“When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to swap his iPod for a Walkman for a week.” Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8117619.stm
Splice is pleased to announce two new courses for developers. Whether you’re interested in developing games, utilities or full-scale applications, Splice’s 5-day bootcamps will take you from concept to customer. Start with a proper foundation in Objective-C, and then move on to our intermediate bootcamp in CocoaTouch for iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch). Each bootcamp [...]
IT Training Splice offers classroom and onsite training courses, such as: Leopard 101 | Support Essentials for Mac OS X Leopard 201 | Server Essentials for Mac OS X Server Leopard 301 | Directory Services We also offer 101 and 201 as an integrated 5-day ACTC bootcamp. Developer Training We offer three courses for those [...]
Splice is pleased to announce the dates for our two Spring Media Composer Bootcamps: Advanced: June 1 – 5th For a limited time, this bootcamp also includes a Media Composer v3 academic dongle, which is a fully feature-enabled license for Media Composer available to students, such as those in our bootcamp course. You can sign-up [...]
Apple today announced the public beta of Safari 4, the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser for Mac and Windows PCs. The Nitro engine in Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3.* Innovative new features that make browsing more intuitive and enjoyable include Top Sites, for a stunning visual preview of [...]
TheRegister reported recently on a research study that indicates you will be more likely to buy a Mac if you eat a Belgian Truffle. Really? Read on: A second study again had people eat or resist a chocolate truffle and asked them to indicate how much they desired several products that are symbols of status [...]
The media this weekend has been tooting more about Adobe Flash Player running on the iPhone. Apparently now Apple and Adobe are working together. Who cares? I don’t. I really, really don’t care about flash on the iPhone. It’s legacy and unnecessary. We have plenty of other ways, all involving open standards – CSS, DHTML, [...]
I’m off to the mothership in March. Yes, Apple HQ in Cupertino California. This year, Saint Patrick’s Day will be spent with a pint of guinness and a fiber channel switch. Sounds hot, doesn’t it? Well, it is for a nerd I guess. So what’s XSAN? It’s a like a file-server on speed. [...]
A couple years ago I moved from a G4 to a MacBook Pro 17″. It was a huge change for me, more screen space, couldn’t open it while on a plane because it was too big, but we were doing a lot of work for TV2/Dansk at the time and in the absence of two [...]
We opted not to go to MacWorld this year because we had just been in California in November for Apple Advance Camp, and another trip across the country just wasn’t in the cards. Usually the big reason for going, aside from the networking, is to be at the Keynote presentation and see Apple CEO/President Steve [...]
