Liveblogging the Keynote with Paul Thurrott

When it comes to ways to enjoy the Philnote, we Apple fans are really pretty spoiled. While I missed the fun over at MacRumors, I was having a great time following along via Twitter. I particularly enjoyed the play-by-play provided by Paul ‘being a git worked for Dvorak so I’m going to make it work for me’ Thurrott. I’ve reproduced his stream below. Now, if I were a fictional character like the Macalope I might indulge in some line-by-line name calling. Instead I’ll just make the observation that this guy is an even bigger dick in realtime.

• “So… iPhoto 09 has features that Facebook, WinLive Photos/Photo Gallery, and Picasa have had for months. That’s what I’m seeing here right?”
• “So … iMovie 09 fixes the wrongs of iMovie 08. Good. But who EDITS video, really? And this is the 2nd of three new products he’s showing?”
• “And speaking of applications targetting a seriously niche audience … GarageBand. 09. Oh my.”
• “There’s nothing like playing to an overly-friendly house. You can get copious applause just by showing up.”
• “Yep. I expect the NYT to trumpet Apple’s “invention” of photo face detection any moment now.”
• “Oh, i see … iLife was product #1. iWork is #2. They still make iWork? :) JK”
• “What kills me about apple: They have 1 year to prepare for macworld. and iLife is *still* not ready to ship today. Late Jan.? What the heck?”
• “Aside from iPhoto, every product they’ve shown today is cool but limited in audience scope. Why do they focus so much on things noone uses?”
• “Case in point. Keynote. For those people who a) use Macs and b) give presentations. This is a seriously limited audience.”
• “Actual comment from random Apple live blog: It will show your slide and your notes – VERY COOL APP!”
• “Um, right. That’s what presentation programs DO. :) Geesh.”
• “Actually, I should apologize. Pages makes Keynote look like a best-seller by comparison. :)”
• “Mac Box Set is a good idea: Leopard, iLife 09, and iWork 09 for $169. Microsoft should bundle like that. Oh, wait.”
• “iWork.com should be about as useful as Zune to Zune music sharing. In fact, there are probalby more Zune users than iWork users. Nevermind.”
• “And I was just thinking that we needed another Google Docs/Acrobat.com/Office Live. :)”
• “[crosses fingers] And please tell me iwork.com is based on me.com technology :)”
• “Apple guys will always buy the Apple stuff, even when free things are out there. They’re just wired that way”
• “And the final cherry on top of iWork.com: you will have to pay for it. Thank you Apple. I was looking for another way to shovel money at you”
• “#3 – new Macbook Pro”
• “17-inch MacBook Pro that is. I wonder if that means no new Mini?”
• “And does that mean no Snow Leopard discussion? No DRM-free music at iTunes?”
• “[crosses fingers again] I hope they show another unibody manufacturing video!”
• “One last thing … iTunes”
• “BTW, it’s “one MORE thing” Phil. :)”
• “Apple folds on variable pricing. That actually is kind of a shock. It’s also what they should have done years ago.”
• “My guess: Variable pricing was a requirement in order for Apple to get DRM-free music. I guess they’re not omnipotent after all.”
• “Yep: By end of Q1, all 10 million songs on iTunes will be DRM free. I’m guessing they won’t be MP3, however.”
• “Final recap on Macworld. Mostly “eh”. Exception: Battery on new 17-in MBP is interesting, unless they start catching on fire 2 mos from now.”