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

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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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