MacVoices #25161: Road to Macstock – Allison Sheridan

Jun 9, 2025 | Events

On The Road to Macstock Conference and Expo Allison Sheridan previews both her workshop and her session. Her main talk focuses on how everyone has something valuable to contribute, while her workshop explores the advanced capabilities of Apple Photos on the Mac. Both sessions reflect her passion for empowering others through technology and developing community.

Show Notes:

Chapters:

00:08 On the Road to Macstock
02:08 Celebrating Podcast Milestones
03:23 The Power of Sharing Knowledge
05:43 User Groups and Community
08:06 The Hallway Track Experience
09:56 Exploring Apple Photos
12:01 Mac vs. iPadOS Disparities
15:54 Workshop Focus and Intent
18:16 Two Sessions: Community and Tools
20:45 Macstock Conference Details
23:07 The Macstock Experience
24:28 Final Thoughts and Farewell

Links:

Macstock Conference and Expo

Save $50 with the Allison’s discount code: podfeet50

Save $50 with Chuck’s discount code: macvoices50

Guests:

Allison Sheridan started podcasting in May of 2005, just 7 months after podcasting was invented. At 20 years, her flagship show, the NosillaCast Podcast is the longest-running Apple-centric podcast. In the NosillaCast, she focuses on reviewing tech products with an EVER so slight Apple bias, while weaving accessibility throughout her content.

She also co-hosts the podcast Programming By Stealth where Bart Busschots is teaching the audience to program through an audio podcast (with Bart’s tutorial shownotes). Bart and Allison also hosted the podcast Taming the Terminal which is a 40-episode guide to the macOS Terminal which you can also get as an ebook through Apple Books.

She has a tech conversation show called Chit Chat Across the Pond which currently comes out at least once a month with Adam Engst of TidBITS as her guest.

She’s a founding speaker at Macstock Conference every year outside of Chicago, and a frequent guest on the Daily Tech News Show, Clockwise, and the SMR Podcast, with appearances on MacBreak Weekly, Cordkillers, Tech’s Message, and The Productive Woman Podcast. She is also a video screencast tutor for the subscription service ScreenCastsONLINE. She and her husband Steve produce video interviews from trade shows such as CES and CSUN’s Assistive Tech conference.

She’s an avid exerciser walking around 7 miles a day and enjoys time with their dog Kepler, and two cats Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper. This is what happens when two engineers marry.

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