Apple’s Think Different commercial is probably one of the most inspiring 60 seconds ever captured on film:
A few weeks ago, I came to the conclusion that if I listened to the Think Different ad every day, I’d probably do some amazing things with my life, so I created a ringtone out of the 30-second Seinfeld version that can be used as an alarm on any iPhone. Now, before starting each day, I can wake with inspiration to Think Different, and remind myself that the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. (If you’re wondering, I used this GarageBand Hack to make the ringtone.)
If you’d like to share in my inspiration, just download the ringtone HERE and add it to your phone through iTunes. From there, it should automatically show up as an available alarm sound.
Apple might make you pay a dollar per song that you want to use as a ringtone on your new iPhone, but there’s a way to create custom ringtones using only Apple software that costs just a few extra minutes of your time.
Open GarageBand.
Drag a song from your iTunes library into the GarageBand window to create a new track.
Click the Cycle Region button.
Adjust the yellow bar to the edges of the part of the song that you would like to use. (It must be less than 40 seconds in length.)
If the song is short enough, iTunes can automatically select the appropriate length to convert into a ringtone.
Once you’ve got your region selected, simply go to Share -> Send Ringtone to iTunes, and GarageBand will convert and then add your new ringtone to iTunes’ ringtone section automatically.
Sync your iPhone, and rejoice at your newly acquired ability to add any song as a ringtone.
Today, during the Apple summer event, the Steve announced a new iMac line, featuring lots of glass and aluminum, as well as some beefed up specs.
Along with this new iMac line, the Steve also introducing a new, matching wireless keyboard that’s plenty slim and plenty sexy.
On the software side of things, the Steve introduced iLife ’08, with the usual slew of updates.
iPhoto gets events, giving you a new way to organize your photos.
iMovie gets added, which is supposed to do for video what iPhoto has done for photos.
iWeb gets enhanced, including Google integration (Anyone else hoping for a partnership?)
iDVD gets a nudge up, but not much.
GarageBand also gets improved, though again, nothing substantial.
To go along with the new iLife features, the Steve also introduced an update to .Mac. Now sharing photos and movies with friends and family is even easier. Plus, there’s iPhone integration with a real “Web 2.0” feel. – Yeah, the Steve actually said “Web 2.0”.
What about for the working world?
Don’t worry, the Steve has you covered as well.
iWork ’08 saw the usual bump in featuring, plus the addition of Numbers, Apple’s long awaited spreadsheet program. It’s like Excel, only Applefied.
And that’s it. No one more thing. Steve, why no iPod? Must you make us wait? All I’ve got to say is that the next iPod better launch rockets at the push of a touch screen button. That’s right, rockets.
