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Expo for Creative Professionals

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With a new iPhoto on the way, plus all the graphic art hardware and software products on display at Macworld Expo, we bring in a trio of creative pros to discuss this week’s developments. I’m joined by Jan Kabili, senior trainer and evangelist at lynda.com, iStockphoto chief evangelist Lesa Snider King, and Jay Nelson, editor & publisher of Design Tools Monthly.

Our roundtable discussion ranges from graphic art and design to fonts to photo books, to color management, and back.

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Expo Analysis: Paul Kafasis, John Gruber, John Moltz

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In this special edition of the Macworld Podcast from the Expo show floor, I’m joined by a veritable Who’s Who of Mac intelligensia. And also, John Moltz is here.

Joining me and Macworld contributor (and erstwhile Crazy Apple Rumors proprietor) Moltz are Daring Fireball’s John Gruber and Rogue Amoeba CEO Paul Kafasis.

Our topic of conversation? Tuesday’s Macworld Expo keynote, with special attention paid to iPhoto ’09, changes at the iTunes Store, and the 17-inch MacBook Pro’s battery.

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Expo Special: Music & technology

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These days, a lot of making music comes down to mastering the Mac, and all the audio tools available to the platform. I’ve learned this first-hand as part of my ongoing project to record a music album with the help of Mac tools.

Another person who understands the role technology plays in music creation is Tony Marvuglio, the assistant vice president for academic technology for the Berklee College of Music. Like me, he’s participating in the conference portion of Macworld Expo, and so I invited him on this special edition of the Macworld Podcast.

We talk about how technology is changing the way Berklee teaches students and why the school uses Macs.

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Show Notes

We mention a number of audio products during the podcast that include, but aren’t limited to, Reason, Digital Performer, Pro Tools, Logic, GarageBand, GearBox, and Guitar Rig.

I’ve been charting the progress of my album recording project in the Creative Notes blog. You can read about the genesis of the project here.

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Expo Keynote Roundtable

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We wrap up Keynote Day at Macworld Expo with a wrap-up of the keynote. Funny how that works, huh?

I’m joined in the Macworld Podcast PodLoft by editorial director Jason Snell and senior editors Dan Frakes and Rob Griffiths. The subject of our roundtable discussion? The keynote delivered by Apple senior vice president of worldwide product marketing Phil Schiller. We pick apart each announcement made by Apple today, from iLife ’09 to iWork ’09 to the 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro. We even spend some time talking about Apple’s new iTunes Store policies, including the end of digital rights management.

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You can find previous episodes of our audio podcasts at Macworld’s podcasting page.

Got any feedback on this podcast? Send me an e-mail; audio comments in the form of an AAC or MP3 file are particularly welcome. You can also leave us a message at 415/520-9761 if you’d like to have your comments included in a future podcast.

Show Notes

During our keynote discussion, Rob Griffiths mentions how his low expectations for the keynote were momentarily inflated when Phil Schiller said that his presentation would focus on the Mac; Rob expounds upon that theme in this Editors’ Notes blog entry.

Our discssion of the full-screen view in Pages ’09 refers to a similar feature in WriteRoom, a great program from Hog Bay Software.

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This podcast is sponsored by Macworld Superguides.

Expo Special: Mac developer meets Mac collector

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A disparate pair of Mac notables stop by the Macworld Podcast Loft in this special Expo edition of the Macworld Podcast. I’m joined by Mac developer Steve Gehrman and Mac enthusiast James Savage. Steve is the developer responsible for Path Finder, an OS X file browser. And James is a collector—he owns more than 170 Macs—and a podcaster. You can listen to him on the RetroMacCast, where he holds forth on vintage Macs.

After talking about Tuesday’s Macworld Expo keynote, we delve a little further into their respective interests. I talk to Steve about what he likes about OS X coding, how he got started, what his favorite Path Finder features are, and whether or not Apple makes available all the APIs he needs to write his app. James and I talk about when he got started collecting vintage Macs, whether he has duplicates, and whether he has a favorite.

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Show Notes

I recently reviewed Path Finder 5 for Macworld.com. I also covered some of its more interesting features in a recent Macworld Video.

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Macworld Expo preview

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With less than a week before Macworld Expo, we gather together a roundtable of Macworld editors—Philip Michaels, Jason Snell, Jim Galbraith, Dan Moren, and yours truly—to discuss the import of a Steve-less keynote presentation and Apple’s departure from this time-honored event.

Prior to that discussion I launch the first full installment of Mac 911 Takes to the Air!, an audio version of my Mac 911 tips and troubleshooting column and blog.

I conclude the podcast with a bit of musing about whether a version of iLife that simply worked beyond criticism would be enough to tempt people to upgrade.

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Macworld Fighting Talk

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December can be a slow time around the Macworld offices, and this year was no exception—at least until Tuesday's news about Apple's Macworld Expo plans broke. Nevertheless, when it came time to prepare this week's podcast wrapping up the big news of 2008, we were left without many ideas on how to creatively do a year-end retrospective.

Which is when we came up with a great plan—steal from our betters.

There's a great show on BBC Radio called Fighting Talk, which we're fans of here at Macworld headquarters. The show features panelists arguing about the latest sports news and earning points for their comments from the show's host. It's a really fun program, and we encourage you to give it a listen via the iTunes Store.

We also thought the Fighting Talk format would be a great way to look back at the year in Macs. So join me and panelists Jason Snell, Christopher Breen, and Roman Loyola as we pay homage to a great radio program with our own edition of Macworld Fighting Talk.

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Show Notes

Even though Apple announced it wouldn't participate in Macworld Expo after the show in January 2009 right as we were about to record our podcast, we still found the time to discuss it in our show. Be sure to read Jason Snell's commentary on the Expo news as well as Rob Griffiths' look at the end of an era for Macworld Expo.

During our podcast, we mention the recent news about Apple telling Mac users to install antivirus software and then later removing that support page. Be sure to read Christopher Breen's recent Mac 911 post on whether you need antivirus software.

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Macworld Expo & Gear Guide

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In the U.S., the food-gorging holiday has passed and the gift-giving holidays loom. And because they do, we devote a major portion of this episode to Macworld’s Gear Guide, the annual, product-packed feature that also serves as a handy reference of desirable holiday gifts for the Mac, iPod, or iPhone-loving loved one in your life.

Not content to address one major winter event, we then move on to a discussion of the season’s other highlight, Macworld Conference & Expo, held each January at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. Expo’s General Manager, Paul Kent, clues us into what’s in store.

I also use this episode to inaugurate a new feature of the Macworld Podcast—Mac 911 Takes To The Air! If you’re a Macworld reader you’re familiar with my Mac 911 tips and troubleshooting column and blog. Mac 911 Takes To The Air is the audio extension of that work. You ask, I answer, we all learn a little something.

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The holidays & Mac gaming

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While the decorations put up by retailers might suggest otherwise, next week marks the official beginning of the holiday shopping season. After a surfeit of turkey and starches, the American shopper stumbles forth in the next day’s dewy hours to stalk the Black Friday bargains. In a year where there’s likely to be far less spending and far more bargain hunting, we turn our attention to what the holidays mean for Apple.

We do so in our first segment when Macworld.com executive Philip Michaels speaks with editorial director Jason Snell, senior news editor Jonathan Seff, and senior reviews editor Roman Loyola about Apple’s plans—or lack thereof—for the holiday season.

Philip Michaels then makes a return visit to discuss the state of Mac gaming with senior editor Peter Cohen.

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Twitter and TV

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Now that the excitement of the elections is over, we can get back to what’s really important—technology. And the specific technology we address today is brought to you by the letter T, as in Twitter and Television.

Making this episode of the Macworld Podcast so twitterific is my interview with the St. Paul Pioneer Press’ technology writer, Julio Ojeda-Zapata. Julio is set to release his book Twitter Means Business in the next few weeks and now seems as good a time as any to get down to business in regard to what purposes Twitter serves other than announcing to the world that baked beans and broccoli are on tonight’s dinner menu.

I then gather around the virtual triangle table for a three-way discussion with Macworld editorial director Jason Snell and senior news editor Jonathan Seff about how recent technological developments are changing the way we obtain and watch television programs and movies.

And finally, because it’s so darned topical, I can’t help but open the podcast with a brief non-partisan monologue on how the Web has changed the face of politics.