Mac owners who “use even one of the iLife applications,” posits Ryan Faas (computerworld.com) in his comprehensive review of iLife ’09, will “find at least one new feature worth the $79 cost of upgrading to iLife ’09.” iPhoto ‘09, for example, ”is pretty much worth the upgrade price in itself.” He considers both iPhoto ’09 [...]
Archive > February 2009
Monitoring the health of coral reefs on iTunes U
Dr. John Turner, an endocrinologist at the University of Toledo, has been studying the health of coral reef ecosystems, since 1997. “Reef Monitor,” excerpts from his lecture series to high school students interested in marine sciences, offers a fascinating look at the factors directly effecting coral reefs, threatening the reefs themselves and reducing the organisms [...]
Coming Attractions: Watchmen
Based on the award-winning graphic novel published by DC Comics, the highly anticipated Watchmen opens in theaters March 6. Be sure to watch the two trailers and the behind-the-scenes journal on the QuickTime movie trailer’s site. But if you really want to get into the Watchmen spirit, you’ll also want to download the free Watchmen [...]
Safari 4 Beta is “innovative, fast, fun”
“I’ve used Safari 4 for less than 36 hours at this point, and I’m sold,” proclaims Ryan Faas (computerworld.com). Surprised by the “number of innovative features it offers” and its ”notably speedy rendering performance,” Faas praises Top Sites, “Tweaked tabs,” and the new address and search bars in Safari 4. And, he notes, that its [...]
Daniel Sandler Experiments With Using Twitter for Weblog Comments
It’s an interesting idea, but the big problem is the metadata you need to include in a tweet to have it associated with a specific post — it looks like gibberish and it counts against the 140-character limit.
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Hey Mac Software
My thanks to Hey Mac Software for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed to promote Briefcase, their iPhone file transfer app. Briefcase can exchange files between a Mac and iPhone, and from one iPhone to another. Connections are initiated from the iPhone, so you don’t have to diddle with software on both the Mac and [...]
Translating ‘The Economist’ Behind China’s Great Firewall
Andy Baio on a team of volunteers in China who translate the entirety of each week’s Economist, and publish the work as a PDF:
It’s an impressive example of online collaboration with simple tools, a completely non-commercial effort by volunteers interested in spreading knowledge while improving their English skills. In the process, they’re taking a political [...]
O’Reilly Webcast: Developing Applications for Palm WebOS
Webcast presentation by Palm CTO Mitch Allen on developing software for the upcoming WebOS.
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