Apr 16
BeerMediaTech 007 - Sakura, NAB and Summer Movies [77:26m]:
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The Beer: Smuttynose Hanami Ale
The Special Guest: Ian Brier, producer & gadabout, makes talkies for the TV box
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Special thanks to vimeo for hosting our videos.
Apr 02
BeerMediaTech 006 - April Fools [81:35m]:
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Our post-April Fools episode. Show notes will be up shortly.
Mar 06
On a brighter note, I’m out in Austin for the SXSW Film & Interactive conferences. I’m really looking forward to a bunch of movies and panels, and we hope to get some on-location audio for you over the coming week, and perhaps a Skype chat with the guys back in Maryland, or at least a recap when I get back.
Stay tuned! In the meantime, check out SXSW Videos for some realtime updates of videos from the conference, some of which are from our new friend Chris Masto.
PS: Apple announced the iPhone SDK today. Huzzah!
Mar 06
I was just looking at the site, and realized the last two podcasts are not on here. Which they should be, because I remember uploading them. I blame society.
Anyway, I think I have those on the small travel drive I have with me, so will try to get those up shortly.
Jan 15
Enhanced Podcast [51:28m]:
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The “beer”:
Today, during Steve Jobs’ keynote at Macworld Expo there were four big announcements:
- 1. Time Capsule
- 500 GB or 1 TB models
- Essentially an AirPort Extreme with a hard drive inside
- 2. iPhone & iPod Touch
- SDK will still be released in late February
- 1.1.3 today:
- Maps with location, using Google’s Celltower system + Skyhooks wifi system
- Webclips
- SMS multiple people
- Customize your home screen
- Chapters in videos; subtitles, display of lyrics
- All apps now available on iPod Touch
- free for new iPod Touches
- $20 Upgrade for current owners
- 3a. Movie Rentals in iTunes
- Touchstone, Miramax, MGM, Lionsgate, NewLine Cinema, Fox, WB, Walt Disney, Paramount, Universal, Sony (just about everyone!)
- In store 30 days after DVD release, plus a bunch of library titles
- Launching with 1000 films by the end of February
- Ready to play in less than 30 seconds, you have 30 days to start watching it. After you start, you have 24 hours to keep watching as much as you like.
- Library titles, $2.99
- New releases, $3.99
- 3b. Apple TV 2.0
- You can buy shows, movies, music online from the Apple TV
- Rent movies from the Apple TV
- Rent them in HD or DVD qualities with 5.1 surround sound
- Grabs photos from Flickr and .Mac (also videos from .Mac)
- Expanded YouTube selection
- Sync purchases & rentals back to your computer
- HD rentals are $1 more than other formats.
- 100 titles in HD today
- Entirely new UI
- All Apple TVs get this upgrade in 2 weeks
- New Apple TV is $229 (shipping in 2 weeks)
- 4. MacBook Air
- It’s real.
- World’s thinnest notebook
- Wedge shape, 0.76″ to 0.16″ profile
- Full size keyboard, black on silver with backlight, like MBP
- Full size display, 13.3″, LED backlit with iSight
- Multi-touch gestures on trackpad,for instance in iPhoto:
- 2-finger dragging around photo
- 3-finger pan across left and right to different photos (like on iPhone)
- zooming is pinch in/out, just like iPhone
- 80GB 1.8″ HD standard
- 64GB SSD (Solid State Disk) is optional (and $1400 more)
- Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz standard, 1.8 GHz optional
- C2D is same die, but in a 60% smaller package made special for Apple
- Magsafe power
- flip down door for USB, DVI, headphone jack
- built-in 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
- No ethernet port, no optical drive
- Software installs done remotely using free “Remote Disk” software
- Share the optical drive of any other Mac or PC via WiFi
- Steve thinks discs suck, don’t need ‘em
- 5 hours of battery life
- 3 lbs
- 2 GB standard RAM
- $1799, Shipping in 2 weeks
- Environmental progress:
- Full aluminum case, recyclable
- mercury and arsenic free display
- bromide and PVC free circuit boards
- 50% less volume on retail packaging
- One more thing: Randy Newman
- He rants about America
- Then sings a political song
- Weird, incoherent rambling
- Toy Story Song to wrap up
Other announcements:
Jan 08
Enhanced Podcast [85:24m]:
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The Beers:
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Macworld predictions:
- Jess: Larger-capacity iPhone OR iPhone case with built-in beer bottle opener
- Brian: blu-ray compatibility
- Neil: Lightweight beer-opener laptop with palm tree design
- Mark: Mac OS X iTablet with stylus and Multi-Touch screen
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Dec 11
If it wasn’t clear from the podcast, we’re all media professionals working in the DC Metro Area.
Also, maybe mixing beer and tech isn’t such a hot idea, as I never once said “Adobe” clearly the entire evening, even once substituting “Apple”. Sorry, Adobe.
Enhanced Podcast [85:59m]:
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Recording studio provided by JWM Productions
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