Monthly Archives: January 2004

RSS and iTunes

This is just so cool, thanks for mentioning it Teal Sunglasses. This is the kind of purpose I’ve been hoping to see RSS used for; an iTunes Music Store RSS feed that lists the “New Additions” added to Apple’s iTunes … Continue reading

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AppleWorks 6.2.9

I’m still using AppleWorks, having started using it when it was still called “Tin Can,” so I was pleased to read about the 6.2.9 update. Oddly, it still hadn’t shown up in Sofware Update, two days after the release, so … Continue reading

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iLife erases the Consumer Producer divide

Mike Kozlowski, in this post makes an interesting distinction between Apple’s iLife applications that organize media (iTunes and iPhoto) and those that produce media, iMovie, iDVD, and now, GarageBand. He extends that distinction, effectivey, to one between consumers and producers. … Continue reading

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Apple's MacWorld 2004 Keynote

We stayed home this year; Michael’s book isn’t out yet, and I start teaching next week, and realllly want to finish a few chapters first, so we watched the keynote from home. And one of the most impressive things was … Continue reading

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It is Corosive to one's Character to Steal

So said Steve Jobs in a recent Rolling Stone interview, in which he says some of the smartest things I’ve seen anywhere about copyright. According to Steve Jobs: If copyright dies, if patents die, if the protection of intellectual property … Continue reading

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