MacFormat asked me for a pastiche of a Victorian advertising poster for a feature on essential Mac applications. continue
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Victorian attitudes
on 22 July 2010
How to buy an old Mac
on 21 July 2010
Thanks to Apple’s build quality, old Macs rarely die – they just end up on eBay. You can get a usable machine from under £100. continue
Shared Content in QuarkXPress 8
on 7 May 2010
Shared Content is a feature that’s been available in QuarkXPress since version 6, but is often overlooked. continue reading excerpt
The top 40 ways to get more done on your Mac
on 23 April 2010
Every year, the latest Macs get faster and faster. But do we? No matter how many teraflops it can flip, your computer’s ability to save you time and effort depends on you finding your way around its features and functions. continue reading excerpt
Five reasons* to be excited about Adobe CS5
on 23 April 2010
It’s only software – but for creative types, every upgrade to Adobe’s professional bundle can be a life-changing experience. continue
Working with special OpenType glyphs
on 23 April 2010
An extension of TrueType, OpenType can also accommodate PostScript data, allowing fonts created in both formats to be converted. It also adds new features, notably vastly expanded character tables, allowing variants such as oldstyle numerals, small caps and even complete foreign alphabets to be included in a single font file, and automatic alternates, so a different letter shape or ‘glyph’ will be selected for a character depending on which characters come before and after it. continue reading excerpt
Why Cory Doctorow is wrong about the iPad
on 3 April 2010
Blogging in response to somebody else’s blog is not usually my style, but Cory Doctorow’s anti-iPad rant on BoingBoing is so well written and so wrong that it’s impossible to ignore. continue
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Illustrations without Illustrator
on 26 March 2010
DTP software was conceived as a jack of all trades and master of none. You’d prepare your photos in Photoshop, illustrations in Illustrator and words in Word, then import them. These days, though, it’s increasingly feasible to do it all in InDesign. continue reading excerpt
How to buy a Mac
on 8 March 2010
The Apple Store is the perfect symbol of the company and products we’ve come to know and love: it’s gorgeous, shiny, enticing and impossible to ignore. But there are plenty more options, because Macs are available these days from a greater variety of outlets than ever before. So where should you shop, what should you choose, how can you buy it safely, and is there any way to shave a few quid off that exquisitely typeset Apple Store price tag? Read the full article in MacFormat issue 219, on sale now.
Service that’s so bad, it’s beyond logic
on 26 February 2010
The trouble with being a Mac user is it lulls you into a false sense of security. It’s like what happens with snow. In most northern countries people aren’t surprised by it, and just trudge around looking resigned until it goes away again. Windows users have the same kind of relationship with stuff that fails to work, does the opposite of what they meant, or tells them to wait while the system restarts to complete installation of another essential update. continue
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