Month: January 2008

Sorry to be so late with this, but we have been pretty busy with … some things. Work being chief among them. Trying to catch up from a week at Macworld is a daunting task, to say the least. I tried to do it while I was there, but after 8 hours a day on the show floor, I don’t really want to think about doing even more work. But, since I don’t attend the parties, and I don’t drink anymore, I hang around the hotel and try to catch up.

Well, I would have if I could have stayed in a hotel that had a decent wireless connection.

Anyway, enough of that.

Overall, it was a fun show, but just didn’t have the buzz that last years show had. It would be very hard to live up to the show last year, with Apple introducing the iPhone. This year, as you know, we got the MacBook Air, Time Capsule (which I think was the best thing they introduced), updates to Apple TV, and the iPhone and iPod Touch. Good stuff, but not groundbreaking I think.

I still want a MacBook Air, but I am not quite sure why. I like the idea of it, and I could live with the compromises. But, and there is always a but, the price is a bit too rich for me. I also want a pony and I am not getting that either, apparently.

At the booth, we were often asked why we were wearing pants. I have no idea why people were asking this odd question. We handed out all of the CDs we brought for the show (no matter how many we bring, it just isn’t enough). We were also reprimanded for bringing CDs in the first place. Not good for the environment, it seems. I would love to not carry hundreds of CDs to the booth. If anyone has any ideas on how to handle that, please feel free to let us know.

We also had fun with the people in the booth near us. Very silly people, and we owe them a serious taunting.

Oh, and one last thing: food. Want a great sandwich while at Macworld? Wichcraft has some very tasty food, not to mention their fast wifi connection (thanks for the tip, Cabel!). If you want a world class dinner, try The House in North Beach. A bit pricey, and you need patience waiting for a parking spot to open, but absolutely worth it!

Now back to work, the lot of you!

My favorite booth at MacWorld featured adorable penguin and dragon USB thumb drives. Apparently the company is looking for an American distributor, so hopefully we can all have cute USB buddies helping us move our files around soon.

As I write this from the show floor it is day 3 of Macworld 2008. Plenty of press this year … more than I have seen in previous shows. The mainstream press is all over the floor, which is quite a change. Apple is now mainstream … that hit me yesterday and frankly it feels a bit weird.

The big buzz is about the MacBook Air (another name that I am just not going to get used to). Having seen it in the flesh, it is amazingly thin, and pretty powerful for what it does. You just want to make sure that it fits your needs. To me, though, Time Capsule is the star. That’s a neat piece of equipment that hopefully goes mainstream quickly. It is backup for lazy people. Very minimal set up, and from there you do nothing, Works for me!

As for Nisus, our booth is very busy. We are showing the latest versions and the upcoming Pro 1.1 (more on that later). The response to 1.1 has been fantastic, which is nice. We have a lot of loyal customers that come by the booth every year. Lately, we have a lot of new customers that come by the booth. We appreciate all who do come by, no matter how much we ignore you.

So if you are in town for the show or otherwise, come by booth W-4348. You can see the latest and greatest in Nisusland and be entertained by oddballs. Like me, for example.

Now I am off to see if I can figure out how to sell my Macbook to get a Macbook Air …

Just in time for Macworld, we have released new updates to both Nisus Writer Express and Nisus Writer Pro. These releases, which are free to current users of Pro and Express 3, fix a few image display and footnote issues.

Read the Pro and Express release notes for all the details.

Download Pro 1.0.3 and Express 3.0.2 now, if not sooner.

Those of you who use bibliography software on the Mac probably has heard of Sente, from Third Street Software. They just released an update that is compatible with both Nisus Writer Pro and Express. Needless to say, we are excited by this news.

If you would like to check out Sente, please visit the website for all of the details.

It’s been a while since we last posted here. That was due to holidays, the holidays, and more holidays. But, those holidays have ended, and we are all back to work.

So consider the silence to be ending just about … now.

That’s because Macworld is just around the corner, and it seems there will be some new, cool toys to play with from Apple and others. What those toys will be is anyone’s guess at this point. I try to stay clear of predicting things, since I am almost always wrong. For example, I really didn’t think the iPhone was going to happen.

Shows you what I know.

So I will sit this one out, and let the others predict things that won’t happen.

If you get the chance to be at the show, please come by booth W-4348. We will be showing Pro and Express, and hassling the booth next door.

Hey, you have to pass the time somehow, right?