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Evernote for Notes syn

August 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Geek

with my blackberry I used notes for to do lists and things, but with iPhone, Notes are not synced with Exchange or shared. This application does that. Syncs to do lists to the cloud for viewing everywhere.
Back To School: Expand Your Brain with Evernote
iPhone version of Evernote creates and syncs text notes, snapshot notes, saved [...]

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iMovie 7.0 idiosyncracies and publishing to Zenphoto

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Wow, it is hard to figure a few things out with iMovie, but here is the best way to produce great looking DVDs and also things ready for export:

iMovie ‘08 (aka version 7.0) is a bit of a wierd program. First, it doesn’t have a File Save function. Instead, all projects are in a named [...]

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New MacBooks July-September?

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Mac Rumors: Apple Mac Rumors and News You Care About
While Montevina’s speed upgrades are also said to be modest, it has also been rumored that Apple will be revamping the physical design of their next notebooks to bring them in line with the current iMac and MacBook Air. Recently leaked photos depicting a more tapered [...]

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iPhone 3G Reviews

July 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Well, ilounge has a good first review set:

The White 16GB is going to be much cleaner with fewer fingerprints than the black one. I’m kinda regretting ordering the black one now that I’ve seen photos. The white one is actually quite cute.
Some folks are saying that this is really like iPhone 1.1 because other than [...]

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Slideshows on the Mac

July 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Slideshows on the Mac are confusing because iPhoto, iDVD and iMovie can all make them, so what should use when. Here’s a guide:
iPhoto ‘08 for quick and dirty on the screen slideshows
First this is confusingly actually iPhoto ‘08 , version 7.0 (why couldn’t they just bump the version to match the date?). This is the [...]

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