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Apple offers Keynote for iPad advice

by Dave Caolo (Apr 23rd, 2010)

Several weeks ago, we described how Keynote for the iPad suffers from formatting and other issues when sharing presentations with a Mac. No support for custom fonts, disappearing presenter notes, and trouble with screen ratios were some of the problems we encountered. As if they were listening, ...

Real-life iPad: Presenting with an iPad, Keynote, and VGA connector

by Steven Sande (Apr 9th, 2010)

When I'm not having fun as a Mac consultant and TUAW editor, I teach community education classes at the Arapahoe Community College in Littleton, Colorado. Last night was the scheduled night for my blogging class, so I decided to see if I could teach the class from my iPad. I had mixed results. ...

Ballmer reveals some 'slate' PCs, but does not thrill

by Mel Martin (Jan 7th, 2010)

There was quite a bit of anticipation that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer would upstage Apple with an exciting new tablet design at his CES keynote last night, but it pretty much turned out to be a dud. After more than an hour of bobbing and weaving through several topics, and quickly skipping over ...

Book Review: "The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs"

by Sang Tang (Oct 21st, 2009)

In "The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs," Carmine Gallo provides a framework for you to deliver a keynote like Steve does. The book provides both an Al Michaels and John Madden perspective of Jobs's keynotes: a play-by-play account of events married with analytical insight. While rich in ...

HandyGames releases App Store analysis presentation

by Mike Schramm (Sep 29th, 2009)

Top20 iPhone Games Analysis 09/2009 View more presentations from HandyGames Germany. The folks over at German developer HandyGames originally put together this slideshow presentation for their own internal use, but they determined that it actually could be useful for almost anyone following ...

How to create Keynote themes

by Sang Tang (Sep 25th, 2009)

Out of the box, Apple's Keynote is a gem. The app is intuitive and, like many Apple products, strikes a nice and delicate balance between ease-of-use for novice users and functionality for more advanced power users. While Keynote offers a nice set of built-in themes, there may be times when you want ...

Things mom may not have told you about Keynote: Presenter Display

by Sang Tang (Jul 23rd, 2009)

I consider myself a power Keynote user, and overwhelmingly prefer the app over PowerPoint (on both the Mac and PC) -- even though though I'm just as well-versed at PowerPoint. Only on rare occasions do I start my presentation workflow in PowerPoint (if the deck is going to be chart-centric, to avoid ...

WWDC Demo: Videro, a digital signage tool for Macs

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jun 29th, 2009)

Videro is one of those silent-but-cool application suites you've probably never heard of, but you may see it being used every day. I met some of the Videro team at WWDC, and they were happy to demo a little of what the tools do: electronic signage and interactive kiosks. If you happen to need an ...

Steve Ballmer uses a Mac for presentations

by Cory Bohon (Apr 30th, 2008)

You may remember Steve Ballmer (CEO of some other company) criticizing the iPod and iPhone on several occasions. Something that he definitely cannot criticize is the Mac, mostly because he was seen using one for with one at the podium while he gave a presentation. MacLife pointed us to this Flickr ...

WWDC sessions available to all ADC members on iTunes

by David Chartier (Jan 23rd, 2007)

Back in October, Apple dropped DVDs as their distribution system of choice for WWDC sessions and presentation slides. The company moved all this content to iTunes - but only for Select and Premiere members of the ADC (Apple Developer Connection). Today I just received an ADC email titled "Watch ...

Widget Watch: ThinkFree/Office doc viewer (Dashboard, Yahoo! and Google)

by David Chartier (Dec 1st, 2006)

If, for one reason or another, you don't have or don't want Microsoft Office installed, but you still need to view a doc, spreadsheet or presentation, the ThinkFree Online office crew have created a couple widgets (and even a Google module) to help ease your pain. I haven't been following ...

Steve Jobs will not give Apple Expo Paris keynote

by David Chartier (Aug 18th, 2006)

Our hearts go out to all the Apple Expo Paris attendees in the audience, for Steve Jobs will not be giving a keynote yet again this year. In fact, there won't be any keynote at all. A show representative confirmed this keynote-less announcement with Macworld UK, citing that, while Apple has seen ...

Omni Group introduces OmniDazzle - "mesmerizing mouse movements"

by David Chartier (Jun 2nd, 2006)

After weeks of ambiguous hints and torturous teasing, The Omni Group has unveiled their newest product, and it definitely isn't a Sweedish meatball maker. Introducing: OmniDazzle, a "set of fun and useful enhancements that help you track the location of your mouse pointer and provide options for ...

Found Footage: Steve Jobs' Macworld bloopers

by David Chartier (Feb 24th, 2006)

In a move that I'm sure is just begging for the wrath of Jobs, someone has put together a well-crafted blooper video that looks at the best quirks, mistakes and glitches of Steve Jobs' Macworld keynotes. The video is hosted at YouTube and we're linking to it here, so you should be able to click on ...