Dragon Dictation for iPhone
I've been playing around with an interesting new app for the iPhone (only – sorry, iPod Touch users) called Dragon Dictation from the same folks who do the PC and Mac Dragon dictation programs, Nuance Communications. This app lets you dictate into your iPhone and end up with text. Just press the red button in the middle of the screen and start talking!
I am an iPod junkie. I admit it. The latest addition takes me to eight, of varying size and vintages that go back to the original iPod mini and 512k shuffle. They all serve different purposes.
Mobile Phone Concert shows iPhone's Musical Range
The iPhone's potential as a musical instrument is on display at the University of Michigan this week with a concert by the Michigan Mobile Phone Ensemble.
http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_7732/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=PHNOuDcH
iPhone as a musical instrument
http://www.ns.umich.edu/podcast/video2.php?id=1181
December 9, 2009 8pm
The Premiere Final Projects Concert
Britton Recital Hall, University of Michigan
http://mopho.eecs.umich.edu/
I run into friends and family that use Macs all the time and it seems that whenever I mention Notes in passing, I always get a blank stare. Apparently a lot of Mac users miss the fact that since Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, the Mail app has "Notes". This was one of the many features that I looked forward to when I upgraded from Tiger to Leopard. I use notes all the time instead of my old system of little stickies all over the wall, writing on the back of an envelope and other paper methods that were a mess.
Where is this Notes thing that you speak of?
I can understand why most people that aren't looking for Notes in Mail don't discover them. Apple didn't really do anything to make them stand out in the Mail app. As a matter of fact they're in a place that you wouldn't think to look. They are in the sidebar under the "REMINDERS". To make things a little worse the entire Reminders section won't be there until you create your first Note or ToDo.
Having a comfy Friday
See a young Helen Reddy introduce them.
I hope you enjoy
Phyllis recently did a great write-up on the new Magic Mouse.
I'll follow her lead and tackle a few of my issues regarding the Magic Mouse.
I tried the Magic Mouse out in the store to see how it worked and I loved the feel of it.
It was smoother than smooth. It wasn't hard to figure out what areas on the surface provided which functions. And it gave the feel of having a larger surface area that it actually did. My reason for even looking at a mouse (because I don't like them and don't own one) is that I am frequently trying to find items that work for my workflow. And as technology develops, some items just get better.
I'm a trackball user from years back and so far nothing has gotten me to give up my Kensington Expert Mouse Trackball. It's big and depending on the situation, sometimes it's bulky, but it does all it does exceptionally well.
I loved the feel of the Magic Mouse, but my gripe with all mice is that you have to move them. Which brings upon you a whole slew of ergonomic issues. With the trackball, I move my fingers, my wrist and arm remain stationary.
Even if you own a Wacom Tablet, the comparative experience between it and a mouse device is still distant. With a tablet pen, you have the ability to draw as you would with natural body movements and positions that occur doing paint, pen and pencil drawings. The mouse? It is the fattest pencil in the world. Using it is like, like…let's just not go there.
When troubleshooting a problem, many people overlook (or don't know) about a very helpful tool in the Utilities folder called Console. The Console is where programs often send warnings, errors, and information that the user doesn't necessarily need to see as pop-ups, but are still deemed important enough to save off. Sometime these messages are very technical; others are quite easy to understand.
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I have a pet peeve when it comes to email. When sending a message to more than one person, don’t use the To: field for each and every address. Do you really want to share your addresses with others? Do the people you are emailing to want their address shared with people they may not know? Think about it.
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