2009 New Year's Eve Gifts

It’s the last day of 2009, and I have some gifts for my wonderful ATMac readers.

Firstly, we have a new LayoutKitchen Resources Page which will be useful for users of KeyStrokes, Proloquo, and SwitchXS. There’s tutorials and information about customising your panels, and free downloadable panels which have been kindly contributed by ATMac readers. Have you customised your own KeyStrokes, Proloquo, or SwitchXS panels or even designed your own? Why not contribute them to the resources page so others can use them – just leave a comment and I’ll explain how!

We also have a lovely gift for iPhone and iPod Touch users courtesy of Jon from Shoot It! Postcard Messaging. If you sign up for Shoot It! New Year’s Eve Freebie you’ll get to send five free postcards to friends in America, as well as a chance to play with the free Shoot It! software. These aren’t email postcards or MMS postcards – they’re real physical postcards the postman will deliver to you! And if you have an iPod Touch or another device without a camera you can still take part – the Shoot It! software can grab any pictures you’ve synchronised from iPhoto and use those on your postcards. And for once, this isn’t just for iPhone and iPod Touch users – Shoot It! also works on Windows Mobile devices, Android devices, and the Blackberry!

If you want to send more than five postcards, you can purchase additional credits from the Shoot It! website and send as many as you like – it’s about US$0.99 per postcard, depending how many credits you purchase.

It’s nearly the new year in New Zealand now, and it’s 9pm in Melbourne, Australia where I am so I’ll sign off now and go enjoy my new year.

Here’s wishing everybody a wonderful and accessible 2010!

- Ricky Buchanan