Categori Archives: Commentary

In the first conversation since Macworld/iWorld 2013 in San Francisco, Ted Landau and host Chuck Joiner can’t resist the temptation to look back on the show one more time, and comment on why it worked so well. The discussion turns to an article Ted is working on about replacing his Macs with his iPad, why you aren’t at a [...]

This time on The Road to Macworld/iWorld 2013, Mac and iOS expert Ted Landau describes his Tech Talk session that will cover transferring and syncing information between your Macs and iOS devices, certainly an essential topic in today’s world. Ted and Chuck discuss the evolution of the show, and Ted explains how “punctuated equilibrium” has contributed to that development. Ted [...]

The MacVoices Briefing is the new show from MacVoices Group producer and host Chuck Joiner. In the first episode, Chuck introduces the new show, why it came to be, and what viewers and subscribers can expect to see. Then, as a sample, Chuck demonstrates PDF to Keynote, a small utility that solves the problem of moving multi-page PDFs into, [...]

Ted Landau and host Chuck Joiner discuss the end of the world (that didn’t happen) before launching into an examination of how Apple technology has changed their lives, and how the march toward mobile devices, going paperless and other digital transitions is picking up pace. If your’e an Apple tech user, the answer to the question of [...]

Jim Dalrymple is all ready for the holidays, and starts out his most recent visit to MacNotables with a discussion of what he’s giving and giving in the way of tech, then turns to Apple’s successes over the past year, and the rise of Tim Cook as Apple CEO. In the spirit of the holidays, Jim [...]

Tonya Engst makes a virtual trek to be the featured speaker at the December meeting of the Hershey Apple Core Mac User Group, taking questions from the audience and asking a few of her own. Among the topics were TidBITS and Take Control Books‘ venture into online video, the benefits and inconveniences of updating software, the different [...]

Ted Landau recently stepped back and took a look at Apple’s future from both the optimistic and pessimistic perspectives, supporting both positions with examples from the latest events and activities of the company. Ted talks about some of the factors that he feels influence thinking in this area, and gives his his bottom-line assessment for how [...]

Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus shares some unique perspectives on the iPad mini and how it compares to other tablet options. There are more than a few overlooked aspects of choosing a tablet device, and many people overlook them in their quest to spend the least money. Bob outlines some of them, and why he believes the [...]

Ted Landau has a storied history as a gamer, which makes him the perfect person to explain the wildfire spread of Loren Brichter’s new game, Letterpress. What makes it a great game, and why it appeals to him is where we open, and then move on to why Ted didn’t get an iPad mini. Whether this [...]

Bryan Chaffin and host Chuck Joiner started off to record a perfectly normal show, and ended up in a protracted conversation that questioned Steve Balmer’s ability to lead Microsoft, examined the causes and effects of the management shake-up at Apple, and covered the UK Court’s order to Apple to make their apology a real apology. The conversation then [...]