Wired profiles one of the more interesting Mac software developers around, Delicious Monster. This is the group behind the fascinating Delicious Library, their first release, an app that fuels what Wired calls some users ‘Nick Hornby-esque desire to catalog every song, book and movie on their living room shelves.’ These guys don’t have an office – the seven employees typically meet in a local coffee shop all day long, paying ‘rent’ by buying lots of coffee. With the innovation and successs of ‘Library,’ which uses an iSight to read bar codes and look up data about your stuff on the ‘net, they might be able to have their own office – with it’s own barista – soon.
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iWork Screens
Apple-X.net has a scoop this morning. They have an extensive set of screen shots of Apple’s new iWork application. Lots of looks at templates for Keynote2 as well as Pages. No big surprises, but the apps look good. I’m glad I’ve pre-ordered mine ;-).
Marathon is Dead, Long Live Marathon!
MacSlash reports on the public release (for free download, but not to the open-source community) of the seminal Marathon Trilogy by Bungie. You know them – makers of Pathways into Darkness, Myth, Oni — and a little game called Halo/Halo2?
Way back in the day, when we had a couple of bad-ass Quadra 900s and CX’s networked in our design office at The Augusta Chronicle, my buddies and I would stay after work until close to dawn chasing one another around with flamethrowers, shooting BOBs with dual pistols, and making myself motion sick. Ah, those were the days.
Now, with this release by Bungie.org we can experience these games on the latest and greatest hardware!
My, My, Macintosh!
Okay – you’ve probably heard all of this by now, but here goes. iLife, iWork, iShuffle and the Mac Mini are all here!
Completely new app suite called iWork – featuring souped up Keynote, revved to v.2 AND ‘Pages’, Apple’s first word processor since AppleWorks. Includes MSFT Word compatibility. $79, available 1/22/05.
New iLife – every application with major revisions except for iTunes. iPhoto gets RAW support, iMovie is now HD, iDVD now has instant import from tape to DVD. $79, available 1/22/05.
New iPod Shuffle – flash-based iPod is a reality. Those ThinkSecret guys DO have street cred. Basically, an elegant flash drive. Good stuff. 512MB/1GB versions at $99/$149. Available now, if the Apple Store can get back up and running – it’s swamped by traffic right now.
And best of all – the new Mac mini! Like a slice of the old cube (about the height of an iPod mini), this baby is sweet. Measuring 6 x 6 x 2.5-inches, it features the following specs: 1.25/1.42GHz G4, 256MB RAM (upgradable to 1GB), ATI Radeon 9200 32MB, 40GB/80GB Ultra ATA, Combo Drive (DVD-ROM, CD burner), Firewire 400, two USB 2.0, Audio out (but no audio in, unfortunately) DVI and VGA output, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet and a 56k modem. Built-to-order options include Bluetooth and Airport. Ships with OSX Panther and iLife ’05. Looks like I know what my Mom’s getting to video conference and see the baby.