Archive for April, 2009

A great article on these unique visuals and a link on how to create them with Photoshop

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/30-examples-tutorials-of-stunning-polar-panorama-photos/

http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/create-your-own-panorama-planets/

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World of Warcraft on iPhone, real?

There are some youtube clips floating around of WOW running via the Vollee client on a iPhone, looks a bit clunky to play.

http://toucharcade.com/2009/04/25/world-of-warcraft-on-an-iphone-for-real/

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Creative print layouts and typography

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/21/creative-print-typography-layouts/

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http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/ten_things_every_final_cut_pro_user_should_know

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13 year old get US$10 000 iTunes gift card and heaps of other stuff, whew thats a lot of apps/music/goodies, winning app downloaded was Bump

http://www.apple.com/itunes/billion-app-countdown/

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Best ads on TV for the week

Web page-

http://www.bestadsontv.com/ads_latest.php

Twitter feed-

http://twitter.com/bestads

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Here is an introduction to Photoshop CS4 by Terry White-

https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a295153/p85703828/

Terry will also be covering Lightroom in his next scheduled Evening with Terry white on 28 April-

http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/eveningwithterry

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The OS GUI has come a long way since those first days at PARC-

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/03/operating-system-interface-design-between-1981-2009/

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Tweetie for Mac and iPhone

Here is a Twitter client for Mac and one for iPhone-

http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-mac/

http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-iphone/

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New Apple get a Mac ads…

http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/

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iBotNet attacks, run for your lives…

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/04/evidence-suggests-first-zombie-mac-botnet-is-active.ars

No seriously, dont download bit torrent/p2p versions of iWork 09 or Photoshop CS4, reportedly they contain malicious code that could possibly turn your sweet Mac’s into a drooling zombie botnet.

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50 great Photographers

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/50-great-photographers-you-should-know/

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http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20090417/168927/

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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=Operating+Systems&articleId=9131558&taxonomyId=89&pageNumber=1

A long time PC user and advocate, Preston Gralla, spends a week with Mac, final conclusion-

‘Overall, though, Mac OS X beats Windows. There, I’ve said it. And lightning hasn’t struck me yet.’

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Over 35 HD wallpapers

http://www.smashingapps.com/2009/04/12/35-colorful-and-inspiring-examples-of-high-definition-wallpapers.html

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Cool Photoshop brushes

http://www.tutzone.org/2009/04/18-photoshop-brushes-to-lighten.html

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http://www.apple.com/itunes/billion-app-countdown/

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Microsoft have been aggresively marketing against Apple recently with a number of ads showing how much more an Apple Mac costs-

http://www.macrumors.com/2009/04/10/microsoft-remains-on-offensive-with-apple-tax-report-and-latest-laptop-ad/

They have even commisioned a document by Roger Kay to show price differences-

http://www.ndpta.com/files/AppleTax.pdf

Ina Fried took issue with some of the points raised in this article here-

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2009/04/09/avoid-the-apple-tax-cash-in-on-the-value-of-windows.aspx

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10216096-56.html

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http://www.mac.com/1/homepage/

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Creative logo designs

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/09/beautiful-and-creative-logo-designs-for-your-inspiration/

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