Jason Terhorst

It’s awesome – their best animation yet. Just see it at http://www.jibjab.com.

This is a very useful technique for distributing something to Mac users where presentation is everything. Disk Images (.dmg) are great for distributing various types of files/data/applications/etc., since they can compress, work great on the Internet, have great visual features, and work well with the Unix tricks the Mac has.

I’m assuming you’re running Leopard in the following instructions. This will work with a default install – no developer tools required, but there are some advanced tricks that use them (entirely optional). Read the rest of this entry »

I was having a good discussion recently with an old friend of mine regarding a software project I’m working on in my spare time. It’s purely at the concept/planning stage – I think I have the basic idea mapped out, but collecting features, and in this process, my friend has a clear idea of what I’m going for. It’s software aimed, primarily, at the church/ministry market. In many cases, my target market will have a limited budget, and have lots of audio/video equipment to purchase.

In the conversation, he indicates in the direction of other “church-focused” applications, though not in the same market – MediaShout, for one. “Look! They charge $400! You could still charge $300 and be competitive!” (I’m paraphrasing, but you get the idea)

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and the money given back to the taxpayers. Read the rest of this entry »

CUPERTINO, California – Apple surprised analysts and Mac fans everywhere today, when CFO Peter Oppenheimer revealed that Apple will indeed be creating and releasing new products at some point. Read the rest of this entry »