Kill The Desktop

July 18, 2008 - 50.2MB - 54:50

This week’s episode is a look at the iPhone 3G. It also marks our 1st year of Kill The Desktop. In the episode we look at the features present in the new phone and give our opinions on it after some heavy use. Enjoy this episode and let us know what you want to hear about in future episodes by posting a comment below or sending us an email at fans@killthedesktop.com.

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July 7, 2008 - 50.3MB - 54:55

This week’s episode is a look at the next generation of mobile technology. We’ll discuss how the iPhone has raised the bar for future devices. We also take a peek at Google Android, where Matt puts on his hater pants. :p Enjoy this episode and let us know what you want to hear about in future episodes by posting a comment below or sending us an email at fans@killthedesktop.com.

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July 2, 2008 - 71.3MB - 1:02:15

This week’s episode is a discussion of perception about Microsoft. A lot has changed around the company in the last few years and we dig into the questions many are asking related to the software giant. Enjoy this episode and let us know what you want to hear about in future episodes by posting a comment below or sending us an email at fans@killthedesktop.com.

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June 6, 2008 - 29.5MB - 32:14

This week’s episode is a wrap-up of the rumors related to next week’s WWDC. Enjoy this episode and let us know what you want to hear about in future episodes by posting a comment below or sending us an email at fans@killthedesktop.com.

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June 4, 2008 - 37.6MB - 41:03

This week’s episode is all about the social movement of the web. We look at the various services available and give some of our opinions on them. So, enjoy this episode and let us know what you want to hear about in future episodes by posting a comment below or sending us an email at fans@killthedesktop.com.

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May 29, 2008 - 39.7MB - 43:23

This week we discuss Twitter and their recent problems with uptime. Matt and I share our viewpoints as a network administrator and a software architect respectively. So, enjoy this episode and let us know what you want to hear about in future episodes by posting a comment below or sending us an email at fans@killthedesktop.com.

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May 12, 2008 - 43.9MB - 48:01

This week we decided to take a break from the topics and focus on the recent tech news. It has been a few weeks since our last show and the news has been crazy lately. So, enjoy this episode and let us know what you want to hear about in future episodes by posting a comment below or sending us an email at fans@killthedesktop.com.

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April 18, 2008 - 42.9MB - 46:48

In this week’s episode we discuss our top 10 Mac applications. As requested during the show, we’ve put together a list of links to the applications so you all can check them out! Let us know what you think of this episode by posting a comment below or sending us an email at fans@killthedesktop.com.

Show Notes
Chris’ List
1. Spaces - http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html
2. Safari - http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/safari.html
3. Quicksilver - http://www.blacktree.com/
4. Expose - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposé_(Mac_OS_X)
5. Terminal - http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/unix.html
6. Mail.app - http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/mail.html
7. Adium - http://www.adiumx.com/
8. Things - http://www.culturedcode.com/things/
9. TextMate - http://macromates.com/
10. CoRD - http://cord.sourceforge.net/

Matt’s List
1. Quicksilver - http://www.blacktree.com/
2. Expose/Spaces - http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html
3. Mail.app - http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/mail.html
4. CoRD - http://cord.sourceforge.net/
5. Safari - http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/safari.html
6. Things - http://www.culturedcode.com/things/
7. Parallels - http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/
8. Transmit - http://www.panic.com/transmit/
9. iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/ichat.html
10. Screenflow - http://www.varasoftware.com/products/screenflow/

Honorable Mention
Cyberduck - http://cyberduck.ch/
iShowU - http://www.shinywhitebox.com/home/home.html
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Time Machine - http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html

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April 14, 2008 - 40.5MB - 44:11

This week’s episode is a discussion of Google’s newest service; Google App Engine. Like last week, we broadcasted the show live using our Ustream.tv channel. Let us know what you think in the comments or send us an email at fans@killthedesktop.com.

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April 7, 2008 - 31.1MB - 33:56

This week’s episode is a discussion of RSS. We broadcasted the show live using our Ustream.tv channel. This was a great success and I imagine we’ll be doing this for all of the episodes moving forward. Let us know what you think in the comments or send us an email at fans@killthedesktop.com.

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