O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference: October 25 - 28, 2004

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Mac OS X Innovators Contest Update  The winners have been notified for the 2004 Mac OS X Innovators Contest. Here's a look at the judging process, and some information about what happens from here.   [MacDevCenter.com -- Mac Innovators Contest]

The Canon 20D DSLR: First Impressions in the Field  Serious amateur digital photographers who have avoided pricey DSLRs can now put their compact digital cameras aside and get serious with the new Canon 20D digital SLR. With camera in hand, Randal Schwartz reports from the field.   [O'Reilly Network]

Programming With Cocoa
Programming With Cocoa: An Introduction to RubyCocoa, Part 1  RubyCocoa is a framework that provides a bridge between the Ruby programming language and the Cocoa framework. In this tutorial, Christopher Roach shows you how to use this tool by walking you through the steps for creating a simple GUI for the Unix tar program.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Move Beyond Amateur Filmmaking  The jump from casual video recording to professional filmmaking requires more steps than many artists realize. Sonoma County filmmaker Susan Boyer walks you through the paces in this illuminating article.   [O'Reilly Network]

Mac OS X for the Traveler, Part 5  In this final installment of Mac OS X for the Traveler, François Joseph de Kermadec shares some of his most clever tips for surviving on the road. You might not follow every one of these precautions. But as his editor, I've noticed already that they are in the back of my mind as I prepare for a trip, and I've made some nice adjustments as a result. I hope this series has added a dose of preventive medicine to your travels, too.   [MacDevCenter.com]

PepCom "Holiday Spectacular" Event Offers Early View of New Digital Cameras, MP3 Players and More  Pepcom's Holiday Spectacular (NYC) provided a good look at a roomful of mostly-consumer/professional-oriented products -- digital cameras/camcorders and related peripherals, MP3 players, handhelds/PDAs, cell phones, notebook computers, and some random doodads and doohickeys. Daniel Dern reports.   [O'Reilly Network]

Introduction to Quartz 2D for QuickDraw Programmers  Apple is moving from QuickDraw to Quartz for the handling of 2D graphics in Mac OS X. Scott Thompson introduces you to the concepts behind Quartz 2D, and explains how to make the transition from QuickDraw.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Top Ten Tips for Mac OS X Con 2004  The upcoming O'Reilly Mac conference will be different than your typical tech gathering--requiring that you prepare differently, too. Program chair Derrick Story shares his top ten "getting ready" tips for this innovative event.   [MacDevCenter.com]

A Quick Guide to Digital Shoeboxes  You like taking all of those digital photos, but what do you do with them after you put them on your computer? Giles Turnbull looks at four digital shoeboxes that can help you organize your image library.   [O'Reilly Network]

Mac OS X for the Traveler, Part 4  As with so many things in life, preparation is the key to success. In this week's installment, you'll read about how to pack just the right amount of equipment, and how to make sure the data on it is fit for travel.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Wireless Security and the Open1X Project  Open1X is an open-source project focusing on network security. The wireless adoption of this technology is referred to as 802.1X. In this interview, Matthew Gast travels to the University of Utah to talk to Chris Hessing and Terry Simmons, who are intent on bringing standards-based wireless security to Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows clients.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Applying "Digital Hub" Concepts to Enterprise Software Design, Part 5  So far, Adam Behringer has covered an enterprise software architecture based on a flexible "hub" that stores and vends data to a number of cross-platform tools and apps using a standard XML "spoke." In this fifth installment, he shows you how to build (with Cocoa) a client module that will work with the XML data.   [MacDevCenter.com]

More Inside News on O'Reilly's Mac OS X Conference  We've added top-level Apple-employed speakers to the conference faculty. And yes, some have been approved to talk about Tiger. Here's the latest inside scoop on the upcoming Mac OS X event.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Acrobat to a Paperless Office  Adobe Acrobat is an excellent program for document distribution. Most users are familiar with the freely available Acrobat Reader, allowing anyone to view PDF documents. The full-blown version of Acrobat offers a range of tools to manage document distribution beyond just converting other formats to PDF. Julie Starr shows you how to use these tools to design the paperless office.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Mac OS X for the Traveler, Part 3  This is the third part of a series discussing how to travel safely with your Mac OS X laptop. Today's focus is software encryption and those pesky networks you have to deal with on the road.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Browsers that Aren't Browsers  These days, we no longer simply browse the Web as much as we mine it. You have your favorite browser for viewing pages, but Giles Turnbull thought you might enjoy learning about a few new-generation web tools, too. He illustrates in this article.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Keeping Up Developer Relations Worldwide  Paris is bustling with Mac users from all over Europe. The big news, of course, is the iMac G5. Julie Starr reports from the show floor.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Mac OS X for the Traveler, Part 2  This is the second part of a series that will run over the next few weeks discussing how to travel safely with your Mac OS X laptop. Now that you've made your travel preparations as described in part one, you can now think about getting all of your equipment on the plane safely.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Java Programming on the Mac
Java Programming on the Mac: A Rendezvous with Java  With Apple's release of the Java source code for Rendezvous, developers can create Rendezvous-enabled applications for other platforms, as well as Mac. Michael Brewer shows you how.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Mac OS X for the Traveler, Part 1  In this first part of an ongoing series about traveling safely with your PowerBook or iBook, you'll learn that preparation is one of the keys to peace of mind. F.J. helps you get your equipment in order.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Basics of Transparent Blitting, Part 2  In Part 1, Michael Norton explained pixel boundary rectangles. In Part 2 he shows how transparency pixel blitting is used in video-game animation. There's plenty of code in this one.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Programming With Cocoa
Programming With Cocoa: Easy Code Documentation with Xcode  As a developer, you must not only use documentation but also provide it for your own code if you want to make it usable to others. Providing up-to-date and easy-to-navigate API documentation is a big step toward making your code accessible and useful. If you are a Mac developer, you can leverage the power of Xcode so that it requires minimal effort to create good documentation. Adam Behringer shows you how.   [MacDevCenter.com]

An Advanced Guide to Enterprise Application Distribution  Tracking package installers can be a fairly simple task. However, how do you track and deploy applications that use third-party installation mechanisms? In this article, Philip Rinehart provides an overview to some of the commonly overlooked issues that enterprise administrators must deal with when deploying non-package installers.   [MacDevCenter.com]

Securing Key Chain Flash Drives  The current crop of key chain Flash drives have incredible storage capacity. They are perfect for keeping personal data with you at all times. But what if you lose your keys? Here are a couple of easy ways to protect yourself, and your data.   [MacDevCenter.com]

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