September 7, 2008

Games on the rise

As we move toward the holiday season, and the surge of interest in computer games, Ambrosia Software is gearing up with some new updates and features to their wonderful collection of games. There are three great upgrades from Ambrosia

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September 6, 2008

Office 2008 survival guide

Have you upgraded to Office 2008 for Macintosh? If so, you should read this article at Macworld magazine. It is written in a Q&A format, with some interesting answers for those who haven't followed the developments in the latest version of Office.

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MobileFamilyTree

MobileFamilyTree is the brand-new companion application for MacFamilyTree, the popular Mac genealogy solution from Synium Software. MobileFamilyTree syncs the wealth of your genealogy onto any iPhone or iPod touch. Your family tree, easily accessible and editable: Never miss a chance to review, edit or add family information. And, MobileFamilyTree keeps everything in sync with your Mac too.

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September 5, 2008

NetSketch 1.2

Gotow.net has announced the release of NetSketch 1.2.0, a collaborative drawing application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. NetSketch is a full-featured vector drawing app and allows you to sketch in real-time with friends on multiple iPhones. NetSketch allows you to draw on the iPod's screen using a full range of colors and brush sizes. It is the only iPhone app to render drawings in a scalable vector format independent of the size of the iPhone's screen.

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September 3, 2008

10 Things We Can Learn From Apple

This is an old article, published over a year ago, but I hadn't seen it until today. (Thanks to Stumble On.)

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Motivational Quotes

Here are a few quotes from some of my favorite authors:

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September 2, 2008

Hyperspace

While I haven't yet tried this, I could see how it could make using Leopard's "Spaces" easier.

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Hyperspace

While I haven't yet tried this, I could see how it could make using Leopard's "Spaces" easier.

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September 1, 2008

MacOS X Tips

Apple hasn't completely abandoned us to third parties for tips and hints. On their web site, there is a tip section for "Pros".

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August 30, 2008

Evernote Premium

I reported on Evernote a couple of months back. It is a repository for notes with versions available for Mac, Windows, Linux and the iPhone. It is also a web app.

They have now announced their premium service.

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The Art of iPhone Battery Life

Guy Kawasaki has posted a blog article about how to get more battery life out of your iPhone.

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Flying laptops pass checkpoints

Do you fly a lot? This new "checkpoint friendly" briefcase-style laptop bag is not only very cool, it boasts a highly protective compartment for a laptop, with a clear, unobstructed x-ray view of the laptop for easy TSA security checks!

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Keep Your Word

Keep Your Word 1.0 for Mac OS X Leopard lets you build your own dictionary, classifying and grouping the terms exactly how you want to, while helping you to learn the longest list of words thanks to its different exercise modes.

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August 29, 2008

BBEdit 9

BareBones used to market earlier versions of this program with "It sucks less!". The registered trademark slogan on version 9 is "It doesn't suck."
Guess that means it is an improvement. ;-)

Just look at the feature list.

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The Mac at 25: Andy Hertzfeld Looks Back

I have seen Andy Hertzfeld at least once at MacWorld Expo. He currently is working at Google, but he was extremely involved in the development of the Macintosh, which will be 25 years old next January.

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SkyBlueCanvas upgrades CMS

The SkyBlueCanvas Development Team has rolled out version 1.1 Beta of the SkyBlueCanvas Lightweight content management system. The new version includes improvements to the core functionality as well as several new features including single-click content publishing and re-ordering, an enhanced Plugin API and simplified module placement and publishing.

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9 Image editing tools for blogging from the Mac

Of course, the Mac is a great tool for blogging. This article talks about how to make the graphic part of the blogging easier.

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August 28, 2008

Command Line Mac

We all know that the Macintosh's OS X has a command line, similar to that of DOS on the PC or the Apple II. That was a change from Classic Mac Systems which were GUI only.

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August 27, 2008

Academic Reference Manager

Reference Tracker 1.0, is an academic reference manager and research tool for Mac OS X that stores all the citations and references in an essay, research project, or book and automatically create Harvard or APA formatted reference lists when needed.

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August 26, 2008

What a moving experience!!

August 1st, I moved from one apartment to a new one about 300 feet away. I called AT&T to move my Uverse service to the new apartment. Uverse is a fiber optics Internet and TV service similar to FiOS service from Verizon.

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Must Have Menu Bar Applications

The guy who writes this"Mac Tips and Tricks" blog, previously did Top 100 Mac Applications and Top 50 Terminal Commands. He has 45 of these menu bar applications listed. Most of which are completely new to me.

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Free update to TapeDeck

SuperMegaUltraGroovy and toastycode today announced the immediate availability of TapeDeck 1.1, a free update to the popular recording application for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

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August 25, 2008

Trivia iPhone iTouch

Here's the ultimate 'life-of-the-party' application for iPhone and iTouch users. Not only is this a game -- but a treasure trove of trivia on just about any subject the party calls for... it's called Trivial

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August 24, 2008

Comcast vs. BitTorrent, What’s Next?

Three short pieces about the latest Net Neutrality struggle -- Comcast limiting bandwidth and the FTC says no -- where will it go?

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MobileMe means Spam Me

Apple's MobileMe plays into hands of spammers: How Apple inadvertently made it easy for spammers to get to you and your contacts...

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