Episode 17 — Atebits

Written by Matthew JC Powell Fri Oct 9 2009, 04:03am

Episode 16 — Panasonic

Written by Matthew JC Powell Wed Sep 16 2009, 08:06pm

MJCP and Dan Warne talk to Steve Rust, Managing Director of Panasonic Australia. Rust talks about 3D TV, toughened products, the future of IP television and "memorable" marketing (as well as his forays into Twitter). He also speaks frankly about his time with Apple Australia and the challenges he sees facing Panasonic. Also covered: the "It's Only Rock and Roll" event, and whether it was worth losing sleep over.

Listen Now!

Check out Panasonic Australia's range.

Watch Panasonic Australia's YouTube channel (sadly lacking the original "groaning" version of the Climber ad).

Follow Steve Rust on Twitter.

View the entries at Lumix Life.

Discuss this podcast on MacTheForum.

Episode 15 — Bare Bones

Written by Matthew JC Powell Fri Aug 28 2009, 04:37pm

MJCP and Tony Williams geek out with Rich Siegel, the Founder and CEO of Bare Bones Software, developer of the iconic BBEdit as well as products such as TextWrangler, Yojimbo, Mailsmith and more. Bare Bones has been there through all of the major Mac platform transitions, from 68K and System 6 through PowerPC, Mac OS X and Intel. On the occasion of the release of Snow Leopard we look back at those big changes, weigh up the relatively modest changes in Mac OS X 10.6, and look to the future of Mac development.

Listen Now!

Find out more about Bare Bones and its products BBEdit, Yojimbo, TextWrangler and WeatherCal

Read up on Snow Leopard

Discuss this podcast in MacTheForum

Episode 14 — Syncode

Written by Matthew JC Powell Sat Aug 15 2009, 05:45pm

MJCP and Alex Kidman chew the fat with Matthew Lesh and Matt Roberts from iPhone app developer Syncode (whille Syncode's designer, Tom Ricciardello, listens in from an undisclosed location). Topics covered include Syncode's flagship app iTweetReply, dealing with the App Store approval process, interacting with Twitter the company as well as twitter the service, and what the future may hold for push. Also: iTunes Blu-ray rumours, HD downloads, the high cost of GPS and the "banning" of Microsoft Word.

Syncode — the home of iTweetReply

Syncode's blog — read all about travails with the App Store

Twitter — the social networking service everyone's tweeting about

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("Listen now" link coming soon.)