Erik Bernskiold of Bernskiold Media spent some time at photokina in Germany last week, and tells us about the focus on digital still photography at one of the year’s largest technology events. Erik picks some of his show favorites, talks about the one who wasn’t there, how 3D will or won’t impact home TV viewing, and why he felt out of place with an iPhone.
MacVoices #10110: Erik Bernskiold Wraps Up photokina
MacVoices #10109: Michael Cohen Helps You Take Control of PDFpen 5
Michael Cohen, the author of the brand new Take Control of PDF Pen 5, starts out by reviewing the history of the PDF, a file format most Mac users encounter every day, but may not fully understand. Michael explains how and why it was developed, why not all PDFs are created equal, and some things you can’t natively do with them. PDFpen 5 from Smile solves those problems, and Michael takes us on a tour. From editing text to optical character recognition of non-text, and secure redaction to digital signatures, forms and creating PDFs from scratch, PDFpen 5 lets you take PDFs to the next level. Michael reviews all of this, its graphics editing capabilities, editing tools and more.
MacNotables #1033: Ted Landau Picks Some iOS Apps He Really Uses
Ted Landau looks at plenty of apps on his iPhone and iPad, but there are only so many that make the cut and remain installed and in use. Ted takes us on a tour of what he uses and why, with apps for productivity, news, file sharing, audio and video streaming, Twitter, and more. Find out what you agree with and what you’ve missed by listening to Ted’s current picks.
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MacVoices #10108: Melissa Davis on Her Tech Cred, Mac Blogging, Mommy Blogging and How She Combines Them All
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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MacVoices #10107: Gordon Bell of The Data Rescue Center on How They Can Help When Things Go Bad
Gordon Bell is back, this time talking about another level of data recovery, this time at The Data Rescue Center, another aspect of the Prosoft Engineering empire. Unlike the kinds of repairs and recoveries you can do at home with their software products, The Data Rescue Center is for those times when the hardware issues or damage is physical. Gordon explains how and why they took data recovery to the next level, building state-of-the-art clean rooms, hiring expert data recovery technicians and even introducing convenient access to their services. Data recovery isn’t the only thing they offer, however. Gordon outlines their full menu of services, including data migration, print scanning and document scanning. You hope to never need data recovery services, but if you do, find out why The Data Rescue Center should be one of your first stops.
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