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Like smart playlists in iTunes, smart albums in iPhoto provide a way for you to better organize your photos. Whether it's a list of your most recent photos or photos with a specified aperture range, there are countless smart albums you could create to fit your needs. Here are a few of my favorite.

Recently added: I always like having my most recent photos with me, and this is the smart album that gives them to me.

• Match the following condition.
• Date is in the last "90 days" (or whatever date range you prefer).

The smart family album: Say there are three family members in a family -- Tobias Fünke (dad), Lindsay Fünke (mom) and Maebe Fünke (daughter) -- and you want pictures of all of them in one place.

• Match any of the following conditions.
• Face is "Tobias."
• Face is "Lindsay."
• Face is "Maebe."

The camera-specific smart album: We've recently added a new member to the camera family, the Canon EOS 40D. But, like many a household, ours is one with several different cameras, and sometimes it's nice to see where each photo originated from.

• Match the following condition.
• Camera Model is "Canon EOS40D"

A smart album for videos: Some digital cameras these days can also function as "good enough" alternatives for camcorders. Here's a smart album that collects all of your videos imported from your digital cameras.

• Match the following condition.
• Photo is "Movie."

The best of the best: Your highest rated photos in one place

• Match the following condition.
• My rating is greater than "*" (or however many stars you desire)

Readers, tell us about some of the iPhoto smart albums that you've created.

TUAW5 smart albums to help you organize your iPhoto library originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The first thing that came out of my mouth when I saw the latest Reebok EasyTone ad (above, semi-NSFW)"What?! No way." But I was wrong, so, way. The premise: your ass looks so good thanks to your Reebok EasyTones that your breasts are jealous. Just like a product manufacturer to play up a woman's product by showing close-ups of supple female bits.

Ladies, ladies, can't we all be happy, together? No, we can't, because all women are in competition with one another, even the chest versus the buttocks. The only ladies who aren't against eachother: the left and the right. If one of them goes down, the whole ship goes with it. This ends now.

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Tel Aviv-based agency Mizbala has launched "TubePetition", which utilizes YouTube's shared annotations technology to basically create a petition within a video that promotes climate change awareness. As dramatic music plays, you can click in the video to "sign" the petition and leave a note. While not quite as, um, eye-catching as 350.org's climate change campaign, Mizbala's effort is nevertheless intended to also reach world leaders who will be attending December's COP15 conference in Denmark.

Credits:

Creative team: Guy Dayan, Dori Ben Israel
Musical Director: Yishay Raziel (Jingles & music 4 ads)
Voice: Jeff Laurence Gill (Autumn Hill Studios, North Carolina)

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The Japanese sure know how to get us in the back-to-school mood. Here's a spot featuring an enthusiastic lady who's dressed like what appears to be a Hooters server doing her best Billy Blanks/Tae-Bo impression all in the name of selling backpacks. Your move, Jansport.

Via

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NONLINEAR PRESENTATION TOOL

Prezi is a Flash-based visualization, storytelling, and presentation tool that allows you to create nonlinear presentations. Using the simple editor, you can place text, images, video, Flash files, and draw lines to show relationships between each item. The final result is a visual map that lets users zoom in and out and navigate to content in a clickable environment.

It takes a while to get used to Prezi’s interface—especially the Zebra, which allows you to position and resize objects. The site offers excellent support with an online manual, tutorial videos, examples, and a blog. Perhaps the best feature is that it allows designers to focus on designing. Using Prezi, you can present a concept and supply multiple branches to supporting media without writing a line of code—it’s like sketching an idea on a napkin!

As a hosted solution, Prezi has three pricing structures: Free, Enjoy (approximately $58/year), and Pro (approximately $176/year). The Free version gives you up to 100 MB of storage on their site, includes the Prezi logo on your presentation, and makes your presentations public. For an annual fee, the Enjoy and Pro versions let you create private presentations and access additional online storage space. Pro allows you to download a desktop version of their editing software. Free and Enjoy users design online by uploading content to the Prezi server. All versions allow you to use the simple editor; download your presentations and show them from your computer; create groups to share and collaborate with; import images, videos, PDFs, and Flash files; and embed presentations into blogs and websites.

Prezi is easy to use but when putting together a presentation, I found it sometimes took several seconds to respond while moving or resizing an object. Even with its few glitches, Prezi is a unique tool you’ll want to consider adding to your toolset.—Cyndy Cashman

Company: Prezi
Price: Approx. $176/year (Pro)
Web: www.prezi.com
Rating: 4.5

Hot: Innovative; easy to use; affordable
Not: Occasional slow response

WebNewser has compiled a complete list of Twitter lists containing information regarding the Ft. Hood Attack. We share this information with you not only so you can stay informed, but also to continue our look into the way society utilizes Twitter when news breaks.

Because Lists only became available last week this is certainly a new trend. However, The Austin-American Statesman created its own Twitter feed for the account (@FtHoodShootings), as well as a list. Here are a few more from the major news providers:

&#151 New York Times: twitter.com/nytimes/fort-hood-shootings

&#151 CNN: twitter.com/cnnbrk/fort-hood

&#151 NBC's The Today Show: http://twitter.com/todayshow/forthood

&#151 Los Angeles Times: http://twitter.com/LATimes/fort-hood-shootings

&#151 Washington Post: twitter.com/washingtonpost/forthood

&#151 Dallas Morning News: twitter.com/DallasCrime/fort-hood-shootings

&#151 The Huffington Post: huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/05/fort-hood-shooting---live_n_347623.html

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Michael Learmonth of AdAge leads a discussion on the efficacy of pre-roll ads. And here we thought they were dead or dying.

Micheal Mathieu, CEO of video ad network YuMe; Rob Norman, CEO of WPP's GroupM; Robert Davis of Ogilvy; and John McCarus of Digitas join in.

Via AdPulp

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We're not sure what to make of this latest ad for Secret, Procter & Gamble's deodorant line that hardly anyone we know uses. What genius decided to mix time-lapsing and a gal in an evening dress who likes to skateboard? Animal New York offers their take on the pitch meeting.

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Some, nay, many of you will disagree with me for saying this is the best ad I've seen in a long, long time. But it is, so there. You've seen other better stuff, fine. Not saying it's the best advertisement ever, or that it isn't. But today, right now, it's better than anything else that comes to mind. So, let it be.

Via Creativity

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Filed under: Developer, App Store

iPhone developer Brian Stormont pinged us this morning to share the news that Apple has quietly updated iTunes Connect with a great new feature: Status History. Appearing near recently reviewed items, this option opens a detail table showing how your application has worked its way through the App Store review process, and on to the shelf. Stormont details this update on his site.

This option does not, at this time, appear to be universally available. When I checked my personal apps this morning in the iTunes Connect "Manage Your Applications" screen, I was unable to find any Status History links on any of my application listings. However, I was able to confirm this feature with other iPhone developers.

Another new feature appears to be that the amber-bubbled status messages have been extended. In addition to the standard "In Review," iTunes Connect now offers a "Waiting for Review" status for newly uploaded material. If you see any further interface changes or new status messages, drop us a comment and let us know.

So what does this all mean? In my opinion, this is all great stuff, helping move Apple towards greater developer feedback. No, it's still not the full ticketing system that a lot of us are hoping for but it's definitely a step in the right direction.

Thanks, Maior

TUAWApple adds submission histories to iTunes Connect originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Governor David Paterson is leading the state of New York through one of the toughest times in its history. Many have said he should step down, but he's fighting on. Here is one of his first ads for re-election.

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Keeping on the music theme, burgeoning NYC/Philly-based band Cold Cave is making the most of its recent signing with stalwart label Matador Records. The band's "Life Magazine" track from its new Love Comes Close effort provides the score for a new 15-second holiday ad from Radio Shack. People are already crying sellouts but who knew the brand (or Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners?) had their fingers so firmly on the pulse of hipster nation?

Via Stereogum

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AMC's 'Mad Men' &#151 you know and love it. But, have you ever noticed (yes, you have) that the previews for 'next week's episode' are pretty much useless? If you aren't convinced of this fact, watch this clip. We initially stuck it in the 50th episode of the 'Week in Advertising', but thought it could use some breathing room, here. Courtesy TVNewser's Kevin Allocca.

The season finale is Sunday, be sure to watch.

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The function to delete the selected page (or pages) from a PDF file disappeared from the Edit menu of Preview in Snow Leopard. Even worse, it was replaced (using the same Command-Delete shortcut) with a command that moves the entire PDF document to the trash.

You can, however, still delete selected page(s) through an undocumented keyboard shortcut. Hold down Shift-Command-Delete with one or more pages selected, and only those pages will be deleted from the document. Page numbering, however, does not update to reflect this deletion until you (re)save the file (in 10.5, the numbering updated instantly upon deletion).

If you have a laptop that supports multitouch gestures, you probably are aware of the fact that a three-finger swipe in Preview will go to the next or previous page in a PDF. But you may be annoyed at how Preview insists on animating each page switch with a small scrolling action. This can make it very slow to scroll through a document -- almost as slow as regular two-finger scrolling.

Fortunately, there is a solution: use a three-finger swipe in the sidebar. When you swipe in the sidebar, the pages will change instantly, without any animation. This works no matter what mode the sidebar is in (table of contents or thumbnails). And if you are in contact sheet mode, three-finger swiping will navigate you through the contact sheet.

I can only test this in 10.6, and I didn't discover it until I was running 10.6, so I don't know if it works in 10.5 or not.

[robg adds: My MBP is also 10.6-only now, so I can't test in 10.5 either. If you can, please post...

Locating an email message in your Mail folder hierarchy is now a snap. As of Snow Leopard's version of Mail, if you open a message in a new window, Command-clicking (or Control-clicking) on the icon in the title bar of the message window will reveal the path to the enclosing folder for the message (just like it does in the Finder).

Select the folder from the drop-down menu, and it will open in a new Mail browser window. This allows you to easily locate the message within the Mail folder hierarchy, which can prove quite handy.

Viewing Microsoft Entourage email messages in the Finder with Quick Look doesn't work -- it merely displays an icon image. If you have Entourage 2008 and 10.5 or 10.6, there is a way to display the contents of the message in Quick Look. Download the file named Entourage QuickLook Plug-In.dmg from this site, and place a copy in the /Library/QuickLook folder.

This solution is especially useful for scrolling through Spotlight search results in the Finder, with Quick Look opened in full screen mode on a second monitor.

[robg adds: The plug-in should also work in your user's Library/QuickLook folder. I don't use Entourage, though, so I can't test this one.]

With his forever-delayed album Before I Self Destruct finally hitting shelves on November 16th, 50 Cent is celebrating by launching a new cologne called Power. Cleverly priced at $50.50, the 1.7 oz. bottle that provides the "smell of success" is sold exclusively at Macy's. As Prefix says, we're wondering how much impact his claim that "Jay-Z isn't from the hood anymore" has.

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Imagine for a moment you're in a prison cell. You're facing 20 years behind steel bars for killing someone with your car (or, whatever). You have little connection to the outside world and every day is a struggle to maintain your sanity, life. From the masochistic prison system including guards and wardens and inmates to the knowledge that when you get out (if you get you) nothing will be how you left it, especially your life.

You've done wrong; maybe you admit it, maybe you don't. But you have thoughts about all of this, and other things, but can't confide in anyone here. Your regular psychiatric visits seem cold and thoughtless. If only you could write to someone outside who would just read your thoughts. Even if nothing comes of it, to have someone read them and maybe help you clarify them, turn them into something useful. Wouldn't that be something? PEN America makes that happen, supporting inmates with a coaching program aimed at improving the writing skills of America's incarcerated. Today we interview Jackson Taylor, who has helped this program reach the nations many millions of forgotten inmates since the late 80s.

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