In case you missed it, RC posted a great tutorial that combines Lightroom’s web gallery upload with the Shadowbox plugin for WordPress last Friday. What does it do? Checkout the flash gallery I created of my daughter.
You may be aware of the service called Twitturly that ranks the most frequent URLs tweeted, but did you know you can pull up the links of your favorite Twitterer? Simply add /user/twittername to the end of the Twitturly URL to pull up links by a specific person. For example to see the latest links I tweeted you would enter the following URL: http://twitturly.com/user/aj_wood Great for grabbing links instead of wading through tweets you may have missed.
Erik shot me an email told me that I should come up with a schedule, announce it, then stick to it. Well, I haven’t figured out the schedule, but once I do I’ll be sure to announce it.
Uhm… so this post was finished about two hours ago BEFORE midnight. Then I went to test my shadowbox gallery and discovered it didn’t work. In fact, many items weren’t working on the site as it seems my WP theme was broken. It’s fixed now, and that post will have to wait for another day.
Yesterday, Adobe chief executive Shantanu Narayen said Flash has been successfully run on an iPhone emulator. This news may raise the hopes that Flash will show itself on the iPhone at some point, maybe even this year. The full story can be read in this Apple Insider article.
My one complaint about working on a Mac has been its less than stellar Flash performance. This is a common complaint, and many of the working Flash guys I know run Windows XP. Apple has complained for some time about the poor OS X performance, and I don’t know if Adobe will change their position. Flash is not the only product that is inferior on the Mac. Acrobat has more functionality (LiveCycle Designer), and features (3D support) under Windows than on OS X. The recent release of Acrobat 9 only furthers this gap.
While the Intel Macs have helped boost Apple’s position in the computer market, I think the bottom line is that Adobe will focus on the platform that delivers more dollars through the door. Corporate customers are more likely to be on a Windows computer. That demographic is the one that relies on the feature set of Acrobat.
Flash leaves me puzzled. I’m seeing a lot more designer/programmer types on Macs, in fact whenever I attend an Adobe related event, the speakers are on Macs. Perhaps the low percentage of Macs in the 3D space has something to do with the lower numbers & Adobe interest. Will be throwing out that question and more while I visit with Adobe here in San Jose.
UPDATE – Found an excellent article regarding Flash & the iPhone via Chris Pirillo.
There are only four days left to purchase over $400 worth of software for only $64. The MacUpdate Promo Bundle has now unlocked all the software, which includes a copy of Parallels.
Here’s a list of what’s included in the bundle:
Hazel – organize and automate file management.
Art Text – turn text into graphics.
MenuCalendarClock for iCal – adds iCal info to Menu Bar.
Leap – File management utility to replace Finder. (Chris says this product alone makes the bundle worth buying)
StoryMill – digital story boarding.
Typinator – autocorrect for OSX.
DVDRemaster Pro – DVD utility for ripping to & from your hardware.
Sound Studio – Could it be better than Audacity?
BannerZest – Flash banner creator.
Parallels Desktop – You should know what this is… no really, you should.
Go see the deal for yourself.
Just caught Chris Pirillo’s tweet about the MacUpdate Promo Bundle. Looks like a great program. MacUpdate works with developers to get a large discount on their software by running promotions like the current one for a limited time. Software gets added to the bundle as certain sales markers are hit; in this case the targets are 5000, 10,000 and 15,000 units. People who purchase the bundle early will receive the additional programs once the target numbers are hit.
The bundle includes the following software:
Hazel – organize and automate file management.
Art Text – turn text into graphics.
MenuCalendarClock for iCal – adds iCal info to Menu Bar.
Leap – File management utility to replace Finder. (Chris says this product alone makes the bundle worth buying)
StoryMill – digital story boarding.
Typinator – autocorrect for OSX.
DVDRemaster Pro – DVD utility for ripping to & from your hardware.
Sound Studio – Could it be better than Audacity?
BannerZest – Flash banner creator.
Parallels Desktop – You should know what this is… no really, you should.