Maria’s Guides

Here are a few links of interest to the folks who read my books and articles or watch my training videos.

• Final Cut sequences to DVDs: The high-quality way - Excellent tutorial explaining how to export high-quality digital video from Final Cut for use in DVD. Requires Final Cut Studio (not Express). Hat tip to @izzyvideo on Twitter for the link. On GeniusDV.com.
• W(h)ither social networks? On the end of Pownce - Some thoughts on social networking and microblogging. On The lost outpost.
• 2.7 Gets Here in Two Days! - Thank heaven for this post, sent to me via tweet by @andypiper. I was just starting to worry about whether WordPress.com would be updated before I was scheduled to work on my training video.
• The Simpsons mocks (m)Apple - Article with embedded YouTube clips about the recent Simpsons episode that mocks Apple, Inc. On Engadget.
• 60 Really Cool and Creative Error 404 Pages - This will make you laugh. On Hongkiat.com/blog.
• The Evolution of Tech Companies’ Logos - Rounding out tonight's trilogy of trivia, courtesy of Neatorama, is this excellent piece about the evolution of tech company logos.
• Woof! An iPhone-controlled dog treat dispenser - THIS is what makes technology cool. On The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW). Don't forget to watch the video to see how it works.
• 40 Ways to Deliver Killer Blog Content - Excellent advice I need to start taking. On ChrisBrogan.com
• Serious security flaw found in IE - Why doesn't this surprise me? On BBC News.
• Getting Started With WordPress - Excellent post with links to other content of interest to new (or relatively new) self-hosted WordPress users. On Themetation.com.
• GovTwit Directory - A directory of government agencies and individuals on Twitter. Hat tip to @elloyd74 on Twitter (where else?) for the link.
• iPhone thief thwarted by MobileMe sync - Apple technology makes it easier to recover stolen Apple products. Again. On The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).
• RandomMaccess | It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine) - Chuck LaTournous, long-time Apple user, writes about what he thinks of the Apple Macworld announcements. On Random Access.
• MacJury » Blog Archive » MacJury #831: Analysis of Apple’s Announcements and the Future of Macworld Expo - No Steve Jobs keynote and Apple's qutting Macworld Expo after this year. The Mac Jurists discuss in this podcast episode of The Mac Jury.
• HTML-Ipsum - Need to check Web design with sample text? Here's a good source of Ipsum text in HTML format.
• 45 Beautiful Free Fonts for Modern Design Trends - What can be more fun (and completely frivolous) than free fonts? On Six Revisions.
• 50 websites you’ll wonder how you lived without - A list of 50 interesting Web sites, with descriptions. On Curious? Read.
• Apple Announces Last Year of Christmas - I wonder if Apple will allow this to stay online. If you click this link and get a 404, blame Apple.
• Apple Announces Its Last Year at Macworld - The end of an era. On Apple.com.
• My CSS Menu - Menu Generator - An online code-generation tool for creating horizontal or vertical menus with CSS. Might be useful to Web designers interested in creating customized menus for their blogs or sites.
• Make A GIF - An online tool for creating animated GIF files. Just upload images in order and Make A GIF does the rest.
• 30 Excellent WordPress Video Tutorials - List of 30 WordPress video tutorials covering a variety of topics. On SixRevisions.com
• Apple shocks world, reveals it is a huge corporation - Reality check by Scott McNulty. Thanks, Scott! We obviously needed this. On Macworld.com.
• Steve Jobs didn’t make the first Macworld, either - An account by David Burnell of Steve Jobs and the first Macworld Expo. Hat tip to @LeVitus on Twitter for the link. On the San Francisco Chronicle Web site.
• 25 Photoshop Tutorials for Web Designers - The title says it all. On Six Revisions.