Type is an elemental part of pretty much any design project, so us font junkies rely on tools like sample books, font managers and our own good taste to pick the right typefaces for our layouts. Since we also tend to be creative types, I just love it when I come across a cool new way to do the same old thing — like viewing fonts as a periodic table of the elements.
What? Two user group meetings in the same week? Turns out there was more to cover in iPhoto ’09 and iMovie ’09 than time allowed for at CoMUG last month, so I’ll be back to pick up where I left off. That means more iPhoto action, some iMovie action, and probably a few jokes about iPhoto’s face recognition confusing animals with my family.
I’m stepping out from behind my desk again, and this time it’s to get all chatty with the CapMac Mac User Group in Austin, Texas. That’s going to be on Tuesday, March 10 at 7PM — and get this: They meet at a pub. A pub!
When a book like Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual by Lesa Snider King comes along, you just know I’m chomping at the bit to review it. But through the interesting chain of events that is my life I ended up far more involved in helping out with getting this book out the door than I ever imagined would happen, which means that I’d feel just a wee-tad unethical offering up a review at The Mac Observer, or any of the other places my name crops up, including Design Tools Monthly.
Instead, I’ll give the book an endorsement right here. Hey, this is my blog. I can do whatever I want. Continue reading
February 17, 2009, came and went without anyone freaking out because their TV channels mysteriously went away. That was the day that TV broadcasters in the United States had originally been mandated to switch to digital over-the-air signals from the analog signals they’ve been using for over 50 years. That date was pushed out to June 12 by Congress, and as best as I can tell, they did that primarily because it turns out that U.S. citizens are really good at procrastinating.
I know what you’re thinking: “Jeff, this whole digital TV thing totally snuck up on everyone. It was so frakking sneaky that it could have slit our throats in our sleep! We’re lucky to still be alive!” Continue reading
