Filed under: Macworld, Cult of Mac
Andy's mystery device
The mystery of the secret device has been solved folks, and it was something that I would never have guessed. I am writing, of course, about Andy's secret something that he was to show off at the end of his Keynote, and show it off he did.Thanks to the magic of a company called iGuitar Andy has in his possession, for a limited time only, the iUke. What is the iUke? Why, it is an ukulele with an USB interface for interacting with Garageband. This allows you to strum on an ukulele, pipe it into Garageband and make it sound like a Baby Grand Piano or a harpsichord.
There is only one in existence, and Andy must send it back to iGuitar so they can gear up for the massive demand that is sure to follow.
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Rohn said 1:32PM on 7-12-2005
An iUke isn't far away from an iMandolin... I wonder if it can be restrung to GDAE tuning, if so iGuitar can add one more to the demand count.
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JC said 1:36PM on 7-12-2005
Soooooooooooo the question remains.........
Who is Andy Inhatko and what is the big deal with him?
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pmsg said 1:52PM on 7-12-2005
That nust have been hilarious. Tell me there's video of this....!
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Robert Knight said 2:20PM on 7-12-2005
All you need now is iGrass skirt and iHawaiian shirt (sounds like Scott has this covered) and you've got iDonHo.
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Davy Fields said 4:13PM on 7-12-2005
That's.... so funny? What kind of keynote was this? He's showing off illegal dvd-mpeg rippers, HUD displays, Ukeleles? What's the point?
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Eric said 6:27PM on 7-12-2005
Andy used to write for MacUser, Macworld, and various other Mac publications, and was one of the Mac guys in the '90s, along with David Pogue and Guy Kawasaki to name a few.
Currently, he writes the tech column for the Chicago Sun-Times (or at least did when I last checked - I get the Trib).
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Limeybloke said 7:39PM on 7-12-2005
Mr Andy Ihnatko write in Macworld magazine in the UK (and presumably also the US version) and is blessed with the rare combination of specialist knowledge, perception, vision and most importantly HUMOR! one of the best magazine writers anywhere, he even puts many columnists in The Times to shame.
Gizza Link to any QT movies, please!
PS I work in the Theatre industry in London, thanks to all for the recent supportive comments. :-)
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Christopher Robin said 8:01PM on 7-12-2005
"This allows you to strum on an ukulele, pipe it into Garageband and make it sound like a Baby Grand Piano or a harpsichord."
That's SO much better than sounding like a ukelele!
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