iWork! I swear!
October 29, 2008 by Wendy Arnold
Filed under Graphics, Software, Top, Workflow
Okay, so I am a bit of a software snob. I can’t help it. I come from the “right before computers were cool” generation. My first experience with a computer was looking up the Dewey Decimal system on the library computer in High School. Then after flirting with a few PCs in the public lab while writing a few last minute papers for English Lit I moved on to my first Mac in the art lab. After that, there was only one true love in my life. The Apple!
Review: Jumsoft Keynote FX Series (pt2)
iWorks Keynote by Apple is an excellent presentation application program for backgrounds and templates for text and images. The finished product (movies, reports, etc.) can be exported into QuickTime, PowerPoint, PDF, Images, Flash, HTML and iPod versions. Apple ships Keynote with thirty-six standard themes, providing the end user with a strong foundation and giving you plenty room to expand your library.
Quick tip - save your MacBook’s hard drive
October 25, 2008 by David Alison
Filed under Parallel Desktops
Recently I’ve gotten a couple of e-mails from folks that have had problems with hard drive failures in their MacBooks. While hard drive failures are a fact of life with nearly any computer it can be exacerbated in laptops and portable machines where the risk of drops while the drive is spinning is significantly higher.
Time Capsule creates a challenge
October 23, 2008 by David Alison
Filed under Parallel Desktops
I was thinking something was not right with my wife’s MacBook. It wasn’t because she was complaining about anything; to the contrary over the last week she didn’t say anything about the machine. It was quiet. Too quiet.
Review: Jumsoft Keynote Series (pt1)
October 21, 2008 by Dr. Michael N. Roach
Filed under Editor's Choice, On The Frontpage: Software, Software, Workflow
If you are a user of Apple’s iWorks Keynote program for producing lectures, then you know it is an excellent program with thirty-six basic themes. (I have to admit I still call them slideshows and always seem first to think of 35mm slides and a Kodak slide projector rather than my laptop computer and a video projector) Each theme includes backgrounds and templates for text and images for easy layout. The finished shows can be exported into QuickTime, PowerPoint, PDF, Images, Flash, HTML and iPod versions.
My wife and her switch to Mac
October 15, 2008 by David Alison
Filed under Parallel Desktops
I had anticipated that I would be writing a lot about my wife’s experiences using her “new” MacBook. After all, it’s been two weeks since I got her the machine, yet she has barely touched it by my standards. The reality is that computers are just not that important to her. She’s an experienced teacher with 8 years at the same school under her belt and for the last two weeks has had to do little more than e-mail and web based activities from home. She averages just under an hour a day on the machine right now.
Playing with iPhone pictures - Juxtaposer
October 14, 2008 by David Alison
Filed under Parallel Desktops
One of the cooler aspects of writing this blog has been the people that have come around to not only give advice but tell me about some of the cool stuff they are working on. Hendrik Kueck has been commenting on this blog for a long time now. Hendrik is a software developer and when he told me about an iPhone application he was working on I became very interested in checking it out.
Complete Guide To The Nikon D300 By Thom Hogan
September 22, 2008 by Dr. Michael N. Roach
Filed under Books, Digital Lifestyles, Photography, Software, Top
On User Manuals, Digital Books, Travel, The Importance of eBooks and The Foresight of Thom Hogan
I like physical books. By that I mean I like a book I can hold in my hand, feel the texture, and maybe even revel in the smell of the paper and the ink. I like to consume well-done images that inspire or instruct. I like books that open themselves flat and allow me to look at them without having to hold down both sides of the tight binding of a signature in the book without being afraid that the book would snap closed if I turned lose with one or both hands.
But then I have to say that there is a “but” that goes with all of that. The bigger a book gets the less likely I am to have it along when I want it. Big books in heavy bindings don’t fit easily into the weight requirements of modern-day air travel. They’re, well, “big” and “big” and “ease of travel” are oxymorons. They just don’t work interchangeably. Read more
I Didn’t Write This….
September 9, 2008 by madBADcat
Filed under Graphics, The Not-So-Daily Edition
the real credit for the content of this page is Mandarin Design.
I copied and pasted all the example code onto this page.
Apple Bans Digital Comic
September 5, 2008 by madBADcat
Filed under Art Commentary, Featured Stories, Panels & Gutters & Zip Ribbons, Sequential Art
Is it a case of "think different- think just like us"?
Murderdrome, first digital comic made especially for iPhone/iPod, has been banned from the iTunes App Store as inappropriate.
Infurious Comics, the publishers of Murderdrome, are making a plea to Apple for the same age categories to their books/comic sections as in their games and music sections. "We have extensive support from the industry in this and would welcome a change in the current store in order to make sure that content is categorised appropriately, " says an Infurious spokesman.
Visit Infurious’ Website to add your comment about this ban. All comments will be forwarded to Apple in protest. Read more
