Normally I don’t claim to be an Internet graybeard, because I tend to hang in circles where there are many people who have been doing this online stuff even longer than me. Still, I’ve been using online communications since the days of 1200 baud modems, which is way longer than most people I run into. [...]
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Civility doesn’t come for free; or, hammer the trolls
Posted in culture, technology on January 23, 2013 | 4 Comments »
The Windows 8 report from the front
Posted in technology on October 25, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I spent yesterday at a Microsoft Dev Camp in San Francisco with sessions taught by Microsoft evangelists. The camp’s focus was on Windows 8 for HTML5 and JavaScript developers—in particular, creating applications using technologies these developers already knew and selling them in the Microsoft store. Those who’ve been around awhile might remember that this is [...]
Get ready for Mountain Lion with my new ebook!
Posted in technology, work on July 23, 2012 | Comments Off
I’m pleased to announce availability of my latest ebook, “10 Things To Do Before Upgrading to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion,” from Peachpit Press. It’s a short ebook that I wrote last week, and it’s only $2! At the moment, it is only available from the iBookstore, but I hope to soon add links to [...]
Fun with audio editing
Posted in politics, technology on July 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Josh Marshall at TPM mentioned this ad first. In it, the Obama campaign has done a lot of audio post processing on Mitt’s voice, so that he sounds like he’s singing in places that are eerily empty and quiet. It’s as if Romney, like a Bond villain, was singing “America the Beautiful” ironically after he [...]
Coming soon: Adobe Dreamweaver CS6: Visual QuickStart Guide
Posted in family, technology, work on June 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I’m happy to unveil the cover of our forthcoming book, Adobe Dreamweaver CS6: Visual QuickStart Guide (available now for preorders!). It’s a bit of a new direction for Peachpit covers. Unlike the previous editions of the book, this one has all of the screenshots in full color. There will be a companion getting started video available [...]
The era of commercial space launches has arrived
Posted in science, technology on May 22, 2012 | Comments Off
To paraphrase our Vice President, the SpaceX launch of the world’s first commercial space vehicle (unmanned, but will be able to return cargo from the International Space Station) is a big f-ing deal. Their Falcon 9 launch vehicle performed as expected to get them into orbit, and so far the Dragon cargo (and later crew) [...]
Attack of the Return of the Kindle Plunging
Posted in culture, technology on January 25, 2012 | 2 Comments »
A while back, I mentioned how I had ordered a $99 Kindle Touch, and said that I’d report back after I’d had it for a while. Here are my mostly positive thoughts. Size: I like this thing a lot. It’s smaller than my iPad, which needs to either be in a bag or under my arm [...]
iCloud: Visual QuickStart Guide is now available!
Posted in technology, work on January 23, 2012 | Comments Off
I’m happy and proud to announce that my latest book, iCloud: Visual QuickStart Guide, from Peachpit Press, is now widely available. It’s one of the newer breeds of Visual QuickStart Guides, with all-color screenshots. It covers virtually all of the aspects of iCloud, from setting up the service on Mac OS X, iOS devices, and Windows, to using [...]
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