MacForce Summer Blast in Portland

And me at the SmileOnMyMac table with Edward McNair, who teaches at MacForce. Edward taught the first web design class I ever took, back in 1997. He’s the one responsible for making a Mac user out of me.

First Annual SmileOnMyMac WWDC Party

Last night, we held our First Annual SmileOnMyMac WWDC Party: From left to right: Philip Goward (SmileOnMyMac), Jean MacDonald (SmileOnMyMac), Ken Case (OmniGroup), Chris Saldanha (Parliant), Jayson Adams (Circus Ponies), Alberto Ricci (Ovolab), and Kevin Hayes (Parliant). [Photo taken by Greg Scown (SmileOnMyMac).] A little background on our fellow developers: OmniGroup, based in Seattle, ships… Read More »

Press Photos, Round 2

wrote of her difficulties in securing good press photos of Philip and me. She posted the photo I sent her of me swimming with dolphins in Ixtapa, Mexico. I was particularly pleased with Janet’s comment in my defense. In that spirit, I submit these pictures for consideration by readers of our humble blog. Greg at… Read More »

iChat AV for the rest of us

Mac Book can give you an inferiority complex. You see the beautiful people using their iSights to hold a virtual meeting. We are not the beautiful people, and I guess that’s why we look so blurry in iChat. Yeah, yeah, those people in the ads are clearly younger, smarter, more successful, and having more fun… Read More »

Press photos?

A few weeks ago, I was perusing the North Coast Mac Users Group (NCMUG) website in advance of presentation Philip (SOMM co-founder) was scheduled to give. The site shows a great line-up of Mac luminaries speaking at their meetings, including fabulous photos of everyone – except Philip, who is at least as good-looking as any… Read More »