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By podfeet on 19 May 2013  Hi this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Mac Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Macintosh bias. This morning Alice Verpoorten sent a message to the Mac Roundtable crew that our good friend Tim Verpoorten had passed away. Tim was one of the founding fathers of the Mac Roundtable, he was the host of the MacReviewcast at surfbits.com. The best word to describe Tim was that he was a gentleman and he was a gentle man. I’m proud to have been considered a friend to him, and I’d like to talk just a little bit about what he meant to the community.
He gave us so much – even if you only count all the freeware he told us about. His phrase “it does one thing and does it well” still comes up often when you hear about a great app. He was so kind, I remember him mentoring me when I’d just tested some software and this app was crapola. He suggested that even though I’d spent the time writing up a bad review, it would be better if I just sent it to the developer rather than airing the bad review. I did as he suggested and I got back a very grateful letter from the developer assuring me that they appreciated the feedback and would do their best to improve the software. They hoped I would give them another chance. I’ve used his philosophy every since and I think I’ve made friends in the developer community while maintaining my integrity in reviews. Because of participating in the Mac Reviewcast, more people found the NosillaCast too. Switcher Mark and Jean MacDonald both reminded me that’s how they found the show and became NosillaCastaways.
Steve and I did have the pleasure of meeting Tim a few times in person at Macworld, and I treasured those experiences. My favorite thing he ever said to/about me was when we were setting up for a live Mac Roundtable. We were paired up on a single mic and he was fussing about with it to get it angled properly, and then he laughed and said, “oh who am I kidding, sharing a mic with Allison? I’m never going to get to talk!” I loved how he’d make fun of me and yet always made me feel loved like a well-teased kid sister.
Steve collected photos from all of the Mac Roundtable members and made a short video slideshow from our memories of Tim at Macworld. I hope you’ll follow the link in the shownotes to watch the video on the Mac Roundtable website and make your comments there.
http://www.macroundtable.com/?p=705
I thought about how to best do a tribute to Tim and decided that letting you hear the last time he was on the NosillaCast would be great. I’m going to miss Tim terribly but I’m so glad we all got to know him in person or even just through his wonderful podcast. This episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond aired on January 6th, 2013. Enjoy.
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By podfeet on 13 May 2013 On this 8th anniversary of the NosillaCast, you’ll hear first hand what happened when Knightwise of knightwise.com challenged the Internets to get him 150 members to his Google+ community and how the NosillaCastaways helped, then Bart will jump in to answer a dumb question on how to be as secure as possible if you’re running a WordPress website and then I’ll give you my take on the new Roku 3 vs. the AppleTV 3. in Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart takes us through Taming the Terminal Part 3 of n.
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By podfeet on 05 May 2013 NosillaCastaways encouraged to show off their stuff in our Google+ Community. Fun accidental keyboard clicks. In Dumb Question Corner Lee Sargent asks for some clarification on the expiration of certificates in encrypted emails. Steve joins me in Chit Chat Across the Pond to interview JPL Astronomer Amy Mainzer.
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By podfeet on 28 April 2013 New IRC Chat server for the live show courtesy of Donald Burr at irc.borgchat.net and room #nosillacast. Try third party chat clients Colloquy, Adium, or my favorite, Textual from CodeUX. Clarify document from Donald on how to get to the Super Seekrit Settings in the NosillaCast iOS App: dburr.clarify-it.com/d/vfkgjc. Review of Wunderlist from wunderlist.com. Allister Jenks explains how he used Conditional Formatting in Excel to find patterns to help him at work, and of course he created a Clarify document to show you how he did it. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart explains on more detail that still confused me about secure email, and then launches into Taming the Terminal, Part 2 of n. We take our first baby steps and finally get to type in some simple commands.
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By podfeet on 21 April 2013 In this episode we’ll try to eliminate some misconceptions about why a VPN is important and how S/MIME email is cross platform. Dr. Matt tells us about a free OSX VPN client called Tunnelblick from code.google.com. Kirschen Seah from FreeRangeCoder.com reviews Airstash from Wearable. How Howard in the Apple store told us his story of tragedy and triumph, and why I’m feeling good about having THREE backups with CrashPlan. Ken Wolf reviews Buffer from BufferApp.com. If you don’t have Clarify yet, it’s part of the $10 Macheist bundle for only 2 more days. In Chit Chat Across the Pond I had the great pleasure of talking to Stewart Cheifet, TV host of the Computer Chronicles and Net Cafe, and now at cheifet.com.
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By podfeet on 14 April 2013 This week I’ll talk about a new set of tutorials I created to give you step by step instructions on how to do the email signing/encrypting that Bart walked us through a few weeks ago, we’ll get a better answer on how to record radio stations, I’ll talk about my quest to find an easy, reliable way to broadcast a live demo and my lovely face at the same time. Then we’ve got a rather mammoth episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond with Security light, a dumb question from Ran about what you can do with VPNs, and then Bart starts a segment called Taming the Terminal – part 1 of n.
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By podfeet on 07 April 2013 First I’m going to take you on an adventure where Belgium, Canada, and Ireland help me to get cool new social media links for the show. Then Allister Jenks is going to challenge the RPN Calculator fanatics with his favorite iOS Calculator Pcalc. Then George from Tulsa is going to explain why he had to leave Google Plus. In Chit Chat Across the Pond we’re going to have LOTS of fun – Donald Burr will be on to teach us how to create a VPN Server using our Macs. Enjoy the ScreenSteps Tutorial on how to do it yourself!
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By podfeet on 31 March 2013 This week we’ve got the last two video interviews from CSUN Persons With Disabilities Expo. We’ve got RSLSteeper from RSLSteeper.com and Autismate from Autismate.com. In Dumb Question Corner, I show Steve Mandala how to record an Internet radio stream using Audio Hijack Pro from rogueamoeba.com. In Chit Chat Across the Pond we’re going to put the nerd beanies on pretty tight. First Bart walks through how to lock all of your preference panes, then we go full speed as Bart answers Ryan Sakamoto’s question on whether email is secure on our smart phones and how to digitally sign and encrypt your email with S/MIME.
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By podfeet on 24 March 2013 We’re going to start out with a Dumb Question that results in a review of the Goal Zero Guide 10 Plus Small Adventure Kit solar charger and battery pack. Then we’ll have a quick shout out about the app Type2Phone, and a car tech review requested by Honda Bob. On Chit Chat Across the Pond we’re going to have a new guest, photographer and Mac geek Chris Marquardt from the Tips from the Top Floor Podcast, and ChrisMarquardt.com. I’m very excited to have him on the show and the assignment I gave him is to answer a dumb question from Knightwise about how to get started with a Digital SLR.
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By podfeet on 17 March 2013 Today we have a Dumb Question from Pat Putnam about how to refresh iTunes podcasts on a schedule (I’m very proud of myself on how I solved it). We’ve got an interview with Cara Quinn from Looktel about her new apps for the blind, Breadcrumbs GPS and VoiceOver Tutorial. Then we’ve got another Dumb Question, this time from Ben on why 2x speed isn’t really 2x speed on the Downcast Podcast app. Then I’ll give you my review of the Versa Stand for iPad from the Ergo Tech Group that’s really cool. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart will give us his advice, to follow the money and to beware of the Underpants Gnomes.
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