Playing Along with GarageBand ‘09
Monday, February 2nd, 2009Back in college, I played around with the guitar in a very informal, self-taught way. For some reason, I fell out of the habit of practicing and left it untouched for about 20 years. When GarageBand ‘09 came out with its “Learn to Play” feature, I thought I’d give it a try both with guitar [...]
iPhoto ‘09 – Putting Faces Through Its Paces
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009I spent last night installing iLife ‘09 and trying out the Faces facial recognition feature in the new version of iPhoto. The usability in the application is excellent. I’m a terrible one for reading instructions. My preference is to just jump in and see how much of a device or piece of software I can [...]