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MacVoices #25002: Live! – Is Apple The Best-Managed Company In The United States?

Jan 6, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

The MacVoices Live! panel of Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Marty Jencius, Jim Rea, Eric Bolden, and Web Bixby have some disagreements over a recent study by the Drucker Institute that proclaimed Apple the best-managed company in the United States. The methodology of how such a determination can be made,Tim Cook’s management strategies, the impact of product rollouts like the Mac mini are all part of the discussion.

MacVoices #24277: Live! – Tidal & Dropbox Layoffs, and Why Apple Bought Pixelmator

Nov 19, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

The tech industry is a dynamic business segment. Dave Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Marty Jencius, Web Bixby, Jim Rea, and Eric Bolden discuss Apple’s acquisition of Pixelmator and how it might affect both Apple-branded offerings as well as the legacy application. Then, layoffs at both Tidal and Dropbox are in the cross hairs. Tidal has been all but left out of the streaming music conversation, and Dropbox seems to have fumbled as they tried to diversify. The panel members have thoughts on both.

MacVoices #24273: More Smart Assistants and Clipboard Managers with Jeff Gamet on The Mac Show (2)

Nov 13, 2024 | Interview

The discussion with Jeff Gamet on a recent edition of The Mac Show on The British Tech Network finishes off thoughts on the smart assistants we use before turning to why one of us uses Clipboard Managers extensively and one hasn’t found a reason to do so, in spite of the fact that he has one installed.

MacVoices #24272: Jeff Gamet on Smart Assistants on The Mac Show (1)

Nov 12, 2024 | Interview

In a one-on-one conversation from a recent edition of The Mac Show on The British Tech Network, Jeff Gamet and Chuck Joiner talked about smart assistants. The differences in purposes, capabilities, and responsiveness are discussed, along with notification abuse and which devices they each use. (Part 1)

MacVoices #24264: Live! – M4 iMac, An Apple Card Promotion, Apple TV+ Successes

Oct 31, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

Chuck Joiner, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, David Ginsburg, Ben Roethig, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, Jim Rea, Jeff Gamet, and Web Bixby turn their attention to the newly announced M4 iPad. Who will be buying it, the secondary monitor support, and how it will change as Apple Intelligence rolls out are all considered. The panel also looks at a new Apple Card promotion and whether Apple or Goldman Sachs is funding it, as well as the roll that Apple TV+ seems to be on.

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MacVoices #20131: TidBITS 30th Anniversary with Adam Engst (Part 1)

May 7, 2020 | Business, Commentary, Publisher, Web

TidBITS, the longest running email newsletter on the Internet just had its 30th anniversary, and publisher Adam Engst celebrates by talking about how web development has become a discipline of its own, and how that affected TidBITs over the years. He covers the care...

MacVoices #20130: ‘How Long Should Tech Last’ with Charles Edge, Ken Ray, and Brett Terpstra (Part 2)

May 6, 2020 | Business, Commentary, Hardware, Software

The second part of the discussion on “How Long Should Tech Last” with the panel of Charles Edge, Ken Ray, Brett Terpstra, and host Chuck Joiner get into topics that include the costs of maintaining older hardware and software from both the end user as well as the...

MacVoices #20129: ‘How Long Should Tech Last’ with Charles Edge, Ken Ray, and Brett Terpstra (Part 1)

May 5, 2020 | Business, Commentary, Hardware, Software

A discussion on “How Long Should Tech Last” starts with the realization that the hardware and software you buy today is, sooner or later, going to be obsolete. That may seem obvious when it comes to computers, less so when talking about smart speakers, home automation...

MacVoices #20128: Apple Earnings Report Discussion with Mark Fuccio

May 4, 2020 | Business

Mark Fuccio provides some thoughts on Apple’s April 2020 financial call. Once again, Apple beat the Street’s expectations. Mark comments on that, his opinion on the no financial guidance for the upcoming quarter, and then digs in to some of the other details that may...

MacVoices #20115: Bart Busschots On Privacy, Security and Zoom

Apr 28, 2020 | Security/Privacy, Video, Web

The second part of our discussion with Bart Busschots covers the privacy and security issues s urrounding Zoom, and the strengths and weaknesses of the platform. The question of whether the End User License Agreement provided adequate notice on these, and how Apple’s...

MacVoices #20124: Bart Busschots Talks Programming By Stealth and Taming The Terminal

Apr 27, 2020 | Productivity, Tech Topics, Training/Education

Bart Busschots talks about his two free online courses to help you get a little more geeky. In Taming the Terminal, Bart and Allison Sheridan help you get comfortable with working with the Unix underpinnings of macOS, and in Programming by Stealth they tackle...

MacVoices #20115: Mike Schmitz on Goal Setting and Re-Setting During Lockdown

Apr 14, 2020 | Productivity

We continue our discussion with Mike Schmitz about being productive during lockdown. In this episode, Mike talks more about the new time blocking course, shares one of his experiences with goal setting and why it convinced him goals can be counter-productive, and...

MacVoices #20114: Mike Schmitz On Time Blocking and Productivity During Lockdown

Apr 13, 2020 | Productivity

Mike Schmitz helps us understand productivity during the lockdown, and why it is OK not to be engaged in productive activities all the time. One of those ways is to use time blocking, and Mike explains how the new course at The Sweet Setup can be used to help you deal...

MacVoices #20113: Charlotte Henry on Apple’s Response to COVID-19, and Ten Years of the iPad (Part 2)

Apr 10, 2020 | Commentary, iPad, Productivity

The second half of our conversation with Charlotte Henry of The Mac Observer starts off discussing the tenth anniversary of the iPad and ends with workflow discussions. Along the way Charlotte and host Chuck Joiner debate the reasons for a 32 GB iPad, talks about some...

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MacVoices #25002: Live! – Is Apple The Best-Managed Company In The United States?

MacVoices #24277: Live! – Tidal & Dropbox Layoffs, and Why Apple Bought Pixelmator

MacVoices #24273: More Smart Assistants and Clipboard Managers with Jeff Gamet on The Mac Show (2)

MacVoices #24272: Jeff Gamet on Smart Assistants on The Mac Show (1)

MacVoices #24264: Live! – M4 iMac, An Apple Card Promotion, Apple TV+ Successes

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