Category: Software

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmazon.com is now taking orders for iLife ’04 on behalf of its partner J&R Music World. iLife ’04 features the new music creation application called GarageBand as well as iTunes 4.2, iPhoto 4, iMovie 4, and iDVD 4. Of the four upgraded applications, iPhoto 4 is probably the one with the…

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn his Personal Technology column that appears in today’s Wall Street Journal, Walter Mossberg talks about why he prefers Adobe Photoshop Album for digital photo management on Windows PCs. I looked at the PC photo management software choices a few weeks ago, and chose Jasc Paint Shop Photo Album 4 over Adobe…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday, New York Times Circuits columnist David Pogue reviewed Garage Band, part of the iLife ’04 suite of media creation tools from Apple Computer. This is an excellent review, explaining the key features of the product and giving some indication of how they can be used by someone who does not…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnother thing that Apple announced earlier today at MacWorld Expo is an addition to the updated iLife ’04 software suite called Garage Band. This is a digital music editing tool which allows you to integrate royalty-free music clips called “Apple Loops” , synthetic instruments playing parts of a musical score, and…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA couple of days ago, I offered new digital camera owners some advice on photo management. Among other things, I suggested that they “get a good piece of digital photo management software” for their personal computer and “don’t print every photo” kept on the camera. I offered Apple iPhoto 2 as…

Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring the implementation of the Operation Gadget website, I took about 30 pages of notes. I wrote those notes into a “planning pad”, a notebook of 8 1/2 by 11 inch pages of quad-lined paper that is bound at the top. This sort of note taking is a great habit to develop…