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Episode 7 — CeBIT
Written by Matthew JC Powell Sat May 16 2009, 12:05am
MJCP chats with Seamus Byrne about the recent CeBit trade show in Sydney. CeBit featured everything from business- and government-backed innovation exhibits and conferences to emergency response systems to crazy dancing robots. Yeah, eclectic. Also this episode: interviews with people in the queue at the opening of Apple Store Robina.
Midnight Update — See Seamus Byrne's video reports from CeBIT 2009 Sydney.
Fighting Robots — Check out the crowd-pleasing robots from Korea.
Digishow — Pocket-sized projectors and more.
SoKNOS — Watch a video of SAP's emergency-response system in action.
One Water — Not exactly Mac-related, but hey it's a good cause.
Episode 6 — NovaMind
Written by Matthew JC Powell Fri May 8 2009, 01:37am
MJCP and Tony Williams sit down with Gideon King of NovaMind, a leading developer of mind-mapping software, to discuss what mind-mapping is, how it can improve the way you work, why it's worth paying for, and whether it could change the world. Also this episode, we discuss Myst for iPhone, Bento for iPhone and QuickOffice for iPhone. Finally we announce the winning entry in the VoxThePopQuiz competition.
NovaMind — Mind-mapping software.
Bento for iPhone — nifty portable database.
Myst for iPhone — time-killer extraordinaire.
QuickOffice Mobile Office Suite for iPhone — not yet ready for prime time.
Midnight Update at Panasonic B.I.G
Written by Matthew JC Powell Tue May 5 2009, 04:09pm
MacTheMag was invited to Panasonic's huge product launch last week, but couldn't make it for various reasons. However, friend of TheMag Seamus Byrne covered it for his Midnight Update video blog. Check it out:
Plenty more like this on Shay's site.
Episode 5 — Software-only
Written by Matthew JC Powell Mon May 4 2009, 09:32pm
MJCP and Alex Kidman chat with Andrew Paton of Software-only. Andrew has a long history in the Australian Mac channel and has now struck out on his own. We talk about where he's been, what he's doing and where he's going. In more general terms we also discuss the challenges presently facing small business operators. There's also some idle speculation about what Apple may or may not do in the way of new form factors and price points.
Software-only — Andrew Paton's new company
OmniGroup products — get them here for local support and service
Episode 4 — IceTV 24/04/2009
Written by Matthew JC Powell Thu Apr 23 2009, 11:10pm
MJCP and Seamus Byrne talk to Marc Edwards from IceTV, mere hours after the High Court handed down its judgment against the Nine Network, finding that IceTV had not infringed Nine's copyright. They discuss the case, as well as IceTV's methodologies, the implications of the decision for IceTV's future activities and what might happen when the National Broadband Network becomes reality. And no, I have no idea why Seamus was recording from a large cave.
IceTV — Get more info about the electronic program guide.
IceTV v Nine Network — Read the court judgment.
Midnight Update — Check out Seamus's video podcast four nights a week; you guess which four.
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