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  • Colourful lifeguard stations of Miami Beach

    Holy Kaw!
    14 Mar 2010 | 9:49 am
    From the Art Deco hotels and thrilling nightlife to the exquisite cuisine—Miami is an exciting environment to visit. It’s no surprise that the lifeguard stations that sit atop the famous Miami Beach are just as memorable. See a few colourful stations below, and then click through for the entire gallery. See them all at Miami Beach Advisor. More inspiring designs. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Classmates.com Agrees to $9.5 Million False Advertising Settlement

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    Amy-Mae Elliott
    14 Mar 2010 | 10:39 am
    Classmates.com — the website that promises to reunite people with their mullet-haired friends of youth — has agreed to pay out a $9.5 million settlement for a lawsuit dating back to 2008 accusing the company of “false advertising” through “deceptive” marketing emails.The problems for Classmate.com began back in late 2007, when San Diego resident Anthony Michaels received an email from the social networking company informing him that his old classmates were trying to contact him.In order to see who and why, Michaels had to upgrade to a “Gold…

  • Infographic of the Day: How the Global Food Market Starves the Poor

    Fast Company
    Cliff Kuang
    12 Mar 2010 | 9:35 pm
    How can 1 in 7 people be malnourished in the modern world? A beautifully illustrated video shows the causes. To understand the complexities of the international food market--and how traders in Chicago can cause Africans to starve--you could get a ph.D. in economics, or read a 400-page report from the World Bank. Or you watch this superb nine minute video, directed by Denis van Waerebeke. Though ostensibly created for a science show in Paris for 12 year olds, it's actually probably waaaay over a kid's head. Just watch--it's excellent, and very well illustrated: The video begins with a basic…

  • Pictures from my trip to the Winter Olympics

    Guy Kawasaki
    GuyKawasaki
    17 Feb 2010 | 3:32 pm
    Having a great time in Vancouver. If you want to see how great, check out my pictures from Day 1 and Day 2.

  • Notes on Leadership: Be Like Steve Jobs, . . . And Bill Campbell, And Andy Grove

    TechCrunch
    Guest Author
    14 Mar 2010 | 9:29 am
    Editor’s note: When venture capitalists invest in early stage startups, more than anything else they are investing in the founders of the company and their ability to lead their employees through the most improbable set of circumstances to take an idea from a germ to a real and profitable business. In this guest post, Ben Horowitz of VC firm Andreessen Horowitz explains the leadership traits he and his co-founder Marc Andreessen look for before they invest in a startup. SOme of their investments include Skype, Zynga, Factual, and RockMelt. Before becoming investing partners, Horowitz…
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  • Colourful lifeguard stations of Miami Beach

    14 Mar 2010 | 9:49 am
    From the Art Deco hotels and thrilling nightlife to the exquisite cuisine—Miami is an exciting environment to visit. It’s no surprise that the lifeguard stations that sit atop the famous Miami Beach are just as memorable. See a few colourful stations below, and then click through for the entire gallery. See them all at Miami Beach Advisor. More inspiring designs. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • A new generation of surfers: The Aerialists

    13 Mar 2010 | 11:00 pm
    This new NYTimes video discusses the latest trend in competitive surfing: air tricks. Until recently, most surfers have focused on consistency and length of time on the wave, but this new generation of competitors test their limits by performing tricks closer to skateboarding. By pushing themselves above the lip of the wave, these surfers create complex twists and tricks in the air—and change the game of surfing, too. Read the full story at a related article on the NYTimes.com. More on surfing. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Police hunt wool graffiti bandit

    13 Mar 2010 | 6:30 pm
    Police in West Cape May are on the hunt for what could possibly be the least-threatning guerilla vandal in the history of graffiti. From tree branches to lamp posts - ‘The Midnight Knitter’ has been covering most of New Jersey in brightly covered wool. Technically, the crafty needle-wheeler is breaking the law, however, Mayor Pam Kaithern and local residents admit they’re delighted by the woolly rainbow colours. Full story at Metro. More on (legal) needlecraft. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • 8 precariously placed cliff towns

    13 Mar 2010 | 6:16 pm
    Some neighbourhoods are neatly tucked away in squeaky-clean suburbs and others bravely sit atop giant cliffs. Check out this thrilling list of the top eight cliff towns on the planet. See three below: Santorini, Greece Bonifacio, France Cuenca, Spain See all eight at Nile Guide. Planning a trip? Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • 10 tips for unleashing innovation

    13 Mar 2010 | 5:07 pm
    Thomas Edison once said, “There’s a way to do it better—find it.” Innovation can really be boiled down to that principle. In order to unleash your ability to innovate, check out these ten tips for doing just that. See a snippet below: Learn to see. Leverage the limitations. Master creative tension. See all ten handy tips and tricks at Open Forum. More on innovation. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a comment  »
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  • Classmates.com Agrees to $9.5 Million False Advertising Settlement

    Amy-Mae Elliott
    14 Mar 2010 | 10:39 am
    Classmates.com — the website that promises to reunite people with their mullet-haired friends of youth — has agreed to pay out a $9.5 million settlement for a lawsuit dating back to 2008 accusing the company of “false advertising” through “deceptive” marketing emails.The problems for Classmate.com began back in late 2007, when San Diego resident Anthony Michaels received an email from the social networking company informing him that his old classmates were trying to contact him.In order to see who and why, Michaels had to upgrade to a “Gold…

  • Why User Competency Matters in Social Design

    Adrian Chan
    14 Mar 2010 | 8:55 am
    Adrian Chan is a Sr Fellow with SNCR.org and is a social interaction design consultant and strategist. You can follow him on Twitter @gravity7 and at his blog: gravity7.com/blog/media.In designing for social participation, we can consider user goals and needs — even interests, features, functionality, adoption and scaling issues. Best practices and popular ways of using social media guide us in our decisions. But there’s a basic concern we seem to often overlook: “What is the user good at?”We each differ in what we’re good at socially, so asking this question raises…

  • Pi Day: Google Doodle Celebrates Math Nerds Everywhere

    Ben Parr
    13 Mar 2010 | 9:53 pm
    For most of the world, today is March 14th, or 3/14. To most, that date doesn’t have any special meaning. But to us math nerds, it means only one thing: today is Pi Day! Thankfully, it looks like Google has no shortage of number nerds, because the search giant is marking the occasion with a spiffy new logo filled with some of choice geometry formulas.π (Pi) is the mathematical constant that has helped school children and mathematics professors determine the circumference of a circle based on its diameter for centuries. The constant starts with 3.14 and continues forever (as it is an…

  • New Version of Digg Revealed

    Ben Parr
    13 Mar 2010 | 7:22 pm
    At the “Bigg Digg Shindigg” event at the South by Southwest Interactive Conference (SXSWi), Digg CEO Jay Adelson revealed that the popular social bookmarking site is getting a major overhaul, teasing the audience about new features such as personalized feeds and the return of the Digg leaderboard.The new version of the website is not yet available. However, if you visit New.Digg.com, you can sign up for the alpha and see a preview of what the new Digg will look like in the background. Mr. Adelson told the crowd that the site was “five years in the making.”While the…

  • On Google’s Impending China Decision, and How It Has Lost Its Impact

    Ben Parr
    13 Mar 2010 | 2:51 pm
    The Social Analyst is a weekly column by Mashable Co-Editor Ben Parr, where he digs into social media trends and how they are affecting companies in the space.Two months ago, Google threatened to shut down its China search engine over censorship. Yet until today, its China search engine has stayed up with results still censored. Now the search company is finally expected to announce that it’s going to actually follow through and slowly shut down its China search engine.So why does it feel like Google’s impending decision will not have the impact it could have had two months…
 
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    Fast Company

  • Infographic of the Day: How the Global Food Market Starves the Poor

    Cliff Kuang
    12 Mar 2010 | 9:35 pm
    How can 1 in 7 people be malnourished in the modern world? A beautifully illustrated video shows the causes. To understand the complexities of the international food market--and how traders in Chicago can cause Africans to starve--you could get a ph.D. in economics, or read a 400-page report from the World Bank. Or you watch this superb nine minute video, directed by Denis van Waerebeke. Though ostensibly created for a science show in Paris for 12 year olds, it's actually probably waaaay over a kid's head. Just watch--it's excellent, and very well illustrated: The video begins with a basic…

  • Behind the Music: Devendra Banhart's Visual Art Takes Center Stage

    Alissa Walker
    12 Mar 2010 | 8:16 pm
    The Us Weekly readers who know freak-folk musician Devendra Banhart as the hippie-haired beardo on the arm of Natalie Portman probably won't recognize him now. The Portman thing ended a while ago, for one. Plus he's wearing glasses these days, prescribed to him when he started getting headaches from poring over his miniscule drawings for a recent art exhibition, he explains in a call from his home in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. Also, he'll begin a tour next week to support his latest album, What Will We Be, with a scandalously short-cropped do. "It's like a lesbian librarian,"…

  • Infographic: Tracking a Toxic Asset

    Cliff Kuang
    12 Mar 2010 | 2:44 pm
    NPR's Planet Money produces an astounding infographic that shows just how bad a bet the banks made when they went crazy for bundles of subprime mortgages. Toxic assets brought our economy to its knees. You remember those, right? They were bundles of sub-prime mortgages, which were sold to banks like bonds. As the bundled mortgages were paid off each month, they promised a steady portion of the cash. For the banks that bought these assets, the problems began when people couldn't pay the mortgages. NPR's Planet Money--which brought you the Giant Pool of Money story that explained the entire…

  • Only 10 Tickets Left to Innovation Uncensored!

    Noah Robischon
    12 Mar 2010 | 1:32 pm
    No joke: this is your last chance to get a ticket to attend Fast Company's Innovation Uncensored conference on April 21.Who will be there? Along with the editors and writers from this magazine (which is being honored as a finalist for ASME's Magazine of the Year), you'll get direct access to people from the inspired companies that you read about in Fast Company and FastCompany.com every day. Here's the lineup: Mark Parker, CEO, NIKESusan M. Lyne, CEO, GILT GROUPESean Maloney EVP/GM, INTEL ARCHITECTURE GROUPDave Stewart, SINGER, SONGWRITER, COFOUNDER, EURYTHMICSTero Ojanperä, EVP, NOKIAMcG,…

  • You Saw the Exhibition, Now Buy the Art

    Cliff Kuang
    12 Mar 2010 | 11:01 am
    The Guggenheim is auctioning off the works displayed in its recent exhibition, Contemplating the Void. Recently, we brought you a slideshow preview of a lovely exhibition at the Guggenheim, Contemplating the Void, which runs through April 28. In it, the Guggenheim invited 200 artists and designers to imagine radical installations for the interior of the museum--fantastical ideas for turning the famous central atrium into something entirely new. Well, if you liked a piece from the show, you might also be able to own it: The Guggenheim is auctioning off 95% of the pieces. The list of works is…
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    Guy Kawasaki

  • Pictures from my trip to the Winter Olympics

    GuyKawasaki
    17 Feb 2010 | 3:32 pm
    Having a great time in Vancouver. If you want to see how great, check out my pictures from Day 1 and Day 2.

  • How to Avoid Gullibility

    GuyKawasaki
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:45 pm
    We’ve all been sucked into doing something stupid, right? Fortunately, Steven Greenspan has written a book called Annals of Gullibility. In its conclusion he explains how to avoid gullibility, and I’ve provided a synopsis for you. Read the full story at the American Express Open Forum. More on psychology if you need the advice.

  • How to Be Empathetic

    GuyKawasaki
    4 Feb 2010 | 10:24 pm
    By definition, good marketers are empathetic. That is, they have a capacity to understand and care for the needs of others. Bruna Martinuzzi explains how to be empathetic over at the American Express Open Forum.

  • How to Not Be Annoying on Twitter

    GuyKawasaki
    4 Feb 2010 | 10:19 pm
    Amber MacArthur explains how to not be annoying on Twitter over at the American Express Open Forum. Sage advice for you to develop a great reputation and following on Twitter. More Twitter tips.

  • The Elements of Guyle: British Blogging

    GuyKawasaki
    27 Jan 2010 | 10:06 pm
    Want to make your blog classier? You should blog like a Brit. I explain how to do this in ten easy steps.
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  • Notes on Leadership: Be Like Steve Jobs, . . . And Bill Campbell, And Andy Grove

    Guest Author
    14 Mar 2010 | 9:29 am
    Editor’s note: When venture capitalists invest in early stage startups, more than anything else they are investing in the founders of the company and their ability to lead their employees through the most improbable set of circumstances to take an idea from a germ to a real and profitable business. In this guest post, Ben Horowitz of VC firm Andreessen Horowitz explains the leadership traits he and his co-founder Marc Andreessen look for before they invest in a startup. SOme of their investments include Skype, Zynga, Factual, and RockMelt. Before becoming investing partners, Horowitz…

  • Craig Barrett Takes On Vivek Wadhwa In The Tech Education Debate

    Guest Author
    14 Mar 2010 | 7:17 am
    Editor’s note: The most valuable employees of any technology company are the engineers and scientists, which is why everyone in Silicon Valley does whatever they can to ensure the continuous supply to this talent pool. The size of the talent pool is ultimately determined by the number of people who graduate from colleges and universities with science, technology, engineering, or mathematics degrees. The U.S. is graduating fewer and fewer scientists and engineers, causing concern in many quarters. While many people agree this is a problem, not everyone agrees on what should be done about…

  • Famebook: Because You’ve Always Wanted To Have Your Facebook Feed On Paper

    Robin Wauters
    14 Mar 2010 | 4:53 am
    Remember that time when a marketing agency’s labs unit cooked up an application that allowed you to print your tweets in a custom notebook (aka, Tweetnotebook)? Ok, fair chance you don’t – I sure do because I have one of those lying around here somewhere. Anyway, it was only a matter of time before they did the same for Facebook – and lo and behold, here’s My Famebook. Concept is the same as Tweetnotebook: you can create and order a unique notebook, featuring an item from your Facebook feed at the bottom of every page, via the website in just a few minutes. You…

  • Something Is Technically Wrong With Twitter.com

    Robin Wauters
    14 Mar 2010 | 4:36 am
    OMGTwitterisdownagain. Or extremely flaky, at least. This time, the problems seem to occur only when trying to access the Twitter website, as the API seems to be fully functional and thus not causing any trouble for third-party clients. Search also seems to work fine, as you can tell from all the people tweeting that Twitter is down for them – go figure. We’ll keep it short and sweet: use a third-party client for your tweeting needs or find something else to do (like blog about the fact that Twitterisdownagain). CrunchBase InformationTwitterInformation provided by CrunchBase

  • “No Excuses” For European Startups And More Videos And Photos From Plugg 2010

    Robin Wauters
    14 Mar 2010 | 3:53 am
    Last Thursday saw the third edition of Plugg, a conference I started in my home country Belgium back in 2008 that essentially aims to launch and inspire European tech entrepreneurs and advance the startup ecosystem in these parts. The event is closely tied to TechCrunch, with myself as lead organizer and TechCrunch Europe editor Mike Butcher running things on stage. We invited a host of speakers from all corners of Europe to deliver inspiring keynotes about a wide range of topics, and as every year had 20 (well actually, 19) startups vying for the top prize in an exhilarating pitching…
 
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  • Books you don't need in a place you can't find

    Seth Godin
    14 Mar 2010 | 3:29 am
    David points us to the Montague Bookmill. This is the bookstore of the future, because it's not a business trying to maximize growth and ROI. No, it's a place, an attitude, an approach to an afternoon. They don't sell every book, they don't even pretend to.Just as vinyl records persist, an object of joy for some listeners and a profitable cottage business for some sellers, bookstores are going to become like gift stores. The goal isn't a commodity transaction with maximum selection at minimum price, the goal is an experience worth seeking out and paying for.We're going to see more and more of…

  • We can do it

    Seth Godin
    13 Mar 2010 | 4:03 am
    Too often, it seems, this attitude is missing from teams, organizations or the community.It's missing because people are quick to opt out of the 'we' part. "What do you mean, we?" they ask. It's so easy to not be part of we, so easy to make it someone else's problem, so easy to not to take responsibility as a member of whatever tribe you're part of.Sometimes it's missing because people disagree about what 'it' is. If you don't know what you're after, it's unlikely you're going to find it.And it's missing because people confuse cynicism with realism, and are afraid to say "can". They'd rather…

  • Naming tool of the week

    Seth Godin
    13 Mar 2010 | 2:31 am
    Oleg points us to http://wordoid.com/It's a conjugator, brainstorming and domain finder, all in one. Nicely done.I've done a few posts on naming to help you get started. Here's an old one too.And while I'm sharing links, here's a thoughtful post about money. Not about money, actually, but about the way people think about money.

  • Wondering around

    Seth Godin
    12 Mar 2010 | 2:16 am
    I stumbled on a great typo last night. "Staff in the lobby were wondering around..."Wandering around is an aimless waste of time.Wondering around, though, that sounds useful.Wondering why this product is the way it is, wondering how you can make the lobby more welcoming, wondering if your best customers are happily sharing your ideas with others... So many things worth wondering about, so few people actually taking the time to do it.Wondering around is the act of inquiring with generous spirit.

  • Helping spread the word

    Seth Godin
    11 Mar 2010 | 11:56 am
    Since Linchpin was published six weeks ago, I've gotten some terrific email. Most of it is about individuals who used the ideas in the book to instigate a process of self-reinvention or validation. Some of the best mail, though, has come from managers and leaders who are using the book to inspire others. One company bought 800 copies for its management, while another reader told me how two copies helped change the way her organization coped with change.When I find a book that moves me, I spread it to everyone who's willing to listen. I hope you feel the same way.It's ever more clear to me…
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  • SXSW Keeps Austin Weird, Wired and Wild

    Lewis Wallace
    13 Mar 2010 | 9:08 pm
    Geeks party like rock stars at South by Southwest's interactive and film festivals. A photo tour of the Saturday night scene.

  • SXSW: Comic Bill Hicks Posthumously Rocks Austin

    Eliot Van Buskirk
    13 Mar 2010 | 1:27 pm
    The North American premiere of American: The Bill Hicks Story delivers a biting dose of the late, great stand-up's routines. But that's just the tip of the iceberg: Fans who've memorized every word will dig the documentary's inventive animation sequences.

  • SXSW: Dynamo Takes on YouTube for Indie Film Rentals

    Eliot Van Buskirk
    13 Mar 2010 | 10:51 am
    Promising a mix of revenue and flexibility, the startup will offer independent filmmakers a direct route to movie fans.

  • Google '99.9%' Sure To Shut China Search Engine: Report

    Reuters
    13 Mar 2010 | 8:41 am
    Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine, is now "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times reports.

  • SXSW: 'Kick-Ass' Goes to Comic Book Extremes

    Lewis Wallace
    12 Mar 2010 | 11:59 pm
    Funny, fresh and amazingly violent, Matthew Vaughn's big-screen adaption of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s superhero story leaves a packed house laughing at South by Southwest.
 
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  • Navigating the Middle of Your Post – Without Getting Lost

    Darren Rowse
    14 Mar 2010 | 7:19 am
    A Guest Post from Ali Hale from The Blogger’s Guide to Effective Writing” – normally priced at $29, ProBlogger readers can get a $5 discount by entering the code “ProBlogger” Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Navigating the Middle of Your Post – Without Getting Lost Share This

  • Why Your Business Needs Friends

    Darren Rowse
    13 Mar 2010 | 5:27 am
    A Guest Post by Johnny B. Truant from The Charlie and Johnny Jam Sessions. I got an email the other day from a man who was at his wit’s end. The email explained that in this man’s business, he was doing many of the same basic things that I was doing, but with much less success. He had been building websites for years. He had refined his craft. He felt that the sites he built were better, more complete, and had more features and better support than mine. He had more experience than I had. He even said that he was probably smarter than I was. Yet I was doing really well and he was…

  • The First Week of Your Blog: Set Up Key Pages

    Darren Rowse
    12 Mar 2010 | 6:05 am
    One of the series of posts that we’re building here at ProBlogger is all about what to do in the first week of your new blog. We’re assuming you’ve already got your domain, chosen your blog platform and have installed a template/theme/design – but what comes next? So far we’ve covered: Writing Your First Compelling Content Planning Future Content Today we’re going to look at some of the key pages on your blog that can be worth setting up. Why ‘Pages’ are Important When a new person arrives on your blog there are a variety of types of pages that…

  • How to Blog: How to Choose a Blog Niche [6 Tips]

    Darren Rowse
    11 Mar 2010 | 8:56 am
    Earlier in the week we looked at the importance of ‘niches’ when it comes to building profitable blogs. Today I want to extend the topic and gives the process that I tend to use when working out if I want to start a new blog in a particular niche. I hope you find it helpful. Many factors will come into play when it comes to choosing a niche to blog about – but the following are those that I tend to pay most attention to: 1. Your Interest in the Topic I started out blogging on topics that interested me – but as I began to see the potential to make money from my blogs…

  • Let’s Meet at SXSWi!

    Darren Rowse
    11 Mar 2010 | 5:56 am
    As this post goes live I’ll be in the process of arriving at SXSW Interactive in Austin Texas. I was fortunate enough to at SXSWi two years back and it was one of the best conference experiences that I’ve had – so I’ve made it a priority this year to return. My schedule is pretty open. The main thing that I’ll be doing is a book reading this Friday night. I’ll be talking about some of what Chris and I have included in the 2nd edition of the ProBlogger book (due out next month). The book reading is on at 5pm, Friday 12 March on the Day Stage I hope…
 
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    Chris Brogan

  • Nikon Just Let Me Use a New Camera

    chrisbrogan
    12 Mar 2010 | 10:13 pm
    The folks at Nikon let me try out a D300s camera. It’s a lot more pro-feeling than my Nikon D-60. Honestly, I’m not yet that clever with it. I’m trying it out, and shooting stuff, and they’re giving me little tips so I can try to do better stuff with it. I’m part of their outreach project, which they’re doing for the South by Southwest event in partnership with YFrog. So, if you check out http://yfrog.com/nikon, you’ll see what me and a few others are shooting. Why let an idiot like me use such a powerful camera instead of someone who’s a really…

  • Business Cards And Little Programs – Kitchen Table Talks

    chrisbrogan
    12 Mar 2010 | 1:30 am
    For this, our next in the Kitchen Table Talks series, I’m going to emphasize a point I was trying to make about business cards: namely, we shouldn’t just hand them out willy nilly. We do it because we’re not sure what else to do. But we don’t always need to end a face to face interaction with trading business cards. Here’s more: Can’t see the video? click here. Direct link to the video People always ask which camera I used to shoot my video. I use the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 (that’s a review of the camera).

  • Changing Lives

    chrisbrogan
    11 Mar 2010 | 10:59 am
    Hey. Take five minutes (it took me three), drop by this site and give $10 or so to send 300 autistic kids to summer camp. Think about it. Two lattes worth of cash and you can send 300 kids to summer camp. We’ve raised about 1/3 of the money required in the first 20 minutes. Want to be part of a case study in charitable giving via the social web? Come Donate $10.

  • My Plans for SXSW

    chrisbrogan
    10 Mar 2010 | 4:33 pm
    Are you going to be in Austin, Texas for South by Southwest? So will I. So will Justin Levy and Colin Bower from New Marketing Labs. While we’re there, I’m definitely up for business meetings with people interested in talking about upcoming projects. I don’t like making set time meetings at the event, because things are a whirlwind. That said, when we get it narrowed down to a day, we can usually do okay on getting a meeting set up. I’m also going to be out and about for some socialization, naturally. I won’t be going to many of the parties. I just don’t…

  • Wire Up Your Customer Base

    chrisbrogan
    10 Mar 2010 | 1:30 am
    My friend Mick Galuski is sneaky. Every Wednesday, he sends a direct message of a TwitPic of MY weekly comics. Not some weekly comics. MY weekly comics. He knows that I’ll want them. He knows that I’ll get to them soon as I can. And lately, he knows that I’ll send Kat when I’m out of the country in England and in Colombia to come and get them. I wasn’t that passionate about comics again until Mick MADE me more passionate, by keeping them top of mind for me every Wednesday. He has a @toysoldiergames Twitter account that he’s working on using for other…
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    Copyblogger

  • The Surprising Old-School Secret to Blogging Success

    Sonia Simone
    12 Mar 2010 | 6:26 am
    About 80% of your blog’s success comes from “ass in chair” time. That’s the time you spend writing posts, editing posts, finding the perfect image, connecting with fellow bloggers, answering comments, shaping up your SEO, and all the other tasks we teach you about here on Copyblogger. You’ve got to get that stuff right. But great blogs are not built by “ass in chair” time alone. There’s actually a significant element to your success that you may be neglecting with all that work and focus. Every once in awhile, you might consider getting out of the chair and physically setting…

  • How to Win in Las Vegas, And in Online Business

    Johnny B. Truant
    11 Mar 2010 | 6:25 am
    I’ve written a few contrarian things lately. Specifically, I ranted a bit about why I think the most common “make money online” technique doesn’t work for most people, and about how, really, the most important ingredients of success are persistence and grit. Then, on my own blog, I ranted about why “systems” for achieving specific results don’t work. I got a lot of comments, emails, and tweets agreeing — too many people are looking for a quick fix, and we need to remember the basics: hard work, and good old-fashioned stick-to-it-iveness. But…

  • Blogging Lessons from The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

    Julie Roads
    10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 am
    A 40 year-old unsolved murder mystery. Strange cryptic codes in a bible. Sweden, sandwiches, and many, many cigarettes. The badass-est female protagonist since . . . forever. And an author who has, posthumously, caused quite a ruckus in the book world and in the minds of conspiracy theorists everywhere. Yes, I’m talking about The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. If you haven’t heard of it, the rest of us are inviting you to come out from under your rock. Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the…

  • The Power of Confident Writing

    Brian Clark
    9 Mar 2010 | 6:29 am
    There’s a wonderful European-style market and bakery in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas. They serve everything from made-to-order salads and sandwiches to chef-prepared, ready-to-eat meals. But what I love most about the place is the sign on the door when you leave. It’s classic. The sign doesn’t read “Please Come Again” or “Thank You for Your Business” or some other typical exit sign platitude. It says . . . “See you tomorrow.” That kind of confidence is compelling and downright sexy. Sure, a fantastic product, service, or experience is the starting point from which confidence…

  • What Do You Do When You Run Out of Knowledge?

    James Chartrand
    8 Mar 2010 | 8:12 am
    Bloggers have a distinct disadvantage. When someone hires an expert in — oh, let’s say marketing — that expert can dispense the same information she did for the last client. And the client before that one. And the one before that. Not bloggers. Blogging is about breaking down everything you know into bite-sized chunks so that people can learn it all over a period of time. If they look back through the archives, they can often see the entire breadth of your knowledge. Then one day, your well runs dry. This is a scary moment for any blogger. It’s not like running out of…
 
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    ReadWriteWeb

  • Facebook Firehose May Be Released at Developer Conference F8

    14 Mar 2010 | 11:11 am
    Facebook plans to announce the availability of a firehose of user data at its F8 developers conference in April, we believe based on research. Such an offering could be similar to the firehose that Twitter has shared with large partners and select small developers building the famous Twitter ecosystem of 3rd party applications around the web. A Facebook representative did not offer a denial, saying only that the company would not comment on speculation. The huge social network was once private by default, then made controversial changes in December that pushed hundreds of millions of users…

  • Big Changes Are Coming to Digg: More Power to Publishers, Less Power to Top Diggers

    14 Mar 2010 | 11:05 am
    Last night, during Digg's annual SXSW party, Digg's CEO Jay Adelson announced a set of significant changes to Digg. Among the changes Adelson announced are a streamlined submission process, a personalized homepage, an unlimited amount of topic pages, a new commenting system and better curation tools. Earlier this morning, we got a chance to sit down with Adelson to discuss these changes in greater detail. Some of these changes will surely be extremely controversial in the Digg community and might also make some publishers who rely on Digg's traffic a bit nervous. Sponsor It's hard to…

  • Cartoon: Can't Go to SXSW? We Feel Your Pain

    14 Mar 2010 | 10:24 am
    For anyone in this business who isn't at SXSW in Austin, Texas this week, pretty much every social media channel feels like sitting next to a high school clique loudly talking about a party you weren't invited to. If SXSW doesn't interest you, or if you're able to rise above it all, then my hat's off to you and your Zen-like transcendence. Sponsor For those of us who still have some lingering envy or a fear that we're missing out on... well, we're not quite sure what, but something really cool... there's actually some soothing relief this year. Check out the Twitter discussion on the…

  • Check Out the Companies That Make ReadWriteWeb Possible

    14 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am
    Our readers know ReadWriteWeb as the blog that's ahead of the technology curve. Our sponsors know us as that, too. Once a week we introduce our sponsors to our readers and let them know a little more about who they are and what they do. You can say thanks to the companies that make ReadWriteWeb happen by tweeting them (see the link below each sponsor) or following them using our Twitter list. Interested in being a ReadWriteWeb sponsor? Our readers are smart, tech-savvy decision makers; 40% have a graduate degree or PhD, and over 45% play a key role in information technology purchasing…

  • Universal Check-in App Confirmed: Brightkite's Stealth Service

    13 Mar 2010 | 5:14 pm
    We write this for you, the tired, the weak and the weary, the dogged attendees of the South By South West festival in Austin this weekend. We know that you're exhausted, but it's not from the booze, the parties or the product pitches - it's the endless location based check-ins. If only someone had solved this in time, right? From what we can tell, the folks over at Brightkite have the solution with Check.in, but have yet to release it to the achey-thumbed, smart-phoned masses. Sponsor According to the splash page we found at Check.in, the app, which looks to be for both iPhone and Android,…
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    Photoshop Insider Blog By Scott Kelby

  • D-Town TV (it’s not just for Nikon shooters anymore)

    Scott
    12 Mar 2010 | 5:23 am
    When I was in The Netherlands last week, I can’t tell you how people I ran into that watch on one of our podcasts, but one guy I met told me although he sees me each week on Photoshop User TV, he said he doesn’t watch me on D-Town TV (the weekly show for DSLR users) because he’s a Canon shooter. I let him know that D-Town TV isn’t just a Nikon-only this season, and that we not only include Canon gear, but we’ve changed the focus of the show from one that covers which button does what, to more of a general show about digital photography, and how to “get the…

  • It’s Friday—I’ve got Nuthin’

    Scott
    11 Mar 2010 | 9:47 pm
    Hi gang: I’ve been heads down on a couple of projects on critical deadlines, and I’ve just got nuthin’ for today here on the blog for today, so…..so…..I’ve…well….uh….how about we make this “Bad Blog Friday?” (Whoops, too late—it already is). Now, it’s entirely possible I’ll wake up in the morning and have something and post it, but I’m just totally beat right now, and I can barely form sentences, so have a great weekend and we’ll see you here on Monday, where hopefully I’ll be somewhat…

  • Photoshop World Pre-Conference Workshops Nearly ALL Sold Out!

    Scott
    10 Mar 2010 | 9:48 pm
    For the first time ever, the optional in-depth, pre-conference workshops we hold the day before Photoshop World officially kicks off, are all nearly sold out in advance, so if you’re signed up to go (or if you’re thinking of going), but haven’t registered for a pre-con workshop, I’d jump on it now, as there are only 60 seats left TOTAL for all 9 workshops combined! Here’s the workshops that still have seats available: HDR Crash Course (3 spots left) >> See the video above << Photoshop for Beginners (7 spots left) Real World Concert Photography (6…

  • Quick Thursday Stuff

    Scott
    10 Mar 2010 | 9:24 pm
    Photoshop World App Updated We just released an updated version of our Photoshop World iPhone App, which includes both new features (including an Opening Keynote countdown clock, plus lots of tweaks to the “My Schedule” feature, including the ability to erase your schedule and delete all saved data), along with some bug fixes. You can download the free App from the iTunes Store, or just follow this link. Loved Nick’s Post Yesterday I really found Nick’s Guest Blog post yesterday fascinating (I especially thought his impressions of Michelle Obama and Annie Leibovitz…

  • It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring Nick Rapaz!

    Brad
    9 Mar 2010 | 9:01 pm
    Photo by Karen Lenz My New York adventure started over four years ago while I was working as Studio Manager for the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. I was with the workshops for three seasons, and during that time I was fortunate enough to work closely with an incredibly diverse group of photographers, from Norman Jean Roy to Joe McNally to Platon. My first winter season in Santa Fe was also the first workshop for Platon, and I ended up hitting it off with both him and his first assistant (Andreas Konrath). Immediately after that season’s end I traveled to New York, checked into the…
 
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    Smashing Magazine

  • 50 Fantastic Favicons: Episode 9

    Sven Lennartz
    14 Mar 2010 | 12:21 am
      Every now and again we showcase fantastic favicons, those tiny pieces of art that you’ll find in your browser’s address bar or when rifling through your bookmarks. These little gems are important because they serve as visual indicators to help visitors easily identify content in their browser. That aside, favicons are just nice to look at, and way too many websites don’t make use of them. We want to change that, which is why we are presenting what is now the ninth episode in our favicons series: a small article with tiny images and fast loading time… for a change.We’ve…

  • Plasticine Art Showcase: Shape Your Imagination

    Aygul Zagidullina
    13 Mar 2010 | 3:51 am
      Do you remember?.. The first time you played with pieces of modeling clay, melting them in your hands and going deeper and deeper into the colourful plasticine world where your imagination was the only limit. Since the 19th century, when Franz Kolb and William Harbutt independently of each other invented plasticine (modeling clay), it has been used in almost all fields of art: illustration, web design, typography, claymation, installation design.Plasticine artworks can be found just everywhere: advertisements, book/magazine as well as CD/DVD covers, movies / TV series, music…

  • 45 Fresh Useful JavaScript and jQuery Techniques and Tools

    Smashing Editorial
    12 Mar 2010 | 7:14 am
      Yes, this is another round-up of fresh and useful Javascript techniques, tools and resources. But don’t close the tab yet, as you might find this one very useful. In this selection we present calendars, forms, buttons, navigation, debugging, optimization and compatibility tables as well as handy resources and tools. We also cover various jQuery-plugins that will help you extend the functionality of your website and improve user experience with ready components or coding solutions.The last section also covers a number of useful educational resources such as a compilation of…

  • Forms On Mobile Devices: Modern Solutions

    Luke Wroblewski
    11 Mar 2010 | 3:58 am
      Mobile forms tend to have significantly more constraints than their desktop cousins: screens are smaller; connections are slower; text entry is trickier; the list goes on. So, limiting the number of forms in your mobile applications and websites is generally a good idea. When you do want input from users on mobile devices, radio buttons, checkboxes, select menus and lists tend to work much better than open text fields.But constraints breed innovation, and mobile forms are no different. The limitations of mobile devices have forced developers and designers to find new ways to allow…

  • Uncovering Toy Cameras and Polaroid Vintage Effects (With Photoshop Tutorials)

    Jessica Bordeau
    10 Mar 2010 | 6:23 am
      Since its emergence, the digital photography market has gradually supplanted the traditional one. APN and digital SLR cameras entered our lives, and some people announced the death of silver-based images. This is not all lie, and yet old-fashioned images have been particularly popular in the past few years. All we do seem to do now is try to recreate the atmosphere of those bygone times anyway. Blurry, distorted and over-saturated images are not just a fad anymore. People have became familiar with the style and even consider it a full-fledged photographic genre.And this is where…
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    The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

  • Ask TUAW: Clocks, screen guards, MacBook hard drive replacement, NFS automount, and more

    Mat Lu
    14 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am
    Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAWWelcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we have questions about replacing a MacBook hard drive, refreshing a NFS mount, getting a simple clock on screen, improving iCal's note handling, and more. As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at the end of this post. When asking a question, please include which machine you're using and what version of Mac OS X is installed on it (we'll assume you're running Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac if…

  • Boo Hoo! SimplifyMedia dropping products and changing direction

    Mel Martin
    13 Mar 2010 | 11:00 am
    Filed under: Multimedia, Internet Tools, iTunes, iPhone, MusicThe problem is, we just don't know where they're going. In a Saturday blog post, the company announced it is "...taking a new direction" and won't be offering their current apps to new users. SimplifyMedia has been offering free software for computer-to-computer and iPhone-to-computer music sharing over the internet. Using the iPhone app, you could connect to your computer at home and stream albums, playlists or songs without any complicated firewall setups. A newer version of the software also allowed remote access to your iPhoto…

  • GDC 2010: Civilization V probably Mac-bound (eventually)

    Mike Schramm
    13 Mar 2010 | 7:00 am
    Filed under: Gaming, Software I've been working like crazy for TUAW here at GDC 2010 (and there's a lot more coverage yet to come), but I did take a little time for myself this afternoon and go see the demo that Firaxis is showing off here of this fall's Civilization V. The latest and greatest Civ is quite different from the past iterations. As you can see in the above photo, the squares have become hexes for the first time ever, units will no longer stack (I know!), and culture will grow only as you pay gold to grow it, one hex at a time. Even though I really only went to see this game…

  • Rumor: iPad in-store reservations may be over 40,000

    Michael Rose
    13 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am
    Filed under: Retail, Rumors, iPad Apple Store Sydney by Shaondiwakar - Flickr In the wake of yesterday's iPad sales estimates of 50K in the first couple of hours (now revised by Silicon Alley Insider and Apple 2.0 to about 91,000 in the first six hours), we have an unconfirmed but plausible number from inside the retail stores. According to our source, the in-store pickup reservation count differential between the start of the day and closing time was about 41,000; that represents reservations for the WiFi iPad only. If you've got a pickup reservation and you happen to know your ID number for…

  • iPhone backups a bit slow? Dump those images

    Mel Martin
    13 Mar 2010 | 5:00 am
    Filed under: Tips and tricks, Odds and ends, iPhoneIf your iPhone backups and restores are taking a ridiculously long time, Apple suggests you take a quick peek at your Camera Roll. In a new Knowledge Base entry, Apple reminds users that photos are backed up each time you do a sync, even if there are no changes to the Camera Roll. The result can be a sluggish backup or restore. If you already have the photos copied into iPhoto, you're good to erase them from the Camera Roll. Apple has some advice for getting the pictures back to your iPhone if you need to: 1. Ensure the iPhone is connected to…
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    CNN: Top Stories

  • Boehner: Gitmo plan 'makes no sense'

    14 Mar 2010 | 9:45 am
    The top Republican in the House and a senior White House adviser on Sunday debated a plan for closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay and moving some of the terrorism suspects held there onto American soil.

  • 3 associated with U.S. consulate killed in Mexico

    14 Mar 2010 | 9:31 am
    A drive-by shooting in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, claims the lives of three people associated with the U.S. consulate there.

  • Israel to probe housing announcement

    14 Mar 2010 | 9:04 am
    Israel's prime minister has set up a team to investigate why officials announced new settlements in disputed territory while Vice President Joe Biden was visiting.

  • Fake invasion report sparks panic

    14 Mar 2010 | 8:36 am
    A television station in Georgia triggered a panic when it broadcast a mock half-hour report about a Russian invasion of the country.

  • Trial date set in Elizabeth Smart case

    14 Mar 2010 | 7:58 am
    A November 1 trial date has been set for Brian David Mitchell, who is suspected in the 2002 kidnapping of Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart, said a spokeswoman for federal prosecutors.
 
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    Strobist

  • Q&A: How to Use Your Nikon SB-900 in Optical Slave Mode

    10 Mar 2010 | 9:00 pm
    As most of you know, the discontinued Nikon SB-800 speedlight has an awesome -- yet, oddly undocumented -- built-in slave. But given the questions I have gotten recently, many people who own the newer SB-900s are not aware that their flash has the same capability.A walk-thru on how to access and use the built-in slave in your Nikon SB-900 speedlight, and how to get better results from any slave outdoors, inside.__________SU-4 Mode Button SequenceSU-4 mode is a legacy TTL mode which existed long before Nikon's CLS system. Props to Nikon for continuing to include it. And the day they stop…

  • Speedlights at Twenty Paces

    8 Mar 2010 | 1:18 am
    Wrapping up in Dubai and getting ready to head over to Muscat in Oman for some much-anticipated R&R.Those of you who follow Strobist on Twitter knew that Saturday was a big day for me. After teaching at Gulf Photo Plus all week, Saturday night was the big shootout against Zack "OneLight" Arias and Joey "Not That Guy from Blossom" Lawrence.My shootout results, and what it's like to walk into the belly of hell, inside.__________Pucker FactorAll we knew is that we were were to have 25 minutes to use however we wanted -- including lighting, shooting, editing and post production. And the post was…

  • QOTD: Do You Co-op Gear?

    3 Mar 2010 | 9:00 pm
    I am gonna turn it around to you guys with a question today: Is anyone participating in a formal (or informal) gear co-op program?It seems like a logical choice as a compromise for gear you cannot rationalize owning. Obviously, renting is an option for those who live in NYC or LA (and, increasingly, secondary markets). But it seems to me that the idea could easily be applicable to lighting gear. For instance, a group of weekend enthusiasts or a camera club could pool money for a monobloc kit.There have always been informal arrangements between photogs in a given local area for spotting each…

  • Five Things Music Can Teach Us About Lighting

    28 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    In 1986 I walked into the photo department at The Gainesville (FL) Sun for the first time. I was 21, and it was like walking into heaven. Several well-respected photogs worked there. There was pool glass available for borrowing. There were huge photos on the wall. And there was a nice stereo with a pair of high-end (to me) speakers on top of the bookshelf. Looking back, I think they were Bose 301's. But I was impressed back then.They said that they paid for the stereo by pooling the money they received for transmitting AP specials and enterprise art over the wire. It was the first time the…

  • Travel, Light

    25 Feb 2010 | 1:00 pm
    UPDATE: Corrects backpack, adds links to backpack and duffel.__________I have logged a lot of air miles over the last few years, and am getting ready to pile on a few more en route to Dubai this week.On of the biggest advantages of being speedlight-based is being able to avoid the excess-baggage mafia. Given that I usually travel with computer, camera gear, lighting gear (including stands, etc.) in addition to the typical clothing stuff, I thought I would do a quick post on what and how I pack.__________Two In the BellyFirst off, I always strive to get all of my clothing/personal items into a…
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    Digital Photography School

  • Cloud Photography

    Guest Contributor
    14 Mar 2010 | 7:08 am
    How to take advantage of what is right above you. The sky is the single most abstract and dynamic canvas that a photographer has at his disposal. It is an endless source of inspiration that can change a boring photo into one of tremendous interest. Sweet Home Under White Clouds - by tipiro The sky is a key element in almost all landscape photos and if you can’t get it just right the entire photo will suffer. The problem is that it is often very difficult to properly expose the sky and the ground at the same time. By turning to tools such as graduated neutral density filters or…

  • Do You Share The Images You Take Online?

    Darren Rowse
    13 Mar 2010 | 12:02 pm
    Time for a new POLL. Do You Share The Images You Take Online – if so, how often? I know many of our readers do share photos online on photoblogs or via photo sharing services like Flickr – but this poll is looking at not only IF you do it but how regularly. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Once you’ve voted I’d be interested to hear a little about where you share your photos also (photosharing, photoblog… both/other) and why you’ve chosen to use that medium. If you’ve selected…

  • This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (7-13 Mar ‘10)

    Nicole
    13 Mar 2010 | 6:01 am
    Weekly Assignment This week we repeated an old assignment that we had a lot of fun with the first time around, Jump. We wanted you to get your feet (or someone elses’ feet) off the ground and into the air. We wanted to see people jumping and having fun, and let me say, there’s just something about people jumping that seems to get them to smile! And the sheer joy on the subject’s face in our winner’s shot was one of the things that really stood out to us. unifiedphoto’s picture of the boy sledding down the hill was just spot on. The boy looked thrilled as he (and…

  • Rock Climbing Photography [Video and Tips]

    Darren Rowse
    12 Mar 2010 | 11:23 am
    Building on our recent poll that explored whether readers are using the video feature on their cameras I thought today I’d share this video by Nikon and Australian rock climbing photographer Simon Carter – a video that was shot purely with the Nikon DS3. For best viewing watch it in HD (press play, then quickly hit pause then select tthe 720p HD option in the menu instead of 360p. In the next video Simon Carter shares some behind the scenes information on the shoot behind the above video as well as giving some general rock climbing photography tips. Post from: Digital Photography…

  • Product Review: Lightscoop

    Elizabeth Halford
    12 Mar 2010 | 6:29 am
    Do you hate the look of on camera pop-up flash? Do you avoid taking photos indoors because of harsh shadows and completely insane looking eyes? Fret no longer – Professor Kobre’s got your back. Professor Kobre’s Lightscoop is an amazing little invention. Another of those ‘why didn’t I think of that?!’ moments. It’s a perfectly angeled mirror which attaches to your camera’s hot-shoe and bounces the light from your pop-up off of the wall and ceiling behind you, spreading the light evenly instead of shooting it at your subject head-on. Before the…
 
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    Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips

  • Tip – A Bunch of Crop Tool Tips

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    11 Mar 2010 | 5:12 pm
    It’s Friday and I’m heading up north to shoot my sister-in-law’s wedding. Wish me luck Anyway, I figured I’d close out the week with a few crop tool tips. • Press R to get to the Crop Tool. It works even if you’re in the Library module. • Once you’re in Crop mode press the letter O (for Overlay) to change the overlays that you see on your photo. They’ll toggle between the rule of thirds, a grid, and several other overlays that you’ll never use • Press A to toggle between constraining/not constraining to the aspect ratio • Press…

  • How Backing Up Just Saved My Butt

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    10 Mar 2010 | 5:01 pm
    You probably always hear people talk about backing up right? Well something happened to me recently that I figured I’d share in hopes that anyone not backing up, will start to. The Night Before My Trip to Dubai It all started last week. I taught at Gulf Photo Plus in Dubai. The night before I left I did as I always do every night – backed up my Mac with Super Duper (it creates a bootable backup of my entire drive). I have it on an auto backup setting so at some point during the night a backup is created on to a Western Digital MyBook drive. However, since I was also traveling to…

  • The 5 Places I use Lightroom Presets The Most (And the least)

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    9 Mar 2010 | 6:33 am
    If you’ve ever looked into Lightroom’s Presets folder (Lightroom Preferences > Presets area) you’ll see there are actually a lot of different areas in Lightroom that have presets. So which ones do I use the most? 1. Import – This one is pretty much on autopilot for me. Whenever I import, I have a Metadata template defined (bottom section of the import dialog) with all of my contact and copyright information. It’s something I rarely ever change or tweak. 2. Develop – Of course, this is probably the biggest area of presets for me. If you’ve followed…

  • Video – Before & After

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    28 Feb 2010 | 9:01 pm
    Greetings from Dubai! I’m teaching at Gulf Photo Plus this week but I made sure I recorded a video before I left. It’s another one of those before/after videos and it takes one of my photos from a hot air balloon festival I shot last summer from start to finish. It just happens that this one required a lot of Photoshop work. I’m not sure why, but sometimes I still feel more comfortable with the Quick selection tool in Photoshop and a brush, rather than using the Adjustment Brush in Lightroom. Anyway, here it is. Thanks for watching! Click here to download the video to your…

  • Worth-a-click

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    24 Feb 2010 | 5:56 am
    Here’s a few things worth checking out as you surf around the web today. First a couple of “me” things: • I just turned my new portfolio website live over at MattKloskowski.com. • A good friend of NAPP (Firgs) has an interview with me posted on her website (lots of other NAPP interviews as well). • Finally, in other “me” news, I’ve been asked quite a bit about my twittering. So here’s the deal: I’m not much of a “here’s what I’m doing” twitterer. Honestly, I turn off my email and web browser most of the day so I…
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    Joe McNally's Blog

  • Whose Knees Are These?

    Joe McNally
    4 Mar 2010 | 8:14 pm
    Okay, I ‘ll give you a hint. He’s at GPP in Dubai. He uses speed lights. And this is the 3rd time in this millennium he has worn long pants. Give up? Mystery man revealed here. (I also went to his class on social media and if there is anybody on the planet who knows more about the role it is currently playing in our industry, I certainly don’t know them.) Speaking of knowledgeable people in exotic places, my buds Eddie Soloway and Renie Haiduk are heading for Africa. Both are wonderful shooters and teachers. Eddie’s book, A Thousand Moons, is simply one of the most…

  • It’s Raining Here….

    Joe McNally
    1 Mar 2010 | 11:43 am
    It’s not supposed to be raining here. This is Dubai, that giant mushroom of concrete, glass and steel that erupted out of the sun blasted sand and became a magnet for all things over the top. Put the adjective “tallest,” or “biggest” in front of any number of things, and they be here. I’m convinced it’s me. Bad weather just follows me. Last year in Las Vegas, in the springtime, fer chrissakes, I lost a day’s shooting to a snow storm. Here, where for a chunk of the year the temperature dial is set at “fricassee,” it just ain’t…

  • That Kelby Clan…..

    Joe McNally
    23 Feb 2010 | 5:10 am
    Had a blast last week with the gang from Tampa out at PhotoShop 20th anniversary in San Fran. Though a couple folks let me know that no one out there refers to their fair city in those terms. It’s either full blown San Francisco, or just simply, SF. Okay. Nicknames or no, it’s still a great place. We dovetailed with the Kelby Online Training video team, led by the intrepid Scriv, and shot a new video. We had great fun, and great subjects. How can you not like a bunch of guys who sing nothing but Leonard Cohen songs, acapella, and call themselves a Conspiracy of Beards? When they…

  • Dependable Fog

    Joe McNally
    18 Feb 2010 | 1:57 pm
    There are certainties in the life of a photog, to be sure. Shoot, suffer, die. In my experience though, the arrival of fog has never been one of them. Except here, in San Francisco, which is why this city has become one of my favorite places to work or visit. Joe love fog. Fog make everything look nice. You get fog here as certainly as you get water when you turn the tap. Early in the week, I was giddy with it, out on a beach, running around shooting stuff, and a bud who lives locally nodded approval. He said, “Yeah, Joe, it’s a rare condition you’re seeing here. Only…

  • We Just Can’t Help It…..

    Joe McNally
    15 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am
    Photographers. We’re strange, right? We can’t stop. We run when others walk. We work when others relax. We have no sense of weekends, holidays, time off, time on, or time in general, except as it relates to sunrise or set. When there’s a football game on TV, we aren’t looking always at the action on the field. We’re looking at the sidelines to see if any our buds are covering the game and how much of the long glass out there is black or white. We walk around like addled sumbitches, staring at strange stuff, hovering at the edge of human activity, aching to be…
 
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    Planet Photoshop

  • Light From 3D Shapes

    Corey Barker
    12 Mar 2010 | 1:27 pm
    Corey shares another way to get a cool 3D light beam effect.

  • Vanishing Point and 3D

    Web Editor
    12 Mar 2010 | 6:15 am
    While working in the Vanishing Point filter, you can create a multi-plane grid and return the part of the image contained in the grid back to Photoshop as a 3D layer (choose Return 3D Layer to Photoshop from the flyout menu). Once it is a 3D layer, you can move the object around in three [...]

  • Modify Textures on 3D Objects

    Web Editor
    11 Mar 2010 | 6:15 am
    If you have imported a 3D object that has a texture applied to it, that texture will show up as a sublayer with your 3D layer. To modify or replace the existing texture, simply double-click directly on the texture name in the Layers panel. A dialog will open with the 2D texture. Make whatever changes [...]

  • Photography Book of the Week

    Corey Barker
    10 Mar 2010 | 6:43 am

  • Creating Place Scale Markers

    Web Editor
    10 Mar 2010 | 6:15 am
    You know those scale markers they have on maps that say that 1″ equals 1 mile? Well, Photoshop can create something called Scale Markers. These are measurement guides that are created based on the measurement scale you use. Once a measurement scale is established, go under the Analysis menu and choose Place Scale Marker. In [...]
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