Anything Macintosh or OS X related
ATMac is a blog that offers news, reviews and opinions on assistive technology for Mac OS X, by Ricky Buchanan who is himself an avid Mac and AT user. Organized by type of user, for example "text-to-speech users," or "deaf users," or "primary switch users," and by audience ("content producers," "developers," "edcuators," "users"), you can quickly find relevant entries.Bottom line - direct, honest info and reviews about state-of-the-art...
In preparing for a podcasting workshop this week, I've been collecting new podcasting tutorials. Some helpful finds: How to Podcast: Four Basic Steps - Plan, produce, publish, promote... How to Podcast - from Podcasting Tools Howstuffworks "How to Create Your Own Podcast" Make Your First Podcast How to Create Your Own Podcast - A Step-by-Step Tutorial on Podcasting Most of these tutorials rely on Audacity and the LAME...
I've written about Skitch before, but now that I've been using it a while, I have to put it out there again as one of my must-have's. Why? It's fun, it's good looking, it's easy and above all, it's several practical tools built into one. Screen Capture - grab a window, the whole screen or anything you can frame or drag across. You can even do a 'timed...
Okay, so now I'm blending Google Doc's new online presentation software with Plasq's cool and easy screenshot/annotating/uploading tool called Skitch. I think this has potential. The image is everything, because you write your step-by-step instructions right on it. Both students and teachers could use Skitch to create, snap or import images, then write and draw on them to give instructions, create maps or diagrams, indicate key features of...
I just stumbled across this web site and have GOT to make the time to figure it out. Looks like a cool drag-and-drop animation/programming tool in web 2.0. As they say, Snap together blocks... to create stories, games and animations... and share your creations on the web. Very cool.http://scratch.mit.edu/
Okay, I'm in it for the looks, and maybe I don't like inconvenience and bulk, and maybe it's the fun I have with iLife... In any case, if everything else is in chaos, my Mac is always nice and neat! PS - image from Apple's new iMac site, comparing an iMac with a Dell
Apple has announced a long awaited upgrade to Pages and Keynote, adding Numbers as well to the iWork suite.http://www.apple.com/iwork/pages/#overview
