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Dan Wood, President, Karelia Software joins hosts Scott Sheppard and Brad Wright to talk about the latest version of Sandvox, a simple website creation tool. This easy to use application has a graphical interface similar to Apple’s iWeb but has additional features and flexibility that expands beyond compatibility with a .Mac account. The program contains over 40 site templates, drag-and-drop site building, live text editing, podcast integration, photo galleries and more. No knowledge of coding is necessary, but if you would like to include HTML or other advanced programming, Sandvox Sandvox allows you to do that. Sandvox recently was a runner-up of 2007 Apple Design Award for Best Mac OSX User Experience. Learn more, download a trial, or purchase at: http://www.karelia.comPhilip Hodgetts from the DPBuzz chatted about all the POST news of the week. More information at http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com
Barbara Roschel, IT Business Development Manager - Creative Group for Hallmark shares details on how their Apple Macs help Hallmark create some of their latest and most innovative greeting cards. Recently featured as an Apple Pro profile, Barbara’s department at Hallmark is the technology behind their latest sound cards. In order to find the most appropriate songs to include in this line of cards they sent 5 members of their creative team to work downloading tracks from iTunes to help determine their final selections. Hallmark has had a close relationship with Apple and Mac creative applications are behind most of the greetings that make our special moments more memorable. Read the Apple Story at: http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/hallmark/ See their latest collections at: http://www.hallmark.com
Michael DuKane, NexTune joins Scott and Brad to talk about their MoodMaker application. NexTune helps you manage your music collection and identify a mood/genre theme for music and helps you find additional songs and artists that are similar to that style. Using a very sophisticated song identification and classification database system which reads your song list and then analyzes the songs and delivers and tags the best possible matches. It’s a unique way to explore and find new music online. NexTune is fully compatible with iTunes and iPods and actually can transfer your new playlists directly to help you get your music organized to let you take it with you on the go. You can submit songs and trade music, or participate via a monthly membership fee. Find out more about NexTune and download the software at: http://www.nextune.com
Andy Shalat the Mac Design Out Of The Box author chatted about his design tip of the week. For more about Andy and his latest works: http://www.shalat.com
Ryan Policky, Senior Interactive Multimedia Art Director and Steve Whittier, VP Creative Director of Factory Design Labs joins Inside Mac to share details about their innovative design firm, workflow, and latest client projects. Factory Design Labs is actually an interactive design agency who works closely with key clients like Audi, Oakley, Dell, Adam Sandler, Sony Entertainment and others. Factory Design Labs creative department is Mac based and also a key user of Quark Interactive Designer which they use to efficiently manage and build their interactive Flash sites. Learn more about and see examples of their work at: http://www.factorylabs.com/