153: Hardware Development with Geoff Barrall
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Katie and David talk hardware development, conceptualization, design and production with the CEO of Drobo, Geoff Barrall.

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!

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Guest Starring: Geoff Barrall)

Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

• Geoff Barrall - Entrepreneur, Inventor and Executive | about.me)- Geoff Barrall on Twitter)

• Geoff on Linkedin)

• Drobo - Safe, Expandable Data Storage | Network Attached Storage | Thunderbolt Storage)

• Transporter | Data Redefined)

• Apple - MacBook Pro)

• Apple - MacBook Air)

• Apple - iMac)

• Apple - iPad)

• Apple - Mac mini)

• Power Mac G5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)The Power Mac G5 was Apple's marketing name for models of the Power Macintosh that contained the IBM PowerPC G5 CPU.

• Literature and Latte - Scapple for Mac OS X)

• Balsamiq)We believe that life’s too short for bad software!

• Merlin Mann | Independent Writer, Speaker, and Broadcaster)A Few Links Collected from: Merlin's Projects)

• speaks)

• 43 Folders)

• Back to Work)

• Roderick on the Line)

• Kung Fu Grippe)

• Vimeo)

• Twitter)

• Getting Things Done - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

• OmniFocus for Mac - The Omni Group)

• TaskPaper — Simple to-do list software for Mac & iPhone)

• Arc customizable notebook from M by Staples™)

• Franklin Covey | Day Planners)

• FreedomFiler™ Home Filing System For Maintenance-Free Home Office)

• Noodlesoft | Hazel)

• TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time)

• Keyboard Maestro 6.2: Work Faster with Macros for Mac OS X)

• Fujitsu ScanSnap Scanners)

• PDFpen: Mac PDF Editor - Edit, Sign, and Correct PDFs)

• Vesper. Collect your thoughts.)

• Field Notes)“I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it now.”

• Instapaper)A simple tool to save web pages for reading later.

• Pinboard)Pinboard is a bookmarking website for introverted people in a hurry.

• Podcasts - WSJ.com)

• Downcast)A very cool podcatcher for iOS and Mac

• Marco Arment)- Accidental Tech Podcast)

• Audible.com Online Digital Audio Book Store)

• Temeraire (series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)A reimagining of the epic events of the Napoleonic Wars with an air force — an air force of dragons, manned by crews of aviators.

• Mike Mignola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)Author of Hellboy and Joe Golem and the Drowning City

• Plex - A Complete Media Solution)

• nvALT - BrettTerpstra.com)Drink!

• Apple - iWork - Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for Mac)

• GeekTool | Tynsoe projects)It lets you display various kinds of information on your desktop via 3 default plug-ins

• Cobook Contacts - enjoyable contact management for iPhone)

• Mindful | Argyle Software)- App Store Link)

• Soulver | Soulver helps you work things out.)

• Calca - The Text Editor that Loves Math)

• Delibar, Delicious Mac client)

• PopClip for Mac)

• ReadKit - Have all your reading in one place)

• Feed Wrangler)

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