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**MacTech 25 Most Influential Survey** -- MacTech Magazine has
  opened the voting for the MacTech 25, a community-chosen list
  of the 25 most influential people in the Macintosh technical
  universe. MacTech has designed it to "recognize the technical
  contributions of developers, writers, bloggers, problem-solvers,
  and personalities to the Macintosh community," excluding only
  Apple employees and MacTech staff and columnists (some of whom
  would likely do well otherwise). Voting in the MacTech 25 is open
  to anyone, through 15-Jun-06. We would of course appreciate votes
  for our publisher, Adam Engst (who has ranked in the top five of
  the MDJ Power 25 every year, behind only Apple employees), along
  with other TidBITS staff members, and if we do well, we promise
  to use the vast power that will undoubtedly accrue to the winners
  only for good. But we really hope there isn't a second-round
  swimsuit competition.

<http://www.mactech.com/mostinfluential/>

  Speaking of MacTech, which a couple of years ago morphed from
  a programmer's journal to a more general technical Mac magazine,
  we notice that if you're interested in subscribing, Microsoft's
  Mac Business Unit (which has been working with MacTech on articles
  about integrating Macs into Windows-centered networks and similar
  kinds of topics) is sponsoring a limited number of six-month
  "free" subscriptions to MacTech to those that qualify ("free"
  because there's still a $10 postage and handling fee to make sure
  people really want the magazine, which would normally cost over
  $50 on the newsstand). The deal requires filling out a short
  survey and is available only to those in the United States and
  Canada (though there are other deals for more far-flung readers).
  [JLC]

<http://www.mactech.com/ms-survey/tidbits.php>


**Yojimbo 1.2 Improves Import, Export, and Linking** -- Bare Bones
  Software has released a significant update to Yojimbo, the
  company's personal information manager (for details, see our
  review, "Let Yojimbo Guard Your Information Castle"). Yojimbo 1.2
  enables users to link directly to Yojimbo items using the new Copy
  Item Link command in the Edit menu; it puts an x-yojimbo-item URL
  pointing to the selected item in the clipboard, suitable for use
  on the local machine (it's not providing Internet sharing of any
  sort). Also new are a pair of bookmarklets (JavaScript scripts
  that can be embedded in a Web browser bookmark) for one-click
  creation of Yojimbo bookmarks and Web archives (in Safari, Camino,
  Firefox, and OmniWeb), an enhanced "import" verb in AppleScript,
  export of bookmarks as clipping files rather than text files,
  search term highlighting when the search includes item contents,
  an integrated crash reporter, and the capability to remember the
  Check Spelling As You Type setting across application launches
  (something that should be true of every application). For those
  new to Yojimbo or anyone who has had trouble understanding it,
  Bare Bones now provides a Quick Start Movie (check the Help menu
  if you're already using Yojimbo) and a Getting Started document
  that provides an overview of Yojimbo's features. Yojimbo 1.2
  requires Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later and is a free update for
  registered users; it's a 7 MB download. [ACE]

<http://www.barebones.com/products/yojimbo/>
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08407>
<http://www.barebones.com/support/updates.shtml>


**Adam & Tonya Discuss Working Together on MacNotables** -- In the
  most recent episode of our group MacNotables podcast, we did
  something a little different. Since only Tonya and I were on the
  line to talk with Chuck Joiner, we ended up discussing what it's
  like to work with one's spouse in the Mac industry and how we
  divvy up the various tasks involved with running TidBITS and Take
  Control. For instance, Tonya takes care of the financial end of
  things, whereas I'm the network administrator. Since we hadn't
  prepared for the topic, it ended up being an extremely unusual
  and far-ranging conversation. We frequently receive comments
  from people who are surprised we can work together, or who can't
  imagine what it would be like to work with a spouse, but for us,
  it's just how our lives work. Give it a listen! [ACE]

<http://macnotables.com/archives/2006/652.html>


**DealBITS Drawing: TextExpander Winners** -- Congratulations to
  Raymond Cheydleur of mac.com, Mac Carter of iinet.com, Ken Marcus
  of mac.com, Hugh Lester of mac.com, and David Steffens of
  speakeasy.net, whose entries were chosen randomly in last week's
  DealBITS drawing and who each received a copy of SmileOnMyMac's
  TextExpander, worth $29.95. Everyone who entered the drawing
  also received a $10 discount off the purchase of TextExpander.
  Thanks to the 765 people who entered, and keep an eye out for
  future DealBITS drawings! [ACE]

<http://smileonmymac.com/textexpander/>



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