Most of the team is in San Francisco for the Macworld Expo this week. We had some pre-show "fun" with the booth setup, but now things are straightened out and now we're ready for the bug show to start!
During a smoke break Carl bumped into Mitch Wagner from Information Week and chatted about the show. Carl is now famous as Mitch mentions his conversation in his recent Early Macworld Arrivals Hoping For Ultra-Light MacBook post. It is a great read, and here are Carl's thoughts he shared with Mitch:
Carl Slawinski of Agile Web Solutions said his company is about to launch beta-testing of a Web version of its 1Password, Mac software for managing passwords and automatically filling in Web forms on any browser on the Mac. The Web version will allow users to store logins and passwords on the Internet, and access the information from any browser on any operating system -- the Mac, Windows, Linux, and smartphones. And a new bookmark applet will allow users to automatically fill in passwords and fill out forms -- again -- from any browser on any operating system.As for Apple: "I have no idea what Apple will announce," Slawinski said. "I don't want to speculate."
And then he proceeded to speculate.
"I hope they release something Mac," Slawinski said. "Last year, it was all about the iPhone, and Apple TV."
He noted reports that Apple will introduce a midrange headless Mac, for users who want a midrange system but don't want to buy an iMac. He said he hopes Apple will introduce an iPod Touch with 30-60 Gbyte capacity. Right now, the iPod Touch maxes out at 16 Gbyte, making it more of an iPod nano replacement than a replacement for bigger iPods.
As for other vendors, Slawinski said he's looking forward to seeing Skitch, software which is in a quiet public beta. Skitch is designed to allow users to quickly capture, annotate, and share screenshots. Slawinski says he now uses Snapz Pro X, which is great for taking screencasts or a book-full of screenshots, but Skitch is great for taking one fast screenshot and shooting it out in e-mail to someone -- for example, sending out a quick e-mail to illustrate a tech support response. I agree with Carl, the new my1Password Web Service is pretty sweet :)
