Saturday, September 10, 2005

Top 10 TUAW Stories of all time

If you haven't already checked out TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog), you should head over there right now. It's a nutritious source of Apple goodness that I ingest more than once daily. They have the same great Weblogs Inc. interface as Engadget, with a humorous take on all things Steve. In particular, their coverage of Apple conferences and events is second to none. They also continuously drop hints and tips to make life as a Mac user even easier (which is saying something!)

More after the jump... (I've always wanted to say that Engadget-style!)
Here are my favourite stories from the boys and girls at TUAW. Think of this as a rough guide to the great work going on over there:

- Happy Birthday, Woz (Laurie) - it's important to remember our forefathers, and Laurie really does Woz proud with this post!

- Mighty Mouse: Multibutton-esque Apple Mouse (C.K.) - a great example of what TUAW does best: initial reactions to Apple announcements that resound with everyone. Thankfully the "Mac apocalypse" didn't follow...

- First things first (Laurie) - a fresh face is added to the stellar line-up. Definitely my favourite blogger on the site with her own unique perspective on life with Apple (and, like me, can't image life without Apple!)

- Apple II cluster computer (Dave) - weird and wacky stuff from the Apple blogosphere is reported frequently. This post begs the question "WHY??!??!"

- Mend your iPod's firewire cable (Dave) - when they go through something traumatic in their Apple-filled lives, they take you with them!

- Mac news goes mainstream? (Laurie) - well spotted Laurie! It is fantastic how much coverage Apple receive, and can only lead to more and more people discovering just how great the Mac really is.

- Apple Everywhere (C.K.) - remember the first Apple you bought? I'm a relative newbie, doing the switch in Summer 2000 with an Indigo iMac 350. Before then, the case was constantly removed from my PC to solve yet another hardware conflict, and I never had more than a day's uptime without one problem or another. Oh how times have changed (thank you Jonathan Ive and co!)

- New Intel Chips - Apple's Ace in the Hole? (David) - this post goes to show how all angles are covered: the Intel switch was covered brilliantly by TUAW, with both the "Yay" crowd and the sceptics getting equal coverage.

- Chessic Update (C.K.) - he finally admits to being a nerd! Aren't we all?!

- Scott McNulty (Scott) - Check out Scott's 'biography'. Philadelphia's Most Influential Blogger writing for TUAW - who knew?! ;-)

Hey, TUAW! If you ever need a Manchester UK correspondent (the upcoming Trafford Centre store is only five minutes away from me), then iChat me!

Marvbloke