Allow me to say that Apple may have done more for digital photography than any other company besides digital camera manufacturers. How so? iPhoto. And the App Stores. For most Mac users, iPhoto is the storage and display app of choice. It’s free. It’s fast. It stores and organizes photos into events and albums. If … Continue Reading »

Last week I walked into Macy’s and found a Brow Bar. If a person has a place to go to for manicure and pedicure, then why not a place to go to get new eyebrows? Basically, it’s a section of Macy’s where a woman goes to get her brows done. The problem with doing brows … Continue Reading »

There’s just no doubt about it anymore. Apple isn’t playing by the same set of rules as other technology companies. I fully expect law enforcement officials to swoop down on Cupertino and haul away the executive brass to account for their misdeeds. Or, at least, ask Apple’s executives to return money to the shareholders and … Continue Reading »

Isn’t graduating fun? No, not from school, though that had its moments. In this particular case I’m about ready to graduate from the standard todo list and venture into a Mac and iPhone app that can take on a little more work. Todo lists are a dime a dozen and sometimes even less expensive than … Continue Reading »

Apple brought the Notification Center to OS X Mountain Lion so we get quick pop up notices whenever a new email message arrives. Boring. This is a perfect opportunity for customization and Apple let us down again. Apple doesn’t seem to like it when we Mac users try to personalize our devices beyond Desktop wallpaper … Continue Reading »

Here’s a great ‘light bulb’ idea. Turn everything that’s not useful or productive into something that is. Sounds good, right? Except I’m torn between the need to stop and smell the roses, and the need to make the roses do something useful beside be beautiful. I want my cake and I want to eat it. … Continue Reading »

For the average Mac owner with a digital camera there just isn’t much to not like about using iPhoto. It stores tens of thousands of photos. The entire collection can be categorized by Events and Albums, search is fast if you use keywords, it shares, exports, imports, and it even tweaks photos to improve how … Continue Reading »