MacVoices #13201: The MacJury’s Holiday Gift Guide #1

Nov 25, 2013 | Commentary, Graphics/Photos, Hardware, iOS, MacJury, Productivity, Software, Tech Topics, Video, Web

Jean MacDonald, Jeff Gamet, Brett Terpstra, Chuck Joiner

Need some exciting, new and different gift ideas this holiday season? The MacJury is on the case with a list of gifts that runs the gamut from expensive to affordable, practical to extravagant, and all points in between. The first of our holiday gift guides is presented by the panel of Jeff Gamet, Jean MacDonald, Brett Terpstra  and host Chuck Joiner.

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Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.

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Jeff Gamet  is the Managing Editor for  The Mac Observer, and the author of  Fresh Brewed Tales, a chronicle of Jeff’s strange adventures at coffee shops. You can find his regular updates on  Twitter.

Jean MacDonald  is a partner and head of Marketing and PR at  Smile, developers of  PDFpen  and  TextExpander, as well as an active member of the tech community. A would-be rock ‘n roll star, you can follow all of Jean’s exploits on her  Twitter  stream.

Brett Terpstra  is a coder, writer and web developer. He works behind the scenes at blogs including Engadget, Joystiq and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. He also writes for The Unofficial Apple Weblog, and contributes to Macworld.  Brett develops  Marked  for Mac and recently co-authored  â€œ60 Mountain Lion Tips”  with David Sparks for the iBookstore. He discusses all things “nerd” on his podcast,  Systematic. You can find Brett as “ttscoff” on  Twitter  and  App.net, and at his website,  brettterpstra.com.

 

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JayBird BlueBuds X Sport Bluetooth Headphones – Midnight Black

iRig HD

IK Multimedia IPIRIGBBRDIN iRig BlueBoard Wireless MIDI Pedalboard

GoldieBlox

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Audioengine D3 24-bit Digital to Audio Converter (Silver)

Pencil Bluetooth stylus for use with Paper from 53

Paper by FiftyThree – FiftyThree, Inc.

Apple Time Capsule 2TB

Magellan SmartGPS – Connected 5-Inch Navigation System with Social Media & Smartphone integration

Magellan RoadMate On-The-Go North America – Magellan

UI Stencils iPhone Stencil Kit

DealMac – iPhone gift card discount tracking

Sanebox

Pencil

iRig HD Digital Guitar Interface for iPad & Mac

Leap Motion Controller, Gesture Motion Control for PC or MAC

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SketchBook Pro for iPad – Autodesk Inc.

BetterTouchTool

Rode Podcaster USB Dynamic Microphone

Rode Procaster Broadcast Dynamic Vocal Microphone

RODE PSA1 Swivel Mount Studio Microphone Boom Arm