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Back on Track With Mac
I hope I will always remain one of Apples’ biggest supporters. My powerbook has really challenged me lately. The fan has become very noisy and distracting. But when I measure it’s performance based upon its’ capabilities and the hard work out that it gets from me, I guess I still have to say that Apple makes a great product. I continue to enjoy my Ipods and have been considering an iMac as alternative system. It took me a while to realize how great Apple really is. I forgot to look at the big picture. For a short while my judgment was clouded by my problems with my notebook. So excuse my previous, short lived article. Apple is an amazing company and I lost sight of that when I was drowning in the buzzing sound of my fan.
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Apple Holding London Event October 12?
Rumors are circulating that Apple is planning to hold an event in London on October 12 to coincide with the Apple Event in San Jose, CA the same day.
Anticipation for the event has been high and the rumor mill is running at full speed. Rumors range from the mythical video iPod to various Mac updates.
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The Lumberjacks of Design
Font designers are the lumberjacks of the world of design.
It occurred to me that font designers are the lumberjacks of the world of design. Font design is an incredibly important industry, yet it is highly underrated and overlooked. Most designers are graphic designers, or web designers, or multimedia designers, etc. But what ties all of these together (besides shaping the visual medium) is choosing the right typeface for the right design, which can be more difficult than it seems. And it is quite important to choose the right fonts.
Wood is everywhere. It is not quite as prevalent as it used to be, with modern cement, plastics, plaster, and other materials born of industry. But it holds our walls up, it provides a floor beneath our feet, a chair beneath our toochis, a desk beneath our children’s education, a fire to warm our hands on a cold night in the campground. It is important, therefore, to have high quality wood when building the walls, crafting the chair, etc. And who provides the good quality wood we use? The good quality timber companies, arguably corporations of lumberjacks. If the wood they produce is insubstantial, the walls crumble, the chairs splinter, the desks warp and the fire smokes like a chimney. The world as we know it starts to die in a subtle, often unconsidered way.
Similar is the story of the font. In the world of design, they are everywhere. They provide the typefaces for headlines, taglines, credit lines, and everything except the fishing line. They are big and bold when…
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NewsGator Acquires NetNewsWire
NewsGator Technologies, who head the largest online RSS platform, have announced plans to acquire NetNewsWire, the front runner of RSS applications for the Mac. NewsGator’s platform provides facilities for synchronizing RSS feeds across numerous platforms, including the Internet, mobile devices and home entertainment centers. The only thing missing was a Mac client, and this will be provided by NetNewsWire. Brent Simmons, NetNewsWire’s auther, has accepted a position with the company to continue development of the application.
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Apple to Announce “One More Thing” at Media Event [UPDATED x2]
Members of the press are receiving invitations to a special media event October 12 at 10 AM PDT. The announcement includes the catchphrase “One more thing...” on a red theater curtain background. “One more thing...” is the phrase Steve Jobs uses prior to making a major announcement at the end of keynote addresses. The event will be held on the day following Apple’s Q4 financial results announcement.
The Apple speculation machine is in high-gear, as Apple watchers are predicting anything from a video iPod to new PowerMacs to an early release of Intel-based Macs.
Deep Thought reported on the possibility of video iPods in May.
Stay with Deep Thought for news regarding this media event.
UPDATE: http://www.apple.com/movies results in a 403 “Forbidden” error (as opposed to the standard “Looking for something at Apple?” message one normally gets when visiting a nonexistent page), which would seem to suggest that something is there that Apple doesn’t want us to see. Hmm…
UPDATE #2: AppleInsider is reporting that a video iPod is currently in production.
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