Snippets for 2009-01-14

  • Well done, Microsoft Songsmith – the first app to enable you to easily turn a £500 PC into a 1980s Casio keyboard: http://is.gd/ffXR #
  • Apparently, Microsoft Songsmith creates automated backing for crazy people singing into a PC. Evidence: http://is.gd/f1Zv (warning: NSFE). #
  • For those that asked, ‘NSFE’ = Not Safe for Ears. Yes, I made that up. But, hey, Songsmith deserves a brand-new insult. http://is.gd/ffXR #

January 14, 2009. Read more in: Snippets

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Snippets for 2009-01-06

  • Macworld 2009 keynote summary via Twitter, to stop me bitching about stuff at length when I should be working on something else… #
  • iLife ’09: iPhoto face recognition (oooh), geotagging and Flickr/Facebook stuff (about time); better iMovie controls (yay); GB lessons (ugh) #
  • iWork ’09: Keynote transitions/vertical orientation; better Numbers formulas and charts; Pages outlines and full-screen mode #
  • Incidentally, WriteRoom and Scrivener have full-screen views that knock Pages ’09 out of the park, past the car-park and down the street. #
  • Mac Box Set bundles Leopard, iLife and iWork for $169. UK price: £149. I know Sterling’s getting a kicking, but that’s absurd. Bad Apple. #
  • iWork.com beta for online iWork ’09 apps. Plays nice with Google Documents, which is just as well. Hopefully this won’t suck like MobileMe. #
  • 17″ MacBook Pro. Includes matte screen option. LED Cinema Display doesn’t. Clearly, Apple hates pros, despite what Phil says. #
  • iTunes to be DRM-free and have tiered pricing. Just feel the innovation! No, wait. Just feel the way Apple finally got screwed by the labels #
  • And that’s it for ever, since Apple’s quitting Macworld. Overall: C+. The new apps look good, but iTunes being saved until last… bleh. #

January 6, 2009. Read more in: Snippets

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Snippets for 2008-09-19

  • New Red Dwarf rumours were true: a making-of, a two-part special, and a ‘clip show with a serious difference’ – http://tinyurl.com/3zrpcs #
  • Authors who release complex apps with no documentation whatsoever need a slap. Clips guys, I’m looking at you. http://tinyurl.com/4s9xog #
  • My latest for Cult of Mac: I’m a PC – and I’m desperate for people to like me (on the new Microsoft ads): http://tinyurl.com/4bx96j #

September 19, 2008. Read more in: Snippets

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Snippets for 2008-09-17

  • I hated how Mostly Harmless ended, but a non-Douglas Adams Hitchhiker’s book (even by Eoin Colfer)? No thanks. http://tinyurl.com/64h5xh #
  • Album View in iTunes 8 has some odd flaws (no random album play, as far as I can see), but it’s really got me playing albums again. Nice. #

September 17, 2008. Read more in: Snippets

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