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  • Supernova shrapnel found in meteorite

    Holy Kaw!
    9 Sep 2010 | 1:59 pm
    Scientists have identified the microscopic shrapnel of a nearby star that exploded just before or during the birth of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago. Faint traces of the supernova, found in a meteorite, account for the mysterious variations in the chemical fingerprint of chromium found from one planet and meteorite to another. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: NASA/ESA/Johns Hopkins University Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Say “F**ck You” to Cancer via Facebook or Twitter with New Campaign

    Mashable!
    Brenna Ehrlich
    9 Sep 2010 | 9:23 am
    If you or a loved one is suffering from or has suffered from cancer, instilling you with an overwhelming urge to curse the disease out, you’re in luck. F**ck Cancer, a non-profit foundation, has launched a month-long campaign called F-tember during which it plans to raise awareness by asking folks to donate their Facebook and Twitter statuses to the cause.F**ck Cancer has teamed up with Invoke, an interactive agency, to create a Facebook app to educate folks about cancer.“Invoke loves getting involved with feisty causes and Fuck Cancer’s approach is fresh,…

  • Global Report: U.S. Losing Its Competitive Edge

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    Jenara Nerenberg
    9 Sep 2010 | 3:21 pm
    Debt and dwindling faith in public institutions help torpedo America's ranking in an annual World Economic Forum Report. But hey, at least we're still ahead of Germany. The United States has fallen from second to fourth place in The World Economic Forum (WEF)'s Global Competitiveness Report for 2010-2011. Switzerland seized the top spot, followed by Sweden, then Singapore. Germany came in 5th. The report indicates that deficits, debt, and loss of faith in public institutions torpedoed the U.S.'s ranking. The rankings take into consideration 12 factors: "institutions, infrastructure,…

  • How to Make Paper.li and Flipboard Rock

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    GuyKawasaki
    24 Aug 2010 | 6:47 pm
    In the last few weeks two companies have released services that enable you to take tweets and turn them into a newspaper or magazine format: Paper.li and Flipboard. Alltop is a great source of information for both Paper.li and Flipboard newspapers. If you’d like to learn how to do this for Paper.li, click here, and for Flipboard, click here.

  • Facebook Tweaks The Like Button: Like Things In Apps, Link To Pages, And Show Box Counts

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    MG Siegler
    9 Sep 2010 | 2:10 pm
    Ever since Facebook rolled out their Like button in April, it has been spreading over the web like wild fire. Since then, they’ve been tweaking it a bit here and there to improve the layout and functionality. Today brings more improvements. As they note on their Developer Blog, the new Like button gains three things: the ability to like items within apps, the ability to link the Like button to Pages, and a new option to have a “box count” layout for the button that shows the number of likes above it. The most interesting change is the first one mentioned. Previously, you…
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  • Supernova shrapnel found in meteorite

    9 Sep 2010 | 1:59 pm
    Scientists have identified the microscopic shrapnel of a nearby star that exploded just before or during the birth of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago. Faint traces of the supernova, found in a meteorite, account for the mysterious variations in the chemical fingerprint of chromium found from one planet and meteorite to another. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: NASA/ESA/Johns Hopkins University Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Disney princesses as superheros

    9 Sep 2010 | 1:02 pm
    What would happen if Disney princesses stopped putting up with the BS dealt out by Prince Charming? Answer: They’d pick up a subscription to Ms. and swap out their flowy fu-fu attire for tight-fighting superhero gear. Gorgeous ass-kicking can commence in 3…2… Full story at Neatorama. Three cheers for women! Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Website ranks Twitter users by influence

    9 Sep 2010 | 12:00 pm
    Having tons of followers on Twitter doesn’t necessarily mean you’re among the most influential people in the Twitterverse, say researchers at Northwestern University. If you really want to know the most influential people tweeting on the hot topics of the day, go to pulseofthetweeters.com. The website went online in May and has been tracking the top trending topics from Twitter in real time ever since. The site uses a specialized algorithm to rank the most influential people tweeting on trending topics. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Permalink |…

  • How the Donner Party worked

    9 Sep 2010 | 11:55 am
    More than 150 years ago, the Donner Party got off track in a harsh winter in the California mountains, and their story has been speculated about ever since. And we're still fascinated by their story. The story of the Donner Party is a frightening reminder of what could be. How did the Donner Party wind up isolated, in such desperate circumstances? Full article at HowStuffWorks.com. Total aggregation of HowStuffWorks.com. Photo credit: Wikipedia Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • How do we define 'normal?'

    9 Sep 2010 | 10:56 am
    Is being normal all about thinking inside the box? It's all about matching up to what society considers standard, but where did the criteria come from in the first place? Social standards have a strong influence on idea of "normal." We can look at a society's laws to see what's culturally considered normal, but that doesn't always give us the right clues. Full article at HowStuffWorks.com. Total aggregation of HowStuffWorks.com. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a comment  »
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  • Say “F**ck You” to Cancer via Facebook or Twitter with New Campaign

    Brenna Ehrlich
    9 Sep 2010 | 9:23 am
    If you or a loved one is suffering from or has suffered from cancer, instilling you with an overwhelming urge to curse the disease out, you’re in luck. F**ck Cancer, a non-profit foundation, has launched a month-long campaign called F-tember during which it plans to raise awareness by asking folks to donate their Facebook and Twitter statuses to the cause.F**ck Cancer has teamed up with Invoke, an interactive agency, to create a Facebook app to educate folks about cancer.“Invoke loves getting involved with feisty causes and Fuck Cancer’s approach is fresh,…

  • Xbox 360 Kinect Bundles Available November 4

    Blake Robinson
    9 Sep 2010 | 9:08 am
    Microsoft has confirmed that two Xbox 360 Kinect bundles will be available on November 4. The bundles now include both of the new Xbox 360 slim models. The 250GB Xbox 360 Kinect bundle will set you back $399. Those looking for a more casual gaming experience can probably get by on the 4GB bundle that will be priced at $299.Formerly codenamed Project Natal, Kinect is Microsoft’s answer to the motion-controlled gaming experience found in Nintendo Wii. Unlike Wii, Kinect uses a single sensor bar, which is mounted near the TV, to track body movements without controllers.Those of you who…

  • How Graphic.ly Plans to Transform the Comic Book Business

    Adam Ostrow
    9 Sep 2010 | 8:16 am
    This post is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark as a new part of the Spark of Genius series that focuses on a new and innovative startup each day. Every Thursday, the program focuses on startups within the BizSpark program and what they’re doing to grow.A startup can’t hope for a much better kickoff than being demoed live on stage by Steve Ballmer during CES, but that’s exactly how Graphic.ly, a service looking to change the way comic fans consume content, made its debut.But what does a company do to sustain the buzz created by a big launch? For Graphic.ly, continuing the momentum…

  • Stop Leaving Boneheaded Comments on Your Friends’ Walls

    Brenna Ehrlich
    9 Sep 2010 | 7:57 am
    Facebook gets a lot of attention for being “your space” — a handful of entry fields in which to sum up your awesomeness, right down to the bewildering “Write something about yourself” box.Researchers fixate on what your profile says about you, while increasingly complex pages, plug-ins and boxes (what are those all about, anyway?) make it clear that Facebook is all about you.Still, at least one tab of your Facebook profile is largely left to others’ devices: the wall.Here, controlled chaos reigns as friends and sometimes even strangers add uncensored…

  • 10 Killer Google Chrome Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts

    Amy-Mae Elliott
    9 Sep 2010 | 7:25 am
    As Google’s Chrome browser celebrates its second anniversary, we thought it appropriate to commemorate the occasion with some handy tips and tricks.Here are 10 tried and tested hints that will help you to get the most out of Chrome by taking advantage of some of its more functional tools and time-saving setups.Read through the suggestions below and let us know which ones you’ll be trying out, or any tricks we haven’t included, in the comments box.1. Open Multiple Pages on StartupRather than just one trusty homepage, you can get Chrome to open several pages as it starts up,…
 
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  • Global Report: U.S. Losing Its Competitive Edge

    Jenara Nerenberg
    9 Sep 2010 | 3:21 pm
    Debt and dwindling faith in public institutions help torpedo America's ranking in an annual World Economic Forum Report. But hey, at least we're still ahead of Germany. The United States has fallen from second to fourth place in The World Economic Forum (WEF)'s Global Competitiveness Report for 2010-2011. Switzerland seized the top spot, followed by Sweden, then Singapore. Germany came in 5th. The report indicates that deficits, debt, and loss of faith in public institutions torpedoed the U.S.'s ranking. The rankings take into consideration 12 factors: "institutions, infrastructure,…

  • ARM's A15 Chip Means Your 2013 iPhone Will Be Astonishing

    Kit Eaton
    9 Sep 2010 | 2:56 pm
    ARM only just revealed its Coretex A9 chips, it seems--dual-core madness that'll make next-year's smartphones and tablet PCs serious competitors to laptops. And now here's the A15. With four cores. And speeds up to 2.5GHz. "Wow" would seem like a good prediction for how you'll react to the first smartphones sporting the silicon in 2013(ish).ARM is pushing the innovations of this chip pretty aggressively: According to the press release, the A15 "MPCore" processor is the "highest-performance licensable processor the industry has ever seen," offering "unprecedented processing capability,…

  • Timberland Goes 3-D and All-Out For Latest Earthkeepers Campaign

    Jenara Nerenberg
    9 Sep 2010 | 2:53 pm
    VP of Global Marketing Jim Davey tells Fast Company about the company's latest sensory-savvy campaign. Timberland has initiated a massive stretch of innovative corporate social responsibility efforts and campaigns over the years, and the company has just announced its latest Earthkeepers product campaign, "Nature Needs Heroes." With a microsite, online 3-D features, and in-store 3-D displays, the campaign appeals to customers who want to be immersed in the outdoors at all times, even inside a Timberland store. Jim Davey, who came from Nickelodeon to the company in 2009 as Vice President of…

  • Google Instant Redefines Your ABCs

    Austin Carr
    9 Sep 2010 | 2:51 pm
    A is for AOL. B is for Bank of America. C is for Craigslist. Say what? Presenting the default search results of New Google -- in rhyming couplets. Google Instant is a new default version of the world's top search engine, a shocking change for those of us who depended on the original. Now, without having to hit the "Search" button, users' queries are answered in "streaming" fashion, meaning with every letter typed--even just the first one--results are shown. This means that no matter what you type, you're going to get search results for one of 26 letter-based keywords first. Start typing with…

  • iTunes Costs Apple $1 Billion to Run

    Austin Carr
    9 Sep 2010 | 2:44 pm
    Between movies and TV episodes, books and music, and apps of all prices, Apple is swimming in profits from iTunes. But how much does it take for Apple to maintain that store? According to app developer and industry analysis site Asymco, the operating budget for iTunes is reaching critical mass. "Operations has increased from ~$30 million a month in 2009 to $75 million/month today," reports Asymco. "If this burn rate is maintained (even though it’s increasing) the operating budget for iTunes is nearing $1 billion/year." Keep in mind, Apple boasts more than 160 million users around the globe.
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  • How to Make Paper.li and Flipboard Rock

    GuyKawasaki
    24 Aug 2010 | 6:47 pm
    In the last few weeks two companies have released services that enable you to take tweets and turn them into a newspaper or magazine format: Paper.li and Flipboard. Alltop is a great source of information for both Paper.li and Flipboard newspapers. If you’d like to learn how to do this for Paper.li, click here, and for Flipboard, click here.

  • Need example of a personal story of enchantment

    GuyKawasaki
    19 Aug 2010 | 10:19 am
    I would like to include a few personal stories of enchantment in my next book. I am looking for examples of how people, products, services, organizations, ideas, or causes swept you off your feet. Specs: Written from your personal experience, not an external, academic view. 150-200 words Ideally, all the basics would be in your essay: who, what, when, why, and how. As an example, here is how something enchanted me: The second most enchanting moment of my life occurred in 1983 when Mike Boich showed me a Macintosh prototype. (The most enchanting moment was meeting my wife.) This life-changing…

  • Best Twitter Client for IPhone and iPad

    GuyKawasaki
    16 Aug 2010 | 9:43 pm
    After searching for months, I’ve come to the conclusion that Twitbird is the best iPhone and iPad Twitter client. If you’d like to see why, check out my post at the American Express Open Forum.

  • How to get a free copy of my first book, The Macintosh Way

    GuyKawasaki
    2 Aug 2010 | 10:01 am
    Information wants to be free, and I just freed some. I got the rights back for my first book, The Macintosh Way, and I’ve made it available for free here. Hope that you find it useful.

  • How to Find Freedom

    GuyKawasaki
    28 Jul 2010 | 9:25 am
    Let me confess: I’m addicted to Twitter and email, and my addiction increases the more I have to do something important like write a book. Luckily, I stumbled across applications called Freedom and Anti-Social that really help. I explain how they works here at the American Express Open Forum. If you’re have a tough time prying yourself away from online fun, they could really help.
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  • Facebook Tweaks The Like Button: Like Things In Apps, Link To Pages, And Show Box Counts

    MG Siegler
    9 Sep 2010 | 2:10 pm
    Ever since Facebook rolled out their Like button in April, it has been spreading over the web like wild fire. Since then, they’ve been tweaking it a bit here and there to improve the layout and functionality. Today brings more improvements. As they note on their Developer Blog, the new Like button gains three things: the ability to like items within apps, the ability to link the Like button to Pages, and a new option to have a “box count” layout for the button that shows the number of likes above it. The most interesting change is the first one mentioned. Previously, you…

  • Blippy Founder: 40% Of Shared Purchases Are iTunes, But Ping’s No Threat (TCTV)

    Alexia Tsotsis
    9 Sep 2010 | 1:36 pm
    Over the weekend Philip Kaplan, co-founder of social purchasing site Blippy tweeted out a link to Steve Jobs demoing iTunes Ping, with the added sly comment ,“Looks like Blippy.” Curious about what Jobs’ movement into the social sharing space means for Blippy, we brought Kaplan into the TCTV studio and grilled him on what exactly Jobs did or did not copy, how often iTunes purchases were shared on Blippy, and whether or not the concept of social shopping has hit mainstream. Highlights: “I’m not saying that anybody copied anybody.” “If Ping becomes…

  • Thou Shalt Not Chatroulette Or Russian Roulette: The Best Of The App Store Rules

    MG Siegler
    9 Sep 2010 | 1:25 pm
    This morning, Apple finally released a set of guidelines to iOS developers — a move which should go a long way in making the process seem less arbitrary. We’ve already posted the basics of what you need to know — those are, the high-level rules written in refreshingly non-corporate speak (“we don’t need anymore Fart apps” and “if you run to the press and trash us, it never helps”). But I’ve also gone over all the individual sections with the more specific rules, and found a number of interesting ones worth pointing out. Behold: the best of…

  • Don’t Blame Media, Blame the Media-Audience Infinite Loop

    Sarah Lacy
    9 Sep 2010 | 1:02 pm
    I’ve spent two days listening to and reading near-constant coverage of the wacko who’s planning to burn Korans in Gainsville, Florida, and increasingly the stories have been about whether or not all the press attention has been irresponsible. Whether constantly covering the outrage has made it a global one, versus something that only his fifty parishioners would have known about. If the events put American soldiers in danger—that’s a pretty real issue. The media has long wrestled with how much it should give the public what it wants versus what it thinks the public needs, and it…

  • Ping Gets Its Own ‘The Social Network’ Parody

    Alexia Tsotsis
    9 Sep 2010 | 11:19 am
    From the very same Internet that brought you The Twitter Movie, The YouTube Movie, The Auction Site Movie and The Other Social Network Movie comes today’s Ping parody: Another Social Network Movie. Something tells me that people are just going to keep making these parodies of David Fincher’s The Social Network until they run out of websites. Can’t wait to see what people come up with for Orkut. While this trailer primarily focuses on the travails of the Ping user interface,  you can’t help but sympathize as the beleaguered  user checks for iTunes updates,…
 
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  • Loyalty

    Seth Godin
    9 Sep 2010 | 2:30 am
    Loyalty is what we call it when someone refuses a momentarily better option. If your offering is always better, you don't have loyal customers, you have smart ones. Don't brag about how loyal your customers are when you're the cheapest or you have clearly dominated some key element of what the market demands. That's not loyalty. That's something else. Loyal customers understand that there's almost always something better out there, but they're not so interested in looking. Loyalty can be rewarded, but loyalty usually comes from within, from a story we like to tell ourselves. We're loyal to…

  • Three uses for a free Kindle book

    Seth Godin
    8 Sep 2010 | 2:47 pm
    Charlie Huston used one of his books (no longer free) to get me hooked on the rest of the series. Get one free, buy three. Backwards but effective. Another: To spread an idea you believe in (where money is not the object). And: To create hoopla for a new book launch. Josh Bernoff is doing a freebie with his new book, just this week. (Sorry, US only--publishing rights are largely a pre-digital artifact). When the marginal cost of the interaction is zero, the marketing opportunities of spreading an idea increase dramatically.

  • Marketing to the bottom of the pyramid

    Seth Godin
    8 Sep 2010 | 2:58 am
    [this short essay (long blog post) is inspired by and related to this video. You can engage one without the other, but they go together.] Part 1: The bottom is important. Almost a third of the world's population earns $2.50 or less a day. The enormity of this disparity takes my breath away, but there's an interesting flip side to it: That's a market of more than five billion dollars a day. Add the next segment ($5 a day) and it's easy to see that every single day, the poorest people in the world spend more than ten billion dollars to live their lives. Most of that money is spent on…

  • If you want to learn to do marketing...

    Seth Godin
    7 Sep 2010 | 2:48 am
    then do marketing. You can learn finance and accounting and media buying from a book. But the best way to truly learn how to do marketing is to market. You don't have to quit your job and you don't need your boss's permission. There are plenty of ways to get started. If you see a band you like coming to town, figure out how to promote them and sell some tickets (posters? google ads? PR?). Don't ask, just do it. If you find a book you truly love, buy 30 and figure out how to sell them all (to strangers). If you're 12, go door to door selling fresh fruit--and figure out what stories work and…

  • Design with intent

    Seth Godin
    6 Sep 2010 | 10:59 am
    Neat idea, free PDF... will differently (definitely) make you think. HT to Lucas.
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  • Early Warning Signs Could Show When Extinction Is Coming

    Brandon Keim
    9 Sep 2010 | 1:00 pm
    Animal populations headed for extinction may give the same signals seen before crashes in coral reefs, the Sahara’s climate and even stock markets.

  • Apple Answers Questions About App Rejections, Raises Others

    Brian X. Chen
    9 Sep 2010 | 1:00 pm
    Apple on Thursday published a set of rules about the types of content that aren’t allowed in the iOS App Store, answering questions that have been bugging software developers and customers for years while introducing some new ambiguities.

  • FTC Probe May Have Caused Apple to Change App Rules

    Ryan Singel
    9 Sep 2010 | 12:45 pm
    Apple abruptly threw away rules limiting how iPhone app developers can write apps, as the FTC was looking into whether Apple was trying to stifle Microsoft and Google.

  • Hyundai's Going Electric

    Chuck Squatriglia
    9 Sep 2010 | 12:27 pm
    The Korean automaker unveils the tiny BlueOn, promises to have a test fleet on the road next month and (some) cars in (some) showrooms in 2012.

  • E-Books Are Still Waiting for Their Avant-Garde

    Tim Carmody
    9 Sep 2010 | 12:13 pm
    E-readers have tried to make reading as smooth, natural and comfortable as possible so that the device fades away and immerses you in the imaginative experience of reading. This is a worthy goal, but it also may be a profound mistake.
 
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  • Save the Sanctimony: Make Your Blog Sound Like a Trusted Friend

    Georgina Laidlaw
    9 Sep 2010 | 6:58 am
    We all know that rapport is essential to developing lasting relationships with readers. Central to that sense of rapport is how closely you align yourself with your readers. Take a look at your last few blog posts. Do you sound like a trusted friend, or a stuffy (or sanctimonious) authority? The education system and the media have convinced many of us that, to sound like we have authority, we have to be formal, we have to present a bullet-proof case in a verbal flack jacket, and we must either accept no argument, or if one comes up, shoot it down in flames. This is far less than ideal; in…

  • How to Re-Ignite Your Blogging Fire When You’re Feeling Burnt Out

    Darren Rowse
    8 Sep 2010 | 6:56 am
    A Guest Post by Glen Allsopp from ViperChill. In 2006, at 17, I started a blog about marketing which was very successful from launch. In fact, the first blog post I published was linked to by 4 of the Technorati Top 100 at the time, and I felt like I was on my way to joining the ranks of A-list bloggers. Yet, within a few weeks, I had already ran out of steam. I had plenty of things to write about, and loved the industry I was covering; yet I simply had no motivation to keep going. At the time, I just assumed that my lack of motivation was because the site wasn’t making money, so I left…

  • Just Maybe… He Who Blogs Less Blogs Best

    larrybrooks
    7 Sep 2010 | 6:47 am
    A guest post by Larry Brooks, of Storyfix.com Or she.  Regarding the title… it’s just a saying, no penis required.  It’s not your father’s media anymore.  Hard to cull the gender-based colloquialisms out of the language sometimes. She who blogs less blogs best is every bit as gender-biased… but let’s move on. When we begin our blogging journey, we are overwhelmed with advice.  Most of it terrific, some of it downright confusing.  Like ash from a nearby fire, it all settles on the emerging structure of our blogging dream, and what remains after the first stiff wind tends to…

  • 5 Clever Ways to Make A Sticky Blog

    Darren Rowse
    6 Sep 2010 | 7:31 am
    A Guest post from Stanford from Pushing Social. No doubt about it – Content is King. However, the formula for successful blogging doesn’t end there. In fact, content is just the beginning. If you want to make money, create a loyal readership, or attract new clients, you need to keep your readers ON your blog. In a word, your blog needs to be sticky. A sticky blog compels readers to read more than one post. A sticky blog immerses readers in an experience that results in comments and retweets. Sticky blogs are more profitable than regular run-of-the-mill ones because they put more offers in…

  • How to Build a Blog Network from the Ground Up

    Darren Rowse
    5 Sep 2010 | 7:06 am
    Guest Post by Elle from Couple Money. Getting exposure is a goal of many bloggers. They work hard writing and sharing their thoughts on various topics. Once they achieve a certain size however, growth seems to plateau a bit. They need a bigger platform so to speak and some decide to join a blog network. Blog networks have different meaning for different people. There are networks that are business focused and the members form a more formal alliance. They share revenue for example. There are networks that are more interest based, with the intention of helping the members grow. The network…
 
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  • Colin Wants His Kids Back

    ceb
    9 Sep 2010 | 11:08 am
    It’s really hard to imagine what life is like right now for my friend and coworker, Colin Bower. His children were illegally abducted over a year ago, and transported to Egypt against Colin’s will and against the law. It’s been a year of working to get them back, and that’s far too long. I’ve been acting as a solo dad for the last few days while my wife and son are away in Canada, and it’s been time really well spent. I’ve learned that trying to comb very long hair on an 8-year-old girl is a painful thing for both of us. I’ve learned that just…

  • Serving Suggestions

    ceb
    9 Sep 2010 | 1:30 am
    My friend Drew is pushing out his offerings as a blog consultant. This came after a conversation about being really clear on what the offering might be, plus his realization that he has something great to offer people. On this site, I have a page dedicated to helping people understand how they might work with me. I try to be every bit as clear in my offer/ask. I can certainly improve. Here’s what I am thinking about with regards to using “serving suggestions” to help people decide to work with you. Serving Suggestions Help Your Prospects Buy Right now, someone is looking to…

  • Another Reason to Use Premium WordPress Themes

    ceb
    8 Sep 2010 | 7:30 pm
    There’s a reason I promote premium WordPress themes a lot. One is that they make doing my job a lot better. I was just promoting my friend Chris Garrett’s great ebook on guest posts. I’m an affiliate for it. So, I have a link that sends people to buy the product, and as a result, I get some money from the transaction. Only, I made a mistake. I had put in the wrong information for the affiliate code. But here’s where it gets good. Because I used the “redirect” feature in WordPress, things were really simple to fix. I just went in and fixed the problem with…

  • Earthquake in New Zealand

    ceb
    8 Sep 2010 | 1:33 pm
    I have friends in New Zealand. They were hit by a massive earthquake. One of my newer friends, Shaun O’Neill, asked me to mention the crisis and to solicit help. Here’s how you can get involved: To donate to the Red Cross Canterbury Earthquake Appeal: - Phone 0900 33 200 to make an automatic $20 donation - Donate online at redcross.org.nz - Donate in person at any branch of NZ Post, Kiwibank, ANZ, National Bank, ASB and BNZ across New Zealand. - Mail a cheque (made payable to New Zealand Red Cross) to: Canterbury Earthquake Appeal, Red Cross House, PO Box 12-140, Thorndon,…

  • Guest Posts and Traffic

    ceb
    8 Sep 2010 | 11:10 am
    One thing we talk about a lot inside the Third Tribe site is the value of guest posting (writing posts for other people’s blogs) for your site traffic and growth. I don’t offer it for my site, but I do at Man on the Go, my travel blog. I will most definitely be seeking guest posters for my upcoming project. So, it was amazing timing that my friend Chris Garrett told me about his ebook about guest posting (affiliate link). It’s one of those rare times when I felt like, “holy cats. I was going to have to write something on this,” and instead, Garrett’s…
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  • 4 Ways to Use Social Proof (Before Anyone Knows Who You Are)

    Annabel Candy
    9 Sep 2010 | 7:27 am
    Have you read the classic post from the Copyblogger archives explaining why you need to leverage social proof on your blog? If so, then I don’t need to convince you how important social proof is for online success. Social proof is pretty simple. It’s just the human instinct that if someone else is doing something (buying a product, reading a blog, jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge) then it’s probably a good thing to do. It’s not right and it’s not wrong — it’s just how we human beings are wired. Social proof can give a blog great momentum. Once you have lots of readers,…

  • Come Together, Right Now: Introducing Copyblogger Media

    Brian Clark
    8 Sep 2010 | 5:44 am
    Over the last 4 years, I’ve launched several companies from this simple blog of mine. The idea that building an audience with content and letting the revenue-generating ideas, products, and services reveal themselves based on what the audience actually wants has worked out amazingly well. It’s become a full-fledged business model. And yet, there’s a bigger picture. These last years I’ve been putting together pieces of a broader vision – things that work together as one, for our internal use and for you. Problem was, the only common element in each of these different companies…

  • Why Being Naive Can Make Your Fortune

    Sonia Simone
    7 Sep 2010 | 5:29 am
    Back when I worked in the corporate world, I used to get called naive at least once a week. I kept treating my employees like adults, instead of like naughty children. Naive. I tried to lighten up the uptight, lawyer-crafted language we used with our customers. Naive. I was even dumb enough to occasionally tell the truth at meetings so we had some chance of fixing business-threatening problems. Naive. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Such a bright girl, but I clearly had no head at all for business. So I took off on my own. Smack in the middle of an ugly international financial crisis, I “took the risk” of…

  • The 10 Essential Ingredients of Successful Sales Pages

    Dave Navarro
    1 Sep 2010 | 7:12 am
    When you see dozens of copywriting formulas promising “the perfect sales page,” how do you know which ones to trust? After all, each formula seems to have a successful direct sales superstar behind it, and each one looks like a solid plan. What do you do in the face of these wildly different sales letter styles? The first step is to realize that copywriting is more than any one “formula” — it’s an exercise in communication and persuasion. Just like a recipe, different formats will give you different results. The recipe you’re looking for will depend…

  • A Four-Step Guide to Generating Sales Leads from Your Blog

    Dean Rieck
    31 Aug 2010 | 6:50 am
    Dean: Did you know you can use your blog to make money offline? Blogger: Offline? What is this “offline” you speak of? Dean: It’s the opposite of “online.” Blogger: (confused silence) Dean: You know. Offline. Not on the internet. The real world. Blogger: (shaking phone) Not only does this stupid phone drop my calls, now it’s translating them into crazy moon language. Okay, I jest. But to listen to some bloggers, you would think a blog’s only purpose is to make money online, by selling ebooks, membership sites, or advertising. The truth is, blogs have grown into a more…
 
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    Macworld

  • Vector drawing app Sketch features powerful tools, minimalist design

    9 Sep 2010 | 1:34 pm
    Bohemian Coding has released Sketch, a new vector drawing app for OS X that features a minimalist design and offers a drawing space of unlimited size and layers.

  • GetGlue brings social networking for entertainment to the iPad

    9 Sep 2010 | 1:22 pm
    The network, which counts over 5 million members, allows users to "check in" and discuss movies, TV shows, books, and special events, all via their iPad.

  • Snell: New App Store guidelines go deeper than Adobe

    9 Sep 2010 | 1:15 pm
    Headline writers will focus on the Apple-Adobe squabble over Flash when reporting on the App Store guidelines Apple released Thursday. But Jason Snell says there's more to the story -- namely that the changes unveiled by Apple will go a long way toward making developers feel more comfortable about creating iOS apps.

  • BaseApp watches Basecamp from your menu bar

    9 Sep 2010 | 12:29 pm
    Basecamp is a popular project management and collaboration tool, but e-mail notifications for new activity can overload one's inbox. BaseApp lets you get notifications in your Mac's menu bar, either via a drop-down menu or more immediate Growl alerts.

  • Review: Chopper 2 for iPhone and iPad

    9 Sep 2010 | 12:28 pm
    Chopper 2 boasts three-dimensional environments, more realistic physics and all-new levels. Thankfully, it also retain the same addictive side-scrolling gameplay that made the first so much fun.
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    ReadWriteWeb

  • Network Launches to Help Entrepreneurs Find Co-founders

    9 Sep 2010 | 3:30 pm
    While it's possible to go it alone and be a single-person founder of a startup, many people need - and prefer - to have a co-founder. As Graphic.ly CEO Micah Baldwin describes it, you want "a hacker and a hustler." But finding someone who has the right skills, the right personality, the right work style, the right vision isn't easy. In fact, judging from the number of times you see people posting "looking for co-founder" on Hacker News, it's quite a challenge. Sponsor On Monday, the Cofounder Network launched, aiming to help solve this problem by matching entrepreneurs from around the world.

  • What You Need to Know About Malvertising

    9 Sep 2010 | 3:00 pm
    On September 14, 2009 New York Times readers were automatically redirected to a site hosting malmare thanks to an ad containing malicious code. On July 15 2010, TweetMeme was the victim of a similar attack and began sending its users to a "scareware" site. These are just two examples of "malverstiing," one of the fastest growing security threats on the web. It's particularly scary because potentially any site with advertising could be a target, and users don't even have to click the ads to trigger malware. Use a Mac? You could still fall victim to phishing scams perpetuated by malvertisers.

  • JägerMonkey Brings Faster JavaScript to Firefox 4 - Still Trails Chrome

    9 Sep 2010 | 2:30 pm
    Across the board, all major browser developers are currently working very hard to speed up their software's performance. While a lot of the focus has currently shifted to hardware acceleration, there are still some speed gains to be made by optimizing most browsers' JavaScript engines. Earlier this year, the Mozilla JavaScript team launched the Jägermonkey project in order to speed up the JavaScript performance of Firefox and today, the team launched the first preview version of Firefox 4 with JägerMonkey. Sponsor Faster than TraceMonkey - Not as Fast as Chrome In our own (unscientific)…

  • Google Maps for Android Gets Turn-By-Turn Walking Directions, Satellite Imagery

    9 Sep 2010 | 2:04 pm
    For smartphone owners, asking people on the street for directions is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Why bother trying to remember a series of turns and landmarks when your phone can do that and more? Who needs confusing descriptions when you have satellite and Street View imagery? Android users certainly don't. Google has added "Walking Navigation", a marriage of walking directions, turn-by-turn GPS navigation and satellite imagery, to the newest version of Google Maps for Android. Sponsor The latest addition comes as a part of Google Maps for mobile 4.5 for Android. It takes walking…

  • Weekly Case Study: Simplot Moves Beyond Test and Development

    9 Sep 2010 | 2:00 pm
    Simplot Australia initially used VMware virtualization software and Intel hardare to create a test and development environment. The wholly owned subsidiary of the J R Simplot Company saw the immediate benefits and has not looked back since. Today, more than 60% of the IT infrastructure at Simplot Australia's corporate office has been virtualized. Sponsor Download White Paper PDF Simplot Australia Takes Virtualization Beyond Test and Development Discuss
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    Smashing Magazine Feed

  • Upcoming Web Design and Development Conferences in 2010

    Louis Lazaris
    9 Sep 2010 | 4:05 am
      At the end of last year, we published a comprehensive list of web design and development conferences that might be of interest to Smashing Magazine’s diverse readership. Many readers commented and added links to other conferences and events that weren’t listed, some of which were added to the post. Using the contents of that list along with some other sources, we’ve compiled a list of web design and development-related conferences and events that will be taking place in the next six to eight months.As always, there is no way for us to be able to include every…

  • Designing and Producing Creative Business Cards: Techniques and Details

    Lisa Valuyskaya
    8 Sep 2010 | 4:34 am
      Plenty of creative business card showcases are available out there. Many of these are beautifully done and well thought out, and they serve as inspiration for those who would like their business card to be more than the standard rectangular piece of paper. Yet little explanation accompanies these examples, and figuring out just how to bring your idea to life can be overwhelming, to say the least. This guide is meant to help you decide which technique is right for you, how to correctly prepare the files and what to look for in a printer.[By the way, did you know we have a free…

  • Showcase of Interesting Navigation Designs

    Sarah & Adrienne Kahn
    7 Sep 2010 | 6:12 am
      Everyone is always looking for interesting and effective ways to organize their website and allow users to move about and find things. But there’s a fine line between unexpected and unusable. Three points to consider in any navigation scheme are consistency, user expectations and contextual clues.If page is long and provides different levels of navigation, will users be able to find their way through the site and use proper navigation quickly? Forcing visitors to use certain keystrokes to navigate, rather than what they’re used to, might be novel, but is that effective if…

  • Keynotopia Wireframing Set: Free Wireframing Templates for Apple Keynote

    Smashing Editorial
    6 Sep 2010 | 4:01 pm
      Lately, Apple Keynote has been gaining popularity among designers as a wireframing and prototyping tool. Features like multiple slide masters, styles, grouping, animation and hyperlinks make it ideal for crafting interactive prototypes and UI narratives. Today’s freebie, Keynotopia, is a free set of interface elements for Keynote that makes it possible for anyone to create these prototypes in minutes. All elements are hand-crafted in Apple Keynote, and organized in nested groups for easier manipulation and customization. The templates can be used in Keynote 09 and 08 and are…

  • Fight The System: Battling Bureaucracy

    Paul Boag
    6 Sep 2010 | 1:13 am
      If you work as part of an in-house Web team, you have my sympathy. If that in-house team is within a large organization, then doubly so. Being part of an in-house Web team sucks. Trust me, I know. I worked at IBM for three years and now spend most of my days working alongside battle-weary internal teams.Web designer trying to hang himself.It’s hardly surprising that most in-house teams are worn down and depressed. They face almost insurmountable challenges:Departmental feuds Too often, a website becomes a battleground for pre-existing departmental conflicts. Political power…
 
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    CNN.com

  • Florida pastor calls off Quran burning

    9 Sep 2010 | 2:30 pm
    Florida Pastor Terry Jones says he is canceling the planned Quran burning event Saturday to fly to New York to meet with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf regarding the relocation of the Islamic center near ground zero.

  • Iran to free 1 of 3 jailed U.S. hikers

    9 Sep 2010 | 1:44 pm
    Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers held in Iran for more than a year, will be released Saturday, Iranian officials said Thursday.

  • Oil drilling platform to aid miner rescue

    9 Sep 2010 | 1:25 pm
    A large oil drilling platform is on its way to the Chilean mine where 33 trapped miners are awaiting rescue and is expected to arrive later Thursday or Friday, an engineer overseeing the drilling said.

  • California's 'Chelsea's Law' signed

    9 Sep 2010 | 1:15 pm
    Anyone convicted of a violent sex offense against a child in California will get life in prison without parole starting Thursday, after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed "Chelsea's Law."

  • Most say bin Laden will never be caught

    9 Sep 2010 | 12:27 pm
    Nearly nine years after the September 11 terror attacks, a record number of Americans believe the United States is unlikely to ever capture or kill Osama bin Laden, according to a new national poll.
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    Scott Kelby's Photoshop Insider Blog » Photoshop & Digital Photography Techniques, Tutorials, Books, Reviews & More

  • News Stuff Thursday

    Brad
    8 Sep 2010 | 9:02 pm
    Hey gang, Brad here with the latest happenings and news. Just a few things to talk about today, but they’re some pretty cool things! The brand spankin’ new iPhone Book (by Scott Kelby and Terry White) is now available! This fourth edition has updated info for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, including all the stuff you need to know to get the most out of this handy gadget. You can order your copy from Barnes and Noble or Amazon (or both!). You can catch legendary sports photographer Bill Frakes TODAY at 2:00 pm EDT on a free webinar with  called “Sports Photography:…

  • Photoshop World Reviews

    Brad
    8 Sep 2010 | 9:01 pm
    “Scott Kelby Rocks!” by William Beem You probably saw Scott’s recap of Photoshop World earlier this week, but we thought it would be nice to let you hear from some of the people who were there as attendees as well.  Here are just a few of the people who have blogged about their experience in Las Vegas last week: William Beem – Beem Does Photoshop World in Las Vegas Michael Sweeney – Photoshop World 2010 Tiarra Wantz at Nfamous Gamers – Ncounter with Photoshop Guru Scott Kelby Tanya Plonka - Photoshop World 2010, Las Vegas Tony Drumm - Photoshop World…

  • It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring David Tejada!

    Brad
    7 Sep 2010 | 9:01 pm
    FROM ROCKS AND TREES TO GUYS IN TIES I’m thrilled and honored to be this week’s guest blogger. I’ve been a member of NAPP and a follower of Scott Kelby for many many years, and I can’t thank him enough for all the wonderful information he provides through his books and online videos. I’ve been making my living as a photographer for more than 25 years, specializing in location work for annual reports and other types of business collateral material. Making a living as a professional photographer is hard work, no doubt about it!  You need passion, persistence and an unbridled faith in…

  • Report From Photoshop World Vegas

    Scott
    6 Sep 2010 | 9:55 pm
    Hi Gang: I’m back, and as you might imagine—I had just an amazing time! I met so many great people; I got to teach 4 sessions in the conference tracks, and three on the Expo floor, I had meetings, I went to parties, I got to play with my band, I stayed up way too late, and just had a ball. Rather than giving you a thousands words, here are some pictures that tell the story better than I can (photos by official PSW photographers Brad Moore, Drew Gurian, and Josh Bradley). Above: During David Ziser’s “Live Wedding Shoot” Pre-Conference Workshop Above: The NAPP…

  • Happy Labor Day!

    Scott
    5 Sep 2010 | 9:26 pm
    Today is Labor Day in the United States, and our offices are closed, so we’re taking today off here at the blog but I’ll be back tomorrow with some after-show coverage from Photoshop World. By the way: I looked up Labor Day in WikiPedia, and here are a few interesting tidbits about this American Holiday: Traditionally, Labor Day is celebrated by most Americans as the symbolic end of the summer. The holiday is often regarded as a day of rest and parties. The first Labor Day in the United States was celebrated on September 5, 1882 in New York City. In U.S. sports, Labor Day marks…
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    The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

  • GetGlue goes iPad

    Steven Sande
    9 Sep 2010 | 3:30 pm
    GetGlue users who have iPads have a reason to get happy today -- there's an official GetGlue iPad app available in the App Store. We talked about the Glue social network and iPhone app when it debuted a few months ago, and Glue is now quite popular. It's great to see the GetGlue app on the big screen now, and you can even get a special "iPader" sticker (one of the common bonuses for achievements in GetGlue) for using your iPad to check in. The free app does an outstanding job of utilizing the extra real estate on the iPad display, and makes it much easier to follow what your friends are…

  • TUAW review: EpicWin for iPhone

    Dave Caolo
    9 Sep 2010 | 3:00 pm
    As a gamer and productivity fetishist, I've been anticipating EpicWin for iPhone since we first saw the app's trailer. It aims to enhance the drudgery of a to-do list with elements of a fantasy roll playing game like World of Warcraft, thereby adding a bit of fun to your daily tasks. I've been using it for a couple of weeks now and, while it's fun in a I'm-gaming-while-I-should-be-working way, EpicWin feels unfinished. The developers have promised (and delivered) new features via updates, but EpicWin still feels like an internal beta. Here's what I found. Choose your character Like many…

  • Apple HDR head to head with two top competitors

    Mel Martin
    9 Sep 2010 | 2:30 pm
    I recently expressed surprise that Apple has dipped into the world of HDR (high dynamic range) photography. It's a great upgrade for the camera, and will help users get better pictures if they use the feature wisely and at the right time. Megan Lavey has just done a nice summary of what the Apple HDR feature can do, and it's worth a look. So what about the HDR apps that were already available for the iPhone? How does the Apple version stack up to what are probably the two best paid HDR apps? Has Apple made the paid apps irrelevant? To test them all I took some pictures in challenging sunset…

  • Apple Newton to be reborn as iPhone case

    Dave Caolo
    9 Sep 2010 | 2:00 pm
    Isn't it nice when siblings get along? Here's an idea for using a dead, hollowed-out Newton Message Pad as an Phone case. Case hacker Charles Mangin has had success with other projects, like the Mac Plus G4, the Mac mini stuffed into an Apple Disk II floppy drive and the iNewt. So far he's only completed a "sketch" of the project, but given his past work, we're sure he can pull it off. This mod will obviously add a lot of bulk to the iPhone (and destroy a Newt), but who cares? The whole point is the fun and marriage of the old and the new. Plus, there's something oddly "right" about that…

  • Case study: Griping about signal quality can produce results

    Steven Sande
    9 Sep 2010 | 1:30 pm
    For most iPhone owners, it seems like AT&T is deaf to our complaints about signal quality. It appears, however, that griping loudly and repeatedly to the company does have an effect. I live in the suburbs south of Denver and my signal quality is pretty good. However, whenever my wife and I have gone to Colorado Rockies baseball games in the last few years (we're season ticket holders), we've had awful service at the ballpark. Although the signal strength indicator would show five bars, it was impossible to do much of anything with our iPhones or iPads. Even trying to send out text…
 
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    Digital Photography School

  • How many Photographers Watermark their Images? [POLL RESULTS]

    Darren Rowse
    8 Sep 2010 | 12:53 pm
    Last month in our poll we asked our community about whether they watermark their images when sharing them online. The results were fairly split. So it seems that half of our readers watermark their images – at least some times – but quite a few never do. Note: if we take out the 7% who don’t share images online we are left with 46% who never watermark their images and 54% who do – at least part of the time. Interested to hear some discussion in comments below on ‘why’ you do (or don’t) and ‘how’ you do it (if you do).? Post from: Digital…

  • How To Bring Back Boring, And Possibly Horrid, Travel Photos

    Peter West Carey
    8 Sep 2010 | 7:48 am
    We all do it, once in a while.  I’ll even admit to it as I am currently paging through the last six years of travel photos.  I have taken boring travel photos.  Sometimes.  Maybe you know you take boring photos and maybe you don’t.  And maybe sometimes, like me, you look back and realize you took some, but not until it was too late  All those megabytes lost to what might have seemed like a good idea at the time.  Well, if you want to take more of those boring photos, let me fill you in on some of my secrets for taking mundane, ho-hum travel photos.  By the end of the list, your…

  • Engagement Portrait Posing Tips

    Guest Contributor
    7 Sep 2010 | 4:45 pm
    A Guest Post by Travis Hill from The Perfect Pose In recent years photojournalism has been all the rage. Just capture the day or moment as it happens. Honestly that is wonderful style of photography that many people enjoy. The problem is, everyone’s doing it. With so many new photographers in the market today, it’s imperial that we set ourselves apart from the crowd. With that being said lets ask ourselves honestly. How many times have our wedding clients not wanted any formal photographs? How many times have our portrait clients asked; “What should I do”? In these situations we…

  • Samsung 2View TL210/PL150 [REVIEW]

    Guest Contributor
    7 Sep 2010 | 12:59 pm
    You may have loyalties to the likes of Sony, Canon, Nikon etc but you have to admit Samsung is shaking the tree when it comes to innovation … witness its NX DSLR-style camera! The company first introduced a twin screen compact camera with the ST550 late in 2009. I have to admit the idea got to me! Now we see a similar camera – the Samsung 2View TL210 (also known as the PL150 in some parts of the world): twin LCD, 12.4 megapixel capture, 5x optical zoom (tho’ not a Schneider optic this time) and all for a little over half the XT550’s price. Samsung 2View TL210/PL150 Features The…

  • How Would You Photograph a Birth Scene?

    Darren Rowse
    6 Sep 2010 | 1:29 pm
    Image by Andrew® Our last community workshop gave one of our readers some great tips on how to approach photographing a model so I’ve decided to post another reader question. This one is a question I get quite a bit – how do I photograph the birth of a baby? Here’s the latest question from one of our readers – Drew. “My wife and I are expecting the birth of our new baby daughter in two weeks time and I’m wondering if you might have any advice on how to photograph the birth? It’s such a special time for us as family that we want to capture it somehow…
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    Strobist

  • Dan Winters: Brand New Website and F/stop Interview

    9 Sep 2010 | 8:28 am
    Travis Smith, Dan Winters' first assistant, emailed me last week to say that the website had been completely revamped. Where there were about 100 photos there are now around 500. Suffice to say this is probably more interesting than whatever you would have been working on in your cubicle for the next few minutes. It gets better. Winters also gave a very good interview on The F/stop, in case you want a little more in-depth inspiration.(Remember to look like you are working.)-30- New: Strobist Index

  • Westcott Does Us a Solid

    9 Sep 2010 | 8:20 am
    Kelly Mondora started out with FJ Westcott as a temp in data entry 12 years ago. Now she's VP of the entire photography industry division. Why? Because of stuff like what you see above.Our go-to umbrella, the Westcott Double-Fold, is now crush-proof on the business end of the telescoping staff. A little backstory, a DIY workaround and a cool coupon code, inside.__________In March of last year, I went to PMA as a speaker and to check out some of the new toys. That's where I met Kelly, who has that rare combo of really caring about her customers at a ground level and being high enough in the…

  • On Assignment: Armed with Preconceptions

    5 Sep 2010 | 5:16 pm
    Planning ahead is a good thing, and I always try to pre-think a job before I head out. It gives me ideas to fall back on if nothing jumps out at me at the location.But you can pre-plan things too far. So much that they blind you to better ideas and leave you banging your head against the front windshield even as you drive away from the assignment. That's exactly what happened to me last week when I was assigned to shoot one of the coolest pieces of tech I have ever seen.__________You are looking at a real, prosthetic limb in the photo above. But not just any prosthetic limb, as this limb has…

  • Gregory Heisler Whiteboards Giuliani Time Cover

    1 Sep 2010 | 10:41 am
    Any time Gregory Heisler gives one of his iconic photos the BTS treatment we pretty much pre-empt the regular programming and turn the joint over to him. And his photo of NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani for the 2001 Time Magazine Person of the Year cover certainly qualifies. I love this photo, and actually carry it around on my iPhone in my inspiration folder. Before you make the jump to the very cool video inside, take a moment to reverse what he did with the lighting. And more important, why he did what he did... __________I love how the environment drives the lighting in this photo. Every…

  • Yongnuo "John Snow" ST-E2 Punches Above Its Weight

    31 Aug 2010 | 6:09 pm
    For those of you who are Canon shooters and use optical remote flash, you may want to look at Yongnuo's version of the ST-E2 transmitter. Highlights:• AA-powered (no more 2CR5s!)• Greater range -- like, a lot• Swivels 135 degrees• Thus, can control flashes behind the camera• About half the price (est. street, China)So what's the deal with the "John Snow" part? That's how Google machine-translates the name on the detailed review on our Chinese language partner site. So, John Snow it is.Okay, Canon shooters, is this thing interesting enough to take a flyer? What about you current…
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    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Diglloyd.com publishes guide for getting sharper images

    9 Sep 2010 | 8:00 am
    Photogaphy technique site diglloyd.com has published an online guide entitled 'Making Sharp Images'. Billed by author Lloyd Chambers as the 'missing guide' to understanding and combating the many possible sources of blur, it covers a wide range of topics while aiming to be both accessible to beginners and technical enough for experts. It's available by subscription only at http://makingsharpimages.com, priced at $44.95 for one year.

  • Pentax releases inexpensive DA 35mm 1:2.4 prime

    8 Sep 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Pentax has released the SMC-DA 35mm 1:2.4 AL, a lightweight inexpensive 'normal' prime for its APS-C SLRs. With an angle of view roughly equivalent to a traditional 50mm standard lens, it becomes one of the lightest SLR lenses available at a mere 124g, and is also compact at just 45mm in length. The design includes a hybrid aspherical element to minimise aberrations, and has a minimum focus distance of 0.3m. It will be available from mid-October at a price of $219.95 / £179.99.

  • Pentax launches Optio RZ10 compact superzoom

    8 Sep 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Pentax has unveiled the Optio RZ10 compact superzoom digital camera. It features a 28-280mm equivalent stabilized zoom lens and 14 megapixel CCD sensor. It can shoot 720p HD video and up to 9.1 five megapixel frames per second. It also includes a 2.7" 230k dot LCD and comes in a variety of vibrant colors and is designed to be compatible with Eye-Fi wireless memory cards.

  • Pentax Optio RS1000 comes with changeable covers

    8 Sep 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Pentax has announced the Optio RS1000, a compact camera with interchangable, user designable covers. It comes with a 28-110mm equivalent unstabilized lens and is built around a 14.1 megapixel sensor. It offers all this season's standard compact camera features such as 720p HD movie recording and digital filters such as fish-eye and toy-camera. The RS1000 is available in white or black with the option to download or create your own cover that secures behind a transparent front-plate.

  • Pentax K-r mid-level DSLR announced with brief hands-on

    8 Sep 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Pre-Photokina 2010: Pentax has announced the K-r, its latest mid-level DSLR. Initially sitting above the K-x in the range it offers more angular, K-7-esque styling, 6 fps continuous shooting and HD movie recording. It also regains AF-point illumination in the viewfinder. It features a high-res 920k dot (VGA) LCD display and the ability to shoot at up to ISO 25600. Unusually for a Pentax at this level it uses a rechargeable Lithium Ion battery pack but can be used with AAs via an optional adapter. We've had a chance to get to grips with the K-r and have prepared a brief hands-on article…
 
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    Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips

  • News – Sports Photography Webinar from Manfrotto

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    9 Sep 2010 | 7:22 am
    Hey folks. Just found out that a Sports Photography webinar from Manfrotto is happening this afternoon from 2pm-3pm EDT. Here’s the link.

  • Video – The Trick to Getting Brighter Prints

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    8 Sep 2010 | 12:32 pm
    The other week I posted some presets and a tip on how to get brighter prints. Basically, the idea was that our LCD screens (or at least mine) seem to cause my photos to look brighter on screen than they do when I print them. It’s not something that soft proofing would fix so I typically have some presets to adjust the Brightness slider. Another thing I do is create a test print. Well, this video will show you a way to create less test prints and also help identify what the sweet spot is for your prints when it comes to brightness. Also, I mentioned a Facebook and Twitter link at the…

  • The Most Frequently Asked Question At Photoshop World

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    7 Sep 2010 | 9:01 am
    I just got back from Photoshop World and it’s my first day back in the office. I’m working on a new video today (which should go up tomorrow), but as I was prepping I thought about Photoshop World. Usually, I get bombarded with questions about Lightroom (and I still did). In fact, I was asked so many Lightroom catalog management/organization questions that I’m going to create a Kelby Training class on just that topic. But this time another question was clearly the winner: “Matt, what do you think about Nik Software’s HDR Efex Pro?” Now, please chime in with…

  • Presets – The Trick to Getting Good Prints

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    30 Aug 2010 | 1:17 am
    Hey everyone! I’m out in Las Vegas teaching at Photoshop World this week, but I wanted to kick the week off with a topic (and some presets) that I get asked about often. The Old Printing Problem Every time I get in front of a crowd and teach Lightroom I get a lot of questions about one topic… Printing. But the questions have changed over the years. The printing questions used to revolve around the color being off in the print compared to the screen. While I still get those sometimes, I think the industry as a whole has become more educated about using printer profiles and monitor…

  • A Quick Note About Comments on this Site

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    26 Aug 2010 | 11:18 am
    Hey folks. I just wanted to let you know I went into my comments folder for the blog today, and saw that over 200 of your comments were caught in Spam. I’m really sorry about that so please don’t think I was moderating them or deleting them. The only ones I tend to delete are when people are downright mean. Heck, I even let the guy who corrected “me” grammar through today Anyway, now that I know something’s weird with the spam filter I’ll keep an eye on it. Thanks!
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    Planet Photoshop

  • Tame out-of-gamut colors

    Web Editor
    9 Sep 2010 | 7:15 am
    Next, choose Select>Color Range, and in the Select menu, choose Out of Gamut, and Click OK to load a selection of the out-of-gamut colors. Then, choose Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation and move the Saturation value to ~10, and click OK. You should see the gray areas get smaller. Deselect and repeat this procedure using the same ~10 Saturation [...]

  • Want to Win an iPad? Of course you do…

    Corey Barker
    8 Sep 2010 | 8:00 am
    The National Association of Photoshop Professionals is hosting a new iPad giveaway. All you have to do is go here and fill out the form to enter your chance to win. It couldn’t be simpler. Oh and you must enter by September 20, 2010 so don’t wait. It will just take a couple of minutes [...]

  • Identify out-of-gamut colors

    Web Editor
    8 Sep 2010 | 7:15 am
    If you’re prepping a flattened copy of an image for press reproduction and need to tame out-of-gamut colors prior to converting to CMYK, choose Gamut Warning from the View menu. Flat gray will appear over colors that are out of gamut.

  • Transfer selections or alpha channels

    Web Editor
    7 Sep 2010 | 7:15 am
    If you have different images open that share the same pixel dimension, you can load a selection from any of the other images, or save a selection to any of the other open files. Choose Select>Load Selection or Save Selection and in the Document menu at the top of the dialog, choose the file where [...]

  • Select with color channels

    Web Editor
    3 Sep 2010 | 7:15 am
    Sometimes, targeting a specific color chan-nel can help create a much better selection, especially if there are distinct color differences you can take advantage of. In this example, the same diagonal move with the Quick Selection tool resulted in a much better selection of the heart when it was applied only to the Red channel [...]
 
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    Joe McNally's Blog

  • I Second That!

    Joe McNally
    5 Sep 2010 | 5:58 am
    A couple of indispensable blogs were posted this week. First, John Loengard’s guest blog on Scott Kelby’s Photoshop Insider. This I would suggest as a must read for photographers and picture editors alike. Tremendous economic pressures over time have fractured and adversely affected the historic and important relationship good picture editors have with the photographers they employ. This post, and John’s well reasoned and direct advocacy for the role of the photog in the world of publications, is very well taken. The other is up on Strobist. Greg Heisler burst onto the…

  • An Eye Popping Photoshop World!

    Joe McNally
    2 Sep 2010 | 4:53 pm
    I get notions, and they stay with me. One has been, for a while now, to come up with a decent portrait of Russell Brown, the wonderfully mad genius of Photoshop. Dr. Brown, as he is sometimes called, is a visual guru who combines the madcap energy of The Absent Minded Professor with an extraordinary ability to explain and teach the wilder, denser paths of that wonderfully woolly thicket known as Photoshop. The Senior Creative Director at Adobe Systems, he is also an Emmy winner for his instructional shows that explain Photoshop to the masses. When he’s in full cry, his knowledge of…

  • On LIFE, and Loengard

    Joe McNally
    30 Aug 2010 | 4:07 am
    LIFE is strange, right? And wonderful.  It is, “Life Its Own Self,” as Dan Jenkins once famously wrote. I shot my first job for the venerable picture magazine that was once everybody’s TV in 1984. Became a staff photographer in 1994. Last one in a series of 90 staffers. Now, 26 years after my first frame, I just finished another project that, I’m proud to say, goes to print sporting that famous red and white logo. Never written a guide before. Yikes. Lots of stuff to think about. There’s tons of info in it gained from 30 years out there with a camera in my hand.

  • Shooting the Moon

    Joe McNally
    27 Aug 2010 | 12:29 am
    Hey gang…couple of questions from yesterday. The combo of the 600 plus TC1.7 was, frankly, all about, uh, size. Bigger lens, bigger moon. The above is shot with a straight up six. Below, I’m at about 170 zoom on a 70-200. Figured we’re all up here in north country, howlin’ at the moon, so might as well shoot it. Above is lit with an Elinchrom Quadra, running through a Deep Octa soft box. Way up top, same deal as yesterday–line of sight TTL, raw flash, SB 900, hand held, camera right. You get the moon and the lens big, what suffers? DOF for sure. The shot from…

  • Pictures from a strange place..

    Drew Gurian
    26 Aug 2010 | 10:17 am
    Here in Iceland with some of the most international photographers I’ve ever had attend a single workshop.  The ten participants came from the US, Canada, Libya, Israel, Spain, Australia and Singapore. Working with some amazing talent each day, including Ingo (above), a local character, to say the least. The above is one SB900, shot with a 600 f/4, 1.7TC, TTL line of sight, moon and background, available moon light. more tk.
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