The morning started with Leo Laporte commenting on how many people blog during keynote speeches. All the FiT guys are here and some are even using the EVDO sharing tip that George Starcher showed us during the last Typical Mac User Podcast.

Leo spoke of using the “podcast” name and some of the trademark controversy that is happening with Apple computers and the word “Podcast.” Leo said that he understands that “podcast” name is not going to away but there is an opportunity to see what alternatives there may be.

• “iTunes was the best and worse thing that happened to Podcasting. It put us on the map, but then it owns us”
• You don’t need an iPod to listen to an iPod and podcasters need to let folks know that.
• likes the name Netcast because it is like casting a net. He is willing to help fund the trademarking of the name “Netcasting”
• Right now its it not about competition it’s about cooperation. Right now job one is to make podcasting number one by growing the audience.
• He mentioned that last year he said podcast your money and now this year he is taking advertisement for TWIT and other shows.The
• The number one thing we have going is our “conversations with out audience.”
• We still have no way or accurately measuring our numbers.
• Get Microsoft to include an aggregator in Vista
• Don’t copy the mistakes of the old media.

Yesterday I was interviewed by Mac Tips Daily. It’s a great show of daily tips that I listen to everyday and Jonathan was nice enough to ask me to join him.

Visit his site, subscribe and listen to the interview.

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Sites mentioned during the show

Managing User Accounts in OS X (Informit.com Article)

In The Trenches Podcast with George Starcher and Kevin Devin

Mac OS X Sharing EVDO

Shure E2C Headphones

Marware iPod Cases

Griffin Tune Juice

Griffin Media Connect

Podcast and Portable Media Expo

The MacCast

Trucker Toms Podcast

Technewsradio

Here is a cool twist on an old problem. Get your pumkin carved quicker with the

Pumkin Gutter

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• Remove seeds and strings in seconds without the mess
• Won’t damage pumpkin seeds
• Thin pumpkin walls for professional carving results
• Involve the entire family in your carving fun
• Dishwasher safe stainless steel
• Can also be used on squash

Deb Shadovitz from the MacGathering wrote to me a few days ago regarding an old post she wrote on Dec 8, 1998 for MacCentral. Here is an excerpt where she calls them - the good old days…

About me… I’m a typical Mac user who loves my Mac, the power it
gives me, the things it helps me do or enables me to do and the world
it opens up to me. It’s funny… I studied writing and art, worked as
a writer, photographer, and in video, then spent years backpacking
around the world. I certainly wasn’t any type of computer geek.

But like I said, I’m a typical Mac user - there’s not one Mac user
I’ve ever met who doesn’t love discovering something new the Mac can
do and pass it on to anyone who will listen.

Here is the rest of the article

Thank’s Deb for showing us who the “Original Typical Mac User” was

When the iTunes Music Store (ITMS) indroduced podcasting last year it quickly provided more than 8,000 podcasters with a place to tell their stories. Today I checked the iTunes Music Store and counted the total number of podcast. The number has grown 10 fold to 82,978. Below are some charts and a short SCREENCAST telling what I saw today.

POSTSCRIPT

I put this data out to point out just how strong we are as a podcasting community (listeners and podcasters). I love Apple but we need to leverage these numbers IFApple looks to take over the term podcasting. There is no evidence (real evidence) that they are at this time. I am a very strong Apple adovacate but I’m even a stronger “Podcasting” advocate.” In case you hadn’t heard here is ZNET’s article on what is going on

Yesterday I went to The MacCast Web site to check out the forums and noticed the site was down. I called Adam (the host of the podcast) on the cell phone in case he did not know. Him and I had a short conversation about what was going on, but today Adam posted this on his web site.

I call BS on GoDaddy for the way the handled this from a communications point of view. Leave me comments and tell me your thoughts!

Victor

Kreg Steppe from Technorama turned me on to an offer where MacWorld is giving away a free copy of the award-winning multiple clipboard and scrap-board application iClip. Go get yours now.

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Sites mentioned during the show

One Minute Tip with John Chambers

Podcast and Portable Media Expo

The MacCast

Greasemonkey Firefox Extension

UserScripts for Grease Monkey

Tab Mix Plus for Firefox

FlashBlock for Firefox

Copy URL +

Aardvark Extension

Stealthier Extension

FileChute 2.0.5

AppZapper 1.7.0

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Sites mentioned during the show

Shape Shifter from Usanity

Panic’s Candy Bar 2

Pixadex

iConFactory

Flickr.com

InterfaceLift

MacThemes

Rampant Mac

Wallpaper Vault

Ichat AV

One Minute Tip Podcast

In The Trenches Podcast

Friends In Tech Forums

Izotope Ozone Audio Plug-in

Paul Figgiani and The Point Podcast

PodcastRigs.com

Pauldotcom Security Weekly