EvangeList Digest Tuesday, April 28 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1168
In this issue:
Tidbit - MacOPINION Back Online PR - TitleTrack CD Player Tidbit - Funky Software and Peripherals on the G3 Job - Advertising Production Manager (Carlsbad, CA) PR - Creating Stores on the Web
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- - We are back online!!! After several troubles with our old server, we have switched providers to Pair.com (home of MacCentral and Version Tracker) and we are back after over a week downtime. It should be smoooooth sailing from here on out.
- - New format! MacOPINION has redesigned and refined its format (for the last time, we promise!) into a frameless, magazine-style layout. This should allow for more easier and more fluid navigation and readability, as well as accessibility by a wider range of web browsers. We hope you like it!
- - We've got.... MacAds! MacOPINION would officially like to welcome Mark Anthony Collins and his MacAds website to our family. MacAds is THE place for Mac evangelists and enthusiasts to submit their finished scripts or concepts for advertisements that they think Apple should use to promote the company, and/or the Macintosh platform. Got a script finished? Send it in and we'll publish it! <macads@macopinion.com>
- - But that's not all! We've also got regular columnists, Ben Garland and Mark Anthony Collins. Be sure to come by MacOPINION often, as these guys publish columns usually on a daily basis (between the two). Want to become a columnist? Contact us at <columnists@macopinion.com> and let us know! The most outstanding columnists will be eligible for paid positions in the coming months ahead. Start now!
- - Enhanced daily links! True to the Macintosh _community_, we offer enhanced daily links to opinions and editorials at other Mac web sites around the world. What do we mean by enhanced? Not only will we have links, but under each link we will have a 1-3 sentence synopsis or "leader" for each article so you can get an idea of the articles content - -- helping you decide which articles to read.
(NOTE: synopsis is dependent on securing permission from each linked site to include content from their site on MacOPINION... thus, we cannot guarantee a brief synopsis for each and every article since some sites will not allow reprint or synopsis of copyrighted material)
*** Does your site publish op-eds, or are you a columnist who writes op-eds? Please take note:
We would appreciate it if, when you publish an op-ed, you could send us the TITLE, URL, and BRIEF DESCRIPTION as soon as possible to <tips@macopinion.com>. This will help us link our readers to your article in a timely fashion. If you do not send us this information, we cannot guarantee that your article will be linked from MacOPINION (although we do try our hardest to scavenge the web for _all_ op-eds on a daily basis).
Visit MacOPINION today: <http://macopinion.com/>
Questions? Comments? Feel free to email me :)
Best Wishes, Benjamin Garland
Senior Editor The Macintosh Opinion <http://macopinion.com/>
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 02:18:54 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: PR - TitleTrack CD Player
This announcement is from:
RiverSong InterActive, <info@titletrack.com>
The TitleTrack CD Player is extremely easy to use. Just insert a music CD into your CD-ROM drive, and TitleTrack will automatically open your internet connection (if it is not already open), connect to the online database, and download the information on that CD, including the title, the artist, a complete songlist, and sometimes even liner notes -- all in a matter of seconds. TitleTrack then displays for you the artist's name, the title, and a pop-up button containing all the songs on the CD.
After you have downloaded information on the hundreds of CDs in your collection, you can easily generate custom reports on your CD collection, organized by artist, title, genre, or song. You can also select how much or how little detail you want for each report; the report generator gives you the option of including such information as track names, track times, notes, total time, etc. The report is generated as a text file, which then can be opened by any word processor. You can generate as many different kinds of reports as you wish.
TitleTrack CD Player is shareware. You can download it for free from the Web site (www.TitleTrack.com). The only limitation with an unregistered copy of TitleTrack is that it can only store information on a maximum of five CDs at one time (you can always delete information so that you can play more than five CDs if you want). If you choose to register TitleTrack, it costs $15; you simply fill out a registration form included in the program, and if you are paying by credit card, automatically e-mail your registration (the message is encrypted to protect your credit card information, and there is no need to open a separate e-mail program). Within 24 hours you receive a program "key" that you enter to avoid further registration reminders and to store information on more than five CDs. And once you register, you are entitled to free updates for the rest of your life (if only Microsoft offered such a deal)!
TitleTrack CD Player requires a SCSI-based CD-ROM drive; unfortunately it does not work with IDE-based drives found in some of the newer Macs and some clones (the next version will address this limitation). It requires system 7.1 or later (7.5.3 or later recommended; and it is compatible with systems 8.0 and 8.1). And of course, you need an internet connection (TitleTrack even works with America Online version 3.0 or later). With Open Transport/PPP installed, TitleTrack can automatically open your internet connection when needed. Three to four megabytes of available RAM is recommended, and you need just a few megabytes of available disk space to install the program.
The Web site for TitleTrack CD Player can be found at <http://www.titletrack.com> and contains links to screen shots of the program, features list, system requirements, user reviews, a download page, and an extensive Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) page, which contains all the questions anyone might have about the program.
For more information, visit the TitleTrack CD Player web site at <http://www.titletrack.com> or send your questions to <info@titletrack.com>. And remember, you are always on the right track with the TitleTrack CD Player!
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 02:18:49 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - Funky Software and Peripherals on the G3
Keyword: Advocacy, Macintosh in Action
This tidbit is from:
David Colton, <coltonda@netins.net>
A few of the recent Evangelist postings have mentioned software that has been around for a while. I would like to mention some software we have used for awhile and a good experience we had this week with the software and with the software company.
I work for the maintenance department of a school district and we just recently upgraded our Quadra 950 to a G3/266. One of the applications we moved over to the new machine was MacDraft. We've used MacDraft since we had our first Mac, a IIci (which we still use).
Running on the G3, MacDraft blazes. It launches in about two to three seconds! When we first saw this, we emailed Microspot and reminded them what a great product they had and how we appreciated their support of the Macintosh. We also let them know what their product was like on a G3! They were kind enough to email back thanking us for using MacDraft.
Well it seems that the school district's technology department received an old HP plotter many years ago and recently, while cleaning house, they rediscovered the donation buried in a storeroom. They called and asked if I wanted the plotter. In a school district, the maintenance department is often low on the food chain and we get a lot of hand me downs. So, yes I took the plotter. The first thing I did was call the HP tech support line. The Mac support department of HP was most helpful and gave me two names of vendors who could possibly supply a driver for this model of plotter.
You guessed it, Microspot was one of the vendors. I gave them a call, they recognized us from our email, I ordered the driver and they delivered it post haste.
The driver came with a very complete manual with drawings for cable pin-outs for all sorts of supported plotters. So I made up a cable, installed the software driver, plugged the plotter into the G3 and about the same time Bill Gates was plugging in his scanner, I was plotting from one of the fastest machines around, using some great software thats been around, to a plotter that had been around.
The driver is called MacPlot Pro and believe me the interface is very, very Macintosh. When you configure how the different sized and colored pens are in installed the plotter, a Macintosh desktop appears on the screen and the process is pure drag and drop.
So when you are sending out your "thank you for supporting Macintosh" emails, don't forget our friends at Microspot, home of MacDraft and many other software products for the Mac. At a minimum visit their web site at <http://microspot.com> And, just to give HP a thank you, the plotter works great!
I'm not associated with either company, just another satisfied Mac user!
Location: Carlsbad, California (near San Diego) Ideal person will have advertising agency experience, traffic and promo experience.Very familiar w/ Mac based computers, Quark,Photoshop, 4-color process. Responsible for staff of 3 production coordinators,a graphic artist & warehouse mgr. Contact: Mr. A. Takase, Marston Carson Search, 213-489-4480 Be sure to mention code: BCOLE498
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 02:18:30 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: PR - Creating Stores on the Web
This announcement is from:
GilesRdPrs <GilesRdPrs@aol.com>
The publisher goofed!
They were SUPPOSED to send 30 copies of "Database Publishing with FileMaker Pro on the Web" by Maria Langer. Instead, they sent 30 copies of "Creating Stores on the Web" by Joe Cataudella, Ben Sawyer, and Dave Greely. Rather than deal with the hassle (and cost) of sending the three cartons of books back, we'll offer them to you at a discount.
This 500+ page Peachpit Press book tells you how to create online stores. With lots of inside info and hundreds of do's and don'ts, this book will help you set up a retail mail order store on the Web. You can learn more about the book on the Peachpit Press Web site:
<http://www.peachpit.com/>.
The book's retail price is $32.95; buy it from Giles Road Press for $24 + $3 priority shipping (in the US; additional charges apply for international orders). We've got 30 copies and they'll go out to the first 30 people who order the book. We will not reorder.
Orders can be sent to: Giles Road Press P.O. Box 20337 Wickenburg, AZ 85358-0337
Credit card orders may be faxed to 520-684-3965. Giles Road Press does not accept purchase orders or telephone orders. If paying by check, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you want the check back, just in case the book has been sold out. Include your e-mail address so we can inform you of the status of your order.
Get an order form from the book's companion Web site, <http://www.gilesrd.com/>. If this book does not appear on the order form, it has already been sold out.
While at the Web site, why not check out "Database Publishing with FileMaker Pro on the Web"? Its special pricing will only last until May 15.
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