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Scot Hacker

Biography

After earning a B.A. in Philosophy at UC Santa Cruz, Scot Hacker began writing reviews of jazz and improvised music for The Utne Reader and The Cadence Journal of Jazz and Blues before becoming a content manager and production editor at ZDNet. Hacker's interest in digital audio and fine computer systems evolved into a series of regular articles for PC Magazine, Byte.com, Windows Sources, ZDNet, Japan's ASCII magazine, and the CompuServe network, as well as television appearances and trade show gigs. Hacker is the author of O'Reilly's MP3: The Definitive Guide, Peachpit's "The BeOS Bible," and countless articles for print- and web-based technology publications. He is currently employed as Webmaster of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

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Safari's RSS Puzzle

September 07 2007

OK, geek boys and girls, pop quiz: How do you use Safari’s built-in RSS reader as a feed aggregator? Go ahead, take a minute to figure it out. Take 5. Whatever you need. I’ve got time. In January 2003 I predicted that major browsers would have RSS capabilities built in… read more

Safari for Windows: Ca-Ching!

June 12 2007

Like many people, I’ve been trying to wrap my head around the motivations behind yesterday’s release of Safari for Windows. With iTunes for Windows, it was a slam dunk - you can’t sell iPods and tracks to people who can’t reach your platform. But with Safari, it’s not quite as… read more

iTunes 7: Cover Art Strangetude

September 13 2006

Like half the internet, I’ve been enjoying/dissecting iTunes 7. But I just stumbled on something odd I thought was worth re-posting here. iTunes has been able to store and display cover art for a long time. At core, that’s not new. But what struck me in iTunes 7 is how quickly… read more

No RJ-11 For You

June 05 2006

An old friend called in a panic the other day. The modem on her G3 lime iMac had crapped out, and she needed to get online that evening. We verified that she could still get a dial tone on the line. Had her reboot. No dice. “Still no broadband?,” I… read more
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