Jim Dalrymple has been missing from MacNotables and now we know why: he was attending the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp, hanging out with the likes of Jack Blades of Night Ranger, Doug Fieger of The Knack, Bruce Kulick of KISS and more. Jim tells all about it, his makeover, where the Mac fits in to his experiences and what it was like to play in front of a live audience backing Roger Daltry of The Who. Will Jim leave the Macintosh space for life on the rock and roll road? Find out, along with Jim’s thoughts on the Motorola Slivr, why he prefers his new Blackberry, the Intel transition and more.
MacNotables #627: Jim Dalrymple: Rock and Roll Guitar God?
MacVoices #642: Podcasting Wisdom from Take Control Author Andy Williams Affleck
Andy Williams Affleck, the author of the just-updated Take Control of Podcasting On The Mac, discusses how podcasting has evolved, gives his top three suggestions to would-be podcasters, his impressions of GarageBand 3, outlines how he gathered the information for his book and why he is doing a companion podcast to the eBook in addition to his regular show.
MacNotables #626: Tonya Engst on NoteBook vs. Sticky Brain, WWDC Rescheduling and Origami
Tonya Engst compares and contrasts the notetaking applications Sticky Brain and NoteBook, delivers some thoughts on what each is especially good for, comments on the rescheduling of WWDC and talks about the Microsoft Origami announcement.
MacNotables #625: Andy Ihnatko on What’s Good and What Isn’t in iWork
Andy Ihnatko of the Chicago Sun Times delivers the first in a two-part solo session series on the iWork ’06 and iLife ’06 suites from Apple. In this edition, Andy talks about the goods and could-be improved aspects of Pages and Keynote and where he would like to see Apple’s productivity suite go from here.
MacVoices #641: Joe Kissel on Mac Maintenance and His New Take Control eBook
Joe Kissel is back to talk about his latest effort, Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac. What do you need to do on a one-time, daily, weekly and even annual basis to keep your Mac healthy and productive? Joe outlines some of those things and how to make sure they take as little time as possible, and why some of the utilities that give you all sorts of internal measurements aren’t just geek toys, but can be used to help keep your Mac up and running.