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Dr. Mac's Rants and RavesDr. Mac's Rants and Raves: Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus has been a Macintosh user for a long, long time and has written over 50 books including iPhone For Dummies and Mac OS X Leopard For Dummies. [RSS]

 

Ted Landau's User Friendly ViewTed Landau's User Friendly View: Ted Landau is the founder of MacFixIt, and the author of Take Control of Your iPhone and other Mac help books. [RSS]

 

The Back PageThe Back Page: The Back Page is the space that Bryan Chaffin carved out for his own thoughts. He suffers from the delusion that there are folks out there who care what he has to say. Topics include just about anything related to the Mac market. [RSS]

 

Particle DebrisParticle Debris: John Martellaro is a senior scientist and author. A former U.S. Air Force officer,he has worked for NASA, White Sands Missile Range, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Apple Computer. During his five years at Apple, he worked as a Senior Marketing Manager for science and technology, Federal Account Executive, and High Performance Computing Manager. His interests include alpine skiing, SciFi, astronomy, and Perl. John lives in Denver, Colorado. [RSS]

 

Hidden DimensionsHidden Dimensions: John Martellaro's Hidden Dimensions draws on John's career-long association with Apple, as an individual customer, then writer/observer, corporate customer and then five years as an employee, to delve into the hidden side of Apple and provide insights into Apple events and technologies. [RSS]

 

The Flashback FilesThe Flashback Files: In the Flashback Files, John Martellaro goes back in time to his writings at MacOpinion.com and Applelinks.com (1998 and later) to look at what was on his mind and the minds of Apple customers. [RSS]

 

Computing with BifocalsComputing with Bifocals: Computing With Bifocals is aimed at the generation that remembers what the world was like before there was color, Nancy Carroll Gravley covers issues for people who don't care how their computer works, but rather what their computer and the internet can do for them. [RSS]

 

MacOS KenDensedMacOS KenDensed: [RSS]

 

The Devil's AdvocateThe Devil's Advocate: The title of this column, "The Devil's Advocate", really says it all. John Kheit is an attorney, and he often takes a critical (some might say an overly critical) look at the issues. Also, John has unearthed some rather interesting developments from Apple and Microsoft alike. [RSS]

 

Just a ThoughtJust a Thought: Just A Thought is Vern Seward's editorial cyber-home. Vern is an IT guy, though his columns run the gamut from spam, to Steve Jobs, to Biofuel Cells, to the iTMS, to just how much AppleWorks sucks (and everything in between) [RSS]

 

Just a PeekJust a Peek: Quick looks at software from Vern Seward. [RSS]

 

Oh the Games You'll PlayOh the Games You'll Play: Brad Cook's game column at TMO. [RSS]

 

Monday's Mac GadgetMonday's Mac Gadget: John is a software engineer with over 20 years of development experience, and has AS, BS and MS degrees in various computing disciplines, so his friends and colleagues are somewhat surprised that he’s a Mac enthusiast. Having worked in an environment comprised largely of PCs, and watching others wrestle with the horror that is Windows, he’s glad to come home to a MacBook Pro and Mac mini at the end of the day. [RSS]

 

Free on iTunesFree on iTunes: Vern digs through iTunes so you can reap the benefits. [RSS]

 

Headlines for Columns and Opinions

May 26, 2012
MacOS KenDensed - MacOS KenDensed: Apple’s Patent Lawsuit & Antitrust Shuffle
May 25, 2012
Free on iTunes - 3 Free iOS Apps for News Hounds
May 25, 2012
Particle Debris - The TV Industry’s Dreadful Little Secret
May 24, 2012
Editorial - How the Ripples in Apple’s TechSphere Will Influence Us
May 19, 2012
MacOS KenDensed - MacOS KenDensed: Killing Off Unlimited Data & Big iPhone Rumors
May 18, 2012
Free on iTunes - A Free Art Exhibit App for iPad
May 18, 2012
The Back Page - Apple Could Use 7” iPad Pricing to Punish Competitors
May 18, 2012
Particle Debris - Yes, But Will Anyone Actually BUY an Apple HDTV?
May 15, 2012
Hidden Dimensions - How to Compete Against Apple … and Win
May 15, 2012
Ted Landau's User Friendly View - Apple’s Six Best Decisions of the 21st Century
May 12, 2012
MacOS KenDensed - MacOS KenDensed: Google, HP & AT&T Rant-a-paloosa
May 11, 2012
Free on iTunes - 5 Fabulous Favorite Free iOS Apps
May 11, 2012
Particle Debris - An Inconvenient Truth About E-books
May 10, 2012
Editorial - Groupon Offers Motorola Xoom Tablet for 32% Discount
May 10, 2012
The Back Page - Apple Death Knell #59 - Apple’s Valuation Is Unsustainable
May 09, 2012
Ted Landau's User Friendly View - Top Apps for Word Processing on the iPad
May 09, 2012
Editorial - Products I’m Wishing for These Days
May 08, 2012
The Back Page - AT&T CEO Loses Sleep Over Apple’s iMessage
May 05, 2012
MacOS KenDensed - MacOS KenDensed: Apple’s Taxes & RIM’s Publicity Stunts
May 04, 2012
Free on iTunes - 3 Free iOS Word Games
May 04, 2012
Particle Debris - Tim Cook’s Style is Working, Bloggers Are Not
May 04, 2012
Hidden Dimensions - The Mother Eats Her Young: iPad vs. MacBook
May 01, 2012
The Back Page - RIM Claims Responsibility for Aussie “Wake Up” Stunt
May 01, 2012
Ted Landau's User Friendly View - Should Your iPhone Be Your Only Camera?
Apr 29, 2012
MacOS KenDensed - MacOS KenDensed: Apple’s Killer Earnings & Proview’s iPad Sort-of Win

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