Apple
New iPhone & Touch Stuff
July 13, 2008 12:18 PM
By Robert LachmanI've got the 2.0 update. Finally, who likes waiting? Come on Apple, what could be more important than Scrabble and Super Monkey Ball for my iPod Touch.
Everything does appear to be working fine with my iPod Touch. Really wish I had an iPhone. The iPod Touch is nice, but I miss the internet access and camera.Check out the Top FIVE GRIPES FROM from The Unofficial Apple Weblog. They're right on target. I'm trying remain positive.
From an email I received from co-worker Scott Harrison after I sent him a message complaining that the link to my site didn't work on his website.
His response:
"When I was a lad of 7, my dog was named Link. We never got him fixed.
He says he actually had a dog named Link."
OK, back to my iPhone games and a trip to Los Angeles to celebrate my Mom's 91 birthday.
Check out her website at www.wheelsofla.com.
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SMOG MEETING
July 12, 2008 10:07 AM
By Robert Lachman
Went to my first SMOG Mac users group meeting on Saturday. It was fun and I met some very nice people. I learned a few new things. What a great name for a users group in Southern California: SMOG. It's short for Southern California Macintosh Owners/Users Group.
At at July meeting, Mac teacher Alan Kennard talked about what’s new in Apple’s iPhoto 08 software. I use iPhoto 08 to store and catalogue my personal photographs. Just dragged 70 new photographs into the program from a friend's party. For more information on the group contact them at SMOGINFO (at) MAC.COM.
One non-iPhoto tip mentioned at the meeting was about using the new GOOG-411, for your cell phone. Take a look at the video below. I will definitely use it.
Went to my first SMOG Mac users group meeting on Saturday. It was fun and I met some very nice people. I learned a few new things. What a great name for a users group in Southern California: SMOG. It's short for Southern California Macintosh Owners/Users Group.
At at July meeting, Mac teacher Alan Kennard talked about what’s new in Apple’s iPhoto 08 software. I use iPhoto 08 to store and catalogue my personal photographs. Just dragged 70 new photographs into the program from a friend's party. For more information on the group contact them at SMOGINFO (at) MAC.COM.
One non-iPhoto tip mentioned at the meeting was about using the new GOOG-411, for your cell phone. Take a look at the video below. I will definitely use it.
Golf, Computers, Father's Day and Miscellaneous
June 12, 2008 09:51 AM
For the answer check out the Pixsylated website hosted by Syl Arena. This tip comes from Strobist.com. Nothing better than taking a disc sander to one of the best portrait photography books. The book isn't cheap. I don't recommend this it you have a first edition copy.
Lots of great things going on this Father's weekend, so many great blog posts and maybe a few good photograph along the way. US Open Golf starts this week at Torrey Pine in La Jolla. Phil and Tiger paired together the first two days. Time to get a few of those last minutes Father's Day hints.
More places to click... My photo gallery in the Los Angeles Times on No-Dig Gardening. The concept of the story by Times Staff Writer Lisa Boone is very interesting, using less water and actually planting above ground with no-digging with hay, alfalfa and compost. Ok what really makes it cool is the last photo in the gallery which was taken with a 29 dollar Holga camera on 120 film. Old school meets new school.
One of my favorite programs, Fotomagico, was the runner-up in graphics and media category in the recent Apple Design Awards. See my review. Very well deserved. It's of the best multimedia programs. Also, the Screenflow, which is on my screencast software radar, won the top spot in graphics and media. Take a look at the Screenflow review on David Sparks' MacSparky website. David would have won for best name for a website if Apple had a category for it.
I hope someone appreciates the time it takes to lookup the websites and make the links. Time to go to work. I will update the post later. Check back soon. RL
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It's Here! Well, Not Exactly
June 09, 2008 11:30 PM
By Robert Lachman
It's 11:00 pm PST and I'm still getting Twitter tweets regarding Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote speech about the release of new products and software at the Worldwide Developers Conference 2008. Jobs, the king of PR, has the high-tech media waiting for every word and nuance. Nobody does it better. It's a standing room only at Moscone West in San Francisco for the multimedia-advertising spiel. With most of the news leaked out, there's no real surprises. My prediction came true. I'm going to owe Apple a fee ($9.99) for the new iPhone 2.0 update for my iPod Touch. Tonight I went to the Apple Store in Costa Mesa to check out the new 3G iPhone. Not sure what I was thinking. I must have been hypnotized by Steve Jobs. The Apple store clerks assured me the new phone will arrive on July 11. There will be another line outside the store soon, more media, Jobs is a genius.
Ok, back to the keynote speech. The build up is out of control. It's time for the big show. Actually I'm more interested to see if Tweeter stays up. There are going to be so many tweets (short 140-character instant message style posts) in such a short time. Odds are low Tweeter that will stand up to the onslaught of posts. It's 10 am in San Francisco, bloggers are going crazy, were are going to get a blow-by-blow analysis of the event. It's going to be a tough decision. Where am I going to get all my news? I will check Tweeter first. Then I went
with The Typical Mac User Podcast with Victor Cajiao. Definitely a good place to start. Victor had a few callers on line and lots of people sending message on USTREAM.TV.
He mentioned Leo Laporte. That's bad, I'm starting to lose focus. Too many windows open, I'm starting to get feedback. This is horrible Steve Jobs should be coming through great, in high definition quality video with great sound. I'm losing Twitter. I knew this was going to happen. Now I am going to be out of touch. Can't Steve Jobs snap his fingers or wiggle his nose and make this all work.
I'm watching video on a little 3-inch-screen. I tried checking the CNET running blog. Too much information. Maybe I should be more worried about how the Lakers are going to play against the Celtics on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. They're down 2 games. I losing more focus. Is there anyway Jobs could help the Lakers? Coach Phil Jackson and the Lakers need to stay focused. Maybe they're more interested in 3G technology than basketball. It looked like it on the parquet basketball court in Boston. It's all so confusing.
My ADD is starting to kick in. Jobs has been droning for an hour. I'm bored. Where my 3G iPhone? What the hell is 3G? I really only know stuff about Photoshop.
I am looking for more information. I went to check on Cali Lewis on USTREAM.TV after seeing
her Twitter post. Very high tech with the official Apple color logo with WWDC lettering. Also very cute, it all seems to work. The audio quality isn't perfect.
There must be a better answer, " TWIT LIVE" with super Leo. It looks like Leo has a live feed of Steve Jobs and WWDC on split screen. Leo Laporte has all the high-tech stuff. Problems. The split-screen view is about one-inch square and looks like it was shot from the back of the room. I think I see Steve Jobs. He's very small, I'm not sure it's him.
Now I'm looking at a one-inch square view of WWDC on my duo core computer with some of the worst sound quality ever. That reminds me, at home growing up 50 years ago we watched color TV on a 20 inch screen. And, it came to us WIRELESS. Now I'm watching miniature screen via the Time Warner Cable. Ain't technology great?
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It's 11:00 pm PST and I'm still getting Twitter tweets regarding Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote speech about the release of new products and software at the Worldwide Developers Conference 2008. Jobs, the king of PR, has the high-tech media waiting for every word and nuance. Nobody does it better. It's a standing room only at Moscone West in San Francisco for the multimedia-advertising spiel. With most of the news leaked out, there's no real surprises. My prediction came true. I'm going to owe Apple a fee ($9.99) for the new iPhone 2.0 update for my iPod Touch. Tonight I went to the Apple Store in Costa Mesa to check out the new 3G iPhone. Not sure what I was thinking. I must have been hypnotized by Steve Jobs. The Apple store clerks assured me the new phone will arrive on July 11. There will be another line outside the store soon, more media, Jobs is a genius. Ok, back to the keynote speech. The build up is out of control. It's time for the big show. Actually I'm more interested to see if Tweeter stays up. There are going to be so many tweets (short 140-character instant message style posts) in such a short time. Odds are low Tweeter that will stand up to the onslaught of posts. It's 10 am in San Francisco, bloggers are going crazy, were are going to get a blow-by-blow analysis of the event. It's going to be a tough decision. Where am I going to get all my news? I will check Tweeter first. Then I went
with The Typical Mac User Podcast with Victor Cajiao. Definitely a good place to start. Victor had a few callers on line and lots of people sending message on USTREAM.TV.He mentioned Leo Laporte. That's bad, I'm starting to lose focus. Too many windows open, I'm starting to get feedback. This is horrible Steve Jobs should be coming through great, in high definition quality video with great sound. I'm losing Twitter. I knew this was going to happen. Now I am going to be out of touch. Can't Steve Jobs snap his fingers or wiggle his nose and make this all work.
I'm watching video on a little 3-inch-screen. I tried checking the CNET running blog. Too much information. Maybe I should be more worried about how the Lakers are going to play against the Celtics on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. They're down 2 games. I losing more focus. Is there anyway Jobs could help the Lakers? Coach Phil Jackson and the Lakers need to stay focused. Maybe they're more interested in 3G technology than basketball. It looked like it on the parquet basketball court in Boston. It's all so confusing.
My ADD is starting to kick in. Jobs has been droning for an hour. I'm bored. Where my 3G iPhone? What the hell is 3G? I really only know stuff about Photoshop.
I am looking for more information. I went to check on Cali Lewis on USTREAM.TV after seeing
her Twitter post. Very high tech with the official Apple color logo with WWDC lettering. Also very cute, it all seems to work. The audio quality isn't perfect.There must be a better answer, " TWIT LIVE" with super Leo. It looks like Leo has a live feed of Steve Jobs and WWDC on split screen. Leo Laporte has all the high-tech stuff. Problems. The split-screen view is about one-inch square and looks like it was shot from the back of the room. I think I see Steve Jobs. He's very small, I'm not sure it's him.
Now I'm looking at a one-inch square view of WWDC on my duo core computer with some of the worst sound quality ever. That reminds me, at home growing up 50 years ago we watched color TV on a 20 inch screen. And, it came to us WIRELESS. Now I'm watching miniature screen via the Time Warner Cable. Ain't technology great?
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My Mom's Photos
June 07, 2008 03:18 PM
Check out my Mom's photos at her own website: www.wheelsofla.com.
She's 90-years-old and takes great photos of car wheels.
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She's 90-years-old and takes great photos of car wheels.
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Don't Trash Talk the Disposable Camera
June 03, 2008 10:28 AM
By Robert Lachman
With the new 3G technology iPhone rumored to be out soon and the appications store soon to be open, history shows that it really doesn't pay to trash talk Steve Jobs and Apple.
Talking about how the the iPhone is second-rate to the Blackberry for businesses, Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO of the BlackBerry, (RIM) Research In Motion, said during an interview for MacWorld UK, "You wouldn't walk up to a professional photographer and ask him to do his job with a throwaway camera."
I'm guessing he didn't remember or didn't research Michael Dells' comments about what he would do with troubled Apple in October of 1997, "What would I do? I'd shut it down (referring to Apple) and give the money back to the shareholders."
Steve Jobs answered, "We're coming after you, you're in our sights." Now, the market value of Apple has climbed over 2 times that of Dell computer. ______________________________________________________________________