Posted in 5min, Software, Technology, iPhone, mobile on Nov 10th, 2009
As an aspiring filmmaker/technophile, I have fantasized about wonderful iPhone apps that could help me accomplish whatever wild-hair idea I dreamt up from week to week. There are plenty of movie slate apps available, useful during film production, but I’ve been searching for an app to facilitate the preproduction brain storming stages.
Enter the Hitchcock app, [...]
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Posted in Software, Technology, web on Jun 1st, 2009
Unless you’ve been living under an Oprah-proof rock for the past few months, you’ve probably heard a thing or two about Twitter, the micro-blogging service that’s managed to rock the web and stir up a craze, from its early adopters to the latest celebs who are signing on and tweeting their hearts out.
While using the [...]
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Posted in Technology, web on Apr 27th, 2009
So you’ve been wanting to set up your own website, have you? Congratulations – you are making a step in the right direction towards web domination! If you are a Mac user, then getting started with your new online baby, your website, is probably even easier than you think, thanks to Apple’s [...]
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Posted in Entertainment, Music, Technology on Apr 12th, 2009
If you’re a musical snob like myself, it is probably only on rare and few occasions that you allow others to pack some external punch into your playlists, let alone dictate your listening choices. After all, why risk the chance of an Air Supply song creeping on you when you’re just getting the [...]
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Posted in 5min, Software, Technology on Mar 2nd, 2009
Picture this: you’re skipping merrily down the street, making the dreamlike trek from the Apple store nearest to your home, clutching your new Mac. You are in a state of utter bliss. You envision the painless setup process and the ease of transferring your data and synching your army of devices to the new member [...]
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As a dedicated albeit newbie MacHead, I’ve decided to greet each Monday here at 5min with some goodies your Mac desperately needs. Whether you’re a fledgling Mac user or a full-on groupie with life-size cardboard cutouts of Steve Jobs under your bed, I’m hoping this will bring you use, save you time, and above all [...]
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Posted in 5min, General, Holidays on Nov 27th, 2008
It’s that time of year again – Thanksgiving day, and a sense of autumn all around, or at least in the Northern Hemisphere. Alongside big birds that require heavy-duty carving, the L-trytophan tripping and the exciting feeling that Christmas is inching closer, Thanksgiving is – after all – about giving thanks.
Personally, I feel I have [...]
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