Linked List: January 7, 2009

Wednesday, 7 January 2009

‘The Noises Rest’ 

“When the Silent Film Institute calls, your phone doesn’t ring. You just have to know when to pick it up.”

Clint Ecker on the AppleScript Support in Numbers and Pages ’09 

Good news:

With iWork ’09, some of these deficiencies have been remedied. Users still don’t have the unlimited (maybe too extensive?) power of Excel and VBA, but the foundation has been duly laid in both Numbers and Pages ’09, allowing developers and individuals with AppleScript prowess to automate almost any aspect of either application.

Sebastiaan de With on the New UI Details in iWork and iLife ’09 

Good analysis along with a copious number of screenshots.

State of the DSLR Market, January 2009 

Neat collage from Derek K. Miller showing nearly 40 digital SLR (or sort-of SLR) cameras on the market today.

How Many Mac Users Use Microsoft Office? 

Todd Bishop:

About 77 percent of Mac users in the U.S. are running Microsoft’s Office for Mac, the Redmond company said today.

I know Office for Mac is a huge seller, but 77 percent sounds crazy high to me.

Piling On 

The Macalope:

Was it a great keynote? Well, no. Phil Schiller actually did a great job delivering it. Has anyone watched CEOs from other companies? They’d be lucky to have their keynotes delivered by Schiller, let alone Jobs. Apple followers are spoiled.

The problem is he just didn’t have that much to announce. But expecting pie-in-sky items like new iPhones and iPods is just jackassery in the third degree.

BusyCal 

BusyCal is an upcoming (“available in spring 2009”) $40 calendaring app from the makers of the excellent BusySync. Ballsy move, making a competitor to the free iCal.