MacVoices’ host Chuck Joiner provides a brief listener update to announce a MacVoices’ meet-up in Las Vegas, ways that you can help support MacVoices, some new social networking options and MacVoices’ participation in the MacLevelTen media group.
MacVoices Listener Update: MacVoices’ Las Vegas Meet-Up, Supporting MacVoices and MacLevelTen Participation
MacVoices #7109: The Producers of MacLevelTen Discuss The Media Group’s Launch
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 their plans for Macworld Conference & Expo. The MacLevelTen team includes:
 Pat Fauquet |
 Don McAllister |
 Jay Nelson |
 Dan Pourhadi |
 Steve Sande |
 Chuck Joiner |
MacVoices #7108 – ToonBoom Animation’s Karina Bessoudo Profiles FlipBoom, The Animation Software For Kids
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 an approachable package that is fun for kids from 5 to 50. Karina also talks about their entire line of animation and creation software and why they are having so much fun creating it. ToonBoom will be part of Macworld Conference & Expo, and Karina previews what they’ll be showing and why you should stop by their booth to learn more about all their products.
MacVoices #7107 – Don McAllister’s European Update on the iPhone Launch and Hacking, .Mac Issues and More
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 attitudes about hacking the iPhone in Europe and why he is the owner of not just one but two iPhones. Don also talks about the resolution of some .Mac issues in Europe, some of his recent activities on SCO and where he’ll be teaching podcasting for both public and private audiences in the coming months.
MacVoices #7106 – Paul Kent Explains Why “More” is the Word for Macworld Conference & Expo 2008
Paul Kent of IDG World Expo kicks off the MacVoices’ Road to Macworld Expo series by talking about the year’s largest and most important Mac event, Macworld Conference & Expo. Paul discusses the growth of the show, how Apple’s release of Leopard and the upgrades to their flagship applications have driven the content of this year’s show, the growth of the Hands-On Mac Labs, and why “Magic” has been added to the Users Conference Track. Paul also covers some of the new and expanded show floor attractions, the change and expansion to a different part of the Moscone Convention Center and more.
The Road to Macworld Expo is a special MacVoices series produced in partnership with IDG World Exp to preview some of the exhibitors and presentations at Macworld Conference & Expo 2008 in San Francisco from January 14 – 18 at the Moscone Convention Center.