Author: Joe Barnick

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    Joe Barnick was born in 1978 and at ten months was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). When he is not making a nuisance of himself to family and friends, he pursues online college courses through the SUNY (State University of New York) Learning Network in the hopes of someday earning a degree in Graphic or Advertising Design. His other interests include all things Apple, gourmet cooking, Japanese cuisine and culture, film, music, anime, video gaming, art, and collecting memorabilia relating to Star Wars, anime, video games, Roger Rabbit, and other pop culture miscellanea.
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    LayoutKitchen Button That Activates Multiple Keys

    LayoutKitchen Button That Activates Multiple Keys

    Many of Mac OS X’s standard keyboard shortcuts, such as “New Folder” (Shift + Command + N), “Save As” (Shift + Command + S), and “Paste and Match Style” (Option + Shift + Command + V), require pressing multiple keys simultaneously. While this isn’t very difficult to do with KeyStrokes or SwitchXS, it would be much easier if you could save yourself two or three clicks by triggering complex commands like these with one button. Fortunately, LayoutKitchen makes this possible … and it couldn’t be easier!

    Fullscreen gaming discovery

    Fullscreen gaming discovery

    A couple of weeks ago, I posted a tidbit on ScreenRecycler, an app that allows you to use another Mac’s screen as a second display. In it, I theorized that ScreenRecycler could allow on-screen keyboard and scan panel users to play inaccessible fullscreen games by letting them display the game on their main Mac’s screen [...]

    Accessible digital photography

    Accessible digital photography

    In the July - August ‘08 issue of MDA’s QUEST Magazine, there is an interesting article in the QuestTech section about Orlando Valle, a young man with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and the specialized digital photography equipment he uses for a middle school digital media course. Of particular interest is the motorized pan & tilt mount [...]

    AssistiveWare KeyStrokes 4.1 released

    AssistiveWare KeyStrokes 4.1 released

    Today AssistiveWare released KeyStrokes 4.1, an update to their on-screen keyboard application for those with physical impairments and graphic tablet and touch screen users:
    Version 4.1 is now Universal Binary, offers enhanced compatibility with Spaces, and on Leopard provides automatic layout switching when the user changes the keyboard layout in the Mac OS X Input menu. [...]

    Screen sharing tweaks

    Screen sharing tweaks

    A while back, Mac OS X Hints (via MacWorld online) posted an awesome article on how to get the most out of Leopard’s built-in screen sharing: 
    First, here’s a potentially easier way to share the screens of other Macs on your network. First, realize that the screen sharing feature is just an application. It resides in [...]

    ScreenRecycler

    ScreenRecycler

    As part of their Summer of Mac Gems series, MacWorld online profiles ScreenRecycler 1.16:
    Wish your Mac had another display so you could spread out your workspace? Most Macs support multiple displays, but for those that don’t—or if you don’t want to go out and buy another monitor—ScreenRecycler 1.16 lets you use another Mac as your [...]