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Flipboard + Twitter Lists

In this video, I’m taking a look at a little known fact within a little known fact about the free media consumption app for the iPad, Flipboard:

1) You can add each of your Twitter Lists to Flipboard as a separate Sections and…

2) You can add people to your Twitter Lists that you don’t actually follow on Twitter

    This means that you can group together dozens of Twitter feeds in a single list that would otherwise bog down your Twitter stream and add the list to Flipboard and read them all in Flipboard’s magazine-style format. It also means that, since most website post links to their latest articles on Twitter, you can read any such website in Flipboard as if it had its own Section simply by giving it its own list in Twitter. This can also come in handy for people who post a lot of content to Twitter, but so much so that it floods your feed and makes it overwhelming—don’t follow them, add them to a list and make them a Section of Flipboard.

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    I don’t think I’ll be reading my main Twitter stream on Flipboard as much as I’ll be using it to consume these other sources of content—the ones I don’t actually follow.

    How do you use Flipboard? Found any cool tricks? Leave a comment and let me know!!

    Awesome Mac-based video guestbook for your wedding

    This is how fast I’d like to be able to bring you the awesomeness on my constant quest for it: I literally just saw this tweet by @LelaNewYork and I had to share this very cool idea with you.

    LOVE: Awesome Wedding Video Guest book! Works on a MAC... http://bit.ly/bMqfwi””

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    For $99 US, Thrilled For You sells software for a customized themed video guestbook. You install the application and run an iMac or similarly iSight equipped Mac in kiosk mode at your wedding or reception. Then, as the emotion moves them, your guests, your family, your friends, your former lovers will take turns standing in front of the camera and expressing just how happy they are for you… or how drunk they are.

    It’s a brilliant idea and you can download a demo for free. [Via Lela New York Wedding Blog]

    MacMerc.com’s Rick Yaeger interviewed on Typical Mac User and Mac OS Ken Day 6

    podcasts 20081209 204157 MacMerc.coms Rick Yaeger interviewed on Typical Mac User and Mac OS Ken Day 6I had the honor of being interviewed twice last week about the launch of MacMerc.TV. The first interview was with Victor Cajiao of the Typical Mac User Podcast. He allowed me to plug the show and also share a few of my favorite Mail.app add-ons. Typical Mac User is a great audio podcast for any Mac user looking to learn new tricks and tips and expand your “Mac horizon.” Victor also does a lot of great interviews with cool people in the Mac community. Such a great show and a great host.

    The second interview was with a good friend from back in the Wizards of Technology days, Ken Ray. Ken has his regular 5 day a week free podcast, Mac OS Ken, where he covers all the Mac news that matters in a way that makes it accessible and fun. My interview appears as part of Ken’s Day 6 which is the pay side of his podcast. A subscription costs $10 per month and it helps support all of Ken’s podcasting efforts. Day 6 gets you a recap of the week’s news, as well as conversations around Apple’s past, present, and future. It also gets you interviews with people like me or, better yet, super-awesome-cool people like Greg Grunberg from NBC’s Heroes. (As much as I want you to check out Ken’s interview with me, his interview with Greg Grunberg about Band from TV is one you simply must hear…seriously…pay the $10).

    Thanks to both Victor and Ken for welcoming me on their shows. I had an awesome time and I’m really proud of the way the interviews turned out.

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