MacVoices #21031: MacVoices Live! - Productivity Tools We Really Use (1)

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 9:55 p.m.

The MacVoices Live! panel answered the question of \u201cwhat are some of your favorite productivity tools for what you do\u201d with a barrage that was wide and varied. Software, hardware, and services all took their turn. Some of the choices were no surprise, while others came out of left field from the panel of\xa0David Ginsburg,\xa0Kelly Guimont,\xa0Frank Petrie,\xa0Guy Serle,\xa0Jim Rea,\xa0Brittany Smith,\xa0Mark Fuccio,\xa0Jeff Gamet and\xa0Marina Eppleman. (Part 1 of 3)




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David Ginsburg\xa0is the President of the\xa0Suburban Chicago Apple Users Group, and is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Find and follow him on Twitter as\xa0@daveg65. You can also hear him share his knowledge on his podcast, In Touch With iOS.


Kelly Guimont\xa0is a longtime Apple geek, sitting down (on a telephone book) in front of an Apple IIe in 1983. She can still hear the ticking of the ImageWriter. Thanks to the miracle of the adjustable leg desk, she no longer needs the phonebook. Kelly writes for\xa0The Mac Observer, is the host of the\xa0Daily Observations Podcast, is co-host of\xa0The Aftershow,\xa0and yet still has more to say which she saves for\xa0Twitter\xa0and\xa0Micro.blog.


Frank Petrie\xa0is an author and contributor to\xa0ScreenCastsOnline Magazine. Follow him on\xa0Twitter\xa0and check out his web site,\xa0ympnow.com.


Guy Serle,\xa0best known for being one of the co-hosts of the\xa0MyMac Podcast, sincerely apologizes for anything he has done or caused to have happened while in possession of dangerous podcasting equipment. He should know better but being a blonde from Florida means he's probably incapable of understanding the damage he has wrought. Guy is also the author of the novel,\xa0The Maltese Cube. You can follow his exploits on\xa0Twitter, catch him on\xa0Mac to the Future\xa0on Facebook, and find everything at\xa0VertShark.com.


Jim Rea is the brains behind ProVue, the developers of the Panorama X database. Follow him on Twitter as @provuejim.


Brittany Smith is a cognitive neuroscientist who provides a variety of consulting services through her business, Devise and Conquer\xa0that includes ADD/ADHD coaching, technology coaching, productivity consulting, and more. She is a self-designated \u201cwell-rounded geek\u201d, and holds a M.S. degree in Cognitive Neuroscience. She can be found on Twitter as @addliberator. Check out her latest project, a YouTube channel of tech tips.\xa0


Mark Fuccio\xa0is actively involved in high tech startup companies, both as a principle at piqsure.com, or as a marketing advisor through his consulting practice Tactics Sells High Tech, Inc. Mark was a proud investor in Microsoft from the mid-1990's selling in mid 2000, and hopes one day that MSFT will be again an attractive investment. You can contact Mark through\xa0Twitter\xa0on\xa0LinkedIn.


Jeff Gamet\xa0is the author of\xa0Fresh Brewed Tales, a chronicle of Jeff's strange adventures at coffee shops.\xa0You can find his regular updates on\xa0Twitter.\xa0


By day, Marina Epelman is a professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. By night, she shoots the breeze about using Apple devices, Soviet throwbacks, and other subjects on social media at @marinaepelman.


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