Interviews

Frommer's is an acknowledged expert in the field of travel guides. They are now taking their expertise and creating stunning "Day by Day" guides for the iPad and iPhone that will be essentials for travelers at every level.

We had a wonderful chat with Ensley Eikenburg, Associate Publisher, Frommer's Travel Guides, about the guides, what you'll find in them and how you can get the most out of your travel experience.

Click here to listen to the interview.

It's also posted to the iTunes Store under the Your Mac Life Podcast section so it's probably just easier if you went ahead and subscribed to Your Mac Life on iTunes.

As always, we hope you enjoy it and let us know what you think!

While you may not be familair with her name, you are certainly familiar with her iconic photography of babies in unusual yet compelling situations. She has a new Mac app out called "My First Five Years" and she was kind enough to spend some time talking about it and her photography with with YML this week.

Click here to listen to the interview.

It's also posted to the iTunes Store under the Your Mac Life Podcast section so it's probably just easier if you went ahead and subscribed to Your Mac Life on iTunes.

As always, we hope you enjoy it and let us know what you think!

As an ad agency creative director, Ken Segall was a key player in Apple’s resurrection. He helped create marketing campaigns such as "Think Different" and was the guy who "named the iMac".

His new book, Insanely Simple, "explains the ten elements of Simplicity that drive Apple’s success, illustrating each with previously untold stories. It takes you inside Steve Jobs’s world to show you how he enforced the rules of Simplicity—sometimes with humor, sometimes with brutality, but always with amazing success."

He was kind enough to spend an extended period of time with YML this week. Click here to listen to the interview.

It's also posted to the iTunes Store under the Your Mac Life Podcast section so it's probably just easier if you went ahead and subscribed to Your Mac Life on iTunes.

As always, we hope you enjoy it and let us know what you think!

Regular YML listeners know that one of our co-hosts, Ian Schray, is also one of the founders of WellRedApps. You also know he's been teasing us with an announcement for months now. Well, it's finally here.

Today, WellRedApps announced DropKey - a new utility for Mac OS X Lion that allows users to quickly and easily encrypt sensitive documents. Ian and Shawn talked about what Public-Key Cryptography is and how you can use DropKey to take advantage of it.

Click here to listen to the interview.

It's also posted to the iTunes Store under the Your Mac Life Podcast section so it's probably just easier if you went ahead and subscribed to Your Mac Life on iTunes.

As always, we hope you enjoy it and let us know what you think!

Rich Mogull is the foremost security expert in the Mac community and writes for TidBITS and Macworld. He has just penned an article, "What you need to know about the Flashback trojan" that we encourage you to read.

We talk to Rich about what the trojan is, where it comes from and how to protect yourself now and in the future.

Click here to listen to the interview. It's also posted to the iTunes Store under the Your Mac Life Podcast section so it's probably just easier if you went ahead and subscribed to Your Mac Life on iTunes.

As always, we hope you enjoy it and let us know what you think!

We've all had aquariums in our lives but I bet you've never seen one as cool-geeky as this one!

Jake Harms rescues old iMacs destined for the scrap heap and expertly turns them into fish tanks that would look good in any room or office. I talked to Jake about the idea, how he turns the iMacs into aquariums and how you can back him on Kickstarter and get your very own!

Click here to listen and it is posted to the iTunes Store under the Your Mac Life Podcast section. It's probably just easier if you went ahead and subscribed to Your Mac Life on iTunes.

As always, we hope you enjoy it and let us know what you think!

Last week, the folks at FiftyThree released their first app called Paper. Today, I spoke to Andrew Allen of FiftyThree about the app.

Click here to listen and it is posted to the iTunes Store under the Your Mac Life Podcast section. It's probably just easier if you went ahead and subscribed to Your Mac Life on iTunes.

As always, we hope you enjoy it and let us know what you think!

Sir Jonathan Ive, Jony to his friends, is arguably one of the world’s most influential Londoners. The 45-year-old was born in Chingford — and went to the same school as David Beckham. He met his wife, Heather Pegg, while in secondary school. They married in 1987, have twin sons and now live in San Francisco.

As Apple’s Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, he is the driving force behind the firm’s products, from the Mac computer to the iPod, iPhone and, most recently the iPad. He spoke exclusively to the Evening Standard at the firm’s Cupertino headquarters.

There are two types of coroners - the TV kind and the real world kind. The TV ones are more celebrated but the real world kind are more interesting.

YML was lucky enough to talk to Sacramento County Coroner Greg Wyatt, fresh off his session at the 2012 Macworld. Greg talked about what a coroner does, the technology they have available and how he uses Macs and iPads in his his job.

And you'll be happy to hear that even though he may have a creepy job, he's a fun and engaging interview subject.

You can listen to the interview at this link and it is posted to the iTunes Store under the Your Mac Life Podcast section. It's probably just easier if you went ahead and subscribed to Your Mac Life on iTunes.

As always, we hope you enjoy it and lt us know what you think!

Photography is a passion here at Your Mac Life and we always enjoy talking about it with experts. Clark Little is not only an expert, he's a one of a kind photographer.

Little is not only lucky enough to be a Mac user living in Hawaii but also a surfer who has found a remarkable photographic niche - shorebreak photography.

Clark talks to YML about the shooting, the gear, the computers and the software e uses to create his amazing images.

You can listen to the interview at this link and it is posted to the iTunes Store under the Your Mac Life Podcast section. It's probably just easier if you went ahead and subscribed to Your Mac Life on iTunes.

As always, we hope you enjoy it and lt us know what you think!

Regular show listeners know we are huge Garmin fans at Your Mac Life. The company is showing off a variety of iOS apps at this year's Macworld|iWorld and we had a chance to talk to Johan-Till Broer of Garmin.

Johan told us not only about Garmin's fitness apps but also about the improvements and additions to their well known navigation apps - some of them might surprise you!

And, just for the length of the show, Garmin is offering $10 off the Garmin StreetPilot Onboard USA, North America, and onDemand apps and all their NAVIGON apps. They've also reduced the prices of their North American turn-by-turn navigation apps by $10 during Macworld.

You can listen to the interview at this link and it is posted to the iTunes Store under the Your Mac Life Podcast section. It's probably just easier if you went ahead and subscribed to Your Mac Life on iTunes.

As always, we hope you enjoy it and lt us know what you think!

DSLRs are great but bulky and cumbersome. The iPhone is a wonderful camera phone but you often find yourself wishing for some of the features and abilities of a DSLR. olloclip to the rescue!

The olloclip is a quick-connect lens solution for the iPhone 4/4S that includes fisheye, wide-angle and macro lenses in one small, convenient package that easily fits in your pocket. I spoke to Patrick O'Neill, CEO of olloclip, about the product and even "convinced" him to give Macworld|iWorld showgoers a Show Special! You're welcome. :)

You can listen to the interview at this link and it is posted to the iTunes Store under the Your Mac Life Podcast section. It's probably just easier if you went ahead and subscribed to Your Mac Life on iTunes.

As always, we hope you enjoy it and lt us know what you think!

DSLRs are great but bulky and cumbersome. The iPhone is a wonderful camera phone but you often find yourself wishing for some of the features and abilities of a DSLR. olloclip to the rescue!

The olloclip is a quick-connect lens solution for the iPhone 4/4S that includes fisheye, wide-angle and macro lenses in one small, convenient package that easily fits in your pocket. I spoke to Patrick O'Neill, CEO of olloclip, about the product and even "convinced" him to give Macworld|iWorld showgoers a Show Special! You're welcome. :)

You can listen to the interview at this link and it is posted to the iTunes Store under the Your Mac Life Podcast section. It's probably just easier if you went ahead and subscribed to Your Mac Life on iTunes.

As always, we hope you enjoy it and lt us know what you think!

Projectors have come a long way since they were too big to carry and needed a team of A/V geeks to operate.

Epson has been a leader in projection technology for both business and home and their latest model, the MegaPlex MG-850HD, carries on the tradition. We spoke to Epson's Senior Marketing Manager for Home Theater, Jason Palmer, about the features of the new model and found out they will be torture testing it in the Moscone Center for the rest of the week.

You can listen to the interview at this link and it is posted to the iTunes Store under the Your Mac Life Podcast section. It's probably just easier if you went ahead and subscribed to Your Mac Life on iTunes.

As always, we hope you enjoy it and lt us know what you think!

Scanning has always been a tedious process but the folks at Doxie are trying to make it easier and even fun.

We spoke to Paul Scandariato, Vie President of Marketing for the Doxie Go + Wi-Fi scanner just announced at the 2012 Macworld|iWorld. It's available now on the show floor and they even have special pricing for you those lucky enough to be at the Moscone Center. But, buy it fast - I predict they won't last long!

You can listen to the interview at this link and it is posted to the iTunes Store under the Your Mac Life Podcast section. It's probably just easier if you went ahead and subscribed to Your Mac Life on iTunes.

As always, we hope you enjoy it and lt us know what you think!

Ahead of Macworld|iWorld, we've done some interviews with companies who will be on the show floor. First up is Christa Taylor who talks to us about to apps for your iOS devices - Sort Shots and Photo Folder.

You can listen to the interview at this link and it is posted to the iTunes Store under the Your Mac Life Podcast section. It's probably just easier if you went ahead and subscribed to Your Mac Life on iTunes.

As always, we hope you enjoy it and lt us know what you think!

I'm a big fan of little apps that do one or two things that solve a problem I may have with the way OS X works. I "discovered" Many Tricks after using their Witch app and I follow their "Master of Ceremonies", Rob Griffiths on Twitter.

Rob was kind enough to give me some of his time to talk about the company, how they work across continents and times zones, what he thinks about "competing" with Apple and a wide range of other topics. I hope you enjoy it.

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