GarageBand for Previewing Movie Scores
Screenwriter John August (whose credits include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Go) recently wrote and directed a feature film (currently untitled). On his blog, August has detailed miscellaneous aspects of The Movie, as he calls it, including how he’s using GarageBand to preview Alex Wurman’s score as it’s being written. ...
Good Espresso in New York City
A colleague of mine recently bemoaned the lack of good coffee in New York City. She said it was surprising that in a city full of amazing food, the coffee was mediocre at best. When Starbucks is your best option, you know something’s wrong. (Personally, I have a small affection for Starbucks in New York: ...
Small Coffeehouses Thrive in Seattle (P.I.)
The Seattle P.I. has an article by Allison Lin that looks at some smaller coffee chains in Seattle and how Starbucks’ success has affected them: “Small coffeehouses thrive in Seattle.” As other towns worry that Starbucks Corp. will run their local favorites out of business and rob their streets of quirky charm, the owners of ...
Recent Writings
I’ve been doing a fair bit of article writing lately (with five assignments I’m working on currently, and at least two articles that are written but haven’t been published yet), so I want to point out a few pieces that might interest you. My latest Practical Mac column was the 9th most read article at ...
Recent Writings
I’ve been doing a fair bit of article writing lately (with five assignments I’m working on currently, and at least two articles that are written but haven’t been published yet), so I want to point out a few pieces that might interest you. My latest Practical Mac column was the 9th most read article at ...
New 24-inch iMac: Ultimate iMovie Mac?
Woke up late this morning to discover that Apple has released a new iMac with a 24-inch screen. That’s 1920 by 1200 pixels of resolution. That’s almost native HD resolution for editing 1080i HDV (which is 1920 by 1080 pixels); you have to give up some of those pixels for iMovie’s interface. Still, that’s a ...
Coffee Week at Verité Coffee
My good friend Ags pointed me to what must be, based on name alone, a wonderful thing: Coffee Week at Verité Coffee. As in, free coffee. Buy a $20 drink card before September 15 and get a free drink, or buy a mug or tumbler and get a free fill-up. Verité is located in Ballard ...
Quick Direct Trimming Tip
I just noticed that someone named Yvonne in Bloomington, IN wrote a very nice review of the iMovie HD 6/iDVD 6 book at Amazon’s page. (Thanks, Yvonne, if you’re reading this!) She also points out that I should have included a tip on page 97; I’ll let her explain (emphasis mine): [I]n experimenting with direct ...
Free Chapter of iMovie/iDVD Visual QuickStart Guide
I’m excited to announce that the entire first chapter of my latest book is now available as a free downloadable PDF file. “iMovie HD 6 & iDVD 6 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide,” in addition to having an absurdly long title, is the best-selling guide for getting up and running with the latest ...
iMovie HD 6 VQS Free Chapter
One of the aspects of the new book I’m most excited about is that it’s full color. Although the previous black-and-white editions still conveyed the same information, having color photos and screenshots really makes the examples pop, and enabled me to show things like color temperature without pointing readers to the Web site for examples. ...
Jeff Carlson | Never Enough Coffee Creations 