Archive - Aug 2008

MacMod.com has announced the beginning of the fifth annual "Great MacMod Challenge" sponsored by iFixit.com. In the event computer "modders" submit their creations for a review by a panel of judges for over US$2,000 worth of prizes.

Each contestant is allowed to submit up to three mods and will be judged by a panel of influential Mac community members on the level of difficulty, creativity, integration, and functionality. The first 30 contestants will receive a gift set valued at over $90, including the Booq Venom Pulse bag, Speck See-Thru MacBook cover, and an iFixit multi-purpose tool.

440Network has launched 440TV, a new video site exclusively geared to musicians, and pro audio enthusiasts. Visitors will find videos of gear reviews, tutorials, e-lessons, interviews of professionals, etc.

The community site spirit suggests that users rate, comment, share and upload their own videos . 440Network has five active community sites (MacMusic, PcMusic, 440Forums, Zicos and AudioLexic.

Thanks to 440TV's clean and modern web layout, anyone can comment, bookmark, share, rate or even upload their own videos in a typical community site spirit. Facing such huge content, the webmasters at 440TV worked to provide an intuitive interface where visitors can simply sort videos by category, date, popularity or manufacturer. 440TV is now live at http://www.440tv.com.

Dallas, TX, August 19-20th, 2008—Village Tronic is proud to announce Jeremy Sutton’s first two-day Dallas Painter Workshop incorporating Village Tronic’s ViDock Gfx. Taking place at the Fran Reisner Studio, Jeremy will be using different hardware, including the ViDock Gfx to create a dynamic presentation as well as giving students time for hands-on practice with their own image and computer. Briefly the class will encompass the themes of “systems, organization and optimization, loosening up your paintings through use of the ‘muck up’ under-painting technique, selectively refining your image and adding detail and contrasts, and enlivening your imagery through use of color” (Jeremy Sutton).

Dockland Software has announced Fantasktik, their innovative taskbar application for Mac OS X Leopard. Displaying a clean and sleek user interface, Fantasktik is a powerful tool allowing users to easily see and switch between open windows and applications. Based on Mac OS X philosophy, Fantasktik groups windows by application. Double-clicking on an application icon provides a way to manage the taskbar real-estate by collapsing and expanding the windows associated with the application.

Tired of having to grab the mouse when you navigate through Google search results? Wouldn't it be nice to have the ability to quickly use the keyboard to navigate through instead? David Alison talks about how you can do this easily by joining one of Google's keyboard experiments.

CS Odessa announces the newly formed academic relationship between BBS Landau Vocational School and CS Odessa. The Project Management courses offered at the school are an integral part of the strategic Project Management Program. BBS Landau has selected ConceptDraw Office Suite to incorporate their Project Management course track into their syllabus for upper full-time classes where it will be used to teach modern project management concepts and best practices.

TOM BIHN, a designer, manufacturer, and retailer of laptop bags, backpacks, messenger bags, and briefcases, has introduced the Checkpoint Flyer Laptop Briefcase, a new "checkpoint friendly" briefcase-style laptop bag with a highly protective compartment for a laptop computer. The Checkpoint Flyer provides the TSA with a clear, unobstructed x-ray view of the laptop in the bag without sacrificing organizational pockets and clean design.

An Event Apart, the conference for "people who make websites," brings thirteen leaders in web design and development to Chicago, October 12-13 at the Sheraton Chicago. In addition to Jeffrey Zeldman and Eric Meyer, the two internationally recognized web authorities and creators of An Event Apart, this two-day event offers a content-rich line-up of presenters, topics, and information for web designers and developers.

bambooapps proudly announces the release of Keep Your Word 1.0 for Mac OS X Leopard. Keep Your Word lets you build your own dictionary, classifying and grouping the terms exactly how you want to, while helping you to learn the longest list of words thanks to its different exercise modes.

In today's blog post David Alison walks through some of the things he's done to detach the external mouse from his MacBook Pro and still be very productive.