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Resize Video Podcasts for AppleTV in iTunes.

I’m not sure if this is something new, or if it has been around for quite some time, but I just stumbled on it today so I thought I would pass the information along to you guys. Did you know that you can click on the podcast episode and convert the format in iTunes? [...]

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Google Releases Calaboration: Tool to import Google Calendars to iCal

We’ve messed with some “early, in dev stuff,” and have shown you guys how to save a quick buck and use Google’s method for syncing your calendars. The process wasn’t easy, but it worked like a charm (I’ve been using if for the last 4 months). Well, Google has officially released a utility [...]

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A Beginner’s Guide to Video: Part One

Complexity is an unfortunate byproduct of technology. Many substantial innovations we have seen in the last hundred or so years are very hard to understand on the surface. The process of compression is incredibly hard to understand in full unless you feel like studying volumes upon volumes of specifications for codecs (Compressor/Decompressors). Luckily, we don’t have to understand the intricacies of compression to use it handily. Before I continue further about compression, there are some important highlights about video sources that I need to touch on.

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Creating video animations on the cheap with keynote.

Who needs motion? For most of us, motion is a little overkill.  Sure it creates pretty little animations for your videos, but so does keynote.  Yup, you heard me right. Keynote lets you create an animation and export it as a .mov file, so you can use it in your home videos, podcasts, screencasts, and [...]

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Make Your Desktop Cheerier

Ho ho ho! As Christmas draws closer, I start looking for more ways to deck my halls with boughs of holly. As I spend a large portion of my day working on my Mac, it only makes sense that I would want to expand my decorations to my desktop too. Well, I looked around, and [...]

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