Apple Snow Leopard 10.6 first reactions
Here are my first reactions to the 10.6 Snow Leopard upgrade. The installation process was a big improvement over previous 10.x installs. To note the initial install process happens before the reboot. Once all the install config processes are complete the machine will reboot and begin the install. It took me about 30-45 min to complete the whole process.
Pros
- Bootup time is faster. 12 Sec from chime to the login screen.
- I reclaimed 12GB of disk space.
- QuicktimeX appears to be a free Pro version upgrade but does not have all the editing features my full version has (legacy version can be installed as well).
- Quick access to expose' from the dock is nice
- I was able to remove extra language fonts and language translations during the install process.
Cons
- My screen calibrations were reset
- MY AppleTalk Printers were removed. I had to reconnect to them all via their IP address.
- My desktop pictures were reset (once I opened the control panel they magically were set back)
- In Photoshop CS4 brush shapes/sizes disappear and turn into the default pointer when you click.
- My Apple Server Admin tools was removed
- Some of my wireless locations will not join automatically.
- TimeMachine was turned off for some reason.
Top interactive & ad agency websites
I figured I'd put together this list as a resource to look at and see what some of the top
interactive and ad agencies are doing and how they are doing it with their websites.
I often find it beneficial and inspiring to look around the industry and see what's happening.
I hope you find something inspiring from this.
Top interactive agencies (source Adage top 50)
1. Avenue A/Razorfish - http://www.razorfish.com
2. Sapient - http://www.sapient.com/
3. digitas - http://www.digitas.com/
4. Agency.com - http://www.agency.com
5. Ogilvy Interactive - http://www.ogilvy.com/o_interactive/
6. grey interactive - http://www.greyinteractive.com/
7. publicis modem - http://www.publicismodem.com
8. organic - http://www.organic.com/
9. tribal ddb - http://www.tribalddb.com/
10. IMC2 - www.imc2.com
11. r/ga - http://www.rga.com/
12. AKQA - http://www.akqa.com/
13. Leapfrog Online - http://www.leapfrogonline.com/
Top Ad agencies (source - ad brands)
1. Mccann Erickson - http://www.mccann.com/
2. BBDO - http://www.bbdo.com
3. Wieden+Kennedy - http://www.wk.com/
4. The Martin Agency - http://www.martinagency.com/
5. Goodby Silverstein - http://www.goodbysilverstein.com
6. Ogilvy Mather - http://www.ogilvy.com/
7. tbwa - http://www.tbwa.com/
8. Saatchi Saatchi - http://www.saatchi.com
9. Leo Burnett - http://www.leoburnett.com/
10 Crispin Porter + Bogusky - http://www.cpbgroup.com/
Install Boxee On your AppleTV
Boxee is sort of this really cool social network for streaming Video, photos etc. to your laptop or HDTV. I personally enjoy using it in conjunction with my AppleTV to add streaming content and expand it's capabilities.
Sorry but, I'm a true blood Mac dude so my instructions will be for a Mac.
The Windows instructions are available through the links I'm providing.
First you will need to create a patch stick that will allow you to install the boxee as well as a few other resources to allow everything to work correctly.
I use the atvusb-creator. You will need a thumb drive that is at least 512MB by their instructions. I actually used a 256MB drive and all worked perfectly.
Follow the steps for creating your patch stick.
Take your patch stick and place it in the USB slot on the back of your AppleTV and hold down minus (-) and the Menu button on the AppleTV remote
to reboot the device. If this step is done properly, you will see the system reboot. Instead of the Apple during boot you will see the Linux mascot "Tux" sitting
on an AppleTV. Then you will see the output of the installation. Read through the output and check that there were no errors. If not your good to go.
Head over to Boxee and set yourself up an account. You will need to set you credentials before you can enter Boxee.
You will notice that there are some new choices in the AppleTV menu. I always run the updates from that menu to ensure that everything is compatible with the current OS on the AppleTV. Typically when Apple releases a new version of the AppleTV OS Boxee may or May not break. If so then just redo the steps above.
If you need further assistance Boxee has created a more detailed version of this install on their Wiki site http://wiki.boxee.tv/AppleTV_Installation.
Good luck playing with your AppleTV