Packed full of goodness, MyMacMini Podcast 2 has Guy Serle and the 45th DashBoard Minute, part two of Nemo’s interview with Artie, a Speedy Review of three iPod speakers by Robert Hazelrigg, and David Cohen looking at printing on a PC network in Fenestration. Plus Tim and Chad interviewing Julian Miller of Script Software.
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As most long time listeners to the MyMac.com Podcast with Tim and Chad know, I’ve been doing a segment called the “Dashboard Minute” for almost a year. I love doing the segment and more importantly I love hearing myself on the podcast. When I listen to it while driving, I have to keep reminding myself that I’m driving a two-ton potential death machine that requires my constant attention. Closing my eyes and smiling to my scripted voice while operating a motor vehicle is typically frowned upon and is a no-no with most US law enforcement officials (with the possible exception of Florida which is used to either older drivers creeping along at 15 MPH on the Interstate in the left lane or younger drivers going 75 MPH through a school zone while talking on their cell phones and skimming their “Death Metal/Rap” playlist on an iPod). So I guess I’ve made it clear that I love doing podcast segments. I have a problem (beyond the obvious) though.
Tim and Chad look at the Microsoft Zune idea. We cover the weeks Mac and iPod news, including Aquaman, Metallica, Amazon Video service, iTunes Kiosk, wireless Mighty Mouse, AMD buying ATI, and more.
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Tim Robertson and I thought it would be fun and maybe even a little informative to build a table of the favorite software each MyMac writer uses. I sent out a query, and the tables below show the results for the authors who were available to respond.
My inspiration was the recent Podcast with Guy Kawasaki. It made me think of those tables you see in the Friday paper where each sports writer makes his/her pick of the Sunday NFL games. In general, there is consensus in most areas, but it’s the outliers that are often interesting to see.
And it has happened here. The Browser selections are a no brainer while the e-mail software diversity is interesting. For example, I’m a Eudora beta tester, so I’m off in left field. I’m guessing each author has a story to tell about their e-mail choice.
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Hopefully this column won’t stink and disappear like Amanda’s first Rocketboom episode. I think her replacement is a poor imitation (that’s the worst Connecticut accent I’ve ever heard), and I can’t wait for Amanda’s big comeback. Anyway, we’re already off topic and we’ve just begun!
Welcome to the first edition of the MyMac.com Help Desk. This column will be along the lines of the Mac 911 and Ask Us columns in Macworld and MacAddict, not providing tech support but answering some of those nagging questions from readers. Unlike those columns, we’ll stray a bit from the letters from time to time. Tips, hints, ramblings, other stuff. You can send your questions to tom@mymac.com. I keep saying we instead of I because this is our column, not mine. Your letters will shape it. I will try to answer as many as I can (Obviously if I get hundreds some will be ignored. Sorry.), and put some in each column.
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This week I decided to make a list of ways to use your computer to put some money in your pocket, keep some money in your pocket, or just ways to spend your well earned cash more wisely. I guess it depends on how you look at it.
1. Don’t throw away your old OS CDs. Either keep those OS9 and old OSX CDs for emergencies or for your friend’s emergencies, or sell them on eBay. You can get upwards of $30 for your 10.3 installation set, and OS9 is really popular.
2. I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again: When shopping for a new computer, check Apple’s refurbished products. You can find great deals, and the money you save can go towards Applecare, more memory, a printer, an iPod or whatever. My favorite thing about an Apple refurbished product (besides the price) is that it comes with a 1 year warranty. This is the same warranty you would get with a new product.
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The first MyMacMini Podcast features Nemo with an interview with recent switcher Artie Alinikoff, a Speedy Review from Robert Hazelrigg of the new huey Monitor Calibrator from GretagMacbeth. The Dashboard Minute kicks off the show with Guy looking at MySpace Search and Currency Converter.
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This is Edward Shepard, filling in for Don this week. Don has been very busy up in Burlington with various meetings with Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR.) If you’ve read Kibbles & Bytes through the years, you probably know that Don is Chairman of VBSR, and that running a socially responsible (SR) business is one of his passions. Small Dog Electronics endeavors to operate as an SR business. Every employee here is a part of that effort. It’s not a matter of Don preaching some gospel of social responsibility, with the employees simply tolerating his zeal. We all contribute to the mission of running Small Dog as a profitable, open, and fair business that seeks to have a positive impact on our community with a minimum impact on our planet.
The Nielsen name has been around for some time giving us our US television ratings so we know without actually having to bother to judge for ourselves what programs are so popular that we’ll be pariahs if we don’t watch. With the gradual fall of the big three networks (four if you count Fox, five if you count the WB..um..UPN..err..that other one) because of cable and satellite TV, they just don’t have enough to do I guess so they are also apparently checking out who’s doing what online.
Now they are looking into podcasting. For those living in a cave (or still using dial-up, I’ve heard there is some difference), podcasts are in essence downloadable radio shows that you can listen to as you like on your own schedule from any digital music player that can also play mp3 files. Since Apple’s iPod and by extension iTunes is the most popular player, these audio programs were nicknamed podcasts. Seems silly now, but if Apple hadn’t made the iPod, we might be calling them RioCasts, ZenCasts, or NoMadCasts instead.
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http://safari.peachpit.com/
Books are great. You can curl up with one by the fire, or drop it in your briefcase to read on the morning commute. Books don’t need electricity.
The first e-books appeared several years ago, as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. Other formats followed. Tablet e-book readers came and went, without making much of a dent in the marketplace. But paper books still dominate the marketplace, because they’re so darn practical.
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This week we interview the famous Macintosh evangelist Guy Kawasaki. We talk about his time at Apple, Garage.com, blogging, the Macway EvangaList, Hockey, and so much more. If you are a fan of the Mac, this is the interview you want to listen to.
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I had written an article about pirated software, movies, and video games in Saudi Arabia. during the time of writing that article, I was listening to one of MyMac’s podcasts, where Chad and Tim were talking about pirated movies, which encouraged me to give you a picture about the situation in Saudi Arabia.
According to a report by an US industry body, nine out of ten software packages used by government organizations in Saudi Arabia are pirated. The same report also claims that over half of all business software used in the Kingdom is illegal. I don’t want to stretch this side of the story further, simply because it might get me in hot waters, but I have seen a lot.
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To beat Apple at the iPod game you need to start with a complete system. The problem with all of the other MP3 players and cell phones on the market today is that they are all missing one of the following key ingredients:
• An intergraded music store to make your purchases. (lacking for most MP3 players)
• An application for your PC to easily manage your music library. (lacking for most cell phones)
• An easy to use, seamlessly intergraded, and well designed player.
The reason iPod sales are so good is because they have built the entire system and made it easy to use. Since Apple has a tremendous lead that means many people have a large investment in their players already. To make existing iPod users switch to a new system would require some radical new functionality users desire. Microsoft is the only possible company that has the clout to compete in Apple’s MP3 playground. So how will MS kill the iPod? To date the list of rumored functions include wireless connectivity as well as a free migration path that allows users to obtain the music they’ve already purchased from Apple.
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LineForm
Tribar Software
Price: $79
http://tribarsw.net
Over the past six months I have had the pleasure of trying several pieces of art software by smaller developers which make great, cheaper, alternatives to the big boys (ie. Illustrator, Painter, Photoshop, etc.). LineForm falls into this category as an Illustrator alternative.
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I have acquired some interesting tools and techniques that help me manage Safari bookmarks. Everyone has their own methods, but perhaps you’ve overlooked some of the things I do, and they’ll make Safari more fun. Mixing and matching tools, after all, is the name of the game.
What started all this is my desire to see all the individual Safari bookmarks in an indented display without having to constantly fuss with all the disclosure triangles on the Safari bookmark page. (Accessed by clicking the book icon on the left side of the bookmark bar.) I like to keep those bookmark folders closed so I can retain a sense of the organization of all the folders. When they’re all open all the time, I can’t do that.
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After writing last week’s Macspiration about using .Mac and iDisk to make an online photo gallery, I decided it might be a good idea to explain all those folders inside your iDisk.
When you open your iDisk by going to the “Go” menu and choosing “iDisk” and then “My iDisk,” you are presented with a window full of folders. In my opinion these folders can fall into three categories: Hands Off, Storage, and Downloads.
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The best way to learn your Mac is to watch someone show you how to do it. In this first Teach Me MyMac, Donny looks at how easy it is to email a webpage.
NoteBook 2.1
Company: CIRCUS PONIES SOFTWARE, INC.
Price: Standard License $49.95 (US)
Academic License $29.95 (US)
Family Pack License (3 users): $99.95 (US)
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I am such a neat freak. On both my Mac and PC I have folders logically organized for everything I need. With the spotlight technology that comes built-into Mac OS X Tiger, things can’t get any better then that.
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We are in for a heat wave in Vermont this weekend. The “eye on the sky” on Vermont Public Radio says this is the first official heat wave in several years. That makes it time for that old debate as to whether it makes any sense to own an air conditioner in Vermont. When Small Dog Electronics was up at my house we had so many people and computers in our office that we really had to have AC. I think most of the heat was generated by the computers, because the winter heating bills were a lot lower than they are now. When we moved the company to our current headquarters in Waitsfield, I ended up giving the air conditioners to my mom because I am of the theory that AC is not needed in Vermont. I guess we’ll see this weekend if I have to sleep in the basement. Actually I do have some passive air conditioning, first of all my house sits on the side of Prickly Mountain and we almost always have a breeze but I have also rigged it up so I can blow the cool air from my cellar upstairs using the fans from my heating system.
Trouble in paradise? Seems so, as Chad has problems with his new MacBook, and Tim seemingly does as well with his MacBook Pro. Also this week, a new feature from titled Fenestration by David Cohen, Dashboard Minute with Guy Serle, Speedy Review by Robert Hazelrigg, and NoSnooze by Nemo.
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