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MPN, LLC Copyright 2003-2007 Page 2 of 149 Volume 5 Issue 8 August 2007 MPN, LLC Copyright 2003-2007 Page 3 of 149 Volume 5 Issue 8 August 2007 MPN, LLC Copyright 2003-2007 Page 4 of 149 Volume 5 Issue 8 August 2007 ______________________________________________ 7 Letter from the CEO ___________________________________________________________ 7 iPhonomics or Status Symbol? _________________________________________________ 7 Rants, Raves and Revelations – August ____________________________________________ 9 Adventures in Recipe Hunting – You’re likely still looking in the wrong places and missing great food!_________________________________________________________________ 9 Rants, Raves and Revelations – August ___________________________________________ 15 Application Deinstallers — Why Bother ________________________________________ 15 Know How Network__________________________________________________________ 23 Cross the Digital Divide and Get Where You’re Going Faster _______________________ 23 Managing Team Fireworks___________________________________________________ 24 The Northern Spy ____________________________________________________________ 28 iPhone, iRings, iPotter ______________________________________________________ 28 Raiders of the Apple/Macintosh Ark #1___________________________________________ 32 Best free downloads, shareware and demos ______________________________________ 32 Roughly Drafted _____________________________________________________________ 37 Phony Rage About iPhone Price and Profits _____________________________________ 37 Mac Security 101 ____________________________________________________________ 44 Get Your Laptop Back: LoJack For Laptops _____________________________________ 44 The iPhone Review___________________________________________________________ 46 Doc_Babad's Macintosh Tips - A Macintosh Tip or Three… __________________________ 61 Views from the Ivory Tower -August 2007 ________________________________________ 70 __________________________________________________ 73 Dreamweaver CS3 – The Missing Manual_________________________________________ 73 Head First PMP – A Brain-friendly Guide _________________________________________ 75 The Online Advertising Playbook: Proven Strategies and Tested Tactics from the Advertising Research Foundation__________________________________________________________ 77 _____________________________________________ 79 Elgato turbo.264 Video Encoder_________________________________________________ 79 Future Sonics Atrio™ Series model m5 (Black) ____________________________________ 82 Jawbone – Bluetooth Headset___________________________________________________ 85 LapWorks Aluminum Desk Stand Review_________________________________________ 88 QuickerTek nCard____________________________________________________________ 90 _____________________________________________ 92 CleanApp 2.3.1 — An enhanced variant of an application removal tool__________________ 92 FilePathCM 1.0 — A contextual menu for copying the path of a file or folder to the clipboard100 MoofMenu 1.7 — A menubar add-on that allows serious thinning of your docks clutter____ 103 NoteMind 1.5.3 – A Notepad Database combined personal Information Manager _________ 111 MPN, LLC Copyright 2003-2007 Page 5 of 149 Volume 5 Issue 8 August 2007 ____________________________________________ 122 Corporate Identity Creator 1.5 _________________________________________________ 122 CSSEdit___________________________________________________________________ 127 GarageBand 203: Podcasting in GarageBand______________________________________ 130 Live Interior 3D 1.1 _________________________________________________________ 133 MarsEdit __________________________________________________________________ 142 Advertisers Index ___________________________________________________________ 147 Amazon.com _____________________________________________________________ 147 Apple Store for Individuals__________________________________________________ 147 Apple Store for Businesses in the USA ________________________________________ 147 Laughingbird Software _____________________________________________________ 147 TeachMac _______________________________________________________________ 147 Advertising Information ______________________________________________________ 148 Statistical Analysis ______________________________________________________ 148 Advertising with macCompanion ___________________________________________ 149 Site Ad Rate ___________________________________________________________ 149 Affiliations ____________________________________________________________ 149 Sponsorships ___________________________________________________________ 149 MPN, LLC Copyright 2003-2007 Page 6 of 149 Volume 5 Issue 8 August 2007 Letter from the CEO iPhonomics or Status Symbol? By Robert Pritchett Did Steve Gillmor coin the term “iPhonomics”? http://gesturelab.com/?p=82 Did Dan Farber spread the iPhonomics Gospel? http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5301 Has Krishnan’s Krishwords gone too far? http://www.krishworld.com/blog/mobile/iphonomics/ Who will be the first to provide a definition of iPhonomics on Wikipedia? With Apple shares going through the roof because of the hyperhype over the iPhone, the whole series dedicated to it by Daniel Eran at Roughly Drafted – http://www.roughlydrafted.com and folks taking outrageous jabs at Apple saying that the opportunity costs are too high for buying an iPhone, and some folks having way too much fun writing and singing about it - http://www.surfbits.com/?p=1211 what are we to believe? Everything that comes from Apple is a godsend? As an Authorized Apple Professional and reseller, I still do not have permission to sell the device – and because I am not a direct employee of Apple, I will not get one as part of my “employment” either. Others have had even more fun doing research on alternatives to the iPhone such as Scott Gilbertson - http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2007/07/iphone and MarketCircle with their iPhoney web simulator - http://www.marketcircle.com/iphoney/ and those who would aspire to being the next iPhone millionaire - http://applephoneshow.com/ and http://barcamp.org/iPhoneDevCampApps with their iPhone apps. MPN, LLC Copyright 2003-2007 Page 7 of 149 Volume 5 Issue 8 August 2007 Okay, let me take a stab at it – iPhonomics are all the costs associated with using an iPhone. It is more than just the rate plans over 2 years plus the cost of the device itself - http://www.apple.com/iphone/easysetup/rateplans.html This electronic unit is the center of the peer-pressure and the coolness factor – it is an instant status symbol. I really believe it is like the way girls will go out with guys who have cool cars. (If you can afford an iPhone, you may be able to support me for life and help raise our future children.) And all those folks who figured they’d get extra iPhones to sell on eBay were sadly disappointed when Apple flooded the marketplace with the unit. Talk about lost opportunity! So when engineering development costs are amortized and the unit come down and the other telephony carriers can get a piece of the action besides AT&T, we will see iPhone 2 or by then maybe iPhone 3 and I can afford one. Now if I had put all my money into Apple stock a few years ago when I told everyone to buy it, I could afford one today – warts and all. We have a new class structure – those who can afford an iPhone – and those who cannot. And that is what iPhonomics is really all about. Perhaps one of the best discussions surrounding iPhonomics may be the Mac Roundtable podcast of 2007.07.16 - http://www.macroundtable.com/ We also were given permission to reprint Terry White’s iPhone review in this issue of macCompanion. Digging Deeper CRMing on the iPhone - http://www2.etelos.com/iphone/ iPhone Atlas - http://www.iphoneatlas.com Availability Lists http://www.blackfriarsinc.com/Maps/iPhones.html http://www.apple.com/retail/iphone/ http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=7372 iPhone Chat - http://www.publictivity.com/iphonechat/ iPhone Fonts - http://daringfireball.net/misc/2007/07/iphone-osx-fonts iPhone Matters - http://www.iphonematters.com/ iPhone The Missing Manual http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596513740/index.html