The MacJury convened for the first of our Holiday Gift Guide shows to help you decide what to give and what to get this holiday season. The first panel came up with a wide variety of products for the tech-oriented, the geek-oriented, and normal folks too. From video to training resources to pajamas, the panel of Wally Cherwinski, Kelly Guimont, Jean MacDonald and host Chuck Joiner kick off the holiday season.

This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of the new TextExpander 3 for iPhone and iPad, PDFpen Scan+, the best way to scan and create PDFs on your iDevice,  PDFpen 6 and PDFpenPro 6,  PDFpen for iPad, PDFpen for iPhone, TextExpander for Mac, and DiscLabel.

Show Notes:

Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.

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Guests:

Kelly Guimont is a longtime Apple geek, sitting down (on a telephone book) in front of an Apple IIe in 1983. She can still hear the ticking of the ImageWriter. Thanks to the miracle of the adjustable leg desk, she no longer needs the phonebook. Kelly writes for The Mac Observer, is co-host of The Aftershow, makes regular appearances on the Daily Observations Podcast and the British Tech Network and yet still has more to say which she saves for Twitter.

Wally Cherwinski is a Videographer based in Ottawa, Canada. Originally trained as a scientist, he spent a portion of his career in research and teaching at the University of Cambridge, England while doubling as a freelance photographer and writer. Later, he joined Canada’s National Research Council and spent many years managing communications for the Canadian Space Program.

Starting with 16mm film, he has written and directed numerous documentaries and television features, including projects with Canada’s National Film Board. More recently, he has combined his passion for video with his love of travel.

Wally has been a Mac user since the original 128K in 1984 and his Apple “museum” includes 28 Macs (not to mention Newtons, iPods, iPhones & iPads). He has delivered video workshops at Macworld, at Macintosh User Groups in Canada and on three MacMania cruises. He also writes a regular video column in the ScreenCastsOnline monthly magazine. You can connect with him on Twitter and App.net, or view his Cirque du Mac videos (and others) on his YouTube channel.

Jean MacDonald is the founder of App Camp For Girls a program to encourage more girls to pursue software development, as well as an active member of the tech community. Jean also publishes a weekly newsletter, Well-Tempered. A would-be rock ’n roll star, you can follow all of Jean’s exploits on her Twitter stream.

Links:

CocoaConf - Yosemite

Fixit 26 Bit Driver Kit

lynda.com. (tutorials on a wide range of topics)

RippleTraining.com (Final Cut Pro X & video editing)

IzzyVideo.com (Final Cut Pro X & video editing)

ScreenCastsOnline.com (weekly iOS and Mac OS X tutorials; monthly magazine)

olloclip for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus

Jackery® Mini Premium iPhone Charger 3200mAh Power Pack - Ultra-Compact Aluminum Portable Battery Charger External Battery Pack

Jackery® Bar Premium Aluminum iPhone Charger External Battery 6000mAh Portable Charger Power Bank

SCOSCHE smartSTRIKE Pro Retractable Charge and Sync Cable for Lightning and Micro USB Devices

Camera lens kits for iPhone from IzzyGadgets.com

Square Jellyfish Mini Tablet Tripod Mount (NEW UPDATED VERSION) (Mount Only)

Square Jellyfish Jelly Long Legs Micro Tripod (Tripod Only)

Square Jellyfish Jelly Legs Micro Tripod (Tripod Only)

Joby Gorillapod flexible tripod

Apple Gift Cards

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