TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Webloghttp://www.tuaw.comTUAW - The Unofficial Apple Webloghttp://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gifTUAW - The Unofficial Apple Webloghttp://www.tuaw.comen-usCopyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/MarsEdit 3 adds rich text editing, enhanced media browsinghttp://www.tuaw.com/2010/05/04/marsedit-3-adds-rich-text-editing-enhanced-media-browsing/http://www.tuaw.com/2010/05/04/marsedit-3-adds-rich-text-editing-enhanced-media-browsing/http://www.tuaw.com/2010/05/04/marsedit-3-adds-rich-text-editing-enhanced-media-browsing/#comments

In the "send an email, post a blog entry" fun and fast-paced world of tomorrow, services like Tumblr and Posterous make it exceedingly simple to prepare and post to your blog; meanwhile, Twitter, Facebook and AOL Lifestream push past the article metaphor to 140-character status snippets. Delightful as they all may be, sometimes it's nice to have a well-rounded Mac app that supports more reflective and considerate writing for your online outlets -- not to mention one that saves your drafts in case your browser picks that particular moment to crash.

For a lot of bloggers, including many TUAW veterans, Red Sweater's MarsEdit (US$39.95) is that app. It allows you to write, edit and schedule posts offline at leisure, with full preview capability so you know what you're getting when you hit the Publish button. It will happily upload your images and files alongside your posts, and it works with scores of popular and obscure blog back-end systems (WordPress, TypePad, Tumblr, Squarespace, etc.). If you prefer to edit elsewhere but still want the uploading savvy MarsEdit delivers, it plays nicely (via the ODBEditor scritping suite) with other text editors like SubEthaEdit and TextMate.

MarsEdit has just hit version 3.0. At long last, WYSIWIG rich text editing is included, alongside the traditional HTML/text edit window that has cheered experts but may have intimidated novices. Other new features include better syntax highlighting in HTML, support for WordPress static pages, media browsing from iPhoto/Aperture/Lightroom libraries, and more.

You can download a 30-day trial of MarsEdit and see for yourself if it works the way you do. Upgrades for previous owners are free if you bought MarsEdit in 2010, and $14.95 for all earlier purchasers.

MarsEdit 3 adds rich text editing, enhanced media browsing originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 04 May 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>bloggingjalkutmarseditred sweaterRedSweatersquarespacetumblrupdateswordpresswysiwygMichael RoseTue, 04 May 2010 12:00:00 ESTMacworld 2010 special iPad event livebloghttp://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/13/macworld-2010-special-ipad-event-liveblog/http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/13/macworld-2010-special-ipad-event-liveblog/http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/13/macworld-2010-special-ipad-event-liveblog/#comments We are live from the floor of Macworld 2010, where they're be talking about the iPad in a special event feature Jason Snell, Macworld editor-in-chief, and a panel of industry experts. We have heard that won't be an actual iPad on the show floor, so it's not clear whether we'll get to see the device, but we will hear commentary and insight on what the iPad means for Apple and the world at large.

After the break, find an updating liveblog of the event as it happens, straight from Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Note: Entries below are listed from most recent to earliest, as per our liveblog format. If you want to read the liveblog in chronological order, read from bottom to top.

Apologies to Dan Moren for misspelling his name, which he made a point of telling us when he stopped by the booth after the session. Whoops! Our bad.

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]]>deviceeventidgipadipad-special-eventjason-snellliveblogmacworldspecial-eventMike SchrammSat, 13 Feb 2010 15:55:00 ESTMacworld 2010: TUAW adventures, day 1http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/macworld-2010-tuaw-adventures-day-1/http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/macworld-2010-tuaw-adventures-day-1/http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/11/macworld-2010-tuaw-adventures-day-1/#comments

Yesterday was the first day in San Francisco here at Macworld, and while the show floor wasn't quite open yet, we were busy nevertheless. Lots of things go on outside of the meetings and the panels and the demos, and so to give you a little feel of what it's like covering a convention like this, here's a little look at what we did when we weren't taking notes or shooting coverage yesterday, from our early morning planning meetings, to the day full of booth setup, to the first evening of partying at last night's EFF anniversary bash. As you can see, TUAW works hard and plays hard, too. Macworld ahoy!

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]]>brett-terpstramacworldmacworld2010mike-rosemike-schrammsteve-sandetuaw-adventuresvictor-agredavideoMike SchrammThu, 11 Feb 2010 16:10:00 ESTMake your personal iPhone app in just 10 minuteshttp://www.tuaw.com/2010/01/21/make-your-personal-iphone-app-in-just-10-minutes/http://www.tuaw.com/2010/01/21/make-your-personal-iphone-app-in-just-10-minutes/http://www.tuaw.com/2010/01/21/make-your-personal-iphone-app-in-just-10-minutes/#commentsHave you ever secretly wished that you could have your own personal iPhone app? An app that you could give to friends, relatives, and your adoring fans?

Now you can have your own iPhone (or Android, if you swing that way) app featuring all of your personal feeds from sources such as Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Posterous, Tumblr, and more. The really cool thing is that it's not going to take you much time, nor will you need to learn how to program. Through a new service called iSites, you can take all of your life feeds and have an iPhone app created just for you. The cost? Only US$25.

If you think that your hordes of faithful followers are going to download and use the app, you can spend another $99 to integrate AdMob ads into your personal app, meaning that you might be able to become rich (you're already famous, right?) beyond your wildest dreams by giving away your app in the App Store.

Everything about the iSites app you create is customizable; the feeds that make up the content (see photo above), the colors, even your icon and store banner. Anyone using your app can easily share an article with others via Twitter, Facebook, or email, and the app has support for video, image thumbnails, and the ability to mark a post as a favorite.

I'm not sure that I'm ready to bore the world with my personal iPhone app, but when I finally get to that point, I'll probably use iSites to create it.

[via Mashable]

Make your personal iPhone app in just 10 minutes originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>app storeAppStorefacebookflickriphone appIphoneAppisitesposteroussocial mediaSocialMediatwitteryoutubeSteven SandeThu, 21 Jan 2010 11:45:00 ESTHow early iPhone predictions fared in the face of realityhttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/12/28/how-early-iphone-predictions-fared-in-the-face-of-reality/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/12/28/how-early-iphone-predictions-fared-in-the-face-of-reality/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/12/28/how-early-iphone-predictions-fared-in-the-face-of-reality/#commentsHarry McCracken over at The Technologizer published a fascinating piece this morning. In the face of the daily deluge of breathless speculation about what features the iTablet / iSlate / iWhatever will have, Harry went through a bunch of posts from the early to mid-2000's, and then pulled an assortment of good and "not even close" predictions about what the iPhone would be like. All of the predictions McCracken discusses in "The Speculative Prehistory of the iPhone," of course, were made before Macworld Expo 2007 when the phone was actually introduced.

Perhaps the closest guess came from John Markoff of the New York Times -- about 4 years and 5 months before the iPhone came to light. In an August 2002 article, Markoff described a discussion with Steve Jobs about "a device that would combine elements of a cellphone and a Palm -like personal digital assistant." The name iPhone was used in the article, and Markoff notes that at that time Jobs felt the days of the PDA were numbered.

Markoff was close, but a stock analyst quoted by Chicago Tribune reporter Mike Hughlett was way off track. The analyst, Mark Stahlman of Caris, said that "a phone venture would be a 'distraction' for Apple."

Many of the conceptual drawings of the iPhone in the post are humorously off-base, with everything from an iPod-like scroll wheel (see above) to a very Nokia-like slide-apart device. If, or when, the Apple tablet finally appears, a retrospective look at the wacky ideas of the Apple pundits will be worth a good laugh.

How early iPhone predictions fared in the face of reality originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>appleiphonerumorsspeculationtabletTechnologizerSteven SandeMon, 28 Dec 2009 12:30:00 ESTHiring a new sheriff: Apple clamping down on jailbreaking to soothe corporate angst?http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/10/hiring-a-new-sheriff-apple-clamping-down-on-jailbreaking-maybe/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/10/hiring-a-new-sheriff-apple-clamping-down-on-jailbreaking-maybe/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/10/hiring-a-new-sheriff-apple-clamping-down-on-jailbreaking-maybe/#commentsWith the latest jailbreaking code, blacksn0w, now available for Geohot's blackra1n utility, iPhone owners who want to free their favorite smartphone from the constraints of the App Store and the AT&T network may do so. But a recent report by PCWorld / Network World indicates that Apple is hiring a new "sheriff" to lock up the iPhone platform for good. Is this true? Maybe not.

According to the post by Network World blogger John Cox, an Apple corporate website is showing a job posting for an iPhone platform security manager. The manager would lead a team aimed at creating methods for secure booting and installation of the iPhone OS, strengthening the platform's cryptographic services, partitioning and hardening internal security domains, and providing risk analysis of security threats.

The post goes on to breathlessly state that this job posting (which is noted as filling an existing position, not creating a new one) is indicative of Apple's concern that enterprise users might jailbreak and unlock their iPhones. The jailbroken phones would let enterprise users load apps that could "threaten corporate data or back-end Exchange servers," and "unlocking the phone... makes it hard to track, monitor and optimize wireless costs and could open the enterprise to legal problems."

Why is it so important for Apple to crack down on jailbreaking and unlocking? Well, the post says that many enterprises are adopting the iPhone "despite the fact that Apple provides virtually no security or management infrastructure..." That last statement is a bit ridiculous, considering that Apple even provides a series of white papers on exactly how to implement secure, managed iPhone deployments in enterprises.

Perhaps the author has been out the enterprise world for a while, since alterations like jailbreaking and unlocking are forbidden by policy in almost all big businesses that provide their employees with phones. As Mike Rose put it succinctly, "What enterprise user is jailbreaking their phone to use T-Mobile when that means they won't get reimbursed for their cell costs? What enterprise user wants to risk getting cut off from Exchange access?" And what enterprise employee is going to risk his or her good graces with the corporate security team for the sake of being able to run SplatCam or Cycorder on the iPhone?

The post tries to tie the rather innocuous task of filling an open job posting to an attempt by Apple to try to shut off the jailbreak world -- which, if it is doing, isn't necessarily about covering corporate requirements. As long as there are people who want to jailbreak their phones or unlock and move them to a different GSM carrier, hackers will find a way to do it. To us, it appears that Apple is just trying to maintain and improve security for the iPhone platform, something that will benefit all iPhone owners.

Hiring a new sheriff: Apple clamping down on jailbreaking to soothe corporate angst? originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>enterpriseiphonejailbreakjailbreakingsecurityunlockSteven SandeTue, 10 Nov 2009 13:00:00 ESTSquarespace hosting/CMS service launches iPhone apphttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/06/squarespace-hosting-cms-service-launches-iphone-app/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/06/squarespace-hosting-cms-service-launches-iphone-app/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/06/squarespace-hosting-cms-service-launches-iphone-app/#commentsAfter a long wait, Squarespace customers finally have an iPhone app of their own. Squarespace is a hosted blogging/CMS service that competes with the likes of WordPress.com and Typepad. Having used all three, I can say that interacting with Squarespace (posting, changing your site's look and feel, etc.) is unlike the others. Instead of a separate control panel/dashboard, Squarespace previews changes in real time on the same screen. It's really nice.

The iPhone app [iTunes link] seems to be an extension of its browser-based sibling. For example, check out the live preview mode pictured at right. You can also manage multiple accounts, post, upload multiple images at once (awesome) view stats and more. The UI looks nice as well.

While bloggers on other platforms have had compatible apps in the App Store for a while now, this is Squarespace's first solution. We're eager to play around with it. Squarespace for iPhone is free and requires a paid Squarespace account.

Squarespace hosting/CMS service launches iPhone app originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>app storeAppStoreblogbloggingcmsiphonesquarespaceDave CaoloFri, 06 Nov 2009 20:00:00 ESTAndy Ihnatko on Verizon Droid "iDon't" ads: baloney (mostly)http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/05/andy-ihnatko-on-verizon-droid-idont-ads-baloney-mostly/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/05/andy-ihnatko-on-verizon-droid-idont-ads-baloney-mostly/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/05/andy-ihnatko-on-verizon-droid-idont-ads-baloney-mostly/#commentsMost American television viewers have been treated recently to endless reruns of Verizon's "iDon't" advertisements. These ads attack the iPhone, playing music that's similar to that played in iPhone ads while displaying a series of messages stating such brilliant and cutting phrases as "iDon't have a real keyboard," "iDon't run simultaneous apps," and so on.

Mac fan and Chicago Sun-Times writer Andy Ihnatko was apparently as fed up with the ads as most of us here at TUAW, so he took Verizon to task in a Wednesday column. In the column, he takes on Verizon's claims and for the most part finds them lacking or at least overblown.In describing the faults of the ad campaign, Ihnatko says "Its claims about the limitations of the iPhone are baloney (Mostly.)"

Andy has been testing the new Motorola Droid phone for an upcoming review, and he does like the phone -- a lot. But his take on the ad campaign is right on the mark: "Verizon's 'iDon't' is a terrible commercial. It provokes experienced iPhone users like me to get all Tyra Banks on the phone and the Android 2.0 OS. That can't possibly be good for business."

Don't mess with us iPhone fans, Verizon...

[via Chicago Sun-Times]

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]]>advertisementandy ihnatkoAndyIhnatkodroidiphoneverizonSteven SandeThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:00:00 ESTUncle Walt says "Apple's built-in software still has the edge"http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/29/uncle-walt-says-apples-built-in-software-still-has-the-edge/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/29/uncle-walt-says-apples-built-in-software-still-has-the-edge/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/29/uncle-walt-says-apples-built-in-software-still-has-the-edge/#commentsWalt Mossberg, the curmudgeonly, smooth-pated personal technology blogger at The Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital, has released his fall computer-buying guide. And when Walt talks, people listen.

Mossberg is usually very kind to Apple products, which probably explains why he gets the latest and greatest equipment sent to him by the guys in Cupertino prior to release, and we don't. In his latest guide, he says some surprisingly nice things about Windows PCs. That's mostly due to the progress in usability and friendliness brought about by the recent release of Windows 7. But he also goes on to say some very interesting things in his lead-in post, titled "Operating Systems Provide New Choices in PC Shopping."

While Walt points out the obvious -- that Windows PCs are usually less expensive than Macs and that Windows 7 has closed the gap between the operating systems in terms of user-friendliness -- he also goes on to say some very nice things about Macs:
But Apple's hardware is stylish and sturdy, and, in my tests, Macs usually boot faster than Windows machines. Plus, Apple's chain of retail stores offers a better buying experience and strong post-purchase support. Also, in my view, Apple's built-in software still has the edge. Snow Leopard is fast and reliable. And it comes with a full suite of excellent built-in programs, including email, photo and video software. Microsoft has stripped Windows 7 of such programs. Some PC makers have restored some or all of these in certain models, although I consider Apple's counterparts better. Another huge plus: The Mac isn't susceptible to the vast majority of viruses and spyware.
That's high praise again from the Prince of Personal Tech, and a list of good arguments for us "Apple Fanboys" to bring up when we're faced with Windows-lovers.

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]]>all things digitalAllThingsDigitalbuying guideBuyingGuidewalt mossbergWaltMossbergSteven SandeThu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 ESTSpace geeks love MacBook Proshttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/27/space-geeks-3-macbook-pros/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/27/space-geeks-3-macbook-pros/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/27/space-geeks-3-macbook-pros/#commentsLike a lot of my fellow space geeks, I was watching the live feed from Spaceflight Now this morning for the launch of the Ares 1-X test vehicle. Unfortunately, the launch was scrubbed, but I was happy to see that the three guys doing the coverage this morning were all using MacBook Pros.

The MacBook Pros were all being used to do blogging and tweeting during the launch coverage, as well as to receive updates from NASA.

The coverage was being provided by former CNN talking head and well-known aviation enthusiast Miles O'Brien (center), veteran TV reporter David Waters (at left), and Astronaut Leroy Chiao (at right). While the weather didn't cooperate for the launch this morning, that gives TUAW readers another chance tomorrow morning to watch and listen to the launch, and to admire all that gleaming aluminum in the morning sun -- that's the MacBook Pros, not the Ares 1-X.

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]]>ares 1-XAres1-xlaunchNASAspaceflight nowSpaceflightNowSteven SandeTue, 27 Oct 2009 13:30:00 ESTRobert Scoble: 85,000 reasons why the iPhone won't be disruptedhttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/26/robert-scoble-85-000-reasons-why-the-iphone-wont-be-disrupted/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/26/robert-scoble-85-000-reasons-why-the-iphone-wont-be-disrupted/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/26/robert-scoble-85-000-reasons-why-the-iphone-wont-be-disrupted/#commentsWhether you think he's the voice of reason on the Web or an annoying pest, when Robert Scoble over at the Scobleizer blog speaks, people listen.

Yesterday, a Twitter follower of Mr. Scoble stated that he thought "iPhone users were beyond reason," referring to the almost unnatural fixation that most of us have for our phones. Scoble brought up a very good point in his blogged response -- every app that comes out on the market (more than 85,000 at this point) provides another way to customize your iPhone to the way that you live and work.

In order for another manufacturer to come out with a device that will pry that iPhone out of our fingers, they're going to need to exactly duplicate or surpass the functionality that we've become used to. That's not likely to happen, in Scoble's opinion, because the 85,000+ apps that filter down to a couple of dozen (or hundred) apps on each iPhone turn that iPhone into something completely unique. It's not likely that any iPhone user is going to want to give up that up unless every app in the special combination on his or her iPhone is replaced by something better.

It makes sense. I've worked with all of the other smartphone platforms, and in no case have there been compelling apps that hold me to the platform. With the iPhone, I've tried thousands of apps, kept about a hundred, and those hundred apps let me work and play the way I want to. iPhone developers have also made sure that the apps are simple to use, too.

Perhaps the Android or some other smartphone platform will eventually evolve to the point that there is a critical mass of compelling apps that provides the same magical combination of power, ease-of-use, and fun, but until that time the iPhone will reign supreme. That's even despite Microsoft CEO and iPhone hater Steve Ballmer's recent assertion about the iPhone, "That's why they've got 75,000 applications -- they're all trying to make the Internet look decent on the iPhone."

Obviously Mr. Ballmer hasn't used an iPhone, or he'd realize that the iPhone is much more than Web apps. That might also give Ballmer a clue why Windows phones aren't even on the radar for most smartphone buyers today.

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]]>androidapp storeappsAppStoreiphonescoblescobleizerSteven SandeMon, 26 Oct 2009 13:00:00 ESTStay tuned for the TUAW liveblog of today's Apple music eventhttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/09/stay-tuned-for-the-tuaw-liveblog-of-todays-apple-music-event/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/09/stay-tuned-for-the-tuaw-liveblog-of-todays-apple-music-event/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/09/stay-tuned-for-the-tuaw-liveblog-of-todays-apple-music-event/#commentsIt's 09/09/09 -- finally!

Apple events are always a lot of fun, and the speculation leading up to today's press event has been incredible. Will Steve Jobs appear at the event? Are we going to see a new version of iTunes and some new iPods? We're always wondering if there will be "one more thing."

Join us today at 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT for the TUAW liveblog of this event. As usual, you can add your questions to the mix, and a full complement of TUAW bloggers will be on hand. We will have our buddies Daniel Brusilovsky (of Teens In Tech) and Sam Levin onsite to give us the minute-by-minute update of what's transpiring. We'll also keep one eye on the other liveblog coverage from Engadget, Ars Technica, gdgt, Gizmodo, Macworld & elsewhere.

You can keep an eye on our main Twitter feed for the headline announcements, and our Ask TUAW account is always there for your questions and inquiries. You can also join the fun over on our Facebook page during and after the event.

Here's a link to the liveblog page, for you early birds.

Stay tuned for the TUAW liveblog of today's Apple music event originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>apple eventAppleEventipod nanoipod touchIpodNanoIpodTouchliveblogsteve jobsSteveJobstuawSteven SandeWed, 09 Sep 2009 11:00:00 ESTThree for three: Friday's trifecta of Snow Leopard upgradeshttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/08/30/three-for-three-fridays-trifecta-of-snow-leopard-upgrades/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/08/30/three-for-three-fridays-trifecta-of-snow-leopard-upgrades/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/08/30/three-for-three-fridays-trifecta-of-snow-leopard-upgrades/#commentsIf you joined us Friday night for the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard liveblog, you probably saw me say that I didn't have many issues with the upgrade. That's an understatement -- I think Snow Leopard is one of the smoothest upgrades I've ever performed with any operating system. You've probably already read the reports of fellow bloggers David Winograd and Mel Martin, which noted many similar findings.

During a four hour period after the delivery of my 5-install Family Pack by FedEx, I upgraded three Macs. The experience with each of them was slightly different, which is something you'd expect since all three are completely different models, but in each case the end result was essentially the same. All had about 10 - 15 GB more hard drive space than when I began, all were more "snappy" in terms of response, and the display looked crisper.

After surprising the FedEx delivery person with my HD video camera (yes, there's going to be an unboxing video coming later this weekend), I ripped open the box, pulled out the Snow Leopard box, pulled off the plastic, and then got the disk ready to go. I had done a final Time Machine backup of my MacBook Air just to make sure I had captured the last changes made on documents, so I plugged in the MBA's external SuperDrive and popped in the disk. I'm not exactly sure what I did after starting up the installer, but on the MacBook Air, I was asked to reboot the machine and then the installation began.

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]]>bloggersimacmacbook airmacbook proMacbookAirMacbookProsnow leopardSnowLeopardtuawSteven SandeSun, 30 Aug 2009 16:00:00 ESTGreetings from 30,000 feethttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/08/26/greetings-from-30-000-feet/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/08/26/greetings-from-30-000-feet/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/08/26/greetings-from-30-000-feet/#commentsI'm typing this somewhere in the skies over Utah using a fast wireless connection on an 8 GB MacBook Pro killing time while flying to Las Vegas. When I started with computers this experience would have been considered somewhere between science fiction and magic.

Hi, I'm David Winograd and although I've been writing for TUAW for a couple of months, all of us new arrivals have been asked to write an introduction to give all of you an idea of just who is writing this stuff.

Steve Sande introduced himself as the old guy in a piece he did when coming on board. Well, I'm the new old guy. I beat out Steve by a couple of years, but we both have gray beards and wear safari-looking hats from time to time.

I got started with my first Apple ][+ in 1979 after overdosing on Creative Computing, a long defunct hobbyist magazine. I was in awe of all the neat (albeit amazingly pointless and even more amazingly expensive) things that could be done with what seemed to me as the best toy since the Betamax.

Eventually I saved enough to buy the Apple ][+ at a franchise called ComputerLand (also defunct, there's a pattern to this), where for $1795 I bought a 48k processor, a bunch of expansion slots and a yellow on black, decidedly non-graphics capable monitor. No disk drive of course since Apple hadn't made them yet, so programs were sold in hobby store racks in baggies containing a cassette tape and a mimeographed instruction sheet. Getting the volume level just right was critical for computing since one mistake and you needed to go back to the start of the tape. When playing a game,when you lost, the tape would rewind and reload taking another 20 minutes.

Ah -- Good times!

Since then I started what was arguably the first themed BBS (Bulletin Board Service) in New Jersey, called 'David's Place' which was themed like a restaurant that read like Zork. After signing on and getting my first monthly CompuServe bill, which was over $2,000, I wheedled a decade-long CompuServe gig checking Apple ][ downloads and later running their Macintosh Community Club Forum. I also wrote for the long dead Apple ][ GS Buyers Guide.

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Greetings from 30,000 feet originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>biographydavid winogradDavidWinogradintroductionDavid WinogradWed, 26 Aug 2009 03:00:00 ESTiPhoto2Twitter 1.5 adds movie and Mobypicture supporthttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/23/iphoto2twitter-1-5-adds-movie-and-mobypicture-support/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/23/iphoto2twitter-1-5-adds-movie-and-mobypicture-support/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/23/iphoto2twitter-1-5-adds-movie-and-mobypicture-support/#commentsiPhoto2Twitter, an iPhoto plugin that provides an easy way to send photos from your iPhoto library to Twitter via TwitPic. Now the developer, Blue Crowbar Software, is back with an update that adds support for sending photos and movies from your iPhone or digital camera to Mobypicture.com.

Mobypicture is an online service that lets you upload a photo or movie once, then distribute the media to a number of different social sites and blogging tools. At this time, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Blogger, Vimeo, WordPress, LiveJournal, Tumblr, Vimeo, Jaiku, Hyves, and BrightKite are all supported.

As before, iPhoto2Twitter is available for €4.95 (approximately US$7.03) directly from the developer's website. Blue Crowbar's Aperture2Twitter has also been updated to add various social media and blogging sites through Mobypicture, and it's now available for €5.95 (about US$8.47).

iPhoto2Twitter 1.5 adds movie and Mobypicture support originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>bloggingilifeiphotosocial mediaSocialMediatwitterSteven SandeThu, 23 Jul 2009 15:00:00 ESTAudioBoo lets you broadcast audio directly from the iPhonehttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/26/audioboo-lets-you-broadcast-audio-directly-from-the-iphone/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/26/audioboo-lets-you-broadcast-audio-directly-from-the-iphone/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/26/audioboo-lets-you-broadcast-audio-directly-from-the-iphone/#commentsBack when we looked at Radar, a photosharing site with an accompanying iPhone app, I mentioned that while Twitter had monopolized the "text exporting" function from your iPhone, there would be a slew of companies to try and grab the rest of the media you want to broadcast. Radar, I said, wanted to be the photo app. And AudioBoo, it appears, wants to be the audio app (we've yet to see a strong video contender pop up with the 3GS, though YouTube is certainly serving for now).

I've been using AudioBoo (iTunes link) for a few weeks now, and I have to say, it definitely does what it says on the box: after a short signup session and the installation of the app to your iPhone, you can record and upload (and almost more interesting, listen back to others') audio quickly and easily.

You hit record, can talk for a while (i haven't hit a limit yet, though three minutes is what I originally heard, and that tends to be about right for these little mini-podcasts), then hit stop and upload, add a picture, title, and tags, and a few minutes later, your audio is right there on the web for everyone to hear. I've used it on my EDGE phone and my friend's 3G, and I have to say the experience is better on the 3G -- the upload speeds are much better (I generally have to wait on my iPhone until I get on Wi-Fi to upload the audio), and to my ears, the audio sounds better. Here's a recording I made at a Cubs game on my 1G with a few friends, and a recording my friend made on his 3G at a restaurant. Edge works, obviously, but the 3G seems to work better.

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]]>3gapp-storeaudioaudioboobroadcastingedgefacebookiphonelisteningmultimediarecordingsitesparsetwitteruploadvideoMike SchrammFri, 26 Jun 2009 10:00:00 ESTTUAW bloggers join host Chuck Joiner on MacVoices podcasthttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/19/tuaw-bloggers-join-host-chuck-joiner-on-macvoices-podcast/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/19/tuaw-bloggers-join-host-chuck-joiner-on-macvoices-podcast/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/19/tuaw-bloggers-join-host-chuck-joiner-on-macvoices-podcast/#commentsHave you ever wondered what goes on "behind the curtain" at TUAW? Podcaster extraordinaire Chuck Joiner is the man behind the popular Mac-related podcasts MacVoices, MacNotables, and the MacJury. Chuck recently spent some time with Mike Rose, Christina Warren, David Winograd, and myself discussing the past, present, and future of The Unofficial Apple Weblog.

The episode has just gone live, and you can listen to us by clicking this link to MacVoices or by subscribing to the podcast [opens iTunes].

TUAW bloggers join host Chuck Joiner on MacVoices podcast originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>podcasttuawSteven SandeFri, 19 Jun 2009 21:30:00 ESTJoin TUAW at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET for our WWDC keynote meta-livebloghttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/08/join-tuaw-at-10-am-pt-1-pm-et-for-our-wwdc-keynote-meta-liveblog/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/08/join-tuaw-at-10-am-pt-1-pm-et-for-our-wwdc-keynote-meta-liveblog/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/08/join-tuaw-at-10-am-pt-1-pm-et-for-our-wwdc-keynote-meta-liveblog/#commentsJune 8, 2009.

Today's a day filled with incredible anticipation for Apple fans. The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference opens with a keynote by Apple Senior VP of Product Marketing Phil Schiller, who is widely expected to announce the availability of the 3rd generation of iPhone firmware and hardware, provide a release date for Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6), and hopefully throw in a few surprises in the meantime.

While TUAW has no "assets on the ground" inside the keynote (Brett Terpstra will be outside for developer interviews immediately afterward), our team is preparing for full meta-liveblogging of the event. Join us for this event beginning at about 10 AM Pacific Time / 1 PM Eastern Time / 5 PM GMT as TUAW bloggers Steve Sande, Megan Lavey, and Erica Sadun provide you with nonstop coverage of the keynote. You can also follow our event-specific Twitter feed for updates throughout the week at http://twitter.com/tuaw_wwdc.

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]]>keynoteliveblogphil schillerPhilSchillerWWDCSteven SandeMon, 08 Jun 2009 10:30:00 ESTTUAW @SXSW: Christina talks to Guy Kawasakihttp://www.tuaw.com/2009/03/17/tuaw-sxsw-christina-talks-to-guy-kawasaki/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/03/17/tuaw-sxsw-christina-talks-to-guy-kawasaki/http://www.tuaw.com/2009/03/17/tuaw-sxsw-christina-talks-to-guy-kawasaki/#comments Former Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki was at SXSW Interactive this week and I had the chance to catch-up with him and talk about the announcement of My.Alltop, a customizable version of Alltop.com. Alltop is a really good way to quickly catch up on a lot of news about a specific topic. NetNewsWire is another app that's great for that, but I don't always have the time to space-bar my way through the latest news and events.

Alltop started out small, with only a few categories and niche areas. Now it's huge, and it indexes and large number of topics and sites. This is great, but can lead to information overload. With My.Alltop, you can customize a personal page with your favorite links in one place from all across Allto.. As someone who is frustrated by trying to manage RSS feeds on my iPod touch, I prefer the iPhone optimized Alltop interface for getting information quickly.

My.Alltop just launched and it doesn't look like the mobile stylesheets have been rolled out yet. But I'm sure just a matter of time. Guy also said that an iPhone application is in the works so you can add, edit or access your feeds more quickly.

Also, be sure to check out the TUAW MyAlltop page. We've started to load it with some of our favorite Mac, iPhone and general tech links and I know this is what I'll be rocking when I want to read news on the run.

TUAW @SXSW: Christina talks to Guy Kawasaki originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>alltopguy kawasakiGuyKawasakinewssxswChristina WarrenTue, 17 Mar 2009 17:00:00 ESTFound Footage: Help test WordPress for iPhone 1.2http://www.tuaw.com/2008/11/11/found-footage-help-test-wordpress-for-iphone-1-2/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/11/11/found-footage-help-test-wordpress-for-iphone-1-2/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/11/11/found-footage-help-test-wordpress-for-iphone-1-2/#comments



Have a WordPress blog? Own an iPhone or iPod touch? Have you been using WordPress for iPhone to update your blog from the comfort of your bathroom [insert your own visual image here]?

The WordPress community has been hard at work on the next release of WordPress for iPhone, and it will contain a ton of new features including:

  • Landscape mode with the extra wide keyboard
  • Link creation help
  • Support for editing and creating Pages
  • Comment moderation
  • Asynchronous publishing
  • Photo resizing options

A video of WordPress for iPhone 1.2 in action with a beta of WordPress 2.7 is available with a quick click on the video window at the top of this post. For more information, visit the WordPress for iPhone page.

As with the previous versions, WordPress for iPhone 1.2 will be free. As soon as the beta test is complete and all bugs have been successfully squashed, the new version will be available via the App Store.

Found Footage: Help test WordPress for iPhone 1.2 originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>bloggingiphoneipod touchIpodTouchsoftwarewordpressSteven SandeTue, 11 Nov 2008 11:05:00 EST