Art
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”
– Aristotle
Tech
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
– Arthur C. Clarke
Animation on the iPad with iStopMotion
I remember fondly my first animation class when I was eight years old. There was the excitement of creating a story with inanimate objects and bringing them to life with a Super-8mm camera. I also remember how agonizing it was to wait for the film to be developed so I could view the fruits of my labor. If only I had an iPad and iStopMotion back...
Mac Sage Redesign
It's finally happening! I can no longer neglect the very real need for this website to be redesigned. I have always been a big fan of very simple and clean design that puts an emphasis on the content. I still have this belief. However, I am also a big fan of beauty. I think this website could be more beautiful. So, over the next week or so,...
How Much Does A Website Cost?
"So, how much does a website cost?" I get this question all the time. It's a perfectly valid question, but there are many variables which determine the answer to this seemingly simple question. It's a little like asking: "So, how much does a house cost?" Website Pricing The difficulty in providing a simple answer to website pricing arises because...
Sharing Internet Connection With An iMac
This post is really an update of a post ( Using Your Mac As A Wireless Router ) I made back in 2007. I've had many emails from folks pointing out that the screenshots are not the same on their OSX. Since OSX has changed some since 2007, I will show how to do the same thing using Lion (OSX 10.7.4). (Since many of you will probably have a wireless...
Creating iPad Screencasts
Since the release of the first iPad in April, 2010, I have been looking for a way to create screencasts on it. Screencasts can be very helpful in creating quick video tutorials. For some reason, Apple decided to not allow this capability directly on the iPad. (It turns out that there was a way to do it, but it required jailbreaking the iPad.) But...
Video Chow: A New Video Learning Series
The tagline is: "Free WordPress video tips delivered to your face." The folks at WordPress Advantage have created a new video series called Video Chow, which delivers short, rapid-fire videos on focused topics. I've always been a big fan of video tutorials. But I find the pace of most of them just too slow. Even the fine video tutorials at...
Judge Decides Samsung Galaxy “Not Cool”
Samsung won the Apple patent suit in court. But it may wish it hadn't. A judge ruled that Samsung was the victor in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Apple. Apple filed the suit claiming that Samsung had copied it's iPad and iPhone designs in their Galaxy tablet. But the judge in this case determined that Samsung Galaxy tablets "do not...
MicroSoft Surface: Déja Vu All Over Again
MicroSoft is building their own tablet? Really? I almost don't even know where to begin here. Does anyone remember the Zune? That epic hardware fail and "Johnny come lately" approach should've been a proper lesson for the folks in Redmond. But apparently not. Balmer has been at the helm since 2000 and has learned nothing. I have to admit, I...