MacVoices

At The AltConference 2014 in San Francisco, Nigel Timothy Barber of Mindbrix explains the difference his project, VectorGL, can make in a developer’s project, especially those requiring sophisticated, smooth animation of vector-style graphics.

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At AltConference 2014 in San Francisco, Marty McDonough, the co-founder of Odyssey Translator, discusses the development and practical uses of their language phrase application that makes it both practical and simple to see and speak (through your iPhone) common travel phrases. The application not only helps you build the correct syntax when translating, but makes it both educational and fun as well. Perhaps best of all, everything is handled offline, with no cloud dependency.

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At AltConference 2014 in San Francisco, Kyryl Bystriakov, the Product Manager for DevMate, outlines their alternative to Mac App Store deployment for developers. With detailed information on sales, downloads, conversions, upgrades and even ecommerce integration, DevMate may be just what the developer is looking for to help with managing and marketing their applications.

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

From The AltConference 2014 in San Francisco, Sterling Montes of Snapwireexplains how their service connects expert photographers with those needing not just stock photography, but custom stock photography, so the customer gets exactly what they need, and photographers can profitably leverage their skills.

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From The AltConference 2014 in San Francisco, Peter Cohen provides his opinions and analysis on the most important parts of Apple’s WWDC keynote announcements.

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At AltConf 2014, Dan Wood of Karelia Software gives a developer’s reaction to Apple’s WWDC 2014 keynote announcements and what they may mean for his own projects.

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Tech writer Shelly Brisbin, the author of the new iOS Access for All: Your Comprehensive Guide to Accessibility for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, and shares her views on this important aspect of mobile interface design. The discussion includes Shelly’s opinions on which mobile OS is at the top of the accessibility heap, why iPhones are often better than iPads for accessibility-focused users, and how Siri fits into the picture. App picks, an outline of how the book addresses all levels of accessibility challenges  and more are all part of this essential discussion on the subject.

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Joe Kissell has been busy keeping up with lots of changes, both personally and professionally. On the professional side, Joe has updated three of his most popular titles, Take Control of iCloud, Take Control of 1Password and Take Control of Dropbox, and is almost ready to release yet another update to Take Control of Your Paperless Office. Some of the updates are significant, some are relatively minor, but Joe is keeping on top of all of them. He outlines some of what’s new and what’s important, including some brand new features that you will want to explore. Then, Joe teases us with an opportunity for you to participate in his next new book, and maybe get some of your problems solved in the process.

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Jason Snell has a lot of information to keep up with. As Senior Vice President and Editorial Director for IDG and host of The Incomparable, Jason maintains a steady diet of movies, TV shows, books, comics, podcasts, web sites, press releases and more. How does he do it? We walk through what device(s) Jason uses for what types of media and how he stays afloat with it all. Hosting and participating in a podcast are quite different; Jason and Chuck compare notes, then Jason outlines what he feels we need to see from Apple at next week’s WWDC.

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Ted Landau starts off by discussing the current round of acquisition roulette - who might win, who might lose, and who’s playing, and ends up talking about prudence in installing software upgrades. In between, he takes a deep dive into the iTunes bug that might have caused some of your folders to disappear, and explains out why Apple isn’t losing the “next big thing” race.

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