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TUAW @SXSW: Christina talks to Guy Kawasaki

by Christina Warren (RSS feed) on Mar 17th, 2009

Former Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki was at SXSW Interactive this week and I had the chance to catch-up with him and talk about the announcement of My.Alltop, a customizable version of Alltop.com. Alltop is a really good way to quickly catch up on a lot of news about a specific topic. NetNewsWire is another app that's great for that, but I don't always have the time to space-bar my way through the latest news and events.

Alltop started out small, with only a few categories and niche areas. Now it's huge, and it indexes and large number of topics and sites. This is great, but can lead to information overload. With My.Alltop, you can customize a personal page with your favorite links in one place from all across Allto.. As someone who is frustrated by trying to manage RSS feeds on my iPod touch, I prefer the iPhone optimized Alltop interface for getting information quickly.

My.Alltop just launched and it doesn't look like the mobile stylesheets have been rolled out yet. But I'm sure just a matter of time. Guy also said that an iPhone application is in the works so you can add, edit or access your feeds more quickly.

Also, be sure to check out the TUAW MyAlltop page. We've started to load it with some of our favorite Mac, iPhone and general tech links and I know this is what I'll be rocking when I want to read news on the run.

Tags: alltop, guy kawasaki, GuyKawasaki, news, sxsw

Filed under: Macworld, Cult of Mac, Other Events, Apple History

Mac founding-fathers appear at Welcome to Macintosh screening

by Christina Warren (RSS feed) on Jan 11th, 2009

This year at Macworld 2009, two documentary films about the Mac held screenings. While we didn't have anyone on-site at MacHEADS, a few of us were fortunate enough to attend Thursday night's screening of Welcome to Macintosh.

Welcome to Macintosh, a documentary by Josh Rizzo and Rob Baca, chronicles the history of Apple and the Mac, using interviews with the people and the users that were there. Tony Walla contributed a great piece about the film last April, which fills in more background.

While the film is amazing (the DVD is available now and it is chock-full of awesome), the discussion after the screening was truly magical. Five of the participants from the film, along with Very Special Guest, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, appeared on-stage and answered questions from the crowd. (See the Woz answer our own Mike Rose's question here)

Read on for more historic geekiness...

Gallery: Welcome to Macintosh Screening

Andy Hertzfeld, Steve Wozniak, Ron Wayne

Guy Kawasaki, Leander Kahney & Jim Reekes

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Tags: andy hertzfeld, AndyHertzfeld, documentary, guy kawasaki, GuyKawasaki, jim reekes, JimReekes, josh rizzo, JoshRizzo, leander kahney, LeanderKahney, macworld09, rob baca, RobBaca, ron wayne, RonWayne, steve wozniak, SteveWozniak, welcome to macintosh, WelcomeToMacintosh, woz

Filed under: Macworld, Features, Podcasts, TUAW Interview

TUAW Podcast #20: Macworld Interview with Guy Kawasaki (Extended Remix)

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Feb 2nd, 2007

Wow - you overwhelmingly asked for it, and here it is. I was blown away by the response to the 'TUAW edit' of my Guy Kawasaki interview, so the extended remix is ready for download. This one clocks in at over 55 minutes, so it should satisfy the fans of Guy in the crowd. It was an honor to speak with Mr. Kawasaki, and as you'll discover, we touched on so many more topics throughout the rest of the interview. We covered being a venture capitalist, Guy's surprising humility, what a car from Apple would be like, whether Guy bought a Wii, how he gets his blogging on and so much more. I was admittedly speechless at times around Guy, and I'm glad Laurie Duncan, who graciously came along to handle the recording aspects, was there to help me keep from stumbling. You'll hear her pitch some great questions to Guy a few times throughout the interview.

There is, however, one catch even with this extended cut: we wound up chatting with Guy for so long that the recording equipment we used ran out of juice just before we wrapped up. Don't worry - you have virtually all the juicy stuff we talked about, but I just wanted to give a heads up on the use of the canned conclusion.

With that said, you can now grab my full interview with Guy Kawasaki, which weighs in at 50MB and 55 minutes. Enjoy it from this direct link, our iTunes Store Podcast directory or our own podcast RSS feed. Enjoy.

Tags: Guy Kawasaki, GuyKawasaki, interview, interviews, iphone, macworld, macworld07, mwsf

Filed under: Macworld, Features, Podcasts, TUAW Interview

TUAW Podcast #19: Macworld interview with Guy Kawasaki

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Jan 31st, 2007

At long last, my Macworld interview with Guy Kawasaki, for which you told us what to ask, is ready to go. Sitting down in the same room with The Guy™ during the week of Macworld 07 was quite the experience, and we had a good time chatting about the iPhone, where Apple is going as a company and more.

There's a catch with this podcast, however. Since many TUAW readers have expressed their interest in shorter podcasts, I chopped our interview down to just over 16 minutes. This means I have roughly an hour or so of chatting with Guy which I think is still interesting stuff. So, we decided to put a vote to you readers: after listening to what I put together here, do you want to hear the rest of the interview with Guy? We kept on chatting about the rest of the industry, why no one's buying software, evangelism and its place in business today... the guy really knows his stuff. If you're interested, leave a comment to let us know, and I'll publish a part 2.

But for now, enjoy TUAW Podcast #19 which weighs in at just over 15MB and 16 minutes. You can snag it from this direct link, our iTunes Store Podcast directory or our own podcast RSS feed. Enjoy.

Tags: guy kawasaki, GuyKawasaki, interview, iphone, macworld, macworld07

Filed under: TUAW Interview

Tell us what to ask Guy Kawasaki

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Jan 3rd, 2007

Leo Laporte isn't the only upcoming TUAW interviewee you yourselves get to question - we're also going to be interviewing Guy Kawasaki, former Apple Fellow, venture capitalist, author and speaker. Guy has done quite a bit for the Mac world, as he was literally the first official evangelist for the Mac platform and Apple. More recently, Guy snagged an interesting interview with Steve Wozniak that delved a little past the lasers and knee-slapping.

So what would you *ask* him, TUAW readers? Lay your questions for the venerable Guy Kawasaki on us, and we'll be sure to bring a few to the interview.

Tags: guy kawasaki, GuyKawasaki, interview, macworld

Filed under: Cult of Mac, Odds and ends, Apple, The Woz

Guy Kawasaki interviewing Woz

by Laurie A. Duncan (RSS feed) on Nov 29th, 2006

We know most of you are kinda over all the Woz buzz, but for those of you who still can't get enough, we direct you to this longish video of Guy Kawasaki, the original Mac Evangelist, interviewing with Steve Wozniak.

zBiz.tv has the footage and since it's almost an hour long, you'll appreciate that there are chapter markers available. The interview was filmed a few weeks ago at the Commonwealth Club of Silicon Valley, one of Woz's many iWoz book tour stops. It's a great interview and it's always a treat to have two icons on stage together, chatting like they are in your livingroom. The quality of the video itself is not very good, but the audio is solid so even if it gives you a headache to watch, you should still listen.

Tags: apple, guy kawasaki, GuyKawasaki, iwoz, steve wozniak, SteveWozniak, woz, zbiz

Filed under: Cult of Mac, Odds and ends, MacBook

Follow that White Laptop

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Sep 19th, 2006

Cambrian House, famous for 'crowdsourced software,' is raising money for Youth For Technology in an interesting way. They have taken a MacBook and are getting is signed by all sorts of tech luminaries and then auctioning it off to the highest bidder. Straightforward and simple, just the way I like it. You can even track where the MacBook is, or read their blog.

The first signer is none other than Guy Kawasaki, who will now send it off to someone else to get signed and so on.

Tags: follow the white laptop, FollowTheWhiteLaptop, guy kawasaki, GuyKawasaki

Filed under: Cult of Mac, Books and Blogs

Guy Kawasaki gets sneak peek of iWoz

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on May 30th, 2006

Guy Kawasaki, former Apple evangelist, has read Steve Wozniak's memoirs and he liked what he read. He was posted the top ten things that he learned from iWoz to give us a taste of what is in the book. Guy learned that Woz is, and always has been, an Apple employee. Woz taught computer classes in an elementary school, and that he lost $12 million on each of his US Festivals.

I know I'll be getting this book as soon as it is available for lowly bloggers like myself.

Tags: guy kawasaki, GuyKawasaki, iwoz, woz

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