iPad

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Steve Jobs D8 Video Interview Now Available, Full and Uncut

MacVoices #1076: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Spam, Apple Mail in Snow Leopard, and Mail on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch

MacVoices #1084: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Getting Work Done on The iPad

Chuck — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:20:00 +0000

Mac expert Joe Kissell is the author of the new Take Control of Working with Your iPad, one of the four Take Control titles focusing on the iPad. Working on your iPad may not be the first think you think of, but Joe helps set expectations, explaining what the iPad is and is not good for, talking about whether it can or cannot replace a laptop, and even if it should. If you adopt a pioneering spirit, and are willing to do a little planning, you can get a lot of work done with your iPad. Joe gives some real-world examples, discusses how cloud apps in general and Google Docs in particular work with the iPad, and covers web surfing limitations and browser alternatives to Safari. Moving digital assets to and from the iPad is currently an “area of pain,” and Joe talks about how to take some of the sting out of the process, the pros and cons of the Calendar app, editing documents on your iPad and more.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Joe Kissell on Twitter

Take Control of iPad Basics by Tonya Engst

Take Control of Media on Your iPad by Jeff Carlson

Take Control of Working with Your iPad by Joe Kissell

Take Control of iPad Networking & Security by Glenn Fleishman

Reading Take Control Ebooks on an iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) by Tonya Engst

Take Control of Mail on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch by Joe Kissell

MacVoices #1076: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Spam, Apple Mail in Snow Leopard, and Mail on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch

iCab Mobile in the iTunes Store

Atomic Web Browser in the iTunes Store

Take Control of Mail on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch by Joe Kissell

MacVoices #1076: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Spam, Apple Mail in Snow Leopard, and Mail on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch

ReedleDocs for iPad in the iTunes Store

GoodReader Lite for iPhone in the iTunes Store

GoodReader for iPhone in the iTunes Store

GoodReader for iPad in the iTunes Store

MacVoices #1078: Yuri Selukof of Good.iWare Outlines The Long List of The Capabilities of GoodReader for iPhone and iPad

Doc2 HD in the iTunes Store

Office2 HD in the iTunes Store

Instapaper for iPad in the iTunes Store

Evernote for iPad in the iTunes Store

Mariner Calc for iPad in the iTunes Store

Dropbox for iPad in the iTunes Store

MacVoices #1083: Tonya Engst Takes Control of the Basics of the iPad

Chuck — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Tonya Engst steps out of her usual editor’s role to author her first Take Control book, Take Control of iPad Basics. Tonya explains why this free (yes, free) book forms the cornerstone for a total of four Take Control titles that focus on different aspects of the iPad experience. You think you know the iPad basics? Tonya talks about even though the basics are really basics, there are gestures you may not be familiar with that are so useful, she finds herself trying to use them on her MacBook. This title also covers the many options for syncing your iPad, the interface, Apple’s standards and what developers are doing within those guidelines. Some basic but less-than-obvious tips on using Safari and surfing on the iPad, how best to read all the Take Control books on the iPad, and why the final chapter teaches you how to give a demo of your iPad.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Tonya Engst on Twitter

TidBITS

Take Control books

Amazon Mobile for the iPad in the iTunes Store

Pandora Radio for the iPad in the iTunes Store

iPhone Human Interface Guidelines: A Brief Tour of the Application User Interface on the Apple site

Take Control of iPad Basics by Tonya Engst

Take Control of Media on Your iPad by Jeff Carlson

Take Control of Working with Your iPad by Joe Kissell

Take Control of iPad Networking & Security by Glenn Fleishman

Reading Take Control Ebooks on an iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) by Tonya Engst

Take Control of Mail on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch by Joe Kissell

MacVoices #1076: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Spam, Apple Mail in Snow Leopard, and Mail on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch

GoodReader Lite for iPhone in the iTunes Store

GoodReader for iPhone in the iTunes Store

GoodReader for iPad in the iTunes Store

MacVoices #1078: Yuri Selukof of Good.iWare Outlines The Long List of The Capabilities of GoodReader for iPhone and iPad

MacVoices #1082: Daniel Berube and Michael Horton Talk About The Final Cut Pro SuperMeet Move to Boston

Chuck — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:56:09 +0000

Conference organizers Daniel Berube and Michael Horton are taking the Final Cut Pro SuperMeet experience to Boston in June, the first SuperMeet on the East Coast. Dan and Mike talk about why they felt the time was right for the change, why the vibrant video community of the Boston area made it the logical choice, and how many in that community are planning to attend and participate. Boston is also home to Avid; the duo talk about how that has affected their plans, the new and updated aspects of the SuperMeet that will allow filmmakers to show off their work to both the audience and to prospective employers and clients, and the opportunities that the iPhone and iPad present for getting your video work seen. The conversation also includes their heavy focus on student involvement, and why they have such a heavy Mac focus at all the SuperMeet events.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Michael Horton on Twitter

Dan Berube on Twitter

FCPUG Network and SuperMeet on Facebook

MacVoices #1080: Steve Scott Talks About What Upcoming NSConference MINI Offers Those Not Going to WWDC

SuperMag #4

MacVoicesTV #1007: MacVoicesTV at Macworld – The Sights and Sounds of The Final Cut Pro SuperMeet

Email Mike and Dan at supermeet-at-supermeet-dot-com (change to normal email address format)

MacVoices #1078: Yuri Selukof of Good.iWare Outlines The Long List of The Capabilities of GoodReader for iPhone and iPad

Chuck — Tue, 18 May 2010 12:40:00 +0000

Yuri Selukof, the founder of Good.iWare, profiles one of the most popular applications for the iPhone and iPad, GoodReader. Many think of GoodReader as an app to view PDFs on Apple’s mobile devices, but it goes far beyond that. Yuri covers all the file formats GoodReader will accept and why they decided to make the list as broad as possible, as well as the multiple ways to get files into GoodReader, including WiFi, direct connect, internet access and from email. GoodReader has built-in capabilities to help users manage large libraries of files; Yuri talks about how it works, the opportunities the iPad represents for app developers, their decisions on pricing models for both their iPad and iPad versions, and more.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

GoodReader

MacVoices #1077: Gary-Paul Prince of Peachpit Introduces The Content and Capabilities of Their New Creative Edge

Chuck — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:30:00 +0000

Gary-Paul Prince, Marketing Manager for Peachpit, introduces their new web site, Creative Edge. In an online world of training resources, Creative Edge stands out for a number of reasons. Gary-Paul explains how the site aggregates content from multiple publishers and authors, and includes some of the biggest names in the industry. Not just a digital bookshelf with, Creative Edge includes the ability to take portions of its resources with you, collaboration tools to make it a place to get things done, and a bookmarking feature to help you keep the information you really need organized and always available. Gary-Paul gives us an overview of all this, as well as the varied types of information available on Creative Edge, including tutorials, quick reference resources, in-depth training, video and more.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Gary-Paul Prince on Twitter

Gary-Paul’s personal site

Peachpit on Twitter

Creative Edge on Twitter

MacVoices #1076: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Spam, Apple Mail in Snow Leopard, and Mail on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch

Chuck — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:30:00 +0000

Mac expert Joe Kissell has reached a new high with the release of three new or newly updated Take Control titles, Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail. Take Control of Apple Mail in Snow Leopard and Take Control of Mail on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. To celebrate, Joe takes us on a tour of what each offers to users who are interested in bringing their email to its knees. Joe talks about controlling spam on the server side and how you can use Google to accomplish this, and how Snow Leopard-wide system changes have enhanced Apple’s Mail program. Security is on everyone’s mind; Joe also explains why digital signatures and encryption received so much attention, and why his titles all offer so much more than what Apple lists as new in the current version of Mail. For the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad owner, Joe attacks email from both the philosophical and practical perspectives, discussing how to leverage Google’s many email capabilities and filters without losing your domain identity, why we may see third-party email clients on the iPad, and much more.
Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Joe Kissell on Twitter

Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail by Joe Kissell

Take Control of Apple Mail in Snow Leopard by Joe Kissell

Take Control of Mail on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch by Joe Kissell

MacVoices #1065: Joe Kissell Discusses Making the Move From POP Email to IMAP Email

SpamSieve by c-command

Reading Take Control Ebooks on an iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) by Tonya Engst on TidBITS

GoodReader for iPad

ReaddleDocs for iPad in the iTunes Store

Air Sharing HD in the iTunes Store

DropBox for iPad in the iTunes Store

SugarSync for iPad in the iTunes Store

MacVoices #1074: Niclas Bahn of Gravity Applications Discusses Getting Organized with Tags

Chuck — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:30:00 +0000

Looking for a way to get organized that goes beyond the Finder files and folders metaphor? Niclas Bahn of Gravity Applications introduces us to Tags, their solution for information overload. With a simple key combination, Tags allows the user to assign key words (tags) to virtually anything: email, photos, files, videos, web links, etc. Once tagged, assets can be located by sophisticated searches that best Spotlight, making it easy to quickly find what you want when you want it. Niclas explains how the Tags magic works, what you need to know when moving Tagged files off of your Mac, and how they even support tagging within Gmail.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Gravity Applications on Twitter

Gravity Applications on Facebook

DropBox

SugarSync

MacVoices #1073: Eric Boehnisch-Volkmann of DEVONtechnologies Profiles the Capabilities of DEVONthink

Chuck — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:30:00 +0000

Eric Boehnisch-Volkmann of DEVONtechnologies helps us understand the power and capabilities of DEVONthink, one of the most under-appreciated utilities in the Mac space. Best categorized as an information manager, DEVONthink is in a class by itself, helping the user capture, organize and search for the information they need. Eric explains why managing documents in DEVONthink is easier and more effective than a Finder-and-Spotlight-based system, the file types they support, importing methods, and the sharing and search capabilities. There are several versions of DEVONthink; Eric explains the differences, and also comments on why they asked Mac expert Joe Kissell to author the new book, Take Control of Getting Started with DEVONthink.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Eric Boehnisch-Volkmann on Twitter

DEVONtechnologies on Twitter

MacVoices #1066: Joe Kissell Helps You Get Started with DEVONthink

Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M Instant PDF Sheet-Fed Scanner for the Macintosh

Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300 Instant PDF Sheet-Fed Scanner

Lighthouse by codelaide software

MacVoices #1072: Jeff Carlson and Contributors Discuss Digital Photography, Social Networking and the Canon G10/G11

Chuck — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Jeff Carlson is back to discuss his new book, Canon PowerShot G10 / G11: From Snapshots to Great Shots. To make it more interesting, he brought along two of the contributing photographers, Jeff Lynch and Justin Van Leeuwen. The team talk about how the project came together, the decision to publclly solicit photographs, and why so many shooters decided to get involved. The project took on a life of its own, and the conversation covers it all, from the social networking aspects of digital photography to an explanation of what makes this book different than other instructional and coffee table books, to some good old photographer geek talk.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Jeff Carlson on Twitter

Jeff Carlson (.Thought) – Jeff’s personal blog

TidBITS

Canon PowerShot G10 / G11: From Snapshots to Great Shots by Jeff Carlson

G10/G11 From Snapshots to Great Shots photostream on Flickr

Jeff Lynch

Jeff Lynch on Twitter

Serious Amateur Photography – Jeff Lynch’s blog

Jeff Lynch on Flickr

Texas Landscape Safari (Jeff Lynch)

Justin Van Leeuwen

Justin Van Leeuwen on Twitter

JVLphotography – Justin’s blog

Justin’s Flickr Stream

Manfrotto Modopocket

Lensmate adapters

Darwin Wiggett

MacVoices #1071: Mark Fuccio Introduces Drobo FS, A New Drobo Featuring a Cloud Option, ‘Plug and Share” and More

Chuck — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:45:01 +0000

Mark Fuccio, the Senior Director of Products & Markets for Data Robotics is back to introduce the newest Drobo product, the Drobo FS. Need a file server? Drobo FS is for you. Boasting “plug and share” storage technology that is even easier than previous Drobo models (if that’s possible), the Drobo FS can also use apps to morph into a specialized media server, FTP server, web server and even your own personal cloud using the new Oxygen Cloud Drobo app. Mark provides a guided tour to all this, along with all the familiar features that make Drobo one of the top storage solutions around.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Mark Fuccio on Twitter

Drobo on Twitter

Drobo apps

The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers

MacVoices #1070: Developer Marco Arment Discusses The Instapaper Family of Solutions for Mac, iPhone and iPad

Chuck — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Marco Arment is “the guy who does everything for Instapaper.” Marco talks about the very practical and personal, origins of Instapaper, arguably one of the most useful apps for the Mac, the iPhone, and yes, very soon, the iPad. Marco reveals his unusual method of beta-testing, explains why graphics aren’t included in Instapaper-processed articles, and what drove his feature set and pricing decisions for the two versions of the program. He also discusses his iPad expectations, and why he thinks it will be important to have an iPad-native version of Instapaper available as soon as possible.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Marco Arment on Twitter

Marco Arment’s personal blog

Instapaper in the iTunes App Store

Instapaper on Twitter

MacVoices #1069: Rich Mogull on Apple Order Spam, Protecting Your Online Banking and Hacking Contest Results

Chuck — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:30:00 +0000

Security expert Rich Mogull sets us straight on the wave of spam email messages that purport to be Apple order confirmations for iPads, apps and more. Rich shares his advice on how to avoid getting caught in this trap and other similar receipt email schemes, and outlines some ways to practice safer computing for online banking by using dedicated or virtual machines. Rich also helps us make sense of some of the security-related headlines relating to Apple software vulnerabilities, and the hacking of Macs, iPhones, and virtually all other platforms.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Rich Mogull on Twitter

Securosis

TidBITS

SpamSieve by C-Command

1Password by Agile Web Solutions

News: Analyst Uncovers 20 Security-related Flaws in Safari by Jeff Gamet on The Mac Observer

Hello World. Meet Pwn2Own. by Rich Mogull on the Securosis blog

MacVoices #1068: Dan Berube and Michael Horton Talk About The Next Final Cut Pro SuperMeet at NAB in Las Vegas

Chuck — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000

The next iteration of The Final Cut Pro SuperMeet is coming up at the NAB show in Las Vegas on April 13, and organizers Daniel Berube and Michael Horton tell us what to expect. Fresh off a successful SuperMeetUp at South by Southwest, the duo talk about the process they use to put together more and better SuperMeets. New for Las Vegas will be the Post Pit, a stage on the NAB show floor where editing and post production tips and techniques will be demonstrated all three days of the show. Dan and Mike also talk about the latest edition of the SuperMag and why it is better than ever, the fact that this SuperMeet will be “officially” streamed for those who can’t make it to Vegas, and more.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

San Francisco SuperMeet 2010

Michael Horton on Twitter

Dan Berube on Twitter

Post Pit

SuperMag Issue #3

MacVoices #1067: Jeff Carlson Discusses iPad Anticipation from an Author’s Perspective

Chuck — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Jeff Carlson is writing The iPad Pocket Guide for Peachpit, and talks about the challenges of covering the iPad before the release date. Jeff was one of the lucky ones who had some hands-on time with the iPad at the introduction, and discusses his impressions vs. the pre-shipping hype, who will buy the first round of iPads, and why some are hesitating. Will the iPad change the game for ebooks, games and mobile computing? Jeff has some thoughts on all of those and more.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Jeff Carlson on Twitter

Jeff Carlson’s Personal Site

TidBITS

Practical Mac – Jeff’s Seattle Times column with Glenn Fleishman

The iPad Pocket Guide by Jeff Carlson

MacVoices #1065: Joe Kissell Discusses Making the Move From POP Email to IMAP Email

Chuck — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Take Control Books author Joe Kissell tackles the subject of converting your email from POP to IMAP. What is POP? What is IMAP? Joe walks us through the answers and why you should care. Along the way, Joe covers why now is an especially important time to consider the move, syncing, downloading, deleting and expunging your email, and more. Joe also reveals what caused him to become such an outspoken advocate of backups (yes, it had to do with email), provides some specific considerations for making the move, how Gmail fits into the IMAP picture, and more.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Joe Kissell on Twitter

MacVoices #1011: The Road to Macworld – Joe Kissell Previews His Many and Varied Sessions at Macworld 2010

MacVoices #1007: The Road to Macworld – Adam Engst Discusses The Email Client Showdown Session and Why He Switched

Achieving Email Bliss with IMAP, Gmail, and Apple Mail by Joe Kissell on TidBITS

MacVoices #882: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Both Apple Mail in Leopard and Spam

Take Control of Apple Mail in Leopard by Joe Kissell

Take Control of Spam in Apple Mail by Joe Kissell

MacVoices #1064: Erik Bernskiold Discusses How Web Design Constantly Changes, How to Keep Up, and The MacVoices Group Redesign

Chuck — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:30:10 +0000

Web Designer Erik Bernskiold of Bernskiold Media is the architect of The MacVoices Group’s in-progress web site redesign. We talk with Erik about his background, WordPress vs. some of the other options, and how he keeps up with the ever-changing world of web design. Erik and Chuck discuss the importance of the business relationship and what makes it easy, even if you are on the other side of the planet, and why you shouldn’t settle for cookie-cutter designs for your site. Erik will be making his first trip to PhotoshopWorld soon, and talks about what he hopes to take back from the experience, and why he feels like he already knows many of the players.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Erik Bernskiold on Twitter

Bernskiold Media
MacAppZone

XLD Studios

ErikBernskiold.com

Bernskiold Media Group

MacVoices #1062 – MacVoices At Macworld – Tim Robertson Closes The Main Stage With An All-Star Celebration of Macworld

Chuck — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000

In what he billed as a Celebration of Macworld, Tim Robertson of OWC Radio closed out the Macworld 2010 Main Stage with an all-star roster of guests pulled from the audience to talk about what Macworld means, both present and future. Sharing their thoughts on the show were:

Grant Dahlke – Other World Computing
Paul Kent - General Manager of Macworld 2010
Bill Palmer – BeatWeek Magazine
Peter Cohen – The Loop, Angry Mac Bastards
Victor Cajiao – Typical Mac User Podcast, Typical Shutterbug Podcast
Chuck Joiner – The MacVoices Group
Dave Hamilton – Mac Geek Gab, The Mac Observer, BackBeat Media
Ken Ray – Mac OS Ken
Neil Ticktin – MacTech

The video version of this show is available on MacVoicesTV #1052.

MacVoicesTV at Macworld 2010 is our series of interviews with exhibiting vendors, speakers, Mac luminaries and friends, and panel discussions recorded at Macworld 2010 in San Francisco.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

MacVoices #1061: MacVoices at Macworld – Oliver Breidenbach of Boinx Software Shows PhotoPresenter and Previews The Next BoinxTV

Chuck — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:30:00 +0000

In the Boinx Software booth at Macworld 2010, CEO Oliver Breidenbach shows off the new versions of FotoMagico and PhotoPresenter, talks about why BoinxTV, was so widely used to produce and deliver video at Macworld 2010, and teases us with some feature in the next version of the software, including a streaming feature from within the software.

The video version of this show is available on MacVoicesTV #1061.

MacVoices at Macworld 2010 is our series of interviews with exhibiting vendors, speakers, Mac luminaries and friends, and panel discussions recorded at Macworld 2010 in San Francisco.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Oliver Breidenbach on Twitter

Boinx Software on Twitter

MacVoices #1056: MacVoices at Macworld – BeeJive Aggregates Your iPhone Chat Options

Chuck — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:30:00 +0000

At Macworld 2010, Satheesh Akkinepall of BeeJive shows how their app lets you stay in touch with your friends no matter what instant message service you (or they) prefer. BeeJive allows simultaneous presence on a wide variety of different services, takes advantage of all the rich media features of the various services, integrates push services if you want them, and more.

The video version of this show is available on MacVoicesTV #1046.

MacVoices at Macworld 2010 is our series of interviews with exhibiting vendors, speakers, Mac luminaries and friends, and panel discussions recorded at Macworld 2010 in San Francisco.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

BeeJive in the iTunes App Store

MacVoices #1051: MacVoices at Macworld – Security Expert Rich Mogull On What To Be Afraid of and What Is Hype

Chuck — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:15:00 +0000

From the Macworld 2010 show floor, security guru Rich Mogull of TidBITS and Securosis talks about what is and isn’t worthy of concern in the world of computer, iPhone and iPad security. Rich wrote the cover article in the March 2010 issue of Macworld, and helps makes sense of what you really need to pay attention to when it comes to your online activity. Rich delivers the #1 tip in iPhone security, talks about the iPad, and where your biggest vulnerabilities are.

The video version of this show is available on MacVoicesTV #1041.

MacVoices at Macworld 2010 is our series of interviews with exhibiting vendors, speakers, Mac luminaries and friends, and panel discussions recorded at Macworld 2010 in San Francisco.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

MacVoices #1048: MacVoicesTV at Macworld – TripIt Puts All Your Travel Plans and More on Your iPhone

Chuck — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:00:00 +0000

In the Mobile Applications Showcase on the Macworld 2010 show floor, Hoodan Mahallati , Product Manager for TripIt reviews how their web service combines with their TripIt iPhone app to put all your travel information, including hotel reservations, flight information, rewards numbers and more in your iPhone. With sync capabilities, live updates on and more, TripIt is becoming an essential travel tool.

The video version of this show is available on MacVoicesTV #1038.

MacVoices at Macworld 2010 is our series of interviews with exhibiting vendors, speakers, Mac luminaries and friends, and panel discussions recorded at Macworld 2010 in San Francisco.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

MacVoices #1047: MacVoices at Macworld – Apparent’s New Doxie Scans to the Cloud

Chuck — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:00:00 +0000

On the show floor at Macworld 2010, Paul Scandariato of Apparent introduces their affordable Doxie portable USB scanner. While Doxie can scan locally, its primary target is the cloud: Google Docs, EverNote, Flickr and more. Pal talks about why scanning to the cloud is preferable, how to leverage the cloud services for things like optical character recognition (OCR), how Doxie offers an approachable scanning solution, more.

The video version of this show is available on MacVoicesTV #1037.

MacVoices at Macworld 2010 is our series of interviews with exhibiting vendors, speakers, Mac luminaries and friends, and panel discussions recorded at Macworld 2010 in San Francisco.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

MacVoices #1044: MacVoices at Macworld – Jay Nelson Talks Fonts, Design and His New Macworld Column

Chuck — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:30:00 +0000

From the Macworld 2010 show floor, Jay Nelson of Design Tools Monthly and Design Tools Weekly helps us understand the importance of fonts in a world that seems to be increasingly moving away from paper. Understanding and choosing the right font for the job may be the easiest way you can improve the look of your projects, no matter what the medium. Jay is also penning a new column for Maworld, and tells us what we can expect to learn from it.

The video version of this show is available on MacVoicesTV #1034.

MacVoices at Macworld 2010 is our series of interviews with exhibiting vendors, speakers, Mac luminaries and friends, and panel discussions recorded at Macworld 2010 in San Francisco.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Jay Nelson on Twitter

MacVoices #1034: MacVoices at Macworld – MacTech and MacsimumNews Join Forces to Create MacNews

Chuck — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:00:00 +0000

From the show floor at Macworld 2010, Neil Ticktin, founder and publisher of MacTech, and MacsimumNews‘ Chief Macsimizer Dennis Sellers announce MacTech’s acquisition MacsimumNews to create MacNews, the newest place to keep up with the rapidly changing Apple and Macintosh universe. The duo discuss the combination, the new site (in beta at the moment), and why it will launch with a huge archive of information.

The video version of this show is available on MacVoicesTV #1024.

MacVoices at Macworld 2010 is our series of interviews with exhibiting vendors, speakers, Mac luminaries and friends, and panel discussions recorded at Macworld 2010 in San Francisco.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

MacVoices #1034: MacVoices at Macworld – MacTech and MacsimumNews Join Forces to Create MacNews

Chuck — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:20:00 +0000

The video version of this show is available on MacVoicesTV #1024.

MacVoices at Macworld 2010 is our series of interviews with exhibiting vendors, speakers, Mac luminaries and friends, and panel discussions recorded at Macworld 2010 in San Francisco.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

MacVoices #1031: MacVoices at Macworld – The MacJury Holds Court at Macworld 2010

Chuck — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000

In the Music Theater on the Macworld 2010 Show Floor, The MacJury convened to discuss the show, take questions from show-goers, and provide some favorite selections from the hundreds (thousands?) of products on display. The panel that attendees got to hear from, and see, included:


Tonya Engst	Jeff Gamet	Ted Landau	Chuck La Tournous	Chuck Joiner

The video version of this show is available on MacVoicesTV #1021.

MacVoices at Macworld 2010 is our series of interviews with exhibiting vendors, speakers, Mac luminaries and friends, and panel discussions recorded at Macworld 2010 in San Francisco.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoicesTV in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Tonya Engst

Tonya Engst on Twitter

TidBITS

Take Control Books

Jeff Gamet

Jeff Gamet on Twitter

Jeff Gamet’s jeff-o-rama

Design Tools Monthly

Design Tools Weekly

The Mac Observer

The iPod Observer

Apple Context Machine

Designer’s Guide to Mac OS X by Jeff Gamet

Ted Landau

Ted Landau on Twitter

Ted Landau’s User Friendly Blog on The Mac Observer

Take Control of Your iPhone, Second Edition

Chuck La Tournous
Chuck La Tournous on Twitter

RandomMaccess

The Mac Observer

Moodagent

iBone – The Pocket Trombone in the iTunes App Store

Office2 in the iTunes App Store

Navigon MobileNavigator in the iTunes Store

Tunebug

CrashPlan

XSkin

Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone

PaperShow

Trexta Cases

Retro Recorder in the iTunes App Store

TripIt in the iTunes App Store

TripIt

MacVoices #1028: MacVoices at Macworld – Jeff Holove of Eye-Fi Profiles Their New Pro X2 Card For Your Digital Camera

Chuck — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:40:00 +0000

At Macworld 2010 in San Francisco, Jeff Holove, the CEO of Eye-Fi, explains the features of their new Eye-Fi Pro X2 Wireless card that lets you send photos and video directly from your camera to your Mac, or a variety of online services. Boasting an 8GB capacity and Class 6 speed, the newest version of Eye-Fi also supports RAW format, an Endless Memory Mode that will never let you run out of space, lifetime automatic geotagging and more. Jeff talks about why all these features and more make the Pro X2 the best Eye-Fi card yet.

The video version of this show is available on MacVoicesTV #1018.

MacVoices at Macworld 2010 is our series of interviews with exhibiting vendors, speakers, Mac luminaries and friends, and panel discussions recorded at Macworld 2010 in San Francisco.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Eye-Fi Pro X2 8 GB SDHC Class 6 Wireless Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-8PC

MacVoices #1023: MacVoices at Macworld – The Mac Roundtable Takes The Main Stage

Chuck — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:45:00 +0000

The Mac Roundtable crew took the Main Stage at Macworld 2010 to talk about the success of the show, Apple’s absence, provide some show picks, and answer audience questions. Participants included (in order of appearance):

Chuck Joiner – The MacVoices Group
Don McAllister – ScreenCastsOnline
Ken Ray – Mac OS Ken
Victor Cajiao – Typical Mac User Podcast, Typical Shutterbug Podcast
John F. Braun – Mac Geek Gab Podcast
Katie Floyd – Mac Power Users
Allison Sheridan – NosillaCast
Tim Verpoorten – The Mac ReviewCast
Adam Christianson – MacCast
David Sparks – Mac Power Users, MacSparky
Dave Hamilton – Mac Geek Gab Podcast

The video version of this show is available on MacVoicesTV #1013.

MacVoices at Macworld 2010 is our series of interviews with exhibiting vendors, speakers, Mac luminaries and friends, and panel discussions recorded at Macworld 2010 in San Francisco.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

MacVoices #1022: MacVoices at Macworld – Mark Hollis of MacPractice Discusses Heath Care, Regulatory Requirements and Their Software Solutions

Chuck — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:00:00 +0000

On the show floor at Macworld 2010, Mark Hollis of MacPractice provides an update on their medical office software. Government documentation fulfillment is burdensome at best; MacPractice can help physicians manage the paperwork to allow more time for the practice of medicine, and Mark talks about how they are involved in trying to streamline the process as medical record standardization moves toward becoming a reality. Mark also discusses the latest integration of the iPhone into MacPractice, and what the iPad will, and won’t, mean to the medical community.

The video version of this show is available on MacVoicesTV #1012.

MacVoices at Macworld 2010 is our series of interviews with exhibiting vendors, speakers, Mac luminaries and friends, and panel discussions recorded at Macworld 2010 in San Francisco.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoiceTVs in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

MacVoices #822: MacVoices at Expo – MacPractice Delivers Mac-Based Solutions to Physicians

MacVoices #1017: Glenn Fleishman Takes Control of Screen Sharing and Back To My Mac

Chuck — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Glenn Fleishman has just updated two Take Control books, Take Control of Screen Sharing in Snow Leopard and Take Control of Back To My Mac, and helps us understand the many ways that both can improve our lives. There are a number of methods of sharing your screen, with our without Apple’s MobileMe service, and Glenn is our guide. He discusses the built-in capabilities of the Mac OS, and the improvements introduced by Snow Leopard to access your Mac across the room or across the country. Screen sharing is one thing but remote control of your Mac is another, and can be just as easy. Glenn discusses how it all works, and gives some real-life examples of how it can be useful.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Glenn Fleishman on Twitter

TidBITS

Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Network

Practical Mac on the Seattle Times web site

Take Control Books

Take Control of Back To My Mac

Take Control of Screen Sharing in Snow Leopard
The Floh Club

Jaadu VNC in the iTunes App Store

LogMein Ignition in the iTunes App Store

Chicken of the VNC

JollysFastVNC

AppleTalk missing in Snow Leopard? on TidBITS

MacVoices Group Update 2/7/10 – Macworld 2010 Appearances, Contests and One More Restaurant Recommendation

Chuck — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000

This MacVoices Group update includes:

A list of Chuck’s Macworld 2010 appearances

The MacVoices contest at Macworld 2010

The Drobo “Spirit of Macworld 2010″ contest

The MacVoicesTV website redesign

An apology from Chuck and a new San Francisco Restaurant recommendation

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

MacVoices 8 GB iPod touch Contest at Macworld 2010 – Rules:

1. To enter, you must hand Chuck a business card while wearing an official MacVoices t-shirt or sweatshirt on the Macworld 2010 show floor.

2. You can enter once per day – Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Only 1 business card per person per day will be accepted.

3. Please don’t interrupt interviews, tapings or sessions to hand over your business card. Please wait until an opportune moment. Violators will be shot. (No, not really, but we will abuse you publicly.)

4. The winner will be picked randomly following the official close of the Expo show floor. The winner will be notified by email and will have one week to respond, acknowledging the terms, and to designate a shipping address.

5. The 8 GB iPod touch will be shipped to the winner.

6. Responsibility for any taxes, fees, charges and any other local, state or federal monetary extortion is the sole and complete responsibility of the winner.

7. The winner agrees to provide a photo, wearing the MacVoices t-shirt or sweatshirt, with the iPod touch, and to have said photo and their name published for promotional purposes.

MacVoices #1008: The Road to Macworld – Mark Fuccio of Drobo On Their Macworld Video Contest and Their Booth Schedule

Drobo Spirit of Macworld 2010 Contest information

Nopa

App Store Pundit Podcast by Shelly Brisbin

MacVoices #1015: Joe Kissell’s Mac Security Bible Uses Common Sense Approach to a Difficult Subject

Chuck — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:35:00 +0000

Mac expert Joe Kissell has just released Mac Security Bible (Wiley), and helps us understand who needs to be concerned with Mac security. Joe approaches what often is thought of as a difficult topic through aspects of the Mac OS you are already familiar with, and applies security thinking to them. He explains why “best practices” aren’t always best, a common sense approach to security of your personal and small business systems. Joe also tells you where you can find him talking security at Macworld 2010, and can pick up an autographed copy of the book.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Joe Kissell on Twitter

MacVoices #1013: The Road to Macworld – Nick Floro Discusses The Wide Variety of His Macworld Sessions

Chuck — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:45:00 +0000

The next stop on The Road to Macworld Expo has us talking to Nick Floro about his sessions that cover a wide variety of important topics for those in business who want to improve and expand their image. From designing an interface for your web site or iPhone app to taking full advantage of social media options, Nick will help teach novices how to think and act in a media-rich world. Nick previews why integrating these topics into your business plan is critical, how games can be used to draw customers in, how to leverage video in your business presence, and more.

The Road to Macworld 2010 is a special MacVoices series produced in partnership with Macworld to preview some of the exhibitors and presentations at Macworld 2010 in San Francisco from February 9 – 13 at the Moscone Convention Center.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

Nick Floro on Twitter

Designing Content & Interfaces to Improve Usability – Nick Floro’s session at Macworld 2010

Social Media Demystified – Nick Floro’s session at Macworld 2010

Video with Snow Leopard: Putting Quicktime X to Work – Nick Floro’s session at Macworld 2010

Web Development: Tools, Trends and Technology – Nick Floro’s session at Macworld 2010

Ning

Macworld 2010 Ning community

Posterous

GameSalad

Danger Cats on the iTunes App Store

MacVoices #1012: The Road to Macworld – John Welch Discusses Five IT-Related Sessions and the Value That Macworld Provides to Pros

Chuck — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:30:00 +0000

The Road to Macworld 2010 leads us to IT expert John Welch, who will be busy in San Francisco participating or leading five different conference sessions, including a two-day Power Tools session. John is a member of Macworld’s IT advisory team, and talks about what that means for attendees. Most, but not all, of his sessions are IT focused; we go through each one and cover what it will deliver, who should attend, and why at least one promises to be wildly entertaining. John also reveals who he’s afraid of at Macworld, how his view of the Mac universe is much different that most Mac users, and the many ways that Macworld delivers value to the IT professional and beyond.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

John C. Welch on Twitter

bynkii.com – John’s web site

Angry Mac Bastards

Administrating Macs in Exchange 2007 or 2003 at Macworld 2010

Adobe CS Administration

Angry Mac Bastards Podcast at Macworld 2010

Email Client Showdown at Macworld 2010

Installer Packages for Administrators at Macworld 2010

Mac IT Boot Camp

Email Client Showdown at Macworld 2010

Litium server management software

MacVoices #1011: The Road to Macworld – Joe Kissell Previews His Many and Varied Sessions at Macworld 2010

Chuck — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:45:42 +0000

On The Road to Macworld 2010, Mac expert Joe Kissell demonstrates both the breadth and depth of his expertise by profiling the many sessions and appearances he will be delivering at Macworld 2010. From making the jump to Snow Leopard to wrangling text, getting rid of the paper in your office to understanding and creating Services, Joe’s got something for everyone. Joe covers each of his sessions in turn, talks about the competition for his book signing, and hints at a secret world premier capability for something that isn’t the iPad.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Joe Kissell on Twitter

Take Control Books

Upgrading to Snow Leopard – Joe’s session at Macworld 2010

Take Control Books

Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard

The Paperless ‘Mac’ Office – Joe’s session at Macworld 2010 – Joe’s session at Macworld 2010

The real paperless office by Joe Kissell on Macworld

Working with Services in Snow Leopard – Joe’s session at Macworld 2010

Text Magic in Snow Leopard – Joe’s session at Macworld 2010

TextExpander from SmileOnMyMac

Email Client Showdown – Joe’s session at Macworld 2010

MacVoices #1007: The Road to Macworld – Adam Engst Discusses The Email Client Showdown Session and Why He Switched

Mac Security Bible by Joe Kissell

MacVoices #1010: The Road to Macworld – Ron Diamond Demystifies iPhone App Development

Chuck — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:24:43 +0000

On The Road to Macworld 2010, we talk to Ron Diamond of Parade of Progress Productions, who will be leading a high-level iPhone session at the show, Demystifying iPhone App Development: A Non-Technical Overview for Decision-Makers and Idea People. Ron will take the intimidation out of approaching iPhone app development for non-technical people who are interested in tapping into the power of Apple’s mobile device. Why would you want an iPhone app? What should it do? How do you get there? Ron discusses how he will walk attendees through the process, examines the three business models for iPhone apps, compares the state of iPhone development by comparing it to the early days of the web, and engages in some iPad speculation.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Parade of Progress Productions

Sports Illustrated tablet concept video

Bonnier/Berg Mag+ concept video 1

Bonnier/Berg Mag+ concept video 2

MacVoices #1009: Chuck La Tournous Delivers A Different Perspective on The iPad

Chuck — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:15:00 +0000

Like the rest of us, RandomMaccess chief Chuck La Tournous has been waiting for the announcement of Apple’s iPad, but with different expectations. Chuck explains where the iPad fits (or doesn’t fit) in the Apple product matrix, and why he won’t be in line to buy one right now. While there are similarities, Chuck doesn’t see the iPad launch as the same as the iPhone launch, and discusses why this may make a difference as in the adoption rate. The discussion also covers the lack of Flash and why that isn’t as important as it once was, the ebook capabilities of the iPad and whether it will successfully challenge the Kindle, and more.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Chuck La Tournous on Twitter

RandomMaccess

The Mac Observer

One Thing’s for Sure: Apple Won’t Unveil a “Tablet Computer” on Wednesday by Chuck La Tournous on The Mac Observer

The Modbook from Axiotron

Look Ma, No Mouse! How to use keyboard shortcuts to work smarter, save time and reduce RSI (and look like a Power User while you’re at it) – Chuck’s session at Macworld 2010

MacVoices #1007: The Road to Macworld – Adam Engst Discusses The Email Client Showdown Session and Why He Switched

Chuck — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:30:00 +0000

On The Road to Macworld 2010, Adam Engst of TidBITS and Take Control Books makes a guest appearance from MacNotables to talk about what to expect from the panel discussion on email that he is moderating at the show. Adam confesses to switching from his beloved Eudora to Gmail, why he made the leap, and how it will factor into the session that features some very strong proponents of different approaches to email. Adam discusses email client strengths and weaknesses, and why there is no perfect client, then warms up by debating filing vs. search email management with host Chuck Joiner. Regardless of your position on email, or what problems, Adam’s panel at Macworld 2010 will help you find the answers (if there are any answers).

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Adam Engst on Twitter

TidBITS

Take Control Books

Email Client Showdown at Macworld 2010

MacVoices #1004: Daisy Whitney Talks Macs, Developing Your Media Skills, and the Upcoming NATPE Show in Las Vegas

Chuck — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:53:04 +0000

Daisy Whitney, the hostess of This Week in Media and The New Media Minute, talks about this year’s National Association of Television Producers and Executives show in Las Vegas, who will be there, and why the new media and online media presence will be greater than ever. Daisy also shares some stories about her recent conversion to the Mac, why she’s adopting cloud computing for some tasks, the opportunities that face-to-face interaction present, and why it is both fun and important to develop new, media-related skills in today’s business world.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Daisy Whitney’s web site

Daisy Whitney on Twitter

Daisy Whitney on Facebook

The New Media Minute

This Week in Media

How to be like Gary V while you’re working for The Man on The New Media Minute

Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion

MacVoices Group Update – January 12, 2010

Chuck — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:33:00 +0000

In this MacVoices Group update:

New web site design

The new MacVoices iPhone App

MacVoices t-shirts and sweatshirts

MacVoices Group on the Macworld 2010 community

MacVoices #1003: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Easy Mac Backups

Chuck — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:31:00 +0000

Prolific Mac author Joe Kissell starts the discussion of his newest effort, Take Control of Easy Mac Backups, by talking about why the beginning of a new year is the perfect time to review and revise your backup strategy and make appropriate adjustments. Joe covers the benefits of purging your files, long-term storage options and how they can both improve your backup performance. Snow Leopard has brought with it some changes when it comes to both Time Machine and bootable backups; Joe guides us through those, as well as names the online backup service that now scores 100 in his metadata tests, and why that is important for you. Joe also reviews how the evolution of hardware is changing your backup choices, including various encryption options.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Joe Kissell on Twitter

Take Control of Easy Mac Backups

Joe’s Chart on Backup Programs and Services

Jungle Disk

MacVoices #9121: Mark Fuccio of Drobo Introduces The New Drobo S and Drobo Elite

MacVoices #9127: Softpress’s Ian Schray Announces Their Sale on Freeway, HTML 5, and Hints at Macworld 2010

Chuck — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:00:35 +0000

Ian Schray, the U.S. Marketing Manager for Softpress announces a special sale on their web authoring software Freeway. Ian explains why Freeway Pro and Freeway Express now come bundled with a vector graphics program and how they’ve taken the interaction between the two to the next level, why he would love to comment on HTML 5 capability in their program but can’t, and why everyone should try building a web site using Freeway. Also, Ian doesn’t announce Softpress’ exact plans for Macworld 2010, but does announce his.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Ian Schray on Twitter

Freeway Pro

Freeway Express

MacVoices #9126: Terry White Introduces His Creative Suite Podcast iPhone App and the Exclusive Content It Delivers

Chuck — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:45:00 +0000

Adobe guru Terry White has a new iPhone app, Learn Adobe Creative Suite with Terry White, that puts his Adobe Creative Suite Podcast on your iPhone or iPod Touch. But you can do that already, right? Not quite like this. Terry discusses the capabilities of the app that include the ability to watch via streaming or download, picking your favorite episodes and more. Even better, Terry is creating bonus content that is available only to users of the app. iPhone app development is expensive; Terry covers how this app came about and why it is a win for everyone involved, including the user, and then surprises us all with an exclusive announcement of his new project that will come your way in the next few weeks.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Terry White on Twitter

Learn Adobe Creative Suite with Terry White iPhone app in the iTunes Store

The World of Terry White

Terry’s Tech Blog

MacVoices #9125: Rob Walch of Wizzard Media Discusses the iPhone, Their Podcast Support Services, and Their iPhone Apps

MacGroup-Detroit

MacNews – MacGroup-Detroit’s Blog

MacVoices #9125: Rob Walch of Wizzard Media Discusses the iPhone, Their Podcast Support Services, and Their iPhone Apps

Chuck — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Interested in the world of new media? Podcasting? The iPhone? All of those topics and more are covered in a conversation with Rob Walch, the Vice President of Podcaster Relations at Wizzard Media, and host of Today in iPhone. Rob was also the Podcast Tracks Coordinator for BlogWorld Expo 2009, and starts by discussing on how the show turned out, and the intersection of blogging and podcasting. Rob’s was one of the first iPhone-focused podcasts, and it is still going strong. He covers the state of the iPhone, who’s using them, and how they stack up against the newest interlopers. After all that, Rob gets down to business, explaining how Wizzard Media provides a full set of services to podcasters without burdensome requirements or obligations. From hosting to advertising to producing dedicated iPhone podcast apps, Wizzard Media is one of the most important services in the podcast space. Find out how they help deliver most of your favorite podcasts (including those of The MacVoices Group), and why it should make a difference to you.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Today in iPhone

Wizzard Media

Libsyn

MacVoices #9122: Michael Cohen Takes Control of Syncing Data in Snow Leopard

Chuck — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Mac OS X 10.6 brought with it plenty of new capabilities, including some that involve your Mac and other devices. Michael Cohen helps you do just that in his new book, Take Control of Syncing Data in Snow Leopard. Michael helps you understand Snow Leopard syncing, including the new Sync Diagnostics, the truth database, and syncing with and without a MobileMe account. Think you need to reset your syncing? Michael explains the “thermonuclear option,” what it does, and when you should use it, the benefits of Exchange support, why you might see the Conflict Resolver in iCal even if you don’t make any changes, and more.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Take Control Books

Take Control of Syncing Data in Snow Leopard

MacVoices #9107: Michael Cohen’s ‘Take Control of Syncing Data in Leopard’ Includes iPhone 3.0 and iTunes 9

Sync Together by mark/space

MacVoices #9119: Neil Ticktin of MacTech Magazine Discusses Their MacMod Acquisition and Their 25th Anniversary Issue

Chuck — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000

In a wide-ranging conversation, publisher and Editor-in-Chief of MacTech magazine, Neil Ticktin, talks about their acquisition of MacMod.com, where modding fits in the Mac community, and why there probably won’t be many iPhone hardware mods. Neil also starts the celebration of MacTech’s 25th anniversary, and reveals why they aren’t feeling the pain many other print publications are. You’ll be surprised to hear that their readers want *more* ads, that Neil still believes that print is a superior delivery medium (and he can back it up), and what Neil thinks of the challenges of integrating technology into the educational system.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

MacTech on Twitter

MacTech forums, including the MacMod forum

MacVoices #9117: Jeff Carlson Takes Control of Your iPhone Apps

Chuck — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:30:00 +0000

Jeff Carlson picked an interesting topic for his very first Take Control book: Take Control of Your iPhone Apps. Jeff explains why there is a need for a detailed examination of the apps that come built in to the iPhone, and how you can benefit from getting to know them better. The strength and sophistication of those apps were a key part of the iPhone’s early success; Jeff points out why they shouldn’t be overlooked, even with over 100,000 other apps available. Which apps got the most attention in the book, some tips and tricks that you haven’t thought about, and which app that isn’t built in but is covered in the book are all part of an informative discussion with Jeff.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Jeff Carlson on Twitter

Take Control of Your iPhone Apps by Jeff Carlson

Take Control of iPhone OS 3 by Ted Landau

MacNotables #949: Ted Landau Once Again Takes Control of the iPhone

MacVoices #9114: Philip Nelson of NewTek Discusses The ‘NewTek TriCasts America Tour’

Chuck — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Philip Nelson, the Vice President of Strategic Development for NewTek explains why they decided to do a cross-country tour showing off their mobile HD production capabilities…in a Mini Cooper. Philip discusses the full video production capabilities of the TriCaster, from multi-camera input to internet-ready out put and how it puts a TV studio on your desk, then talks about the NewTek TriCasts America tour. A crew of four are covering 5,500 miles in less than a month, stopping at various cities along the way to show off their hardware and stream their events live. Philip covers those events, including some of the special guests and activities along the way, culminating in a special end-of-tour blow-out in New York City. Philip also reviews the ease of use of the TriCaster, how HD future-proofs your productions and more.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

NewTek on Twitter

NewTek on Facebook

TriCaster by NewTek

MacVoices #9113: Dave Stillman of Strider Software Tells The Story of the Return of TypeStyler

Chuck — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:15:00 +0000

TypeStyler was a graphics favorite back in the old days, but disappeared with some of the major changes in the Mac OS. The only signs of life were years of “MacOS X version coming soon” advertisements on the web. Well, soon is finally here, and TypeStyler is back with a vengeance. Dave Stillman of Strider Software tells the story of the struggle to bring TypeStyler back to market, why it took so long, and why it is better than ever. While not targeted as a pro graphics tool, TypeStyler offers many pro-level features, but Dave stresses that it is still usable by a third-grader. TypeStyler has gone far beyond its heritage of bending text, and now includes product box prototyping, 3D modeling and much more.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

MacNotables #943: Ted Landau on The Dangers of the Guest Account Bug, The Return of Typestyler, and iPhone Jailbreaking

MacVoices #9112: Jeff Carlson Visually QuickStarts Adobe Elements 8 And Calls for Photos for His Next Book

Chuck — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Jeff Carlson has been busy, and joins us to talk about his two latest books, Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide and Photoshop Elements 8 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, as well as his upcoming book, Canon PowerShot G10 / G11: From Snapshots to Great Shots, all from Peachpit. Jeff covers some of the almost-magical features included in Elements 8 that tap the full power of Photoshop, but with a much simpler interface. Find out how Recomposing, Cleaning, Effects and more can help you get more out of your photos. Then, Jeff previews his new project, and offers you the opportunity to be part of it, just by taking some pictures.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Jeff Carlson on Twitter

Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide

Photoshop Elements 8 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 [Mac]

Canon PowerShot G10 / G11: From Snapshots to Great Shots

MacVoices #9111: A Different Look at 1,000 Issues of TidBITS From A Panel of Contributors

Deke McClelland

Canon Powershot G10 14.7MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom

Canon PowerShot G11 10MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Optical Stabilized Zoom and 2.8-inch articulating LCD

Canon G10/G11 From Snapshots to Great Shots Flickr Group – submit your photos here

MacVoices #9111: A Different Look at 1,000 Issues of TidBITS From A Panel of Contributors

Chuck — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:15:00 +0000

TidBITS recently celebrated their 1,000 issue, and we recognized the achievement with a two-part interview of Adam and Tonya Engst on MacNotables. Now, we hear about the success story of the longest-running tech publication on the web through different voices: those of some of the key contributors to TidBITS history. The panel discuss the birth of TidBITS, before anyone knew there was an internet, some of the surprising ways they became associated with TidBITS and more. They reveal the TidBITS approach to journalism, where subject, length or lead time are all focused on delivering quality information, how TidBITS has moved into the 21st century without compromising their identity, and much more.


Mark H. Anbinder	Jeff Carlson	Geoff Duncan	Glenn Fleishman


Joe Kissell	Rich Mogull	Matt Neuburg

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Mark H. Anbinder on Twitter

Jeff Carlson on Twitter

Geoff Duncan on Twitter

Glenn Fleishman on Twitter

Joe Kissell on Twitter

Rich Mogull on Twitter

Matt Neuburg on Twitter

TidBITS on Twitter

MacNotables #945: Adam and Tonya Engst Celebrate TidBITS #1000 with a Look Back and Behind-the-Scenes (Part 1)

MacNotables #946: Adam and Tonya Engst Celebrate TidBITS #1000 with a Look Back and Behind-the-Scenes (Part 2)

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band

Snow Leopard Snubs Document Creator Codes by Matt Neuburg on TidBITS

1,000 Issues of TidBITS: It’s All about Our Readers by Adam Engst on TidBITS

A Silly Saga: How I Downloaded an Audio Book from My Library by Matt Neuburg on TidBITS

MacVoices #9107: Michael Cohen’s ‘Take Control of Syncing Data in Leopard’ Includes iPhone 3.0 and iTunes 9

Chuck — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:15:00 +0000

The new Take Control book, Take Control of Syncing Data in Leopard, is out, but not without some last-minute changes. Michael Cohen explains why this book (and this interview) had to be revised because of Apple’s early release of Snow Leopard, the release of iPhone 3.0, and even iTunes 9. Each of these both enhanced and complicated the task of syncing your data, and Michael proves himself a master of analogies in explaining each so that any user can make sense of them. Michael reviews the concepts of managed and unmanaged data in Snow Leopard, touches on Exchange support, and why he chose to cover third-party syncing utilities in the book. Bet you didn’t know that film star Hedy Lamarr is responsible for some of the technology in your Mac and iPhone, did you? Michael reveals what it is, how it got there, and what it has to do with the topic of syncing.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen – The Mac Media Group

Take Control Books

Preventing Duplicate Calendar Events in iPhone OS 3.1 by Michael Cohen on TidBITS

Mark/Space

MacVoices #9106: Patrick Nugent of Roxio Serves Up Popcorn 4

Chuck — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:25:00 +0000

Patrick Nugent, the Mac Product Manager for Roxio, explains the benefits video enthusiasts will enjoy with their new Popcorn 4. Popcorn 4 is a DVD copy and video conversion utility that will move almost any video from one format to another. Patrick explains how the Popcorn interface utilizes a series of presents for commonly used devices, but also offers all the customization an expert could ask for. With support for even more video formats, direct publishing to YouTube, Flash conversion, Turbo.264 HD support among the new features, Popcorn 4 is fast becoming the swiss army knife of video utilities. Patrick discusses other new capabilities such as enhanced TiVoToGo support for the Mac, streaming video options, and more.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacLevelTen

Popcorn 4 by Roxio

Roxio Toast 10 Titanium

Elgato Turbo.264 HD Encoder/Accelerator

MacVoices #9105: John Chaffee of BusyMac Outlines the Pro-Level Features of BusyCal

Chuck — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0000

John Chaffee, the President and co-founder of BusyMac, explains why you need to leave iCal far behind and use their new product, BusyCal, to manage your busy life. BusyCal solves all those little (and big) iCal issues you’ve been suffering through, syncs with your Google Calendar, and more. John discusses who the target audience is for BusyCal, why it is so simple to try out and then switch to BusyCal, and how you can go back and forth between the two seamlessly if you have the need. BusyCal improves on iCal’s to-do list capabilities, including recurring to-dos, enables user-selectable snooze periods, supports the iPhone, adds in live weather forecasts, graphics and sticky note support and much more to earn its tagline, “Think of it as iCal Pro.” John also gives us a developers-eye view of application pricing and support, how they are inter-related, how BusyMac rewards early adopters, and offers MacVoices’ listeners a 20% discount on BusyCal.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

MacVoicesTV #938: Macworld Expo – John Chaffee of BusyMac Previews Their New iCal Replacement, BusyCal

BusyMac on Twitter

BusySync

Buy BusyCal and get 20% off using the coupon code “MacVoices” (discount available until December 6, 2009)

MacVoices #9102: Kelly Thompson of iStockPhoto Discusses Their New Legal Guarantee on Their Media Collection

Chuck — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:15:00 +0000

Looking for stock photography, video or audio clips, but are concerned about licensing? Kelly Thompson, Chief Operating Officer of iStockPhoto talks about the latest upgrade to their media offerings, a new “Legal Guarantee” on their entire collection. With an automatic guarantee up to $10,000, and an Extended Legal Guarantee up to $250,000 available, iStockPhoto has raised the bar on safely using stock media for your projects, especially in the microstock space. Kelly explains how the new guarantee affects both users and those who submit their media to iStockPhoto, and why they can’t implement the guarantee retroactively. Kelly also provides an introduction to Vetta, their new premium collection of “the best of the best” that is, literally, suitable for framing.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

iStockphoto Legally Guarantees All Image, Video and Audio Files in Five Million-Plus Collection

Vetta

MacVoices #9100: Joe Kissell Discusses the Changes in Taking Control of Backups

Chuck — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:15:00 +0000

You would think that information about backups seldom changes, right? Wrong. Take Control Books has just released the fourth edition of Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, and author Joe Kissell explains why even he is surprised at how much changes in the backup world. Joe reviews some of those changes, including what you need to know about Snow Leopard, Time Machine and Time Capsule; and which option he trusts for performing encrypted backups. Joe also helps you understand why deduplicating has become a new selling point for backup programs and services, the status of the newly updated Retrospect 8 in relation to the competition, and why not every backup methodology is appropriate for every situation.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

Joe Kissell on Twitter

Retrospect 8.0 Desktop 3U Mac Mac 8.0

PGP

Apple Time Capsule 1TB

SuperDuper by Shirt Pocket Software

MacVoices #999: Carl Slawinski of Agile Web Solutions Discusses 1Password and 1Password Touch (Part 2)

Chuck — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:00:00 +0000

Part 2 of our conversation with Carl Slawinski, the Chief Evangelist for Agile Web Solutions, gets a bit more in-depth on the capabilities of 1Password that go beyond just web site login and password information, covers how 1Password touch brings 1Password convenience to your iPhone and iPod touch, the status of 1Password compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and a few hints at what’s coming in the next version of 1Password.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

Carl Slawinski on Twitter

1Password on Twitter

MacVoices #998: Carl Slawinski of Agile Web Solutions Discusses 1Password and 1Password Touch (Part 1)

Chuck — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Carl Slawinski, the Chief Evangelist for Agile Web Solutions, provides an in-depth look at their utilities 1Password and 1Password touch. If you interact with any online services (and who doesn’t?), you have to manage log-in and passwords. In a world of increasing security risks, that becomes a more daunting and inconvenient task. 1Password and 1Password touch help you manage those challenges, and much more. In Part 1 of our conversation with Carl, he takes us through the history and basic functions of 1Password, including the ease of implementation, the anti-phishing capabilities, and the degree of security that they implement to protect your passwords.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes

Carl Slawinski on Twitter

1Password on Twitter

SuperDuper by Shirt Pocket Software

MacVoices #990: Joe Kissell Shows You How to Take Control of Passwords in Mac OS X

Chuck — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:15:00 +0000

Mac author and expert Joe Kissell is back with his latest work, Take Control of Passwords in Mac OS X. Think nothing changes with passwords? Think again. Joe talks about why paying attention to passwords is more important than ever due to new threats, software changes and updates, the advent of the iPhone and iPod touch as productivity devices, and more. Joe discusses some of his updated password strategies, ways to increase the security of your passwords with different characters, why you may want to create a second identity, some basic password practices for your favorite mobile device, and why you should get comfortable with password utilities.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Joe Kissell on Twitter

Take Control Books

1Password by Agile Web Solutions

1Password for iPhone by Agile Web Solutions

1Password Pro for iPhone by Agile Web Solutions

Witopia

PublicVPN

MacVoices #989: Phil Letourneau of Bodega Talks About Their Mac App Store and Why You Need to Know About It

Chuck — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:15:00 +0000

When the iPhone App Store premiered, there was talk of a Mac App Store and now it is here…but not from Apple. Bodega is the brand new application store that aims to give Mac users one-stop shopping for software. Phil Letourneau, the User Interface Designer for Bodega, talks about their inspiration, why they decided on an application format rather than a web site, and the user benefits of buying through their service. Phil also explains how easy they’ve made it for developers to offer their software through Bodega, and provides some hints at future plans to make the service even more valuable to both new and experienced Mac users.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Bodega on Twitter

MacVoices #988: Nicholas Pyers Discusses Mac User Groups and His New Web Site, AppleUsers.Org

Chuck — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Mac User Group activist Nicholas Pyers latest project is a new resource web site for Australian groups, AppleUsers.org. Nick talks about how he is formalizing his user group support activities with a team he’s never met in person, and what kind of information they are providing to groups in their part of the world. Nick also discusses the new PDF magazine he’s producing in conjunction with the site and why he opted for that model, how he’s making their Disc-of-the-Month project manageable, and how he believes the keys to the future of user groups may start in the past and may require groups to be more than just “Mac.”

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

AppleUsers.org

AUSOM

MacVoices #987: Jim Heid Helps You Live ‘The Macintosh iLife ’09′

Chuck — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:15:00 +0000

The latest offering from Mac expert and author Jim Heid is The Macintosh iLife 09 from Peachpit Press. Jim talks about how his book takes a combination approach to get up, running and doing cool things with Apple’s media suite. Jim talks about how iMovie ’09 has surpassed iMovie HD, the “magic” of GarageBand, the synergy between the iLife applications and more.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Jim Heid on Twitter

“The Macintosh iLife 09″ by Jim Heid

Jim Heid’s Macintosh Digital Hub

Web Design World

MacVoices #986 – Pandora Founder Tim Westergren Discusses Their Royalties Victory and Recent Service Enhancements

Chuck — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:15:00 +0000

Pandora founder Tim Westergren joins us to celebrate reaching a royalties agreement with the recording industry that keeps the online music service on the web and operating at full capacity. Tim discusses the compromises that were made, the new models available to Pandora users and some of the new options they offer, including the “tip jar” model, the enhanced features of Pandora One, the desktop and mobile Pandora applications and more. The iPhone has had a significant impact on Pandora; Tim explains why, reviews their position at the intersection of musicians, the music business and users, and talks about how to get your music included on the service.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Pandora Radio on Twitter

Tim Westergren on Twitter

Pandora Radio Blog, including Tim’s post announcing the royalty agreement

Pandora One

Pandora Mobile

Pandora app in the iTunes Store

MacVoices #985: Ian Schray Discusses The Latest Updates to Freeway Pro

Chuck — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:30:00 +0000

Ian Schray, the U.S. Marketing Manager for Softpress talks about the latest updates to their web publishing software, Freeway. Freeway has developed a reputation for adding significant new features in even .1 releases, and the latest is no exception. Ian highlights some of the most important additions, including powerful new CSS menu functionality, more keyboard shortcuts, support for the Add This service, and improved Search Engine Optimization options.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Ian Schray on Twitter

Freeway Pro

Freeway Express

Add This

MacVoices #984: An Introduction to Google Voice by Julio Ojeda-Zapata and Chuck Rogers

Chuck — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:15:09 +0000

Google Voice is finally issuing invitations and welcoming new users. What’s all the excitement about? Two enthusiastic advocates of Google’s telephony service, tech columnist Julio Ojeda-Zapata and Mac consultant Chuck Rogers, deliver a primer for new users. Yes, Google Voice can consolidate all your telephone numbers into one, but that’s only the start. The panel talk about voice mail transcription, email support, call screening, call presentation, and more. Find out about free or inexpensive phone calls, call widgets for your web site, what characteristics Google Voice and the iPhone have in common, and more.


Julio Ojeda-Zapata	Chuck Rogers

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Julio Ojeda-Zapata on Twitter

twitter means business: how microblogging can help or hurt your company by Julio Ojeda-Zapata

twitter means business on Twitter

Pioneer Press on Twitter

Chuck Rogers Consulting

Chuck Rogers on Twitter

Tech Test Drive: Google Voice connects callers to all of your phones at once by Julio Ojeda-Zapata on twincities.com

YouMail

MacVoices #983: Daisy Whitney Discusses Fair Use of Audio and Video in Your Web Projects and Beyond

Chuck — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:15:00 +0000

Daisy Whitney discusses Fair Use, your audio and video projects and her book, Keeping You and Your Content Out of Court. If you are creating and sharing audio, video and more on the Web, you need to understand what you can and can’t do with commercial content. Daisy takes us on a tour of the Fair Use Doctrine and how to think about it, explains why the guidelines for video and audio are different, and what to do if you receive a DMCA takedown notice for projects that are already out there in the wild. Think your YouTube video will never be noticed? Daisy explains how amateurs and professionals alike are held to the same standards, and what that means to you.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Daisy Whitney on Twitter

New Media Minute

Intelligent Love: 411 for Men by Joy Nordenstrom (in the iTunes Store)

discount code NAPTE (until July 31, 2009)

MacVoices #981: Andrew Stone of Stone Design on The Power of Twittelator Pro and More

Chuck — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:15:00 +0000

Andrew Stone of Stone Design reveals how his iPhone app Twittelator Pro has become arguably the most powerful Twitter client for any platform. He talks about his motivation to make Twittelator Pro the choice of the Twitterati and how his Mac and NeXT backgrounds help him achieve that goal, a few of the myriad features that include audio and video support, and why he chooses to focus on an iPhone rather than a desktop client. Andrew also covers some of the other iPhone and Mac apps from Stone Design, including a Mac video utility and several art-oriented iPhone apps.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Andrew Stone (twittelator) on Twitter

iCreated Gallery on Stone Design website

Postcards by Stolen Bases – WYWH in the iTunes Store

MacVoices #980: Jeff Carlson Discusses QuickStarting with iMovie ’09 and iDVD, and Undocumented iMovie Features

Chuck — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:15:00 +0000

Jeff Carlson is the author of the brand new iMovie 09 and iDVD for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide from Peachpit, and has plenty of information to provide on both programs. Jeff explains why the book applies to brand new users of iMovie ’09 as well as those versed in previous versions of Apple’s movie-editing software, the program’s significant evolution from iMovie ’08, and how iDVD fits into a world where DVDs seem to be sliding. Jeff also reveals some undocumented features just added to iMove ’09, including a Ken Burns effect, discusses what video optimization is and why you should care, and tells you how to get half his book for free.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Jeff Carlson on Twitter

iMovie 09 and iDVD for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide

iLife ’09

Jeff Carlson’s iMovie blog

Data Robotics Drobo 4-Bays USB 2.0 and FireWire 800 Fully Automated SATA Robotic Storage Array

Apple DVD Studio Pro

iMovie ’09 8.0.3 Adds New Hidden Features by Jeff Carlson on TidBITS

Final Cut Express 4

Safari Books Online

MacVoices #979: A Peek Behind The Curtain at The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Chuck — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:30:04 +0000

A group of the many bloggers from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) give us a look behind the scenes at one of the most popular Apple blogs on the Web. The team discuss the genesis of their site, the intelligence and passion of their readers, and what motivates them to share their views on The Mac and the iPhone. Editing philosophies that enhance, not inhibit, the bloggers, site structure and how readers access TUAW’s content, and what it takes to blog for TUAW are all part of this bonus-length interview that showcases both the humor and intensity of the the participants. The guests include:


Mike Rose	Steve Sande	Christina Warren	Dave Winograd

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Twitter

Mike Rose on Twitter

Steve Sande on Twitter

Dave Winograd on Twitter

Christina Warren on Twitter

MacVoices #973: A Peek Behind the Curtain at The Mac Observer

TidBITS

MacVoices #978: Taking Control of Safari 4 with Sharon Zardetto

Chuck — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:00:37 +0000

Sharon Zardetto just finished up her new Take Control of Safari 4 ebook, and has a great deal to say about the latest iteration of Apple’s browser. Sharon explains why not all of Safari’s new features are readily evident, but are important nonetheless, the changes between the beta and release versions, the new “page content search” feature, and how users can become more efficient using both new and existing features. Sharon discusses Safari’s improvements in managing and finding information, how Safari stacks up from the standards perspective and whether that’s really important, and delivers some of her favorite tips for organizing tabs and RSS feed information.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Sharon Zardetto on Twitter

Take Control Books

33thingsbooks.com

MacTipster

MacNotables #917: Tonya Engst Discusses the Kindle DX, the iPhone and the Changing Landscape of eBooks

MacVoices #975: Kevin Ford of Parliant Discusses the New Features of PhoneValet 6

Chuck — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:20:00 +0000

Parliant has announced the newest upgrade to PhoneValet, their Macintosh telephony solution, and CEO Kevin Ford gives us an in-depth look at their product. PhoneValet can meet and exceed the feature sets of commercial PBX systems for small and medium-sized businesses at a fraction of the price, and can bring many of those features to your home phone as well. Kevin discusses PhoneValet’s ever-expanding capabilities that includes individual, private mailboxes, a variety of on- and off-site notification options, call screening, recording and logging, and more. How these key features apply to your business, school or civic organization, some real-world examples that will surprise you, and why, contrary to popular opinion, the plain old telephone system (POTS) will remain a key communication hub for years to come, are all part of the discussion.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Phonevalet Message Center

Phoneherald

Curbtalker

MacVoices #973: A Peek Behind the Curtain at The Mac Observer

Chuck — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:00:00 +0000

We gathered up almost the whole crew from The Mac Observer to take a look at one of the most diverse and influential Mac web sites. From “hard news” to commentary, product reviews to tips, beginner to geek, TMO has it all covered. The team talks about the genesis of the site, how they allow authors and projects to take their own direction, and the diversity that distinguishes their site. Find out what the people you listen to and read are really like, unplugged. The guests include:


Bryan Chaffin	Bryan Fergus	Jeff Gamet	Nancy Gravley

Dave Hamilton	Ted Landau	John Martellaro

MacVoices #970: Matthew Dornquast On How CrashPlan Backs Up Data Remotely…For Free

Chuck — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:30:35 +0000

An essential, and overlooked, component of an effective backup strategy is an off-site or remote option. CrashPlan co-founder Matthew Dornquast explains how their products fill that gap at no cost for individuals, and very affordably for businesses. CrashPlan’s “social backup” model lets you manage both ends of the process, adding in bandwidth, compression, encryption and scheduling options so that it is all but invisible…until you need it. Free doesn’t mean feature-poor, however. Matthew discusses how they help you avoid the often days-long initial backup, making backups bootable, the special features that regularly check the integrity of your backup, and how you can even use an old PC to do your Mac backup bidding.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

CrashPlan on Twitter

CrashPlanPro on Twitter

CrashPlan

CrashPlanPro

MacVoices #969: Steve Sande is Back In Control of iWeb ’09

Chuck — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:30:00 +0000

Steve Sande has been spending some time working with iWeb ’09, and believes it has a well-earned place in the mid-level web publishing market. In his new Take Control of iWeb ’09, Steve discusses the enhanced ftp options that make it possible to publish to any web host, some of the new functionality widgets add to the mix, and how it all rolls up into an impressive Mac tool for web authoring.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Steve Sande on Twitter

The little Leopard laptop by Steve Sande on The Unofficial Apple Weblog

The Unofficial Apple Web Log

DreamHost

Take Control of iWeb ’09 companion web site

MacVoices #968: Jay Nelson On 200 Issues of Design Tools Monthly, The State of Desktop Publishing and the HOW Conference

Chuck — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:00:00 +0000

Desktop publishing and design expert Jay Nelson celebrates the 200th edition of Design Tools Monthly by talking about how his craft has evolved into something that melds various creative disciplines and requires constant attention, and how his publication strives to serve that need. Jay discusses how his coverage of the space has expanded, the price of pro-level software, and why now is the time to invest in yourself and your expertise. Jay also updates us on his current projects, including an appearance at the upcoming HOW Conference and a new QuarkXpress Training Video.

MacVoices is sponsored by SmileOnMyMac.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Jay Nelson on Twitter

WhatTheFont for iPhone

lynda.com

HOW Conference

FontExplorer X Pro 2.0 by Jay Nelson on Macworld

Review: Suitcase Fusion 2 by Jay Nelson on Macworld

MacVoices #966: Julio Ojeda-Zapata Delivers A Twitter Client Smackdown

Chuck — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:30:55 +0000

Julio Ojeda-Zapata, the author of twitter means business: how microblogging can help or hurt your company, treats us to a Twitter client smackdown, providing his thoughts on the wide variety of options for both the desktop and iPhone. Julio shares his pick for the best Twitter client from his perspective and why it suits him, what makes a good Twitter app, and what choice to make if you aspire to power-Twitterer status at your desk or on the go. New trends in Twitter use, the debate over Adobe Air Twitter apps and more are all included in this comprehensive look at the state of Twitter participation.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Julio Ojeda-Zapata on Twitter

twitter means business on Twitter

Pioneer Press on Twitter

twitter means business: how microblogging can help or hurt your company by Julio Ojeda-Zapata

Navigating the Next Generation of Mac Twitter Apps by Julio Ojeda-Zapata on TidBITS

Tweetie for Mac by adebits

Tweetie for iPhone by atebits

TweetDeck

twhirl by Marco Kaiser

DestroyTwitter

Twitterific by The Iconfactory

Nambu

Lounge

EventBox

Skimmer by Fallon

Twitteleator Pro for the iPhone

TwitterFon by naanstudio

SocialToo

seesmic DESKTOP

blu by thirteen23

MacVoices #965: Paul Kafasis Introduces Rogue Amoeba’s Airfoil Speakers Touch

Chuck — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:30:56 +0000

Rogue Amoeba CEO Paul Kafasis discusses the latest addition to their product line, Airfoil Speakers Touch. The iPhone/iPod touch application extends the functionality of the company’s Airfoil desktop software to stream audio of all kinds from your Mac to your mobile device. Paul tells us why you would want to do that, why they are giving the app away for free, and delivers his thoughts on the current state of the iTunes App Store distribution model, as well as his new career as a Twitter philosopher.
Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Paul Kafasis on Twitter

Rogue Amoeba on Twitter

Airfoil Speakers Touch in the iTunes Store

Airfoil by Rogue Amoeba

Apple AirPort Express with Air Tunes

Apple AirPort Extreme Dual-band Base Station

Sonos Multiroom Music System

Pandora

One Little Article by Paul Kafasis on the Inside iPhone blog on O’Reilly.com

MacVoices #964: Rich Mogull Discusses Mac Virus Hype and Fact, and How To Tell The Difference

Chuck — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:00:00 +0000

Computer security systems expert Rich Mogull discusses the facts and the fictions about Mac viruses, infected software and the existence of an “iBotNet.” Rich talks about how you could have become infected if you were engaged in questionable software acquisition, what to do if you are, and some safe computing practices that will prevent it from happening. Mac users need to be aware, but not concerned about virus threats, at least at this time; Rich explains why, and provides five tips for making sense of the many alarmist security-related pieces you find online, on television, and everywhere else.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Rich Mogull on Twitter

TidBITS

Securosis

Network Security Podcast – Rich’s podcast

Five Tips for Reading Apple Security Articles by Rich Mogull on TidBITS

1Password by Agile Web Solutions

Firefox

No Script Plug-in for Firefox

iBotnet: Researchers find signs of zombie Macs by Ryan Naraine on ZDNet

MacVoices #962: Nitrozac and Snaggy Talk About “The Joy of Tech” and Their Perspective on the Mac Community

Chuck — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:30:08 +0000

The definitive tech cartooning duo of Nitrozac and Snaggy talk about The Joy of Tech and their unique approach to covering the tech community and beyond. How they got started and turned tech cartooning into a living, why they feel strongly about responsibly using their position as tech commentators, and a whole lot of laughter are part of an inside look at the Canadian couple who make the Mac world see itself through their playful eyes and drawings.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Nitrozac on Twitter

Snaggy on Twitter

Joy of Tech on Twitter

Joy of Tech – Even more tips to save money! with Lauren!

MacVoices #957: Dori Smith Reports on The South By Southwest Conference

Chuck — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:30:00 +0000

You’ve probably been hearing a great deal about the South by Southwest Conference (SXSW), but weren’t sure what all the fuss is about. Mac expert, author and self-designated geek Dori Smith reports in from Austin to tell about her session there and how she stacked the deck, and why this music, film and interactive media conference is so important to Mac users. Dori covers both the formal and informal benefits of SXSW, compares and contrasts it to Macworld Conference & Expo, describes who should and should not attend, and delivers an insider’s hot tip on the best place for productive conversations (and it’s not at the conference itself).
Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Dori Smith on Twitter

Dori.com

Backup Brain – Dori’s blog

JavaScript World

Dreamweaver Book.Com

Dreamweaver CS4 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide (Tom Negrino, Dori Smith)

Styling Web Pages with CSS: Visual QuickProject Guide (Tom Negrino, Dori Smith)

JavaScript Essential Training (Dori Smith)

Dreamweaver CS3 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide) by Tom Negrino and Dori Smith

JavaScript and Ajax for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide (7th Edition) (Tom Negrino, Dori Smith)

Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight

The “graphic recording” of Nate Silver’s keynote address by Marilyn Martin

Macworld Expo

Worldwide Developers Conference

C4 Conference

Outliers: The Story of Success (Malcolm Gladwell)

MacNotables

The MacJury

MacVoicesTV

MacVoices #956: Dave Dederer of the Presidents of the United States of America Discusses Their Innovative iPhone App

Chuck — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Dave Dederer, one of the founding members of the Presidents of the United States of America and now Vice President of Business Development for Melodeo, talks about their new iPhone app that changes the game in music access and delivery. Offering streaming access to the Presidents’ catalog and more, one-click buying, and opportunities to receive custom, exclusive content, the app is the first of what Dave hopes will become the go-to smartphone promotion and distribution platform. Dave talks about his background in the music business, his views on music distribution and marketing, and why he believes his model can thrive while so many others are not meeting the challenges of today’s connected, digital marketplace.

Links:

The President’s Music – PUSA iPhone app on the iTunes Store

Dave Dederer on Wikipedia

Presidents of the United States of America on MySpace

Nutsie

Dave’s email: ddederer at melodeo.com

MacVoices #955: Don McAllister Discusses the New Macs, Online Video and the World of ScreenCastsOnline

Chuck — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Don McAllister of ScreenCastsOnline is back to update us on what is and isn’t going on in Europe from the Mac perspective, why it isn’t always different than anywhere else, and the state of online video on both sides of the pond. Don also confesses how, following Apple’s new Mac announcements, he went from buying a Mac mini to a Mac Pro in the space of about thirty minutes, discusses what’s new in the ScreenCastsOnline world (including being recognized by Apple), and delivers his thoughts on iLife ’09.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Don McAllister on Twitter

ScreenCastsOnline

My Own Reality – Don’t personal blog

The Dirty Deed is Done…… by Don McAllister on My Own Reality

The Mac Roundtable

NSConference

MacVoices #953: Steve Scott Profiles The Mac Developers Network and the Upcoming NSConference

MacVoicesTV

iWork ’09 Resources page on Apple’s site

MacVoices #951: Doug Kaye Introduces SpokenWord.org, the Latest Addition to The Conversations Network

Chuck — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:00:06 +0000

The newest source for free audio programming on the Web is SpokenWord.org. Doug Kaye, the Executive Director of The Conversations Network, discusses the latest addition to his organization’s collection of audio information resources and why it isn’t just another podcast aggregation site. Features like sophisticated search, Collections and social/sharing options set SpokenWord.org apart, and the scope of what they offer makes it something completely new. Doug explains how it can be used as a sophisticated front-end to iTunes or as a stand-alone resource, and how it helps you find the content you really want.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Doug Kaye on Twitter

Social Innovations Conversations on Twitter

IT Conversations on Twitter

IT Conversations

Social Innovation Conversations

Audible

A conversation with Lucas Gonze about discovering, sharing, and experiencing music on John Udell’s blog

The Levelator

Librivox

SlideShare.net

MacVoices #950: Maria Langer and Scott McNulty Share Their Knowledge of WordPress

Chuck — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:00:00 +0000

Thinking of starting a blog with WordPress? Maria Langer, the author of Self-Hosting a WordPress Site and WordPress.Com 2.7 Essential Training on Lynda.com and Scott McNulty, the author of Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read, share some tips from their respective projects to help you make the right choices. Maria and Scott talk about deciding on using WordPress.com or selecting your own host, one-click vs. user installs, why permalink structure is one of the first things you should think about, and finding and customizing a theme for your blog and more. Backup options, favorite plug-ins and why their video and book compliment each other are discussed.


Scott McNulty	Maria Langer

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Self-Hosting a WordPress Site by Maria Langer

WordPress.Com 2.7 Essential Training by Maria Langer

Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read by Scott McNulty

Maria Langer

Maria Langer on Twitter

Maria’s Guides

An Eclectic Mind – Maria Langer’s personal blog

Scott McNulty

Scott McNulty on Twitter

PodPress by Mighty Seek

WP-DB Backup

WP Security Scan

Bad Behavior

MacVoices #945: Macworld Expo – More Photoshop and Acrobat Connect by Terry White at the Adobe Breakfast

Chuck — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:30:55 +0000

Terry White wraps up the Adobe User Group and Professional Association Breakfast at Macworld Expo with more Photoshop CS4 features including GPU and camera RAW support, new zooming and iPhone-like navigation in images and more. Terry also talks about Acrobat.com and how it beat iWork.com to the punch, as well as Acrobat Connect Now, and the 3D capabilities of Photoshop CS4 Extended.

The video version of this show is available on MacVoicesTV #946.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices at Macworld Expo 2009 Photo Set on Flickr

Terry White

Adobe

MacGroup-Detroit

Terry White’s Tech Blog

The Adobe Creative Suite Podcast with Terry White

MacVoices #941: Macworld Expo – Oliver Breidenbach of Boinx Software Turns On BoinxTV

Chuck — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:30:12 +0000

In the Boinx Software booth at Macworld Expo, Oliver Breidenbach gives us a tour of BoinxTV, the live video production software “for the rest of us.” BoinxTV delivers high production value results through an innovative interface that is both easy and fun to work with. Oliver shows off a few of the features and their newest addition, support for MIDI-controlled camera switching.

The video version of this interview is available on MacVoicesTV #942.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices at Macworld Expo 2009 Photo Set on Flickr

MacVoices #938: Macworld Expo – mDialog’s Greg Philpott on Their Creation, Hosting and Publishing Solutions for New Media Creators

Chuck — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:30:39 +0000

The CEO of mDialog, Greg Philpott, provides a tour of the many services they offer to new media creators. mDialog provies a wide range of options and features, including in-browser video encoding and uploading, encoding in up to three different resolutions, social networking tools, contest and survey engines, distribution options, iPhone support and even monetization options. Greg talks about why he finds this an exiting time in media creation and the part mDialog wants to play.

The audio version of this interview is available on MacVoicesTV #939.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices at Macworld Expo 2009 Photo Set on Flickr

MacVoices #932: Macworld Expo – Justin Whittaker of i.TV Discusses The Functional and Social Aspects of their iPhone App

Chuck — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:00:18 +0000

From the show floor at Macworld Expo, Justin Whittaker, Marketing Manager for i.TV talks about how their free iPhone app can become your one stop for all sorts of media management and interaction. From your local theater and television broadcasts to your NetFlix que and remote TiVo programming, i.TV puts it all in the palm of your hand and gives you “media. my way.”

The video version of this interview is available on MacVoicesTV #933.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices at Macworld Expo 2009 Photo Set on Flickr

i.TV in the iTunes Store

MacVoices #928: Macworld Expo – Ecamm’s Glen Aspeslagh Profiles the Best-of-Show-Winning BT-1 Wireless Webcam

Chuck — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:30:00 +0000

Glen Aspeslagh, co-founder of Ecamm network shows off the company’s latest product, the BT-1 Wireless Webcam, from their booth at Macworld Expo. Billed as the world’s first bluetooth webcam, the BT-1 won a “Best of Show” award, and will offer new opportunities for convenient video monitoring, capture and interaction. Glen talks about the specifics, and two of their other popular products, Call Recorder and Conference Recorder.

The video version of this interview is available on MacVoices #929.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices at Macworld Expo 2009 Photo Set on Flickr

MacVoices #927: Macworld Expo – Photoshop Master Deke McClelland On His Latest Projects, CS4 Adoption and His Plans for 2009

Chuck — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:30:06 +0000

We caught up with Photoshop master Deke McClelland in the lynda.com booth at Macworld Expo to talk about his newest book, Photoshop CS4 Channels & Masks One-on-One, his thoughts on third-party Photoshop utilities, the rate of adoption of Adobe Creative Suite 4, and what we can expect to see from him in the coming year. (Hint: It certainly isn’t less.)

The video version of this interview is available as MacVoicesTV #928.
Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices at Macworld Expo 2009 Photo Set on Flickr

Deke.com

Deke’s training videos at lynda.com

7-Day Free Trial of lynda.com courtesy of Deke

Deke’s books at O’Reilly

dekePod in the iTunes Store

“Photoshop CS4 Channels & Masks One-on-One”

“Adobe Illustrator CS4 One-on-One”

“Adobe InDesign CS4 One-on-One”

“Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One”

MacVoices #924: Macworld Expo – David Eyler of Sling Media Talks About the SlingBox and iPhone Support

Chuck — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:16 +0000

Sling Media‘s David Eyler takes a break from booth presentations at Macworld Expo to talk about the Sling Box, how it sends media from your home video sources to a variety of players and devices. David explains their plans to support the iPhone very soon, and provide service on Wi-Fi, 3G and even Edge networks so you can take your media with you without having to take your media with you.

The video version of this interview is available on MacVoicesTV #925.Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices at Macworld Expo 2009 Photo Set on Flickr

“Sling Media Slingbox SOLO

“Sling Media Slingbox PRO-HD

“Sling Media Slingbox PRO

“Sling Media Slingbox AV

MacVoices #919: Macworld Expo – Chief Engineer Jeff Sobel Takes You Inside The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus

Chuck — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:24:26 +0000

From the Macworld Expo show floor, Jeff Sobel, the Chief Engineer, takes us on a tour of The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. Jeff shows off the amazing amount of audio and video equipment they make available to students, how it all fits into the bus with room to spare, and shares what excites him the most about what they accomplish as they criss-cross the United States.

The video of this interview is available as MacVoicesTV #920.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices at Macworld Expo 2009 Photo Set on Flickr

John Lennon Educational Tour Bus Blog

MacVoices #917: Macworld Expo – Phil Gibson of Digital Media Academy Talks About Their Partnership with the John Lennon Bus and Their Training Options

Chuck — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:40:04 +0000

From the show floor at Macworld Expo, Phil Gibson, the founder of Digital Media Academy, talks about the training solutions his company offers for those who want to get up and running in short order in pro-level topics like audio and video production, web design and more. Phil also explains why their partnership with the The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is so important to them, and how it fits with their model of partnering with universities to deliver their services.

The video version of this interview is available as MacVoicesTV #918.
Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices at Macworld Expo 2009 Photo Set on Flickr

MacVoices #915: Macworld Expo – Houdah Software’s Pierre Bernard Discusses Their Photo Geotagging Solution

Chuck — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:00:52 +0000

With some of the new features in iPhoto ’09, geotagging photos is suddenly a hot topic. Pierre Bernhard of Houdah Software talks about how their HoudahGeo product takes the pain out of the process by working with your iPhoto library and many GPS track loggers to easily match up images with longitude and latitude information. Pierre demonstrates how to geotag hundreds of photos with just a drag and a couple clicks.

The video of this interview is available as MacVoicesTV #914.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices at Macworld Expo 2009 Photo Set on Flickr

MacVoices #914: Macworld Expo – Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba Discusses Pulsar and Radioshift Touch

Chuck — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:00:43 +0000

Not exhibiting at Macworld Expo this year didn’t stop Paul Kafasis and the team from Rogue Amoeba from releasing new products. We caught up with Paul wandering the show floor to talk about Pulsar, the app that brings satellite radio to your Mac, and Radioshift Touch, their first iPhone/iPod Touch App that lets you leverage recordings made with their desktop Radioshift product.

The video version of this interview is available on MacVoicesTV #913.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices at Macworld Expo 2009 Photo Set on Flickr

Pulsar by Rogue Amoeba

Airfoil by Rogue Amoeba

Radioshift Touch by Rogue Amoeba

Radioshift by Rogue Amoeba

MacVoices #913: Macworld Expo – Joe Klein Discusses New Media and Social Networking

Chuck — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:00:25 +0000

From the PodLoft of the Macworld booth at Macworld Expo, Joe Klein of NewMediaCreative provides his perspective on the rise of New Media and social networking. Joe talks about coming off the sidelines and getting back in the game, lured by the many new opportunities for interaction with audiences of all types, makes the case for “blogcasting,” and profiles his new company.Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices at Macworld Expo 2009 Photo Set on Flickr

MacVoices #912: Macworld Expo – Christian Rueb of equinux Releases SongGenie

Chuck — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:17:26 +0000

From the equinux booth on the show floor at Macworld Expo, Christian Rueb talks about their new iPhone apps that support iSale, The Tube and the TubeStick, as well as SongGenie, their brand new utility to help you clean up your music library tags and make the Genius feature of iTunes more effective.

The video version of this interview is available as MacVoicesTV #911.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices at Macworld Expo 2009 Photo Set on Flickr

iSale Mobile in the iTunes Store

iSale from equinux

Live TV for your iPhone

TubeToGo for your iPhone

TubeStick by equinux

The Tube by equinux

MacVoices #909: Macworld Expo – Roxio’s Toast 10 Product Manager Talks About Toast 10

Chuck — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:30:12 +0000

Roxio announced the latest update to the venerable CD/DVD authoring program, Toast, at Macworld Expo, and Patrick Nugent, Product Manager for Toast 10, describes key new features, including web video capabilities and upgraded TiVo support. Patrick also profiles the new software bundle for the Pro version that includes some best-in-class software to help you put more sophistication in your media creations.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices at Macworld Expo 2009 Photo Set on Flickr

Roxio Toast 10 Titanium

Bias SoundSoap 2

SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 5 Express Track Edition

LightZone by Light Crafts

Fotomagico by Boinx Software

MacVoices #904: The Road to Macworld: Arthur Greenwald and Daisy Whitney Talk “TV, Mobile TV and iPhone”

Chuck — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000

As we arrive at the end of The Road to Macworld, we consider the crossing, and sometimes clashing, intersection of new media, old media, distribution options and the future of it all with Arthur Greenwald, TV producer, Contributing Editor for TVNewsday and industry consultant, and Daisy Whitney, writer for TV Week and host of New Media Minute. The “TV, Mobile TV and the iPhone” session and “So You Want to Sell Your Idea to Television?” Birds-of-a-Feather meeting at Expo will focus on these compelling and important subjects, and Arthur and Daisy talk about who will be joining them to make sense of it all, and how consumer preference, funding, portability, device loyalty and more are affecting how you will consume video.

The Road to Macworld Expo is a special MacVoices series produced in partnership with Macworld Conference & Expo to preview some of the exhibitors, speakers and presentations at Macworld Conference & Expo 2009 in San Francisco from January 5-9 at the Moscone Convention Center.
Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Daisy Whitney on Twitter

Macworld-Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions

Macworld Users Conferences

MacVoices #8152: The Road to Macworld – Paul Kent Discusses Their iPhone App, Their Social Network Options and the Future of Macworld Expo

Chuck — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Paul Kent, the General Manager of Macworld Conference & Expo, makes a special appearance on The Road to Macworld to update you on some of the social networking options before, during and after the show, including their new iMacworld iPhone app, the Macworld Expo community on ning, and Twitter. Paul also talks about how you can be part of determining the future of Macworld Expo, and invites all listeners and Expo attendees to a special Town Hall meeting on the subject.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Macworld Expo on Twitter

Paul Kent on Twitter

iMacworld iPhone App on the iTunes Store

Zammy

Macworld Expo community on ning

CORRECTION: The Town Hall Meeting on the Future of Macworld Expo, Room 102, Moscone South, has been moved to Wednesday, January 7 – Be There!

MacVoices #8151: The Road to Macworld – Contributors to the “Mac Switcher Bundle” Discuss Their Project and their Expo Plans

Chuck — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0000

The final stretch on The Road to Macworld is here, and this time we talk to the contributors to the Mac Switcher Bundle, a package of programs and training that is designed specifically for new Mac owners (but would be useful to veterans as well. Jean MacDonald of SmileOnMyMac, Don McAllister of ScreenCastsOnline, Peter Maurer of Many Tricks Software and Roustem Karimov of Agile Web Solutions talk about why bundles can be a positive thing for developers, if they’re done right, how this bundle came about, and what their plans are for the show floor at Macworld Expo.


Roustem Karimov	Jean MacDonald	Peter Maurer	Don McAllister

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Jean MacDonald on Twitter

Don McAllister on Twitter

Peter Maurer on Twitter

Roustem Karimov on Twitter

1Password on Twitter

Agile Web Solutions – Booth #3526 in North Hall at Macworld Expo

ScreenCastsOnline

TextExpander by SmileOnMyMac

Witch by Peter Maurer

1Password from Agile Web Solutions

MacVoices #8149: The Road to Macworld – Omaha Sternberg Invites Everyone to the MacRadio Meetup at Macworld Expo

Chuck — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Omaha Sternberg, the Executive Producer of MacRadio, a Mac podcast aggregation site, talks about what her site offers that iTunes doesn’t, on The Road to Macworld Expo. Omaha previews some of the social networking features that MacRadio will soon be offering, invites everyone at Macworld Expo the MacRadio Meetup on Thursday night, and announces a partnership that will shuttle you, straight from Moscone to the event. Omaha also provides some thoughts on some of the opportunities presented by the changes to Macworld Expo in 2010.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices #801 – Diane Cohn Discusses the Lack of an Apple-Oriented Social Network

MacRadioCast

iGame Radio

Audio Hijack Pro by Rogue Amoeba

MacRadio Meetup at Macworld Expo

HearPlanet

MacVoices #8147: The Road to Macworld – Ian Schray on What’s New in Softpress’ Freeway

Chuck — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Ian Schray, the U.S. Marketing Manager for Softpress talks about the latest updates to their web publishing software, Freeway, on The Road to Macworld Expo. Freeway recently won an Eddy Award, and with good reason. Ian discusses the latest major feature additions to Freeway, easily adding Flash videos to your site, and support for dedicated iPhone versions of your site. Ian covers how it all works, why it only works on Mobile Safari (for now), and the importance of language localization for a web authoring tool.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Ian Schray on Twitter

Eddy Winner: Freeway 5 Pro on Macworld

Visit Softpress in Booth 1912, the Dr. Bott booth, at Macworld Conference & Expo

MacVoices #8146: The Road to Macworld – Xsilva’s Dax Dasilva Profiles the Point-of-Sale Software, LightSpeed

Chuck — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Continuing down The Road to Macworld Expo, Dax Dasilva, the founder, CEO and vice president of development of Xsilva, talks about LightSpeed, the point-of-sale (POS) software that has more in common with iTunes than with any business software you’ve ever seen. Dax explains how Xsilva is creating software for everyone from the boutique store owner to a multi-location retail operation. Not just content with traditional POS features, LightSpeed integrates existing resources like iCal and Google Maps to deliver even more features. Coupled with their Web Store 2.0 product, retailers can enjoy a fully integrated solution for both physical and web sales. Dax previews some of the features of LightSpeed 3.0 that will be shown in San Francisco, and explains why Macworld Expo is so important to their success, past and future. See them in the South Hall, Booth 314, at Macworld.

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

LightSpeed Web Store

LightSpeed Day Camp 2009

MacVoices #8143: Sharon Zardetto Re-Takes Control of Fonts and Font Problems in Leopard

Chuck — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:00:00 +0000

Font expert Sharon Zardetto has updated her books, Take Control of Fonts in Leopard and Take Control of Font Problems in Leopard, and talks about changes in both the Mac OS and in some key third -party programs that resulted in significant font handling changes. Sharon discusses what Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard brings to to the world of font management and maintenance, how Microsoft and Adobe have changed their font installations and what it means for the average and expert user, and more.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Linotype Font Explorer X

Font Agent Pro from Insider Software

Suitcase Fusion 2 by Extensis

33 Things

MacTipster

WordPress.com

MacVoices #8142: The Road to Macworld Expo: Guidelines for Using Twitter for Business from Julio Ojeda-Zapata

Chuck — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0000

On The Road to Macworld Expo, Julio Ojeda-Zapata talks about his new book, Twitter Means Business: How Microblogging Can Help or Hurt Your Company, and offers some advice for vendors who will be trying to effectively utilize the popular real-time microblogging system, both for Expo show-goers as well as those who will be watching from home. Julio talks about how the book idea came about and some of his own experiences in the Twitterverse.Twitter has created an opportunity for a shift in customer serivce, and Julio discusses some of the people who are using Twitter to their benefit and the benefit of their customers.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Julio Ojeda-Zapata on Twitter

“Twitter Means Business: How Microblogging Can Help or Hurt Your Company” by Julio Ojeda-Zapata

Twit in Biz – the support site for Julio’s book.

St. Paul Pioneer Press

TidBITS on Twitter

Adam Engst on Twitter

Tonya Engst on Twitter

Nitrozac on Twitter

Snaggy on Twitter

ComcastCares on Twitter

Whole Foods Market on Twitter

Zappos on Twitter

doapp

Nabbit

MacVoices #8141: The Road to Macworld Expo – Leo Laporte Discusses New Media, Old Media and the Speed of Change

Chuck — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0000

The host of This Week in Tech, MacBreak Weekly and so many more we lose count, Leo Laporte, will be the featured speaker on Thursday morning at Macworld Conference & Expo. Leo joins us on The Road to Macworld Expo to talk about why Macworld Expo week is so special from a community perspective, and developments in media creation and distribution. Leo discusses the blurring lines between audience and creator, the evolving role of feedback, and why it can be so challenging. Leo also offers perspectives on why some forms of media distribution may be over before they start, his biggest asset as a new media personality, and the responsibility that comes with visibility.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Leo Laporte on Twitter

This Week in Tech

MacBreak Weekly

LeoVille – Leo’s personal site

Macworld Conference & Expo Feature Presentations

House of Prime Rib

MacVoices #8140 – Bradley Jefferson of Animoto Discusses Doing Something New With Your Digital Photos

Chuck — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:00:01 +0000

Want to do something new with all those digital photos you’ve been taking? You need to check out Animoto. Bradley Jefferson, the CEO and co-founder of Animoto discusses the genesis of their service and how it delivers sophisticated video production values in a simple-to-use interface. Brad covers how Animoto works, both for the user and behind the scenes, explains why they are a poster-child for cloud computing, and why it can be viewed as a next-generation digital storytelling tool that can be used by anyone. But Animoto isn’t just about making you look good. Brad talks about how professional photographers and those who utilize images for business have embraced Animoto, how the service is being used in the classroom and beyond.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Animoto on Twitter

MacVoices #8139: The Road to Macworld Expo: Michael Simmons of Cultured Code Discusses the Task Manager, Things

Chuck — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:00:00 +0000

One of the brand new exhibitors at Macworld Conference and Expo this year will be Cultured Code, the maker of the task management software, Things. Michael Simmons, the Marketing Director for Cultured Code discusses both the desktop and iPhone versions of Things. Even though in public preview, with version 1.0 to be introduced at Expo, Things has been in development for two years, and has already branched off to the iPhone, making it a complete task management solution. Michael explains the key features and concepts of Things, why they do and don’t consider it a Getting Things Done (GTD) application, and how they tapped their community for suggestions and improvements, even before the formal software release.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Cultured Code on Twitter

Things (desktop version)

Things (iPhone version)

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

MacVoices #8136: Michael Cohen Explains Taking Control of Syncing Data in Leopard

Chuck — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Michael Cohen helps make sense of the many sync options in the Mac OS in his new book, Take Control of Syncing Data in Leopard. Michael explains why he opted to cover data, and not files, what the difference is, and why data syncing is much more challenging. The truth database, Leopard sync utilities vs. the third-party options, and MobileMe are all discussed, as well as changing your “syncing thinking” to better manage expectations and make sync work, not against, you.
Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Mark/Space

MacVoices #8133: Deke McClelland Talks Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One

Chuck — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Mac graphics master Deke McClelland is back to discuss his newest book, Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One, as well as two more titles coming very soon, his extensive video series for lynda.com, and more. Deke explains why his book is approachable for the Photoshop novice, but also has plenty of meat for the expert, and how the inclusion of four hours of high-quality video enhances the learning process. Deke is trying to solve the problems of bad or missing Photoshop documentation, and tells us about a feature that is 100% undocumented, and describes two recent projects that have links to “The Shining” and Star Trek, demonstrating why you just can’t trust what you see in any photo that you didn’t take.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Deke.com – Deke’s web site

dekePod – Deke’s podcast

Deke McCelland’s videos on lynda.com

Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One by Deke McClelland

Adobe InDesign CS4 One-on-One by Deke McClelland

Photoshop CS4 Channels & Masks One-on-One by Deke McClelland

DekePod – Sixties Space Siren

The Shining

MacVoices #8130: Oliver Breidenbach of Boinx Software Discusses Fotomagico , PhotoPresenter, iStopMotion and More

Chuck — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Oliver Breidenbach, the CEO of Boinx Software explains what the latest version of their digital storytelling app, Fotomagico, offers to both casual and professional photographers. Much more than just a slideshow application, Fotomagico lets the user upgrade their presentations with effects, transitions, music and more. Oliver explains why they support not just iPhoto, but Aperture and Lightroom as well, why it was so important to focus on both creation and delivery and the difference between the two flavors of the program. Oliver also talks about what PhotoPresenter brings to your photo collection, how iStopMotion lets you work with Stop Motion Animation, and as a bonus, gives us a sneak-peak at their upcoming product, BoinxTV.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Elgato Turbo.264 – Video H.264 (MP4) Encoder Hardware by Elgato
The Coding Monkeys

Macworld Conference & Expo

MacVoices #8128: Guy Kawasaki Delivers a ‘Reality Check’ on His New Book and Alltop, His Information Aggregation Site

Chuck — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +0000

Guy Kawasaki, the CEO of Alltop, discusses the the origins of the site and how it aggregates the best sources of news and information on a variety of subjects. Guy explains why Alltop is better than do-it-yourself, why it is more effective than Google at getting and keeping you informed and gives us a sneak peak at a coming feature. Alltop isn’t all Guy has been up to: his new book, Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition, will be available any second now, and just in time to help plan for the challenging economic times. Guy shares some wisdom on how to survive and thrive, regardless of the industry you are trying to dominate.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Guy Kawasaki on Twitter

Alltop

Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition by Guy Kawasaki

NetNewsWire by NewsGator

iGoogle

My Yahoo

TidBITS by Adam and Tonya Gnest

The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Philadelphia Phillies

San Jose Sharks

Electric Pulp

The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki

Rules For Revolutionaries: The Capitalist Manifesto for Creating and Marketing New Products and Services by Guy Kawasaki

MacVoices #8126: Joe Kissell Helps You Take Control of MobileMe

Chuck — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:14:46 +0000

Author and Mac expert Joe Kissell is back to discuss his latest effort, Take Control of MobileMe. The transition from .Mac to MobileMe hasn’t been a smooth one, but Joe helps make sense of how things have gotten better since the launch, and some things you can do to help fix some of the challenges you still might have. Each of MobileMe’s major features, Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Gallery and iDisk are discussed, along with some apps that are in limbo and others that have gone away, along with Joe’s thought’s about the long-term outlook for Apple’s online service.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Joe Kissell on Twitter

MobileMe (Apple)

MacJury #821: Tech and Politics in the U.S. Presidential Election featuring Joe Kissell

Sugar Sync by Sharpcast

FileChute by Yellow Mug Software

MacVoices #8117: MacVoices at New Media Expo – Deborah Kornfilt of Mogulus On Creating Your 24/7 Web Video Presence

Chuck — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0000

On the show floor at New Media Expo, Deborah Kornfilt, Content Developer for Mogulus, profiles their web site that lets you create your own online streaming video presence. What makes Mogulus different is their browser-based video switcher, complete with multi-cam support, titling, branding, bugs and more. Deborah discusses connectivity requirements, supported video formats and resolutions, recording options, and even a playlist feature for when you’re not broadcasting live.
Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices #8115: MacVoices at New Media Expo – Andrew Welch of Ambrosia Software Introduces WireTap Anywhere.

Chuck — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0000

On the show floor at New Media Expo, Andrew Welch, el Presidente of Ambrosia Software, talks about their new sound utility, Wiretap Anywhere. Not just a podcast took, Wiretap Anywhere allows the user to gather and manage virtually any audio source, internal or external, with ease, mixing them together, controlling how they interact, and more. Andrew describes WireTap Anywhere as a software patch board, letting the user export their work in as many channels as needed to GarageBand, or mixed down to mono or stereo. Andrew also gives us a sneak-peak at another beta project, Soundboard, and how it emulates a radio sound cart for users who need to easily trigger sound effects and pre-recorded segments a specific points in a live project.

Links: Chuck Joiner on Twitter Wire Tap Studio from Ambrosia Software BIAS Peak Pro 6 – Macintosh Pro Tools by M-Audio Soundflower Blue Microphones Snowball USB Microphone Bundle La Reve

MacVoices #8114: MacVoices at New Media Expo – Rishi Mallik of Qik Introduces The iPhone Version of Their Streaming Video Service

Chuck — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0000

On the show floor at New Media Expo, Rishi Mallik, Business Development and Product Marketing Manager for Qik talks about their service that lets you stream video from your phone straight to the web. Qik has just released the iPhone 3G of their software, and Richi talks about why they decided to be one of the first to release software that requires a jailbroken iPhone, since Apple isn’t allowing this kind of streaming video software in the App Store. What can you do by taping the power of Qik? Rishi talks about some of the options, from personal shopping all the way up to participation in the democratic process.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices #8113: MacVoices at New Media Expo: David Chmura of humbledaisy Describes Converting Your Presentations into Podcasts with ProfCast

Chuck — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:00:00 +0000

From the show floor at New Media Expo, David Chmura, the Chief Instigator of humbledaisy, discusses ProfCast, their software that takes your Keynote or even PowerPoint presentations and converts them into a video podcast suitable for online distribution. David talks about how this option delivers a file that can scale back to full resolution, how you can edit the results in GarageBand and why ProfCast was conceived as a live-capture tool, but has evolved beyond that.Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

New Media Expo

MacVoices #8112: Maria Langer Talks WordPress.com Training and Why It Is Better on Video

Chuck — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0000

Maria Langer, the hostess of WordPress.com 2.5 Essential Training discusses the advantages of video training and what she covers in her latest contribution to the lynda.com video training library. Maria talks about the advantages and disadvantages of hosting a blog on WordPress.com as opposed to a server install of your own, and why you should consider it as one of your first, best options for getting a web presence set up quickly. Maria also covers the process of creating the video, the superior characteristics of lynda.com offerings, why you can jump in at any point in the training, some of her upcoming projects and more.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

WordPress.com 2.5 Essential Training with Maria Langer on lynda.com

wordpress.com

WordPress 2 (Visual QuickStart Guide) by Maria Langer

WordPress.com 2.5 Essential Training DVD by Maria Langer

Snapz Pro by Ambrosia Software

An Eclectic Mind – Maria’s blog

Maria’s Guides

Flying M Air

Flying M Photos

MacVoices #8111 – Rich Mogull on Mac Security, DNS Vulnerabilities, Why You Should Care, and More

Chuck — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:00:34 +0000

Rich Mogull discusses some of the security issues that came to light at the recent Black Hat and DEFCON conferences in Las Vegas. Rich walks us through why even Mac users need to be concerned with security in the browser, in Google Widgets and Google Gears, and even when using your favorite social network. Rich explains that even he got hacked by a social engineering trick at the conference, covers how malicious code can be hidden almost anywhere, even in an image file and more. Most important, Rich helps us understand the DNS vulnerabilities that were the talk of the conferences, and reveals a simple precaution that any Mac user can take to protect themselves. Links:

TidBITS

Securosis – Rich’s blog

Black Hat
DEFCON
1Password by Agile Web Solutions

Opera web browser

Firefox

No Script Plug-in for Firefox

NetNewsWire by NewsGator

Doxpara Research

OpenDNS to hard code your DNS server

Network Security Podcast – Rich’s podcast

MacVoices #8109: Fraser Speirs of Connected Flow on Exposure for the iPhone, Uploading, and the Future of the App Store

Chuck — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Connected Flow founder Fraser Speirs talks about the first version of his first iPhone app, Exposure, how it delivers “2 billion photos, in your pocket,” and the many ways it lets you interact with the online photo-sharing site, Flickr. Fraser discusses why upload wasn’t included in the first version of Exposure, why it will probably be in the second, and how he sees the iPhone as a communication device, not just a phone. Suggestions for the iPhone App Store, the effects comments have had on his thinking, and a balanced evaluation of a possible Mac App Store are all included in our conversation with Fraser.

Links

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Exposure in the iPhone App Store

Exposure Premium in the iPhone App Store

Macworld

The Mac Observer

MacsimumNews

OmniFocus on the iPhone App Store

Twitterific in the iPhone App Store

Kagi

FlickrExport for iPhoto by Connected Flow

FlickrExport for Aperture by Connected Flow

Aperture to Final Cut Pro by Connected Flow

FlickrExport Lite for Aperture by Connected Flow

FastScripts by Red Sweater Software

MacVoices #8107: Gedeon Maheux of The Iconfactory on the Past, Present and Future of Twitterific

Chuck — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0000

Iconfactory co-founder and Icon Artist Gedeon Maheux reveals the history of arguably the most popular Mac Twitter client, Twitterific. Twitter is fast becoming one of the most important social network options, and Twitterific enhances that experience, making it more useful and adoption more widespread. Ged talks about the two flavors of Twitterific and why they have free versions, the release of Twitterific for the iPhone, the implications of the App Store as a distribution model and more. Twitterific wasn’t just ported to the iPhone, and Ged explains how they took advantage of the location-based services, some of their future plans, and more.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Twitterific in the iPhone App Store

Twitterific Premium in the iPhone App Store

Apple MobileMe

Twinkle in the iPhone App Store

Frenzic

IconBuilder
xScope

iPulse

CandyBar by Panic Software

MacVoices #8105: Ben and Jon Gotow Discuss NetSketch, the Only Vector-Based Drawing Program for the iPhone

Chuck — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:00:19 +0000

In the first-ever MacVoices father and son interview, Ben Gotow, the developer of NetSketch, and his dad, Jon Gotow of St. Clair Software, introduce the only vector-based drawing program for the iPhone and iPod touch. Ben discusses the rich set of capabilities of NetSketch, including the ability to zoom in and out with no loss of quality, a canvas that goes far beyond the device screen, and the extensive collaboration features that turn the program into something much more than just a place to draw. Your creations aren’t trapped on the device; by using their web service, NetSketch images can be exported as either EPS or JPEG files to be further edited on the desktop. Ben and Jon also discuss Ben’s experiences as a first-time developer on a first-time platform, the challenges they faced in beta-testing the program, and more.


Ben Gotow	Jon Gotow

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

NetSketch in the iPhone App Store

Gotow.net - Ben’s personal blog

NetSketch – the application’s web site

NetSketch Gallery

Versiontracker iPhone page

MacUpdate iPhone page

MacNotables

MacVoices #8104: Yuval Koren of Eye-Fi Profiles the Eye-Fi Explore SD Memory Card and What It Adds to Your Digital Camera

Chuck — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0000

Want to add some useful capabilities to your existing digital camera? Yuval Koren, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Eye-Fi profiles their entire product like of digital memory cards that let any SD card-capable digital camera wirelessly upload photos to your Mac (or PC) or to your favorite photo-sharing web site. Yuval talks about how their latest edition, the Eye-Fi Explore, adds geotagging to the mix, assigning latitude, longitude and more to the photo’s meta-data. How all this works, the benefits of using the Skyhook Wireless geolocation service, the inclusion of a 1-year wifi hotspot membership with the Eye-Fi Explore and more are explained in our discussion with Yuval that you need to hear before buying your next memory card.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices #820: MacVoices at Expo – Eye-Fi Gives Your Digital Camera Wireless Capabilities

Where 2.0 Conference

Eye-Fi Home Wireless 2 GB Secure Digital Card

Eye-Fi Share Wireless 2 GB Secure Digital Card

Eye-Fi Explore Wireless 2 GB Secure Digital Card

MacVoices #896: Nancy Conner Discusses the Viability of Google Apps

Chuck — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Cloud computing is a hot topic, but is it for you. Nancy Conner, the author of Google Apps: The Missing Manual from O’Reilly/Pogue Press, delivers some thoughts on the subject in a look at the software-as-service offerings from Google. Nancy discusses why security isn’t the concern it might be, what is and isn’t missing in the word processing and presentation offerings (for now), and where the online utilities outshine their desktop counterparts. The power of having your productivity applications connected to the web, the sharing and collaboration options and how word-of-mouth is contributing to the spread of Google Apps are all part of why you should take a look at this option for your home or office activities.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Google Apps: The Missing Manual by Nancy Conner

Google Apps

Google Apps: The Missing Manual page (with tips) on Amazon

Spanning Sync

BusySync from BusyMac

MacVoices #895: Joe Kissell Delivers a Double-Barreled Take Control Update on Backups

Chuck — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0000

Joe Kissell has just completed a significant update to his two Take Control titles, Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard and Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, and made a extra-special effort to tell us about them. Joe talks about how he discovered a hole in his backup strategy, how he’s decided to handle his tracking of the plethora of Mac backup programs out there, an dhow you can tap into that work for free. Joe also covers some of the ways you can evaluate your backup program selection and why the subject of backups is becoming more complex with each new option.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The Hole in My Backup Plan by Joe Kissell on TidBITS

Take Control News: Better Backups with New Ebooks and Free Content by Adam C. Engst on TidBITS

Take Control of Mac OS X Backups: The Online Appendixes, including the 90+ backup program chart

Time Machine

SuperDuper by Shirt Pocket Software

Prosoft Engineering

Data Backup 3 By Prosoft Engineering by Prosoft Engineering

Retrospect 6.0 Desktop Mac
by Dantz

Apple Time Capsule 802.11n 500 GB Network Backup Hard Drive by Apple

MacMiniColo

MacVoices #703 – The Road to Macworld: Jay Menna Discusses macminicolo.net’s Unique Approach to Web Hosting

Prune Your Time Machine Backups Selectively by Matt Neuburg on TidBITS

Time Machine Exposed! by Matt Neuburg on TidBITS

Psyching Out Time Machine by Matt Neuburg on TidBITS

MacVoices #894: Deke McClelland Discusses “101 Photoshop Tips in Five 5 Minutes” and the Launch of dekePod

Chuck — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:00:00 +0000

Graphics software master Deke McClelland tells the inside story of his new video, 101 Photoshop Tips in Five 5 Minutes and the resurgence of his podcast, dekePod. If you think you’ve seen everything in Photoshop tips and tricks, think again. Deke takes us from concept through release on this truly unique video, discussing both the production techniques and the stories behind the live shoot. Deke also talks about the return ofhis dekePod podcast and why future episodes will be a bit more in the traditional vein.

Links:

deke.com – Deke’s web site

dekePod

101 Photoshop Tips in Five 5 Minutes

Jellybricks

Flying Moose Pictures

Lewis Black

Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-On-One by Deke McClelland

Illustrator CS3 One-on-One by Deke McClelland (CD-ROM from Lynda.com)

InDesign CS3 One on One by Deke McClelland

InDesign CS3 One-on-One: Style Sheets by Deke McClelland

Deke McClelland’s training videos on lynda.com

MacVoices #892: Jay Nelson Previews the Features and Functionality of the New QuarkXPress 8

Chuck — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:03:30 +0000

Design and desktop publishing guru Jay Nelson of Design Tools Monthly is back to talk about the new features of QuarkXPress 8. Jay discusses the design changes that make this new version “not your grandfather’s QuarkXPress” and a worthy competitor for the Adobe Creative Suite applications. Features such as support for non-English publishing, inclusion of Flash support and more are examined as Jay covers some of the challenges Quark faces in changing both the reality and perception of their product. Jay comments on Quark’s new direction in supporting education, an upcoming Quark tour, and why, after all this time, design programs still need to be changed, updated, and have new capabilities added.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Design Tools Monthly

Design Tools Weekly podcast by Jay Nelson and Jeff Gamet

Planet Quark

QuarkXPress New Features video-based training

QuarkXPress 8 Xperience Design Global Tour by Jay Nelson on PlanetQuark

Jay’s overview of all the new features in QuarkXPress 8 on PlanetQuark

QuarkXPress 8: a suite response by Cyndie Shaffstall in X-Ray Magazine

MacVoices #891: Glenn Fleishman Takes Control of Back to My Mac and Screen Sharing in Leopard

Chuck — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:00:00 +0000

Glenn Fleishman has just completed two new Take Control ebooks, Take Control of Back to My Mac and Take Control of Screen Sharing in Leopard, and reports in to talk about how the two topics compliment each other. Glenn gets geeky in explaining the challenges of remotely accessing your Mac, how Apple attempts to solve the problem, and why it is sometimes impossible because of what’s happening on the Internet. Glen also shares his insights on why screen sharing is one of the most exciting and useful features in Leopard, how it compares to similar alternative solutions, and how you can make all of these options work to your advantage in this bonus length interview.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Timbuktu Remote Control Softwre 2 Licenses for Windows & Mac

Apple Remote Access-Client 3.0

Default Folder by St. Clair Software

MacVoices #890: WWDC Report from John Grzeskowiak of RadTech and Mac Developer Boris Klaydman of CocoaCast

Chuck — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:00:00 +0000

John Grzeskowiak of RadTech and independent Mac developer Boris Klaydman, host of CocoaCast, are in San Francisco for Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, and report in after a day that included attending Steve Jobs’ keynote and interacting with peers and Apple representatives. While much of what goes on at WWDC is conducted under NDA, John and Boris share what they can, including their reactions to the iPhone 2.0 and MobileMe announcements.


John Grzeskowiak	Boris Klaydman

The gap between iPhone 1.0 and 2.0, Apple’s elegant solution to the “one app at a time” problem, the first steps into cloud computing with the MobileMe enhancements, how they fit into a Microsoft Exchange world and what is known about Mac OS X Snow Leopard are all reviewed before John and Boris disappear into the WWDC party scene.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

CocoaCast

iPhone 2.0

MobileMe

MacVoices #887: Joe Kissell on Taking Control of Apple’s .Mac Service

Chuck — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Take Control author Joe Kissell is back, this time to talk about an update to his Take Control of .Mac ebook. Apple’s online service has received several enhancements as it relates to the synergy with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and the iLife ’08 suite, and Joe covers them in this latest book. Among the topics are why syncing using .Mac doesn’t always do what you think it will, photo sharing enhancements to iPhoto ’08 using .Mac and some cool things you probably didn’t know .Mac could do. Joe also comments on the evolution of the .Mac service, the unparalleled integration with the Mac OS and Apple applications and more.

Links:

MacJury #803: Discussing the Relevance of .Mac and the New Apple Clones featuring Joe Kissell

Apple .Mac Online Service

SyncTogether by mark/Space

MacVoices #885: Christian Rueb of equinux Profiles Their TubeStick hybrid and The Tube Software Combination

Chuck — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:00:00 +0000

Christian Rueb of equinux provides an overview of their new video hardware/software combination, the TubeStick hybrid and The Tube. equinux has taken a different approach to capturing and using broadcast video on your Mac, building in unique capabilities to enhance the experience. Sure, you can record and take your programs with you on your iPod or iPhone, but that’s just the start. The Tube includes a social network component where you can connect with others watching what you watch, a way to publish your recordings to a podcast feed so you can access them when you’re away from your Mac, and much more. Christian discusses all of this, and their newest feature, sharing your video over iChat.

Links:

equinux TubeStick Hybrid ATSC TV receiver for Mac and PC

MediaCentral

MacVoices #884: Jacqui Cheng of Ars Technica Discusses Their Purchase by Condé Nast

Chuck — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:00:00 +0000

Ars Technica Assistant Editor Jacqui Cheng discusses the announcement of their purchase by Condé Nast, what it means to dedicated Ars readers, and why she’s excited about the opportunities it presents. Large media companies acquiring smaller, web-based media operations are not new, and not always good. Jacqui explains why that’s not the case in this situation, what gives Ars their credibility and why she doesn’t expect that to change.

Links:

Ars Technica acquired by Condé Nast: the low-down by Ken Fisher on Ars Technica

MacJury #807: More on the Microsoft/Yahoo Merger, and “Can I Get Rid of Office Yet?” with Jacqui Cheng

Jacqui Cheng on Twitter

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

MacVoices #883: Ian Schray of SoftPress Discusses the Latest Enhancements to Freeway

Chuck — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:00:00 +0000

Ian Schray of SoftPress is back to talk about some of the latest enhancements to their web publishing tool, Freeway. Both v5.0 and v5.1 brought some significant enhancements to Freeway, and Ian takes us through those, starting at the beginning. Ian explains why Freeway, in both the Pro and Express versions, is a web authoring package that all levels of users should consider, and also talks about their Silver Lining program so that users of the now-discontinued Adobe GoLive can upgrade to Freeway at 30% off.

Links:

Freeway 5 Pro

Freeway 5 Express

MacVoices #799 – Softpress Updates Web Publishing Tool Freeway for Leopard

MacVoices #832: MacVoices at Expo – Ian Schray of Softpress Introduces the New Freeway 5 Beta

script.aculo.us

Silver Lining Program for GoLive Owners

MacVoices #882: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Both Apple Mail in Leopard and Spam

Chuck — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:25:00 +0000

Joe Kissell, the author of the brand new Take Control of Apple Mail in Leopard and the updated Take Control of Spam in Apple Mail discusses both in a bonus-length interview. First, Joe discusses the latest version of Apple Mail, what has been added and updated, what has been taken away, and what works and what doesn’t. Joe examines the inclusion of RSS support in Mail, covers why he isn’t a fan of stationary, lists his favorite new features and talks about some additions to the program that seem to make no sense. Then, Joe turns his attention to everyone’s biggest nuisance, spam. There have been some updates to Mail’s built-in spam handling options; Joe reviews their effectiveness and adds some recommendations of his own.

Links:

MacNotables #817: Tonya Engst Discusses the Challenges of Changing Email Clients
TidBITS Talk

The browser bunch by Joe Kissell on Macworld.com

NetNewsWire by newsgator

SpamSieve by C-Command

Apple .Mac Online Service

Gmail

MacVoices #879: Galen Gruman of InfoWorld Discusses Macs in the Enterprise Market

Chuck — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0000

The attitudes about Macs in the enterprise market are changing, and Galen Gruman, the Executive Editor of of InfoWorld, talks about some of the contributing factors. Galen discusses how the success of Firefox, cloud computing virtualization, parity of maintenance costs and more have made Macs more welcome in corporate IT. Galen explains how Microsoft has both helped and hurt the cause, detours to discuss Windows Vista, why InfoWorld is trying to save Windows XP, and what Microsoft could learn from Apple about major operating system transitions. The iPhone isn’t left out of the party, and Galen outlines why it doesn’t face the same challenges in penetrating the enterprise market as the Mac.

Links:

Why ‘no Macs’ is no longer a defensible IT strategy by Galen Gruman on InfoWorld

MacVoices #878: James Abeler on Expanding Your Apple TV’s Capabilities with ATV Flash

Chuck — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0000

James Abeler of Apple Core LLC introduces the ATV Flash. With the ATV Flash installed, your Apple TV supports a whole host of new video file formats, including AVI, DivX and Xvid. If that was all, the ATV Flash would be a great product, but it also adds native web browsing so you can watch virtually any video web site on your big screen, including Hulu, ABC.com and more. James discusses the ease of installation, provides some background on how the ATV Flash works its magic, and covers other ATV Flash features, including tracking live weather, RSS feeds and more.

Links:

MacVoices #876: Patrick Nugent of Roxio Discusses the Features of Toast 9 Titanium

Chuck — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:31:37 +0000

Patrick Nugent, Product Manager for Toast 9 Titanium from Roxio provides a tour of the latest enhancements to the industry-standard disc burning utility. Patrick explains the differences in the flavors of Toast, and covers in detail the new Blu-Ray support for both data and video, including the capability to share Blu-Ray content on DVD media. Toast now also includes support for both TiVo Series 2 and Series 3 units, giving users the ability to share recorded content via DVD and more. Video streaming has also been added to Toast, and Patrick talks about how you can now view your video from across the room or across the Internet from your Tivo or your Mac.

Links

“TiVo Series 3 HD Digital Video Recorder

Elgato Eyetv Hybrid

MacJury #802: The Future of the Mac mini, Yahoo vs. Microsoft and the iPhone as #1 Mobile Browser

Chuck — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:41:53 +0000

The first issue before the MacJury is the future (or not) of the Mac mini, what it is good for, what it could be and why you should think outside the box when considering one. Then, the available evidence involving Microsoft’s attempts to buy Yahoo and how it will affect Mac users is examined, and the panel concludes their deliberations by discussing the iPhone’s position as the #1 mobile browser, and why Apple might be the only company who could decide to fix the mobile web problem on the client side.

The members of the panel include:


Chuck La Tournous	Daniel Jalkut	Paul Kafasis	Steve Sande	Chuck Joiner

Links:

“6-Feet HDMI To DVI Cable

Toslink to Mini Cable

VLC media player

“MediaCentral by equinux software

flickr

Upcoming

MacJury #801: The MacJury Is Called To Order on Blu-Ray, the Apple TV, Tech Conferences and More

Chuck — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0000

MacVoices‘ host Chuck Joiner is launching a new show: The MacJury, and the first show is being included on the MacVoices’ site and in the newsfeeds to help introduce listeners to the latest program for Mac news and entertainment. Each show will feature a different panel of personalities from the Mac universe in a freewheeling discussion that will interest Mac users of all levels.

The very first MacJury empaneled consists of some of the members of MacLevelTen, discussing the rise (or not) of Blu-Ray and how it affects Mac users. Will it solve all your storage problems, prove to be just a stop-gap technology, or be leapfrogged by faster bandwidth as a video delivery medium? The jury members then take on the Apple TV, what it brings to the table beyond movie rentals, and what needs to be added to make it a true killer product. Why there is a trend toward in-person tech conferences, why podcasts and social media may be helping drive that trend, and the dynamics of Twitter are all entered into evidence in the first show.

The jurors for this show include:


Pat Fauquet	Don McAllister	Jay Nelson	Dan Pourhadi	Chuck Joiner

Links:

DesignTools coverage of HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray

Roxio Toast 9 Titanium

Art Directors Invitational Master Class 11
San Jose, CA

HOW Design Conference in Boston, May 18-21

Creative Suite Conference in Nashville, May 19-22

Twitterrific by Iconfactory Software

Twhirl

Pownce

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Don McAllister on Twitter

Pat Fauquet on Twitter

Dan Pourhadi on Twitter

MacVoices #871: Steve Sande Updates His Control of iWeb ’08

Chuck — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:00:00 +0000

Steve Sande, has updated his Take Control of iWeb: iLife ’08 Edition, and is anxious to talk about the improvements to the feature set of Apple’s web publishing utility. Steve discusses how iWeb is often unfairly viewed as an underpowered web authoring solution, and how the new edition addresses some of those perceptions. With better integration with all the iLife ’08 tools, especially iPhoto ’08, and better blogging options, Steve talks about how iWeb has moved firmly into the realm of mid-level web publishing for consumers and beyond. Steve covers how Apple successfully addressed two of the biggest weaknesses of the prior version, some updates he would like to see in the next version, and more.

Links:

ZenCart

MacVoices #870: Daniel Jalkut Discusses Red Sweater Software’s Product Line

Chuck — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:00:00 +0000

Daniel Jalkut, the founder of Red Sweater Software, provides an in-depth at one of the most diverse product mixes in the Mac universe. Daniel talks about the functions and origins of Mars Edit, Black Ink, FlexTime, FastScripts and Clarion. Find out which Red Sweater products came from Daniel’s own needs, which ones were acquired from other sources, and why Daniel decided to pick up development of a very popular blogging utility and take it to the next level.

Links:

Mars Edit

Black Ink

FlexTime

FastScripts

Clarion

MacVoices #866: Don McAllister’s European Perspective on the MacBook Air, mPlayer in the U.K., Expensive iPhones in Ireland and More

Chuck — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Don McAllister of ScreenCastsOnline discusses the latest addition to Apple’s laptop line, the MacBook Air and why he’s a happy Air owner, new Apple Stores in the UK, BBC TV shows on iTunes, the iPlayer debacle for non-Windows users, why “Apple freaks” in Ireland will be paying heavily for their iPhones and more in our latest “European Perspective” report.

Links:

Apple MacBook Air )

Apple Macbook Air SuperDrive

Elgato Eyetv Hybrid

Miglia TVMicro

MacVoices #852: MacVoices at Expo – BusyMac Enhances iCal with Sharing and Syncing Capabibilities

Chuck — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:30:00 +0000

John Chaffee of BusyMac talks about BusySync, an add-on to iCal that lets you sync your calendar over your local network, and now can sync your iCal with Google Calendar. With automatic user recognition, complete control of read and write priveleges, BusySync includes access privileges, SSL encryption, BusySync fills in many of the missing pieces of iCal. John talks about his team’s experience as part of the team that developed another popular Mac calendaring system and also offers MacVoices’ listeners a 20% discount on BusySync…but you have to listen to get the code.

MacVoices #849: MacVoices at Expo – Glen Aspeslaugh of ecamm network Reviews Their Diverse Product Line

Chuck — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:30:00 +0000

Glen Aspeslagh of ecamm network starts off a review of his company’s products by talking about CallRecorder, the solution to automatically record Skype audio and video calls, iGlasses, their utility to improve the picture from your iSight camera, the affordable iMage web camera that can be used by Mac users who don’t have an iSight-equipped Mac, and iPhone Drive, that lets you mount your iPhone as a hard drive so it can be used as a storage device. Then, Glen talks about some new products being shown at the show, including the uber-geeky iLidz Personal Media viewer, a low-tech solution that hangs your iPhone or iPod touch in front of your eyes,

Links:

Ecamm Network iMage USB Webcam

MacVoices #846: MacVoices at Expo – Vara Software Delivers Valuable Video Production Tools

Chuck — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:30:00 +0000

Paul Carnine, the founder of Vara Software, discusses Wirecast, an affordable live production tool that acts as a video switcher, title engine and a streaming video front end. With support for up to 7 camera inputs, chroma key and more, Wirecast is a television studio for your Mac. Paul talks about some of their customers, including their Al Gore connection, and also reviews VideoCue, a teleprompting/recording solution for video productions on the desktop and beyond.

MacVoices #844: MacVoices at Expo – Jim Heid Discusses iLife ’08 and More in the Peachpit Booth

Chuck — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:00:00 +0000

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, and delivers a shocking confession before launching into a discussion of iLife ’08. Jim evaluates the new features included in each component of Apple’s creativity suite, spending some extra time on the iMovie ’08 controversy and why it shouldn’t be one.

Links:

The Macintosh iLife 08 by Jim Heid

Other books by Jim Heid

MacVoices #840: MacVoices at Expo – BeLight Sofware’s Irina Stepanovska Profiles Their Latest Products

Chuck — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:30:00 +0000

Irina Stepanovska, the Vice President of Sales for BeLight Software discusses LiveInterior 3D software that helps plan your home or office remodeling without the strain and expense of moving furniture and redecorating. Irina also covers ArtText, their text manipulation software that gives you the ability to modify text and vector images in virtually unlimited ways. With 460 shapes included, the ability to import your own, and a materials editor that lets you modify the over 100 included selections or create your own, ArtText can help create the look that is just right for your custom text creation. Irina also touches on Disc Cover, their utility for creating custom CD and DVD labels.

Live Interior 3D : Art of Home and Office Design

Art Text

Disc Cover

Photos from the MacVoices’ Macworld Expo 2008 Flickr collection

MacVoices #839: MacVoices at Expo – Members of the TidBITS Crew Chat About How They Covered Steve Jobs’ Keynote

Chuck — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:30:00 +0000

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 techniques, cover a “fake virus” you may have experienced if you tried to get wifi access in San Francisco and more.

MacVoices #835: MacVoices at Expo – Cyrus Farivar Provides Broad Perspectives on Technology Journalism

Chuck — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:30:30 +0000

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 grandfather as a gauge for his writing, how his spot as the original host of the Macworld podcast helped prepare him for work with NPR and more. You’ll find Cyrus on Wired News, The Economist, Slate, PC Magazine, The New York Times and even occasionally back in Macworld. Keep up with what he’s doing and thinking on his blog, cyrusfarivar.com.

Links:

Marantz PMD-660

MacVoices #834: MacVoices at Expo – Paul Levine of RAGE Software on Why Your Web Site Needs Their Products

Chuck — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:30:00 +0000

In the Macworld.com podcast studio, Paul Levine of RAGE Software talks about the utilities they offer for webmasters and site owners who are interested in making their online efforts more effective. RAGE announced several upgrades and enhancements to their products; Paul talks about those updates and provides thoughts on their pricing, how they work to continually refine their tools, and where users can go to get updated information as it becomes available.

MacVoices #832: MacVoices at Expo – Ian Schray of Softpress Introduces the New Freeway 5 Beta

Chuck — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:00:00 +0000

Ian Schray, the U.S. Marketing Manager for Softpress is back to talk about the new Freeway 5 and why they decided to release it as a public beta at Macworld Expo. Ian covers the new and updated features such as CSS menus, Blogger templates, direct import from iPhoto, and the high quality of the HTML code generated by the WISIWYG editor.

Links:

Softpress Systems’ Freeway 4 Express

Photos from the MacVoices’ Macworld Expo 2008 Flickr collection

MacVoices #825: MacVoices at Expo – Mike Downey of Adobe Introduces Air at the Adobe Breakfast

Chuck — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:30:00 +0000

At the Adobe Professional Association and User Group Breakfast, Group Product Manager Mike Downey introduces the crowd to Air, Adobe’s new desktop runtime development environment. Mike explains how Air adds real-time interaction by showing example applications for working with eBay, FineTune, Twitter and Pownce.

MacVoices #820: MacVoices at Expo – Eye-Fi Gives Your Digital Camera Wireless Capabilities

Chuck — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Yuval Koren, co-founder of Eye-Fi discusses their wireless memory card for your digital camera. Yuval covers the intelligence built into the card and how it allows you to send your photos straight from your camera to your Mac or even directly to one of the web’s photo-sharing sites via wifi. No need to upgrade your camera, just upgrade your memory card.

Links:

Eye-Fi Card, Wireless 2 GB SD Memory Card

Photos from the MacVoices’ Macworld Expo 2008 Flickr collection

MacVoices #809 – Don Campbell of Etelos Discusses Customer Relationship Management for the Mac and iPhone

Chuck — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Etelos will be showing off their Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software, one of the very few CRM options for the Mac, at Macworld Conference & Expo. Don Campbell, the Vice President of Strategic Development of Etelos, discusses their philosophy behind CRM and why they’ve gone to great lengths to deliver a product that offers flexibility, affordability and is scalable to virtually any size sales force. Don also covers the security measures they use to secure your data, how their support of Google apps allows them to offer a free version of their software, and why supporting the iPhone was especially important to them.

Etelos invites all Macworld Expo attendees to stop by their booth, where they can have a free copy of Etelos installed on their iPhone.

The Road to Macworld Expo is a special MacVoices series produced in partnership with IDG World Expo to preview some of the exhibitors and presentations at Macworld Conference & Expo 2008 in San Francisco from January 14 – 18 at the Moscone Convention Center.

Links:

IT’s Third Epoch…and Running IT at Google from CIO magazine

MacVoices #805 – Alykhan Jetha of Marketcircle Discusses Apple, the Enterprise Market, and Why They Shouldn’t Meet

MacVoices #802 – Michael Wray of Mariner Software Previews Their Macworld Expo Annoucnements

Chuck — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:00:00 +0000

On “The Road to Macworld Conference & Expo,” Mariner Software president Michael Wray discusses how his company’s goal is to dominate the specialized writing tools market. Mike talks about the dreaded “blank page,” several different types of writing and what Mariner’s tools offer to the authors of each. Mike also explains how MacJournal can be used as a business tool as well as a journaling program, the value-added features of Montage and how Mariner Calc‘s presence has helped keep the spreadsheet market alive. The Mariner Software booth (#2623 in the South Hall) at Macworld Conference & Expo will feature “drill down demos” of their programs, and Mike invites users and potential users to visit and provide feedback on what they want to see in future releases.

Links:

Montage

Mariner Software Announces StoryMill 3.0

MacJournal

Mariner Calc

Mariner Write

MacVoices #801 – Diane Cohn Discusses the Lack of an Apple-Oriented Social Network

Chuck — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Diane Cohn has questions about why there is no Apple-specific social network. The former Apple User Group Program Manager and member several of Apple’s web teams has a unique perspective on the social networking phenomenon and wants to know what MacVoices’ listeners think of the current options and the desirability of an option just for the users of Apple products. Diane shares her experiences since leaving Apple and explains how involvement in social networks has been instrumental to her success in her new occupation.

Links:

Apple User Group Advisory Board

Apple Regional Liaison Team

User Group University

MacVoices #7113 – The Second User Groups 2.0 Leadership Conference

Chuck — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:00:00 +0000

New ideas for Mac User Group leaders and enthusiasts are the focus of The User Groups 2.0 Virtual Conferences, organized by The MUG Center. The second of these conferences was held on November 27 and featured keynote speaker Michael Horton of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro Users Group. Mike discussed many of the differences between the traditional UG models vs. those adopted by the Final Cut Pro groups. Mike shared some ideas that he would like to see community groups consider and fielded questions about his group’s structure and operations from an enthusiastic audience. Looking for some new ideas fro your group’s evolution? Then listen to what Mike and the attendees had to say.

The attendees and the groups represented included:


Curt Blanchard Tucson Macintosh Users Group	Pat Fauquet (co-host) Washington Apple Pi	Peter Fitchett Apple User Group of Canterbury

Travis Good Washington Apple Pi	Dave Greenbaum Lawrence Apple Users’ Group 2.0	Michael Horton (Keynote Speaker) Los Angeles Final Cut Pro Users Group

Bill Medlow Long Island Macintosh Users Group	Michael Potter Thumb Macintosh Users Goup	Warren Williams AppleWorks Users Group and iWork Users Group

	Chuck Joiner (host) Editor The MUG Center

The User Groups 2.0 Virtual Conferences, initiated by The MUG Center, are a series of online/virtual gatherings of individuals who are ambitious about taking the Mac User Group community into the future, addressing the needs of today’s Mac enthusiast and continuing the tradition of being an important channel of information and influence for Mac users.

MacVoices Listener Update: MacVoices’ Las Vegas Meet-Up, Supporting MacVoices and MacLevelTen Participation

Chuck — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:00:00 +0000

MacVoices’ host Chuck Joiner provides a brief listener update to announce a MacVoices’ meet-up in Las Vegas, ways that you can help support MacVoices, some new social networking options and MacVoices’ participation in the MacLevelTen media group.

Links:

MacLevelTen

MacVoices #7109: The Producers of MacLevelTen Discuss The Media Group’s Launch

Chuck on Twitter

Chuck on FaceBook

MacVoices #7109: The Producers of MacLevelTen Discuss The Media Group’s Launch

Chuck — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:15:00 +0000

MacLevelTen is the new Mac media group on the block, but the member producers include some very familiar faces. In their first public appearance as a group the team introduce themselves and their many and varied productions, talk about why they felt the time was right to form a media group, and cover some of their plans for Macworld Conference & Expo. The MacLevelTen team includes:

Pat Fauquet	Don McAllister	Jay Nelson
Dan Pourhadi	Steve Sande	Chuck Joiner

Links:

Jay Nelson’s User Conference Session at Macworld Expo: QuarkXPress 7: Just the New Stuff

MacVoices #7106 – Paul Kent Explains Why “More” is the Word for Macworld Conference & Expo 2008

MacVoices #7101 – Paul Levine of RAGE Software Discusses Their Mac-Specific Search Engine Optimization Products

Chuck — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:00:00 +0000

Do you have a web site? If so, you need to start paying attention to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to generate more traffic. Paul Levine of RAGE Software talks about the art of SEO and how it fits in to many of the most popular Mac web publishing programs. RAGE Software offers a variety of SEO utilities for the Mac, and Paul explains what each brings to the table, in some cases being the only Mac solution available. Paul also suggests an online resource or two, and introduces a brand new product that will launch soon.

Links:

iWeb – Part of:

“Apple iLife ’08″

RapidWeaver by Realmac Software

“Adobe Dreamweaver CS3″

Adobe GoLive 9

WordPress

WebDesign by RAGE Software

Google Sitemap Automator by RAGE Software

Domainer by RAGE Software

SERank by RAGE Software – Two New Mac SEO Tools Ready For Beta Testing

Squidoo

High Rankings Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Services and Search Marketing Tips

Mac User Group Discount on RAGE Software

MacVoices #799 – Softpress Updates Web Publishing Tool Freeway for Leopard

Chuck — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:00:00 +0000

If you’re not satisfied with the power of Apple’s iWeb, you should consider Freeway. Ian Schray, the U.S. Marketing Manager for Softpress discusses what the current version of Freeway, version 4, brings to the web publishing market. Approachability, standards-compliant code and an enthusiastic user community are all key advantages of Freeway, making it appropriate for novices and professionals alike. Ian discusses some of the key features such as Actions that let the user add functionality such as ecommerce, rollovers and more, automatic conversion of graphics formats into web-ready images, how they’re planning on taking advantage of Leopard right out of the box, and the many training resources available to get you up and running at full speed on Freeway.

Links:

Freeway 4 Pro

Freeway 4 Express

ScreenCasts Online edition on Freeway

Freeway Moments in iTunes

Freeway Free Trial Version

MacVoices #797 – Roberto Baldwin of Talks About What He Brings to the Online Presence for Mac|Life

Chuck — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:00:00 +0000

The new Online Editor for Mac|Life magazine, Roberto Baldwin, brings a rather unusual background to his new job: previously, he was a producer for the online celebrity news site and TV show TMZ. Robbie talks about how Macs were an integral part of TMZ’s rise to media power, gives us some hints about what is in store for Mac|Life’s web presence and why he wants to make user-generated content an important part of the mix. Robbie also talks about the challenges and opportunities associated with creating an online community, and what it takes to be successful.

Links:

Apple Quick Tip of the Week podcast

MacVoices #795 – Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba Profiles Their Latest Product, Radioshift

Chuck — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:00:00 +0000

Rogue Amoeba has a reputation for helping Mac users do useful things with audio, and their new product, Radioshift, is no exception. Rogue Amoeba CEO Paul Kafasis introduces the capabilities of Radioshift and how it gives the user access to those streams, but also the capability of recording those streams for listening at a more convenient time. Paul discusses the challenges they had to overcome to give easy access to over 50,000 different audio streams and programs while making subscriptions and recording as easy as possible. Paul also talks about some often-overlooked aspects of Radioshift and previews of the additions they hope to make in future versions.

Links:

Radioshift

Audio Hijack Pro

Pandora

MacVoices #793 – iPhone Report Card (Part 2) with the MacVoices iPhone Panel

Chuck — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:00:00 +0000

The MacVoices iPhone Panel members, Pat Fauquet, Paul Kafasis, Dan Pourhadi, and Steve Sande share their reactions to the $200 iPhone price drop before diving into a discussion of the iPhone Report Card. After living with the iPhone for almost three months everyone had opinions on features they consider best-in-class, and capabilities that clearly need improvement.


Pat Fauquet	Paul Kafasis	Dan Pourhadi	Steve Sande

In Part 2, the panel picks up the discussion of the iPhone’s camera, then move on to the applications, hacks and web sites they like the most, and identify what they want in the next update or even generation of the iPhone. A tip for more effectively managing Safari bookmark synch with the iPhone and your Mac is shared, and Paul Kafasis shares some insight into ring tone making and Apple’s ring tone-breaking update.

Links:

MacMousecalls – Pat Fauquet’s blog

Rogue Amoeba – Paul Kafasis

Pourhadi Perspective – Dan Pourhadi’s blog

Movable Beast – Steve Sande’s blog

Bringing RSS to the iPhone on NewsGator

Google Reader

Conan iPhone Commercial on YouTube

iToner by Ambrosia Software

Take Control of Your iPod: Beyond The Music Take Control eBook by Steve Sande

Apptapp

AppMarks

The Scorecard:

	Pat Fauquet	Paul Kafasis	Dan Pourhadi	Steve Sande	Chuck Joiner


Phone
– Call Quality – talk	4	5	4	4	4
– Call Quality – listen	5	"4 – I use the headphones a lot, which are great. However, in loud public areas, I’ve had issues with call volume when not using the headphones."	3 – can be incredibly quiet	4	5
– Call Quality – signal availability	4.5	5	"2 – lose reception all over, even when other at&t phones work fine"	4	3
– Call Quality – dropped calls	5	5	2	3 This was my one concern with AT&T and it’s still an issue. How this company can claim to have the fewest dropped calls is beyond understanding…	3
– Dialing	5	5	4	5	5
– Contact access	4	"4 – It’s odd that you can’t edit contacts when accessing them via Favorites. You get a view identical to what you’d see if you accessed them through Contacts, but there’s no Edit button."	4	5	4

Web surfing			occasionally crashes
– Overall Quality	5	5	3	4	4
– Safari compatibility with existing web sites	3.5	"4 – No Flash has hit me a few times. Otherwise, it’s great."	3	4	3.5
– Speed	3	4	2	4	3.5
" – Features (tap to enlarge, pinch, etc.)"	5	5	4	5	5

iPod	4.5		occasionally crashes
– Audio	5	5	4	5	5
– Video	5	N/A	4	5	5
– Touchscreen controls	5	"3 – I don’t use the onscreen controls much, mainly using the volume and headphone clicker buttons. I find I don’t much care for them when I do though, especially how some are hidden."	4	5	5
– Playlists	4.5	"3 -I’ve just discovered you could do On-The-Go playlists, which is very nice"	4	5	3
– Content management		"3 – Syncing is still weak, with no way to drag and drop like with an iPod"	3	5	4

Bundled earphones
– Comfort	3.5	"3 – iPod headphones have always been average, and I’ve never much liked earbuds"	4	3 "What ever happened to the little foam pads that came with iPod earphones? At least the phones would stay in my ear without falling out like they do with the iPhone earphones. As it is, I’ve just gotten in the habit of using my Bluetooth headset."	3
– Quality – listening	4	"3 – iPod headphones have always been average, and I’ve never much liked earbuds"	4	3	3
– Quality – talking	4	"4 – I use these to listen to music and field calls together, and I really like it. I dunno what the audio quality is on the other end, but I enjoy using them this way."	4	4	3

Mail
– Ease of set-up	5	"5 – I switched to using Mail + IMAP specifically for the iPhone, and it’s been a snap "	4	5	5
– Ease of use	4	"4 – The client itself functions as expected, though it’s a bit clunky at times"	4	5	5
– Integration with Contacts	5		4	5	5

Camera			"no zoom, flash, VIDEO"
– Ease of use	4	3 – The shutter button is mediocre at best. A physical button would be better	4	5	5
– Quality of photos	4	2 – I’ve yet to take anything even close to quality with the camera	4	4	4.5
– Ease of management	5	"N/A – I take almost no photos, as I don’t trust it"	4	5	4.5

Quality of built-in Widgets: (comments encouraged as well)
– Weather	5	"3 – I’d like to be able to quickly look up weather by Zip, instead of needing to add a location"	3 – often inaccurate	5	5
– Stocks	4	N/A – I just don’t use it	5 – quick	5	5
– SMS	4	"4 -SMS is very nice, though I find I mix up the SMS and Phone buttons"	5 – easiest and most efficient way I’ve found to really utilize text messaging	5	5
– Calendar	4	4 – Syncing with iCal is nice	4	5	4
– YouTube	5	N/A – I never use it	"3 – fun, but the novelty wears; small collection, poor quality over EDGE (yet interestingly still watchable so ++)"	4	4
– Maps	4.5	"4 – Very nice, though I’ve found it tricky to figure out how to get to various modes (from directions to a normal map, say). The car means ""Show traffic"", not ""Driving directions"", and that’s odd."	5 – never lost again	5	4
– Clock	5	4 – I use the alarm clock daily	4	5	5
– Calculator	4.5	3 – The calculator is medicore	3 – too simplistic	3	4
– Notes	3.5	2 – How can this not sync with the OS?!	"2 – way too simplistic, no way to sync back to computer, weird font/style; but still handy for quick notes"	3	3

Top Three Features or Updates You Want To See	"Copy and paste
	Export – import notes
	Native third party apps
	"Copy and paste, better notes integration with the OS, and home brew ringtones"	"official AIM client; double-click iPod controls (a la iPod touch); auto-text in Safari, copy and paste"	4) Cut and paste	"Voice dialing, a different bookmarking system, an RSS client a la NetNewsWire"
					"Appmarks, iWeathr, "
Top Three Favorite third party apps/web sites/hacks	"iPhone Central
GetLeaflets.com
"	"AppTapp Installer, which then opens you up to a world of half-baked apps, moviesapp.com for quick movie showtimes, and m.newsgator.com, my mobile RSS reader"	"ApolloIM for AIM access; MoviesApp for easy movie times; Quip, daily quotes — especially Mojits, a consolidated web-app emporium"

MacVoices #792 – iPhone Report Card (Part 1) with The MacVoices iPhone Panel

Chuck — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:00:00 +0000

The MacVoices iPhone Panel members, Pat Fauquet, Paul Kafasis, Dan Pourhadi, and Steve Sande, share their reactions to the $200 iPhone price drop before diving into a discussion of the iPhone Report Card. After living with the iPhone for almost three months everyone had opinions on features they consider best-in-class, and capabilities that clearly need improvement.


Pat Fauquet	Paul Kafasis	Dan Pourhadi	Steve Sande

The panel examines the core functions and applications built in to the iPhone and how they function in comparison to other options and in relation to what they want. The phone, iPod, web and email capabilities all are reviewed in the first of a two-part series that looks at the state of the iPhone today.

Links:

MacMousecalls – Pat Fauquet’s blog

Rogue Amoeba – Paul Kafasis

Pourhadi Perspective – Dan Pourhadi’s blog

Movable Beast – Steve Sande’s blog

PowerMail by CTM Development

Bringing RSS to the iPhone on NewsGator

Google Reader

iToner by Ambrosia Software

Take Control of Your iPod: Beyond The Music Take Control eBook by Steve SandeApptapp

AppMarks

The Scorecard:

	Pat Fauquet	Paul Kafasis	Dan Pourhadi	Steve Sande	Chuck Joiner


Phone
- Call Quality – talk	4	5	4	4	4
- Call Quality – listen	5	“4 – I use the headphones a lot, which are great. However, in loud public areas, I’ve had issues with call volume when not using the headphones.”	3 – can be incredibly quiet	4	5
- Call Quality – signal availability	4.5	5	“2 – lose reception all over, even when other at&t phones work fine”	4	3
- Call Quality – dropped calls	5	5	2	3 This was my one concern with AT&T and it’s still an issue. How this company can claim to have the fewest dropped calls is beyond understanding…	3
- Dialing	5	5	4	5	5
- Contact access	4	“4 – It’s odd that you can’t edit contacts when accessing them via Favorites. You get a view identical to what you’d see if you accessed them through Contacts, but there’s no Edit button.”	4	5	4

Web surfing			occasionally crashes
- Overall Quality	5	5	3	4	4
- Safari compatibility with existing web sites	3.5	“4 – No Flash has hit me a few times. Otherwise, it’s great.”	3	4	3.5
- Speed	3	4	2	4	3.5
” – Features (tap to enlarge, pinch, etc.)”	5	5	4	5	5

iPod	4.5		occasionally crashes
- Audio	5	5	4	5	5
- Video	5	N/A	4	5	5
- Touchscreen controls	5	“3 – I don’t use the onscreen controls much, mainly using the volume and headphone clicker buttons. I find I don’t much care for them when I do though, especially how some are hidden.”	4	5	5
- Playlists	4.5	“3 -I’ve just discovered you could do On-The-Go playlists, which is very nice”	4	5	3
- Content management		“3 – Syncing is still weak, with no way to drag and drop like with an iPod”	3	5	4

Bundled earphones
- Comfort	3.5	“3 – iPod headphones have always been average, and I’ve never much liked earbuds”	4	3 “What ever happened to the little foam pads that came with iPod earphones? At least the phones would stay in my ear without falling out like they do with the iPhone earphones. As it is, I’ve just gotten in the habit of using my Bluetooth headset.”	3
- Quality – listening	4	“3 – iPod headphones have always been average, and I’ve never much liked earbuds”	4	3	3
- Quality – talking	4	“4 – I use these to listen to music and field calls together, and I really like it. I dunno what the audio quality is on the other end, but I enjoy using them this way.”	4	4	3

Mail
- Ease of set-up	5	“5 – I switched to using Mail + IMAP specifically for the iPhone, and it’s been a snap “	4	5	5
- Ease of use	4	“4 – The client itself functions as expected, though it’s a bit clunky at times”	4	5	5
- Integration with Contacts	5		4	5	5

Camera			“no zoom, flash, VIDEO”
- Ease of use	4	3 – The shutter button is mediocre at best. A physical button would be better	4	5	5
- Quality of photos	4	2 – I’ve yet to take anything even close to quality with the camera	4	4	4.5
- Ease of management	5	“N/A – I take almost no photos, as I don’t trust it”	4	5	4.5

Quality of built-in Widgets: (comments encouraged as well)
- Weather	5	“3 – I’d like to be able to quickly look up weather by Zip, instead of needing to add a location”	3 – often inaccurate	5	5
- Stocks	4	N/A – I just don’t use it	5 – quick	5	5
- SMS	4	“4 -SMS is very nice, though I find I mix up the SMS and Phone buttons”	5 – easiest and most efficient way I’ve found to really utilize text messaging	5	5
- Calendar	4	4 – Syncing with iCal is nice	4	5	4
- YouTube	5	N/A – I never use it	“3 – fun, but the novelty wears; small collection, poor quality over EDGE (yet interestingly still watchable so ++)”	4	4
- Maps	4.5	“4 – Very nice, though I’ve found it tricky to figure out how to get to various modes (from directions to a normal map, say). The car means “”Show traffic”", not “”Driving directions”", and that’s odd.”	5 – never lost again	5	4
- Clock	5	4 – I use the alarm clock daily	4	5	5
- Calculator	4.5	3 – The calculator is medicore	3 – too simplistic	3	4
- Notes	3.5	2 – How can this not sync with the OS?!	“2 – way too simplistic, no way to sync back to computer, weird font/style; but still handy for quick notes”	3	3

Top Three Features or Updates You Want To See	“Copy and paste
	Export – import notes
	Native third party apps
	“Copy and paste, better notes integration with the OS, and home brew ringtones”	“official AIM client; double-click iPod controls (a la iPod touch); auto-text in Safari, copy and paste”	4) Cut and paste	“Voice dialing, a different bookmarking system, an RSS client a la NetNewsWire”
					“Appmarks, iWeathr, “
Top Three Favorite third party apps/web sites/hacks	“iPhone Central
GetLeaflets.com
“	“AppTapp Installer, which then opens you up to a world of half-baked apps, moviesapp.com for quick movie showtimes, and m.newsgator.com, my mobile RSS reader”	“ApolloIM for AIM access; MoviesApp for easy movie times; Quip, daily quotes — especially Mojits, a consolidated web-app emporium”

MacVoices #789 – Tatiana Apandi on O’Reilly’s “Women of Technology: Hear Us Roar” Series

Chuck — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:00:00 +0000

Tatiana Apandi is the creator of a new series of essays from O’Reilly: Women in Technology: Hear Us Roar. Tatiana talks about the series, how it came to be, and what she wants to accomplish by giving a voice to a wide variety of women in the technology industry. Tatiana shares some of her personal experiences from tech conferences and beyond, and how they led her to invite technology women from around the world to share their own stories and their unique perspectives on the topic. The result is a series that is required reading for men and women alike.

Links:

Women in Technology: Hear Us Roar on O’ReillyNet

MacVoices #787 – Doug Kaye of IT Conversations On His Projects and His Past, Present and Future As a Driving Force in Podcasting

Chuck — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:00:00 +0000

On the list of the most influential individuals in the area of new media know as podcasting, Doug Kaye definitely ranks in the very top tier. As the Executive Director of IT Conversations, Doug helps bring unique content to new audiences, develops tools and services to benefit podcasters everywhere, and is the visionary who is helping take podcasting to new heights. Doug talks about all of his projects, past, present and future, including the Levelator, Gigavox Audio Lite, an upcoming video project and how he is hoping to use the IT Conversations philosophies as the basis to facilitate a global network of stringers that could take content creation and event coverage to a whole new level.

Links:

Podcast and New Media Expo

Blogarithms (Doug’s blog)

PodCorps

OurMedia

Internet Archive

Amber McArthur’s Projects:

Screencasts Online by Don McAllister

MacVoices #786 – Chris Peluso on Kerio MailServer’s iPhone Support

Chuck — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:00:00 +0000

If you need more control of your email services then you need to hear Chris Peluso, the Director of Sales, North America for Kerio discuss their Kerio MailServer. Chris outlines the advantages of selecting your own mail server software rather than just accepting what comes with your internet connectivity or web hosting package. Chris talks about how the features of Kerio MailServer, including their support of virtually all the major email and calendaring standards, make it a very viable and even superior alternative to Exchange. As if all that as well as their inclusion of two different web mail clients, support of mobile devices and spam fighting tools isn’t enough, they just announced support for Apple’s iPhone. Can your email server do all that?

Links:

Kerio MailServer

SpamSeive

CalConnect

MacVoices #775 – Charlie Wood of Spanning Sync on Putting iCal and Google Calendar In Sync

Kerio MailServer delivers business email to Apple iPhone

MacVoices #782 – Tim Westergren of Pandora Updates The Internet Broadcast Royalty Situation and Why It Isn’t Time to Celebrate Just Yet

Chuck — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000

Tim Westergren, the founder of Pandora, updates us on the most recent developments in the struggle over Internet broadcaster royalties and the Internet Radio Equality Act. While it isn’t time to celebrate just yet, Tim explains how the pressure brought by members of the listener, internet broadcasting and web communities on the United States Congress has resulted in a more level playing field for negotiations on the issue. Tim encourages continued awareness of the situation in the event that additional grass-roots action is needed to achieve an equitable resolution.

Links:

MacVoices #774 – Tim Westergren of Pandora Discusses the Looming Deadline for Internet Radio and How You Can Help

SaveNetRadio.org – How To Contact Your Senator and Representative

SaveNetRadio.org Link Kit – banners, PSA’s, etc.

MacVoices #517: Pandora Founder Tim Westergren Discusses His Streaming Music Service

MacVoices #744 – MacVoices at Expo featuring Pandora: Pandora Founder Tim Westergren on the State of Pandora and the Future

MacVoices #746 – MacVoices at Expo featuring Pandora: Tom Conrad Looks “Under the Hood” of Pandora

MacVoices #748 – MacVoices at Expo featuring Pandora: Kevin Seal Discusses Music Analysis and the Pandora Podcast

MacVoices #775 – Charlie Wood of Spanning Sync on Putting iCal and Google Calendar In Sync

Chuck — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:00:00 +0000

Charlie Wood of Spanning Sync outlines how his organization’s software allows Mac users to enjoy the best of two calendaring worlds: Apple’s iCal and Google Calendar. With the ability to sync the two applications in both directions, Mac users can take advantage of the advanced sharing and notification features of Google Calendar without losing the familiarity or convenience of iCal. Charlie explains how his “nano company” addresses the ever-present issue of security, delivers personal tech support and more in this look at a new breed of desktop-internet application. Spanning Sync has been recognized by Google as a shining example of the type of software springing up around their online applications and Charlie talks about how they plan to keep it that way.

Links:

Google Developer Day Keynote Features Spanning Sync

Spanning Sync Blog

MacVoices #774 – Tim Westergren of Pandora Discusses the Looming Deadline for Internet Radio and How You Can Help

Chuck — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:00:00 +0000

Pandora founder Tim Westergren is back to talk about the dark cloud that looms on the horizon for not only his online music service, but for a large percentage of internet radio. Tim outlines how the proposed change in royalty structure, could put many music services, internet radio and possibly even Pandora, out of business. All is not lost, however. As part of SaveNetRadio.org, Tim explains how you can make a difference with just a phone call, email, fax or letter to your Senators and Representatives to support The Internet Radio Equality Act. Tim also gives us a quick update on the recent improvements that Pandora has made that let you listen on your cell phone or at home away from the computer. If you enjoy Pandora or any internet radio station, you need to listen to this edition of MacVoices and act.

Links:

SaveNetRadio.org – How To Contact Your Senator and Representative

SaveNetRadio.org Link Kit – banners, PSA’s, etc.

Pandora on the Go

Pandora in the Home

MacVoices #517: Pandora Founder Tim Westergren Discusses His Streaming Music Service

MacVoices #744 – MacVoices at Expo featuring Pandora: Pandora Founder Tim Westergren on the State of Pandora and the Future

MacVoices #746 – MacVoices at Expo featuring Pandora: Tom Conrad Looks “Under the Hood” of Pandora

MacVoices #748 – MacVoices at Expo featuring Pandora: Kevin Seal Discusses Music Analysis and the Pandora Podcast

MacVoices #766 – Brian Ball of MacZot Discusses The Site That Delivers Daily Discounts on Mac Products

Chuck — Wed, 30 May 2007 10:00:00 +0000

MacZot dishes up one discounted Mac product per day in an innovative, fun format. MacZot creator Brian Ball talks about where the word “zot” came from, how MacZot came out of the baby industry, and why the 24-hour discount availability model works. The benefits of a MacZot listing for software authors and publishers, Brian’s personal goals for the site and for the future, the behind-the-scenes mechanics of MacZot and how the site reflects his personality are all discussed in this overview of one of our favorite daily web surfing destinations.

Links:

AppZapper

Disco

MacVoices #758 – O’Reilly School of Technology Offers Accredited Online Technology Training

Chuck — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:00:38 +0000

Scott Gray, the Director and Trish Gray, the Senior Development Manager of the O’Reilly Institute of Technology talk about the opening of the latest option for virtual formal technology training. Scott and Trish talk about how they combined their online training methods with the University of Illinois’s outstanding technology programs and O’Reilly’s reputation to deliver Professional Development (PD) accreditation to courses on HTML and CSS, Unix, XML Programming, Ruby and more. The courses, based are project-based to make them more relevant to the real world, and are available to students anywhere in the world with an internet connection. Scott and Trish explain how these courses can fit even the busiest person’s schedule and why they are more than affordable alternatives to traditional PD classes.

MacVoices #753 – Douglas Wright of Sonoma Wire Works Discusses RiffWorks

Chuck — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:00:00 +0000

If you are a guitarist and are looking for a way to capture your creations, then you need to learn more about RiffWorks. Douglas Wright of Sonoma Wire Works enlightens us on how RiffWorks not only lets the musician capture their works easily, but also how it frees them to play and create wherever their motivation takes them. Douglas also discusses why the RiffWorks interface marries the digital with something distinctly analog, and why a critical part of their strategy involves facilitating collaboration among guitarists as well as sharing their creations.

Links:

MacNotables

RiffCaster

RiffWorks Downloadable Demo

MacVoices #749 – MacVoices at Expo featuring Pandora: MIchael Butler of the Rock & Roll Geek Show On His Show and Finding New Rock

Chuck — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:02:41 +0000

Michael Butler of the Rock & Roll Geek Show was one of the guests who stopped the MacVoices at Expo featuring Pandora event on Friday night of Macworld Expo. MIchael talked about his show, why he selects the guests he does, and why that has helped make his, one of the original podcasts, one of the most real and most successful. Michael talks about the popularity of classic rock and how he uses Pandora as a way to hear his favorite tracks and sometimes learn about new bands as well.

MacVoices #748 – MacVoices at Expo featuring Pandora: Kevin Seal Discusses Music Analysis and the Pandora Podcast

Chuck — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:00:17 +0000

The host and producer of the Pandora Podcast and a former Music Analyst for Pandora, Kevin Seal explains why everyone is a music expert and how Pandora wants to help further that expertise by educating the listener about the many aspects of music. From the MacVoices at Expo featuring Pandora event at Macworld Expo, Kevin also discusses his history as a Music Analyst and describes the process that involves answering hundreds of questions for each and every track of the over 500,000 selections on Pandora, the equipment they use, the occupational hazard of “ear burn” and more.

MacVoices #747 – MacVoices at Expo featuring Pandora: David Bassin Discusses Music Discovery

Chuck — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:15:00 +0000

Legendary Bay Area DJ, music taste-maker David Bassin, who has a reputation for helping listeners find new music, discusses music discovery, how it has changed, and how he does what he does. David has a global audience thanks to his show appearing on a wide variety of media web sites as well as being available as a podcast, and that gives him an equally global perspective on the way that music is currently published, circulated and publicized. At the MacVoices at Expo featuring Pandora event on Friday night of Macworld Expo, David compares and contrasts what Pandora offers as a method of music discovery, explains that major record label content shouldn’t be viewed as poison, and that music can be good no matter where it comes from.

Links:

Freefall

MacVoices #746 – MacVoices at Expo featuring Pandora: Tom Conrad Looks “Under the Hood” of Pandora

Chuck — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:00:49 +0000

To get “under the hood” of the music streaming service Pandora, we talk to Tom Conrad, the Chief Technology Officer for Pandora. Tom starts with his Apple/Macintosh credibility as the author of a feature that remains part of the Mac OS to this day, then digs in to what makes Pandora tick: the bandwidth necessary to support, “many tens of thousands” of simultaneous users, how they address the challenge of delivering a quality listening experience and the state of the Pandora interface, Recorded live at the MacVoices at Expo featuring Pandora event on Friday night of Macworld Expo, Tim also talks about how they store and back up their collection of over 500,000 tracks (and the CDs’ they came from), delivers some thoughts on where they would like to take Pandora from both the accessibility and interaction perspectives.

MacVoices #744 – MacVoices at Expo featuring Pandora: Pandora Founder Tim Westergren on the State of Pandora and the Future

Chuck — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:20:10 +0000

At the MacVoices at Expo featuring Pandora event on Friday night of Macworld Expo, Pandora founder Tim Westergren discusses the state of Pandora. Tim talks about the origin of the music sharing service and its relationship with the Music Genome Project and tells the story of Guy Kawasaki’s investment. Tim also discusses why Pandora works by ignoring traditional arbitrary boundaries, how they go about selecting music to add to their collection (at the rate of 15,000 tracks per month), and how they hope to help create a “musician’s middle class” that could help reshape the music industry. Some of the long-term goals for Pandora are covered, along with how the music business has changed and what it means for artists and fans alike.

Links:

True Margrit

MacVoices #742 – MacVoices at Expo: iMeem Offers Online Video Social Media Options

Chuck — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 23:02:51 +0000

iMeem takes the concept of social networking web sites and gives it a media focus. Will and Rosa talk about how their site allows you to define yourself with what you listen to and what you watch by sharing your playlist. Will covers how you can watch all your media on the web site using by uploading your favorites; others can watch (but not download) your playlist items, and explains how they address the issue of copyrighted materials. iMeem transcodes your uploaded video to make posting your content easy and use a QuickTime-based plugin to allow full-screen viewing of your media without being dependent on Flash. Hear how it all comes together in a site that integrates photos, audio and video that you select.

MacVoices #723 – MacVoices at Expo: YouSendIt Transfers Large Files Without FTP Hassles

Chuck — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:50:11 +0000

Have a large file to send? Florian Brody, the Senior Director for Marketing of YouSendIt talks about their solution for transferring large audio, video and other files. Email has limits, FTP can be confusing for the novice and overnight delivery is expensive. Enter YouSendIt. By using only your browser and a YouSendIt account you can easily move up to 2 gigabytes to your recipient. YouSendIt’s latest innovation, announced at Macworld, is a plug-in for Apple’s Aperture to help professional photographers get more done from within the program, and there is more in-program support coming. Florian discusses how it all works, their infrastructure that handles 30 terabytes per day, their security and privacy options that keep your confidential data private, the free vs. pro account differences and more.

MacVoices #720 – MacVoices at Expo: Zimbra Offers Open Source Messaging Solution

Chuck — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:30:57 +0000

Greg Armanini , the Director of Marketing for Zimbra discusses his company’s open source options for online messaging and collaboration. Greg covers how the Zimbra options integrate with the obvious Mac choices (iChat, iCal, etc.), the differences between their network and open source versions, their support for mobile devices, enhancements to the system called “Zimlets,” and more.

MacVoices #715 – MacVoices at Expo: Jacob Head of MacMod

Chuck — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:36:40 +0000

Jacob Head, the Managing Editor for MacMod.com discusses the appeal of customizing (modding) your Macintosh or iPod. Describing some of the examples of modding that were on display in the booth, Jacob clarified the point that modding doesn’t have to just mean funky paint jobs or re-casing a Mac G3. Modding can be something as simple as installing third-party upgrades or as complex as installing cathode ray tubes in your tower Mac.

Links:

FastMac

Other World Computing

Daystar Technologies

Sonnet Technologies

Colorware
interview Photos:

MacVoices #703 – The Road to Macworld: Jay Menna Discusses macminicolo.net’s Unique Approach to Web Hosting

Chuck — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:17:45 +0000

The Road to Macworld Conference & Expo takes a detour to chat with Jay Menna, the founder of macminicolo.net, about his company’s unique approach to web hosting. Ever wonder what a server room full of Mac minis might look like? Or what it could accomplish? Jay has tested the theory and turned it into a business. Find out how working with macminicolo.net can get you your very own server, why the Mac mini is up the task for most needs, and the advantages it brings to the table. Jay discusses the features of his service, how some of his clients configure their servers in unique ways and more.

The Road to Macworld is a special MacVoices series produced in partnership with IDG World Exp to preview some of the exhibitors and presentations at Macworld Conference & Expo 2007 in San Francisco from January 8 – 12 at the Moscone Convention Center.

Links:

macminicolo.net’s Server Room (photo)

MacVoices #697 – The Road To Macworld 2007: Lynda Weinman on Flashforward at Expo

Chuck — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:15:37 +0000

MacVoices is launching a series of special shows in partnership with IDG World Expo, The Road to Macworld 2007. We’ll be talking with exhibitors, presenters and more to give you a taste of what you have to look forward to at Macworld Conference & Expo 2007 in San Francisco.

Our first show features a conversation with Lynda Weinman of Lynda.com, and the founder of the Flashforward conference. This year, Flashforward is part of Macworld Conference & Expo as part of the Pro Tools II Conference Track. Lynda discusses the agenda for the two-day FlashForward event including the instructors, topics, and why anyone, from novices to experts, will benefit from the experience. Lynda also spills the beans on an exclusive party that is an extra special benefit of attending FlashForward, and talks about why Lynda.com will have their biggest presence ever on the show floor at Expo.

Flashfoward Conference.com

Flashforward conference track at Macworld Expo

Adobe Flash Pro 8

Adobe Flex
ActionScript 3

MacVoices #693 – Arnie Keller on Taking Control of Web Publishing with Dreamweaver

Chuck — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:55:21 +0000

Arnie Keller, the author of Take Control of Getting Started with Dreamweaver discusses what this pro-level web authoring package offers in today’s competitive environment, and why it is an excellent choice for the beginner and the experienced webmaster alike. Arnie explains why Dreamweaver’s CSS-based approach is the right one for creating a modern web site, why Dreamweaver generates clean code, and the benefit that represents for the more experienced user. Arnie also points out some supplemental resources to his book that will help users become familiar with Dreamweaver regardless of their experience level.

Links:

• Take Control of Getting Started with Dreamweaver

• “Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Win/Mac” (Adobe)

• Lynda.com

•Atomic Learning

MacVoices #691 – Taking Control of Domain Names with Glenn Fleishman

Chuck — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:00:46 +0000

Everyone uses domain names every day and yet not everyone knows how they work. Glenn Fleishman, the author of Take Control of Your Domain Names, the latest in the Take Control eBook series, goes under the hood of the Internet to explain how domain names work, how you get one, some tips on choosing a registrar and more. Glenn gives us a tour of the domain name registration system, covers IP and DNS numbers, dynamic DNS, domain name privacy and more.

Links:

Take Control eBooks

GoDaddy

1&1 Web Hosting

iPowerWeb

DynDNS

EZDNS.com

MacVoices #688: Don MacAllister of ScreenCastsOnline Discusses His Instructional Video Podcast

Chuck — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:42:06 +0000

Don MacAllister of ScreenCastsOnline describes how his video podcast delivers Mac program training in an informative and entertaining format that encourages users to try things. Don talks about how he selects what programs to cover, the community that has developed around SCO, the tools he uses to create the show, and his new offer to Mac User Group members.

Links

MacVoices #681: Julian Miller of Script Software on ChatFX, iClock and More

Chuck — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:27:58 +0000

Julian Miller of Script Software talks about ChatFX, the iChat add-on that delivers amazing effects, including bluescreening, for your video iChats. Julian discusses how ChatFX works its magic, what their reaction was to seeing many of the ChatFX effects show up in the Leopard preview, and how they plan to address the competition from Apple. Julian also covers the key features of iClock and profiles several of the other products from their outstanding gallery of software, including iKey, iWatermark, CopyPaste and more.

Links

MacVoices #680: Rik Myslewski on the Evolution of MacAddict Into Mac|Life Magazine

Chuck — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 18:58:31 +0000

MacAddict Editor-in-Chief Rik Myslewski discusses the evolution of his print magazine into something new, Mac|Life. The Mac and its place in the world of personal computing has changed since MacAddict was introducted, and Rick explains how those changes brought their team to the name change and the refocusing of the publication. Rik talks candidly about MacAddict’s web presence and why Mac|Life’s will be quite different (especially since he will be heading it up), their new identity in contrast to the other Mac publications out there, the challenges facing print publications in today’s new media world, and when the new publication is scheduled to leave the launch pad.

Links

MacVoices #679: MacVoices Celebrates 100 Shows with the First MacVoices PowerPanel of Adobe, Bare Bones Software, Circus Ponies & Rogue Amoeba

Chuck — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:26:46 +0000

With this episode, MacVoices turns 100 and we celebrate by having a discussion with the very first MacVoices Power Panel. The guests include (in company alphabetical order):



John Nack	Rich Siegel	Jayson Adams	Paul Kafasis
Photoshop Senior Product Manager Adobe	President & Founder Bare Bones Software	Vice President of Technology Circus Ponies	Co-Founder Rogue Amoeba Software

The panel discusses the state of software development today and their relationships, as developers, with Apple. The group also comments the impact of the internet and the iPod on their businesses, where the next killer app will come from, the long-term viability of the Macintosh platform and more.

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Adobe

Bare Bones Software

Circus Ponies

Rogue Amoeba Software

John Nack on Adobe (John’s blog)

MacVoices #676: Justin Kownacki of “Something To Be Desired” and PodCampPittsburgh on His Online SitCom and a Pennsylvania Podcast Gathering

Chuck — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:20:26 +0000

Justin Kownacki, the creator of Something To Be Desired, an online video situation comedy, discusses their three year evolution and how they started long before the podcasting revolution. Justin talks about his volunteer case, their production schedule and more. Justin is also the organizer of the brand new PodCampPittsburgh, a gathering of those interested in getting their message out through the new medium of podcasting and video podcasting. Justin explains the genesis of Podcamp Pittsburgh, what will be offered and why you don’t have to be a pro to get involved.

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Something To Be Desired

PodCampPittsburgh

PodCamp

MacVoices #674: David Roemer Discusses The Growth of CampusMovieFest, the Student Movie-Making Event

Chuck — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:25:05 +0000

David Roemer of CampusMovieFest returns to talk about how the student movie-making event has grown and prospered. David covhttp://www.macvoices.com/graphicsers their expansion to even more campuses, new partnerships with Turner Classic Movies and ABC News, and upcoming events with Margaret Cho and Carson Daly. David also covers the Apple technologies and the training involved in making each event a success.

Links

CampusMovieFest

GeeThree iMovie Effects Plug-Ins

MacVoices #667: Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba Discusses The New Version of Audio Hijack Pro and More

Chuck — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:53:43 +0000

Paul Kafasis, the CEO and Lackey of Rogue Amoeba Software discusses the latest enhancements to Audio Hijack Pro, their audio recording and manipulation software. Paul covers how the new changes make AHJ the perfect tool for capturing internet telephony calls from iChat, Skype or Gizmo, and how it improves integration with the Griffin RadioShark. Paul also gives us a tour of the other shipping Rogue Amoeba products and their focus on helping you do more with audio of all kinds, their free products that are yours for the taking, and provides a look at Rogue Amoeba’s next product, Fission.

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Audio Hijack Pro Griffin Radioshark

Rogue Amoeba Weblog

Podcast and Portable Media Expo

Airfoil

Pandora

last.fm

Niceast

Rogue Amoeba Freebies

MacVoices #661: Michael Krieg of Web Crossing and Sylvia Marino of CarSpace Discuss Web Crossing Neighbors, the New Social Network Software

Chuck — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:52:32 +0000

Michael Krieg

Michael Krieg, Vice President of Sales for Web Crossing and Sylvia Marino, senior director of CarSpace, discuss the latest product from Web Crossing, Web Crossing Neighbors. This new social networking software is on the cutting edge of web interaction, and Michael covers its many capabilities such as wikis, scripting support, ftp and smtp capabilities, photo albums, blogs and more. CarSpace has been running their site on a Web Crossing Neighbors beta, including their partnership with Pixar on the new movie Cars, and Sylvia talks about why they elected to trust that opportunity to Web Crossing Neighbors. Sylvia also talks about the rise of social networking sites and why they take interaction with people of similar interests to a new level.

MacVoices #658: Steve Sande Gets In-Depth with iWeb and His New Take Control Book

Chuck — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:41:49 +0000

Steve Sande, the author of Take Control of iWeb, one of the newest Take Control eBooks, goes in-depth on Apple’s web publishing tool, part of the iLife ’06 suite. Steve talks about why iWeb shouldn’t be thought of as just an entry-level tool to put photos or simple blogs on the web. With the inclusion of shapes, layers and masks, iWeb can be used to accomplish serious tasks with ease. Steve discusses how to access this power, third-party add-ons, why iWeb is so strongly wedded to .Mac and how it integrates with the other components of iLife ’06 to make multimedia publishing a breeze.

Links

Take Control eBooks

Joomla

Rapidweaver

Sandvox

.Mac

iComment

iWeb Enhancer

Cobalt Jack

MacVoices #655: Dan Wood and Terrence Talbot of Karelia Software Introduce Their New Web Site Authoring Tool, Sandvox

Chuck — Wed, 31 May 2006 19:30:07 +0000

Dan Wood and Terrance Talbot of Karelia Software talk about Sandvox, their solution to web site construction and what it brings to the table for those who need to create a web presence.



	Dan Wood		Terrence Talbot

What Sandvox is built for, its metaphor and why Dan and Terrence decided on going the open source route when creating Sandvox are all discussed in detail. Collections, pagelets and the introductory pricing are all covered by the team.

Dan also discusses the “Watson is dead, long live Watson” phenomenon in spite of the fact that the popular program was retired and released as a free program quite some time ago.

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MacVoices #642: Podcasting Wisdom from Take Control Author Andy Williams Affleck

Chuck — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 03:28:22 +0000

Andy Williams Affleck, the author of the just-updated Take Control of Podcasting On The Mac, discusses how podcasting has evolved, gives his top three suggestions to would-be podcasters, his impressions of GarageBand 3, outlines how he gathered the information for his book and why he is doing a companion podcast to the eBook in addition to his regular show.

Links

Take Control eBooks
Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac
Wired News: Podfading Takes Its Toll
Podcrumbs, Andy’s blog and podcast
Andy’s Take Control of Podcasting Podcast
Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code
iRiver IFP-895T
Audio-Technica PRO 24 XY Stereo Condenser Microphone
Sound Studio Pro 3
Audio Hijack Pro
Wiretap by Ambrosia Software
ATT Text-to-Speech Demo web site
Geek Fu Action Grip

MacVoices #637: Dan Pourhadi on iWeb, No iPod Announcements at Expo, and Why, “If It’s Too Mobile, You’re Too Old”

Chuck — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:14:23 +0000

Dan Pourhadi, our youth correspondent, talks about the controversy he whipped up when he called iWeb, “a piece of crap,” why no iPod annoucments at Expo might have alienated a segment of Apple’s audience and why, when it comes to video, the saying has been updated to, “If it’s too mobile, you’re too old.”

Links

iWeb Fails The Test by Dan Pourhadi
The Unofficial Apple Web Log

MacVoices #636: Joe Kissel Takes Control of the New .Mac Features

Chuck — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 03:06:58 +0000

Joe Kissell, the author of the just-updated Take Control of .Mac ebook, talks about the latest updates to Apple’s .Mac service, including new bandwidth allocations, new features and some overlooked aspects of .Mac and the use of .Mac groups. How Apple is tying in the iLife ’06 apps to .Mac and why that ends up adding both value and cost, and how Take Control ebooks get updated to deliver the most current information possible are all included in the discussion.

MacVoices #634: MacVoices at Expo – Jeff Carlson Wraps Up Macworld Expo

Chuck — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 02:44:13 +0000

From the Podcast Stage on the show floor, Jeff Carlson of TidBITS provides his wrap-up of the highlights of Macworld Expo. Jeff and Chuck share a discussion of show favorites, the entire Expo experience and how information on the show floor seems to travel by osmosis.

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MacVoices #633: MacVoices at Expo – How FilmLoop Goes Beyond Simple Photo Sharing

Chuck — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 02:41:32 +0000

From the Podcast Place stage on the Expo floor, Alice Lankester and Karen Mullarkey from FilmLoop talk about arguably the coolest software debuted at the show, how it allows you to share photos in an entirely new way and the fact that they beat Steve Jobs to the “photocasting” concept by one day. Karen, the Editorial Director for FilmLoop, describes how the program can go way beyond just casual photo sharing, change the way professional photographers interact with their audience, and revolutionize photojournalism.

MacVoices #628: MacVoices at Expo – The State of No-Cost Sofware from the FreeMacware.com Team

Chuck — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 02:24:16 +0000

Richard Miller and Brian Stucki of FreeMacWare.com talk about how their site has developed, why they prefer to grow by word of mouth rather than advertising and the state of free Mac software vs. its counterpart on the PC platform.

MacVoices #622: MacVoices at Expo: MemoryMiner Helps You Tell Your Story…Whatever It Is

Chuck — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 02:08:06 +0000

GroupSmarts CEO John Fox introduces MemoryMiner, another winner of the coveted “Macworld Best of Show” award. John talks about winning the award and explains the many uses of MemoryMiner to tell stories, and not just geneological stories. Movies, photos, audio, URLs and more can all be used as elements to help you communicate your story, either within MemoryMiner, on the web, or as presentations.

MacVoices #621: MacVoices at Expo: Google Earth Explained by Mike Pinkerton

Chuck — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 02:05:52 +0000

One “Macworld Best of Show” award winner that you can try out for free is the Mac version of Google Earth, the amazing and addictive application that lets you view the world in all sorts of new and interesting ways. Mike Pinkerton of Google talks about how it works and why Google has released it to the public at no charge.

MacVoices #619: MacVoices at Expo: equinux Shows off iSale and On Air

Chuck — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 01:01:41 +0000

<>Alexander Dorner of equinux summarizes how iSale makes selling on eBay a snap, from the first listing to photo support to finalizing the transaction. Then, he covers the new On Air software lets you create your very own video wall of web cams on your Mac, and brings Mac compatibility to many PC-only web cams.

MacVoices #612: MacVoices at Expo – Realmac Software’s Daniel Counsell Discusses RapidWeaver

Chuck — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:15:09 +0000

Daniel Counsell of Realmac Software talks about the next-generation web site creation tool, RapidWeaver. Ease of use, comparison to the iLife apps and a reaction to the introduction of iWeb are all covered in this interview from the Expo show floor.

MacVoices #606: MacVoices at Expo – Brian Peat of KeynoteUser.com Dissects Keynote 3

Chuck — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 02:07:02 +0000

Brian Peat of KeynoteUser.com talks about the new features and capabilities of Keynote 3, the newest edition of Apple’s presentation program and part of iWork ’06. There are lots of enhancements that didn’t make it to Steve Jobs’ keynote speech; Brian brings us up to date.

MacVoices #604: MacVoices at Expo – Elizabeth Statmore of Circus Ponies Updates NoteBook

Chuck — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 04:23:31 +0000

Elizabeth Statmore of Circus Ponies outlines the new features in NoteBook 2.1 and explains why she is baking cookies in the booth on the show floor at Macworld Expo.

MacVoices #521: Getting the Most Out of eBay with Nancy Conner

Chuck — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 11:22:59 +0000

Didn’t get what you wanted for the holidays? Need to get rid of what you did get? Or maybe you just are looking to get a great deal on anything? Nancy Conner, the author of eBay: The Missing Manual from Pogue Press and O’Reilly, talks about getting the most out of the online auction service. Tips for both novice and experienced users cover the many types of auctions on eBay, basic and advanced bidding and sales techniques and how to protect yourself when buying and selling. Want to know how to snipe auctions? What all those eBay ratings mean? Nancy covers all this and more.

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MacVoices #517: Pandora Founder Tim Westergren Discusses His Streaming Music Service

Chuck — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:15:31 +0000

Pandora is a cool new online streaming music service. What’s interesting about that? Pandora starts with what you like and refines the selctions based on your feedback, as well as recommending new music that meets your criteria, all in a simple, sleek interface. The founder of Pandora, Tim Westergren talks about why Pandora is a six-year overnight success, how they started as a way to find new music, where they want to take their intellegent music selection model and more.

Links:

Garage.com
Fast Company

MacVoices #507: Leander Kahney on “The Cult of iPod”

Chuck — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 11:37:43 +0000

Leander Kahney, the author of the new The Cult of iPod from No Starch Press, discusses the impact of Apple’s portable music player (now video player) and how it has changed the music industry, the music culture and how music is consumed. The importance of digital rights management in the iPod’s success, the trademark white earphones, the selection of television programs as the first video content and why there is no end in sight are all covered by this expert on the Apple industry.

Links:

The Cult of Mac Blog
Wired
The MUG Center’s Macworld Hotel Deal
15% off Macworld Conference Track

Leander Kahney is a content editor for Wired News. Before becoming an editor, Leander worked as a senior reporter specializing in Apple Computer and the Macintosh community, internet culture and emerging technologies. Many of his Mac articles were collected in a popular book, The Cult of Mac, published by No Starch Press in 2004. Leander has covered computers and technology for more than a dozen years. A former senior reporter at MacWeek, he has written for Wired magazine, Scientific American, The Observer in London and many other publications. Leander worked as a newspaper reporter in his native Great Britain for several years, covering, among other things, the war in former Yugoslavia.

MacVoices #501: Warren Williams of the iWork Users Group and Doug Adams of Doug’s Scripts

Chuck — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:44:15 +0000

The premier of MacVoices features a discussion with Warren Williams, the president of the iWork Users Group about their just-released Business Stationery Design Kit, and Doug Adams, the man behind Doug’s Scripts, one of the best, most approachable AppleScript and Automator sites on the web.

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