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Apple’s sexy package design

Posted on 14 Oct 2003 · tagged · comments off

Mark Morford wrote in last week’s SF Gate a tribute (of sorts) to Apple’s packaging. He was dead on. When I bought my iPod, I was amazed at the packaging. The iPod was presented like a piece of art or an elaborate gift. The origami-like box that kept folding open again and again. To be [...]

Mac Users the “gays” of the computing world?

Posted on 10 Sep 2003 · tagged · comments off

Polytrope’s Dead Again article about how PC uses view Mac users is good, but has a very interesting bit at the bottom:
“I can’t help feeling that Mac users are the gays of the personal computing world. Our existence itself makes ’straight’ PC users uncomfortable. There’s something about the Mac OS that seems to PC users [...]

Preach on, brother!

Posted on 26 Aug 2003 · tagged · comments off

Today’s installment of Daring Fireball is a great pro-Mac, though fairly argued, essay that gets to the heart of why Windows pcs are more common than Macs, especially in corporate environments. The one shortcoming of the essay, though, is that it’s a binary argument: Windows vs. Macintosh, with no mention of Linux or other free [...]

Mac keyboard shortcuts

Posted on 10 Jul 2003 · tagged · comments off

Most for my own reference, but useful for anyone using a mac: Magical Macintosh Key Sequences [via Mr. Barrett]

Making Movies with iSight

Posted on 2 Jul 2003 · tagged · comments off

Derrick Story’s latest O’Reilly piece is about Making Movies with your iSight. I don’t have one yet, but this sounds like some fun stuff. I’m looking for an inexpensive way to make movies of Daniel without shelling out for a DV camera.

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