Welcome

Hi. I'm Deborah Shadovitz, better known as Deb.

I'm an author, speaker, instructor, consultant, event producer, and radio person — specializing in Mac, Internet, and Web.

Friends have always teased
    that I'm out to change the world — and I am.

These days I share tech skills to help people achieve.

My Writing: I'm a Contributing Editor for Mac|Life magazine (feature in Jan issue) and pen Mac Efficiency™ — a free web site about using your Mac most efficiently. I've also gotten back into travel and other writing, as with travel and people features in Valley Life magazine. (Cover feature on Beau Bridges in Jan/Feb issue.)

My Radio: I'm a regular guest on Jeff Levy's Computer shows...
Jeff Levy on Computers now on KRLA 870 AM.
This spring I was the Mac pundit on Computer Wars, on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM, Utah.
I'm a Reporter and Apple pundit for other projects as well.
You can hear some of my radio segments on my speaker page.

My Events:

• MacDayLA — a brand new one-day full-day Mac event
  held every odd month starting March 22.
• The MacGathering™ — a full-fledged Apple/Macintosh event.
  Custom-designed top-notch seminars & classes, plus unique social happenings.
  (We're looking for the right venue in LA. If you manage a venue and want to share it with the Mac community, please If you're interested in attending, please write so I can add you to our email list. And if you'd like to exhibit an Apple or Mac-related produce at it, I'd love to hear from you, too.)
• Mac Mingle — a party during Macworld Expo, free to all, sponsored by some great Mac vendors and co-produced with Adam "MacCast" Christianson. (I created and produced the Party For The People too; the first-ever invitationless Macworld party where everyone was welcome.) Leo Laporte heard people calling it "the best party of the show."

So what can you do on this website?

• Get to know me through the Deborah and Travel menus.
  (Yes, that text on the left is menus.)
• Send to me, Deborah Shadovitz.
• Learn about me as a speaker. I can talk about many things tech, teach at your event, or help your company with Mac or word processing efficiency.
• Invite me to write about computer use for you. I can write about aspects of computer use making it understandable in ways that most people don't. People say reading my work is like having me standing over their shoulder explaining it.
• Contact me as an expert for your news piece or feature. The Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Daily News did. I've also been featured in Women's Day magazine. See those pieces here.
• Developers — contact me to check out or comment about your product. Many vendors have benefitted from my UI reviews. I also write or advise on manuals.
• Expand your Macintosh computer knowledge.
• Learn about world travel or about visiting LA or NYC through each respective menu.
• Learn a bit about the Mac user's Palm experience. (Not integrated into the menu. Not updated since 2003 because Palm has lost my support by showing me a cannot-do attitude.)

Looking for my brother, David Shadovitz, the ColdFusion software engineer and bicycle mechanic?, You can reach him at

Looking for Herb Shadovitz or another Shadovitz? Chances are, he or she is a relative so to forward.

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