Dave Hamilton, co-founder of The Mac Observer and co-host of the Mac Geek Gab Podcast stops by to chat with David and Katie about running an online publication, his tricked out podcasting setup, being a musician, Mac maintenance and more.

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

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Guest Starring:

Dave Hamilton

Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

• The Mac Observer
  Collected links:
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Podcasts
  • Twitter
• About Dave — Dave Hamilton / Dave The Nerd
  
• Dave Hamilton (DaveHamilton) on Twitter
  
• The Macworld All-Star Band
  
• Mac Geek Gab Podcast - The Mac Observer
  
• The Mac Observer--WEBINTOSH.COM RENAMED THE MAC OBSERVER
  
• Surge protector - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Skype - Free internet calls and online cheap calls to phones and mobiles
  
• Gnutella - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Basecamp is everyone’s favorite project management app.
  
• Slack: Be less busy
  
• Fleep
  
• Google+ Hangouts
  
• Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack Pro: Record Any Audio On Mac OS X
  
• WashingMachine | Clean Up Your Mac With Best Mac Cleaner
  
• Download OnyX for Mac - Maintenance and optimization tool. MacUpdate.com
  
• MacPaw: The Best Mac Cleaner Software: CleanMyMac 2, CleanMyDrive, Gemini
  
• Cocktail - A perfect mixture for Mac OS X
  
• Adam Curry - curry.com: Adam Curry - curry.com
  
• Daily Source Code - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Dynamic range compression - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Outboard gear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Noise gate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Home Recording Weekly: Using Expanders in audio
  
• MPU 049: Mac Maintenance | Mac Power Users
  
• Mac Maintenance Guide at the Mac Attack — MacSparky
  
• Unix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Welcome to AgileBits
  
• iStat Menus, a Mac app by Bjango
  
• Raging Menace - MenuMeters
  
• Bartender | Mac Menu Bar Item Control
  
• Keyboard Maestro 6.4: Work Faster with Macros for Mac OS X
  
• SaneBox - Email Management for Any Inbox
  
• mailsmith.org | Welcome
  
• MailActOn
  
• Drobo Data Storage Solutions, Network Attached Storage, Drobo Inc.
  
• Synology - Network Attached Storage (NAS)
  
• Plex - Plex Media Server: Your Media on all of Your Devices - Plex.tv
  
• Spotify