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Hello Readers,
We've got a great lineup of interesting articles for you
this month on
MacDevCenter. Whether you want to build museum-style
interactive demos
that work on iPods or a simple Cocoa HTTP server, or find
out about Peter
Green's homemade Mac tablet computers, you'll find something
of interest.
And our ace crew of bloggers keeps things lively on a daily
basis--if you
have opinions on Mac-based PVR systems, Mac text editors, or
the state of
Mac software development, please check out the recent
related blogs and
chime in.
If you'll be attending Macworld next month, we've got a full
lineup of
author talks and special O'Reilly events scheduled, as well
as some great
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Macworld page
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/12/
11/macworld.html>, and if
you're at the show, make sure to stop by and say hi. We'll
be at booth
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I'd like to introduce myself as your new MacDevCenter
editor. I've been
working with O'Reilly Media's online properties in different
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enthusiastic advocate
for Apple technologies. Derrick Story, who built this site
from the ground
up, has taken a new position at O'Reilly as our Digital
Media Evangelist.
I think this is a great move for both Derrick and O'Reilly,
but he will be
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Derrick promises not
to leave us entirely and will continue to post to the
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*** Featured Articles ***
iPod Notes: Above and Beyond
In this follow-up article to "Building Interactive iPod
Experiences,"
Erica Sadun shows how to use iPod Notes to create a
"notes-only" museum
mode, reuse already existing HTML source material, create
custom menu
presentations, control navigation, and more.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com
/pub/a/mac/2006/12/12/ipod-notes-above-and-beyond.html>
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O'Reilly Happenings at Macworld SF 2007
Macworld SF 2007 is shaping up to be a busy show for
O'Reilly Media. We
have great specials, lots of books, a full speaker lineup,
and a menu of
activities. Here's a comprehensive overview.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/12/
11/macworld.html>
***
Building Interactive iPod Experiences
The interactive multimedia presentation is one of the
least-trumpeted
features of the iPod. In this article, Erica Sadun
introduces the basics
of interactive iPod design by showing how to use the iPod
Notes feature to
create presentations that include text, links, images,
music, and videos.
<http://www.macdev
center.com/pub/a/mac/2006/11/28/building-interactive-ipod-ex
periences.html>
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Peter Green's Modded Macs
Giles Turnbull recently visited hardware hacker and composer
Peter Green
to check out his homemade Mac laptop and tablet computers.
Learn what
inspires Green and how he made these machines, along with
images and video
of these inventive Mac mods.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pu
b/a/mac/2006/11/21/peter-greens-modded-macs.html>
***
How to Write a Cocoa Web Server
Learn how to use NSSocketPort, NSFileHandle, and Cocoa
notifications to
write a server application without having to create a
multi-threaded
application. Jürgen Schweizer also shows how to use Core
Foundation APIs
to deal with the low-level details of the HTTP protocol in
this working
example of building a Cocoa web server.
<http://www.macdevcenter
.com/pub/a/mac/2006/11/14/how-to-write-a-cocoa-web-server.ht
ml>
***
Making a Smooth Move from .Mac to Google
Matthew Russell presents a practical approach for a smooth
move from .Mac
to a Google-centric web experience. Getting your email,
address book,
calendar, online storage, online photos, and blog squared
away are all
covered in this detailed transition plan.
<http://www.macd
evcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/11/01/making-a-smooth-move-from-
mac-to-google.html>
***
What's The Big Deal About Making Music Players Social?
Microsoft Zune and
the Big Idea
Why does Microsoft insist that a social music player, its
upcoming Zune,
is the wave of the future? Zune social networking manifests
itself through
its Wi-Fi-based music sharing and its PC-based (and
presumably
MySpace-inspired) Zune Marketplace. Microsoft gambles that
these two
spheres are sufficient to define a new and unique Zune
space. Erica Sadun
takes a good hard look at the Zune and tries to figure out
if it is the
wave of the future--or just a pipe dream.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/20
06/10/17/microsoft-zune.html>
***
Text Tricks and More Text Tricks
We've covered text editors here before. We know, from
various posts at the
Mac DevCenter blog, that our readers are often as fanatical
about using
plain text as we are. Tips on using your editor of choice
are easy to
find, but we thought it would be fun to gather a whole bunch
of them
together for the first time; not only to spread the word,
but to invite
our readers to add their own tips and time-savers. We've
also asked a
handful of Mac users to contribute their own favorite text
tricks.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/
10/10/text-tricks.html>
***
Burn Your New iTunes Movies to DVD (and Protect Your Other
iTunes
Purchases)
How much money have you spent at the iTunes store? And what
do you have to
show for it? An iPod full of music? TV shows? Those new
games and movies?
Too many people forget how much cash they've put into their
digital media.
And when bad things happen--house fires, computer theft,
iPod
loss--they're not always prepared to be able to recover
those digital
assets. Erica Sadun shows you archiving techniques to
preserve your
(hefty) iTunes investment.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/ma
c/2006/09/19/burn-itunes-to-dvd.html>
***
Miglia TVMicro and EyeTV: Easy TV on Your Mac
The Miglia TVMicro is a small USB device and comes bundled
with a remote
control and the renowned EyeTV app, which makes it trivial
to pull up
program listings, schedule recordings, and more. Costing
roughly $100,
this is a purchase that might just pay for itself sooner
than you think.
Matthew Russell reviews.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pu
b/a/mac/2006/09/12/miglia-tvmicro-and-eyetv.html>
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