I’m just back from a weeklong vacation to the Pacific Northwest. In an attempt to “get away” I didn’t pack my computer to go with me, but I did have my iPhone. If you know me personally or just have stumble across SuperGeekery, you’d expect a little gadget adoration, but I wanted to share the 7 iPhone apps that helped on my trip. (I didn’t take the above photo with an iPhone. It needs a better camera, but that’s a reason to upgrade to the next... + read on
At JMX2, we build a lot of Flash advertising pieces for a variety of clients. At the end of the process, we get asked to “put these Spotlight tags in” from media companies. They nearly always send AS2 code for you to drop into your pieces. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten AS3 code. If you try to place this AS2 tagging code into an AS3 project, a landing page, for example, you will get errors.
What the Doubleclick Spotlight tag does.
The... + read on
A good friend of mine, Ian, has unwittingly provided a good way to illustrate why we should all care about DRM. I wanted to share Ian’s story with you.
Before I tell you the Ian’s tale, let’s talk about what DRM is. It’s a technology that limits what you can do with digital content. DRM is an acronym, but what DRM actually stands for depends on what your point of view is. The big media companies that created DRM say it stands for Digital Right... + read on
The Dock in your Mac was supposed to make finding your most used programs easier. I do a couple things to make it more useful.
Tip 1: Add Spacers to your Dock
First, as you can see in the image above, I add spacers to make finding certain types of programs easier. On the left, I’ve got 4 Adobe programs I use regularly. I’ve got TextMate, a text editing program, separated out on its own. Then to the right of that, I’ve got everything else,... + read on
Before leaving for SXSW, I decided to take only my new ASUS 1000HE, on the 10-day trip. I wrote about how the software I installed in the posting Prepping the ASUS 1000HE for SXSW and promised an update on how it performed for me.
The Good
The good news is that I was really happy with my choice to leave my larger laptop, a MacBook Pro, back at home. The battery life of the netbook was as good as I had hope. Its charge lasted the entire day... + read on
I went to quite a lot of sessions during SXSW Interactive 2009. As I listened to people, talked to people, and read about what was going on, I bookmarked URLs in my browser.
Although I haven’t provided any context to the links other than listing them in the reverse order they were made i, I think you’ll see a pattern emerge when you go through them. I hope you enjoy them.
Phone Gap - http://phonegap.com/
jQuery resources -... + read on
The interactive portion of SXSW 2009 wrapped up yesterday. If you followed my Twitter feed, you probably know I went to a lot of interesting panels.
During one session, Models for Agency Integration, my tweets resulted in a lot of requests from friends for my notes so I decided to post what notes I took and some additional thoughts here on SuperGeekery.
The session was unique in that it was the only session I attended handled by a single... + read on
I’m on my way to SXSW for 10 days. As I was packing, I had to make the decision whether to take my new ASUS 1000HE only, or also pack my MacBook Pro.
Ultimately, I decided to bring only the tiny ASUS. My back will thank me later. To “get by” I had to prepare the netbook for the trip before I left and I thought I’d share how I did that.
If you’re looking for my quick picks, I’ll cut to the chase. I chose StarOffice, GIMP, VLC Player,... + read on
I think Intel thinks I’m a sci-fi geek. Well, they’re right.
To help promote the new Star Trek movie, they’ve sent me 2 of the bags you see above to give out to SuperGeekery readers. They’re really nice bags too! But, seriously, didn’t you already know there was a Star Trek movie coming out? I plan on being there on opening weekend.
Intel and Lenovo are giving out some big prizes as well to get you interested in the movie. (Oh yeah, you... + read on
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