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Talkcast tonight, 4pm HI/7pm PT/10pm ET: Steve Jobs Day Edition!
I can't imagine what we'll talk about tonight. Like that other Sunday night tradition, we will try to have a rilly big shew for you. Oh wait, there IS something newsworthy to discuss after all: Happy Steve Jobs Day everyone! (Thank goodness! Clearly we have nothing else of note to discuss...) Not ONLY do we have at least one thing to talk about, we also have at least one person to talk with about it! My favorite Macworld dining companion, Mister Rod Roddenberry will be joining us! (I checked with him, and dress uniforms are not required.) Since it's really all about you, the community, join me won't you? To participate, you can use the browser-only Talkshoe client, the embedded Facebook app, or download the classic TalkShoe Pro Java client; however, for +5 Interactivity, you should call in. For the web UI, just click the Talkshoe Web button on our profile page at 4 HI/7 PDT/10 pm EDT Sunday. To call in on regular phone or VoIP lines (Viva free weekend minutes!): dial (724) 444-7444 and enter our talkcast ID, 45077 -- during the call, you can request to talk by keying in *8. If you've got a headset or microphone handy on your Mac, you can connect via the free Blink or X-Lite SIP clients, basic instructions are here. (If you like Blink, the pro version is available in the Mac App Store.) Talk to you tonight!
My top 3 apps: Rod Roddenberry
Just a couple of weeks ago we saw the final Space Shuttle launch and all episodes of Star Trek the original series, Next Generation, Voyager and Enterprise become available via streaming on Netflix. Earlier today our daily Mac app was Time, a clock which simulates the LCARS interface on your Mac. Oh, and last week we saw CBS Interactive introduce a PADD Trek database app. Continuing this Star Trek theme, here are Rod Roddenberry's top 3 iOS apps. Rod is the son of Star Trek's creator, Gene Roddenberry. We ran into Rod at Macworld Expo and discovered he's new to the Apple side of the force, so it's cool to hear what apps he uses. The last one, Heytell reminds me of the communicator from Star Trek if you had to account for the delay from messages sent long distances via subspace. And we all know how bad AT&T's coverage is near Rigel IV. Rod's top 3 apps are: iTeleport (iPad) GV Connect Heytell
