Category: Tech

A nice-looking email signature, without attachments

Check out this email signature. I like the link to the vCard in particular. Wish we could do something similar in Apple Mail.

You can! Just create a web page (you can use Pages or iWeb) that only has just that little box, and save it locally (to your hard disk). Then open it in Safari and copy/paste the box into a signature. Alternately, perhaps with more complex HTML, you can use it as a template by keeping it stored locally, opening it in Safari, and going to File > Mail Contents of This Page.

Or, imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, you can just edit the one you sent me, as I have done below. You can see that the link to my vCard goes to my iDisk public folder. I had to trick it, as Apple has come up with a new URL for your iDisk, e.g. http://public.me.com/membername, that doesn’t seem to feature any obvious linkability.

This is a good time to say that I discourage people from putting their logos in their email sig, as it looks like every email they send has an attachment in it, and I sometimes search for or sort by emails that have attachments.

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Look what I just did to a picture on my iPhone!

Adobe just released… Wait for it… Photoshop for the iPhone, and
it’s freakin’ free! It ties into their sharing site Photoshop.com.
Fairly basic tools, but some that I’ve really needed to spruce up my
mobile photos. (Yes, I know the photo below is cheesy, but I needed a
quick, obvious example.)

Here’s the App Store link. Go get it before they change their mind! 😉
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=331975235&mt=8

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VMware Fusion 3 supercharged for Snow Leopard

I’ve been working with VirtualBox for a month or so now, and while I’m generally impressed, I’ve had some annoying experiences (Windows 7 crashes) with it. Also, its requirement of command-line admin means that I can’t recommend VirtualBox for clients. So, with Fusion as my preferred virtualization platform, I’m really glad to see them announce Windows 7 support on the shelves not too long after the OS is released.

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Good news for BlackBerry users: BlackBerry Desktop for Mac

"BlackBerry alert! BlackBerry Desktop Software for Mac arrives" – TUAW.com

http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/02/blackberry-alert-blackberry-desktop-software-for-mac-arrives/?icid=px-iphone

A TUAW reader zapped us a note with his BlackBerry device to tell us that as of today, BlackBerry Desktop Software for Mac is available (we first noted it as "coming in September" back in July).

It's a free download [link], and requires Mac OS X 10.5.5 or better, BlackBerry device software version 4.2 or higher, and iTunes 7.2 or newer. Key features of the software include the ability to synchronize your iTunes library with your CrackBerry, sync calendars, contacts, and appointments,

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