Going back to using Firefox - I was enjoying Safari until it became unreliable lately. Probably go back to it when there is a new version

Listening to the MacCraic Podcast and I think the lads are getting ruder than ever while giving us the Mac News. Funny Funny !!

Interesting music on the 'Later with Jools Holland' programme inc, Ellie Gould . - I love that show.

Busy editing the interview of @Filmutopia for Mac20Q and Video20Q. Long interview !

Just finished interview with David Hewson the author the Nic Costa series of book. What a nice man, had a super chat about writing & the Mac

Tomorrow for Writers20Q Podcast and Mac20Q Podcast I will be interviewing author David Hewson who wrote the Nic Costa series of books.

Photographers & Shutterbugs might like to listen to David J Schloss - @Maccreate talk about photos & the Mac http://bit.ly/1vPxva

Thats's nice I am getting a new version of iTunes to download.

hey I just started a list on Twitter - @wizardgold/mac20q is where to find it.

Podcast 66 talking to MacCreate David Schloss

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Another of my passions is photography and I am lucky to have David Schloss from MacCreate as a guest who is a photographer too. He tells us about his equipment and how he uses it for his sport photos and also his macro photography. We chat about the new SLR cameras that do video as well as stills. Stock photography gets a mention – I do some micro stock with Fotolia and sell some of my images, both illustrations and photos. I would have to put in more effort though to make it pay me much of money but I do get some money out of it from time to time. It all helps

In the interview we also mention HDR photography and some of our favourite photographers. I like the work by Dave Hill – no not the old Slade guitarist and for HDR there is a guy called ‘Stuck in Customs’ on Flickr He has made a tutorial to show how he does it also.

Seeing as I am interested in Video it is great also that the stock sites like fotolia and iStock also sell video clips. I have only uploaded a couple of clips so far of some wind turbines I saw in France. So I will Have to get out and shoot some more.

This week I had to take my mom to the airport at the end of a visit and I decided to drive into Girona to have a look in the Mac shop in the centre of town
I was keen to check out the new magic mouse – I tried it and liked it. The woman in the shop was hovering so I didn’t really play as much as I wanted to but I think I want one. Having the sideways scroll is important for me for the audio editing, and no fear of the ball nipple getting gunked up

Although I have been tempted to get one of those things that the Final cut pro jockeys like to use, a  Contour ShuttleXpress. The ShuttleXpress is a 5 button Jog & Shuttle Multimedia Control Surface. and it says the ShuttleXpress comes pre-configured for many of the leading Audio and Video applications
I wonder if it is set up for AmadeusPro – but I can see myself using it for Final Cut  Express now that I have got around to buying it. That was the other thing I was asking about in the shop – They did not have in stock though – I have bought online now, because parking is such a pain in Girona

Wanted to check if I would be getting a Spanish version or if it was in English. And it seem that it is available in English – good for me anyway. I actually bought what I wanted from the UK Apple site. I would have paid €248 on the Spanish site and I got it for €181 from the UK. The only thing is that I had to have it sent to a UK address. I should have done this before my mother came to visit and not afterwards.

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Uploading the latest Mac20Q Podcast #66 featuring @MacCreate guy David Schloss. Interesting for photographers & Mac people

Just ordered Final Cut Express and a ContourXpress Shuttle. Bought off the UK site with a saving of about 50 Euro - not bad eh ??

Busy editing the interview with @Maccreate David Schloss talking about photography and Macs. I'll publish the Podcast out soon for you

Glad I am a bit of a techie as I just had to do a restore of the database for http://ping.fm/7NeQU Good job I have backups sent to me daily too

Walking the dog while listening to @Victorcaijao with the interview of Joseph Nilo

Busy day today with the interviews - 3 completed @jokeandbiagio, @filmutopia, and Andy McCaskey. That will keep me busy editing for a while!

Just finished interviewing @Jokeandbiagio What an amazing couple that are totally live wires full of enthusiasm for creating film content

Just interviewed Andy McCaskey from SlashDot Review for Mac 20 Questions. What an interesting man! Look out for the podcast coming soon

Just finished interview with @Filmutopia What a great talk about Macs, writing and film making with Clive in Milan & me in Spain

Interviewing the makers of ScreenFlow on Wednesday for Mac20Q - What question would you ask? I will fit it in if I can

I have been using the Beta of ScreenFlow version 2 - Just got the email to say it has been released. Nice one!

I saw the new iMac27in in the Apple shop today & while big didn't seem that much bigger than my 24in. Totally sweet though & I want one !

Just finished making the screencast about recording from Skype with WireTap Studio and putting in AmadeusPro for Mac 20 Questions

Downloading latest Nosillacast , the Podcast Answer Man & jonathon Ross Podcast into iTunes of course ready for listening while walking dog

Just downloaded the Timebridge App for the iPhone. Used the web service for the1st time this morning and it is really very good

I think I will record a screencast this morning using the Beta version 2 of ScreenFlow. Give it some more testing out.

Visited the Apple Store in Girona this morning a charming young woman showed me the magic mouse & I am sorely tempted to get one

Mac20Q Podcast 65 Ray Ortega

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Ray Ortega otherwise known as the Produce Picker or @Podcasthelper, works as a professional podcaster and I we had an excellent chat about podcasting, using the Mac and making video. Ray searches twitter to find people asking questions about how to podcast then helps them become a better podcaster. Good Man Ray !

So naturally we talked about the equipment that we use to make podcasts and it seems he likes the Heil PR40 microphones. he also has a Blue Snowball, great USB mic. When he is making his video podcasts for theMicrobe World Podcast a science technology podcast he gets to use a prosumer Canon video camera and Final Cut Pro for editing the final result.

Ray talked to me about the process that he goes through to make the podcasts for Produce Picker Podcast, telling me about the early episodes being a bit horrible compared to the quality of the content that he produces now. But that is the great thing about podcasting, you can get started with no experience and cheap amateur equipment and move to greater heights when you get further into  podcasting and you know you have gone past the Pod Fade stage of the game.

I asked Ray about the niche he has with produce, as in fruit and veg. and he says that he took the advice, he would give to anyone starting a podcast from new and that is to talk about something that you know about. So seeing as he had been working in that realm for many years while he was a student, it was natural to make a podcast about Fruit and vegetables and how to choose the best from the supermarket or market fruit seller.

At the end of the podcast I asked Ray about the statement that Leo Laporte had made recently which stunned a bemused podcasting world. You would think that Leo Laporte knows what he is talking about seeing as he is doubling his podcasting  income each year, but I don’t agree with him one bit. Listening to podcasts is not hard, you can turn up at a web site and just listen, without any extra equipment. You can easily download a podcast through iTunes or other podcatcher and have the downloaded files ready for your listening pleasure on your computer or even if you feel like it have them transferred automatically to your mp3 player. it doesn’t have to be an iPod either.

It really is not rocket science and all it will take is for the traditional media to promote it in the same way as Twitter is getting mentioned on main stream TV programmes. Podcasting is in its infancy and will evolve more to be hugely popular and not something that has to be explained as it is now, due to it’s newness. The BBC puts out many of its programmes as podcasts and in the U.S the media giants are jumping on the boat to join in with an exciting media that is about to explode.

Obviously Ray and I are biased towards podcasting and there is a possibility that Leo is making statements like that to get his name talked about even more than it already is. Other podcasters have commented on this also. I suspect that podcasting will change as it gets more popular and more of it will be streamed to computers and smart phones, rather than be downloaded. The general public are more and more getting the idea with podcasts and having media available for when they want to watch or listen to it, instead of being hog tied by traditional TV programming.

If you heard the rubbish that leo was talking and would like to comment on it or comment on what I have put in this blog post then please leave a comment. Or you might send  me an email to mac20q at gmail dott com. Looking forward to getting your thought on the matter.

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Busy editing the interview with @podcasthelper about half way through the job. Ray was great to chat to about Macs & podcasting

Hooray there is a new MacCraic Podcast for me to listen to. Thanks @justingbyrne and @davidshortle

Just finished editing the latest Mac20Q Podcast number 64 - featuring Mac using Film makers. David & Karen. Go Final Cut Pro !!

Want to know what happened the 'Night before the Wedding' for David Branin and Karen Worden ? http://bit.ly/1Fj5JA

Using tubemogul to upload videos to video sharing sites, works a treat saves me bandwidth & time. http://ping.fm/r7sBG

Just backed up my wordpress database on http://ping.fm/EdVmP, before I upgrade to the latest version.

Video20Q Podcast 8 talking about 'Night before the Wedding' & making movies. http://bit.ly/25tvYA David Branin & Karen Worden #IndieMovie

RT @Jon_Reiss: Before U can contemplate the strategy for your film, U need to know what markets are available for you to monetize your film.

Exporting out the mp3 for the next Video20Q Podcast. Talking to David Branin & Karen Worden.Producers of 'Night Before the Wedding'

@PatMahon I can sell you a pot of black paint and a small brush if you like Pat. Will that keep you happy ;-))

The new Apple Magic Mouse looks very sexy - I think I want one. The new iMacs look pretty nifty too

Waveboard Google Wave client for Mac and iPhone is coming. http://is.gd/4sprL All I need now is an invitation...

What was the Mad Ferret doing to the @KitschMonkey http://bit.ly/BiOLi Find out in Mac20Q Pocast 63

Mac20Q Podcast 63 Peter Wobster & Krystal Gault

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Krystal and Peter are film makers in the North West of England and they also run Cinematopia a small film festival. Here is what they say about Cinematopia.

They organise CINEMATOPIA which is Preston’s only regular MOVIE NIGHT hosted by the Mad Ferret and Kitsch Monkey Productions Krystal is the Kitsch Monkey.

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They Screen a weird and wonderful, themed programme of short film, music video, animation and digital media and topped off with a cult feature film, this is surely the most relaxing way to enjoy a beer or two – and it’s FREE! Be scintillated! Be dazzled! Be amazed!
That’s is what you get for having your movie nights in a pub, the films are the free bit and the beer you probably have to pay for.

Have you got your Mac20Q discount yet at Godaddy, with the hosting and the domain names.

10% off if you use the code POD146

Seems that is it a great idea to be making films and showing films too. Keep the interest up for film in general and it has to be good for meeting other people interested in film and movies.

Peter is the tech guy of the team and uses Final Cut Pro to edit their movies. He teaches film and sound design to bring in extra cash, for making their movies. It is getting difficult for all film makers to get financing for making movies. I even saw a report that stated that Hollywood will be making a third less movies

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From my findings at Video20Q Final Cut Pro - is the preferred Application for Professional film editing. Movie makers just love it.

Man on BBC news article about the Kindle says that Apple will sadly be galloping over the horizon very soon with an iBook to clean up

I mentioned @britmic & the #2wkfilm challenge - in the latest Video20Q podcast with @KitschMonkey http://bit.ly/oWUVI

Off to the studio now to record the ramble for the next podcast for Mac 20 Questions http://ping.fm/VYlcr

Mac How To videos at http://bit.ly/tJ4qH I show you how to do stuff with your Mac. eg GreenScreening with iMovie - Easy stuff

In the Video20Q Podcast 7 http://bit.ly/oWUVI I give a mention to @IndieFilmMaker David Baker & his @DeathMovie which is shooting next year

http://bit.ly/oWUVI Wobster & @KitschMonkey talk to Video 20 Questions Podcast. We chat about Cinematopia & of course film making

Podcasts I have listened to this week Buzz out Loud, MacBites, Bagel Tech News, MacBreak Weekly, MacReviewCast & the NosillaCast

Doing some editing of interviews this morning for Video20Q. Talking to interesting indie feature film makers

David is a Mac owner & edits his movies with Final Cut. The interview about movie making will be on Mac20Q also.

Video20Q Talking to David Branin about the Night before the Wedding film that has a porn star character called Melissa Mercury. Funny

David & Karen also host L.A. Talk Radio 'Film Courage'. Really good to talk to I am looking forward to the 'Night Before the Wedding' movie

Interviewed David Branin & Karen Worden from Los Angeles about The Film 'Night before the Wedding'Super interesting will be great Podcast

Using iWeb this morning & uploading a way for you to get the Podcasts from http://ping.fm/ZrqUf without advertising, Just the interview only

Normalising sound AmadeusPro easy 2 step process using AU Dynamic processor & normalise in the effects menu. http://bit.ly/4j3hLE

Was in MediaMarkt at the Apple small portion of the huge store & no one was there I waited at least 10 mins then said bollux to them & left

Want to see what BlackCountry girls do with the wedding dress after the event http://bit.ly/4sln48 See on Video20Q

The iPhone song by LivingProofFilms http://bit.ly/4sln48 & Video20Q Podcast 6

Video20Q Podcast talking with Dale of @LivingProofFilm Want to know if Guinness gives you strength ?? http://bit.ly/4sln48

Video20Q Podcast 6 LivingProofFilm

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Always good to talk to the next generation of filmmaker, musician, writer, artist and see some good things on the horizon. Very pleased to get talking a a guy with bucket loads of enthusiasm for making statement in film and video. Dale O’Keefee is just out of University and is keen to get using his talents with LivingProofFilms.

He got himself a camera with the student loan and he reckons it has given him more fun than the alternative for the student funds i.e. parties and drinking. Sorry students, I am just kidding, honest. He prefers the Canon cameras and would like to move up to a HD camera when funds permit.

Dale likes to work with a loose script and just get out there and film things. he says it seems to work for him. Due to being a only just released into the wild ex student and therefore skint. Ah the joys of student loans, and the having to pay the money back. Dale uses Celtx the software for screenwriting that is free and very capable too. I have tried it out myself, why pay for Final Draft when Celtx does it all.

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Dale talks to me about how he sees his fledgling film production business going and we talk the usual mix hardware, software and creativity with a dash of how he will try to make a name for himself and some money on the back of that.

He uses family members to act in his movies and has to keep the costs of the filming to a bare minimum. We all have to start somewhere and as many film makers have told me the important thing is to have a good story and the content will be found by the public that are there to be entertained and amused by us creative types. You can catch some of Dales work on YouTube and definitely have a look at the ones where he has his dad acting for him.

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In the ramble part of the podcast I talk about the Power to the Pixel conference that was taking place in London today and had some very interesting speakers. I watched three of the talks and the talk by BRIAN NEWMAN, Consultant and Former President, Tribeca Film Institute was –

HOW TO BE ‘BETTER THAN FREE’
The Internet is a super-distribution machine that allows copies of digital media to flow in an almost frictionless way. As the wealth and survival of traditional media businesses are built on selling precious copies, the free flow of free copies is undermining the established order. If reproductions of media are free, how can we keep on financing films and how can we find value in the media we create and sell?

He had some good examples of how some people have made money by giving away content for free. The idea of Connecting with your Audience – and then giving them a Reason to Buy, I thought was an excellent way to think about how to move forward in the age of digital content.

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The last Power to the Pixel speaker had some great ideas about monetising films in this age of everything is free online http://is.gd/4j8S2

Good Power to the Pixel live stream of Cross Media conference - http://is.gd/4j8S2 very interesting Speaker on now

Just chatted with my son George the Windsurfer in Australia. He is working on a Sheep Station sorting wool just off the sheep

Just finished editing the interview of @liviingprooffilm guy Dale O'Keeffe. Now to start turning it into a podcast for Video20Q

http://bit.ly/p4Xwo The job was mammoth taking VHS video & digitising it as Steve told me in Mac20Q Podcast 61.

Talking video archival from VHS to digital with @spsheridan in the Mac20Q Podcast http://bit.ly/p4Xwo

Podcast 62 of Mac 20 Questions was published today in in ViddyTweets get a mention hear for yourself http://bit.ly/r0inW

Interview with @Kitschmonkey the Gault girl from Northern Ireland went great. Mostly for Video20Q & partly for Mac20Q too.

If you would like to learn what a ViddyTweet is the listen to Mac20Q Podcast 62 http://bit.ly/r0inW

Had a great interview with @KrystalGault the KitschMonkey Indie Film maker.

New Podcast from Mac 20 Questions Talking to @MacDavid about what he does with video. http://bit.ly/r0inW

GreenScreen - Chromakey with iMovie

Weekend looking after kids – and GreenScreen iMovie

There was a national holiday here in Spain and my sister in law left her kids with us for the weekend and the youngest is into everything, every moment he is awake. Non stop el teremoto, the earthquake. Nice boys though. But I am pleased my kids are all grown up and doing their own thing.

Enough if the personal news and on to the Mac, even though I wasn’t able to use mine as much this weekend. I just put together a video showing how to use the green screen feature in iMovie. The first time I did it I couldn’t believe it was so easy! This time I recorded what I did with ScreenFlow version 2 which is still working great even though it is beta and not due out until any day now.  Using iMovie to to the chromakey is just a case of dragging the video with the green screen in it into the timeline on top of the background you want to replace the green with. If the screen is lit properly and without shadow caused by creases, it won’t even need any adjustments. I had to make a couple of adjustments but after that it was perfect.

Watch the video at Youtube

I do plan to get a longer pole for the green material and to put the iron over it too. I will stretch it over some extra poles perhaps to get it just right. You can put a moving background behind or a still image if you wish.

I am still toying with the idea of getting Final Cut Express, which would be better than iMovie but I am finding that iMovie is quite capable now that it has gone to version 09.

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Weekend looking after kids – and GreenScreen in iMovie

Weekend looking after kids – and GreenScreen iMovie

There was a national holiday here in Spain and my sister in law left her kids with us for the weekend and the youngest is into everything, every moment he is awake. Non stop el teremoto, the earthquake. Nice boys though. But I am pleased my kids are all grown up and doing their own thing.

Enough if the personal news and on to the Mac, even though I wasn’t able to use mine as much this weekend. I just put together a video showing how to use the green screen feature in iMovie. The first time I did it I couldn’t believe it was so easy! This time I recorded what I did with ScreenFlow version 2 which is still working great even though it is beta and not due out until any day now.  Using iMovie to to the chromakey is just a case of dragging the video with the green screen in it into the timeline on top of the background you want to replace the green with. If the screen is lit properly and without shadow caused by creases, it won’t even need any adjustments. I had to make a couple of adjustments but after that it was perfect.

I do plan to get a longer pole for the green material and to put the iron over it too. I will stretch it over some extra poles perhaps to get it just right. You can put a moving background behind or a still image if you wish.

I am still toying with the idea of getting Final Cut Express, which would be better than iMovie but I am finding that iMovie is quite capable now that it has gone to version 09.

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Uploading an iMovie Greenscreen tip. Really easy process of changing the green screen background in a video Clip for something else

Working on the interview with @MacDavid 30 minutes of taking out the ummmms done. Nice chap though

Indispensable tool to manage your clipboard on your Mac http://bit.ly/3nzTvr video showing you how it works

The answer to the question you need to win Mercury Mover is here http://bit.ly/3IVDBk Have you entered the draw yet ?

Here is the video I made showing how to use Mercury Mover http://bit.ly/3IVDBk Win a copy at Mac20Q

Today is a national holiday here in Spain. In fact it is the National Spanish Day and the Saint Pilar a patron saint of something or other.

Listen to the other half of the NosillaCast http://bit.ly/4hcNHa @spsheridan telling tales on Mac20Q

Podcasting is Dead – Again http://is.gd/4ecya The Article about @LeoLaporte by Dave Jackson. A chorus od "Oh no it isn't."

Podcasting is still in it's infancy, people still learning what it is. So How can Leo Laporte claim it is dead & still make a pile of money

David Jackson (school of podcasting) says @leolaporte is talking rubbish claiming Podcasting is dead. Leo just wants everyone to use Netcast

Spillin' the Beans on Mac20Q @spsheridan talks about video http://bit.ly/x4g0T

Tech backup for Nosillacast finally speaks out! @spsheridan tells Mac20Q all http://bit.ly/x4g0T pls RT

Heliumfoot software to win at Mac20Q

Heliumfoot Giveaway

Answer the following question to win a copy of Mercury mover

When you hold down the shift key and hit an arrow key how many pixels does the window move?

Answer the following question to win HighBrow the browser chooser

Which key combination do you use to tell HighBrow to ask you which browser you should use for that link?

Find the answer to the Mercury mover question in the recent video showing you how to use it,  or download  HighBrow and Mercury Mover from Heliumfoot Software and you will see in the application the answer.

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@spsheridan loves messing with video. Uses iMovie & has FCExpress also converts to digital old VHS http://bit.ly/p4Xwo all in Mac20Q podcast

You should hear what @spsheridan says about @podfeet in the Mac20Q podcast 61. Amazing stuff... http://bit.ly/p4Xwo you would not believe it

Mac20Q Podcast 60 featuring Steve Sheridan

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A burger is fine food ???

I was looking to get to talk with Steve for quite a while. I had heard he would be an interesting fella to talk to and it was true. We had a great chat about about how he uses his Mac. It was also known to me that Steve is well into the video end of things, so I asked him about that. he undertook a project which took him nearly forever to digitise a pile of videos from the old days. He liked doing it so much he even did some for his sister.

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Steve provides the back up and support for Alison, both moral and technical for the Nosillacast. Moderating the room when Allison does the live recording of her podcast. I think that Steve deserves some of the lime light too. He claimed to be shy but was an excellent guest and in the end we had to stop or the podcast would just be too long to put out.

In the ramble I talk a bit about the screencasting I have been doing this week. I enjoy doing it but this week I have had extra impetus with having the new version of ScreenFlow to test out. I got in on the Version 2 beta testing run and it has to be coming out soon because I have not had any problems with it while making the screencasts.

I also comment in the podcast about Macbreak Weekly, following on from the condemnation of Leo Laporte by Allison made me re think how I felt about MBW. OK they could be annoying from time to time with the singing now and then on the show but lately I had to wonder about why they keep the show length when there is so little news sometime. They end up talking more about the competing products from competing businesses, making it less of a Mac Podcast and more of a general geek show.

Ah well it is their show and they can do what they like with it, as I do what I like with my show. Maybe my listeners will tell me what I could do with changing in the show here at Mac20Q, and I don’t expect to get the call now to go and talk on the MacBreak Weekly now. Ah well never mind…

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I am giving away a copy of Mercury Mover the Mac Application? http://bit.ly/4hcNHa - Pls RT

Next Mac20Q video screencast I will do to be about green screening - how to do it with iMovie 09

Downloading the new iPhone update now. Next job is to start editing an interview for a Mac20Q podcast.

You what ??? Didn't say he was a jumped up fool - I said he was using the jumpcut tool. - http://bit.ly/3nzTvr

To get the videos to the 11 video sharing sites I used Tubemogul. Excellent service, works a treat

I have been using V2beta of ScreenFlow (Super) with iMovie 09 to create some video for Mac20Q. posted to 11 different video sharing sites

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Win Mercury Mover the Mac App

Had a great chat with the developer of Mercury Mover and I love using the software and you can use it too. I have a copy of it to give away and a copy of  HighBrow also from heliumfoot software.

If you want to see the higher quality version the click on the  YouTube High Quality HQ button on the Youtube site

Using AmadeusPro for some simple multi track editing

You know I like Amadeus Pro and here in this video I show you how to do some multi track editing and not mess up the synchronisation between the tracks. I use AmadeusPro to edit all of my audio podcasts and I will do a couple more tricks and tips videos about how to make good use of the software.

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Microsoft’s grinning robots or the Brotherhood of the Mac.

Microsoft’s grinning robots or the Brotherhood of the Mac. Which is worse?

Funny Article….

Microsoft’s grinning robots or the Brotherhood of the Mac. Which is worse?

I admit it: I’m a bigot. A hopeless bigot at that: I know my particular prejudice is absurd, but I just can’t control it. It’s Apple. I don’t like Apple products. And the better-designed and more ubiquitous they become, the more I dislike them. I blame the customers. Awful people. Awful. Stop showing me your iPhone. Stop stroking your Macbook. Stop telling me to get one.

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Win HighBrow which is a bit like Choosy for the Mac http://bit.ly/4hcNHa Listen to the Mac20Q podcast to win

Still there to win at http://bit.ly/4hcNHa a copy of Mercury mover & 2 copies of HighBrow. Listen to the podcast to win

Using Screenflow to do a screencast of how to do editing in AmadeusPro. A couple of little tricks !

Leo Laporte is labelled a hypocrite

Leo Laporte gets a right lashing !

Allison Sheridan of the Nosilla cast certainly didn’t mince here words in the latest Nosillacast, in which she gave Leo Laporte a verbal lashing for his hypocrisy over the Snow Leopard. She played a couple of clips from the Leo Laporte Twit show in which he said totally contradicting things. In the first one he was talking about how the $29 upgrade for Snow Leopard was a great deal and despite there not being many in your face improvements, the under the hood improvements made it a no brainer good value deal to get Snow Leopard.

Leo Laporte

In the next clip he was heard lambasting Apple for the very same thing. I suppose he just changed his mind or he forgot what he said before. Maybe when you are making 1.5 million a year from podcasting maybe it affects the memory a little. When you look at him in the picture to the left, you would think that butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth. Not  such a good guy after all, did you hear the one where he had a spat with a guest on his show and kicked him off with a few expletives thrown in for good measure. I saw the video of that one and he looked like he was in a bad mood to start with. Maybe he was having a bad tech day.

What do you think of Leo Laporte?

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Podcasts I listen to at Mac20Q

Podcasts I listen to include Buzz out Loud. I listen because it is a tech podcast that covers not just Apple and sometimes there are Mac haters on there. Always good to hear what the opposition are saying, no point in living in a walled garden and not able to see outside. They do also have Mac users on there too. They have a fun style of presentation and for that it is great to listen to whatever they are saying.

It does come out nearly daily and sometimes I might miss one because I have not the time to keep up with all of them. Interesting podcast though, and one I recommend.

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Getting ready to walk the dog and listen to the MacCraic Podcast from the rude boys Justin & David from Ireland

Podcasts I listen to - Nosillacast

Lisened to the Nosillaccast yesterday morning and boy oh boy did Allison tear a strip off the venerable Leo Laporte. Seemed to have been desreved reall seeing as the Leo was at one point singing the praises of Apple and Snow Leopard then just a short while later he was slagging them off for the same thing he was just praising them for.

I suppose it is possible or reasonable for a guy to change his mind, although I am not sue that he said he had come to a different opinion, but had just pretended that he had not made the first lot of comments and imagined that no one would notice. Well Allison certainly did and I think there will be some red faces at the Laporte ranch if word gets to him about his hypocrisy.

One of the good things about the Nosilla cast and there a few good things to love on her show is her chit chat across the pond. Allison has the tame Belgian/Irish fella that gives her all the tech speak in a really understandable format. Allison plays the dummy and Bart Buschotts does the peoples propellor head guy. Often they are like an old married couple the way they interact. It is a wonder Steve Sheridan doesn't get jealous. Mind you is across a very large pond, so no worries there.

I am always listening to the podcast when I am walking the dog on a Monday or Tuesday morning and it brightens up the start of my day. I often find myself having a bit of a giggle. This is despite the fact that the Nosillacast is always informative. 

Allison does a live presentation while she is recording her podcast and there is no way I could do that, I fluff my words far too often and I need some editing time, People gather in a chat room to cheer her on as she is caught on camera doing her stuff with the podcast. Click on the picture above to get to the latest podcast where Leo gets a lashing.

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Have you got a tattoo you would like to talk about? Tell me the story behind the tattoo - about the design and the why and the how even

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Just interviewed the excellent chap that is @MacDavid that does the life streaming and video blogging for Mac20Q. Thanks David enjoyed it !

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Checking out Mac Info sites

Checking out Mac Info sites

There are a lot of web sites which have the Apple Mac as the focus of their attention and the one I am telling you about today is very useful looking. It is called Switching to Mac. It has tutorials, reviews,news tips and also has a forum.
The tutorials show you how to find the serial number on your Mac, how to use templates in Pages, how to set alarms and timers, how to create PDF’s from any document on your Mac. In short there are a good few items useful for switchers to the Mac.

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Signed up for a new Catalan course this morning, the last one the teacher was spitting image of Mr Bean - looks and mannerisms

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Signed up for a new Catalan course this morning, the last one the teacher was spitting image of Mr Bean - looks and mannerisms

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No internet this morning so I am pleased that I have the connection back again.At least is was only half a day. went to beach instead 2 swim

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No internet this morning so I am pleased that I have the connection back again.At least is was only half a day. went to beach instead 2 swim

Podcast 60 Mac20Q Keith Alperin

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In this episode I have the developer of the excellent Mercury mover and HighBrow applications Keith Alperin he is also working on an iPhone application too for the shoppers amongst us. I can’t stand shopping unless it is guerilla shopping. Know what I want, where to get it, how much it will cost. In the shop and out again with only the checkout slowing me down. Better still is I can order online. Keith is an extremely genuine chap and I had an absolute blast chatting with him. I asked him for a copy of Mercury Mover and a copy of HighBrow to give away on the show and he responded have 2 copies of each What a nice man

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The question you have to answer to win the Mercury Mover application is in to podcast. The question is simplicity itself and the answer is easy peasy. All you have to do is download a copy of the software , there is a trial version available. The answer will be revealed to you. MercuryMover reduces the friction you feel when you use your Mac. With MercuryMover, you can move and resize windows on your Mac from the keyboard, positioning them precisely where you want. By shunning the slow and imprecise mouse, MercuryMover empowers you to work faster and play more.

The first person with the correct answer for the Mercury Mover application will get the software straight away. The second copy of the software will be available in a draw of all the other correct answers.  Same process for the HighBrow also from Heliumfoot software. Two very useful pieces of software for you, the listeners of Mac 20 Questions to win.

Highbrow enables anyone to utilize each installed web browser more effectively on your Mac by eliminating the annoyances that arise from using multiple web browsers. With Highbrow, you can select any of three separate behaviors:

• You can easily switch the system-wide web browser via the Highbrow menu in your Mac’s menubar.
• Highbrow can change the browser on the fly as you shift between web browsers.
• Highbrow can ask you which browser to use each time you click a link via an unintrusive heads-up display.

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Mac20 Questions Podcast Sixty is comingMercury Mover & HighBrow software to winInterview with the developer from heliumfoot software Keith

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Podcast 60 of Mac20Q being exported out of AmadeusPro now. Will be available soon Have you subscribed in iTunes yet? http://bit.ly/SeomN

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Blasting Keith Alperin of Heliumfoot software through the levelator ready for the Mac 20 Questions Podcast

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Just finished editing the interview for the next Mac20Q Podcast talking to developer of Mercury Mover application for the Mac, Great Guy !

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Just finished editing the interview for the next Mac20Q Podcast talking to developer of Mercury Mover application for the Mac, Great Guy !

ScreenFlow 2 Coming soon

I am really pleased to report that ScreenFlow 2 is coming out soon and even better than that I have got myself onthe beta testing program for ScreenFlow so I get to try it out before the release date.

So over the next while I will be making a pile of screencast to test out the new things in the software. There are transitions going to be available, and I am looking forward to trying those out for sure.

Here is a list of other new features

Here’s a brief summary of some new things you will be able to do in version 2.0:

• Easily slow down or speed up clips
• Add elegant new 2D and 3D transitions such as page-curl, ripple, flash, swipe, cross-dissolve, dip to black or white, and more
• Store your media directly in your ScreenFlow document
• Drag your media directly to the canvas
• Use a hot key to pause
• Use new keyboard shortcuts including clip nudging and zoom in/out.
• Export directly to YouTube

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Mac20Q Podcast 59 Giles Thurston

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Had a great chat with Giles, he is an IT professional and is fairly new to the Mac. I was able to pass on a tip to him during the interview regards using the trackpad on his MacBook. He is into content management systems with his work and will recommend Expression Engine as a good CMS. My knowledge of CMS’s stops at Joomla and I am quite happy to stay with Wordpress for my content. I am tempted though to try out Expression Engine although I think I prefer the openness of the Wordpress platform.

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I am testing out Transmit the ftp application and it worked well enough for me today to upload the podcast to the server. I would like to look into what I could do with it in terms of the Automator that is built into the system.

What I want to do is to have a .mov file split into two tracks converted by an application that will do that job. Then those two .mov file to be converted to AIFF format for me. Possibly for them both to be opened up next to each other in AmadeusPro. Possibly have the resulting file saved as an AIFF that can then be sent to Levelator. It will be then ready for me to edit before I make it into a podcast.
It could be quite nice too, to have the podcast converted to an .mp3 and uploaded to the server ready to be distributed. I am not being lazy, honest – just looking to streamline my podcasting work flow.

You will enjoy the interview with Giles, an extremely nice guy who has a five month old son. He will have to work out how to protect his computers from sticky fingers soon enough. Good luck Giles.

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I am thinking about making a documentary about tattoos and tattooed people. I have no tattoos myself but I do like to see good examples of the art form. I also cringe when I see some horrors permanently etched on skin. I think there are a few stories to tell about the art, the people and the process. So if you have one, please contact me with the contact form below and lets talk.

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I tried out my green screen today, Pulled the video into iMovie & dropped it on top of another clip, clicked GreenScreen & it was done. WOW!

Editing the next Mac20Q Podcast - talking to @GilesThurston. I am 20 minutes into the recording

Today is a busy day with the GironaWiriters group meeting in Girona followed up with a Catalan Class with Mr Bean (Catalan Version)