http://www.toddstauffer.com Mac guy, tech author and alt-weekly publisher Todd Stauffer. Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:33:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a big deal...Netflix is moving from a DVD-based service to a streaming based service, and the lack of Mac support up until now has been a stumbling block. Now, though, there's a beta of the Netflix player for Mac! This could be big -- if Netflix can figure ... http://www.toddstauffer.com/2008/11/netflix-player-in-beta-for-mac/ On Wednesday, Apple reported one of its best quarters in its history, including the incredibly revelation that they'd sold more iPhone 3Gs in one quarter than they'd sold iPhones since their introduction. Apple posted revenue of $7.9 billion and a profit of $1.14 billion, compared to $6.22 billion and net ... http://www.toddstauffer.com/2008/10/apple-posts-huge-numbers/ If you're up and running with your "Web 2.0" blog and looking for some interesting widgets and other tools to add another dimension to your blogging, AdaptiveBlue is worth a look. The widgets are fun -- you can show your NetFlix queue, NYTimes best sellers, Rolling Stone movie reviews -- ... http://www.toddstauffer.com/2008/09/adaptiveblue-worth-a-look/ Just a quick note that this guy is doing some really fun work with WordPress templates, creating some exciting magazine and "conversation" driven templates. One of his templates, Arthemia, I intend to use for BOOM Jackson magazine; another is Platformate, which is a really interesting layout for a site that ... http://www.toddstauffer.com/2008/08/great-wordpress-templates/ I just came across BuddyPress, which is (or will be) a collection of plug-ins for WordPress MU (multiuser), that makes turns MU from what it is -- a blogging platform for multiple users -- into what it could be -- a full social network. The plug-ins allow you to create ... http://www.toddstauffer.com/2008/08/buddypress-very-interesting/ In the past week I've found myself spending a little too much time after work on my AT&T customer page (now that I'm, regrettably, an AT&T customer) wondering if there's a handset I'd like more than my iPhone -- even if I have to pay to upgrade. (Or, once selected, ... http://www.toddstauffer.com/2008/08/five-more-gripes-about-my-iphone/ I was logging in to moderate comments this afternoon and accidentally clicked on the link to Dave Johnson's blog in my blogroll where I found that sometime in the past year -- much to my amazement -- he had actually published a page of old audio clips from the "Peak ... http://www.toddstauffer.com/2008/07/showcase-dank-showcase/ I was surfing Ning sites and came across this guy's profile page and pic. If I'd have been drinking Coke, it would have come out my nose. (I love that he's shooting from a little Heineken mini-keg.) He's a member of Bobalicious in Canada, which is apparently a social network ... http://www.toddstauffer.com/2008/07/enjoyed-the-pic-beer-dude/ I appreciate what this reviewer is saying about my book...sometimes it's tough to "hit" just right with the marketing, cover design and so on. The truth its, a lot of folks worked hard on the book (editors, tech editors, copyeditors, publicists) and not just me. But it's a pleasure to ... http://www.toddstauffer.com/2008/07/nice-review-of-htde-with-web-20-blog/ Yes, it took me forever to finally make the leap to an iPhone but, now that I've been up and running with my iPhone for a few weeks, and I've got to say that I'm a little underwhelmed. Switching from a Blackberry has been interesting on two fronts. First, I ... http://www.toddstauffer.com/2008/06/iphone-not-a-great-phone/