Leopard vs. Vista- Part 1: UI

As you all know, I will be starting a blogging series called Leopard vs. Vista. In this first part, I will talk about the “UI” of both Leopard and Vista.First, we need to know what UI is.

The user interface (or Human Machine Interface) is the aggregate of means by which people (the users) interact with a particular machine, device, computer program or other complex tool (the system). The user interface provides means of:

* Input, allowing the users to manipulate a system
* Output, allowing the system to produce the effects of the users’ manipulation.

When I first think of Leopard and Mac OS X in general, I think of beautiful, stunning, unique. The reason I like it so much is because Leopard is so easy to use, yet Vista has to many pop-ups, and the blockers do nothing.In the battle over UI, Mac OS X Leopard wins with out a doubt!

[Wikipedia]

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Weekend Apple Universe Schedule!

Apple Universe will be crazy this weekend! I can’t wait to have 3 great guests on the show to talk about Apple and tech! On Saturday, Cali Lewis from GeekBrief.tv, John C. Dvorak from PC Mag, and Ben Higginbotham from Technology Evangelist will also be on to talk about the Kindle!

Stay tuned for new Apple Universe episodes, and also check out the Apple Universe on the web!

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Leopard vs. Vista

In the next couple of days, and weeks, I will be starting a blogging series called Leopard vs. Vista. I will be talking about what Leoaprd has, and what Vista doesn’t.

I will say this now….I have knowledge of both operating systems, and I use Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on my PowerBook G4, and I use Microsoft Windows Vista on my AMD Machine.

More to come……

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Apple Universe Widget!

Today, during dinner, I took out my mac, and made my very first widget using Dashcode!

Here is the dowload link: DOWNLOAD

Tell me what you think by emailing me or by commenting on this post!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Hey Everyone!

Today is November 22, so it means its Thanksgiving! I am actually writing this blog post from the car. We are driving to San Francisco to celebrate Thanksgiving with friends!

Tomorrow is "Black Friday" My dad and I, in the morning will be going to Staples to buy a 500GB External Hard Drive.

Have a great Thanksgiving!

~Daniel

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Apple Universe is ROLLING!

Ever since coming back from being "offline," Apple Universe has been rolling! I have released 2 episodes to date, and recorded 4! Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I will record 2 more episdoes!

If you have any questions or comments, please email me! I will answer your emails with lots of joy 🙂

I still have 300+ Skitch invites. If you want one, email me!

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My new Mac!

In this blog post, I have two things to say.

1) Apple Universe is back!

I have been taking a little "break" from Apple Universe for school and such, but now I am back! I recorded Apple Universe Episode #70 today, and will record #71 tomorrow.

Although I am back, there is a new releasing schedule. I will record an episode on Saturday, and a episode on Sunday. I will release the Saturday recording on Monday and the Sunday episode on Thursday. This way the listeners will have something to listen for the whole week. If you have any question about this, please feel free to email me!

2) I have a new Mac!

In episode #70 of Apple Universe, I talked about my new Mac! Its a PowerBook G4 with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on it! I am very excited about this Mac, and I hope that with this, my Apple experience will be greater!

If you listen to the episode on Monday, you will know how I got it, and the specs of it.

Thank you everyone for your support and birthday wishes (yesterday was my birthday)!

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Separate Apple Universe blog

Technorati Tags: Apple Universe

With the coming of changes on my blog, the first will be a separate “blog” section in the Apple Universe tab on the right. The home page will will be here: Apple Universe on Daniel’s Blog. These changes will be coming in the next few days…..

~Daniel

Blog Changes!

My blog hasn’t seen much changes in the past few weeks. The last chnage was the great new header that I put in! I have beent talking with my friends Robert Scoble and Mike Cohen about some changes for the blog.

Robert made a great point saying that "Daniel’s Blog" isn’t very unique, and when you google it, millions of Daniel’s Blogs come up. This brought me up to change the name of my blog.

In the next few weeks, you might some changes here and there, so keep your eyes out!

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Qumana Blog Editor

Since I got my new mac…I had a couple of moments to try out some software on Leopard. One of these being Qumana. Here is a little about Qumana from thir website:

Qumana Software, Inc. (www.qumana.com) is a leading developer of tools and services for bloggers. Qumana’s industry recognized tools include: Qumana, a blog editor for online publishing; Q Reader (Lektora), an RSS Reader; and Q Ads, an advertising network for bloggers integrated into the Qumana tool.

Qumana Software develops tools for every blogger: PC & Mac, experienced & novice, and multi-lingual. Qumana Software is headquartered in Vancouver, BC.

So far, I really like Qumana, but you never know 🙂

There will be more information about my new mac to come in the future!

~Daniel