*Open Source Typical Mac User Live
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Welcome to the Typical Mac User Live show. My name is Victor Cajiao and I am your host this evening. My regular Podcast Typical Mac User Podcast can be found at www.typicalmacuser.com and that shows is released bi weekly on Tuesday nights and Sunday nights.
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PLAY AMBROSIA SOFTWARE COMMERCIAL SPOT:
I want to thank our first sponsor this evening Ambrosia software found at ambrosiasw.com they are the makers of such popular programs as Wiretap Studio, SnapzPro X, Sketchfigher and many more. I'm proud that they have chosen to be a sponsor as I use all of their software. Please support Ambrosia and this show by checking them out at ambrosiasw.com and tell them Victor sent you.
Show Outline
I want to introduce my co-hostest for this evening Chef JoAnna from
Tonight we are going to talk about using MS Office on a Mac, a subject that Chef JoAnna is somewhat of an expert, and some great cooking tips for geeks. Welcome to the show JoAnna.
Interview Segment
Ask JoAnna about her background
- As a Chef
- College major was foreign languages, so fluent in French & Spanish. VERY useful in the kitchen.
- After long, twisted career that involved Human Resources, website design & graphic design, i went back to school in 2002 to pursue a culinary degree.
- As a MacGeek
- first computer owned was a quadra 605, we'd play myst on it, it would take forever. Myst and Riven were amazing in 1993!!!
- I've had one desktop, but the rest were laptops. currently (I use a 1.33GHz PowerPC iBook G4, running 10.4 with 1.5 GB ram) and i'm just waiting for it to die before i move on to the macbook.
- I designed my logo, created my whole website myself, do all my own SEO. design & produce biz cards, postcards, t-shirts, guest menus, wine class booklets, etc.
- I look at my technology as a pocketknife. There's all these little gadgets and i need to use them ALL.
- Her current work
- style of cooking: formal, elegant private dinners
- cooking lessons, often as gift certificates
- guest spots on tv shows, like mtv's next, survival of the fittest, Kathy Griffin's B-List. Quicktime Movie
- ChefsLine.com, giving live culinary advice. Over TG week i did live, interactive video shows answering Q&A. Sitting in my backyard, doing the chat on my laptop, over a logitech USB mic and an icecam USB camera. The entire production suite can fit in my purse.
- podcasts
- web sites
Ask JoAnna about her work with MS Office for the Mac
CLICK to see the Microsoft Office Originals page (text & quicktimes)
- Background
- i can tell the story, it's too much to type out :-)
- Favorite Tips and tricks
- learn the command codes, and learn how to make your own
- customize your own toolbars. Saves so much time. (replace the print button that gets a dialog box with the one that automatically prints on clicking)
- use the autotext. If you don't have an autoexpander (ti4m) this is soooo valuable.
- Always have a naming convention that you adhere to for versions.
- templates templates templates. half page menus, full page class handouts, invoices.
- learn how to integrate word, excel & mac's native e-mail program. set up mail once, and then it will work with the 'services' menu
- learn how to integrate your native address book with the entourage addr book
- learn how to integrate ical with entourage. They sync with each other, and also with my cellphone.
- What about the next version of the program, your thoughts and what's cool about it?
- A time-management, task-launching widget joins Office for Mac 2008
- desktop publishing tools are improved. i'd like to get into that.
- SmartArt Graphics - OH NO. you thought your boss's ppts were bad, you ain't seen nothing.It's very pretty, but i think that it's going to be a time-waster.
Questions and comments from the audience
PLAY TOM BINHN COMMERCIAL SPOT
Talk about MacGeek cooking Gadgets
- A. Chopsticks, skewers or fondue forks so you can eat things and keep your hands clean.
- B. Microplane, for grating everything: cheese, chocolate, garlic, ginger, etc. etc.
- C. Silicone Spatula with a long, wide blade. Use to stir, whip, fold, beat, lift, spread, scrape, ... great all purpose tool.
- D. Food Loops! They're made out of silicone and look like fishing lures, but they're great for tying up roasts and holding things together.
- links for each of these things are available in the Cuisine Connection Store
- I also have an infrared thermometer, but it's mostly a toy. The surface temperature doesn't matter for cooking... the INTERNAL temp is what you need, and that requires a probe thermometer.
Questions and comments from the audience
If we get time after all that.
Talk about Holiday cooking tips for Macgeeks and beyond
PLAN PLAN PLAN
- A First get recipes, then make a shopping list from the recipes.
- B Then, make a list of all the tools you need to cook (pots & pans to cuttingboards & stir spoons).
- C Make a schedule starting with what time you want to serve the food. then work your way backwards. sample schedule
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Questions and comments from the audience
SHOW ENDING:
I want to thank Chef JoAnna from www.ChefJoAnna.com. Make sure you look for her podcast on iTunes, Cuisine Connection or go to CuisineConnection.com Finally, if you're interested in trading sound bites with other podasters, check out Bumper Exchange, the url for that is BumperExchange.NET .
I also want to thank Dorothy Yamamoto and lsitener to the show for providing and mastering the intro and outro music for the show tonight.
The Typical Mac User Podcast can be found at www.typicalmacuser.com and that shows is released bi weekly on Tuesday and Sunday nights. Next week my co-hostest will be Chef JoAnna and we are going to talk Microsft office for the Mac,as well as cooking tips and tricks for MacGeeks. If you haven't subscribed to that show yet, head over to the web site at www.typicalmacuser.com and hit the ONE BUTTON iTunes subscription.
For now this is your Host Victor Cajiao saying, enjoy the rest of your Sunday
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