http://chadbishop.com New Media Producer and Independant Consultant Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:30:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It’s official! Apple has launched the much discussed, debated and speculated “Movies” section of the iTunes Music… errr… Movies… err… Let’s just call it the iTunes Store, with Movie prices are ranging around $9.99-$12.99. While you’re picking up your copy of Pirates of the Carribean, hop on over to the also new iPod ... http://chadbishop.com/2006/itunes-movies-opens-for-business/ Late this afternoon I linked over to a nice little post on the Freshbooks site by Stowe Boyd. Its short, sweet and hi-lites some important things to remember if you’re considering becoming an independent consultant. Aside from “doing your work”, you have to be ready to dedicate time for: Marketing and Networking Running ... http://chadbishop.com/2006/going-solo-a-few-good-tips/ http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/ Need I say more? http://chadbishop.com/2006/17-macbookpro/ Somewhat hot of the presses today, (for T-Mobile Users at least) are both of the fine new SmartPhones that T-Mo has been leaking news about for a few weeks now. The T-Mobile SDA (aka the i-Mate SP5m…aka the HTC Tornado) The T-Mobile MDA (aka the Qtek 9100… aka the HTC Tornado) Both, finely reviewed phones ... http://chadbishop.com/2006/new-t-mobile-smartphones-released/ A good friend of mine is now the proud father os a shiny new 20″ iMac with the Intel Core Duo Chip. Nice! What does this mean though in the bigger picture? Well, for one it means that I know someone else that is switching over to the Mac platform, is ... http://chadbishop.com/2006/switching-and-the-best-books-for-os-x/ Every so often I have the opportunity to pass on some of the best resources that I’ve found for making the move from Old School Web Design with Tables to New School Web Design that’s Web Standards driven and leverages XHTML & CSS. This time I decided to round it all ... http://chadbishop.com/2006/the-best-resources-for-switching-to-web-standards-xhtml-css-2/ Well today was The Macworld Expo and the much rumored Intel based Macs were officially announced. Including a new line of iMacs and a new line of Powerbooks. http://www.apple.com http://www.apple.com/macbookpro http://www.apple.com/imac And, they are damn sexy. (Honestly, when was the last time that you saw a laptop with a very, very, very nice webcam built ... http://chadbishop.com/2006/the-intel-based-macs-are-official/ UPDATE: I found that Amazon has the best price on the 32″ LCD TV. $797 total after shipping! That’s about $30 less than Buy.com Here’s a little PSA for any of you that have been looking for an awesome deal on an equally awesome Hi-Def LCD TV. But the $200, $300 ... http://chadbishop.com/2005/huge-rebates-on-lcd-tvs-end-today/ Home Grown Photos → | Local Live Coverage → | Car vs. Tree → I’m continually being suprised at the wind damage and overall messs that Hurricane Wilma has caused. One of the worst areas hit is were I grew up and my family still lives. National news coverage is covering ... http://chadbishop.com/2005/hurricane-wilma-has-left-my-hometown-a-mess/ I’m preparing to present as part of a Q&A Panel addressing the topic of “Project Management” at this months meeting of the Greater Orlando Macromedia User Group (GOMMUG). Here’s a quick quote from their site to give you an idea of what they’ve put together: Whether you are a project manager, freelancer ... http://chadbishop.com/2005/orlandomacromedia-pm-panel/