Monthly Archives: July 2007

An Enterprise PC Shop Throws the Switch

By smalpass | Published: July 18, 2007
As “a direct result of proof-of-concept testing” indicating that the Washington-based Auto Warehousing Co. (AWC) “can cut costs, increase system reliability and security, and provide expanded IT support services,” AWC “will begin systematically pulling the plug on all Windows-based PCs in its cavernous auto processing shop and power up Macs to execute virtually all of [...]
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Master Digital Imaging on the Aperture Road Tour

By smalpass | Published: July 18, 2007
The Aperture Users Professional Network invites seasoned and new digital photographers to attend the Aperture Road Tour at one of 15 US cities this summer. During full-day sessions, tour attendees learn “how to take control of their photographic world with Aperture — the photographic ‘post processing’ tool from Apple — and how to efficiently use [...]
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The Most Powerful Version of Final Cut Yet

By smalpass | Published: July 18, 2007
“The new version of Final Cut Pro is an excellent application and a big welcome to this non-linear editor’s tools,” reports filmmaker and author Heath McKnight in a review of Final Cut Pro for Creative Mac.  “Both seasoned and new FCP editors will find powerful new plug-ins and compatibility, along with tried-and-true ones. Get out [...]
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Credibility – What is it and why it matters!

By smalpass | Published: July 13, 2007
On a field trip last week, I came across an interesting conversation with a potential client. “Credibility”. How to become credible to your clients and how to retain your credibility – particularly in business. Taken from Wikipedia, the dictionary version is as follows: “Credibility is the objective and subjective components of the believability of a [...]
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The Most Successful Product Intro of the 21st Century

By smalpass | Published: July 13, 2007
“Apple’s iPhone could emerge as the most successful product introduction of the 21st century, new research suggests.” Conducted by Lightspeed Research, “the research findings are staggering,” reports Jonny Evans (Macworld). “Nearly 90 percent” of the respondents had heard about iPhone, and 32% of those who didn’t already own one intend to purchase one. In a [...]
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Owners Overwhelmingly Happy with iPhone

By smalpass | Published: July 13, 2007
“iPhone buyers have no regrets,” says Edward C. Baig (USA Today). Baig spoke with Jason Kramer, the chief strategy officer of Interpret, a market research firm that conducted a survey of recent iPhone purchasers. The study found that “90% of 200 owners said they were ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ satisfied with their phone. And 85% said [...]
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David Michalek: “Slow Dancing”

By smalpass | Published: July 13, 2007
For his latest project, ‘Slow Dancing,” David Michalek wanted audiences to experience dance in a way that had never before been possible. So he gathered many of the finest dancers in the world from disciplines that ranged from ballet to Javanese court dance to hip hop to Flamenco; recorded thousands of frames of footage on [...]
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The Celadon Collection: Investing in Elegance

By smalpass | Published: July 13, 2007
A serial entrepeneur, Roy Caro has launched a handful of flourishing business on three continents. For his latest endeavor, Caro revisited his family’s heritage when he launched the Celadon Collection, an elegant furniture boutique in downtown Montreal, Canada. And his thriving business runs completely on an elegant collection of Mac computers. “A revelation, crucial to [...]
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“Serious Business Apps Arriving for iPhone”

By smalpass | Published: July 12, 2007
According to David Needle (internetnews.com), customers of NetSuite’s “on-demand, integrated business management applications” are already using iPhone to take advantage of its web-based services. It was “Apple putting Safari on the iPhone [that] made it a simple process” for the company to extend service to iPhone customers, says Sean Rollings, NetSuite’s senior director of product [...]
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“A Great Mobile Phone”

By smalpass | Published: July 10, 2007
Calling its user interface “simplicity itself,” Bob LeVitus (Houston Chronicle) praises iPhone. “It’s easier to use than any phone before it, and it introduces a fantastic new feature known as “Visual Voicemail,” which lets you browse through all of your voice messages on screen and listen to them in any order.” As an iPod, LeVitus [...]
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