If you’ve been using the Mac for awhile, you’ve probably heard of Quicksilver, by Blacktree Software. Quicksilver is an amazingly powerful application, yet provides a really intimidating interface, and setup. I’m here to make it a little easier, and introduce you to one program you will instantly integrate into your workflow.
When given the opportunity to review Temporis from Bartas Technologies, I was excited, but a bit reserved as I have never used an application to create a graphical timeline, nor have I really had the need to create a timeline. Well believe it or not, the day after I downloaded Temporis, one of my daughters had a school project due, and one of the things she had to do was create a timeline for a States project. Perfect timing!
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Apple users love Spotlight. It’s made the need for elaborate, anal-retentive filing systems a thing of the past, as all that’s needed to find a file is a simple word or phrase known to be included. But it hasn’t been seamless. Some file types—or entire programs, like Entourage—haven’t been Spotlight searchable, forcing Mac users to resort to arcane search methods such as clicking on folder after folder. Time consuming to say the least, especially for those of us who like to archive old work, either in the interest of saving space or simply to make emailing many files easier.
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In my “spare” time I like to work on websites, and since time is limited I like to use tools that help me along the way, but still provide great looking results. One area that has always troubled me was designing Flash banners, navigation, etc. For Mac users, there really didn’t seem a decent solution to creating Flash content with anything other than using Flash. Now Flash is a fine application, but not everyone needs the full functionality of Flash or the expense either. In my search for an easier way I was recommended to give BannerZest a shot, and so I did.
