Macworld Expo - final day...
Jan 12, '07 07:48:00AM
Contributed by: robg
Today is the last day of Macworld Expo. I've had a busy, fun, and interesting week. Starting with the excitement of the iPhone, to the disappointment of no new Macs or Apple OS X applications, to the amazing stuff being shown in the 325+ booth on the show floor, it's been a whirlwind of a week.
I give my final talk today on the show floor, in the Macworld booth at 11am. The subject is, of course, Mac OS X Tips and Tricks...but with a twist. I'll be presenting things in a Jeopardy-like manner, showing the answer ("OS X can do this interesting thing...") and asking attendees to explain just how the trick is done. Anyone with a right answer will win something interesting from one of the vendors at the show. After each question (and hopefully answer), I'll demonstrate the solution. At the end, we'll do some sort of random giveaway for any unclaimed prizes. So if you're at the show, stop by around 11am and see if you can pick up a nice prize (limit one per attendee!).
For those who are curious as to what I've been doing all week, and who may not read macworld.com regularly, read the rest of the article for a summary of my week's activities over there (including a couple of podcasts).
Here's a list of what I've written (or in two cases, spoken) over on macworld.com this past week...
- iDisapointed: My reaction to the Expo keynote. This one inspired countless hate mails from folks who claimed I was slamming Apple, didn't "get it" relative to the importance of the iPhone, etc. (I also had a number of "yea, I agree!" messages.) If you haven't read it yet, keep in mind it's just my reaction to the keynote itself, not the iPhone, the Apple TV, or the future of Apple :).
- Keynote roundtable podcast: Four Macworld employees, including yours truly, sitting around talking about what we learned in the keynote.
- How not to start an Expo presentation: How come my first talk almost didn't start on time, and what I had to do to fix the (self-induced) problem.
- Don't crowd the iPhone: A short humorous story about what happened when I got just a little too close to the iPhone on Wednesday afternoon.
- Ten iPhone suggestions: I love the iPhone, at least what I've seen and read of it. I definitely want one. But based on what we've been told, there are some things that seem to be missing, at least in my opinion. My list of ten things I'd like to see addressed at some point in the iPhone's future -- if it's truly going to replace my Treo, it's going to have to do at least some of them!
- Attention grabbers: A short writeup with a couple of photos of a unique Maxtor advertising display.
- Non-Apple goodies podcast: Four Macworld editors, discussing the cool and interesting products that aren't from the good folks in Cupertino. There was some really good stuff this year, in both hardware and software.
And now, to wait for the hopeful Apple Special Event to launch Leopard, iLife, iWork, new monitors, and, of course, new Macs!
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Mac OS X Hints
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20070112072853691