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 The Macintosh represents more than a computing platform among the tech-savvy, for many it's a way of life. Inside Mac brings the voice of experience to the people who live the Macintosh digital lifestyle. The show is currently syndicated every week across the country and around the world on terrestrial broadcast radio stations, Podcast, Audible, Macworld Magazine CD and streaming live on broadband web radio. Anchor Scott Sheppard and correspondents Desmond Crisis and Laura Burstein cover the latest tech stories with the Mac user in mind. Senior Mac Technologist Sam Levin keeps listeners updated on the latest products, and news correspondent Ken Ray brings it all into perspective with a regular roundup of the week's news headlines. Inside Mac is one of the most unique tech shows on broadcast radio today. 
The Inside Mac Show - February 19th 2005LIVE 1-3pm Pacific - Call Us At 800-490-0058Listen to the show LIVE on AM 1220 KNTS in the San Francisco Bay Area or on the web at http://www.universaltalknetwork.com/listen.htmThe Tamagotchi and the Pocket Fisherman have something in common with the Swingline Stapler. These are just a few of Mobile PC's "Top 100 Gadgets of All Time." How many have you owned and how many did Apple make? Ken Ray has the report. Want your own copy of the Gutenberg Bible or an original edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets? You can't have the originals, but Octavo can give you the next best thing. CEO Chet Crycz joins Desmond Crisis to talk about how Octavo creates rich, vivid, reproductions of the world's rarest books on CD without skimping on the details. This episode also features the popular Podcasters Dawn and Drew who join Sam Levin and Laura Burstein to talk about their own special brand of entertainment and how they get away with it! Find out how this pair from Wisconsin has broken the barriers of media and censorship. But wait, there's more! ... Desmond's cell phone adventure, Laura's got some new info about online tax filing and Ken's technology news report gets you up to speed fast. This Weeks Guests - Hour 1Czeslaw Jan Grycz - CEO and Publisher - Octavo
Introduced shortly after the invention of printing from movable type, the octavo was the first format developed specifically for creating portable, mass-produced, low-cost books. At the same time, Renaissance thinkers believed they could elevate the individual dignity and worth of great numbers of people by disseminating the long-hidden ideas of classical Greek authors. The work of these thinkers and printers changed the world forever: They brought the great ideas of the past to light in the present; and, in doing so, inspired innovation and growth in virtually every area of human knowledge and experience. Today, Octavo exists to serve the same ideal. Our purpose is to use the best in advanced technology to uncover and enhance the seminal ideas of the past in ways that will provide inspiration for the present and future. Through our proprietary digital imaging technologies, archiving services, and published editions, Octavo facilitates preservation and enables discovery for a wide range of audiences. Octavo Case StudiesBodleian Library, Oxford, UKSince mid-January 2004, Octavo has been the guest of the Imaging Services Department of Oxford University's Bodleian Library. By Thanksgiving, Octavo had digitized slightly over 14,000 pages of rare and valuable works for the Bodleian, systematically capturing high-resolution images of entire books and collections. Systematic digitization is not easily undertaken by library imaging departments who are typically dealing with high volumes of long-term individual page imaging work orders. Our collaboration has proven congenial and productive - not only has Octavo digitized numerous books of outstanding quality and importance, but our work with the Bodleian staff has also allowed us to better understand the potential utility of our workflow software for improving the efficiency of on-demand digitization efforts.
British Library, London, UKIn 2003, Octavo launched an ambitious digitization project under the guidance of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. The goal of the project is to digitize the entire corpus, wherever they are known to exist, of Quarto editions of William Shakespeare's plays published before 1641. Quarto editions of Shakespeare's plays are housed in the collections of at least five leading libraries in the UK and the US. Since these works need to be digitized on site, the effort involves transporting sensitive camera and computer equipment, installing and calibrating the systems, and carefully staging and imaging the original works. Digitization of the 119 Quarto editions in the collection of the British Library was completed early in 2004. The British Library has mounted an impressive online exhibit of these works on its site even as Octavo continues to assemble the complete collection from all the participating libraries in the project. Also, Octavo will be making available for purchase both electronic and printed editions of the individual digitized plays. From these sales, a portion of all Octavo revenues will be returned as royalties to the participating libraries. The Getty Research Library, Los Angeles, CAAs an architect, printmaker, and publisher in eighteenth-century Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-78) brought together the emerging disciplines of architecture, art history, and archaeology. With a focus on one of the most important graphic artists in the history of art, a digital project is being undertaken by Octavo to present the Getty Research Library's notable collections of Piranesi's printed works. The Getty Research Institute's copies of Piranesi's works were commissioned from the print shop in the late eighteenth century by Swedish King Gustav III, one of Piranesi's notable patrons, for the king's Roman ambassador. The Octavo publication will reproduce the artist's works in high-quality surrogates which reveal important details of etching technique, ink, and paper to scholars and connoisseurs. The project commences with his most important works, the treatise Della Magnficenza ed Architettura de' Romani (1761) which focuses on Piranesi's lifelong obsession, the magnificent architecture of the ancient city of Rome, and the suite of Roman city-views Vedute de Roma, [c.1780s]. These are both foundational works in the history of art that convey Piranesi's dual contributions to printmaking and polemics. http://www.octavo.comThis Weeks Guests - Hour 2Dawn Miceli & Drew Domkus - The Dawn and Drew Show
New York TimesThe unscripted "Dawn and Drew Show," one of the most popular podcasts so far, is recorded in the living room of Ms. Miceli, an artist, and Mr. Domkus, who provides technical support for an office building in nearby Milwaukee. They play off each other like Abbott and Costello, with Mr. Domkus as the straight man and Ms. Miceli as the joker, continually cracking jokes and making off-the-wall comments (and sometimes venturing into sexual subject matter). The Boston GlobeGarfield loves loading up his iPod, before taking a long walk around Jamaica Pond, with the latest edition of ''The Dawn and Drew Show," the real-life and often off-color bantering of a husband and wife in rural Wisconsin. He also likes downloading one of the few mass-market shows now being podcast, ''Morning Stories" on Boston's WGBH-FM public radio station.NewsweekIn his self-reported list alone, there are about 2,000 podcasts, including everything from down-home talk shows like the husband-and-wife bantering on "The Dawn and Drew Show" in Wayne, Wis., to MP3 bloggers like Roger McGuinn, the former Byrds frontman, who beams rare old-timey tunes to his subscribers ("It's been very gratifying," he tells NEWSWEEK of the feedback he's gotten). It's pirate radio writ large and legal. The GuardianThe available feeds range from Skinny Bones on Air, a podcast featuring "the experiences gained from writing, directing and editing an independent feature film", to the increasingly infamous Dawn and Drew show, "a husband and wife podcasting duo coming to you from the town of Wayne, Wisconsin". http://www.dawnanddrew.comSam's Cool Mac Pick's - Feb 19th - 2005Griffin Technology's LapelMic
If you are going to record from your iPod, then this small mic is the way to go. Paired with Griffin's iTalk (probably works with Belkin's voice recorder too, yet I haven't tested this), the LapelMic is an affordable solution for non intrusive recording. Lapel Mic offers the highest quality stereo or mono audio input for recording interviews, lectures and other events. Griffin Lapel Mic features quality stereo sound, a standard 3.5mm stereo mini-jack, and a swivel clip for ease of use. This multipurpose lapel microphone offers quality stereo audio input for recording interviews, lectures and other events. An iPod equipped with the Griffin iTalk voice recorder instantly becomes a mobile recording unit. The addition of a Lapel Mic adds flexibility and ease of use. Lapel Mic also works with the Griffin iMic and PowerWave for stereo recording and is ideal for voice-recognition software such as iListen. Lapel Mic is a great new accessory for iPod owners everywhere. For reporters, presenters, and students, our Lapel Mic combines the versatility of the iPod with the comfort and ease of use of a high-quality microphone. Available through griffintechnology.com, Apple Retail/Online Stores, and CompUSA http://www.griffintechnology.comMSRP: $14.99 Tivoli Audio's SongBook
Need a AM/FM clock/radio? Need an all around, durable compact speaker that works great with any iPod? Take your pick of 7 colors to match your mood. Whether traveling for business or pleasure, in today's world, having access to news and music is increasingly becoming a necessity rather than a luxury. SongBook delivers the wealth of programming that FM and AM has to offer, in our trademark high-fidelity sound. Add that to the sensitive digital tuner, alarm clock, sleep timer, and built-in charger for NiMH/NiCAD batteries, and you have a first class portable clock radio. The unique rubberized coating helps to protect SongBook from Mother Nature's elements and from everyday wear and tear**. We've even included a rear keyhole cut-out for easy wall mounting. And with multiple colors to choose from, you're sure to find one that suits your style. SongBook features:
Dimensions: 6.125 inches high x 7.3125 inches wide x 2.0625 inches deep
http://www.tivoliaudio.com Prie Podwallet from MCE Technologies
City Cool, compact case for most iPods. Carry your iPod in style. This unique leather case has enough pockets that even Emelda Marcos' shoes would get lost! "So you love your iPod like me, and get stuck carrying your wallet plus your iPod peripherals along with the iPod and it's case. Your love for music just made you messier and unorganized. That's what happened to me. So I decided to design a simple and elegant solution for organizing my mess, and possibly your mess too," says founder and designer hfo for the motive behind PRIE PODWALLET. It's an all-in-one solution for carrying your iPod, cables, headphones, iPod peripherals, and wallet contents such as name cards, credit cards, bills, coins, and document I.D.'s.
http://www.powerbook1.com The Inside Mac Radio StaffScott Sheppard - Executive Producer / Anchor
Scott Sheppard is the founder and editor of the VERY popular Macintosh Web Site, http://www.OSXFAQ.com/. He is the Executive Producer/Anchor of the nationally syndicated broadcast radio show "Inside Mac" and a Contributing Editor for Macworld UK. Scott has been using Apple computers for more than 25 years, as well as spending many years as a Wintel user, giving him the unique perspective of having spent a lot of time on both sides of the computer fence. Scott Sheppard previously hosted the Inside Mac Show broadcast by CNET radio. Desmond Crisis - Correspondent
If you look in the Cyberpunk Handbook, you'll find Desmond Crisis. Having founded the Otaku Patrol Group in 1993 he quickly found his way to the front lines of emerging technologies. One of the pioneers of technology television, Desmond was the anchor of CNET Television's "Cool Tech" and correspondent to "CNET Central", "The New Edge", and "The Web" seen on USA Network, Sci-Fi Channel and international stations. He has also hosted the "The Desmond Crisis Program" a daily call-in talk show on the CNET Radio Network, including terrestrial AM stations coast-to-coast and one of XM Satellite Radio's launch channels. Before he got his press badge, Desmond was a game developer and part of the team that produced several titles including "Zero Tolerance", the first 3D behind-the-gun shooter which was also the first multi-console networked game for the Sega Genesis. When not broadcasting, Desmond volunteers his time and skills to various homeland security agencies. He is an avid communications enthusiast holding both a General Mobile Radio Service license as well as the amateur radio callsign KC6VHG Desmond Crisis has been called "the cult leader of the cyberpunks" Laura Burstein - Correspondent
Laura Burstein is a Silicon Valley native with more than a decade of combined experience in broadcasting, writing, and new media. Laura graduated with a degree in journalism from San Jose State University. Before and during college, Laura worked at local radio and television stations around the Bay Area. Laura was a Web Producer at ZDTV (later TechTV) in early 2000. Eventually, Laura appeared on-air as an Interact Host on the network's daily news show, Tech Live and occasionally filled in as co-host of Call for Help. Laura also co-wrote Leo Laporte,s 2003 Technology Almanac, which sold more than 50,000 copies worldwide. Today, Laura,s love of tech can only be rivaled by her love of food. Ken Ray - Correspondent
Ken Ray has worked both sides of the radio mic for over ten years. He has written and produced comedy bits for an alternative station in Boston, anchored two and half hours of news daily on TechTV Radio, was morning drive personality on an FM country station in the middle of nowhere, was operations director for an AM in Boston, was operations director for an AM in San Francisco, and has logged countless hours in production studios, tearing out everything from down and dirty :30 spots that need to hit the air yesterday to agency spots to long-form infomercials and even longer-form CD projects. Writing news, spots, promos and interstitials also fits somewhere in his repertoire. And he runs a mean radio board for in studio as well as remote broadcasts. Outside of radio, Ken wrote for the magazine Global Technology Business. He also makes a darn good bread pudding. Sam Levin - Senior Mac Technologist
Sam Levin Co-Founded the Stanford Mac Users' Group in 1985, and has worked with leading Macintosh developers on business development, licensing, and strategic market development. Sam Directed licensing and business development initiatives for leading companies such as Axio, Virgin Interactive, Broderbund, Chronos, Mattel, Connectix, IBM Multimedia, IXLA, iSkin, Jiiva, Keyspan, Microsoft, MYOB, MacMice, Fathom Pictures, LandWare, Nova Development, Totally Hip Software, Y-E Data and more. Sam has been using Macs for 20 years, as well as tied into the world of handheld and digital imaging, providing him a special angle on personal computing and consumer electronics. Greg Douglas - Director of Network Operations
Gregory Douglas has fifteen years of experience in the radio, television and computer- related areas. He was the Director of Network Operations for Personal Achievement Radio, which included responsibilities for the production, operation and distribution of the "PAR" format. As the primary individual in charge of the on-air sound for "PAR", Mr. Douglas interacted with the motivational authors, Nightingale-Conant, ABC Radio Networks, PAR O & O's and affiliates and the broadcast talent. He pioneered the transition to digital for the flagship PAR studios. In addition, Mr. Douglas was M.I.S. Manager for Douglas Broadcasting Inc. where he was responsible for the traffic and business computer functions as well as the computer networking of DBI/PAR radio outlets. Previously, he was the General Manager of DBI's Seattle operation and Station Manager at WBPS-AM in Boston. Also, Mr. Douglas has been involved in almost all areas of broadcasting, including traffic, business, engineering, production and sales. For more information contact:
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