Kelly Guimont

Writer

Kelly is 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 in the back of her head. While lining Jobs & Wozniak’s pockets buying up every conceivable piece of Apple-branded paraphernalia, Kelly became a passionate Macintosh support and IT professional.

After a hard day of saving the world and collecting non-winning aluminum foil yogurt lids, Kelly appears on various podcasts and shoots her mouth off in 140 characters or less. She is one of the regular hosts of the TUAW Talkcast, appearing live from her House of Crackpot theories. If you are lucky, you can catch the TUAWTF Aftershow where callers discuss a wide variety of topics including, but not limited to, what they are wearing, who they are wearing it with and why Hunt the Wumpus was never ported to the Apple II systems.

Kelly Guimont's Latest Posts

Talkcast tonight, 7pm PT/10pm ET: White sale edition!

by Kelly Guimont (Feb 19th 2012 7:30PM)

Well! Another Sunday, another Talkcast. I'd like to thank Apple for giving me something to talk about this week, and while we're at it, we can chat about a new and cute little beta app too. This evening we'll have some guests too! One Apple briefing recipient, The Loop's Jim Dalrymple*, and Jeff ...

TUAW Talkcast 7pm PT/10pm ET: iPad 3 speculation edition!

by Kelly Guimont (Feb 12th 2012 9:03PM)

We come again to the end of the weekend, and it's time for another round of talkcasting. We will have a stack of speculation to get to, from new MacBook Pro rumors to impending new iPads. We'll cover other headlines of the week as well, but be warned most of the show will probably consist of ...

Talkcast tonight, 10pm ET/7pm PT: Super Edition!

by Kelly Guimont (Feb 5th 2012 9:00PM)

It's not just any Sunday, this one happens to be Super! If you're over the game, or don't know what game I'm referring to, then join me at 7PM Pacific, 10PM Eastern for a look at the week's news and events. We'll cover the latest Lion update, warts and all, as well as Siri's sitcom debut. If you ...

Macworld|iWorld's South Park talk

by Kelly Guimont (Jan 30th 2012 10:00AM)

On the first day of Macworld|iWorld, one of the talks on the main stage was by three people who help bring the animated series South Park to life each week: David Lenna (CTO), Ryan Quincy (Animation Producer), and Eric Stough (Animation Director and Producer). It was an interview-format talk, with ...

Talkcast tonight, 10pm ET/7pm PT: Post Macworld-iWorld Edition!

by Kelly Guimont (Jan 29th 2012 9:15PM)

Here we are again, another Sunday. What remains of our TUAW crew after covering Macworld | iWorld 2012 (and more importantly, all of the ancillary events associated with MWiW) will be around tonight to chat about the show and whatever else we can come up with to fill out the hour. What's left of ...

Talkcast tonight, 7pm PT/10pm ET: Education/Macworld edition!

by Kelly Guimont (Jan 22nd 2012 7:45PM)

We're in between big events for the Mac types, we just had the education event last week, and this coming week we have Macworld|iWorld, or as I like to call it, It's So Nice To Finally Meet You In Person World. We'll be chatting specifically about how Apple's latest foray into education will ...

iTunes U graduates into separate iOS app

by Kelly Guimont (Jan 19th 2012 12:00PM)

Announced today at Apple's education event, iTunes U -- a long-standing feature of the iTunes Store -- is now a separate application (universal) for iOS devices running iOS 5. Since 2006, iTunes U has been a way to electronically distribute class lectures. Both Berkeley and Stanford have ...

iBooks 2 showcased with preview of E.O. Wilson biology textbook

by Kelly Guimont (Jan 19th 2012 11:00AM)

As part of today's education announcement, you can pick up a preview of the biology textbook book E. O. Wilson's Life on Earth as a free download from the iTunes store. Requirements for this title are an iPad running iOS 5 and the latest iBooks version, the newly released iBooks 2. Parts of this ...

Shodogg makes a grand debut at CES

by Kelly Guimont (Jan 17th 2012 8:00AM)

A new company that debuted at CES is looking to figure out a way to give users of web video (both content owners and viewers) exactly what each of them wants without ruining the experience for either side. Shodogg wants to be the middleman of the video experience, tapdancing on the line ...

In which Steve once again predicts the future: the Newton and the iPhone

by Kelly Guimont (Jan 16th 2012 11:00AM)

AllThingsD has an interesting story on their site about the Newton and a few specifics on the end of its short life. At the 1997 Worldwide Developer Conference (held the year Steve returned to Apple), Steve was asked about the Newton, and he said, "...if somebody would just make a little thing ...