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We’re back home in the ATL

Jarrod Skeggs — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:41:26 +0000

We're back from Macworld. It was a great week and by far the most productive we've ever had at Macworld. Check back in with us here beginning on Monday to find out some more detailed information about all of the things that we wrote about last week. There is a ton of great information that we'll be sharing.

Also, thanks to all of you who kept up with us this week. We enjoyed the discussions and comments.

Macworld Expo pics

Jarrod Skeggs — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:32:32 +0000

Here are some of the pics we've snapped so far. My favorite is the huge crowd at the Microsoft booth.

Thoughts on the Schillernote

Jarrod Skeggs — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:46:40 +0000

Some would say that the Keynote, or as I like to call it, Schillernote, was a bit underwhelming yesterday. At first, I really thought the same thing. But, once Kevin and I made it to the South Hall and actually got to get by Apple's booth I began to change my tune. We both got some hands on time with iLife '09 and iWork '09. We discovered a few things that Phil didn't reveal during the keynote.

One of the first cool things we discovered was support for video layering in iMovie '09. Apple's video editing app has always been an amazing value but I'd say this enhancement alone is worth the $79 price tag.

Another nice enhancement to the iLife '09 suite came in iWeb. Phil didn't mention iWeb at all during the Keynote, but the new version allows for creating multiple sites that can be published to either MobileMe or any domain that you have registered and hosted. As well, it includes widget capability. A couple of the coolest widgets being RSS feeds and YouTube channels. Another cool feature in iWeb is the inclusion of some Facebook integration so that when you update your site built with iWeb a story is posted to your wall.

As we get more hands on time I'll post about some the other cool enhancements we discover.

MWSF 2009 – The Grand Finale

Jarrod Skeggs — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:04:00 +0000

We leave for the last ever Macworld Expo on Sunday, January 4, 2009. Be sure to subscribe or check in on the blog all week as we plan to share the highlights of the show from our perspective.

Our schedule is fairly busy, but outside of our meetings and engagements we should have at least a couple of full days on the show floor. If any of you as our clients or friends have something that you want us to check out for you while we're there, please leave us a comment. We'll do our best to get you some detailed information.