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[Video] Friday “Funday” slickness: Office for Mac Viral Ad

Imagine all of the work that went into making a video about “pretending” to do work!
Cult of Mac was able to interview the creator, Dennis Liu1, and found out some interesting tidbits on what it was like to create the video…
New Viral Ad Seeks to Make Office for Mac Fun | Cult of Mac
“Liu told [...]

No Comments by Michael on March 13, 2009

filed in Applications, Video

tagged Cult of Mac, Dennis Liu, desktop, entourage, excel, Mac, marketing, neat, office, office 2008, office for mac, powerpoint, Video

[Video] Full Screen: How to go BIG with iTunes, Quicktime, Finder, iPhoto, and iMovie.

MacMost is a great site for finding video podcasts that educate and inform viewers about Apple related products and software. Recently Gary (from MacMost) did a wonderful walkthrough on how to go full screen with applications such as iTunes, Quicktime, iPhoto, iMovie, the Finder, and Safari. Gary demonstrates various shortcuts and techniques throughout the video. [...]

No Comments by Michael on March 8, 2009

filed in Applications, Support, Video

tagged fullscreen, imovie, iphoto, iTunes, Mac, quicktime, safari, Video

[Video] Exposé and Spaces Tip: Use them together!

Here is a great little video tip about Exposé and Spaces from Tekzilla Daily. You can use both Exposé and Spaces at the same time when you have all of your Spaces viewable. Watch the video to see an example of the tip in action.
The keyboard shortcut combination would be Fn+F8 to view all spaces, then F3 to activate Exposé. After [...]

No Comments by Michael on March 8, 2009

filed in Applications, Education, Support

tagged Applications, desktop, expose, expose and spaces, Mac, Spaces, tekzilla daily, video tip

[Conference] NYSCATE Hudson Valley 2009

On Saturday I will be at the New York State Associations for Computers and Technologies in Education (NYSCATE) 7th Annual Hudson Valley Conference in Wappingers Falls, N.Y.
I look forward to meeting up with some other Mac users while there! I hope to possibly do some quick interviews with anyone who is interested in sharing how [...]

1 Comment by Michael on March 6, 2009

filed in Education

tagged eLearning, Hardware, hudson valley, Mac, nyscate, nyscateHV09, Software

[Software] “The Free Mac Classroom”: Comprehensive List of Free and Open Source Mac Applications

Simon Elliott’s (@simon_elliott ) “The FreeMac Classroom” (www.thefreemac.com) is an excellent source for finding free Mac software. I came across the site about a year ago through a suggestion by a friend. Since then the site has improved with each new addition.
Who put together “The FreeMac Classroom”?
According to the “About Us” page Simon is an [...]

No Comments by Michael on March 2, 2009

filed in Applications, Education

tagged celestia, free, freemac, freeware, handbrake, Mac, Mind Node, open source, resources, SchoolHouse, Software, stellarium, xLogo

[Switchers] New to the Mac? Where do I start?

photo credit: Guillermо
As mentioned on edu.Mac.nation before, my mother just switched to the Mac a few weeks ago and I have been guiding her along with her new adventure. In approaching how I would guide her I realized that finding your way around a Mac the first week (first month!) can be a bit [...]

No Comments by Michael on February 28, 2009

filed in Hardware, Support

tagged control panel, keyboard, Mac, new, shortcut, start menu, task bar