Posts tagged with ‘apple’

Tick Tock Tictoc

July 12th, 2011 in Tools

After a long search, Ive finally found a time tracking app Im happy with. There are loads currently out there on the market, many do the task of tracking your time spent in a similar fashion, but I had some very specific requirements – because I knew exactly how I wanted to use it.

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Is Ping Your Thing?

September 3rd, 2010 in Social Networking

Apple have just released iTunes 10, and with the addition of Ping – it’s given them the chance to dip their toes into social media. I’ve only had a short amount of time to play with Ping and from what I can see it’s seems like a very closed network – restricting itself to just iTunes.

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Homescreen.me

August 27th, 2010 in Design, Social Networking

Homescreen.me is a new website I’ve just signed up to, it’s currently in beta at the moment and invite only. You upload a capture of a screen from either your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad and include a description – it’s a nice way to share your current set of favourite or most used apps.

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Showing Off My Dock

July 28th, 2010 in Tools

I’ve been a fan of Grace Smith’s blog and especially her Dock Series where by she invites a web / design professional to show off their dock, it’s a great way of finding out what other designers are using, comparing their set up to your own – as well as finding new applications. A while ago she ‘opened the floor and invited people to take part’, I screen grabbed my dock and here is a brief explanation on each of the applications that reside on my dock.

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CD stuck in my little G4 Powerbook

April 27th, 2008 in Observations

I was ripping a few mix cd’s for my ipod yesterday and i put a disc in the drive and it didn’t show up in itunes, or in finder – very strange… so i restarted and nothing changed, i held down the eject key on the keyboard and still nothing happened. this was when i [...]

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essential, little and free mac os x apps

August 17th, 2007 in Design, Observations

i’ve been a mac os x’er for about a year and a half now and have gathered a fair few little applications in my dock. here’s some of the essentials; cyberduck my ftp client of choice, it’s a really great ftp client that does everything that is needed and it does so in a nice, [...]

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photoshop could have a rival

June 4th, 2007 in Design

photoshop has been the number one choice for image editing with designers and photographers for a number of years but it may have to look over it’s shoulder if Pixelmator lives up to it’s expectations. the user interface looks lovely, it’s built on open source technology and it has all the filters, effects and tools [...]

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uk versions of the apple vs pc advert

February 4th, 2007 in Design, Observations

the original adverts featured 2 american chaps discussing the pro’s of owning and using a mac and the con’s of owning a pc including virus’s and having to read all those manuals. well now we’ve got versions featuring british comedians David Mitchell and Robert Webb from Channel 4‘s Peep Show. you can view all the [...]

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ladies and gentlemen… the iphone

January 10th, 2007 in Design

i would safely guess that every technology blog and news site on the world wide web is currently reporting on apple’s announcement of the long awaited iphone. it looks like an amazing device that i’m already adding to my wish list, and not only is it a phone, but a widescreen ipod (4gb & 8gb) [...]

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turn your mac into a lightsaber

December 16th, 2006 in Design, Film & Photography

i know this sounds ridiculous and believe me, my girlfriend called me something along those lines when i started swinging my powerbook around the room like a sword, but it’s now possible with this little application called macsaber. you need a SMS (Sudden Motion Sensor) enabled mac for this to work, the application picks up [...]

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