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Macinography 7: The First Power Macs

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Macinography #7: The First Power Macs

In the nineties, Apple's processor architecture was falling behind the competition. Motorola won a few battles, but Intel was winning the war. Enter IBM had a hot new architecture that could help both Apple and Motorola. Would they succeed in putting more Power into the Mac? And just how good were those first generation Power Macs anyway? Listen to find out.

Sources / Notes:

  • The Computer History Museum's Oral Histories of David Patterson, Gary Davidian, the SPARC Roundtable, the IBM 801 roundtable, and Dave Ditzel.
  • Apple Confidential
  • Apple-history.com
  • MacWorld
  • MacUser

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Episode 32: CES and HomeKit Roundtable with Special Guests Zac Hall, Adam Justice and Richard Gunther

Episode 32: CES and HomeKit Roundtable with Special Guests Zac Hall, Adam Justice and Richard Gunther

CES has come and gone, with new HomeKit, Smart Home, and connected goodies.

For our thirty-second regular show, we are hosting a very special roundtable focusing on the state of HomeKit in a post-CES world. We are joined by very special guests Zac Hall of 9to5mac, Adam Justice, CEO of Connectsense, and co-host of The Smart Home Show, and Richard Gunther, the other host of the Smart Home Show! This group of amazing folks share their thoughts on the state of the HomeKit union and ecosystem as we head in to 2020. What do we like? Where is there room for improvement? Is Apple committed to growing HomeKit as a platform? Is the recently announced interconnected home automation standard a game changer or just another "standard?" We had a blast with this and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did!

Originally recorded on February 8, 2020

Show Notes:

Follow Us:

Our show is produced by Nathan Mace (antiwraith on Ars)and edited by Dan Vincent. Our theme song is composed by the wondrous Space Vixen, who you can find on twitter @cat_cornett and their music at spacevixen.bandcamp.com.

Zac can be found on twitter @apollozac or on his other podcasts,9to5mac Happy Hour or the 9to5 mac Watch Time Podcast and coming soon - Space Explored!

Adam can be found on twitter @adamjustice, at Connectsense or on The Smart Home Show Podcast.

Richard can be found on twitter @richardgunther, at The Digital Media Zone or on his podcasts The Smart Home Show Podcast and Home:On Podcast.

You can find Dan on Twitter @kefkafloyd. Against his better judgement, Jake is still on twitter @jakepugh. You can leave feedback by tweeting @icongardenshow or posting on the Icon Garden thread at the Mac Ach forum by going to http://bit.ly/tigsthread . You can subscribe to our show on your podcast platform of choice, or visit our website at icongardenshow.com.

Next Time in the Garden:

Special Guest Merlin Mann

Episode 31: We're Gonna Make It with Special Guest Hep Svadja

Episode 31: We're Gonna Make It with Special Guest Hep Svadja

Looks like we made it

For our thirty-first regular show, we are joined by very special guest Hep Svadja. Hep is the Product Manager for Adobe's Capture, a photographer and a maker. Hep brings an absolute wealth of knowledge and experience as we talk about all things creative! We are excited to have Hep join us for an awesome discussion!

We are also excited to announce a special upcoming HomeKit roundtable, now that CES has wrapped, with anticipated guests Zac Hall from 9to5mac, Adam Justice, the CEO of device maker ConnectSense, and Adam's co-host on the Smart Home Show, Richard Gunther!

Originally recorded on January 12, 2020

Show Notes:

Follow Us:

Our show is produced by Nathan Mace (antiwraith on Ars)and edited by Dan Vincent. Our theme song is composed by the wondrous Space Vixen, who you can find on twitter @cat_cornett and their music at spacevixen.bandcamp.com.

Hep can be found at her personal website or on twitter @hepkitten

You can find Dan on Twitter @kefkafloyd. Against his better judgement, Jake is still on twitter @jakepugh. You can leave feedback by tweeting @icongardenshow or posting on the Icon Garden thread at the Mac Ach forum by going to http://bit.ly/tigsthread . You can subscribe to our show on your podcast platform of choice, or visit our website at icongardenshow.com.

Next Time in the Garden:

HomeKit Roundtable with Zac Hall, Adam Justice, and Richard Gunther