February 23, 2010
Why Skitch Has Captured My Heart | MacStories

“Skitch offers simple, intuitive tools to allow annotations to be added to graphics. Text, arrows, hand-drawn highlights, standard circle/rectangle shapes. It’s easy to change the colour of an annotation, even after it’s drawn, and there are several options for scale/thickness available. It’s also possible to scale the image and add a watermark.”

I am a frequent user of Skitch for Mac. It is one of the many Mac only apps that I wish I had on my work PC’s.

8:53pm | URL: http://bytes.edumacnation.com/post/408073923/why-skitch-has-captured-my-heart-macstories
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5 tips for switchers | TUAW

“Every now and then I’ll have an “I never knew about that” moment as I come across a setting or nuance in Mac OS X that I never realized existed. Take, for instance, character viewer, which allows you to display a variety of characters in your document. Whether you’re a switcher or seasoned Mac veteran, here are five tips that could help improve your Mac experience.”

My favorite tip in this link is the one regarding feedback volume…

8:47pm | URL: http://bytes.edumacnation.com/post/408059492/5-tips-for-switchers-tuaw
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August 27, 2009
Marco.org’s Official Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Review, Complete, Printer-Friendly Edition

marco:

I’ve been using the betas on my home desktop since WWDC. Most things work, and I occasionally notice something that’s different. If you replaced Snow Leopard with Leopard, I probably wouldn’t notice for at least a day. (Replace Leopard with Tiger and I’d notice within seconds.)

When I use my laptop or my work desktop, both still running Leopard, I don’t miss any Snow Leopard features.

I preordered it from Amazon, but I probably won’t get it until next week, even though everyone else can get it on Friday. This doesn’t bother me at all, and I’m not going to put any effort into getting it sooner.

Some minor things are broken with certain applications, and I’ve hit a few minor bugs with the OS. Therefore, I don’t plan to upgrade my work computer or laptop for a little while, possibly until 10.6.1 or until application support is a bit better.

We’re likely to see software that takes advantage of new Snow Leopard APIs in the next few years. But there’s no reason to rush the upgrade and be among the first to hit compatibility problems. Day-to-day use is almost unchanged from Leopard. That’s a good thing, but it won’t make for a flashy release.

Upgrade when convenient. No rush.

10:46am | URL: http://bytes.edumacnation.com/post/173013253/marco-orgs-official-mac-os-x-10-6-snow-leopard-review
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