Wow. I just upgraded to Panther (Mac OS X 10.3) and it’s really swanky. Zippy. Pretty. Elegant. And Nick’s absolutely right: I was unsure as to how well a brushed-metal Finder would work, but it’s not the same brushed-metal as Safari or QuickTime – it’s much softer and more subtle, which in my opinion is an improvement. I’d like to see Safari and QuickTime adopt the softer look of the new Finder, actually. It’s really, really nice.
And Expose? Fantastic. I’ve been playing with it for all of thirty seconds and I’m already excited to use it in my everyday work.
I will tell you this, though: Panther has done what Apple really and truly means to do with these upgrades. I want a new Mac.
It’s time to build Magellan. Just as soon as I get paid for this new project. Mwa ha ha ha.
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I'm the Director of the Games and Simulation program at Miami University in Ohio, where I am also an Assistant Professor in the College of Creative Arts' Emerging Technology in Business and Design department. I'm also the director of Miami's Worldbuilding and Narrative Design Research Laboratory (WNDRLab). I have a Master's in Comparative Media Studies from MIT and a PhD in Media Arts and Practices from the University of Southern California.
In past lives I've been the lead Narrative Producer for Microsoft Studios and cofounder of its Narrative Design team, working on projects like Hololens, Quantum Break and new IP incubation; in a "future of media" think tank for Microsoft's CXO/CTO and its Chief Software Architect; the Creative Director for the University of Southern California's World Building Media Lab and the Technical Director, Creative Director and a Research Fellow for USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab; a Visiting Assistant Professor at Whittier College and director of its Whittier Other Worlds Laboratory (WOWLab); the Communications Director and a researcher for the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab; a founding member of the Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT (now The Futures of Entertainment); a magazine editor; and a award-winning short film producer. more »
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