Author Biography
Jeff Carlson gave up an opportunity to intern at a design firm during college because he suspected that they really just wanted someone tall to play on their volleyball team, and instead worked in the Whitworth publications office where he got to actually, you know, design stuff. In the intervening years, he's been a designer and writer, authoring best-selling books on the Macintosh, Web design, video editing, and Palm organizers. He's currently a columnist for the Seattle Times, the Managing Editor of the respected electronic newsletter TidBITS (www.tidbits.com), and consumes almost too much coffee. Almost.
Most Popular Articles
- Prune Your Time Machine Backups Selectively (01 May 2008)
- Reluctantly Switching from Eudora to Apple Mail (13 Apr 2008)
- Hand Coding HTML Is Still in Vogue (25 Apr 2008)
- Iridium-Capable iPhone Not Entirely Laughable (13 Apr 2008)
Recent TidBITS Talk Discussions
- OmniFocus: the interface is weak but the project is willing (11 messages)
- Anyone tried the Online Passport application system? (20 messages)
- Phone Message Software Recommendation please (8 messages)
- auto-filing of read mail in Apple Mail (7 messages)
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Jeff Carlson
Managing Editor
DRM Foils iTunes Movie Rentals for Some Apple TV Owners
After discovering that my Apple TV wouldn't play a rented movie because of the way it's connected to a Dell LCD display, I took an unorthodox route: I contacted Apple customer support. It all worked out in the end, but beware if you're in a similar situation.Read more...
Please Welcome Eliana Wren Carlson
Jeff Carlson is thrilled to announce the birth of his daughter, Eliana Wren Carlson!Read more...
Accessing My Home Music Library with Simplify Media
Frustrated by not being able to listen to your music across an Internet connection because of limitations in iTunes? Simplify Media has the answer.Read more...
Mac Journalism, or When Emotion Clogs the Brain
Glenn Fleishman and I wrote a review of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard that appeared in the Seattle Times last week (we jointly write a bi-weekly column called Practical Mac)Read more...
Use Custom CSS to Tweak TidBITS Display
A TidBITS reader wrote to us with a suggestion for the new Web site redesign: "My top suggestion of all suggestions is to make the title in all caps so your new format is easier to scan." That's not something we'll be implementing, but if you want it, you can use CSS to make it happen.Read more...
iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store Is Slick
I noticed earlier in the week that José González has released a new album, but haven't had a chance to go check it out on iTunes or listen to samples. I'm glad I waitedRead more...
Feed Icons Saved Me Lots of Work
The redesign of TidBITS is now live, and we'll be writing more about the experience soon, but I wanted to note something quickly that saved me a bunch of work. A quick Google search pulled up the answer to my problem: Feed Icons, which includes a free bundle of icons bearing the orange broadcast image that was created by the Mozilla foundation and adopted by Microsoft.Read more...
AT&T Simplifies iPhone Bills
AT&T finally sees the light about sending fully itemized paper bills to iPhone customers; everyone will now receive summarized paper bills unless they desperately need to help with global deforestation.Read more...
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