MacVoices #8107: Gedeon Maheux of The Iconfactory on the Past, Present and Future of Twitterific
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 [...]
MacVoices #8105: Ben and Jon Gotow Discuss NetSketch, the Only Vector-Based Drawing Program for the iPhone
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 [...]
MacVoices #8104: Yuval Koren of Eye-Fi Profiles the Eye-Fi Explore SD Memory Card and What It Adds to Your Digital Camera
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 [...]
MacVoices #896: Nancy Conner Discusses the Viability of Google Apps
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 [...]
MacVoices #895: Joe Kissell Delivers a Double-Barreled Take Control Update on Backups
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 [...]
MacVoices #894: Deke McClelland Discusses “101 Photoshop Tips in Five 5 Minutes” and the Launch of dekePod
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 [...]
MacVoices #892: Jay Nelson Previews the Features and Functionality of the New QuarkXPress 8
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 [...]
MacVoices #891: Glenn Fleishman Takes Control of Back to My Mac and Screen Sharing in Leopard
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 [...]
MacVoices #890: WWDC Report from John Grzeskowiak of RadTech and Mac Developer Boris Klaydman of CocoaCast
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 [...]
MacVoices #887: Joe Kissell on Taking Control of Apple’s .Mac Service
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 [...]
