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Site of the Week: CreativeTechs.com
Mac tips are plentiful around the internet, and as far as I’m concerned, I can’t get enough. The folks over at “CreativeTechs.com”:http://creativetechs.com/tipsblog/ have a great tips blog dedicated to Mac, Adobe and photography tips in particular.
They also offer classes and seminars in all of the major Adobe products: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Lightroom, etc. in the Seattle area. Anyone from around the world can join in, though, and portions of each class are posted after a live event.
“Check them out!”:http://creativetechs.com/tipsblog/
Grace is meeting me in Las Vegas my way back from Asia and while we are at the Owner’s Retreat, Hapy is taking us out for our 42nd anniversary dinner. We have this tradition of toasting each year of our marriage, so it will be good to have a designated driver!
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_Don, Kali & Ed_QUICK REVIEW: Griffin PowerDock 2
Have more than one iPod? Chances are you do. The “Griffin PowerDock 2 Charging Cradle for iPod and iPhone”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/73013 will let you charge two iPhones, two iPods or an iPod and an iPhone at once. It’s a nice solution not only for the compact all-in-one design, but I know the thought of placing my iPod and iPhone properly in the dock is more calming than just leaving them on my desk.
The PowerDock 2 won’t hook up to your Mac–it has no ports other than the AC on the back–but that makes sense since you can’t sync both devices simultaneously anyway. I like the fact that you don’t have to have your devices plugged into your Mac at all times to charge them. One note, however: iPhones will charge __slightly__ slower than their maximum allowed capacity in this device (than if charged by themselves). I did not notice this to be a problem–it’s easy enough to put my iPod and iPhone in there and charge overnight.
It’s also made out of brushed aluminum, which matches the MacBook Pros and iMacs very nicely. There are two black Universal Docks next to one another in the center of the charging station. You’ll get adapters for all current iPods and iPhone, though there’s only one of each kind. (If you have two of the same model, you’ll need to pick a similarly-sized one for the second.)
Formerly $49.99, the Griffin PowerDock 2 is now $39.99, a fair price to charge more than one device!
“View the Griffin PowerDock 2 Charging Cradle for iPod and iPhone.”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/73013
Write a Review, Win a T-shirt!
Have you recently purchased a product from Small Dog? If so, tell us about it. We’re looking for you to write a review of the products you receive.
For the month of October, we’re going to reward two lucky reviewers a week with a t-shirt and frisbee bundle. We’re looking for solid, honest and helpful reviews, whether you liked the product or not; we just want you to give us some feedback and tell us why!
To get started, find you product on our website and click the Reviews tab. There, you’ll be prompted to write a review. Be sure to provide your accurate email address so that we can contact you if you’ve won!
We’re basing our winning selections on the quality of the review–either it’s informative, makes us laugh or both, so go start writing!
Apple Adds iWork.com Enhancements
Apple sent out a note to iWork.com beta users this week about some new features and improvements they’ve made to the iWork.com service.
__From Apple:__
*Automatic email notification.*
Now the iWork.com beta lets you stay up to date whenever viewers add new comments or notes to your posted documents. You can choose to be notified immediately, hourly, or daily.*Enhanced security.*
Automatic 128-bit SSL encryption now safeguards communication between you and your viewers via iWork.com. You can also password-protect documents you share on iWork.com–so even if someone has a link to your document, they won’t be able to view it without the password you supply.*Refined user interface.*
The redesigned Shared Documents page includes thumbnail previews so you can more easily identify your shared iWork files. You can also organize your shared documents by date, name, size, or comments received. And you can now access all your shared documents by signing in at “www.iwork.com.”:http://www.iwork.comTo get started: Under the Apple menu, click Software Update and install any updates for iWork ’09. Select “Share via iWork.com” from the Share menu to share a document from Pages, Numbers or Keynote.
“iWork.com”:http://www.iwork.com
FEATURED SPECIAL | 10/02/09 – 10/09/09
According to Internet research firm Net Applications, 18 percent of Mac users have upgraded to Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard. That’s good news to us–Snow Leopard lives up to the hype of being a faster, more polished OS than Leopard, with a sprinkling of welcome, useful new features. To help encourage those who still haven’t upgraded, we’re putting Snow Leopard on sale for the next couple of weeks:
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