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Comment on The Twitter Book, Second Edition Book Review by Mark Greentree

Mark Greentree — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:56:33 +0000

Scott: The elements you refer to are certainly included in the book. Although, I did not feel they were a key component to the book. As such I omitted reference to them in the review.

Comment on The Twitter Book, Second Edition Book Review by Scott Willsey

Scott Willsey — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:51:36 +0000

It’s a little sad to me that they could’ve written a book about how Twitter is being used, such as trends, the way people are using it on mobile, its role in Arab spring and other social events, and instead they wrote a book about how to promote yourself.

Comment on Pre-Macworld Expo 2012 MyMac Podcast #385 by Elisa Pacelli

Elisa Pacelli — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:33:42 +0000

Thanks for the shout out, Tim! I have LOTS of podcasts to catch up on-will take me many weeks…

And Guy, now that the cat’s out of the bag, I guess Suze´, Vicki, and I must now come up with a name for our podcast

Comment on How I did it (iOS only at the Expo) by dmrowley

dmrowley — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:02:53 +0000

You should have read the tweet I sent you before the show started I recommended Blogsy to you !!! Great App, sorry you discovered it so late.

Comment on Choice TidBits from Tonya Engst MyMac Podcast #384 by Scott Willsey

Scott Willsey — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:34:08 +0000

Great show. really enjoyed it.

Comment on When you think about it, all physical media is dead! by Scott Willsey

Scott Willsey — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:31:53 +0000

I’m a huge hater of physical media. DVDs are just something that get in the way and make it hard to listen to more than 10 songs at a time. And the movie format wars get really old, as you say. VHS. DVD. BluRay. On and on and on. Forget it, guys. Just sell it to people who want it, and quit trying to censor the internet in the process.

However, I do have to say that while I love ebooks and the theory of ebooks, I don’t like that they generally start off fairly expensively and cannot be loaned to others. Obviously the publishers would love it if everyone had to buy their own copy of a book to read it, and in fact that’s the system they’ve created. I cannot easily borrow a digital book from any of the major outlets (Amazon, iBooks, or… um. Who else is there?) from a family member, nor can I loan them one. Amazon does allow some sharing, but the book publisher has to ok it, and there are certainly limitations.

Also, with books that have DRM, we have to trust that the DRM format being used will survive for decades or that the seller will give us a way to keep our books moving forward if it does not. With physical books, you can keep them in the family hundreds of years if you take care of them. With digital books, it’s a crapshoot thanks to the DRM, and they can’t be passed on to your family anyway.

I wonder if anyone’s noticed that music sales have not plummeted and piracy has not run rampant with DRM being lifted on digital music from all the online music stores. You’d think the book industry and movie industry would see that, but they’re too busy lying to congress about how many jobs in Hollywood have supposedly been lost (search the internet to find evidence of their falsifications, the numbers don’t add up).

All in all, it’s still a bit of a conundrum. Content publishing companies, both books and film, are too greedy and hate their customers. To them, we’re all thieves and stupid, mindless eyeballs, good only for doling out our dollars and getting ONE locked down copy of something to use the way THEY dictate to us. They’d lock down the entire internet, given a chance, and indeed they tried and are still trying.

I hate them all. I’ll admit it.

Comment on iOS at the Macworld Expo by Scott Willsey

Scott Willsey — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:52:47 +0000

I really like Blogsy on the iPad for posting to Wordpreas (and other) blogs.

Comment on The Adventures Of Timmy: Run Kitty Run iOS Game Review by When you think about it, all physical media is dead!

When you think about it, all physical media is dead! — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:00:37 +0000

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Comment on To USB 3 or not to USB 3. That is the question. by To USB 3, or Not to USB 3. That is the question. Part 3

To USB 3, or Not to USB 3. That is the question. Part 3 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:00:40 +0000

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Comment on Going to the Macworld/iWorld Expo (Step 1: Ohio) by Tim Robertson

Tim Robertson — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:37:42 +0000

Yeah, you jinked the two teams I would have loved to see in this years SB, Guy. Thanks!

Comment on Garry Fong Puffer – Pop-Up Flash Diffuser Review by Gary Fong Puffer – Pop-Up Flash Diffuser review | BBJ Imports Blog

Gary Fong Puffer – Pop-Up Flash Diffuser review | BBJ Imports Blog — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:18:08 +0000

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Comment on A Tip for Home Theater System Users by landoncube

landoncube — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:02:20 +0000

My favorite solution for use with an iDevice:

Check out this application on the App Store:

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Eton Corporation and Just Mobile The ALL NEW AppMinute #209 — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:42:27 +0000

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Comment on Logitech Tablet Keyboard for iPad by Orangecicle

Orangecicle — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:06:14 +0000

Luckily, I bought the Logitech as my first iPad keyboard. I use it every day. I’m really loving this thing. I thought about one of the new Zagg keyboard cases, but I really wanted a DoDo case and an external keyboard. This was the perfect solution. Everyone in the office is waaay jealous. But now I can’t use any other computer without trying to swipe the screen!!!

Comment on Powis iCase for iPad Review by Design Your Own Powis iCase for iPad Review

Design Your Own Powis iCase for iPad Review — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:01:03 +0000

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Comment on Wacom Inkling Review by Donny Yankellow

Donny Yankellow — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:14:05 +0000

Update: Three weeks after posting this review the Inkling unit I was sent stopped working. The connection between the base and pen was broken.This might seem like it just broke, but this was the second unit I was sent. The first had the same problem after one day. I don’t know if there is a problem with the product or if it is a fluke that I got two defective ones.

Comment on Mobius Solar iPhone Rechargeable Battery Case Review by How To Get The Most Out Of Your iOS Battery

How To Get The Most Out Of Your iOS Battery — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:00:16 +0000

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Comment on Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 From an Aperture User Review by Steve Hammond

Steve Hammond — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:02:50 +0000

Oh, and I forgot: about the lens correction feature in Lightroom, my guess is that it is a feature imported from Photoshop CSx from the Adobe labs. That may be a technology that Apple do not have access to from elsewhere, so it may explain the lack of this feature in Aperture.

Comment on Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 From an Aperture User Review by Steve Hammond

Steve Hammond — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:57:06 +0000

Hi Scott,

So many good questions and things I would have loved to explore as well. In the time I had for this review, there is many facts that I had to leave behind. I’m still exploring Lightroom.

As for geotagging your images, I found that Lightroom is not friendly as the Place feature in Aperture. If your camera supports GPS, which is likely not the case if you’re doing it in Aperture, it will appear in the EXIF metadata and Lightroom can access them. Otherwise, you may have to rely on third party software of plugin like explained in Lightroom online documentation:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Lightroom/3.0/Using/WSFB9BFF22-9A60-4dfc-8CC0-F2A09B515BE7.html

On Macs, HoudaGeo (http://www.houdah.com/houdahGeo/) has a good reputation.

Comment on Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 From an Aperture User Review by Scott Willsey

Scott Willsey — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:22:06 +0000

Oh, one more question… performance. How did they compare that way? I find Aperture 3, even after multiple updates to address performance, is a bit of a pig, especially when zoomed in or in full screen mode and doing adjustments.