Background Noise: there's a fine, fine line...
Last website visited: :) apple, the forums, the coverage
Mood: contemplative
Right now i want... an extra $3k would be nice...

So! the keynote is come and gone and left us with much to discuss. i orginally had a much more interesting intro, but, sadly, i closed the window before i could submit so i lost it. anyways, i'll soldier on....

a more complete breakdown will follow, with my impressions of the Dashboard / Konfabulator
scandal/debate specifically, but for now, sit back, and enjoy the read.


New Displays!

Big is Beautiful.

30" - $3299.00
23" - $1999.00
20" - $1299.00

Tiger!

Spotlight:
Tiger introduces Spotlight, a radically new and lightning fast way to find anything saved on your personal computer. Email messages, contacts and calendars, along with files and folders, all show up in Spotlight results.

iChat AV

Tiger iChat AV puts multi-way video and audio conferencing right on your Desktop with new video technology that delivers significantly better picture quality.
Up to 10 people in simultaneous audio chat, 4 in video-chat.

Safari RSS

Scan all the latest news, information and articles from thousands of your favorite major news organizations, community web sites and personal weblogs in one simple-to-read, searchable article list using Safari RSS.

Dashboard

The Dashboard zooms on top of your Desktop with a click of a function key and, like Exposé, disappears just as quickly and easily. Use the Dashboard to access nifty new mini-applications called Widgets.


Automator
Introducing Automator, an innovative personal automation assistant that will help you streamline the most challenging repetitive manual tasks without programming. It works like a robot inside your computer.
Workflow scripting. Cool.

XCode 2
With Xcode 2.0, the second major release of Apple’s groundbreaking development tools, Apple continues to bring together the ease of use of Mac OS X, the power of Unix and a mix of high-performance development technologies. Xcode 2.0 is the fastest way for developers to create Mac OS X applications and the easiest way to take advantage of new Apple technologies.

Core Image
Core Image unlocks the performance of today’s powerful graphics hardware. Now, ultra-fast, pixel-accurate image processing is built right into Tiger.
Adobe, you have a problem.