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TUAW Macworld Video: Talking with showgoers
Macworld Expo is more than just a lot of vendors, eager booth staffers and tacky giveaways. It's about the people who are Mac fans and come to the Expo every year to see what's happening with their favorite computer platform.In this short video, I have a chat with Karen Anderson and Tom Whitmore. Karen's from the Seattle area and an editor at Take Control Books, and Tom Whitmore is a Bay Area sci-fi bookstore owner and well-known Science Fiction author with incredible Isaac Asimov sideburns. Their take? Macworld should continue into the future, and it would be great to see it in a different city every year.
Check out our other videos, and be sure to keep coming back to TUAW for all of your Macworld Expo 2009 coverage.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Brad said 9:23PM on 1-06-2009
that walk-on, while terrible, was hilarious
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SuperMac said 9:58PM on 1-06-2009
I agree!! H-i-l-a-r-i-o-u-s
Neil said 9:43PM on 1-06-2009
They should run MacWorld alongside CES. That way no one needs to go to two places and there would be a great reason to go to both.
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Seagoon said 12:55AM on 1-07-2009
Enjoy the blog a lot but if you're going to do video please do it well. You're tech journalist for godsake. Learn how to use the equipment. The camera work was not good and the audio worse. Don't want to be mean but there's a lot of competition out there for eyeballs. Take a little time and do it right. Having said that you're not alone. There's a lot of bad video blogs out there. Kinda sad!
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Susan said 1:10AM on 1-07-2009
So Seagoon, you're an expert videographer? Go do it yourself then.
Squid7085 said 2:04AM on 1-07-2009
A nicer way to make that point is "Use a handheld mic next time." Those built in mics on cameras are great if you want to get all the audio of everything going on, not so great for an interview in a loud room. It is very hard to hear.
Ian silverthorne said 1:55AM on 1-07-2009
Man- looks like hot Import Nights down there!
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Kalle said 5:38AM on 1-07-2009
Please get a better (handheld) microphone!
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Jason said 8:08AM on 1-07-2009
That guy owns a sci-fi bookstore? YOU DON'T SAY!
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Seagoon said 8:18AM on 1-07-2009
Susan, I wasn't trying to be a dick and I wouldn't attempt something like this because I'm not an expert videographer. These people are tech bloggers and wish to taken seriously, as such they should spend sometime and get familiar with the tools of their trade. This is meant purely as constructive criticism not an attempt to be mean.
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Bernard Ramsey said 12:30PM on 1-07-2009
Just so you know, those sideburns double as warp-drive generators. Otherwise, mobile MacWorld is not too bad of an idea.
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glad said 2:01PM on 1-07-2009
Interesting conversations, sci-fi buffy guy and what's with the rabbits ears on some of the passersby. The big question I have to ask are those two a couple?
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TNH said 11:36PM on 1-07-2009
Hey, it's Tom!
He's a bookseller, and immensely knowledgeable about science fiction, fantasy, and conrunning, but he's not an author.
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