The next Maker Faire will be on May 19 and 20, 2007 at the San Mateo Fairgrounds in Northern California, USA. Organized by the staff of Make and Craft magazines, Maker Faire is a newfangled fair that brings together science, art, craft and engineering in a fun, energized, and exciting public forum. The aim is to inspire people of...

I gave the Logitech Z-10 interactive speakers high marks for audio quality, but was disappointed with their lack of Mac compatibility. An independent developer, Marc Liyanage, has fixed the problem with his terrific LogitechLCDTool. Marc's story is an interesting one, and if you'd like to know more about his process for figuring out how to write this app, take...

I just finished testing the SanDisk 4GB Extreme IV CompactFlash Card with FireWire reader against my previous favorite, the Belkin 15-in-1 USB 2.0 reader, and the SanDisk uploaded 386MBs of data in 29 seconds compared to 49 seconds for the Belkin. And it seemed even faster as I watched the upload indicator on the screen of my Mac. The...

Last year I tested the Logitech Z-3000 speakers and was quite taken with their full-bodied, boomy performance. I decided to give the new Z-10 Interactive Speaker System a spin based on the Logitech track record for good sound, stylish looks, and this model's innovative approach to tabletop speakers for your computer. When I first unpacked the Z-10s, I was...

Harris Fogel sits down with O'Reilly author Deke McClelland at NAPP Photoshop World Las Vegas to talk about Photoshop Elements, InDesign, and his new training videos. You can tune in yourself by going over to Mac Edition Radio and downloading the podcast....

You can catch Chuck Joiner interviewing digital photography pioneer Stephen Johnson on the MacVoices podcast. (O'Reilly Media recently published Stephen's latest book, On Digital Photography.) In the interview, Stephen talks about his philosophies of taking and manipulating images, the future of digital photography, why his approach to photography is to capture light and not objects and more....

During a long flight recently, I had to clean up some audio I had recorded for a podcast. Too many "ums" and "ahs" for my taste, so a little surgery was required. I fired up Rogue Amoeba's Fission, and cut through 30 minutes of yak yak faster than bare feet running on hot sand. That's what this Universal Binary...

Adobe announced the release of Lightroom Beta 4 today at Photokina. This version is a substantial update for both Windows and Mac users. I've been testing various builds of Beta 4 on a Mac since the Iceland Lightroom Adventure, and I can tell you from experience, that it's worth the download. Of all the new features, and there are...

If you've been following the Adobe Lightroom Adventure to Iceland, you know that we've published a dozen galleries from members of the team. Viewing them, you might realize that some of them are using the current template available in Beta 3 for the Mac, and then others are, well, using something different. The story behind the difference is a good...

On the first Saturday in Iceland I joined the group as they migrated north to Reykholt. This wasn't the easiest of decisions because I had a wedding waiting for me in the other direction, south of Reykjavik. But getting me back and forth would have proven difficult. I was disappointed, but figured something else would materialize. On Sunday, a group...