A Healthier “Breakfast” on Sunday the 17th
In addition to lunch on Saturday and Barry's Midwest Mac BBQ Saturday night, when we added a second day this year, I wanted to put together a little continental breakfast for everyone on Sunday, but the feedback I've been getting tells me that most folks aren't...
Mike & Barry Launch Road to Macstock 2016 on MacVoices #16087!
Buckle Up and get ready for Road to Macstock 2016 with Chuck Joiner on this new episode of MacVoices! We start a new series to celebrate and support Macstock Conference & Expo and The Midwest Mac BBQ with a visit by Mike Potter and Barry Fulk, the organizers of...
MyMac Podcast #596 Talks Macstock 2016
Huge thanks to Guy & Gaz for letting me join in on the fun and talk Macstock 2016 this week! Next time I'll come better prepared with a Pick! Soooo, yeah more Skype issues with Gaz (does his voice sound naturally deep to you too?) but the GMen don’t let it get in...
Macstock Speaker Update!
Oh sure, we thought the speaker lineup was complete, but Macstock 2016's speaker lineup has been officially upped by 1! And that "1" is Mr. Tom Piper, vendor liaison for the Apple User Group Advisory Board. Tom had originally been scheduled to give a "brief" on Apple...
Macstock 2016 Wallpapers!
Thanks to the suggestion of one of Macstock 2016's attendees, Jeff W., we've created a couple retina wallpapers for your Mac! Presented in glorious 2880 x 1800 Retina MacBook Pro resolution, you can choose from one of two designs to help keep up the excitement for...
Macstock’s Speaker Lineup is Complete!
Macstock 2016 is coming fast and I'm so incredibly excited by the response to this year's conference! Since tickets sales opened for Macstock on January 1st, we've grown our lineup to a whopping 17 Speakers who will be giving some amazing talks this year covering all...
Macstock on BrettTerpstra.com!
Macstock received a great write-up at BrettTerpstra.com this week that perfectly encapsulates why we decided to launch Barry's Midwest Mac BBQ and Macstock last year. Brett writes: I always loved attending Macworld, and almost entirely because of the people I’d meet...
Macstock Makes List of Annual Apple Conferences at TidBITS
Macstock makes TidBITS' list of 31 Conferences for Mac and iOS Professionals in 2016! Thanks to Adam and Josh for including us in this year's line-up! If, like so many others, you find yourself missing the "community" of Macworld, don't forget there are plenty of...
Tom Piper: The Apple User Group Community
In this short presentation from Macstock Conference & Expo 2015, Tom Piper, vendor liaison for the Apple User Group Advisory Board, explains the value of Apple User Groups, some of the challenges facing them, and the importance of User Groups to the Apple...
Chuck Joiner: Better Living Through Apple Tech
Whether it is in their personal or professional life, everyone wants to do more, better, faster. In the rush to accomplish those goals, you can lose track of the objective while pursuing how to accomplish it. If managed properly, your Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch...
Dave Ginsburg: Apple Watch – The Useful Apps and Future Ones
In this talk at Macstock Conference & Expo 2015, Dave Ginsburg reviews some of the best apps currently available for the Apple Watch as well as takes a look forward to what apps may be coming with the release of Apple’s watchOS 2 this fall....
Dave Hamilton: How to Give and Receive Tech Support – The Human Angle
We all either give or receive tech support (or both) as a matter of course in our daily lives. During these interactions it’s easy to lose the human element. In Dave Hamilton’s thirty-plus years of both giving and receiving tech support he’s learned a few things about...