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The iPad Finally Arrives

Aviv — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:53:24 +0000

Apple finally dropped the iPad. I know, you probably even questioned whether it was real. Checkout Steve’s keynote here, and the official Apple marketing video here.

There’s Nothing Like Phish at Hampton

Aviv — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:09:55 +0000

The lights at a Phish show are part of the experience. Some would say the lights are complimentary to the music, others say the opposite. Either way, Chris Kuroda is a genius, and Hampton Coliseum is his playground.

Amazing HD video of Phish (song:2001), this past March in Hampton, VA. Courtesy of mkdevo.

Around minute marker 3:40, start paying attention to the stage. Kuroda starts using each row of lights independently, yet ties them all together to nearly eliminate the stage. Talk about a space odyssey.

2001: A Space Odyssey (occasionally referred to as simply 2001) is a 1968 science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick and written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. The film deals with thematic elements of human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and extraterrestrial life, and is notable for its scientific realism, pioneering special effects, ambiguous and often surreal imagery, sound in place of traditional narrative techniques, and minimal use of dialogue.

I’ve Always Loved this Photo of Steve Jobs

Aviv — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:11:04 +0000

This photo of Jobs resonates with me. His intentions look pure, and his eyes look focused. Not to mention the Mr.Burns like hand position.

37signals Product Blog Highlights Our Use of BaseCamp

Aviv — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:49:45 +0000

It’s really no secret that I love 37signals. I religiously use their products and I like to think that we run our company very much the same way they run theirs. That’s why when SoulPancake was mentioned on the 37signals Product Blog, I was almost more excited than when we were profiled on ABC’s Nightline.

Upgrading to Snow Leopard

Aviv — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:25:12 +0000

Normally upgrading operating systems isn’t a task people find fun or exciting. For that reason, among others as well as fear of change, I still know many folks running Tiger, and in some extremes, OS 9.

With Leopard, those waiting to upgrade their operating system had a bit more cushion. In most cases, Tiger was still being supported, and people who were delaying the leap to Leopard could still get by, albeit a bit more slowly. The user interface changes Leopard employed when compared to Tiger, were a bit more drastic in comparison to Apple’s most recent OS release.

Snow Leopard, builds directly upon OS X’s progressive interface changes that Apple made with Leopard. So upgrading from Leopard to Snow Leopard shouldn’t confuse even the most novice mac user. The single, snazziest new “feature” is that Exposé found some intelligence. Instead of opening all of your windows in a single row, Exposé now understands a few more levels of what windows belong to what application. Additionally, some tools in simple navigation and control of your open windows have been added. All in all, it’s arguably the flashiest new addition to Apple’s entire OS release, but not even close to the most important.

Rather than focus on new features, and snazzy new UI additions, Apple focused on the core architecture of the entire operating system. They spent their time refining and rewriting millions of lines of code, and shrinking the entire footprint down while saving users up to 14GB of hard disk space (Walt Mossberg). While a hard concept to grasp, users are installing Snow Leopard (myself included) and free-ing up space on their hard drives. Personally, I freed up around 6GB of space on a 13″ unibody Macbook Pro.

Upgrading

The upgrade process from Leopard to Snow Leopard is the most painless Apple OS installation process I can ever recall. I can only fully endorse two methods of installing/upgrading to Snow Leopard. Both methods consist of a Firewire connected external hard drive, and creating bootable clones.

Steps:
1. Buy or prepare an external hard drive.
2. Connect the drive to your computer via Firewire 400/800
3. Download Carbon Copy Cloner, it’s free, but you should really donate.
4. Backup your computer’s entire hard drive onto the external hard drive.
5. Restart your computer while holding the option key, your mac will ask you if you want to boot from your regular hard drive, or from your bootable clone (external hard drive) – select the external hard drive, and make sure everything looks good.
6. Insert your Snow Leopard disc and shut down your computer.
7. Once your computer is shut-down, eject your external hard drive, and turn your computer on.
8. Run the Snow Leopard installer

Notes: When you run the Snow Leopard installer, you can select to Customize your installation. This gives you the option to “Erase and Install” your hard drive. If you’re upgrading from any other Operating System besides Leopard, you should choose this option after first making sure your machine is compatible with Snow Leopard.

If you’re upgrading from Leopard to Snow Leopard, I believe that Apple has made this installation process so painlessly easy, that a simple install directly over your current version of Leopard is absolutely perfect.

If you’re on the fence with upgrading to Snow Leopard, I would encourage you to take the plunge. It’s well worth the noticeable speed and stability increases. If you’re still running Tiger, or something pre-Tiger, shame on you… It’s time to upgrade, and Steve would be furious if he knew. Apple has poured countless hours of development resources and buckets of innovation into Leopard and Snow Leopard, and you ignore it all?!?!?!

Upgrade… NOW.

The First Apple Powerbook

Aviv — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:07:26 +0000

How beautiful…

Thx, Giz

Because Steve Says So T-Shirt (The Original)

Aviv — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:29:22 +0000

So, MacBlogz made a shirt.. It says “Because Steve Says So”. It’s actually pretty awesome. Check it out!

This is a closeup of the printing methods used.