The Macintosh Community

ByMike Moffit

One of the benifits of working here is meeting other long-standing members of the Macintosh community. Today I had a great phone conversation with Tim Robertson, publisher of MyMac.com. You can read about Tim here.

MyMac.com features Apple news, unbiased reviews, Mac tips and tricks, and an excellent weekly Podcast (which can be downloaded directly through iTunes), and much more. It’s been on the web since 1995. When MyMac was founded, Macs were still running OS 7, and Steve Jobs was still CEO of NeXT.

We are going to interview Tim for an upcoming Small Dog Pawcast. It’ll be fun to talk about the changes he’s seen in the Apple universe, as well his point of view on the current line up. Check them out at MyMac.com

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