A PDF version of the ‘Digital Photography – Beyond Point and Shoot’ notes that Chuck Maas provided at the January Workshop is attached to this post and available for download.

Thanks again, Chuck, for leading the workshop and providing a great presentation at the January meeting.Digital Photography-Beyond Point & Shoot 2011-12-29

The February AAUG meeting will be your time to shine. We’re having an “open mike” night for both parts of the meeting. We’ll open the meeting with “My favorite apps.” This will be your chance to share your favorite iPhone/iPad/iTouch apps with other members. We’ll have a camera set up so that all you need to do is put your phone or iPad on the table and run the app. After the break, we’ll have a similar session with “My favorite Lion or Snow Leopard tip.” It doesn’t have to be an earth-shaker. Just something that you find yourself using regularly. It could be a piece of software like SuperDuper for backups, a keystroke like pressing the option key with the letter “g” gives the copyright symbol (©), or whatever.

As you may know, Chuck Maas presented the hardware side of photography in the January Saturday workshop. There were a lot of interesting questions during the workshop. Between answering the questions and having a lot of material to present, Chuck did not finish his presentation, so he’ll use part of this month’s Saturday workshop to finish. If there is interest, we can spend some time discussing how you can prepare for photographing the Fur Rendezvous and Iditarod. The remainder of the workshop will be spent working with Lion. We’ll start with setting up a trackpad and then talk about gestures, Launchpad, Mission Control and workspaces. By the way, the notes from Chuck’s presentation at the January general meeting are on the AAUG web site. The notes from his workshop will be posted there shortly.

Some of you may recall the tool kits that we gave as gifts a year ago. They came from a company called iFixit, which is dedicated to the proposition that things should be fixed rather than thrown away. Take a look at their blog, ifixit.org where they talk about the consequences of a wasteful society, as well as show that even an iPad 2 with a broken screen can be repaired. This is some interesting reading.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank lynda.com for supporting the Alaska Apple Users Group. We have been given the ability to do in-depth previews of the titles we are considering for purchase for our library and significant discounts. In addition, all AAUG members receive a discount for educational materials at the lynda.com site. Contact our site via email for the information.

I’m looking forward to seeing you Wednesday, February 1.

Bruce
President of the Board, AAUG

Reviewer: Ronald Schoedel, Alaskan Apple Users Group member
Product: Squids (iOS game)
Company: The Game Bakers
url: http://www.squidsthegame.com//
Price: $1.99 on Mac App Store
Pros: great graphics, neat characters, fun concept, new twist on familiar concept (RPG), easy to pick up, good for casual gaming a few minutes at a time.
Cons: none
Moose: 5

Conflict of interest disclosure: The Game Bakers provided a free copy of Squids for the purposes of the review.

Squids is a new game out on iOS–for both iPad and iPhone/iPod touch–which brings a light-hearted Angry Birds-like concept to a character-based RPG strategy game. It’s perfect for the casual gamer like me, who may not have hours to spend immersed in a game, but does have a few minutes here and there to complete a level.

First off, this is a beautiful game, as the screen shots below will attest. Going under the sea with the squids immerses the player into a world of animated plant and animal life, but not all is well under the sea! Corrupt shrimps and crabs threaten the happiness of the sea floor through their suspicious Black Ooze, and its up to your band of brave tentacled cephalopods to make the ocean safe again.

Each squid character has certain skills and techniques that you need to use to your advantage, while also mastering the art of using the squids’ stretchy tentacles to fling them in various directions, utilizing the environment around you to your advantage to the extent possible (such as coral, walls, fish, anchors, turtles, and plants). Furthermore, your squid can use special helmets that confer addition abilities. One squid character is a scout, who can propel himself over long distances. Another squid is a healer, who is more fragile herself, and yet another, named Clint, is a shooter–a cowboy squid, out to take the Black Ooze down. The graphics are cartoonish (in a good way) and colorful.

The 4+ rating is appropriate, and all of my children, ages 5 to 12, enjoy the game, too. Luckily, it works on (as far as I can tell) any iOS device as old as a 2nd generation iPod Touch, running iOS 3.2 or later. A tip of the tentacle to the Game Bakers for surprising me with an update during my review which added support for the older iPod touches in our household. It’s great when a developer adds to the hardware set their game will run on! Another big plus: one purchase gets you an app that plays on all iOS hardware that is supported: iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. A recent phenomenon I’ve noticed has developers releasing separate apps for iPhone and iPad, and usually charging 3 times as much for the iPad version. The Game Bakers have baked up a game that is served just as nicely on any device you may have.

With over 20 levels, which are mini-missions, or subplots in the overall story, the gameplay progresses in an entertaining and more challenging fashion. It’s easy enough (but not too easy!–you’ve got to figure out the physics/mechanics of getting your squids around the sea) to beat each level in a reasonably short time, making this game perfect for playing while waiting in line, riding the bus, or anywhere you’ve got a few spare minutes at a time. For $1.99, its a fun, clever, and cute game, one that I can find no reason not to recommend for even the most casual iPhone gamer.

Reviewer: Ronald Schoedel, Alaskan Apple Users Group member
Product: Age of Enigma (game)
Company: Casual Box Studio
url: http://www.ageofenigma.com/
Price: $7.99 on Mac App Store
Pros: amazing artwork, good game play, clever puzzles, haunting music, lots of mini games, good story.
Cons: none
Moose: 5

Conflict of interest disclosure: Casual Box provided a free copy of Age of Enigma for the purposes of the review.

Over Christmas break, I had the pleasure of playing Age of Enigma, a new puzzle game from Casual Box Studio. And not only did I play it, but I invited my twelve and ten year old sons to try it and give me their impressions as well. It was a hit all around.

My immediate impression was to modify the old Churchill quote: this game is an enigma wrapped in beautiful graphics, inside a compelling and haunting story. The idea is to free six ghosts, the souls of the maybe-not-so-dearly departed. A young woman called Ashley awakes from a nightmare and sets out on her quest to visit a frightening old house and help the ghosts get out, and back home.

Age of Enigma is a new twist on the puzzle game genre, updated to look hip and clever, with a style of animation that is current and visually stunning. The voices are well done, and the music is stirring and haunting. One of the best aspects of the game play was the various locales you get to visit. With the ghosts having their nativity in the lands of the Incas, Egypt, and other exotic locations, the game presents the unique puzzles in stunning visuals that bring the game alive in great color and detail. My favorite setting was old Japan. My kids loved the pirates and Incas.

I’ll admit, I love games and other software that are visually appealing. Age of Enigma has that, as well as an original storyline that makes it well worth your time, even if you’ve played a lot of puzzle games before. The level of detail in the artwork makes the game one that I could just stare at if I wanted to, but it also has great replay value, with the many mini-games, including one that is exclusive to the Mac App Store version of the game. I’m also the sort of person who sometimes enjoys the score of a film as much as the film itself, so I always pay close attention to music in games. The music in Age of Enigma adds much to the game play and makes the experience more immersive. Another plus is that the game has two levels of play: casual and adventure mode. More exploration and in-depth dialog is part of the adventure mode, whilst casual allows anyone to enjoy the game in a less time intensive version.

My ten year old son wanted me to put in this review, that “Age of Enigma is an amazing game for an amazing price.” My sons also mentioned that they enjoyed Age of Enigma as much as they enjoy the Sam and Max games, which is a strong compliment given their enthusiasm toward Sam and Max. At only $7.99 on the Mac App Store, this full story game is a steal. It comes highly recommended from everyone in my household, for sure. I’m told an iPad version is due out soon. For now, the game runs on Mac and Windows. This game is definitely an enigma worth wrapping yourself in.

Este viernes 20 de Enero nos reuniremos en el altillo del Restaurante Saladas de Elche Parque Empresarial de 21:30 a 01:00.

La siguiente reunión será el sábado 25 de Febrero también en Elche Parque Empresarial porque FileMaker Club Valencia celebrará la reunión de usuarios y desarrolladores FileMaker de invierno de 10 a 14 h.

Después comeremos en el Restaurante Saladas de 14 a 16 h.

Y celebraremos una tarde maquera con exposiciones maqueras de 16 a 19 h.

Quedan huecos para exposiciones maqueras, traed propuestas a la reunión del viernes 20.

Product: Call Recorder
Company: Ecamm Network
Contact: http://www.ecamm.com/mac/callrecorder
Price: $19.95
Pros: Call Recorder is made specifically for Mac. Very easy to install and to record and save.
Cons: Mac only

Product Rating: 4.5/5 Excellent

Review by Steve Aufrecht, AAUG Member

Disclosure: I received a free copy of Call Recorder through the Alaska Apple User Group for review.
System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or later; QuickTime 7 or later; Skype for Mac 2.5 or later

I wanted to record Skype video interviews for my blog. Call Recorder does exactly what I want, simply. I can record video calls, audio calls, and voice mail.

There are several options, which are clear enough that I was able to figure them out on the fly in the middle of the call.
You can record split screen (both sides of the chat), put yourself in a small box, or record just the call you’re receiving. The split screen examples on their website look fine. Mine had the two shots squished – too narrow and too tall.

At the end of the call, the file is saved and named with the callers Skype id as a quicktime file in the folder you designate.

The controls are very simple and can be set to open whenever you open Skype. (See the photo.) There is also a record button right on the Skype Preference menu.
You can adjust audio encoding, you can convert to MP3 or MP4.
You four options of video image size: 120X90, 160X120, 320X240, 640X480 which can be set before the call and stays at the setting until you change it.

This was essentially all I needed to know. The completed file was ready to drag into iMovie.

The quality of the video is not great, though I can’t tell how much is due to the Skype and how much to CallRecorder, though i think mostly it’s Skype related. The three calls I did ranged from decent (San Diego), OK (Holland) to poor (Kenya). The video was not perfectly synched to the audio (though it was during the Skype chats.) Only the San Diego video quality was good enough for me to have to resynch the audio and video.

You can also mark spots as the call is ongoing and it marks these as chapters. I haven’t tried this, though.

I was particularly happy with the simplicity of this software. You just push the button and it does the rest.

You can see the three videos I made using ecamm:

Kenya (terrible Skype quality)

Holland (much better Skype)

San Diego (Better Skype image, but I had to adjust the audio to synch with video)

I’m using an old Macbook 2.1 which is regularly having system memory problems, so, although ecamm says they compress the video to small files, I’ve been saving them on my external hard drive. But one 20 minute call was 29MB at 640X480.

Overall, I’m very pleased with Call Recorder for my needs. It is very simple to use which is important for me and the quality of the video is good enough for my needs, but certainly not great. Definitely not like the promo shot.

Product: TotalFinder (v1.3.2)
Company: Binary Age
Web: www.binaryage.com
Price: $18 from binaryage.com
Pros: Easy installation, makes Finder much easier to use, especially with tabs, can hide and recover Finder with a key stroke
Cons: None

Product Rating: 5/5 Excellent!

Conflict of interest: I purchased this with my own funds.

Finder is the window to your files in Mac OS X, but it is relatively limited in it’s ability to ease of display. Enter TotalFinder by Binary Age. This plug-in to Finder expands Finder’s capabilities in some simple, but very effective ways. It adds tabs, dual windows, cut and paste among others.

The tabs feature is similar to the tabs in Safari: each tab has an independent view of your files, but all within the same window. With Finder, on the other hand, you have to open a separate window for each view. This space saving feature is especially important on small screens such as on a laptop. You can save even more space but turning on the Visor capability. The Finder window can be hidden and recalled with a keystroke that you specify. The default is Option and single quote.

Another powerful feature is the ability to simultaneously display two views in the same window. This is useful when you want to directly compare the contents of two directories or when you want to drag files from one to the other. With both views within the same window, it takes less screen space than two separate Finder windows.

One capability of that TotalFinder brings is the option to cut and paste. This is distinct from Apple’s copy and paste in that the original file is deleted automatically after the copy. In UNIX, this is mv (move) command when used in a terminal window. It’s generally safe, but not as safe as copying a file, verifying the copy, and then deleting the file in its original location. I’ve never had a problem with cut and paste with TotalFinder, but based on my experience with UNIX and Linux, I tend to be conservative in its use. These are machines after all, and glitches occasionally happen. I would be disinclined to use it with important or very large files unless I had a backup; better to use copy and paste there.

TotalFinder has other capabilities, but that covers the ones I most frequently use. This is a well written and stable application that I highly recommend to all OS X users. If I have any reservations, it’s the fact that some users have posted problems on the web site that remain unanswered after over a week, but I suppose that is to be expected with a small developer. I tested TotalFinder with OS X 10.7.2 (Lion) on both a Mac Pro and a Macbook Air.

Chuck Maas’ sides from his presentation, “Considering your next digital camera” this evening are attached as a .pdf for you, the Alaskan Apple public, to enjoy.  Considering your next digital camera purchase – 20120102

Season’s Greetings to all AAUG members!

We had a white Christmas in southcentral Alaska complete with snow on the trees. Did you make any photographs of the scenery? Were you happy with your results? Chuck Maas, a professional photographer and AAUG member will discuss digital photography at both our January general meeting on Wednesday, January 4 and during the workshop on Saturday, January 7. Chuck will begin the discussion at the general meeting with “Considering your next digital camera purchase.” This should be of interest not just to those of you who are about to purchase a new camera. Even those of us who have no imminent plans to purchase a camera will learn a lot about cameras and their capabilities, some of which will undoubtedly apply to the cameras we already own.

Saturday’s workshop is titled “Digital Photography – Beyond Point and Shoot.” Chuck will discuss a number of digital photography principles important to becoming a better photographer. It will last two hours, starting at 10 a.m., at the First Covenant Church, 1145 C Street in Anchorage.

The second half of our general meeting will be an open meeting in which we’ll all have a chance to share our favorite tips and trick for the Mac OS X. I’ll start off with a Lion tip, and then introduce an app called TotalFinder. It’ll be open mic after that. Bring your favorite tip or trick and share it with your fellow AAUG members!

We’ll conclude the meeting with our door prize drawing and auction.

Wishing you a Happy New Year!
Bruce

La versión 4.1 de VMWare Fusion para Mac funcionaba en Snow Leopard y en Lion.

Hasta aquí nada anormal; lo interesante es que permitía instalar Mac OS X 10.6 y 10.7 cliente, además de servidor.

Después de probar, como pasatiempo, a instalar 10.6 cliente como invitado en un 10.7, más entretenido aún me resultó probar 10.7 cliente como invitado en un host 10.6.

10.6 invitado se puede instalar con 1 GB de RAM, pero 10.7 necesita 2 GB de RAM.

Ambos sistemas funcionan bien, una lástima haberlos borrado, pero bueno, queda el recuerdo.

Tremendo: Eso de ver que se puede borrar lo que no existe, je, je.

Sorry about this being late. I’m not even in Alaska as I write it! Nonetheless, I think there are good reasons for you to go to the December AAUG meeting ( Wednesday, Dec 7 at 7 p.m.). First, Ben Kerosky will tell us all that is important about iCloud. For those of you who are MobileMe or iTunes users, this is a :must-see” presentation. I wish that I could attend. The break will be special: Damon Absher is catering food for our Holiday meeting. Yet another reason to attend! As if that weren’t enough, we have some very special gifts for the winners of our drawing. You must be a member to win a gift, so join!

The workshop this Saturday (December 10) will cover more security topics as well as answers to your questions. Location and time unchanged. This is members only.

Happy Holidays to you and your family. I’ll see you again in the New Year.

Bruce M. Herman
President, AAUG

Product: Perfect Portrait 1 (Perfect Photo Suite 6)
Company: OnOne Software
Web: www.ononesoftware.com
Contact: 1-888-968-1468
Price: Full Version $299.95; Perfect Portrait 1 only: $99.95
Pros: 64 Bit ready, stand alone operation
Cons: None

Product Rating: 5/5 Excellent!

by Randy Brandon, AAUG Member

This Suite of Image effects is the Perfect Photo Suite 6 from OnOne Software.
The entire suite contains a total of 7 different, distinct plug-ins, and stand alone modules.

But the specific plug-in that I am reviewing is the Perfect Portrait 1 (part of the plugin suite).

Perfect Portrait 1 is simply a program designed to work on portraits.
This program was designed from the ground up to make your portraits look better.
Now accomplishing this feat is not such a simple thing to do. But Perfect Portrait 1 is one plug-in that truly makes this task look easier than it has ever been.

To start with, the install was painless, and I was up, and functional in no time.
I opened my first test image in Photoshop, and launched the Perfect Portrait 1 Plug-in.

Special Note: The Perfect Suite Plug-Ins are no longer located in the usual Filters pulldown menu,
they are now in the Window/Extensions pulldown menu in AdobePhotoshop.

First off, I love the menu layout. Everything appears up front, and finding the modules that you need to start to work is a pretty simple process. The first image that I opened up was a shot containing two people. Usually when Perfect Portrait opens up, it automatically finds a face in the image, which it did in this specific image. But since there were two faces in this image, I simply used the add face option, and selected a second face to work on.
Now, the really cool feature that I really liked was the way that Perfect Portrait automatically adds a separate menu layer for each face selected! This feature works great because it allows the user to perform specific retouching adjustments to each face, and not have to settle for a purely Global adjustment.

The layout, and controls for the Perfect Portrait 1 are very simple, and easy to navigate. It has a large preview window, a small toolbar to the left side, and larger adjustment windows along the right side, complete with a Navigator window. All in all a nice clean layout, and I found it to be very workable.

The right side panel consists of two basic tabs; one for Basic, and one for advanced menus. Under the Basic tab, the menus are: Faces, Skin Retouching, Skin Tune, Facial Features. Each of these panels contain various sliders to control adjustments like; blemishes, shine,warmth, and color shift.

The Advanced panel consists of the following panels; Faces, Skin Retouching, Skin Tune, and Facial Features, but these all have additional options for finer control.

So the process is a simple one; Simply open your image, then launch Perfect Portrait 1.
After Perfect Portrait is open, and has recognized the face in the image, then the user needs only make a few adjustments, check the results in the preview window, and you are finished.
Of course there are differences in the advanced window that are not available in the Basic window, but those are there for the end user to explore.

Like many programs, the real key to using it is in restraint, and not in simply sliding all of the controls to the maximum settings.

I tried out Perfect Portrait 1 with 1, 2, and 3 people in the image, and was pleasantly surprised at how versatile Perfect Portrait handled it. This program has many more built-in controls to enhance, the eyes, lips, and teeth, while smoothing skin blemishes, and texture.

Basically, all of the tools, menus and controls feel fairly intuitive, and are easy to locate.

One really great feature in Perfect Portrait 1 is the way that it automatically locates the faces of the people in the image, along with their features, like eyes and lips. This is a perfect way to get working asap on your image.

And because this plug-in also works as a complete stand alone, users can use this program without ever needing to use Photoshop, LightRoom, or Aperture.

Additionally, when using the brush tools, there is the added option of using the built in controls for Wacom tablets to control the brush sizes, and opacity settings.

In summary, Perfect Portrait 1 is a great program. I found it to be fast, intuitive, and simple to use. Just a great program, and one that will be used again, and again..

My System stats: I ran this program on a MacBook Pro 15”, 2.66 GigHz, Intel Core i7 processor, and 4 Gigs of RAM. All running on System 10.6.8

System requirements:
Apple Macintosh users must have the current maintenance release of Mac OS X 10.6 or 10.7 A Intel Core2 Duo, Xeon or better processor, 4 Gb of RAM, 4 Gb of free disk space. Display: OpenGL 2.0 Capable video card with 256 MB VRAM at 1280×800 and millions of colors or higher.
Adobe Photoshop CS4 or CS5, or Adobe Lightroom 2 or 3, Apple Aperture 2.1 or 3, Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 or 10

Addendum 1/1/12 from developer:
While the suite and Perfect Portrait may be used as a plug-in for Photoshop (as Randy did) and for Lightroom and Aperture, our suite and Perfect Portrait may also be used as stand alones. I thought that might be good news for any of your members who don’t use any of those other products. – Amy Chan, OnOne Software

Este programa, gratuito para uso privado, es perfecto para acceder a información o solucionar problemas en ordenadores o servidores desatendidos.

TeamViewer, líder de la industria, se especializa en el acceso remoto a sistemas Windows, Mac y Linux. TeamViewer ofrece además aplicaciones para acceso móvil a través del iPhone, iPad o dispositivos Android, llevando la oficina móvil a cualquier lugar.

TeamViewer Host para Mac garantiza que los usuarios tengan un acceso 24/7 a su Mac desde cualquier ordenador o terminal.
Gracias al nuevo módulo, puedes controlar un Mac desatendido mientras estás de vacaciones o simplemente te desplazas.

Cualquier profesional puede acceder a su Mac para recuperar archivos mientras trabaja desde la oficina de casa o cualquier otro lugar remoto. En cuanto a los informáticos, con este acceso permanente a los ordenadores y servidores de sus clientes habituales se garantiza una conexión rápida y práctica.

Instalar TeamViewer Host para Mac es muy fácil. El software se puede descargar en un minuto y cada ordenador recibe un ID y una contraseña únicos. Una vez finalizada la instalación, TeamViewer Host se ejecuta como servicio Mac y se inicia automáticamente con el ordenador.

Una vez instalado TeamViewer, se establece una conexión inmediata introduciendo el ID y la contraseña del ordenador desatendido. Una vez conectado, podrá controlar el ordenador o servidor como si estuviera sentado delante de él.

TeamViewer Host para Mac ofrece una serie de características clave que hacen que esta solución resulte atractiva para los administradores informáticos. El reinicio remoto puede utilizarse para reiniciar el ordenador desatendido. Esto es especialmente importante cuando se instala o se actualiza software en el ordenador. Además, y para asistencia adicional, se pueden cambiar los usuarios durante una sesión sin interrupción.

“En TeamViewer siempre estamos buscando maneras de optimizar las posibilidades de conexión,” declara Holger Felgner, General Manager de TeamViewer. “Sabemos que los usuarios de Mac estarán encantados con las posibilidades de acceso permanente además de la flexibilidad adicional que esto ofrece, mientras que los usuarios de Windows y Linux podrán colaborar perfectamente con sus homólogos Mac.”

TeamViewer Host para Mac es parte del nuevo TeamViewer 6. El software es compatible con Mac 10.4 OSX y versiones posteriores. Las licencias profesionales TeamViewer ofrecen un número ilimitado de instalaciones de Host.

Al igual que todas las soluciones de TeamViewer, TeamViewer Host para Mac cumple con los más altos estándares de seguridad, como la encriptación AES-256. La solución ha sido reconocida por diferentes organizaciones de control de calidad incluida Fiducia, que certifica TeamViewer para uso en el sector financiero seguro.

Acerca de TeamViewer GmbH
TeamViewer GmbH, empresa fundada en 2005, se dedica al desarrollo y la distribución de una gama alta de soluciones para la comunicación y la colaboración en línea. Disponible en más de 30 idiomas, TeamViewer cuenta con más de 100 millones de instalaciones en más de 200 países.

Date prisa, límite: el 18 de mayo. Hurry up, deadline: may 18th

(En ingles más abajo. English version below.)

Ableton, en colaboración con Microfusa, se complace en anunciar el primer evento de certificaciones en español de Ableton Live.

Los mejores profesores de Ableton Live de España volarán a Barcelona para pasar dos días de intensas pruebas. Los formadores que demuestren tanto el conocimiento de Ableton Live y sus excelentes habilidades para la enseñanza recibirán el título de “Instructor Certificado Ableton”.

Los interesados en participar en el programa deberán enviar su solicitud con  una carta de presentación, su Curriculum Vitae y un video demostrativo en el que se pueda observar como realizaría una clase en un centro de formación.

Para más detalles:

Fecha límite de inscrpción:
Miércoles, 18 de Mayo 2011

Fecha del evento:
Viernes, 10 de Junio y Sábado 11 de Junio 2011

Dónde:
Microfusa
Rda. Guinardó 65
08024 Barcelona

Más información:
http://www.microfusaservicios.com/certificacion-ableton

Saludos desde Berlín,

El Equipo de Ableton
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English version

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Hello,

Ableton, in partnership with Microfusa, is excited to announce the debut Spanish-language Certification Event.

Spain’s best and brightest Ableton Live teachers will come to Barcelona for a weekend of intense testing. Those trainers who demonstrate both Ableton Live expertise and excellent teaching skills will receive the title, Ableton Certified Trainer.

If you’re interested in participating in the program, please send an application with a letter of motivation, Curriculum Vitae and a demonstration video that shows you teaching in a classroom situation. More details below.

Application deadline:
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Event dates:
Friday, June 10th and Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Where:
Microfusa
Rda. Guinardó 65
08024 Barcelona

More information:
http://www.microfusaservicios.com/certificacion-ableton

All the best from Berlin,

The Ableton team

La App de la revista Fortune ha lanzado un artículo sobre el equipo de “management” en Apple, que sólo está disponible como in-app-puchase, que incluye algunas historias en principio desconocidas sobre Steve Jobs al frente de la compañía.

Una de las historias habla de como Jobs estaría preparando a su equipo para su futura ausencia, leo en Mac Rumors:

Steve Jobs hired dean of Yale School of Management Joel Podolny to run the Apple University, an internal group also featuring business professors and Harvard veterans that are writing a series of case studies to prepare employees for the life at Apple after Jobs. These case studies focus on Apple’s recent business decisions and internal culture, they are exclusive to employees and taught by top executives like Tim Cook and Ron Johnson.

Habrá que comprarlo porque en 9 to 5 Mac también se han hecho eco y se pueden encontrar cosas como éstas:

1. After the simultaneous, and more-or-less disastrous, launch of the iPhone 3G and MobileMe in the summer of 2008 — the launch one Gizmodo reader dubbed “iPocalypse” — Steve Jobs summoned the MobileMe team to the Town Hall auditorium on Apple’s (AAPL) Cupertino campus for an obscenity-laden dressing down. “You’ve tarnished Apple’s reputation,” he told them. “You should hate each other for having let each other down.” Then he named a new executive on the spot to run the team.
2. The sermon on the “Difference Between the Janitor and the Vice President” — a kind of managerial parable Jobs reportedly tells every exec who reaches the VP level
3. Apple’s radical approach to “P&L” (the financial statement by which individual managers in other companies are held responsible for profits and losses in their divisions) that turns the concept on its head
4. The effect Jobs’ “Top 100″ off-site meetings have on the employees who are invited and those who are left behind
5. An elaborate org chart — centered around Jobs — that includes dozens of VPs whose names you’ll never get from Apple PR (que abre el artículo)
6. The mission-critical task assigned to the “band of eggheads” that Jobs hired just before his second medical leave

Y por supuesto parece que ha alcanzado la web, en Mac Stories han sacado citas interesantes

Una joya para los que nos gusta la gestión y Apple ¿no os parece?

Saltando el detalle de que el Mac es un PC (estas comparativas suelen enfrentar a usuarios Mac vs. Windows … hay que tomarlo, como siempre,  con cierto escepticismo. Ya sabéis que existe un libro que se titula “cómo mentir con la estadística”… origen: unplggd

Por otra parte no deja de asustar cierta identificación ;-)

El nuevo producto de Apple, iDea e iDea2, en el blog Marketing Apple

¿Cómo reparar un Mac, un Windows y un Linux? Vía Seguridad Apple

Por fin Apple ha puesto en marcha la rumoreada comunidad de soporte online, los foros de soporte que siempre tuvo remozados aprovechando una seri e de tecnologías para ahacerlos más eficientes.

Junto a My Support Profile una herramienta más para darnos mejor servicio (y no tener únicamente controlada nuestra caretera, me temo).