I love my digital music. But I miss the days of the beautifully designed album and CD covers, the concept first invented, I recently
Read MoreAuthor: Bakari Chavanu
Web Browsing on the Fly
DeskBrowse http://www.deskbrowse.com/ Free I haven’t blogged on MyMac in while, but I thought start back up by sharing a neat little open source web
Read More15 Tips: NetNewsWire
I haven’t posted a 15 Tips article in a while, so I thought I’d contribute some tips for an application I use a couple
Read MoreThe Death of .mac?
Okay, I read, yesterday, one, two, three articles about the “trouble with .mac” and while there’s much to agree with, I can’t say I’m
Read MoreiTunes Gets More Visual
There are and will be several articles about today’s expected iTunes upgrade, but I just want to take a little time to write about
Read MoreWhy Aperture Wins Out for Me
Yesterday, Adobe and Apple seemed to square off and take center ring at Photokina with updated versions of their powerful, pro-level photo management and
Read MoreCheckit: iLike for iTunes
If you’re into the internet social networking thing, you might want to give iLike a try. It’s basically a iTunes plug-in which becomes a
Read MoreMacGourmet Gets a Beta Update
I’ve been giving MacGourmet a 30-Day trial and I think I might buy it. It’s basically does for food recipes what iTunes does for
Read MoreBush’s Message to the Children
I’ve never used my blog contributions on this site to share my political views, and it will probably be a long time before I
Read MoreTinyURL.com
I may be the last person to hear about this, but just in case I’m not, I want to share a great resource site
Read MoreBookpedia Gets An Update Too
In reading Clau Wolf’s excellent review of Delicious Library 1.6.4, I thought I’d share a quick review of the book cataloging application I use:
Read MoreTis the Season for Mac Apps
I was just on the Macworld site where I linked on an ad about 10 Mac related programs for $49! Even better as part
Read MoreThe Digital Photography Book
Book Review
Author, Photoshop guru, and photographer, Scott Kelby is widely known for his popular tips books about such creative software as Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Elements, Apple’s OS X, and even tip books for the iPod. So how is his latest book?
Read MoreBeyond Snapshots
Book Review
Though I’m not an historian of digital photography, I would say that second wave of the digital photography revolution was the advent of photo blogs. I’m not alone. The plethora of books published on the subject seems like a monthly occurrence, and the demand for them seems equally great. Here are two reviews of some of the latest.
Better Workflow in Photoshop
Book Review
Author, digital photographer, and lecturer Eddie Tapp, who this month was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame at the Photoshop World Expo in Las Vegas, and who also serves as the Chairman of the Committee on Digital Advanced Imaging for Professional Photographers of America, has written the first in a series of books on effectively using Photoshop in the areas of professional color management, creative enhancement techniques, and professional production techniques.
Read MoreThe Printshop For Mac
Review
If you use iDVD and its themes for home or professional use, you can’t afford not to have The Printshop For Mac Version 2 software. I’ve been using this latest version since it was introduced at the Mac World conference last January for all my DVD labels and cover designs. While I could also do DVD cover layouts in InDesign or Apple’s Pages, The Printshop offers a less time consuming integration with iPhoto, iDVD, and iTunes that you simply won’t find in the larger, more expensive design programs.
Read MoreA bevy of Adobe InDesign books reviewed
Book Reviews
Having worked in lesser graphic applications like Apple’s Pages, I simply wasn’t prepared for the breath and scope of InDesign. I still keep shaking my head at the possibilities, and I’ve only learned about a third of the program.
Charge While You Listen – DLO’s TransDock micro
Review
One of the first features that drew me to this iPod gadget was the battery charger. I listen my iPod (using a cassette player adapter) mostly in my car and I can’t count how many times the battery has come close to running down or out because I hadn’t charged it for several days. So when I saw that DLO’s TransDock micro would charge my 4th generation iPod while it broadcast my music , I wanted to check out its other features as a possible upgrade to my current transmitter.
Read MoreCreate a Mother’s Day Letter or Card with Apple’s Pages
A true Mac user would never be caught buying a Hallmark greeting card when he or she has TextEdit, AppleWorks, Pages or some other graphic layout program installed on his or her Mac. If you have Pages installed, you can whip a out nice Mother’s Day letter that will be more meaningful and personal than all the store bought cards you’ve purchased in the past.
Read MoreCooking with Photoshop
Book Review
Flip through any creative, cutting edge magazine or website and you’ll discover what professional and crafty users of Photoshop are doing with photography. Up until flipping through John Beardsworth’s Photoshop Blending Modes Cookbook for Digital Photographers, I had little appreciation and knowledge for what could be done if you would only stretch the use of Photoshop beyond the quick fixes and enhancements.
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