Fast Company's June 2011 issue had an article about the Surui Amazon tribe and what they are doing to combat the logging destroying the Amazon. What caught my eye was the photograph (taken by Ivan Kashinsky). The leader of a tribe living in the Amazon jungle has a new MacBook Air. Apple really ...
Steve Jobs was a true leader
I'll have more to say about this in time, but Steve Jobs' resignation as CEO of Apple is a sad day for the company and for me personally. I worked for him, briefly, when he returned to Apple in the late nineties, when the company was chaotic and vulnerable. Even then it was apparent to me that the ...
Take Mac Breaks with Time Out
Now that I'm doing exercises to strengthen my weak knees, I've resolved to get up from my desk and stretch a few times a day as well. But it's hard to force myself to take breaks; even if I set an alarm, I tend to just turn it off and keep working. I found a free program for the Mac in the App ...
Solid State Drives in the MacBook Air
What is a Solid State Drive (SSD), and what are the options for SSDs inside a MacBook Air? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqjRTjkipp0[/youtube] Transcript of the video: There are two kinds of drives you can have inside your Mac laptop, unless you have a MacBook Air, in which case you ...
How to set up Lion Server via Screen Sharing (VNC)
We just set up our first Mac mini with Lion (Mac OS X 10.7) Server preinstalled. Being a server, it will have no keyboard, mouse, or screen attached to it. We needed to go through its initial configuration remotely. Apple theoretically makes this easy for you. If you download their Server Admin ...
What’s the Difference between Thunderbolt and USB on the Mac?
Apple recently announced Thunderbolt, a new way of connecting devices and transferring data. New Macs now have a Thunderbolt port as well as USB ports. How is Thunderbolt different from USB 2.0 (which is what most computers have these days)? Thunderbolt can transfer data at speeds of up to 10 ...