MacWorld Keynote

I may not need to explain this, but for those who don't know me, I am a huge advocate for the Apple brand. I would go so far as to say that I might not be in the technology field if it were not for the Macintosh.

So it was no shock for me to find myself drooling over the "whats new" section of this year's MacWorld Keynote address. Yes the lust for a faster, more eco-friendly laptop that holds a battery charge for up to 8 hours was natural... I just am going to have to live with the fact that my 17" MBP is no longer the top of the Apple line. But the thing that really blew my mind was the upgrades in iLife that they announced. Have you heard about this?

The big wow for me was the upgrade in iPhoto. The additions of facial recognition and facial detection logic in the application are revolutionary. This is why Apple blows the competition out of the water. To think that the program can, with a little guidance, map a face in a photo and then sort all your photos with that person into a gallery is just awesome. What genius! It just makes sense that people would want that. My only reservation would be the thought that the built-in camera on my MacBookPro might be able to look at me and know it is me... it is almost the beginning of real awareness in a commercial operating system.

If the "Faces" feature was not enough, the "Places" feature makes a 1 - 2 punch that is unbeatable. With my iPhone and iPhoto, my photos can be mapped and sorted geographically! Amazing! The iPhone geo-codes a latitude and longitude tag into my photos, then iPhoto uses that information to make maps, and galleries that are so cool and useful. I am considering taking pix of my favorite trails and nature spots just so that I can have a satellite map of where they are an where I have been.

I can't wait to purchase the upgrade later this month!