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    <outline text="Opening">
      <outline text="Opening Music">
        <outline text="Music is &quot;Say Anything&quot; by Manda and the Marbles"/>
        <outline text="Band's MySpace page" MediaLinks="myspace.com/mandathemarbles &lt;http://www.myspace.com/mandathemarbles&gt;  "/>
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      <outline text="Plans for the show">
        <outline text="Thanks for all the emails of support."/>
        <outline text="More free content">
          <outline text="Video, interviews, special content"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Paid premium content"/>
        <outline text="Hopefully more blogging"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Macworld 2010">
        <outline text="I'll be there starting Wednesday night through Saturday"/>
        <outline text="Where you can find me:">
          <outline text="Mac Podcaster Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF 01) ">
            <outline text="Thursday 2/11 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM"/>
            <outline text="Open to all Expo attendees including Expo Only"/>
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          <outline text="Cirque Du Mac Party 2/11 from 8:00 PM to Midnight"/>
          <outline text="Your Mac Should be on TV - Apple Home Theater Demystified">
            <outline text="Friday 2/12 from 3:15 to 3:45 on the Main Stage (Expo floor)"/>
            <outline text="With Ara Derderian" MediaLinks="htguys.com &lt;http://www.htguys.com/&gt;"/>
          </outline>
          <outline text="Data Robotics (Drobo) Booth, #1454">
            <outline text="Saturday 2/13 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM"/>
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        <outline text="Where you can follow me:">
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    <outline text="Sponsor">
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    <outline text="News">
      <outline text="Rumors of the iPad's possible features">
        <outline text="From the iPad SDK">
          <outline text="Support for external monitors."/>
          <outline text="Shared file directory"/>
          <outline text="Universal apps (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad)"/>
          <outline text="Printing to network printers over Wifi"/>
          <outline text="Camera support">
            <outline text="Images from the keynote video showing what looks like a camera"/>
            <outline text="images of the bezel frame showing a camera mount that fits the Macbook iSight."/>
          </outline>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Prototype of a &quot;handwriting&quot; keyboard in iPhone OS 3.2, which may use some combination of Inkwell and FingerWorks technologies (Ars Technica)"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Book publishers ramp up for the iPad	">
        <outline text="Electronista says Rupert Murdoch openly dismissed Amazon's e-book store in favor of Apple's.">
          <outline text="Publishers have been upset with amazon's $9.99 or less pricing model for the Kindle. A point recently seceded to publish McMillian."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Seems similar to the battle Apple had with record labels over $0.99 track pricing. Which Apple later gave in to, for DRM free."/>
        <outline text="Apple is likely believed to be selling best sellers for between $12.99 and $14.99 on the iBooks Store taking their usual 30 percent cut."/>
        <outline text="The Wall Street Journal reports that textbook publishers McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt K-12, Pearson Education, and Kaplan, among others are all working on projects to reformat some textbooks for the iPad">
          <outline text="Many are working with Srcollmotion which already brings books to the iPod Touch and iPhone"/>
          <outline text="Features: study guides and test-prep material, search functions, dictionaries, and interactive quizzes."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="What about Magazines?">
          <outline text="Cult of Mac said Wired's Magazine designers rushed to get something ready for Apple's announcement, the trouble? It used Adobe AIR which, like Flash won't run on the iPad."/>
          <outline text="Magazine and newspaper staffs use InDesign which can be easily ported to other adobe technologies like AIR and Flash."/>
          <outline text="I still think they need a simple, interactive, publishing format.">
            <outline text="Apple supports PDF, but that is too static given recent tablet demos we've seen."/>
            <outline text="what about iDVD and DVD Studio Pro becoming iTunes LP, and iBooks interactive publishing apps?"/>
          </outline>
          <outline text="In some ways it feels like the tablet may bring back the promise of CD ROMs, but in a much bigger and way."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Comic Books?">
          <outline text="Iphone apps for that, but iPad specific apps with in-app purchase could take that to a bigger level."/>
          <outline text="Marvel doesn't think so due to the lack of Flash."/>
          <outline text="iVerse, Comixology and Panelfly"/>
        </outline>
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      <outline text="27&quot; iMac woes may not be over">
        <outline text="I've had at least a couple listeners report still having graphics issue with their 27&quot; iMacs even after Apple's latest firmware update."/>
        <outline text="Also reports of yellow tint on screen. Apple says this is normal based on conditions. Will offer LCD replacements in some persistent cases?">
          <outline text="Reports from Gizmodo that the issue is with an LG component and some Dell LCDs are suffering the same issue."/>
          <outline text="Might be a replacement LCD shortage at least in Europe."/>
          <outline text="Gizmodo also reported that some repeat iMac returners were being offered a full refund, plus 15% for their troubles."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Apple 27&quot; iMac currently sits at a 2 week wait on deliveries."/>
        <outline text="MacNN was reporting that Apple was temporarily halting 27&quot; iMac production on both Core i5 and i7's until a fix can be implemented.">
          <outline text="Apple says it's actually trying to ramp up production to meet demand according to Boy Genius Reports."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="27-inch iMac Display Firmware Update 1.0">
          <outline text="A second update and different than the 27-inch iMac Graphics Firmware Update 1.0 released in December"/>
          <outline text="Addresses the same &quot;flickering&quot; display issues."/>
          <outline text="No note on if it addresses the &quot;yellow&quot; display issue."/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple software updates">
        <outline text="iTunes 9.0.3">
          <outline text="iTunes no longer ignores your &quot;Remember password for purchases&quot; setting."/>
          <outline text="Addresses problems with syncing some Smart Playlists and Podcasts with iPod. "/>
          <outline text="Resolves a problem recognizing when iPod is connected. "/>
          <outline text="Addresses issues that affect stability and performance."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="iPhone OS 3.1.3 for the iPhone and iPod touch">
          <outline text="Addresses several security issues">
            <outline text="fixes flaws that could lead to arbitrary code execution or app crashes when playing maliciously crafted mp4 files, viewing maliciously crafted TIFF images, and accessing maliciously crafted FTP servers"/>
            <outline text="fixes a USB-related issue that could grant access to data on locked iPhones"/>
            <outline text="fixes an issue where Mail could send unwanted data in certain situations when HTML 5 media elements load"/>
          </outline>
          <outline text="improved battery level accuracy on the iPhone 3GS"/>
          <outline text="fixed a problem where third party apps might not launch"/>
          <outline text="fixed a compatibility issue that could cause some apps to crash when using the Japanese Kana keyboard"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Some isolated issues being reported according to iPodNN">
          <outline text="Ironically erratic battery indicators with percentages bouncing up and down"/>
          <outline text="Some units losing battery life and running hot"/>
          <outline text="Smart playlists using more than 1 criteria not syncing to iPod Touch (music still syncs, but playlists are missing tracks)."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="iPhone 3.1.3 firmware wrecks any previous unlocking or jailbreaking efforts, warns the unofficial iPhone Dev Team">
          <outline text="They have already released the PwnageTool 3.1.5 for Mac OS X with a warning">
            <outline text="&quot;iPhone 3GS users (regardless of unlock) should stay away from this and all 3.1.3 jailbreak tools unless you know you have your “SHSH hashes” backed up via Cydia&quot;"/>
          </outline>
        </outline>
        <outline text="iTunes Web Preview now supports Apps."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Reports of Mac Pro Nahalem audio issues">
        <outline text="AppleInsider and others report users of the latest Mac Pros with Nehalem-based Intel Xeon processors seeing a a 20 percent performance hit when playing audio in Mac OS X"/>
        <outline text="Originally pointed out by ArsTechnica"/>
        <outline text="Seems to effect both both early 2009 and late 2009 Mac Pro models when playing audio in iTunes or other audio apps."/>
        <outline text="Processor temps also reportedly double."/>
        <outline text="Oddly there isn't an increase in processor load, just an overall performance decrease and increases in power draw and heat"/>
        <outline text="There are current rumors of Mac Pro updates on the horizon">
          <outline text="Using variation of Intels new 6-core processors"/>
          <outline text="Core i7-980X and Core i7-970 six-core desktop processors"/>
          <outline text=" Codenamed &quot;Gulftown&quot; and formerly rumored &quot;i9&quot;"/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Rumor of Macbook Pro updates">
        <outline text="Might even happen as I record this."/>
        <outline text="9 to 5 Mac got word from a Best Buy employee showing them &quot;deleted&quot; from their inventory system."/>
        <outline text="Updates rumored to be a bump up to Intel Core i5 and i7 mobile processors"/>
        <outline text="Some asking if 3G connectivity might be a possibility. If so I wonder who the US carrier will be (joke)?"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple releases Aperture 3">
        <outline text="Accoring to Apple the release has over 200 new features">
          <outline text="Including 64-Bit Support (requires Snow Leopard and Intel Core 2 Duo processor)"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Apple highlights">
          <outline text="Faces and Places"/>
          <outline text="Brushes to &quot;paint&quot; on effects selectively. Offers edge detection"/>
          <outline text="New adjustment presets"/>
          <outline text="Full-screen browser"/>
          <outline text="Advanced slideshows">
            <outline text="With photos, HD video clips, titles, layered soundtracks, and professionally designed themes."/>
          </outline>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Requirements">
          <outline text="Intel-based Mac">
            <outline text="An Intel Core 2 Duo processor is recommended"/>
          </outline>
          <outline text="Mac OS X v10.5.8 or v10.6.2 or later"/>
          <outline text="1GB of RAM or 2GB of RAM required for Mac Pro"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Pricing">
          <outline text="$199.00 USD"/>
          <outline text="Free-frial is available."/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
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    <outline text="Sponsor">
      <outline text="Citrix">
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    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="Is iPad for us or the rest of them?">
        <outline text="Lots of debate among the geeks as to why this iPad sucks">
          <outline text="Lack of multitasking, Flash, no HDMI out, 4:3 Aspect ratio, cameras,the name?"/>
          <outline text="AT&amp;T in states, No T-Mobile, micro-SIM"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Can we just grow up about the name? Jokes will fade."/>
        <outline text="I think like the iPhone, this isn't for geeks or hackers who want a device to do with what they want."/>
        <outline text="Is it what the average non-geek wants?">
          <outline text="Easy to use somewhat low cost."/>
          <outline text="Buy and consume media"/>
          <outline text="Surf the web"/>
          <outline text="Create office documents"/>
          <outline text="keyboard support"/>
          <outline text="Direct photo import"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Omni Focus plans">
          <outline text="&quot;...we feel Apple’s iPad is:  the best computing device for most of the things people use computers for&quot;"/>
          <outline text="OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, OmniPlan, OmniFocus, and OmniGraphSketcher."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="What are the consumer concerns?">
          <outline text="6 SKUs">
            <outline text="As listener Rui points out this is a bit confusing"/>
            <outline text="Also staggered launch dates."/>
            <outline text="I understand why, but maybe 3 or 4 SKUs could have accomplished the same.">
              <outline text="$499 16 GB Wi-fi, $599 32 GB Wi-fi, $729 32GB 3G, $829 64GB 3G"/>
            </outline>
            <outline text="I could see a future price drop to a 3G only line">
              <outline text="$499, $599, and $699 for wi-fi+3G models"/>
            </outline>
            <outline text="Credit Suisse analyst Bill Shope claims Apple already has plans for price drops based on demand."/>
          </outline>
          <outline text="Lack of printing"/>
          <outline text="Can it be used without a computer?">
            <outline text="Does it HAVE to sync with iTunes?">
              <outline text="How to backup?"/>
            </outline>
            <outline text="Mobile Me sync and direct buying enough?"/>
            <outline text="Storage?"/>
          </outline>
          <outline text="iPad for Business">
            <outline text="iWork"/>
            <outline text="Lack of printing and file sharing (Apple said to be considering upgrades)"/>
            <outline text="Exchange support, push email, remote lock and wipe."/>
            <outline text="This is a &quot;consumer&quot; device first. These came later on the iPhone too."/>
          </outline>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Verticals are going to be big.">
          <outline text="Medical, insurance, reality, construction, hospitality, museums, travel, etc."/>
          <outline text="Mike's wife opened her own Optometry Office and they run MacPractice, a Mac only suite for managing doctor's offices." MediaLinks="macpractice.com &lt;http://www.macpractice.com/mp/&gt;">
            <outline text="They plan to use iPads to do direct patient entry of forms from the waiting room right into the system."/>
            <outline text="They can then have games, movies, books, music, magazines, and web access to use while they wait."/>
            <outline text="MacPractice has already announced they will do an iPad app (they have iPhone iPod Touch support already)."/>
          </outline>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="iPad IPS Display technology">
        <outline text="Explanation via Macworld reprint from the PC World Geek Tech Blog" MediaLinks="pcworld.com &lt;http://www.pcworld.com/article/188141/ipad_ips_screen_technology_explained.html&gt;"/>
        <outline text="IPS = In-Plane Switching"/>
        <outline text="Developed by Hitachi and introduced in 1996."/>
        <outline text="Apple's current 21.5&quot; and 27&quot; iMacs use IPs technology."/>
        <outline text="Offer a much wider viewing angle than other forms of LCD technology."/>
        <outline text="Panel on the iPad is 9.7-inch 1024-by-768 resolution LED-backlit and has a 178 degree viewing angle."/>
        <outline text="Most low cost netbooks use a cheaper twisted nematic (TN) display technology with 6-bit color.">
          <outline text="IPS supports 8-bit color"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Interestingly the iPad's display is only 132 pixels per inch and the iPhone and iPod Touch have 480 × 320 displays with roughly 162"/>
        <outline text="I also wonder about vertical vs. horizontal off angle viewing."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Canadian iTunes gift cards no go on apps">
        <outline text="From listener Bill"/>
        <outline text="What's bad about this is that it's not apparent from the card or even in iTunes.">
          <outline text="You have to go to the iTunes legal page" MediaLinks="iTunes CA App Store Legal &lt;http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/ca/terms.html&gt;"/>
          <outline text="Even then it in section 10 of the App Store"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="According to some reports Apple iTunes support reps listed the reason as Canadian law:">
          <outline text="&quot;Due to tax laws and commerce restrictions for software in Canada, customers residing in Canada may only purchase games and applications using a credit card.&quot;"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="A customer Jim Whitelaw documented a similar issue on his blog back in October 2009">
          <outline text="A senior rep said that those statements were &quot;unauthorized&quot; and that it is simple Apple's policies that prohibit the use of gift cards for Canadian App Store purchases."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="So I ask now, Can you buy iPod Games?  Could &quot;tax laws&quot; in Canada be influencing Apple's policies?"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Get word count in any Cocoa App">
        <outline text="Joe in the forum wanted a way to get word count in Text Edit"/>
        <outline text="The key to this is OS X Services">
          <outline text="Specifically the 'Statistics' text service"/>
          <outline text="Under the Application menu --&gt; Services..."/>
          <outline text="In Snow Leopard you customize this in the Keyboard System Preferences under the Keyboard Shortcuts tab.">
            <outline text="Select 'Services' from the list on the right side of the pane"/>
            <outline text="Check on or off the service you want."/>
          </outline>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Once the 'Statistics...' text service is enabled then just select the section of text you want in any Cocoa app, then control+click in Snow Leopard to access the Services--&gt;Statistics… (or use the Application menu). It will display the Characters, Spaces, Total, Word count, and number of lines."/>
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      <outline text="Create a yearly iPhoto Archive">
        <outline text="Andrew was wondering the best way to get 1 year's worth of iPhoto's onto a DVD for archiving"/>
        <outline text="I use iPhoto built in disk burning and Smart albums (iPhoto '09)">
          <outline text="In iPhoto choose 'File' --&gt; 'New Smart Album'"/>
          <outline text="In the settings use 'Date' as the criteria and the 'is in the range' as the parameter. Then set the date range for 1 year (1/1/2009 to 12/31/2009)."/>
          <outline text="Then you can select that Smart Album from the list and choose 'Burn' under the 'Share' menu."/>
          <outline text="A typical single layer DVD will hold about 4.7 GB of data, but iPhoto will also pull over the thumbnails, metadata, etc. so I say about 4.0 GB per DVD"/>
          <outline text=" If a single year's worth of photos ends up too large for 1 DVD I just create Smart Albums in 6&#10;month, 4 month, or 3 month periods for a given year and burn more DVDs"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="I like this method because it creates iTunes compatible DVDs, if you want more universal DVDs then simply mount the DVD in the Finder, select the Smart Album in iPhoto, do a 'Select all' from the 'Edit' menu and then drag the photos directly to the DVD in the Finder and do the burn.">
          <outline text="In this case you will only end up with the Photos and not the metadata, etc."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="To finish off you project you can use DVD label software like Disc Label. I like to color code by year." MediaLinks="www.smileonmymac.com &lt;http://www.smileonmymac.com/&gt;"/>
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    <outline text="Closing">
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      <outline text="EOL: Lego iPad">
        <outline text="It had to happen. A replica of an Apple iPad made from LEGO. (via Cult of Mac)" MediaLinks="cultofmac.com &lt;http://www.cultofmac.com/the-inevitable-lego-ipad-revealed/28643&gt;"/>
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