Category Archives: Mac talk
We are on the brink of the iPad launch in Malaysia, as reported by many. In line with that, I thought it appropriate to share a video that was shot at the cozy beanbag corner of our Integricity office. We had several early-adopters of the iPad join in for a discussion on how they use their toy for work and play. We heard from Ben Israel (then Digital Strategy Director at Integricity Interactive), Niki Cheong (avid blogger & The Star journalist), Toh … Continue reading
I’ve been working with video for more than a year now and have learnt so much over that period. I really want to thank my wife Grace who runs her video/photography company called Stories for teaching me so much. Now, I teach her stuff too! With all these awesome videos, I want to show them off on our iPhones and iPad. Digging around for the best and optimum video settings to compress to is just a pain. I’ve summarized my … Continue reading
If you’re as big a fan of watching movie clips via VLC as me, you’ll be thrilled to know it’s now available on the iPad. Ever since discovering this awesome, FREE app, I have used it to watch every single movie I have. It plays just about every single format and codec known to man. Here’s what VLC themselves say about their app. VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework, that plays most multimedias files … Continue reading
Time-to-market is key in the race to “break the news”, but news agencies oftentimes seem to falter with information that is seemingly handed to them, and not verified. Some, as with this case, have their new media staff on standby to write up and post news quickly, even on weekends! Today, the Daily Mail, UK’s 2nd biggest-selling newspaper made a boo boo by quoting a parody Twitter account, thinking it was the REAL Steve Jobs. Many of us who spend … Continue reading
Need protection for your iPad? Jokes surrounding the name for Apple’s latest device have been floating around since the second Steve Jobs announced the product, but these guys take the pie for making it the jokes a reality. This iMaxi product with wings is probably slated as a gag that will humiliate that insane Apple fanboy/fangirl in your life who incessantly talks about Apple, Apple, APPLE. It’s fairly cheap to give away as a crazy gift, but I wouldn’t be … Continue reading
Right now, I’m traveling the US on a three week tour of the West Coast. Though I brought my trusty MacBook Pro along, I installed a fair number of apps on my iPhone so that I could get to them from my fingertips at any time. Here’s what I found really handy. (Of course I didn’t install ALL of them! Some are based on findings and recommendations by friends). They’re my unbiased reviews of apps I’ve found. Do feel free … Continue reading
If you’re not from the US and have already started an iTunes account based in your own country, you probably know you’re treated as a second rate iTunes citizen. Some applications, podcasts, etc… are just not allowed simple because we’re not “based in the US of A”. I was really, really annoyed that I couldn’t download the FREE Photoshop App or the Kindle for iPhone and resolved to “fix it somehow”. Here’s the typical “You’re not American” error that you … Continue reading
In a humorous article I saw recently in PC World, I thought I’d extract the fictitious profiles of 2 of the greatest tech innovators of all time and share them with you. They put a smile on my face, something we all need on a Monday morning, huh? Here’s Bill Gates of Microsoft fame – note the snide comments to Steve Jobs. Looks at the contextual advertisement that appeared on the right hand column too! And now, Steve Jobs, the … Continue reading
Oh bugger, I’ve been Rickrolled! I was out getting tea and I received a phone call – I spotted Rick’s face which shocked me for a bit, but then remembered reading about the virus which originated in Australia. I guess it crawled fast enough over to my iPhone from there. After doing research and reading several incomplete methods on cleaning up the virus, I’ve put together a comprehensive 2 part article – how to remove it, and how to secure … Continue reading
This is a really funny comic graphic, shared on Twitter by @kellster
Here lie my thoughts: that of an entrepreneur, media-junkie, gadget-junkie, photographer, videographer, once-PC-user-but-now-Mac-user and husband.