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1/31/2007
Don't Move! How to Add Motion to Your Movies
From iMovie HD 6 and iDVD 6 for Mac OS X - Visual QuickStart Guide: "One of the advantages of a small camera is that it easily moves with you. However, when you're shooting, motion can become a character in its own right. Slowly moving across a scene imparts a different feeling than quickly scanning your surroundings, for example. This chapter addresses the most common ways of moving the camera to add motion to your movie, including the number one rule: don't move." Read More... Top Five Shareware Tools for Getting More Out of .Mac
From Mac with iWeb Visual QuickStart Guide: "Many commercial and shareware Mac applications offer some type of integration with Apple's .Mac service, typically for publishing content to the Web. However, a handful of tools actually offer features that go beyond web publishing and make for a better .Mac experience. Here are Ryan Faas's picks for top shareware tools that make .Mac easier and more useful." Read More... 1/16/2007
Macworld 2007: 1984 All Over Again
From MacDevCenter.com: "Daniel Steinberg reports on the Macworld keynote. From the big iPhone announcement and demo to the startling lack of Mac and Leopard news, Daniel shares his impressions and provides detailed analysis of the year's largest Apple event." Read More... 1/11/2007
Managing the Mac Classroom
From The Macintosh iLife 06 in the Classroom: "Many schools have invested in Macs in the classroom. As Macs and the Internet become more entwined with learning, teachers need to develop new techniques to manage computer and online use and then use these new tools effectively. Ryan Faas provides a series of suggestions for how teachers can use Macs to enhance learning based on his experience working with Macs in education." Read More... Macworld 2007 Friday Schedule
We just posted our Speaker and Events Schedule for Friday, January 12th. There isn't as much happening as on other days, but Friday has traditionally been a good day to buy things. Stock on hand starts getting discounted toward the end of the day. I will be posting an "after the show" report in the next few days... 1/10/2007
Ovolab
Press release: "San Francisco, CA (USA) - Ovolab today announced Geophoto, a new product for browsing and sharing digital photos. Ovolab Geophoto displays pictures on the Earth, in the location where the photo was taken. The user can rotate, zoom and fly through the photos, on top of a photorealistic three-dimensional Earth." Read More... Macworld 2007 Thursday Schedule
We just posted our Speaker and Events Schedule for Thursday January 11th. A rumor no longer: iPhone has the tech scene talking
From Inside Bay Area "Promising a new gadget as revolutionary as his first Mac computer in 1984 and his now-ubiquitous iPod, Apple Computer Chief Executive Steve Jobs on Tuesday unveiled the long awaited 'iPhone' - an iPod, mobile phone, Internet communicator and camera all rolled into one." Read More... Nisus Writer Pro
We took a look at Nisus Writer Pro at the show (booth 4028) and it looks like a great alternative to MS Word. Also, I'm not sure if it's a show special or a permanent price reduction, but Nisus Writer Express is now only $40. As always, the 30 day demo is free. Check it out. 1/09/2007
ModBook - Mac OS X tablet computer
San Francisco (January 09, 2007) - Axiotron, Inc. together with its strategic partner and exclusive US Distributor Other World Computing (OWC) today unveiled the ModBook, the first ever Mac OS X tablet computer solution on January 9th, at the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. Initial suggested retail prices begin at $2,279. Andreas Haas, president of Axiotron, is a former management level leader with Apple Computer, Inc., including serving as Newton Business Unit Manager in Europe, which explored tablet feasibility. "Built for mobile users, artists, students, medical practitioners and professionals, the Axiotron ModBook enables its user to draw and write directly on the screen, while the handwriting recognition built into Mac OS X Tiger not only turns hand scribbles into text in every application, but also provides extended control of the system through gesture recognition. If your favored input device is the pen, then this is the Mac tablet solution for you," said Haas. Learn more at www.macsales.com/modbook Macworld 2007 Wednesday Schedule
We just posted our Macworld 2007 Speaker and Events Schedule for Wednesday January 10th. This list doesn't include everything happening that day. But it is a fairly thorough listing of the expert lectures and training that you can get for free (with only an exhibit pass). 1/08/2007
Macworld 2007
We've created a Macworld Speaker Schedules and Events page for Tuesday January 9th. We'll be adding more information later. Stay tuned. 1/07/2007
So, you got a new iPod for Christmas, now what?
So, you got a new iPod for Christmas, now what? Fortunately there are a lot of good books answering just that question. I've had a chance to review three of them recently, and here is what I found. The first book is "iPod & iTunes for Dummies" from Wiley press. Now, say what you will about the "for Dummies" series of books. But some of them have advanced information that you can't find in other books, they are certainly not just for Dummies. While this book gives you a solid understanding of iPod and iTunes, it doesn't contain any surprises. A great book for the absolute beginner but the technogeeks out there might find it a little lacking. The next book we looked at was "iPod: The Missing Manual, Fifth Edition" from O"Reilly Press. This helps iPodders of all ages and skill levels squeeze more enjoyment from their new devices. It covers the basics--downloading and listening to music. It also shows readers how to download and watch movies or TV shows, and download contact files, calendars, photo albums, audio books, text files, games, and more. "It's full of color illustrations and the text has been recast as short little 'infonuggets' that only take up one or two pages per topic," says author J.D. Biersdofer "There's a simple explanation for every task and enough color graphics to show readers just what they need to do." We also found it to have a lot unique tips not found in other books. Get a sampling of some of them here. The last book we looked at was "iPod Fully Loaded" by Andy Ihnatko, also from Wiley publishing. It's not really a manual of how to use your iPod (check out one the books listed above for that), but it is THE book on getting just about anything into your iPod. Some of the techniques are covered in the O'Reilly's "Missing manual" But Andy has Tips on an amazing variety of techniques. Music, (including music from your old tapes and LPs - remember LPs?), video, radio, podcasts, documents, pictures, webpages, spreadsheets, email, etc. This book really opens up some possibilities regarding what you can do with your iPod. You'd be suprized. Your Editor, Clint Boerner 1/05/2007
Pre-Macworld Event This Sunday
On Jan. 7, a team of O'Reilly Media's authors kicks off an event-jammed week with an "Ask the Experts" panel discussion. Best-selling authors and photographers Mikkel Aaland, Stephen Johnson, Ken Milburn, and Derrick Story appear at Book Passage, a beloved San Francisco Bay Area independent bookstore, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Shooters at every level--from passionate enthusiasts to professionals--can learn how to get more from their new digital single lens reflex and point-and-shoot cameras. "These panel members can cover just about every imaginable aspect of digital photography, from capture, to post production, to output. Stephen and Mikkel have been part of the digital revolution from the very beginning. And Ken has emerged as an expert in workflow. This is really an all star group we have," says Derrick Story, O'Reilly Media Evangelist. Go to the Book Passage site for more information 1/04/2007
Mac OS X VPN Solutions
Part 1: Connecting to a VPN - VPN Servers and Protocols Part 2: Configuring VPN Under Mac OS X Server Part 3: Using SSH Port Forwarding Organize Your Images With iPhoto
From iPhoto 6 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide: "There are two types of people when it comes to photos. First are the Martha Stewart types who manage to organize every picture into precious handmade albums constructed of used tissues and old grocery bags. Then there are the rest of us who dump our pictures in a box, and that's if we remember to develop the film in the first place. In this chapter, Adam Engst focuses on iPhoto's organizational features. Some require a little effort, but even with no work, your digital photo collection will be far better organized than the box in the closet." From Read More... |
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