The logistics behind the The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus are the story behind the story. Tour Coordinator Jaime Walden tells us what it takes to arrange the 200 stops the bus makes annually, how she got involved, the sponsors’ roll in making it all happen, and how you can request a bus stop.
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.
In their first live appearance as a group, members of The Mac Roundtable took the Macworld Learning Center Stage at Macworld Expo to discuss Phil Shiller’s keynote, the future of Macworld Expo, some of their product picks from the show, and more. Participating members included (in order of appearance) Allison Sheridan, Adam Christianson, John Chambers, Victor Cajiao, Katie Floyd, Chuck Joiner, David Sparks and Don McAllister.
With storage prices dropping, RAID solutions are becoming more affordable…but not always easy to administer. CalDigit‘s Jonathan Schilling explains how their new CalDigit VR not only offers an effective RAID solution, but boasts a graphical user interface that anyone can understand. Configurable from the front panel, the unit includes hot swappable drives and quadruple connectivity options.
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.
