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Apple Announces It’s Final MacWorld

// December 16th, 2008 // No Comments » // Apple

Apple announces it’s final MacWorld, aka “The Day the Music Died”. Taken from endgadet:

Apple has just issued a press release stating that this coming MacWorld in January will be its last, and Steve Jobs won’t be on hand to say goodbye. Instead, Phil Schiller will be heading up the proceedings, thus marking a quiet end to a conference that’s been the launching point of some of the most important pieces of consumer tech in recent memory.

And I never got to see the famed keynote speech… WHY STEVE WHY!!! Here is some choice clips taken throughout the years for your enjoyment:

WWDC 2008

// June 9th, 2008 // No Comments » // Apple, Web, iPhone

Today is Apple’s WWDC and I can’t wait to hear what is in store for us Apple Fanboys. Will the 3G iPhone blow our minds? Will there even be a 3G iPhone? We shall find out in the next few minutes.

I wonder how much production is down in the bay area because of people being tuned in to the WWDC? They should make a site that could track this. Every time a new announcement from Apple is about to be unveiled everyone in the Bay Area is on pins and needles waiting to hear about the next great thing, it makes front page news here in San Francisco, CA. I don’t think you can find this kind of enthusiasm elsewhere, no only here in the Silicon Valley, the Apple Mecca.

Update:
So the 3G iPhone came and it looks amazing. Now to convince myself that I don’t need it… there is the challenge!

How to Test the Compatibility of a Word Document made with Office for a Mac

// February 17th, 2008 // No Comments » // Apple, How To, Technology

Most business run a 100% Windows environment. Becoming more and more popular are consultants or off-site employees that really could use almost any flavor of computer they want. The most common second choice (or first choice depending who you talk to) is a Mac running a version of OSX with MS Office for Mac.

With different operating systems keeping document compatibility is key so everyone can share documents back and forth. Using MS Office on a Mac you have a tool to help ensure your documents are compatible.

When saving your document use this method to ensure your word document is compatible with Office for Windows. Note that this will only work for MS Office 97 and up.

The first time you save your document, this also works with any MS Office application, you will see this dialog box. (different versions of Office for Mac may look different).

Click on the Compatibility Report Button, which will automatically run through your document to see if there is any formatting or element of your document which will not translate to other versions of MS Office.

By default the Compatibility Report is set to Word 97 through 2004 (this acts in a similar way for Excel documents). You can change this if you want but I don’t recommend it. This is the most generic setting and safest setting.

Once you have checked your document you will get a pop-up letting you know you can proceed in saving your file or will show you problem issues.

After you have saved your document once you will not see a dialog box when you save your document. You should still check your document though. You can always open the Compatibility Report by clicking on your Toolbox.

This will open up this window. From here you can recheck your document. As well as fix or ignore any issues that may appear.

Bottom line if you stick to basic formatting, meaning no special fonts or elaborate tables your document will most likely always be compatible.

Please let me know if I left anything out and good luck!

Michel Gondry @ The Apple Store – San Francisco

// January 8th, 2008 // No Comments » // Art, Film

Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Michel Gondry speak at the Apple Store about his new movie Be Kind Rewind as well as film in general and his creative process.

We received a nice surprise when Mos Def showed up walking through the audience to join Michel on stage. Apparently they were staying at the same hotel in San Francisco and didn’t know it. Once Mos found out he was in town he decided to show up and surprise him at the Apple Store event. Very cool.

Overall I left inspired to make a movie using whatever talent and tools I can find to make the story happen throwing my perfectionism aside. I hope to put together a “Sweeded” movie with the friends I went to event with soon.

Here are some pictures I took with my phone; and can I say that the camera on the iphone sucks.

 

Apple Christmas Claymation AD

// December 13th, 2007 // No Comments » // Art, Design, Motion Graphics

Great new ad from Apple… awwww claymation brings back memories.