Bazqux is another Paid reader alternative

So there is a new Paid Google Reader alternative4 called BazQux Reader.
bazqux

You get a 30 day free trial, and then you can pay either $9, $19 or $29 a year to use the service.

It promises to be very Google Reader like, supposedly using the exact same API, all that needs to be changed is the address to allow programs to work with it.

It does not have a search function as of yet though.

And it has more sharing options than some allowing you to go to e-mail, twitter, facebook, google plus, tumblr, evernote, delicious, pinboard, pocket, readability and instapaper, though you can’t seem to turn off the share feeds you don’t want to use or re-order them in any way.

It is fast and very google reader like though, and since it is paid they promise not to go away.

Digg Reader Beta is Out

So for people who signed up for the beta, Digg Reader has been released as a desktop web only version (which that link will let you sign up for the beta), which will import your Google Reader feeds directly from Google Reader (while it is still up). I was able to try it out today and it is fast, and it imports your feeds very quickly, though doesn’t seem to care what order you have imported them in, and they are certainly not alphabetical, so you will have to re-order your feeds to use them.
diggreader

It has a clean interface, but not many options. You can digg posts, save them for later and share them with Facebook and Twitter and that is it. And they have not updated the mobile app yet, so you can only use it on your desktop computer via a web browser.

Like other alternatives it has no search function as of yet.

It is a decent enough free RSS reader, though not all that impressive as of yet.

New MacPro GeekBench Scores

Well the new MacPro (not the final release version) is showing up in MacBench scores according to MacRumors, and the results are pretty good. Currently getting a 23901.

My MacPro model stock rates an 11970, and mine currently rates at 13510, so it is about the speed of my stock machine faster. Pretty impressive. Still there are Hackintosh’s easily getting 28000 or higher (if overclocked), so it is not as impressive as it could be!

Adobe Encore CS6 is the last version

Rich Young at PVC is reporting on this and how to install it if you have Creative Cloud.

Personally I hate this. DVD Studio Pro is already dead, and ancient and now Adobe’s disc making software is gone too. Sure we can use the old version, but it will never be updated again? That really sucks! This is a very Apple ish move, and I personally don’t like it. Yes digital delivery is huge now, but there is still a time and place for disc based media as it looks better, and with 4K on the horizon, it will be sticking around in one form or another for a long time.

Adobe Photoshop CC removes the Additional Plug-Ins Folder

I couldn’t locate the option in Photoshop, so I started searching and found the answer on one of Adobe’s Blogs.

Note: we removed the option in preferences to point to a “Additional Plug-Ins Folder” in Photoshop CC as it caused more problems than it solved.

Now here is something I completely don’t agree with as this folder made it so much easier to upgrade versions, as you could keep your 3rd party plug ins in a separate folder, and just point the new version at them. SO MUCH EASIER THAN HAVING TO GO THROUGH YOUR PLUG INS FOLDER EVER UPGRADE AND MIGRATE STUFF! Annoying adobe, very annoying!

The Edit Doctor on NVIDIA Quadro Performance speeds with Premiere CC and my worries on new MacPro

The EditDoctor has an interesting article on how recent NVIDIA drivers have literally doubled the performance of Quadro’s for Premiere Pro.

And this is why I worry about the new MacPro. OpenCL acceleration is not nearly as fast as CUDA on the PC, and the Mac has always had a far inferior OpenCL installation. Multi GPU’s are incredibly hard to code for and only give moderate performance enhancements on even the most mutli-GPU aware games on the PC, so they are only for the most hard core of gamers. The only exception to this is a Maximus configuration from NVIDIA which is a Quadro with a TESTLA card (the non-consumer version of a Titan), which has incredible power and speed and really can use both processors. This all leaves the new MacPro in the code. Most software won’t be coded for multiple AMD GPU’s and even if they are the performance increases are usually pretty modest, and OpenCL can’t touch CUDA! So why made a new “pro” machine without the option for CUDA? The only argument I can see if form over function, and that seems to be what the new MacPro is all about!