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Adam Engst Moves Up to #3 in MDJ Power 25
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  by Jeff Carlson <jeffc@tidbits.com>

  We're pleased to note that TidBITS publisher Adam C. Engst
  achieved his sixth consecutive top five ranking in the MDJ Power
  25, moving up two places this year to rank behind only Apple's CEO
  Steve Jobs and COO Tim Cook. Voters in the nearly annual survey
  said that Adam's ranking was due to the reach of TidBITS and the
  success of the Take Control ebook series, along with his vast
  number of connections and desire to make the Mac community a
  better place by making sure that the right people know each other.

<http://www.macjournals.com/gcsf/mdj_power_25_2005-2006.html>

  For those who haven't followed the MDJ Power 25, it attempts
  to ferret out who wields power and influence in the Macintosh
  community - whether or not the names are familiar to most users.
  It's not a public popularity contest - votes are gathered only
  from a select set of Macintosh industry insiders: journalists,
  programmers, executives, and others in key positions.

<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbser=1246>

  Filling out the top five this year were Apple industrial designer
  Jonathan Ive and Wall Street Journal columnist Walt Mossberg,
  who broke into the top five for the first time. Also moving
  up significantly was Macworld's Jason Snell (#6), who is
  now officially Vice President and Editorial Director of Mac
  Publishing. You can see the entire list at the first link above;
  to read the full explanations of what each person does and why
  they warranted inclusion on the list, sign up for a free trial
  subscription to MWJ, the weekly version of the daily (and even
  more detailed) MDJ.

<http://www.macjournals.com/>

  Newcomers to the list include:

* Paul Otellini (#9), president and CEO of Intel Corporation,
  thanks to his direct involvement in Apple's transition to Intel
  CPUs.

<http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/bios/otellini.htm>

* Tony Fadell (#12), Apple's senior vice president of the iPod
  division, because of the "halo effect" that has caused iPod owners
  to become Mac users.

<http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/fadell.html>

* John Gruber (#14), the author of the excellent Daring Fireball
  weblog that has become required reading for many in the Macintosh
  community.

<http://daringfireball.net/>

* Brent Simmons (#16), the developer of the popular NetNewsWire
  RSS reader that so many people use for their daily news intake.

<http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdID=NetNewsWire>

* Scott Forstall (#18), Apple's vice president of "platform
  experience," which means that he oversees the high-level parts
  of Mac OS X, including the human interface.

* Nick Ciarelli (#23), the publisher of the Think Secret rumor
  site who was catapulted to fame by being sued by Apple.

<http://www.thinksecret.com/>

* Bob Mansfield (#24), Apple's vice president of Macintosh
  hardware engineering.

  Congratulations to these people and everyone else who made
  the list this year!