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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MacNotables #1032: Jim Dalrymple Tunes In On AppleTV, Yahoo’s iAds and Apple’s Flash Tools Decision

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Jim Dalrymple, the main man at The Loop, is starting to come around to Apple’s way of thinking when it comes to TV show watching, and shares his perspective on the rent vs. buy model, his rapidly dispersing concerns over streaming vs. hard drive-stored media, and what it all means to the consumer. In the dispute over Flash-based development tools for the iOS, did Apple fold, or make a sound business decision. Jim has some thoughts on that, as well as Yahoo’s disingenuous position on Apple’s iAd platform.

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

Katie Floyd, David SparksKatie 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.

MacVoices #10105: Kirk McElhearn Takes Control of iTunes 10

The latest version of iTunes 10 is barely out of the gate, and Kirk McElhearn has already delivered Take Control of iTunes 10: The FAQ. Designed to help everyone, from novice to expert, get the most out of Apple’s media manager, Kirk’s book covers all the things you know how to do and a whole lot you probably don’t. Kirk discusses the new features of iTunes 10, including the new use of cover art, and the limitations of the Ping social network. Kirk also talks about some of the features of iTunes that are often unknown but are very useful, new ways to manage and organize your music for your enjoyment, and more.