This application is used to change audiobooks in MP3 format to MP4 bookmarkable (m4b) format. I prefer this nice GUI version, but there actually is a listing if you prefer to use Terminal (Command Line Interface.)
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My friend Lesa Snider has some exciting things going on. Lesa is past president of the Cowtown MUG here in Fort Worth and was on the User Group Advisory Board for quite awhile. She is planning on a 7 night river cruise from Budapest to Nuremberg with a 2 -night Prague-add on available. This is a photograph journey with classes on “Taking Better Pictures with Any Cameras” well as “Editing with Photoshop Elements and iPhoto ’11.”
If you have Adobe’s Creative Suite 5, this is a cool book for only $30.00 from Adobe. If you only have Photoshop CS5, save your money; as this 345 page book will have slightly less than fifty pages for you, and only eleven pages on Bridge. This is a CS5 Premium Suite book, folks.
Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy cover everything you need to know about public speaking, from learning how not to burst into flames from nervousness to identifying speaking opportunities to actually giving your talk.
Do you want to stream movies or download music to your home TV? You’ll have a lot of options to consider when choosing the right equipment for your family’s needs (Apple TV, Google TV, and Roku to name a few).
The winners of the 2010 Best App Ever Awards have been announced in the third annual competition honoring the best iPhone and iPad apps and games released in the iTunes App Store.
Just recently I had someone ask me about purchasing a Graphic program to edit and clean up fifty pictures. What did I recommend? Whoops! First – Mac or PC? They had both as it turned out. Continue reading »
The iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch are feature-rich, extensible, and can integrate with practically any existing enterprise solution. They all have features developed almost expressly to satisfy the needs of organizations of all sizes. Charles Edge provides eight useful questions for IT professionals to consider before iPhone or iPad implementation.
Robin Williams and John Tollett bring you this tip from Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series
THIS slick trick is excerpted from
Apple Training Series: Mac OS X Support Essentials v10.6: A Guide to Supporting and Troubleshooting Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard by Kevin M. White. In this chapter, you will examine the storage technology used by Mac OS X.
Terry White and Scott Kelby tell you everything you need to know about using the Safari web browser on your iPhone. Here’s a free chapter, and some tip from the book! Continue reading »
As I said before, I’d get back to you on more of this ePub stuff. Since I already had it on Apple’s iBooks, the next hurdle was to try Kindle. Now I found out by reading that Kindle uses a different format than Apple’s ePub. Why that is and what it is will never reach the front end of my brain, sadly to say.
Why am I interested in ePub, and what the heck is it anyway? As to the why, it’s because I just paid $100.00 to have my book “the Naked Serviceman” converted to an ePub and submitted to Apple and Kindle for me. I already had my ISBN number so I didn’t need that done for me.
Only 24 hours after its market debut, The Story Home iPhone App for Children, placed in iTunes’ exclusive “New and Noteworthy” category for Books. After charming and entertaining children in over 160 countries with their audio podcasts, The Story Home released this beautiful, easy to use iPhone app featuring the chance to own their most popular stories, originals and classics. Award-winning children’s production company, Purple Button Media, is overwhelmed by the positive response the app has received.
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George Engel looks at the Manual of Typography and shares some insights into using good typography – George is a long-time Mac guru, and active user group guy from the Lakeland User Group
