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I own and operate the NZMac.com and NZiPhone.com websites. An Apple user since the days of the Apple IIe (remember those?), my obsession with the Mac was rejuvenated whilst living and working in London.
With a background in teaching, as well as being a freelance web and multimedia developer (www.bluengrey.com), I work for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University, as their Flexible Learning and Teaching Manager (http://elearning.massey.ac.nz). In 2004 I was appointed as a Flexible Learning Leader in New Zealand, and in 2009 I was appointed as New Zealand's first Adobe Higher Education Leader.
I also wrote the multimedia section of New Zealand Macguide magazine, and did so gladly from Issue #1 to its demise at Issue #34. Self-taught in my web and multimedia skills, I also developed "Phil's Mac World", the most popular add-on world for Fantasoft's Monkey Shines game. I am also an iPhone developer, having published an iPhone app that provides news for NZiPhone.com and NZMac.com.
I finished my Masters of Education in Online and Distance Education in January 2010 and now I'm just waiting on my mark!
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- DipTchng, B.Ed, DipSocSci (CompSci)
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Which plays better video iPhone or iPod video in iPod and mobiles on Monday, 15 March 2010 09:57
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Another fairly lengthy piece on Flash and others in Tech news chat on Thursday, 11 March 2010 13:58
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Blog section update in Using the NZMac.com site on Monday, 08 March 2010 22:47
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Blog section update in Using the NZMac.com site on Monday, 08 March 2010 22:33
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Getting set to head to Sydney for the Adobe Education Leadership Forum!!
Saturday, 13 March 2010 21:12
Saturday, 13 March 2010 21:12
New FileMaker Pro 11 delivers eye-catching charts, easy reporting and improved productivity features http://bit.ly/c8IBNG
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 20:59
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 20:59
I bought the Mac Heist bundle. 7 awesome Mac apps worth $260+ for only $20 and got 3 cool bonus apps free! http://bit.ly/heist-it
Friday, 05 March 2010 22:24
Friday, 05 March 2010 22:24
iPad available in US on April 3 http://bit.ly/bbxinY
Friday, 05 March 2010 22:16
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Classic Sleeve – MacBook Air http://bit.ly/aJSuCp
Sunday, 21 February 2010 01:58
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010
The all singing, all dancing, h-ypocritical Phil
It seems that Darryn took exception to my last blog post, which was a response to his earlier blog entry. Unfortunately, he decided to respond on his website (you can read it here) and unfortunately, he obviously took my comments personally, despite me trying to make sure I didn't criticise him directly but his opinion, even signalling this in the opening intro. U .....
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Sunday, 07 February 2010
Why Darryn got "the tech pundits" wrong
This started as a comment response to Darryn's blog post here, but I then (as usual) began to ramble...so I'm going to post this as a blog post. Darryn, sorry if this offends, but I continue to be staggered by your selective logic...and this from someone who deals with computers every day! There are three sections of your post that I want to deal with....Multitasking, Camera and Flash.
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Thursday, 28 January 2010
iPad - lots of hits and a few misses?
I have to stress that I'm writing this as I see the news come in about the iPad. Some of the things I might comment on may be due to the fact that I haven't researched enough. I'm really impressed by the iPad, disappointed also...and a bit surprised. I'll start with the disappointment. Adobe Flash. It's evident Apple's out to make sure that Flash isn't part of their platforms these days. Regardless of what sort of processor this thing has, it could, I speculate, handle Flash easily.
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Monday, 28 December 2009
2009 - The year that was
2009 for me will be forever linked to two non-Mac and non-iPhone related things, study and illness. I won't bore you with details of the latter, other than to say it's not been a fun year (nothing life threatening)....and that it impacted both on my study and my attention to NZMac.com and NZiPhone.com, which had to come last on my list of priorities. I am hopeful that as I finally conclude my Master of Education at the end of January 2010 (woohoo!!), that I might also be able to look forward .....
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
One to One in Two
I've spent the past week in the United States, at the Adobe Headquarters in San Jose. Having been appointed as NZ's first Adobe Higher Education Leader, it was great to be able to attend their Summer Institute for Education Leaders and meet some very talented people. It was also great to see the sharp and welcoming contrast I received from Adobe (spending 5 days in their building and meeting their staff) compared to my two attempts to visit Apple HQ in recent years...both as a writer for NZ M .....
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| Saturday, 06 March 2010 11:13 | |
Apple today announced that its magical and revolutionary iPad will be available in the US on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April. | |
| Saturday, 13 February 2010 12:54 | |
Renaissance has reported its Preliminary full year result to 31 December 2009 (available here), which indicate a preliminary unaudited loss before tax of $2.721m for the 2009 year. The document outlines a mixed result near the end of the 2009 year, with Natcoll doing very well and MagnumMac (who's performance is described a "disappointment" elsewhere in the document) and the Education ..... | |
| Friday, 12 February 2010 12:20 | |
The official app of NZiPhone.com - The home of the iPhone in New Zealand and NZMac.com - Supporting the New Zealand Macintosh community, is here!! Get the FREE app from http://itunes.com/apps/nziphonecomandnzmaccomnews
Get the latest news, forum posts, app listings and ..... | |
| Wednesday, 10 February 2010 07:24 | |
Apple today introduced Aperture 3, the next major release of its powerful photo editing and management software, with over 200 new features including Faces, Places and Brushes. Building on the innovative Faces and Places features introduced in iPhoto '09, Aperture 3 makes it even easier and faster to organise large photo libraries. Aperture 3 introduces new tools to refine your photos including Brushes for painting image adjustments onto parts of your photo, and Adjustment Presets for applyin ..... | |
| Tuesday, 09 February 2010 09:30 | |
As of today, Apple customers in Australia and New Zealand will have access to a group of local, independent experts that can help them make the most of their technology investment. The Apple Consultant Network (ACN) members are certified professionals who deliver technology advice, innovative ideas and expert implementation over the phone or in your home or business. Although not employed by Apple, each member company is staffed with technical personnel who hold the latest Apple Certification ..... | |
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2010-03-12 07:29:51
Interesting rumour...
[url]http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/11/apples_iphone_4_0_software_to_deliver_multitasking_support.html[/url]
[quote]Controversy over "multitasking" within the iPhone OS has been brewing ever since Apple launched iPhone 2.0 with the ability to run third party software titles. While often reported as begin a technical flaw, the iPhone OS really has no problem with multitasking.
The system's phone, SMS, email, iPod, voice recorder, Nike+, and certain other bundl .....
2010-03-08 22:59:26
An update to this post tonight was just to strip it of a lot of additional HTML code that wasn't needed.
Phil
2010-03-06 11:21:03
This announcement doesn't surprise me at all and I've been suggesting anyone who asked that we wouldn't get the iPad at the same time (heck, I even booked a holiday on the rumoured late March release date).
That's not a criticism, just reality that we very rarely get access to new hardware at the same time as the US. In most instances it is usually delayed to some extent. Given that Australia is listed in late April, you might conclude that we could be getting the iPad at the same time as them. .....
2010-02-26 09:19:11
To add to my justification of why I need Flash on the iPhone or iPad mentioned above, the iPhone app to support the web conferencing tool we use has made it on to the iPhone....
[url]http://www.flashrealtime.com/adobe-connect-pro-goes-mobile/[/url]
Because this is built within a runtime that Adobe uses to get this working on the iPhone, they can re-deploy this to any mobile capable of running Flash or Flex as you see in the images on that page.
Phil
2010-02-19 09:09:48
But Darryn sorry, this is where you are being so amazingly...begins with "h", ends with "ypocritical". You keep saying that it's all about CONTEXT. I agree. You keep asking me to appreciate the context of what you say, whilst you ignore their context.
It's lovely that you know how to use the word multitask in both forms. But in the CONTEXT of what they are talking about, they aren't providing false claims.
That was the point of my whole sarcastic post about the camera. In the CONTEXT of your p .....