Day: July 9, 2003

I have a new toy – an iSight. The iSight is a video camera/microphone from Apple. I made the purchase because of another product – iChat AV. iChat allows audio/video/text interaction. At this point, I can’t say I have interacted with anyone using the video capabilities of this system, but Cindy and I communicate using audio (she is in Japan this summer) and the quality of the audio is great. We may have to wait a bit to try the video. There is supposedly a new Apple store in Tokyo, but she could not find it.

iChat is presently available as a free beta to those operating on OSX machines. I read the ads to indicate the product will eventually cost $30 to those with existing OSX software and will come with the next version of the operating system. Try the beta to see what you think.

A listserv I follow has recently been discussing Microsoft FrontPage. In my opinion, this web authoring program has had a bad reputation. The messages to the list continue to support this view, but some disagree. One link that surfaced – Front Page Updates – seems to show that improvements have been made.

I would certainly welcome comment if you have had experience with this product.