Podcasting

Macworld Podcast #6: Mac Gems By Cyrus Farivar If you spend any significant time in front of your Mac, it’s a pretty safe bet that you do—then you probably have at least one or two small applications that you use constantly to improve your productivity. Senior writer Dan Frakes keeps tabs on low-cost Mac software and wrote the “50 Mac Gems” article in the September 2005 issue. In this podcast, he explains how he picked them and what some of…

My co-worker, Jen Berger, popped by to tell me that she saw Adam “The Podfather” Curry at Caffè Centro, just over in South Park, near the Macworld offices. I wonder if he’ll make an appearance at the OPML Roadshow in Berkeley.

Macworld Podcast #5: Mighty Mouse By Cyrus Farivar Multi-button mouse users of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your single-button Apple Pro Mouse. Last week Apple ended two decades of producing single-button input devices when it released the multi-button Mighty Mouse. The new input device features a touch-sensitive button on the side, two buttons on the top front end, and a 360 degree scroll wheel which can scroll up and down, left and right, and diagonally. Naturally,…

Apple unveiled a update to its Mac mini Tuesday that doubled the installed memory of the slim desktop and introduced AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth as built-in features on some models. But if you think thatÕs all there is to the mini, you need to take a closer look. ThatÕs what we do in the latest installment of the Geek Factor Podcast, as Macworld Editorial Director Jason Snell and I crack open a Mac mini and take you on a tour…

Dave, you’re a great guy, but sometimes, I just wonder — do you read your own blog? BTW, I’ve been watching for any evidence of acknowledgement from Apple, haven’t seen any yet. and then this: The San Francisco Chronicle is podcasting. Interesting that their feeds use the category element. You don’t often see this. Thanks. Dude, I emailed you that link last night, and blogged it. Way to acknowledge me. 😉 And on another note, are you really comparing podcasting…

SF Chronicle: The San Francisco Chronicle is expanding its offerings of online content today by providing podcasts on its Web site, SFGate.com. Podcasts are radio-like shows that people can automatically download off the Internet and listen to on their computer or portable digital music player. “We are pleased to provide this new way for Chronicle readers and Gate users to get useful and compelling information about the San Francisco Bay Area that they cannot find anywhere else,” said Chronicle Executive…

Macworld.com: We here at Macworld have decided to experiment with the Podcast format. So weÕve taken a page from the magazine and inaugurated the Geek Factor podcast, covering tech topics on an irregular basis. Cyrus Farivar, who has written for Macworld, the New York Times, and Wired News, among others, is the host of this Podcast. In this third 26-minute installment, the topic of choice is ÒCase ModdingÓ Ñ modifying a MacÕs case to create unique and interesting computer designs.…

Macworld: We here at Macworld have decided to experiment with the Podcast format. So weÕve taken a page from the magazine and inaugurated the Geek Factor podcast, covering tech topics on an irregular basis. Former Macworld intern Cyrus Farivar is the host of this Podcast. In this second 29-minute installment, the topic of choice is AppleÕs Newton PDA, which still has a legion of followers even seven years after it was discontinued. Cyrus interviews Grant Hutchinson, a Newton enthusiast who…

The worldÕs a-buzzing with talk of the next great medium to hit the Internet É the podcast. If youÕve never heard of podcasts, hereÕs the short version: theyÕre downloadable audio files you can listen to on your Mac or your iPod, sort of like radio shows, but you program what you listen to. We here at Macworld have decided to experiment with the Podcast format. And for our first attempt, weÕve taken a page from the magazine and inaugurated the…

So here’s an idea to all you podcasters out there. We’ve got many government agencies using RSS now. (Ask Dave Winer for a full list.) But what if we took that a step further and recorded audio sessions of Congress, or even local government and made them available as podcasts? Now that would be cool. And no, Estonia’s not doing this, but they do audio record their sessions of the cabinet meetings. How cool would it be if you could…