Michael Horton, organizer of the Final Cut Pro User Group SuperMeet at Macworld Conference & Expo, profiles this year’s event in San Francisco. Mike talks about why the SuperMeet supplements but doesn’t compete with Macworld Expo, why Apple will be there, and why their rapid-fire presentation format works so well. While 2009 will mark the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Michael Horton of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro Users Group is back to talk about the next iteration of the the Final Cut Pro User Group SuperMeet, this one at the upcoming NAB show in Las Vegas. Mike discusses why neither Aople nor Avid will exhibit, and why he and his fellow-organizers decided to [...]
Brian Rothschild, Executive Director and Founder, talks about the brand new edition of the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus and the high-profile source of funding that made it possible. All new equipment from Sony, Mackie, and others, with enhancements that include two complete 5.1 surround sound studios, HD robotic cameras, an xRaid server and much [...]
Nancy Carroll Gravley discusses the unique perspective of her column, Computing with Bifocals, and why there continues to be a need for basic Mac information. Whether a new Mac user is learning personal computing for the first time or switching from another platform, Nancy provides thoughts on how to approach the Mac experience, the benefits [...]
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 [...]
Karina Bessoudo, the Marketing Director for ToonBoom Animation discusses how their newest product, FlipBoom integrates the concepts of animation into software that is both educational and fun to use. Karina talks about the capabilities of FlipBoom, why creating is so important in the educational package, and the inclusion of some surprisingly powerful animation tools in [...]
MacVoices’ European Correspondent Don McAllister of ScreenCastsOnline (SCO) discusses the various aspects of the iPhone launch in Europe and why you can’t believe everything you read. The official debut of the unlocked iPhones doesn’t seem to have made as big a splash as many expected, and Don talks about why, along with the difference in [...]
