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Macworld: 2008 writings

Macworld logoAll (or as many as could be found online) of my 2008 writings for Macworld.

January
Jan 2First Look: Excel 2008
Jan 14Expo Notes: Office gets its day in the sun
Jan 15Steve Jobs gets cohesive
Jan 15Time should be on our side with iTunes rentals
Jan 15MacBook Air: Holding my breath
Jan 16Expo Notes: Hurrah for Houdah
Jan 16Expo: Of Snowballs and Snowflakes
Jan 16Expo Notes: Podcasters in glass houses
Jan 17Expo Notes: TechTool Pro gets approachable
Jan 17Expo Notes: Merge ahead
Jan 17Microsoft Excel 2008
Jan 18Expo Notes: Screenshot sharing
Jan 18Expo Notes: Acura show its drive at Expo
Jan 18Expo Notes: Cleaning Up at Expo
Jan 23Stacking up the MacBook Air and a Sony Vaio
Jan 23Avoid embarrassing typos
Jan 25Expo's international flavor
February
Feb 25The state of the union for iPhone apps
Feb 26Mac case designs: Nirvana achieved?
March
Mar 5HoudahSpot 2.0.8
Mar 6When good hard drives go bad in small places
Mar 6The iPhone SDK has all the right answers
Mar 7ScreenFlow 1.0.2
Mar 12iPhone SDK: One at a time?
Mar 14Hands on with Firefox 3
Mar 25Hardware Monitor 4.5
April
Apr 4Leopard’s Unix tricks
Apr 15Excel 2008 vs. Numbers ‘08
Apr 18Apple and the homebuilt Mac community
Apr 18Frankenmac! What's in a Mac clone?
Apr 24iPhone battery life redialed
May
May 2Flying through time
May 7First Look: VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1
May 13Basic lesson: Microsoft listens to its users
May 19Best of Both Worlds: OS X and Windows
May 20Microsoft Office: The killer Windows app
May 20More killer Windows programs
May 21The 10 best games you won’t find on your Mac
May 22Psystar skates on thin ice
June
Jun 5Does Apple have an OS X update up its sleeve at WWDC?
Jun 10Some background on background processes
Jun 12Apple announces Mac, iPhone design award winners
Jun 13OS X virtualization options limited for desktop users
Jun 16Lingon 2.1
Jun 17Tidy Up! 1.4.2
Jun 23SmartSleep 1.2
Jun 24Smultron 3.5
Jun 25SuperDocker 2.2.0
Jun 25XP’s window is about to close
Jun 26The ARDAgent security hole: What you need to know
Jun 26MenuMeters 1.3
Jun 26When installing software is too simple
July
Jul 9A brave new world for iPhone apps
Jul 10Window shopping at the App Store
Jul 10View the web's images via iEnvision
Jul 10Use Jott to record your thoughts
Jul 10All the news that's fit to tap
Jul 11Review: Mobile News Network for iPhone
Jul 16Two steps forward and one big step backing up
Jul 16Review: Jott for iPhone
Jul 18Review: Bloomberg 1.1 for iPhone
Jul 21Review: iEnvision for iPhone
Jul 21Review: Golf scoring applications for iPhone
Jul 28Review: NowLocal for iPhone
Jul 29Review: Golf scoring applications for iPhone
August
Aug 1Review: Mocha VNC and Mocha VNC Lite for iPhone
Aug 4Review: Teleport for iPhone
Aug 5Review: Firefox 3.0
Aug 5How sound is Consumer Reports’ Safari advice?
Aug 6More ways to protect yourself from phishing scams
Aug 12Vetting the App Store approval process
Aug 14Troubleshooting iPhone and iPod touch issues
Aug 15Review: Secret keeper apps for the iPhone
September
Sep 1Review: Dive Planner for iPhone
Sep 5Review: 1Password for iPhone
Sep 10First Look: iTunes 8.0
Sep 17A market opportunity for Apple Remote Desktop
Sep 19Practice good online password security
Sep 19Review: X-Plane 9 for iPhone
Sep 23Review: Frotz for iPhone
Sep 29Apple and old equipment recycling
Sep 29Profile: Automotive performance apps for the iPhone
October
Oct 1More credit for Apple
Oct 6Review: Gas station finders for the iPhone
Oct 6Review: Razer ProClick Mobile Notebook Mouse
Oct 9Review: Fuel mileage trackers for iPhone
Oct 9iTunes and media file organization
Oct 14Matte matters
Oct 15Fluid 0.9.4.1
Oct 24Review: Grocery list applications for the iPhone
Oct 27Leopard’s year-old annoyances
Oct 31Stop the page-flicking madness—give us iPhone folders
November
Nov 5Remembering Michael Crichton
Nov 11Shopping at Apple’s Special Deals site
Nov 13Path Finder 5.0.2
December
Dec 3Eddy Winner: VMware Fusion 2
Dec 3Eddy Winner: ScreenFlow 1.0.2
Dec 4Did Hulu deserve an Eddy?
Dec 8Review: Another look at iGasUp
Dec 17Review: Parallels 4 build 3540
Dec 17Review: VMware Fusion 2.0.1
Dec 18Review: Sun VirtualBox 2.0.6
Dec 18Choosing a virtualization application
Dec 23Review: RemoteTap for iPhone
Dec 16The end of an era for Macworld Expo
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