This marks the fourth year our own Dave Hamilton has attended both the South by Southwest Interactive and Music festivals. Dave, in true geek fashion, takes his experiences from previous years and has culled together some essential advice for any fellow geeks attending the music portion of the annual event. If you’re going, you won’t want to miss this!

TMO is looking for someone to step into the role of webmaster here to help both TMO and BackBeat Media with ongoing web site maintenance, upgrades and some programming. More after the jump.

Dave Hamilton weighs in on the continuing discussion of the lack of Flash on the iPad and iPhone. If it’s not important there, why then does it still ship pre-installed on every Mac? Read more of Dave’s thoughts after the jump.

Google’s slogan of “Don’t Be Evil” recently came under the scrutiny of our own Dave Hamilton on Mac Geek Gab 254. He shares his thoughts — the text way — after the jump.

With the South by Southwest Music festival officially underway, Dave Hamilton shares his tips and experiences from previous years to help you make the absolute most out of this annual event.

Macworld Expo 2010 is now behind us, though I'm sure we'll continue to publish and read news and reports from the show for some time to come.So on that subject I'll simply summarize that I believe it to have been a success. With that out of the way, let's look forward, shall we?

Dave Hamilton saw the future in Apple's new iPad, and not in the way you might expect. He sees it taking a substantial spot in Apple's product line in only a few years. More after the jump.

There's been a lot of discussion lately about the iPhone OS's lack of multitasking. That is, the iPhone OS can only let one app run at a time, and this is a frustration for many people. There are good reasons for this limitation, though, and Dave Hamilton discusses them along with a possible solution that might truly be a better option. More after the jump.

No stranger to the damage that can be caused by lightning strikes, Dave Hamilton shares his experiences, tips, and valuable lessons learned so you can properly protect yourself from the perils of power before they fry your valuable electronics!