Extroverts and social butterflies thrive on mingling, but for the more introverted crew, “getting out there” can be less than appealing. Here are some suggestions on how to effectively work a crowd of strangers.
Design site Dessine moi un objet (Google translates that to “Draw me something”) has shared an impressively attractive and simple iPhone and iPod touch dock. Oh yeah, and they’ve included an excellent printable template.
In one day, Beck Hansen and friends recorded an album-length cover of a beloved pop music album. They did it by setting aside time, lowering their guard and letting creative work happen. Anyone with a side-project could learn a lot from them.
If you regularly plug an iPhone and digital camera into your Mac, but don’t always want iPhoto or another default app to open for every single camera it detects, you’re in luck, at least if you’ve upgraded to Snow Leopard. Creig Sherburne points out that the Image Capture app has a preference pane in the lower-left corner that lets you set which photo handling app should launch for each particular camera. [via Daring Fireball]