The latest trend in sustainable food seems to be aquaponics, where fish are raised for meat and their waste used to fertilize crops in one happy, green little system, but some are thinking there are bigger fish to fry that could spell great news for defunct chicken farms in the southern U.S.: gaterponics. According to Friendly Aquaponics, this is how it would work: Here's how it works: get yourself a small to middle-sized defunct chicken farm, either in a foreclosure sale at ten cents on the dollar, or as a long-term lease of ten years or more duration. Ideally, you would find one that has…
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Ebay a Hassle? Check Out This Platform for Secondhand Fashion
Mashable!18 May 2012 | 6:55 pmThe Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Threadflip Quick Pitch: Buy and sell pre-owned clothing and accessories. Genius Idea: More convenient and personal than selling on eBay. Copious, 99dresses, Fashionlend, Nearly Newlywed, Poshmark: there’s been a proliferation of web and mobile-based channels for selling pre-owned clothing and accessories as of late. These businesses are aiming to carve a slice out of an area long… -
Twitter Partners With NASCAR For Live Coverage Of All-Star Races
Fast Company18 May 2012 | 9:11 pmNews updates all day from your Fast Company editors.Twitter and NASCAR announced a digital partnership Friday that will bring NASCAR enthusiasts the tweet-by-tweet of the Pocono 400 race on the weekend of June 10. Twitter will curate #NASCAR tweets from drivers and commentators, as well as celebrities and fans. Twitter users watching the races on TNT will get in-depth coverage of events on the racetrack and in the garage. Twitter also recently posted a job listing for a Sports Editorial Associate Producer, showing continued interest in ramping up its sports coverage. Visit our main Fast Feed… -
Personalization Is Not A Feature
TechCrunch18 May 2012 | 11:00 pmEditor’s note: Scott Brave is the CTO and co-founder, Baynote. We’ve all watched from the sidelines as companies have come out in a burst of glory, and then, two years later, spent their venture capital, lost their user base, and failed to monetize. This begs the question – what are the factors that drive a company’s survival, differentiate it, and ultimately make it a winner? In today’s online world, personalization is increasingly making or breaking companies. The companies that win are the ones making personalization a key company value – not just a feature. In the… -
Not everyone
Seth's Blog18 May 2012 | 2:13 amIf you're marketing a bass guitar or an orchid or an electric SUV, why are you concerned with what everyone thinks about it? It seems to me that you should only care about the opinion of those that are actually open to buying one. Shun the non-believers.
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A horror movie waiting to happen: Gatorponics
18 May 2012 | 3:49 pmThe latest trend in sustainable food seems to be aquaponics, where fish are raised for meat and their waste used to fertilize crops in one happy, green little system, but some are thinking there are bigger fish to fry that could spell great news for defunct chicken farms in the southern U.S.: gaterponics. According to Friendly Aquaponics, this is how it would work: Here's how it works: get yourself a small to middle-sized defunct chicken farm, either in a foreclosure sale at ten cents on the dollar, or as a long-term lease of ten years or more duration. Ideally, you would find one that has… -
Bonding with meerkats [video]
18 May 2012 | 3:33 pmIdeally, shooting wildlife means not interfering with their natural behavior, but as these BBC cameramen have discovered, when it comes to meerkats, familiarity doesn’t exactly breed contempt; in fact, quite the opposite. Full story at BBC Planet Earth via The Daily What. Resourceful animals. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
A VW bus for the next generation
18 May 2012 | 3:14 pmPlenty of boomers have fond memories of VW buses and even a lucky few of their offspring, so Canadian designer Alexandre Verdier decided to update this classic into a sleek, green camping machine. The Verdier van will be equipped with a 4-speed automatic turbocharged bio-diesel hybrid drivetrain, so when you aren’t running on electricity you’re running on recycled veggie oil. The integrated Sun Tracker solar panel hooked up to a GPS and an onboard computer will position the solar array for optimum charging. "The solar array is one of the most interesting aspects of the… -
The Muppets remembering Jim Henson [video]
18 May 2012 | 1:18 pmThe untimely death of Jim Henson 22 years ago this week shocked humans and Muppets alike. A CBS special that aired shortly after Henson's death showed how Fozzie, Scooter, and the rest of the googlie-eyed crew dealt with their creator's passing. "My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here." Jim Henson We love Muppets. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Flower sex safeguards against dud sperm
18 May 2012 | 12:53 pmDiscovering how flowers manage the distribution of sperm among female gametes helps biologists explain why they are so widespread. “There is a mechanism that prevents too many pollen tubes from delivering too many sperm,” says Mark Johnson, associate professor of biology at Brown University. “But the other cool thing is that there is also a way to salvage fertilization if the first father is a dud.” Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Mike Cohea/Brown Permalink | Leave a comment »
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Ebay a Hassle? Check Out This Platform for Secondhand Fashion
18 May 2012 | 6:55 pmThe Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Threadflip Quick Pitch: Buy and sell pre-owned clothing and accessories. Genius Idea: More convenient and personal than selling on eBay. Copious, 99dresses, Fashionlend, Nearly Newlywed, Poshmark: there’s been a proliferation of web and mobile-based channels for selling pre-owned clothing and accessories as of late. These businesses are aiming to carve a slice out of an area long… -
English Premier League: The Social Media Season
18 May 2012 | 6:40 pmThe English Premier League is arguably the world’s most popular sports organization, and this season saw explosive growth off the pitch in the realm of social media. Manchester City snagged its first English title in 44 years last weekend to cap off another dramatic EPL season. To recap how the league developed digitally this year, Mashable hunted down some stats. We also consulted Sean Walsh, whose blog Digital Football is a leading source on the intersection between English soccer and social media. “EPL clubs have been criticized in the past for their out-of-date approach to… -
Hey Space Geeks: Help This Guy Build a Real Starship Enterprise [VIDEO]
18 May 2012 | 6:22 pmThere are those who look up at the stars and decide to become astronomers, while others want to be astronauts. Then there are those who want to build the Starship Enterprise. That’s right, a guy known only as BTE Dan (stands for Build the Enterprise) believes a replica of the iconic Star Trek spacecraft can be built to scale within the next 20 years. He’s even started a website — BuildTheEnterprise.org — to rally support for the cause. “This Gen1 Enterprise can go on missions to key points of interest in our solar system, like Mars and Venus,” Dan writes. -
Facebook’s IPO: Who Got Rich
18 May 2012 | 6:06 pmMark Zuckerberg Zuck, who owns 503.6 million shares, is now worth $19.14 billion, though his personal fortune surpassed the $20 billion mark several times.Click here to view this gallery.OK, so Facebook’s IPO may have seemed like a lot of sound and fury for 23 cents, but there will still doubtlessly be some celebrating in Menlo Park Friday night. That’s because a lot of Facebookers got fabulously rich on Friday. True, it probably would have been an even more festive occasion if the stock had hit the $54 that Twitter had predicted, but Facebook’s measly gain on its first day… -
How to Watch the SpaceX Launch Online
18 May 2012 | 5:49 pmPrivate spaceflight company SpaceX is scheduled to fly its Dragon capsule toward the International Space Station early on Saturday, marking the first time ever a privately built spacecraft will dock at the habitable artificial satellite. But if you’re not near Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and don’t want to miss the launch, there are still a handful of ways you can watch the historic event live. The Dragon capsule — which will be attached to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket — will lift off at 4:55 a.m. ET and take about 10 minutes to reach Earth’s…
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Twitter Partners With NASCAR For Live Coverage Of All-Star Races
18 May 2012 | 9:11 pmNews updates all day from your Fast Company editors.Twitter and NASCAR announced a digital partnership Friday that will bring NASCAR enthusiasts the tweet-by-tweet of the Pocono 400 race on the weekend of June 10. Twitter will curate #NASCAR tweets from drivers and commentators, as well as celebrities and fans. Twitter users watching the races on TNT will get in-depth coverage of events on the racetrack and in the garage. Twitter also recently posted a job listing for a Sports Editorial Associate Producer, showing continued interest in ramping up its sports coverage. Visit our main Fast Feed… -
Facebook Acquires Karma
18 May 2012 | 3:05 pmNews updates all day from your Fast Company editors.Because simply having the largest IPO in U.S. history isn't enough for Facebook, the social network also went shopping. The social gifting mobile app called Karma is announcing that it has been acquired by Facebook. The company's cofounders, including Lee Linden, one of Fast Company's Most Creative People of 2012, says that the app will continue to operate as is. Facebook's interest in Karma is probably due to its expertise in mobile, an area that the social network knows it must master and figure out how to monetize.Visit our main Fast Feed… -
Harvard Business School For The Facebook Age
18 May 2012 | 2:25 pmInnovation and real startup companies are front and center at the newly re-engineered HBS. The venerable institution hopes to prepare budding entrepreneurs--with inspiration from the one that got away. Harvard Business School is buzzing. In part, it’s because students are working in “hives,” new circular, collaborative workspaces. But also because the hives are part of a radical rethink happening here—of everything from the storied school’s established curriculum, its pedagogy, student profiles, and outcomes, to its brand identity and physical spaces. Inspiration for the hives, for… -
Tracking Facebook's IPO Day On Social Media
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This Week In Bots: Are You Ready To Be More Machine Than Man And/Or Woman?
18 May 2012 | 12:00 pmAll the recent advances in robots that grip onto asteroids, walk like dogs, and replace damaged human limbs. Enjoy! Bot Vid: JPL's Asteroid GripperThere's all sorts of crazy-wonderful plans about mining asteroids in the news, but we also need to remember plans to defend Earth against rogue asteroid impacts...both technologies require actually grabbing onto one, since we won't have Bruce Willis with a drilling rig on hand. NASA JPL's been tackling the task, and has combined earlier research with new thinking to make a spiny-fingered gripper for robots that's flexible and strong enough to…
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Personalization Is Not A Feature
18 May 2012 | 11:00 pmEditor’s note: Scott Brave is the CTO and co-founder, Baynote. We’ve all watched from the sidelines as companies have come out in a burst of glory, and then, two years later, spent their venture capital, lost their user base, and failed to monetize. This begs the question – what are the factors that drive a company’s survival, differentiate it, and ultimately make it a winner? In today’s online world, personalization is increasingly making or breaking companies. The companies that win are the ones making personalization a key company value – not just a feature. In the… -
Real Tech Alert: Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 Ready For Takeoff To International Space Station
18 May 2012 | 10:41 pmWatch live streaming video from spaceflightnow at livestream.com SpaceX, the private space exploration company founded by PalPal and Tesla Motors co-founder Elon Musk, is ready to boldly go where no private company has legitimately attempted to go before: The International Space Station. (Live video of the rocket at Cape Canaveral in Florida is embedded above.) In just a few hours at 1:55am Pacific Time (which is 4:55am Eastern time) Saturday morning, SpaceX will attempt to make the first ever privately-funded launch to head to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The… -
ClarityRay Battles Ad Blockers With $500K In Funding
18 May 2012 | 7:06 pmSome of you are probably reading this post with ad blocker right now — and to be honest, I don’t blame you. Sure, there’s the occasional amusing or genuinely useful ad, but not terribly often, so why not install a plugin and avoid the whole mess? Of course, those ads make money, so if ad blockers become widespread enough, it could be a real problem for online publishers (who have enough problems already). Israeli startup ClarityRay says it’s not something looming in the misty future — it’s happening now, and it’s only going to get worse. In a recent study,… -
Study: Twitter Sentiment Mirrored Facebook’s Stock Price Today
18 May 2012 | 4:48 pmFacebook’s IPO was obviously the single most discussed topic on Twitter today. The good folks over at social media data platform DataSift monitored what Twitter users were saying about the IPO throughout the day and came up with some interesting conclusions. Turns out, the ups and downs of how Twitter’s users felt about the stock pretty much mirrored the price of Facebook’s stock as the day progressed. Basically, DataSift notes, every time the volume of negative chatter on Twitter increased, Facebook’s stock price dropped within 20 minutes. “So if people had… -
Facebook Reveals How Much Stock Each Bank Got, Morgan Stanley Nabbed $6 Billion Worth
18 May 2012 | 3:28 pmJust after the markets closed on its first day of public trading, Facebook amended its S-1 with a complete prospectus detailing how much stock each underwriter got to sell. Morgan Stanley, the lead-left bank, received 162.1 million shares ($6.15 billion worth) followed by J.P. Morgan with 84.8 million ($3.22 billion), and Goldman Sachs pulled down 63.1 million shares ($2.4 billion). E*Trade and Itaú got the short end of the stick, receiving just $80 million in stock. That’s less than any of the other underwriters despite being listed in the middle of the pack in the previous versions…
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Not everyone
18 May 2012 | 2:13 amIf you're marketing a bass guitar or an orchid or an electric SUV, why are you concerned with what everyone thinks about it? It seems to me that you should only care about the opinion of those that are actually open to buying one. Shun the non-believers. -
The quickest way to get things done and make change
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Digital analogs are no longer sufficient
16 May 2012 | 2:00 amThe parking meter was rebooting. I guess we're supposed to walk to the other end of the garage and find one that's working. We're seeing digital awareness coming to just about everything. In this case, it was the parking meter near the library. Of course, it's not really a parking meter, it's a centralized fee collection system that saves the town a lot of money. It's easier to collect from, certainly, it doesn't waste the time of meter readers (who get alerted as to what spaces aren't paid for, as opposed to checking them all) plus it doesn't let a new parker enjoy a few minutes of the last… -
Hard work on the right things
15 May 2012 | 2:00 amI don't think winners beat the competition because they work harder. And it's not even clear that they win because they have more creativity. The secret, I think, is in understanding what matters. It's not obvious, and it changes. It changes by culture, by buyer, by product and even by the day of the week. But those that manage to capture the imagination, make sales and grow are doing it by perfecting the things that matter and ignoring the rest. Both parts are difficult, particularly when you are surrounded by people who insist on fretting about and working on the stuff that makes no… -
Worldliness
14 May 2012 | 2:41 amIntelligence is the combination of knowing a lot about a little while you also know a little about a lot. Deep domain understanding helps you create analyses. Your ability to understand how a particular system (no matter how small) works allows you apply a confident analysis to new systems you encounter. Once you know everything there is to know about nuclear physics, soccer or the praying mantis, it makes it easier to understand new systems. At the same time, it's impossible to be smart without also being aware of the wider world. That's because it's the random interactions and the…
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‘Midtown Games’ Like Flash Ping-Pong Performed as Art Project
18 May 2012 | 11:20 pmAn unorthodox table-tennis tournament played against the Bank of America building in Manhattan on Friday was part of a project by the artist Zefrey Throwell. -
Alexis Tsipras, Greek Political Star, Puts Europe on Edge
18 May 2012 | 11:18 pmThe left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras, who pledges to repudiate Greece’s austerity-for-loans bailout deal, says the country’s problem is a European one, necessitating a European solution. -
Low Natural Gas Prices Threaten Carbon Capture Projects
18 May 2012 | 11:18 pmCheap, plentiful natural gas provides utilities with little incentive to build coal-fired plants with a technology that traps carbon gas for storage or other uses. -
Alabama Gets Strict Immigration Law as Governor Relents
18 May 2012 | 11:18 pmThe legislature failed to heed a call to soften the state’s immigration enforcement law, considered the strictest and most sweeping in the country. -
House Rejects a Bid to Bar Some Indefinite Detentions
18 May 2012 | 11:18 pmThe House beat back an unusual coalition of liberal and conservative lawmakers and approved a contentious $642 billion Pentagon policy bill.
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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for May 19
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Microsoft to Launch Amazon EC2 Rival. Again
18 May 2012 | 5:08 pmThe rumor du jour is that Microsoft is just two weeks away from launching a competitor to Amazon's massively popular EC2 service. This seems like big news, until you consider that Microsoft already offers a competitor to Amazon EC2. -
Kickstarter of the Week: A Portable Scanner for Smartphones
18 May 2012 | 5:05 pmUsing your smartphone to take a photo of a document is one of those things that seems like it should be easy, but just isn't. First you have to futz with the angle and the distance. Then there's the flash: on, it's too bright and washed out; off, it's dark and blurry. -
Full Coverage, Including Livestream: Historic SpaceX Launch to the ISS
18 May 2012 | 4:30 pmCheck out Wired's full coverage of the historic SpaceX launch on our new commercial-space portal, Open Space. A live feed will begin an hour before the scheduled launch, which is at 1:55 a.m. PDT on Saturday, May 19. -
ITC Awards Microsoft an Import Ban on Motorola Phones, Tablets
18 May 2012 | 4:18 pmThe ITC decided on Friday that Motorola's phones and tablets should be banned from sale in 60 days due to a violation of a Microsoft patent. President Obama could possibly overturn the sale ban.
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Blog Better by Slowing Down
18 May 2012 | 7:00 amThis guest post is by Timo Kiander of Productivesuperdad.com. Are you afraid that you’ll never reach blogging success? Are you working your backside off on top of your day job to produce articles, ebooks, videos, and podcasts, and learn everything about Pinterest (or any other social network for that matter)? Do you feel you are running on a blogging treadmill like a hamster but never giving yourself time to rest and recover? If this is you, then welcome to the club! I have been there, done that, and I can relate. It’s not a very pleasant feeling to experience. However, things don’t… -
What Blog Tasks are You Embarrassed to Admit You’ve Overlooked?
17 May 2012 | 1:01 pmOver the last few days we’ve been talking about taking your blog to the often-elusive “next level.” We’ve seen tips for developing your voice and message, creating stronger calls to action, and increasing traffic. If you’re already working on those aspects of your blog, and are happy with your approach, you’ll probably be hungry for other ideas, looking to the future, and trying to predict what will be most successful tactics for you. I know I do this myself—I’ll get an idea like the QLD blogging challenge and throw myself into making it happen. -
How I Increased My Search Traffic by 200% in 6 Months
17 May 2012 | 7:01 amThis guest post is by Bamidele Onibalusi of YoungPrePro.com. Guest blogging is currently among the most popular marketing tactics, and you can be sure find guides on guest blogging almost anywhere you go online. The problem with guest blogging is that it is being used by so many people today that if you donít have a solid plan your blog will hardly benefit. What do you want from guest blogging? Imagine I ask the question, “What exactly do you want from guest blogging? How do you want guest blogging to contribute to the success of your blog?” What would be your answer? I’m… -
5 Effective Tricks to Create a Killer Call to Action
16 May 2012 | 7:04 amThis guest post is by Greg Digneo of Sales Leads in Thirty Days. Here’s the dirty little secret: there are actually two steps to building an extremely popular blog. The first and most popular step is to drive traffic by guest posting, social media, and SEO. The far less sexy step is to convert that traffic into loyal readers who will become the backbone of your community. Who will share every piece of content you produce with their friends. And who will ensure that every post sparks an engaging discussion. But most of all, they will be the first to buy your products and services. The… -
Get Obsessed with Your Message
15 May 2012 | 1:01 pmThis guest post is by Danielle LaPorte of DanielleLaPorte.com. Blog = up? Posts = rolling? It’s time to get obsessed with your message. A quick dictionary moment, to differentiate between your voice, your topics and your message. Your voice is what makes your writing distinctive, compelling, unmistakably you. You’ll carry your voice from your blog, right into your book. Seamless, identifiable. Individual. Your topics are the categories or subjects you write about (Eco-luxe weddings on a shoestring budget! Savvy corporate management, with heart and soul! Thrifty vegan recipes!) Your…
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Three Things You Must Know Before Pitching Investors
18 May 2012 | 12:08 pmConsider these tips before you seek funding for your startup, whether from angel investors or VCs. -
Jobs or Zuckerberg: Who'd Make the Better Boss?
18 May 2012 | 8:00 amWith the Apple founder's death and the Facebook IPO, there's been a changing of the guard in Silicon Valley. Here's how the two leaders' styles compare. -
What Makes Facebook Worth So Much
18 May 2012 | 7:00 amAfter Facebook's IPO today, the social network is being valued at more than $100 billion. Here's how you can try to emulate that success. -
Five Ways to Organize Your Office--Stylishly
18 May 2012 | 6:00 amHow to make your office project a professional image for your business, and a look at products to help you do it. -
4 Mistakes to Avoid When Applying for a Bank Loan
18 May 2012 | 5:03 amTwo leading banks, honored for National Small Business Week, offer their best advice to business owners seeking credit.
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Learn the Built-in Superpowers of Your Brain and Body This Weekend [Weekendhacker]
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Remains of the Day: Verizon Will Grandfather Unlimited Data, Won't Subsidize Your Phone [For What It's Worth]
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Use a Banana Peel to Relieve Itching from Poison Ivy, Mosquito Bites, and More [Clever Uses]
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AniExplorer Adds Customizable Animations to Windows Explorer [Video]
18 May 2012 | 3:00 pmWindows: AniExplorer enables hidden animations in the Windows Explorer interface, letting you customize your file manager and give it a little pizazz. More » -
Daily App Deals: Get Hurricane for iOS for $2.99 in Today’s App Deals [App Deals]
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ElcomSoft's Phone Forensics Software Offers Near Real-Time Access to iCloud Backups
18 May 2012 | 1:11 pmRussian forensics firm ElcomSoft earlier this week announced that it has discovered a way to easily access iCloud backups of iOS devices, incorporating the functionality into its Elcomsoft Phone Password Breaker software. While the Apple ID and password must be known in order to access the iCloud data, once that information has been obtained the software makes it easy for investigators to download full iCloud backups and then follow incremental backups in near real-time to track a device's use without the knowledge of the user.ElcomSoft researchers analyzed the communication protocol… -
Apple in Talks to Open R&D Facility in Russia's Skolkovo Innovation Centre?
18 May 2012 | 10:15 amRussian newspaper Izvestia reports [Google translation] that the organizers behind the Skolkovo technology park near Moscow are currently in talks with a number of high-profile companies including Apple, Google, and Facebook about locating research and development facilities in the area. Skolkovo has already landed agreements with Microsoft, IBM, General Electric, Cisco, and others, with the project's backers envisioning the region becoming Russia's version of Silicon Valley bolstered by dozens of major corporations. According to the report, Apple officials in Moscow declined to comment on… -
Apple's Annual iTunes Festival in London Moves to September
18 May 2012 | 8:21 amEach July since 2007, Apple has held its iTunes Festival in London, offering a month's worth of free concerts from some of the industry's top performers. Apple is now beginning to unveil this year's plans, and the most notable change for 2012 is a move to the month of September. For the fourth consecutive year, the iTunes Festival will be held at The Roundhouse in London, with at least 60 acts performing over the 30 nights of the festival. Five acts have been announced so far: Usher (September 1), Emeli Sandé (September 5), Jack White (September 8), Norah Jones (September 10), and One… -
Steve Jobs 'Worked Closely' on Design of Next-Generation iPhone with Larger Display
17 May 2012 | 5:50 pmBloomberg reports that Steve Jobs was intimately involved in the design work for the next-generation iPhone scheduled for release later this year, reiterating claims that the device will be a substantial change from previous designs in part because of a larger display.Apple, based in Cupertino, California, has placed orders from suppliers in Asia for screens that are bigger than the 3.5- inch size now on the smartphone, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans aren’t public. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had worked closely on the redesigned phone before his… -
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin Shares Some Thoughts About Steve Jobs Biopic, Woz Hired As Advisor
17 May 2012 | 5:15 pmAaron Sorkin, the creative genius behind The Social Network, The West Wing, and upcoming HBO show The Newsroom was recently confirmed as the screenwriter for Sony's upcoming movie based on Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs -- though, Sorkin himself says he has a lot of work to do. Reuters reports that Sorkin held an interview with reporters and said he was still looking for something in Jobs' life to hang the movie on. Sorkin noted that "The Social Network" saw the Facebook story through the lens of an acrimonious lawsuit that pitted CEO Mark Zuckerberg against his Harvard friends…
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Cloning Yourself for Fun and Profit- Guest Post
17 May 2012 | 6:04 amThe following is a guest post from someone I admire a great deal. Chris Guillebeau is out there doing some amazing things in the world of helping others design lifestyle businesses. His latest book, The $100 Startup (amazon affiliate link), is worth grabbing, too! It’s everyone’s fantasy. When you think about imaginary superpowers, you first wish for the ability to fly—doesn’t everyone? Then you wish for the power of invisibility, the ability to eat as much ice cream as you want, your own Batmobile, and so on. Specific superhero aspirations vary. But sooner or later… -
Create a Setting and Connect With Emotions
13 May 2012 | 10:26 pmI recently moved the delivery time of my beloved newsletter to be Sunday morning (well, that’s when it launches here, though my New Zealander and Australian friends all get it on Monday). In the process, I talked to people about sharing this information over breakfast, and with a “second cup of coffee” sometimes. I basically set a scene in the reader’s head that we were having a personal chat over breakfast. Ask yourself this: in trying to reach others for whatever your goal may be, is it facts or emotions that will win them over? Which do you think plays the bigger… -
Nobody Reads Agency Blogs- Or Why You Need Skin in the Game
7 May 2012 | 6:57 amThanks to Jason Falls, I just read this post about how many marketing agencies are closing down their blogs and tweeting and Facebooking instead. “Nobody reads agency blogs, and there are so many out there it’s impossible for people to keep up anyway,” said Sam Weston, director of communications at digital agency Huge. Nobody Reads ANY Blogs- If They’re Boring I’ll tell you without even having to look why nobody reads a blog: because it’s boring. Because it’s poorly written. Because it’s utterly self-referential. Nobody has time to read junk. Why would you? -
Constraints
5 May 2012 | 9:43 amI was at a live performance the other night where Jacq sang and played with Girish, and I had a great conversation with Reggie, the drummer for the night. (I am SO sorry that I don’t know your last name, Reggie.) We talked about the fact that his typical drum kit for events is usually like 30 or so pieces, but that he decided to go minimal for the event. He had a kick drum, a snare, a tom, two cymbals, and a cowbell. What Reggie said was something like this, “I really enjoy this, because it means I really have to use what I have to get the expression I’m aiming for. I… -
Pattern Break
2 May 2012 | 9:17 pmWhen you wake up in the morning, you check your emails, probably from your phone. First thing. Yes? Why? There’s no good answer to why. Even brain surgeons can wait until they’ve done other things before checking in on the world outside of your immediate proximity. So why do you do it? Because it’s a habit, a pattern. Do you read the top tech and marketing blogs? Why? Why do you read this blog? Because you’re subscribed? Are you getting something from it? If no, then why are you still doing it? Twitter and Facebook are hugely pattern-driven. They thrive off the same…
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Seth Godin on When You Should Start Marketing Your Product, Service, or Idea
18 May 2012 | 4:00 amWhat is marketing? Is it a process of gathering as much money as you can, throwing it to the “creative” winds, and hoping something will come back? Is it a practice of interrupting as many people as possible with a message they don’t care about, and never asked to receive? Is it a performance you frantically stage around your product, service, or idea, in the final moments before launching it into the world? Or is it something else entirely? And if it is, how and when do we employ it? Seth Godin has been asking, answering, and living out these questions for decades. In the… -
3 Simple Ways to Turn Your Website Archive into Profitable Books and eBooks
17 May 2012 | 4:00 amAttention Bloggers: I’ve seen the future, and you’re missing it. Oh sure, we bloggers think we’re the most up-to-date, leading-edge, tech-savvy people on the planet. But one of the biggest changes in the long history of content creation is taking place right under your feet, and I’m afraid it may be passing you by. Yep, the ground is shifting, fortunes are being made, and some of the people who could best profit from this tectonic shift — content producers — are mostly sitting on the sidelines. Okay, what am I talking about? The revolution in book… -
What Does it Take to Write a Billion-Dollar Marketing Story?
16 May 2012 | 4:00 amIn 1984, two artists used a simple process to create a story that captivated an audience for years and generated billions of dollars in revenue. That same process is being used today by a master copywriter to attract hundreds of thousands of paying subscribers. With companies creating millions of web pages of content marketing, finding an untold story or a new angle can feel like an impossible task. Especially when you want to avoid creating a story so unique nobody understands it … or wants to pay for it. So how do you create a story that cuts through the noise and strikes at the heart… -
How to be a World-Changing Writer
15 May 2012 | 4:00 amAs a copywriter, you know that words have power. You know words can influence, inform, and inspire. They can persuade your fellow humans to do some amazing things (or to do the wrong things, but we won’t go there today). What you may not realize is that your words can change the world. Here’s something else that’s really cool that you might not have realized … The keys to world-changing writing are also the keys to damn good copywriting. But as you know, good writing doesn’t happen all by itself. So let’s talk about what it takes to be damned good …… -
WordPress Hosting That Means Business
14 May 2012 | 8:00 amDid you know Copyblogger Media has a WordPress hosting division? Many people don’t, because it’s been a bit under-the-radar. The whole thing started with our frustration with web hosting in general. Specifically, the fact that a lot of “WordPress hosting” amounts to generic one-click installation of the CMS on a standardly-configured box — which simply doesn’t cut it for optimal performance and security. So, last year we decided to manage our high-traffic network of content and product sites ourselves. We did this by bringing into the family a team of people who themselves…
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Macworld
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Remains of the Day: Jobs report
18 May 2012 | 4:30 pmOne report says Steve Jobs was intimately involved with the four-inch iPhone, while another says he was working on creating the best car ever. Only one person can set the record straight for a major motion picture event. -
Facebook IPO: Why your data is worth $104 billion
18 May 2012 | 2:00 pmInvestors will pressure Facebook, the public company, to find new ways of making money from users' personal data. If times get hard, can Facebook do that without endangering user privacy? -
Android in enterprises 'severely limited' by weak management support from Google
18 May 2012 | 1:00 pmMarket research firm Gartner says adoption of Android tablets and smartphones in large businesses has been "severely limited" because of the complexities of managing the various Android models and versions. -
App Guide: iPhone and iPad restaurant finders
18 May 2012 | 11:05 amIf you're looking for a tasty bite this weekend, these iOS apps can point you in the right direction. -
Opinion: Why Apple is making OS X more like iOS
18 May 2012 | 10:15 amThis summer's Mountain Lion update to Mac OS X will continue the trend of bringing iOS features to Apple's Mac operating system. Kirk McElhearn sees the move as Apple's attempt to bring iOS users into the Mac fold.
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ReadWriteWeb
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Oracle Versus Google: The Database Kingpin Gets Desperate
18 May 2012 | 7:20 pmOracle’s lawsuit against Google over alleged infringement of Java slipped from epic battle to soap opera this week: The relationships between the judge, jury, plaintiff and defendant have become a tangle of legal ambiguity and financial suffering — or is it avarice? The jury deferred to the judge on the extent of Oracle’s intellectual property protections. The judge, in turn, wrested from the jury control over the lion’s share of damages, yanking Oracle’s prize another few inches out of reach. With major issues still to be decided, it is becoming clear that Judge William Alsup holds… -
When Words Fail, Text an Animated GIF
18 May 2012 | 4:00 pmThink emojis are fun? Now you can send messages that move. A new iPhone app called MyFaceWhen makes it fast and easy to record and send video in the form of animated GIFs attached to text messages. We've had multimedia messages (MMS) for years, and we're used to static images showing up alongside text messages. Most phones can handle audio and video recordings, too. But those take a long time to send and receive, and they require the recipient to click 'play' to see the message. Spicing up a text message with an animated GIF is way better, and MyFaceWhen makes it… -
Facebook Beefs Up Its Mobile Arsenal With Karma, a Social Gifting App
18 May 2012 | 3:27 pmFacebook became a publicly traded company a few hours ago, but it's not wasting any time making new moves. The social networking giant acquired Karma, a mobile app for finding and sending gifts to one's friends and family. By buying the social gifting app, Facebook pushes further into the mobile space it so desperately hopes to conquer. Karma relies on its users' Facebook accounts to find their friends and determine when important dates in those friends' lives happen to be. The most obvious use case is birthdays, but the app is much smarter than that. For example, it knows that a… -
How I Bought Facebook Stock and Why I'm Keeping It
18 May 2012 | 3:02 pmWhat to do with that $500 cash balance burning a hole in my IRA? Buy Facebook. It ended up being so much easier than they said it would be. My initial limit order with a maximum price of $45 for 10 shares was placed early this morning after I heard a report on Bloomberg television that Facebook was allotting anywhere from 15% to 25% of its 421 million shares for retail customers, and that lots of average Joes were filling orders for the $38 per share opening price. A lot of people must have had the same idea, as that order was canceled with a backup of orders, cancellations and… -
Will Crowdfunding Crowd Out Venture Capital?
18 May 2012 | 3:00 pmVenture capitalists have been getting a black eye to go with their blue shirts. A recent report from the Kauffman Foundation slammed VCs for “shortchanging” investors, pointing out that public markets deliver better returns. The next day, Fred Wilson, general partner at Union Square Ventures and prominent VC blogger, suggested that a flood of crowdfunding money unleashed by the JOBS Act could sweep away venture capitalists altogether. It could happen. “The game has changed,” says Paul Kedrosky, a senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation who’s focused on entrepreneurship, innovation…
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Smashing Magazine Feed
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Quick Course On Effective Website Copywriting
18 May 2012 | 8:27 amMany dismiss copywriting as something that ad agency people do. Truthfully, all of us need to pay close attention to copywriting if we want to achieve our business objectives. The goal of a “regular” text is to inform or entertain. The goal of Web copy (and ideally your website in general) is to get people to do something—to sign up, make a purchase, or something similar. Hiring a professional copywriter can be very expensive, which is one of the reasons why this is a valuable skill to have yourself. “I don’t need to learn copywriting, I write based… -
A Foot On The Bottom Rung: First Forays Into Responsive Web Development
18 May 2012 | 5:31 amResponsive design is the hottest topic in front-end Web development right now. It’s going to transform the Web into an all-singing, all-dancing, all-devices party, where we can access any information located anywhere in the world. But does responsive design translate well from the text-heavy Web design blogosphere to the cold hard reality of commercial systems? Rumors came through our office grapevine that management was looking to revamp our mobile presence. There was talk of multiple apps being built externally that could be used on some of the major mobile devices. Our team… -
How To Customize The WordPress Admin Easily
18 May 2012 | 2:15 amIn this article, we take a break from some of the more advanced ways to customize WordPress, and share some super-easy customization techniques for the WordPress Admin area. If you’re just getting started with WordPress, or have been running with default functionality for a while and now want to dig in with some useful and easy ways to customize your WordPress site, a great place to start is the WordPress Admin area, or backend. One of the great things about WordPress is that each part of the backend is easily customized using simple PHP functions. In this article,… -
Backpack Algorithms And Public-Key Cryptography Made Easy
17 May 2012 | 4:21 amE-commerce runs on secrets. Those secrets let you update your blog, shop at Amazon and share code on GitHub. Computer security is all about keeping your secrets known only to you and the people you choose to share them with. We’ve been sharing secrets for centuries, but the Internet runs on a special kind of secret sharing called public-key cryptography. Most secret messages depend on a shared secret—a key or password that everyone agrees on ahead of time. Public-key cryptography shares secret messages without a shared secret key and makes technologies like SSL possible. -
Stop Redesigning And Start Tuning Your Site Instead
16 May 2012 | 6:28 amIn my nearly two decades as an information architect, I’ve seen my clients flush away millions upon millions of dollars on worthless, pointless, “fix it once and for all” website redesigns. All types of organizations are guilty: large government agencies, Fortune 500s, not-for-profits and (especially) institutions of higher education. Worst of all, these offending organizations are prone to repeating the redesign process every few years like spendthrift amnesiacs. Remember what Einstein said about insanity? (It’s this, if you don’t know.) It’s as if they enjoy the…
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CNN.com
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Arrest in Miss. killings
18 May 2012 | 10:15 amAuthorities have arrested a suspect in the case of an alleged police impersonator who is believed to have killed two motorists in Mississippi, the Tunica County Sherriff's Office said. -
Kennedy clan gathers for funeral again
18 May 2012 | 10:09 amShe might have gone unnoticed through the many years of triumphs and tragedies of the Kennedy family. Now the spotlight will be cast, sadly, on Mary Richardson Kennedy. -
Van Halen postpones summer tour
18 May 2012 | 9:46 amClassic rockers Van Halen on Thursday abruptly postponed more than 30 tour dates, following their June 26 concert in New Orleans, representative Anna Loynes said. -
Plan to raise sunken cruise ship
18 May 2012 | 9:19 amSalvage experts outlined their plan Friday to raise the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner from the sea floor off Italy in one piece and tow it from the disaster site. -
Final moments call to girlfriend
18 May 2012 | 8:48 amTrayvon Martin's girlfriend, talking to him on the telephone, heard the teenager saying, "get off, get off" in the moments before his cell phone cut off and he was shot dead, according to a recording of the girl's interview with a prosecutor released Friday.
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Scott Kelby's Photoshop Insider
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Heading to the Google+ Conference for Photographers
17 May 2012 | 9:02 pmMan, have I picked up some Frequent Flyer miles in the past few weeks. As I write this, I’m on my delayed flight back from Norfolk, Virginia after speaking the ISAP aviation photographers’ conference (had a great time. Their association is so fantastic, I actually signed-up myself while I was there, and now I am a proud ISAP member). A big thanks to Nikon for having me there in the first place, and to Larry Grace and all the great folks at ISAP.So, after back-to-back London and Paris trips (hey, I’m not complaining) I’m off this weekend to San Francisco as we kick off… -
It’s Free Stuff Thursday!
16 May 2012 | 9:01 pmGoogle+ Photographer’s Conference We’re just days away from the Google+ Photographer’s Conference in San Francisco! The Kelby offices are in the midst of all the last-minute preparations, and we’re excited to be heading to the west coast. Don’t miss this opportunity to see your favorite Google+ photographers all in one place! Head over to GPlusPC.com for the full speaker lineup, schedule, and registration details.Use GPLUSCOMM to save $50 off registration AND get 2 free months of online training at KelbyTraining.com. Or if you’re a student,… -
It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring Alex Koloskov!
15 May 2012 | 9:01 pmHello there, my name is Alex Koloskov, I am a studio product and advertisement photographer.When started to work as a commercial photographer many years ago, I was trying everything: from portraiture to architecture, but very soon I realized that I can be successful and “the best” only where is my passion, doing things where I can use my full potential.It appears that such place is a quiet studio, a place where I feel extremely comfortable working with still life and motion subjects.I love to perform technically challenging shots, where I have to engineer the lighting and light… -
A Few of My Favorite Shots of Cathedrals in Paris
14 May 2012 | 9:03 pmThe shot above was taken inside the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. I had never been, and was really taken with the fact that it’s all stained glass (and tells a story, reading from left to right, bottom to top in each pane of the stained glass). While it’s looks really large here, I’ll bet it’s not 100 feet deep from end to end (but the ceilings are really high). NOTE: make sure you click on these to see a much larger version.Above: Here’s the view if you turned 180° around from where I took the other shot. Again, the same amazing stained glass, and shot hand-held… -
Oh, Hallelujah “Light It Magazine’s” Subscription and Download Thingy is Finally Fixed!
14 May 2012 | 9:01 pmGees oh Pete that was a bear to get fixed, but finally the folks who have had a tough time getting Light It magazine’s subscription thingy to work now have a new free update that fixes the problem (I’ve been hearing from happy people all day who can now download their previously purchased issues, and the current issue as well). In a word: “Yay!!!!”Just hit the App store and get the just-released free update, and you’re home free. Thanks to everyone who was so patient as our developer played the detective game to find out exactly what was causing the problem (it…
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Digital Photography School
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Classic Lighting: Weekly Photography Challenge
18 May 2012 | 12:53 pmYour challenge this weekend is to practice a classic lighting pattern. Yesterday we published a post here on dPS highlighting 6 Portrait Lighting Patterns which got a lot of positive feedback. So today I thought it might be good to challenge readers to choose one and to go away and practice it. Theory is good – but unless you USE that theory it won’t have any lasting impact upon your photography. So choose either split lighting, loop lighting, rembrandt lighting, butterfly lighting, short lighting or broad lighting and have a go for yourself (explanations of each are here). Keep… -
Giving Film a Go
18 May 2012 | 7:47 amConsidering shooting with film? Then you should have a little read and I shall try to give you some compelling reasons as to why I think it is a good idea. My name is Bellamy Hunt and I run the Japancamerahunter website, and I am an avid film shooter. Now, before we get started, this is not an argument about digital vs. film. Both have their merits and both have their flaws, and I shoot with both. This is primarily a piece for people who are considering shooting film for the first time, or perhaps getting back into film after a long absence. Shooting film is not some deep dark mystery and it… -
Spectral Instruments 112 Megapixel Digital Camera
17 May 2012 | 10:41 pmCheck out this amazing camera – it has a 112 megapixel sensor that literally dwarfs any sensor you or I have in our cameras! It’s also a black and white only camera – but I’m betting it leaves the Leica M Monochrom for dead in terms of quality and price! Want to see it made? Zeke makes a call for people to let them know if you want to see it made and then tested by photographers – it would certainly be pretty cool. Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and… -
6 Portrait Lighting Patterns Every Photographer Should Know
17 May 2012 | 7:06 amA Guest Post by Darlene Hildebrandt. In classical portraiture there are several things you need to control and think about to make a flattering portrait of your subjects, including: lighting ratio, lighting pattern, facial view, and angle of view. I suggest you get to know these basics inside out, and as with most things, then you can break the rules. But if you can nail this one thing you’ll be well on your way to great people photos. In this article we’re going to look at lighting pattern: what is it, why it’s important, and how to use it. Perhaps in another future… -
Short On Time? Learn To Post To Google+, Your Blog, Facebook, and Twitter Simultaneously
16 May 2012 | 12:07 pmNot all of us have hours on end to spend on social media (myself included). Most photographers make their money by bringing in clients whether it’s families, brides, small businesses, whatever it may be. So any excess time spent on social media is time that could be spent sourcing clients. Now, social media can actually be a way to source clients if done properly, but that’s a whole other article! In this article I want to show you how you can take one single post and make it appear on all the social media outlets mentioned in the title. So I’ll simply go through my workflow…
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TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
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G-Technology G-Drive mobile: Rugged, pocket-sized, and fast
18 May 2012 | 2:30 pmThe march of technology amazes me. Yeah, I'm an old guy, but it still surprises me when I realize that the amount of storage that used to fill a data center can now fit in my pocket. G-Technology's G-Drive mobile (made by Hitachi, US$199.99 MSRP for 1 TB) is the perfect example of mass storage in a small, silent box. Read on for a review of this mobile companion and a chance to win one! Design There's not much too say in terms of the design of the G-Drive mobile -- it's a slim metallic box 5 inches long, a little over 3 inches wide, and about 3/4 of an inch high. There's no power port; the… -
MacStories looks at four years of the App Store
18 May 2012 | 1:45 pmIt's been almost four years since Apple debuted its App Store platform for iOS (and then the Mac), and MacStories has an in-depth look back at that time. In just four short years, Apple has gone from saying that all we'd need on iOS are web apps, to a millions of dollars a year industry that supports almost half a million jobs. Needless to say, that's phenomenal growth. But what's most interesting about the growth of the App Store is how the apps themselves have changed. MacStories writes about that initial push -- in those early days, the quality of the software was very low, and there were… -
Daily Update for May 18, 2012
18 May 2012 | 1:10 pmIt's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player (requires Flash) or the non-Flash link below. To subscribe to the podcast for daily listening through iTunes, click here. No Flash? Click here to listen. Subscribe via RSSDaily Update for May 18, 2012 originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 18 May 2012 15:10:00 EST. Please see our… -
Motorola, RIM offer Apple a nano-SIM compromise
18 May 2012 | 1:00 pmThe battle over the nano-SIM standard is heating up with Apple on one side and a group that includes Nokia, Motorola and RIM on the other. In the latest series of developments reported by The Verge, Motorola and RIM are countering Apple's nano-SIM proposal with a revised design of their own. This newest design is a compromise which includes elements from both their design and Apple's. It's about "80 percent Apple and 20 percent RIM / Motorola" writes Chris Ziegler for The Verge. We should hear more about the nano-SIM standard when the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)… -
Apple's iTunes Festival scheduled for September
18 May 2012 | 12:00 pmApple has announced some details on the 2012 iTunes Festival in London. This 30-day music event will take place at The Roundhouse and feature free performances by Usher, Emeli Sandé, Jack White, Norah Jones and One Direction among others. Tickets will be distributed via lottery, and fans in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany and the Netherlands can vie for a seat. Apple will stream performances to computers running iTunes and iPhones, iPod touches and iPads with the iTunes Festival app installed. The fun starts on September 1 and runs for the whole month.Apple's iTunes Festival scheduled…
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Strobist
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SaxonPC Grids: Straddling Store-bought and DIY
16 May 2012 | 10:39 pmLike McNally says, if you want to make something more interesting, don't light all of it. And to that end, I use grid spots a lot. In fact, probably just as often as I use umbrellas. My workhorse speedlight grid has long been the HonlPhoto 1/8". But for those looking for a lower entry point (or more extreme beam widths) SaxonPC grids offer a second choice. They are both designed to be used on speedlights, but take very different approaches from there. Today, a head-to-head comparison to help you decide which best suits your needs. Read more » -
Anatomy of a Project: Miller Mobley's Re-enactors
14 May 2012 | 8:39 amWhen I worked at The Sun, a lot of emphasis was put on always having multiple projects in the hopper. Self-generated projects are the lifeblood of any good paper, and they promote exploration and serendipity. Since I have gone out on my own, I can honestly say projects have the single most important vehicle for developing my photography. I always have at least one on the front burner, with a couple more in the on-deck circle. When my friend Miller Mobley tweeted last week about his series of U.S. Civil War re-enactors, I reached out to him to see if he could give us a little BTS — not only… -
Q&A: C-Stands
10 May 2012 | 6:00 amSeveral people asked about the C-stand (short for century stand) that I used on the Rosco OA posted on Monday. Long story short, after spending 2 months on the road with McNally and crew last year, I have become a convert. If you have never used a C-stand, and/or are considering getting one, here's what you need to know. Read more » -
Always Bring a Model Release
7 May 2012 | 6:00 amI try to be pretty open with this blog. Sometimes I get it right, and sometimes I screw up royally. A recent shoot I did for Rosco is a good example of both. Read more » -
Royce Bair's Night-Lit Landscapes
3 May 2012 | 6:00 amThere are no AC plugs near Delicate Arch in Grand County, Utah, where Royce Bair made this night landscape shot. So all of his flashes needed to be battery-powered to illuminate the 20-meter tall formation. Two of his light sources were Norman 400B's, weighing in at 6 lbs and from which he needed a total of 48 pops to make the image. But his Big Gun required only two pops to balance with the Normans. That 110,000 lumen light source weighed about a pound, all-in. And it ran off of a 9-volt battery. Read more »
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News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
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30 minute limit on video capture could end if WTO group gets its way
18 May 2012 | 3:45 pmThe restriction that limits video recording in digitial cameras to 30 minutes could be abolished if the World Trade Organization's Information Technology Agreement (ITA) is expanded. Several countries, including the USA, have begun informal talks to extend the scope of the ITA to include products that are currently subject to tariffs and duty. At present, digital cameras' video cuts off after 30 minutes to avoid them being classified as video cameras (which attract 5.4% duty). If the video cameras are added to the ITA, this distinction would no longer matter. (via Nikkei) -
Samsung announces US pricing for Wi-Fi-capable NX20, NX210 and NX1000
17 May 2012 | 10:00 amSamsung has announced the US prices for its latest 'Smart' Wi-Fi enabled NX mirrorless cameras, the NX20, NX210 and NX1000. It has also said the NX1000 will be available from June at a price of around $699 with the 20-50mm retractable zoom. The range-topping 20MP NX20 with its electronic viewfinder will retail for around $1099, with the i-Fn version of the 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 kit zoom. The NX210, meanwhile, will cost around $899 with the same lens. -
Sony announces NEX-F3 16MP mirrorless and E 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 OSS LE lens
16 May 2012 | 9:00 pmSony has announced the NEX-F3 entry-level 16MP mirrorless camera and lightweight 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 OSS stabilized superzoom lens with for the E-mount. The NEX-F3 gains a built-in flash, along with the updated 16MP sensor from its NEX-5N big brother. Its big party trick is undoubtedly its LCD, whose image automatically mirrors when it's flipped up for taking self-portraits. Meanwhile, the E18-200mm F3.5-5.6 LE OSS is a more compact, lighter 11x superzoom lens for the NEX system. Starting in June, the NEX-F3 will have an MSRP of around $600, while the SEL18200LE will sell for around $850 from… -
Just Posted: Sony SLT-A37 16MP entry-level fixed-mirror DSLR preview
16 May 2012 | 9:00 pmJust Posted: Our Sony SLT-A37 hands-on preview. The A37 is Sony's latest entry-level SLT camera - offering DSLR capability in a full-time live view camera. The A37 retains the small body of the original SLT cameras and helps create an easy-to-understand four-model lineup. It gains 1080p24 HD video shooting and features such as lens correction and focus peaking from the more recent SLT models, offering a strong feature set. And, with a recommeded price of $599 with 18-55mm zoom, it's $150 cheaper than the A33 was. Read our hands-on preview to discover more. -
Just Posted: Sony NEX-F3 hands-on preview
16 May 2012 | 9:00 pmJust Posted: our hands-on preview of the Sony NEX-F3. The F3 is Sony's latest entry-level model, replacing the NEX-C3. It's built around the company's second-generation 16MP CMOS sensor, as featured in the NEX-5N and gains a built-in flash. It's also the first NEX to feature a screen that flips all the way into a vertical position, to make it easier to shoot self-portraits. We've been using an F3 for a couple of days - read our hands-on preview to find out what we thought and to see the images we shot.
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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips
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Video: Upgrading Lightroom 3 Presets to Lightroom 4
16 May 2012 | 8:18 amI’ve heard a lot of talk about what happens to presets that were created in Lightroom 3 (or LR2) and now used in Lightroom 4. I know a lot of people have presets that they absolutely loved in Lightroom 3 and they simply don’t seem to look the same in Lightroom 4. That’s because of the differences in sliders in the Basic panel. Sliders that were in Lightroom 3 simply don’t exist in Lightroom 4. So Lightroom does it’s best to “guess” what the should look like but you’ll see it’s not always right on the money. So today’s video goes over… -
News: Lightroom 4 Is On the Mac Store
10 May 2012 | 9:05 pmAdobe’s Lightroom Product Manager, Tom Hogarty, announced that Lightroom is now available on the Apple Mac Store (for North America only). I think overall it’s a good move for Lightroom. For new Lightroom users out there who are on the Mac store and may never have otherwise heard of Lightroom, this is just another way to get it into their hands. However, there area few, caveats, shall we say 1) It’s for Mac only (duh!). This probably doesn’t seem bad if you only own Macs. However, I can tell you from being on the road teaching Lightroom over the last few weeks,… -
Video: A Quick Make-Your-Photo-Better Setting in Lightroom
8 May 2012 | 9:05 pmAfter the last few stops in my Lightroom 4 Live Tour I realize there was a lot of questions on the Camera Calibration settings that basically, let you make your photo better with just one click. So I thought I’d take a minute to, not only go over the settings but also show you a couple of ways that you can have Lightroom automatically apply those settings to your photos so that you’re not left doing it manually each time. Also, here’s the link to the Lightroom seminar page that I mentioned in the beginning of the video. If you’re in Washington DC, Lansing, Richmond or… -
Presets – Spring Color, Flare & Haze
7 May 2012 | 11:27 amThis week, Laura (from Pretty Presets) was kind enough to donate some more free presets for me to give away. The images below show the before/after samples of the 2 presets included in the download below (from the Spring Color, Flare & Haze Collection). If you like ‘em, she’s got plenty more available over at at Lightroompresets.com so make sure you stop by and pay her a visit. The Spring Color, Flare & Haze Collection was designed to add a sun-kissed touch to your natural light images. They’ll work best on your RAW images and were designed for both Lightroom 3 and 4, as… -
Lightroom News and Stuff
4 May 2012 | 8:23 amA new date was just added to my Lightroom 4 Live tour. We’ll be in Lansing MI on June 12th. It also looks like we’ll be in Washing DC that same week and probably San Francisco the week after but I’ll keep you posted. Lightroom 4.1 Release Candidate 2 is on the Adobe Labs website. If you had any problems with Lightroom 4, it’s definitely worth downloading. Lightroom Product Manager, Tom Hogarty, has a great write up about some of the new Color Fringe Correction features in Lightroom 4 Moose Peterson’s BT Journal is now available on the iPad. Don’t forget…
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MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - iOS Blog
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Physics Puzzler 'Feed Me Oil' Free for Today Only
17 May 2012 | 11:38 amOur sister-site TouchArcade notes that Chillingo's excellent physics puzzler Feed Me Oil is free today for both the iPhone and iPad. It's normally $0.99 for iPhone and $1.99 for iPad. Feed Me Oil is something of a mix between World of Goo and Where's My Water?. Every level features two things: A spigot where oil shoots from, and an area (usually designed as a mouth of a strange creature) where you've got to get the oil to. Completing each level involves getting the oil from the spigot to the goal area utilizing widgets you can drag into the game area. For instance, oil flows off… -
Comcast Dropping 250GB Data Cap In Favor of "Improved Data Usage Management"
17 May 2012 | 10:26 amSeveral years ago, Comcast began instituting bandwidth caps of 250GB per month on its residential customers. In 2008, this was plenty for most customers, but with the advent of streaming video services like Netflix, Hulu, WatchESPN and others, some users have been concerned about whether the 250GB cap was sufficient for their needs. Today, Comcast has announced it is revamping its cap system, instituting larger caps with the ability for customers to purchase additional gigabytes in blocks. The first new approach will offer multi-tier usage allowances that incrementally increase usage… -
China Mobile Again Confirms iPhone Talks with Apple
16 May 2012 | 6:26 amReuters reports that China Mobile Chairman Xi Guohua has once again publicly stated that the world's largest mobile phone carrier is engaged in talks with Apple about offering the iPhone to its customers."We've been actively talking to Apple on how we can cooperate," China Mobile Chairman Xi Guohua, who assumed the post in March, told a shareholders meeting. "I can't give you too many details, but I'd like to repeat that both sides do hope to boost our cooperation," Xi added after the meeting.China Unicom was Apple's launch partner for the iPhone in China, and availability expanded to China… -
In Lawsuit Over Siri, Apple Says the Technology is "Cutting Edge"
15 May 2012 | 11:29 amApple has filed a motion to dismiss in a case filed by customers over alleged misleading advertising depicting the Siri technology in the iPhone 4S. The lawsuit, filed in March, alleges that Apple's advertising of Siri doesn't reflect real-world usage. When asked for directions or to locate a store, "Siri either did not understand what Plaintiff was asking, or, after a very long wait time, responded with the wrong answer." In a motion to dismiss (via Scribd), Apple attempts to shoot down the Plaintiff's arguments, reports the Wall Street Journal: They offer only general descriptions of… -
iPhone a 'Game Changer' for Customer Satisfaction
15 May 2012 | 10:44 amThe American Customer Satisfaction Index (ASCI) today released its latest rankings of customer satisfaction in the United States for mobile phones and a number of products and services, with the new mobile phone rankings being expanded to include Apple, Research in Motion, LG, and HTC for the first time. In its first appearance in the rankings, Apple easily topped the list with a score of 83, outdistancing Nokia, LG, and HTC in a tie for second place at 75. Apple's performance marks the first time a mobile phone company scored above 77 in any of the group's surveys dating back to 2004.For…
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CNNGo.com
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In-flight phone calls: Good or bad?
18 May 2012 | 3:24 amby Rachel Sang-hee HanIf you forgot to call your mom to water your plants next time you take a trip, not to worry. You can now do that on the plane. At least that will be the case for travelers flying Virgin Atlantic between London and New York. The airline has launched a mobile phone service on its new Airbus A330 and refurbished Boeing 747 aircraft flying that route for Vodafone and O2 network customers. While other airlines have done this in the past, some successfully (Air France, Emirates), others abandoning the idea after passenger complaints (Qantas, Lufthansa), Virgin is the… -
Confessions of a Chinese taxi driver
17 May 2012 | 9:34 pmby Debbie Yong, Sean HanrattyShanghai taxi drivers belong to a nation of their own: they enjoy noodles, they protect their pinkie nails and they like racing traffic lights. And they also meet more people in a day than many of us would in a week. Eight fearless Shanghai taxi drivers, who pilot a variety of conveyances and come from all over China, share their unforgettable moments and countless perils behind the wheel. All cabbies requested only their family names be used for this story. Name: Mr. Zhang Years driving: Six years Company: Bashi Taxi Hometown: Shanghairead more -
Summer cold snap: Ice World 2012 brings Harbin ice sculptures to Macau
17 May 2012 | 3:00 pmby Zoe Li, Hong Kong EditorIce World 2012 will open in Macau on May 19. It's averaging 30 C this summer in Macau and how do denizens of Asia's gambling capital handle the heat? By artificially cooling down a big hall to minus 8 C and admiring intricate ice sculptures to pass the time. For the second year in a row, Macau is pulling off an immensely popular exercise in extravagant energy consumption. The Ice World 2012 is a 1,670-square-meter hall at the CotaiExpo that is maintained at a constant winter temperature, much colder than Macau ever gets naturally. Co-organized by… -
10 best Korean restaurants in Seoul
17 May 2012 | 9:22 amby Alex Jung'Best of' lists are controversial, unscientific, inherently subjective and are guaranteed to result in bellyaching. But they are good for precisely this reason: they get us talking about food. In order to compile our own list, we spoke with a number of certified “foodies” – people who obsess about food about as much as we do. One of those people is Jun Kyung-woo, the co-author of best-selling book Dining in Seoul. “The first question is: how do you define Korean food?” says Jun. “Is it the ingredients? Is it Korean because it exists in Korea? Is it… -
World’s most beautiful towns
17 May 2012 | 9:04 amby Anthea GerrieYeh, yeh, a town is made by its people; but sometimes the buildings and landscape count for something too. There’s a lot to be said for a town’s design. These ones do it best. Have you visited a town that struck you for its beauty? Tell us about it in the comments Also on CNNGo: 10 of the world's most underrated cities 1. Gordes, France A rare specimen -- attractive to both politicians and artists.read more
