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By andrewsavikas : 17 May 2010 - 09:38 AM

iTunes 9 introduced a new feature, a folder that acts like a queue for new media you want to import into your iTunes Library, even if iTunes isn't running (the media will import next time you laun...

By filmbilly : Yesterday, 09:48 AM

Casey Neistat's analytics are crude and might be objectionable to some (I'll rate it PG-13ish for the Answer's community). He is spot on with his pie charts and bar graphs. Beauty is only skin deep ...

By macslocum : Yesterday, 04:59 AM

The deeper you get into Photoshop, the more there is to learn. And with CS5 now available, the toolset has continued to expand. That's why I checked in with Lesa Snider, an imaging expert and author o...

By macslocum : 04 June 2010 - 05:00 AM

Acquiring data is no longer a problem. It's everywhere, and we're already quite adept at hoarding it in databases. The issue now is making sense of all those signals and finding stories in the stream....

By odewahn1 : 03 June 2010 - 05:38 PM

After several people complained that they were worried that wiggle stereoscopy might trigger a seizure, I thought it made sense to revisit the subject and show how to create real 3D images. For the ...

By macslocum : 07 June 2010 - 05:38 AM

Being a bit of a web browser geek (if there is such a thing), I got a real kick out of interviewing Lindsey Simon, a front-end developer for Google's user experience team and a speaker at the upcoming...

By adfm : 05 April 2010 - 04:38 PM

Are you looking for a way to get the O'Reilly ebooks you currently own in ePub format on to your iPad? Follow these three easy steps and you'll be reading your favorite titles with iBooks in n...

By blackbear : 03 June 2010 - 07:55 AM

Ruby on Rails took the software industry by storm a few years ago. However, unlike many technologies that looked great for a while and then slacked in popularity, Rails continues to attract developer...

By adfm : 02 June 2010 - 12:24 PM

Upgrading to a new computer and need to move your copy of Windows to a new disk? This excerpt from David A Karp's Windows 7 Annoyances will show you how to transfer your copy of Windows to another h...

By macslocum : 01 June 2010 - 05:12 AM

Certain companies aren't too keen on cross-platform mobile apps, and that puts developers in a bind. Should they pour time and resources into one form of development? Should they hedge their bets on a...

By adfm : 02 June 2010 - 04:43 PM

This excerpt from Mark Lutz' Learning Python introduces you to the New Iterables in Python 3.0. With it you'll learn about the range, map, zip, filter and dictionary view iterators. You'll also lear...

By adfm : 02 June 2010 - 03:56 PM

Got an iPhone app that could use a particle system? This excerpt from Philip Rideout's iPhone 3D programming introduces you to point sprites. You may find yourself wanting to render a system of p...