The incredibly open nature of the Apple II for development, down to the inclusion of schematics in every box, encouraged a generation of users who were also programmers. By contrast, today we have the walled garden of iPhone OS, where Apple judges all. Between these polar positions is the Macintosh. How have Apple – and Apple users – evolved over the years? Has using computers become more or less creative? What tradeoffs have we made between accessibility and empowerment? How do the Apple II and its users measure up in modern times? Panelists: Ivan Drucker (IvanExpert), Martin Haye (California Digital Library), Mike Maginnis (The Computist Project). Moderator: Ken Gagne (Juiced.GS).
In April, Apple released the iPad, a tablet computer compatible with the iPhone’s App Store. In June, the iPhone and iPod Touch received the iOS 4 firmware upgrade. Rob Walch of the Today in iOS (formerly Today in iPhone) podcast, brings us both these devices with tips, tricks, and critiques of Apple’s new mobile hardware and software. The slides Rob used are available for download at kansasfest.org/downloads/
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The session schedule for next week’s KansasFest is now online! Dozens of attendees and outside experts will be sharing their knowledge throughout the day on a variety of Apple II subjects, from software to games to podcasts to fundraising. For those staying on-site, parties, contests, and dinners will keep everyone engaged throughout the week.
The Free Tools Association (FTA) released ActiveGS, a free IIgs emulator for IOS devices now available in the iTunes App Store. 2011 is the year when the Apple IIgs has gone mobile and this is a chance to see it in action, courtesy Geoff Weiss and Tony Diaz.
Recorded on July 22, 2011, by Ken Gagne and made available under a Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Creative Commons license.
The KansasFest session schedule is now complete and has been posted online. As always, you may download the PDF or view the event calendar. The latter offers the option of subscribing to the schedule in your favorite calendar program, such as iCal and Google Calendar. All session times are in the CDT timezone.
New this year is the Guidebook mobile app, making it easy to find every session, vendor, map, and tweet. Just download the free Guidebook app for your favorite iOS or Android device, then search for KansasFest, occurring in Kansas City on July 19–24.
Main menu
Guidebook offers several categories of information to help you navigate KansasFest.
general
General info
Schedule
Every scheduled minute is here to remind you what’s happening when.
Event detail
Each session has a detailed description and possibly a photo.
Personal schedule
You can add must-see sessions to your own personal calendar.
Reminder
Don’t want to miss a session? Set an alert to remind you!
Map
Lost at Rockhurst? These campus maps should help.
Twitter
Every tweet from every KansasFest attendee is listed here.
Vendors
Guidebook details each business selling at the Vendor Fair.
Please contact us if you have any questions or issues. The fun begins in just two days!
The incredibly open nature of the Apple II for development, down to the inclusion of schematics in every box, encouraged a generation of users who were also program mers. By contrast, today we have the walled garden of iPhone OS, where Apple judges all. Between these polar positions is the Macintosh. How have Apple ? and Apple users ? evolved over the years? Has using computers become more or less creative? What tradeoffs have we made between accessibility and empowerment? How do the Apple II and its users measure up in modern times? Panelists: Ivan Drucker (IvanExpert), Martin Haye (California Digital Library), Mike Maginnis (The Computist Project). Moderator: Ken Gagne (Juiced.GS).
