Scott Sheppard takes a lighthearted look at what's new and exciting in the world of the Macintosh computer in this one-hour weekly radio show. From the digital hub to the den of the Panther operating system, Scott is always on top of what is happening in the world of Macintosh and has his finger on the pulse of the industry. With a tasty serving of news, reviews, information, and interviews, Inside Mac is all Mac, all the time, and one of the unique tech shows on radio today.

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Inside Mac - August 2nd 2003

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Jack Gruber - USA Today - Mac HERO !!

The Mac HERO !!

Jack Gruber, 37, was raised on his family's farms in Ohio and Kentucky. Jack is a 1984 graduate from Franklin Monroe High School in Pitsburg, Ohio.

Gruber received Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Ohio University School of Visual Communications in 1989 graduating as the classes Outstanding Vis-Com Graduate. He also attended Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York and The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

Gruber's first job as a newspaper photographer was working for the Greenville (Ohio) Daily Advocate when he was 16-years-old and a sophomore in high school. Jack has worked full time as a staff photographer since 1989 starting with the Flint (Michigan) Journal, the Detroit News and briefly with the Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tennessee. Currently, Gruber is one of six staff photographers with USA TODAY, the nation's largest newspaper with a daily circulation of over 2 million readers .

Winner of the national collegiate William Randolph Hearst Photojournalism Championship in 1989, Gruber has won various other national and state professional photojournalist honors including National Press Photographers Association Picture of the Year awards and Associated Press Pictures of the Year Awards. Most recently, Gruber was honored for his work covering the 2003 Iraq War by a committee of award winning photographers brought together by Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Eddie Adams and presented the Eddie Adams Workshop Tribute-Iraq Photographers: Kent Potter Award.

Gruber has covered the past three Olympics and nearly all of the national college and professional sports championships along with coverage of national news events such as western wildfires, hurricanes, environmental issues in Alaska and Canada as well as documenting overseas conflicts in the West Bank and Israel, Afghanistan, India and various other countries in the Persian Gulf region.

Gruber covered the 2003 Iraq War as an embedded journalist with the Army's 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Task Force. The "Speed and Power" armored M1A1 Tank and Bradley Fighting Vehicle task force was the lead fighting element which paved the way into Baghdad from Kuwait. Along for the ride with only two other journalists assigned to this front running task force, Gruber was the first journalist to cross the Euprates River riding with the 11th Engineer Battalion, Alpha Company who made the crossing in motorized rubber boats and rode with the 3-69AR Task Force inside the first Bradley to cross over the walls into the Saddam Hussein International Airport.

Gruber and his wife Amy reside in the San Francisco bay area.

MacEase's WebPrint Plus, PrintMagic
Collect, save, edit, index, or print just the part(s) of the document/web page that you need -- anything from a single character to multiple pages may be saved or printed. On-the-fly notes and a time-date stamp can be added to your saved and printed text selections and images.
http://www.macease.com

D-Link's Air Wireless 2.4GHz (802.11b) USB Adapter, FireWire/USB 2.0 hub
D-Link has created a line of new WiFi adapters that work seamlessly with Macs! We call it, 'WiFi To Go'.
http://www.dlink.com

Chronos Software's Sticky Brain 2
StickyBrain is a powerful, free-form information manager with a user-friendly sticky note interface. If you ever need to find something it will be one click away.
http://www.chronosnet.com

MacUpdate

Want to find the latest version of your Mac application? MacUpdate is a great place. Simple, straight forward and easy to use.

http://www.macupdate.com

Scott Sheppard - Executive Producer / Host

Scott Sheppard is the founder and editor of the popular Macintosh Web Site, http://www.OSXFAQ.com He is also a monthly Contributing Editor to Macworld UK magazine and produces a daily audio broadcast of Mac news and information Inside Mac Radio.

Scott Sheppard previously hosted the Inside Mac Show broadcast by CNET radio.

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.

Sam Levin - Co Host & Senior Mac Technologist

Sam 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 initiatives for leading entertainment companies such as Virgin Interactive, Broderbund, and Mattel.

Sam has worked with numerous Mac companies such as: Aladdin, Apple, Broderbund, Connectix, IBM Multimedia, IXLA, Jiiva, Keyspan, Microsoft, MYOB, Meilenstein, Fathom Pictures, LandWare, Mattel, Nova Development, Totally Hip Software, Y-E Data and more.

Christian Pickman - Producer

Christian Pickman is the producer of Inside Mac and he brings 5 years of radio experience to the show. He is the guy you talk to when you call in, so be nice to him !!!!

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.