MacVoices Video

In San Jose, Anna Crook, one of the organizers of this year’s AltConf, talked about the audience reception to the conference track, the number of female attendees, and more.

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

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In San Jose at AltConf, the CES for Rogue Amoeba, Paul Kafasis, provides us with his thoughts on Dark Mode, the amount of time given to the Mac at Apple’s keynote, and the announcements from the consumer vs. developer viewpoints. WWDC has evolved into more than a developer’s conference. Paul talks about that development, and how his company scored a new URL.

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

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In San Jose at AltConf, Adblock Plus’ Dean Murphy provides some reactions to Apple’s announcements and how it will affect their product, Adblock Plus, which helps you avoid ads while web surfing. Dean also covers some of the upcoming changes in Safari’s plug-in structure, and how they expect to address those changes.

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Show Notes:

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

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At AltConf in San Jose, what we hope will become a contact-sharing standard was demonstrated by Aleksey Novicov of Yodel Code. Slip allows two consenting users to share their contacts simply by launching the app and holding their phones close together. Matching colors and patterns on-screen assure that you are sharing with, and only with, the intended individual. Aleksey tells us why it is a free app, and some of the features he’s planning to add.

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Show Notes:

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

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At AltConf in San Jose, IBM’s Watson had a place among the sponsors and exhibitors. Anamita Guha, Product Manager, Watson Developer Labs and AR/VR Labs, explains how their platforms can deliver AI and machine-learning components to help with chat bots and beyond. Anamita also shares why AltConf and the developer attendees are so important to the present and the future.

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

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At AltConf in San Jose, Dan Hixon of Sky Tripping explains how their app provides visual entertainment that not only looks good, but is good for you. Citing research that indicates being in nature, or at least seeing visuals of nature, can improve your state of being, he outlines how their drone footage of scenic settings is delivered via Apple TV or iOS device, and can help you de-stress. (And who doesn’t need to de-stress?)

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Show Notes:

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

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In San Jose, AltConf sponsor MacStadium was showing off their new iMac Pro rack mounts for the first time. Shawn Lankton, Chief Revenue Officer for the company, talks about the engineering necessary to adapt the iMac Pro for effective data center use, and the solutions that they offer to address developer needs.

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Show Notes:

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

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At WWDC and AltConf, Syed Salman Qadri of FireBase covers their suite of services to help mobile developer apps that include machine learning, monetization, crash reporting, analytics, and more. Firebase’s handling of security and privacy, its cross-platform orientation and their support of AltConf are all part of the discussion.

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Show Notes:

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

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At AltConf in San Jose, one of the more unusual sessions came from Josh Michaels of Jetson Creative, who really put himself on the firing line by examining some of his own marketing failures as object lessons for other developers in attendance. Josh shares some of those failures, including his own story of having an app Sherlocked at this year’s WWDC. Lots of lessons in this interview.

This edition of MacVoices is brought to you by SupportYourApp. Focus on growth. Build your customer support the smart way. SupportYourApp specializes in supporting Mac and iOS apps since 2011.Scale smarter – leverage a remote support team with SupportYourApp.

Show Notes:

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

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At AltConf in San Jose, Yaroslav Stepanenko, Product Marketing Manager for MacPaw, talks about the AltConf experience, from the keynote to the sessions and labs, and why it is actually better in some ways. Yaroslav also discusses a session he delivered on how to successfully market apps. Writing code is one thing…marketing the app to the world is another, and MacPaw has lots of experience with their own apps as well as the Setapp subscription service.

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Show Notes:

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

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