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  • Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week [PICS]

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    Charlie White
    4 Feb 2012 | 5:04 pm
    1. Feb Photo a Day Blogger @fatmumslim (4500+ followers) started the #febphotoaday trend on Twitter by creating a "photo challenge" where Twitter users share a picture on every day in February, displaying the subjects mentioned on this image. She did the same thing in January, when #janphotoaday was trending throughout the month.Click here to view this gallery.We’ve sifted through tens of millions of pictures posted on Twitter during the week and narrowed them down to the 10 most popular, and here they are. Using a special algorithm developed by our partners/wizards at social media…

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    Seth Godin
    2 Feb 2012 | 11:10 am
    SOLD OUT. Thanks. The bestselling ShipIt journal has surprised me in how much impact it has had on the teams that have used it. I ended up selling tens of thousands of them. I have about 600 left and rather than pay warehousing fees, I lowered the price a whole bunch and will leave it that way until they are sold out. (The rest of the inventory is here). I don't expect to reprint them, sorry. Also, Jess Bachman's Death and Taxes poster is available at a great bulk price for the next 28 hours at an already funded Kickstarter. I think every classroom and office ought to have one.

  • Soundtrack to the Super Bowl [videos]

    Holy Kaw!
    4 Feb 2012 | 9:18 pm
    If you didn’t find the time to construct a snack stadium this year for the big game, perhaps it isn’t too late to grab a few YouTube videos to entertain guests waiting in line to grab some of that scrumptious bean dip and get the party started on the right foot. Pretty sure the Patriots puppy video could go either way, so you’re getting a bonus Giants fans. Proud Patriots’ pups You down with JPP? Patriots and You Know It Go Big Blue Full story at YouTube. Getting ready for football. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Giants Website Prematurely Reveals Super Bowl Winner [PIC]

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    Brian Anthony Hernandez
    4 Feb 2012 | 6:22 pm
    The New York Giants official website accidentally announced the winner of Super Bowl XLVI more than 24 hours before Sunday’s big game even started, by the look of images floating around the web. The error was immortalized Saturday in this TwitPic screenshot (above), which Jeff Frias posted to Twitter. No signs of the mistake are left on the team’s site other than a reported link that leads to the image below: The Giants have yet to publicly confirm whether this whammy is real or the handy-work of a prankster. While online blunders have cost people their jobs in the past, this…

  • The Facebook IPO Players Club: David Choe

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    Kit Eaton
    4 Feb 2012 | 2:55 pm
    They were doing just fine before, but the biggest of Facebook's minority owners are about to be catapulted into a far more elite bracket. As we ponder what they'll do with with new millions (around $200 million for the... colorful and creative David Choe), here's a look at what got them where they are today.Who he is: David Choe, the New York Times says, is a "very successful artist with gallery shows and pieces exhibited in major museums." His website describes him thusly: "David Choe was born in 1976 in Los Angeles. Today he is currently homeless, wandering the Earth making good art and bad…
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  • Soundtrack to the Super Bowl [videos]

    4 Feb 2012 | 9:18 pm
    If you didn’t find the time to construct a snack stadium this year for the big game, perhaps it isn’t too late to grab a few YouTube videos to entertain guests waiting in line to grab some of that scrumptious bean dip and get the party started on the right foot. Pretty sure the Patriots puppy video could go either way, so you’re getting a bonus Giants fans. Proud Patriots’ pups You down with JPP? Patriots and You Know It Go Big Blue Full story at YouTube. Getting ready for football. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • How to paint a handful of Converse [video]

    4 Feb 2012 | 8:43 pm
    *Sigh* The big Super Bowl party is tomorrow and what to do about those nails? That little Patriot head is far too intricate for a fingernail and the Giants are far too boring, so what’s a fan to do? Go with a design that shows you’re one of the guys but not big on taking sides with this tutorial on how to create Converse nails from Cute Polish. Full story at YouTube via Boing Boing. No, don’t do them during the game. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Lost Malcolm X speech discovered by Brown University senior

    4 Feb 2012 | 8:23 pm
    Universities around the nation had refused to let the controversial Malcolm X speak on their campuses in 1961 and even the calendar of Brown University that year doesn’t make mention of his visit, but thanks to the persistence of senior Malcolm Burnley, a speech by the historical figure has been heard again after fifty years languishing in an attic. A critique of the Nation of Islam, penned by senior and owner of the recording Katherine Pierce, prompted Malcolm X’s request to defend his beliefs to Brown’s staff and students, but it was the editor of the school newspaper, a…

  • Harvard rounds up the research on soft drinks

    4 Feb 2012 | 7:52 pm
    If you’re not chugging brewskies tomorrow during the big game, chances are you’ll be making the choice between regular soda and diet, unless you happen to have already sworn off both. With all the buzz over how awful diet soda is, you might be tempted to throw up your hands and reach for the original, but the Harvard School of Public Health has reviewed the research and found that if you really must indulge, stick to the diet variety and use it sparingly. The problem for Americans, it seems is in the last tidbit of advice. According to figures from the beverage industry, soft…

  • Super Bowl party [infographic]

    4 Feb 2012 | 7:32 pm
    Via NFL.com. Like infographics? So do we. Permalink | Leave a comment  »
 
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  • Giants Website Prematurely Reveals Super Bowl Winner [PIC]

    Brian Anthony Hernandez
    4 Feb 2012 | 6:22 pm
    The New York Giants official website accidentally announced the winner of Super Bowl XLVI more than 24 hours before Sunday’s big game even started, by the look of images floating around the web. The error was immortalized Saturday in this TwitPic screenshot (above), which Jeff Frias posted to Twitter. No signs of the mistake are left on the team’s site other than a reported link that leads to the image below: The Giants have yet to publicly confirm whether this whammy is real or the handy-work of a prankster. While online blunders have cost people their jobs in the past, this…

  • 29 Meme-Inspired Movie Posters [PICS]

    Brian Anthony Hernandez
    4 Feb 2012 | 5:20 pm
    If Internet memes were turned into movies, their promotional posters might resemble the designs London-based Stefan van Zoggel conjured up. “I took the context of the usually short-lived internet memes and virals, and translated that to simple film poster designs,” says van Zoggel on his Meme Movie Posters blog. He has designed 29 meme-inspired posters so far. Below, you’ll find posters about Rebecca Black’s “Friday,” planking, Nyan Cat, Double Rainbow, Keyboard Cat, Shake Weight and a slew of other memes. SEE ALSO: 10 Best Memes of 2011 | Hey Girl, Here…

  • Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week [PICS]

    Charlie White
    4 Feb 2012 | 5:04 pm
    1. Feb Photo a Day Blogger @fatmumslim (4500+ followers) started the #febphotoaday trend on Twitter by creating a "photo challenge" where Twitter users share a picture on every day in February, displaying the subjects mentioned on this image. She did the same thing in January, when #janphotoaday was trending throughout the month.Click here to view this gallery.We’ve sifted through tens of millions of pictures posted on Twitter during the week and narrowed them down to the 10 most popular, and here they are. Using a special algorithm developed by our partners/wizards at social media…

  • 2012 Grammys Embrace Digital, Mobile and Social Media

    Christina Warren
    4 Feb 2012 | 4:39 pm
    The 54th Grammy Awards ceremony is only eight days away and the Recording Academy is kicking off the next phase of its digital and social campaign. Under the heading of “We Are Music” the Academy and its partners are harnessing the power of social, mobile and digital to make the award show more modern than ever. The Recording Academy made the decision to invest in social and digital media several years ago (you can read Mashable’s past coverage of the 2010 and 2011 campaigns) and the organization and its awards show are now seeing the dividends. Big time. The latest trends…

  • Super Bowl 2012 By the Numbers

    Charlie White
    4 Feb 2012 | 3:41 pm
    Super Bowl 2012 is blitzing us like a crazed linebacker, coming up in a matter of hours, and the numbers are stacking up quickly. It’s a weekend of superlatives, with astonishing numbers swirling around those brave warriors on the field. In the Super Bowl, everything is larger than life. Instead of a dozen TV cameras for normal football game broadcasts, NBC rolls out 57 cameras. Instead of betting a couple of bucks on the game, people bet hundreds. And instead of eating a couple of chicken wings, an entire nation gangs up to eat 1.25 billion of them in one day. Want more? We have…
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  • The Facebook IPO Players Club: David Choe

    Kit Eaton
    4 Feb 2012 | 2:55 pm
    They were doing just fine before, but the biggest of Facebook's minority owners are about to be catapulted into a far more elite bracket. As we ponder what they'll do with with new millions (around $200 million for the... colorful and creative David Choe), here's a look at what got them where they are today.Who he is: David Choe, the New York Times says, is a "very successful artist with gallery shows and pieces exhibited in major museums." His website describes him thusly: "David Choe was born in 1976 in Los Angeles. Today he is currently homeless, wandering the Earth making good art and bad…

  • The Facebook IPO Players Club: Dustin Moskovitz

    Kit Eaton
    4 Feb 2012 | 2:05 pm
    They were doing just fine before, but Facebook's biggest minority owners are about to be catapulted into a far more elite bracket. As we ponder what they'll do with with new millions (maybe over $4 billion for Dustin Moskovitz!), here's a look at what got them where they are today.Who he is: Dustin Moskovitz was born May 22, 1984--the year the Apple Macintosh landed, if that makes you feel old--and he's just eight days younger than Mark Zuckerberg. Wikipedia calls him an "internet entrepreneur," the Los Angeles Times labels him a "self-taught programmer" while Forbes considers him a "drop…

  • The Facebook IPO Players Club: Li Ka-shing

    Kit Eaton
    4 Feb 2012 | 12:27 pm
    They were doing just fine before, but Facebook's biggest minority owners are about to be catapulted into a far more elite bracket. As we ponder what Li Ka-shing will do with his extra millions, here's a look at what got him where he is today.Who he is: Sir Li Ka-shing is a Chinese businessman based in Hong Kong, currently chairman of Hutchison Wampoa Limited and Cheung Kong Holdings. In 2010 the companies he manages were worth about 15% of the entire Hong Kong stock market, which qualifies Ka-shing as a magnate of epic proportions, rather than a mere businessman. He's commonly considered…

  • The Facebook IPO Players Club: Eduardo Saverin

    Kit Eaton
    4 Feb 2012 | 12:26 pm
    They were doing just fine before, but the biggest of minority owners of Facebook are about to be catapulted into a far more elite bracket. As we ponder what they'll do with with new millions (billions, for cofounder Eduardo Saverin), here's a look at what got them where they are today.Who he is: Eduardo P. Saverin is a Brazil-born "internet entrepreneur and investor," from a wealthy family that moved to Florida when it was discovered Eduardo's name was on a kidnap-for-ransom hit list--he now lives in Singapore. A classmate of Mark Zuckerberg's, Saverin actually finished his degree, earning a…

  • The Facebook IPO Players Club: Jim Breyer

    Kit Eaton
    4 Feb 2012 | 10:13 am
    They were doing just fine before, but the biggest of minority owners of Facebook are about to be catapulted into a far more elite bracket. As we ponder what they'll do with with new millions (money being no stranger to early investor Jim Breyer), here's a look at what got them where they are today.Who he is: When we profiled him back in 1997, Jim Breyer was simply a Managing General Partner at Accel Partners, who spent the "bulk of his working hours in meetings" but who "comes to the table only if the stakes are high and the action is guranteed." Now he's also president of Accel…
 
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  • Raising Money: What Not to Say and What Not to Believe #OfficeandGuyK

    GuyKawasaki
    20 Jan 2012 | 12:46 pm
    Over the past two weeks via my partnership with Microsoft and Office Web Apps, I’ve provided templates of models for you to create enchanting PowerPoint pitches, Word business plans, and Excel financial models. They are all available for you to download from my SkyDrive account. I hope these documents and blog posts help you save a boatload of time and increase the quality of your efforts.I leave you with two sets of top ten lies: one of entrepreneurs and one of investors so that you know what not to say and what not to believe. Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs “Our projections are…

  • Design a Sam Adams beer

    GuyKawasaki
    20 Jan 2012 | 10:24 am
    Now this is a fun project. I’m helping Sam Adams “tap” the knowledge of beer drinkers and crowd source its next brew. Join the party by getting the app and designing your beer: The final brew will be released in Austin in the first week of March. #sponsored

  • How to Create an Enchanting Financial Forecast #OfficeandGuyK

    GuyKawasaki
    17 Jan 2012 | 3:52 pm
    This is the third post in my Microsoft partnership, and it’s all about numbers. The topic is crafting your financial forecast to include in your pitch. Bill Reichert, my partner at Garage Technology Ventures, created an Excel model and wrote this blog post. There’s a lesson in this too: Get the best person for the job. His grasp of financial models and how to present them exceeds mine by two orders of magnitude. The Purpose of Financial Projections When it comes to financial projections, there are two types of entrepreneurs: first, the “visionary entrepreneur” who…

  • How to Create an Enchanting Business Plan #OfficeandGuyK

    GuyKawasaki
    12 Jan 2012 | 10:16 am
    Here is the second post in my series about planning, pitching, and launching a new business venture. In partnership with Microsoft and Office Web Apps, I’ve created a Word document that outlines a good business plan. It’s saved to my SkyDrive folder here. Feel free to download it and use it as inspiration. And if you’re working with a partner, you can use the free Word Web App to stay in sync. I provided the PowerPoint document before the Word document because a good business plan is an elaboration of a good pitch as opposed to a good pitch being a distillation of good business plan.

  • How to Create an Enchanting Pitch #OfficeandGuyK

    GuyKawasaki
    9 Jan 2012 | 10:01 am
    Welcome to the first in a series of blog posts I’ll be doing as part of a partnership with Microsoft and Office Web Apps. Over the next two weeks, I’ll cover everything a budding entrepreneur needs to turn an idea into an enchanting investment opportunity—from the perfect pitch to a killer business plan to financial forecasts. I’m going to start with a little dissertation on creating effective PowerPoint pitches for your company. I embedded the sample deck for you to click through by using the PowerPoint Web App. When you’re ready to get started, you can download the…
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    TechCrunch

  • The Phone Stacking Game: Let’s Make This A Thing

    Anthony Ha
    4 Feb 2012 | 8:00 pm
    So it’s Saturday night and you’re out with friend. Are they the inconsiderate jerk who can’t stop checking their smartphone? Or is that you? Either way, here’s one way to make dinner a little more interesting. I’ve seen/heard this described as both “The Phone Stacking Game” and “Don’t Be a Dick During Meals”. It’s been mentioned on a couple of blogs, but a quick  straw poll of my friends suggests that it hasn’t become widespread yet, at least on the West Coast. Which is a shame, because it’s perfect for folks in…

  • I’m A New York Times Subscriber, So Where’s My Tote Bag?

    Anthony Ha
    4 Feb 2012 | 6:21 pm
    The New York Times released its latest earnings report earlier this week, spurring another round of discussion about the newspaper’s paywall, which was launched near the beginning of last year. The consensus: Early signs are positive, but it’s not doing well enough to offset plummeting print ad revenue. What’s the solution? Well, if you listen to a number of online media pundits, it’s all about bringing more value to the most devoted members of The Times’ readership. Over at GigaOm, Matthew Ingram suggests, “Regular readers should get more than just a…

  • Labor Efficiency: The Next Great Internet Disruption

    Contributor
    4 Feb 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Editor’s note: Nick Cronin is a former corporate attorney and now the President and Founder of ExpertBids.com, which is based in Chicago. For more than a decade now, the Internet has done a great job of making things in our day-to-day lives more efficient by easily connecting parties who can have a mutually beneficial personal or business relationship. This same idea is now on the verge of disrupting labor and changing the definition of employment as we know it. The Rise of the Independent Worker. Over the past couple of years, there has been a huge increase in the number of workers who…

  • Facebook – Run from the Bulls?

    Contributor
    4 Feb 2012 | 1:28 pm
    Editor’s note: Guest authorKeith Teareis General Partner at his incubatorArchimedes Labsand CEO of newly fundedjust.me. He was a co-founder of TechCrunch. Much ink has been spilled these past few days on the Facebook IPO filing. Much of it analyses the details revealed in the S1 initial document. Some of it has focused on revenue and growth; some of it on control and corporate governance, some on valuation and how reasonable or not it is likely to be, and a little on whether or not the IPO represents the end of Facebook’s growth cycle. So, should you be a bull, and buy? Or should you run…

  • An Arab Spring For IT

    Contributor
    4 Feb 2012 | 1:00 pm
    Editor’s note: Alan S. Cohen is Vice President of Marketing at Nicira. A 20-year IT veteran, Alan has held executive positions at Cisco, Airespace, Tahoe Networks, IBM, US WEST, Coopers & Lybrand, and the Department of Energy. Change in the air. It’s palpable. Those of us in the technology world are witnessing a transformation: A buyer-led revolution in how information technology is both produced and consumed. Smartphones and tablets are upsetting the PC order; social applications are impinging on traditional “workforce productivity” and communications applications. And the…
 
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    Seth's Blog

  • Will energy consumption stay private?

    Seth Godin
    4 Feb 2012 | 1:45 pm
    It's clear that the consumption of energy has external effects that impact more than just the person who is paying for it. Geopolitical, health and economic issues come to the neighbors and nearby citizens of entities that are using a lot of power. It was always straightforward to see who was burning a lot of wood or drove a huge car. It's easy to see when a company has a huge smokestake belching carbon. What happens when sensors make it easy to see how efficient a machine is, how much of a resource is being consumed and how much exhaust is being spewed? What happens when Google maps shows…

  • Rightsizing your passion

    Seth Godin
    4 Feb 2012 | 4:01 am
    Excitement about goals is often diminished by our fear of failure or the drudgery of work.If you’re short on passion, it might be because your goals are too small or the fear is too big. Do a job for a long time and achieve what you set out to achieve, and suddenly, the dream job becomes a trudge instead. The job hasn't changed--your dreams have. Mostly, though, it's about our fear. Fear is the dream killer, the silent voice that pushes us to lose our passion in a vain attempt to seek safety. While you can work hard to dream smaller dreams, I think it's better to embrace the fear and find…

  • Can I see your body of work?

    Seth Godin
    3 Feb 2012 | 4:59 am
    Are you leaving behind an easily found trail of accomplishment? Few people are interested in your resume any more. Plenty are interested in what you've done. The second thing you'll need to do is regularly note what you produce in a log or find some other way to keep track. The first thing is more difficult: If the work you do isn't worth collating and highlighting, you probably need to be doing better work.

  • 80% off while they last

    Seth Godin
    2 Feb 2012 | 11:10 am
    SOLD OUT. Thanks. The bestselling ShipIt journal has surprised me in how much impact it has had on the teams that have used it. I ended up selling tens of thousands of them. I have about 600 left and rather than pay warehousing fees, I lowered the price a whole bunch and will leave it that way until they are sold out. (The rest of the inventory is here). I don't expect to reprint them, sorry. Also, Jess Bachman's Death and Taxes poster is available at a great bulk price for the next 28 hours at an already funded Kickstarter. I think every classroom and office ought to have one.

  • You will be disappointed

    Seth Godin
    2 Feb 2012 | 4:14 am
    Sooner or later, you'll ask for something or read something or expect something and you won't like what you get. You'll feel like I wasted your time, wasted your money or didn't meet your expectations. Not just me, of course. Everyone. Even you. You will disappoint someone, and the organizations you depend on will disappoint you. Expectations keep rising, and promises keep being made. We keep bringing more magic into the world, but rising expectations mean that there's more disappointment as well. That's part of the deal of being in the world. The alternative, I'm afraid, isn't to choose a…
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  • Romney Takes a Solid Win in Nevada Caucuses, Fueling Momentum

    By JIM RUTENBERG and JEFF ZELENY
    5 Feb 2012 | 1:16 am
    Mitt Romney won handily in the Nevada caucuses with the help of groups he has struggled to persuade before, including strong Tea Party supporters and very conservative voters.

  • The Caucus: Gingrich Vows to Press On

    By TRIP GABRIEL
    5 Feb 2012 | 12:34 am
    After losing a second state in less than a week to Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich vowed not to quit the Republican race, charting an itinerary to campaign widely over the next few months.

  • U.S. Plans a Shift to Elite Forces in Afghanistan

    By THOM SHANKER and ERIC SCHMITT
    5 Feb 2012 | 12:58 am
    In ending its combat role in Afghanistan a year earlier than expected, the United States will rely more on special forces that hunt insurgent leaders and train local troops, officials say.

  • Russia and China Block U.N. Action on Syrian Crisis

    By NEIL MacFARQUHAR and ANTHONY SHADID
    5 Feb 2012 | 12:57 am
    A United Nations Security Council effort to end the violence in Syria collapsed in acrimony hours after the Syrian military attacked the ravaged city of Homs.

  • Homeless Families, Cloaked in Normality

    By ALAN FEUER
    4 Feb 2012 | 10:20 pm
    Of the record 40,000 people in New York City’s shelters, a growing number belong to seemingly ordinary families, rushing off to school and work, smartphones in hand.
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    Wired Top Stories

  • A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 5

    Ken Denmead
    4 Feb 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.

  • A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 4

    Ken Denmead
    3 Feb 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.

  • AMD Eyes ARM Alliance in War on Intel

    Robert McMillan
    3 Feb 2012 | 6:54 pm
    Could the low-power-chip design that's used in your iPhone someday show up inside the chips built by Intel-rival Advanced Micro Devices? Definitely maybe. Or as AMD's brand new Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster put it to us: "The answer is not no."

  • How Windows Phone 8 'Apollo' Would Stack Up Against iOS 5, Android 4

    Christina Bonnington
    3 Feb 2012 | 6:52 pm
    Microsoft's Windows Phone OS is often criticized for lagging far behind iOS and Android. But on Thursday, a leaked description of Microsoft's next big mobile OS, Windows Phone 8, came to light, revealing how the operating system will improve. But can it really compete? We handicap Apollo against iOS 5 and Android 4.

  • Sugar May Be Bad, But Is the Alternative Worse?

    Brandon Keim
    3 Feb 2012 | 6:15 pm
    Given the recent controversy over sugar, one might look to artificial sweeteners for an easy alternative to thorny scientific and ethical questions. But to anyone seeking pastel-packaged reassurance that regulators won't ever need to pry donuts from their cold, dead and pudgy fingers, science offers only more uncertainty.
 
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  • If I Were the Blogging Police…

    Guest Blogger
    4 Feb 2012 | 8:07 am
    This guest post is by Karol K of ThemeFuse. Is it just me, or do you ever find yourself in a situation when you just want to lock someone up for the things they’re doing either on their own blog or while commenting on other people’s blogs? You know, moments when you wish you were the blogging police … anyone? I do. Quite often actually. And I am by no means perfect myself. But you don’t have to be perfect to have an opinion, just like you don’t have to be a musician to be able to tell that you don’t like a song. So even though I am not perfect, I’ll…

  • From Small-time Blogger to Professional Paid Speaker: My Journey

    Guest Blogger
    3 Feb 2012 | 8:04 am
    This guest post is by Marcus Sheridan of The Sale Lion. We’re all communicators. That’s what we do. Some of us love the feel of pen in hand. Others find joy as the fingers hit the key pad. But for me, the magic is in the communion that occurs in front of a live audience, a place where I feel more at home than any other. Like you, I’m a blogger. I’m also a business owner. In fact, I own a swimming pool company. Ten years ago, I started the business with my two partners. The challenges of entrepreneurship were satisfying for the first seven years, but three years ago I knew my time of…

  • How to Create and Host a Blog Carnival

    Guest Blogger
    2 Feb 2012 | 8:03 am
    This guest post is by Greg McFarlane of Control Your Cash. Everyone has them, except possibly R.L. Stine. I’m referring to those days when you’re lacking either the inspiration or the energy to write something fresh and/or inventive. If you can somehow get those days to occur on a regular schedule, say weekly, there’s a solution. Outsourcing. I’m not talking about running guest posts, nor contributions from freelance or staff writers. I mean leveraging the work of dozens of other bloggers in your genre, for your mutual benefit. Host a blog carnival: a roundup of timely posts from…

  • What 60% of ProBlogger Readers Don’t Do that’s Central to My Blogging Success

    Darren Rowse
    1 Feb 2012 | 2:08 pm
    A couple of weeks ago I ran a census of ProBlogger readers to help us work out how to serve you better in 2012. Thousands of people participated (thanks to everyone!), so I thought I’d share a few of the results that stood out to me. Some of them are based upon comparisons we made to last time we ran a similar survey, around two years ago. How many active blogs? 45.2% of ProBlogger readers have one active blog, 24.3% of you have two, and 11.6% of you have three blogs. Interestingly 8.7% of ProBlogger readers don’t yet have a blog and 1.6% have more than 10! How long have you been…

  • Why Kissing a Digital Baby is Better than Back-scratching a Super-famous Blogger

    Guest Blogger
    1 Feb 2012 | 8:05 am
     This guest post is by  Shamelle Perera of Better Blogging Ways. By now, it’s been engraved into every bloggers mind that relationships are the foundation of building a successful blog. Then, there is this “hush hush” unwritten law, “You should build strong relationships with established pro bloggers or blogosphere influences! Their links are like gold; a tweet or Facebook like will bring you a tsunami of visitors to your blog.” (Don’t get me wrong. This post is not a rebel rant against pro bloggers. I respect them dearly, and the work they’ve done to rise up…
 
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  • ARM-Based MacBook Air Unlikely Based on Analyst Talk with Tim Cook

    Arnold Kim
    4 Feb 2012 | 5:24 pm
    There had been some interesting claims last year that Apple had been actively testing an ARM (A5) based MacBook Air. The ARM processor is the same one that is used in the iPhone and iPad. An ARM-based MacBook Air, however, would raise a number of questions about what kind of device it might actually be. Would it run OS X, or iOS? Would it be closer to a Mac or an iOS device? One of the main advantages of using an ARM processor would be a reduction in power-requirements, but with a corresponding drop in computing power. Using ARM, however, would abandon binary compatibility with existing Mac…

  • AT&T Starts Throttling Unlimited Data Users after 2GB of Monthly Usage

    Arnold Kim
    4 Feb 2012 | 4:24 pm
    In October, AT&T announced that they would start throttling data usage amongst mobile Unlimited Data Plan users. While AT&T no longer offers an Unlimited Data plan to new customers, many of the original iPhone purchasers are still grandfathered into that plan. Those iPhone users have been able to retain these Unlimited plans, even though AT&T has since moved to a tiered data plan structure. When AT&T announced their plan to start throttling users, the company said that they would only be throttling the top 5% of users. Early reports of affected users had pointed to 10GB-12GB per month users…

  • Apple Revises Snow Leopard Security Update and Pulls 10.7.3 Delta Update

    Arnold Kim
    4 Feb 2012 | 4:02 pm
    After a couple of issues with some software updates, Apple has made some quiet revisions to address the problems. The first was a Snow Leopard security update which inadvertently caused problems with Apple's PowerPC emulation layer Rosetta. Macworld notes that Apple has since released Security Update 2012-001, version 1.1 for Snow Leopard. The new version seems to fix the PowerPC crashing issues described with the original update. Meanwhile, the crashing/CUI errors with 10.7.3 Delta updater has also been addressed by Apple. 9to5Mac notes that Apple has responded by pulling the Delta update…

  • Uploaded iTunes Match Songs Inaccessible for Some Users

    Jordan Golson
    3 Feb 2012 | 5:52 pm
    Some iTunes Match users are encountering difficulties when attempting to download songs they have previously uploaded to iTunes Match. Matched songs appear unaffected for most users. Threads on both the MacRumors Forums and the Apple Support Communities detail the issues. I keep getting the "error = -2114" and "Please check that the connection to the network is active and try again." It then moves to the next download and most times is succsesful. I am getting this error in the last few hours and to about 10-20% of my downloads.The Verge confirms that the issue occurs in both iTunes 10.5.2…

  • Genius Recommendations for Movies and TV Shows Appearing on Apple TV

    Eric Slivka
    3 Feb 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Several Apple TV users have reported a new addition to the menus of their devices, with the new option bringing Genius recommendations for movies and TV shows in their libraries. Curiously, early reports noted that rather than carrying a correct menu title, the movie option carried the name "ATV.Menu.MOVIE.GeniusItem", suggesting that the new feature may have appeared prematurely. Apple seems to have fixed the issue, however, with the menu option now showing properly as "Genius". Improperly-displayed (left, via @cthielen) and properly-displayed Genius option for Movies on Apple TV Despite the…
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    chrisbrogan.com

  • Learn From Adele – Build Your Platform

    ceb
    3 Feb 2012 | 3:30 am
    Jacq and I just watched Adele Live At The Royal Albert Hall (amazon affiliate link), and though every song was just wonderfully done, I found myself fascinated by what Adele was doing in between each song. Because even though most people would be interested in hearing her belt out her amazing repertoire of hits, what I took away from the performance was Adele’s real magical ability: the ability to resonate with her audience. What Adele Could Teach You About Impact I’m writing something about this right now for my upcoming book with Julien Smith, but I had to share some of the…

  • Rob Gokee is a Musical Wizard

    ceb
    2 Feb 2012 | 10:05 am
    I had such a great experience working with award winning musical composer Rob Gokee. We did some musical work together, and the process was so amazing. Rob helped me create my theme song for Shhh! The Secret Show. So anyhow, he and I sat down to do an interview, and it’s a bit long, but it’s totally worth it. We talk about what collaboration feels like at a distance, what it takes to get music like this made for your own show, and a lot more. Rob’s a hero to me, and has been part of the community for a while. I was so fortunate to have worked with him. Can’t see the…

  • Build Your Platform – Start

    ceb
    30 Jan 2012 | 3:30 am
    The following is part ONE of a series called Build Your Platform. If you find it interesting, please consider subscribing for free to get the rest of the series. This post is long. You might want to bookmark it for later. The age of social media oversaturation is upon us. People are declaring Twitter bankruptcy to go along with their email bankruptcy. They cite not wanting to start on yet another social network as their reason for not getting more involved with Google+. And just as soon as you start getting into Pinterest, you hear about Path, but wait: there’s Gentlemint, which is…

  • Where Hollywood Should Spend Their Time

    ceb
    29 Jan 2012 | 10:03 am
    I support the fight against piracy and intellectual property theft. As an author and a creator, I hate when someone nabs my stuff, or doesn’t give me credit for my work, etc. Stealing is a crime. I’m not ever going to say otherwise. I will, say, however, that I wish Hollywood and other publishers and creators would spend their time facilitating legal transactions, instead of working so hard to fight the bad guys. That above picture is so frustrating. (Can’t see it? Click Click Here). I had every intention of purchasing an audio version of Eddie Izzard’s “Dress to…

  • Make Better Video

    ceb
    23 Jan 2012 | 6:52 am
    I’m learning about video because I believe, strongly, that 2012 is the year that companies and individuals who can create interesting video will be able to stand out better in the oversaturation of social media. My own practice, Shhh! The Secret Show, has me learning about lighting, sound, editing, interviewing, content planning, camera angles, titles, screen casting, how to make b-roll, and more. It’s quite a step up, technically, from what I used to do with a Flip camera and a bit of waggling it around in front of my face. And when I say this, it’s most definitely not…
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    Copyblogger

  • 7 Super Social Media Marketing Links

    Robert Bruce
    4 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am
    This week on The Lede … What really works on Twitter One thing social media copywriters should never do 9 productive social media hacks A reminder of the power of the original social media If you just can’t wait for The Lede every Saturday, and you want even more practical, useable links than the seven we highlight here every week, follow @copyblogger on Twitter. It’s painless. Really. // 9 Social Media Hacks You Need to Embrace Now Mr. Baer makes a good case that though social media is inexpensive in monetary terms, it can get good and costly when it comes to spending your…

  • Whether You Call it Blogging or Not, Online Content Still Rules

    Robert Bruce
    3 Feb 2012 | 7:00 am
    What if most of the business world stopped blogging tomorrow? Would you stop as well? No, if that happened, you’d find yourself sitting on the opportunity of a lifetime. Social networking sites would explode with likes and retweets and pins and +1s of your original content all day long. This is why the annual “blogging is dead” claim is so dumb. Even if it were true, your continued content production would dominate the web in every way. So, instead of worrying about the latest, hottest, trend or alarming decline of the moment, stay the course. Original content creation is…

  • What Zappos Can Teach You About Becoming Irresistible to Customers

    Jeff Goins
    2 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am
    What can a well-run shoe store teach you about your own online business? Well, everything. If you’ve ever bought anything from the mega online shoe store Zappos, or if you’ve so much as heard them mentioned, the word that comes to mind is probably service. But there’s more to the Zappo’s secret sauce than free shipping and some nice people on the phone. They embody three important lessons that any blogger, online marketer, or small business owner can learn … and start finding customers that don’t just like you, they love you. Let’s look at each, and…

  • 10 Content Marketing Goals Worth Pursuing

    Sonia Simone
    1 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am
    Ever wonder why content marketing works so well for some businesses … and doesn’t seem to do anything at all for others? Curious about why some content that seems great doesn’t do anything to build the business? “Content is king” has been an online cliché for years now, but it’s not true. It’s never been true. Content all by itself — even terrific content — is just content. It may be entertaining. It may be educational. It may contain the secret to world peace and fresh, minty breath, all rolled into one. But it has no magical powers. It…

  • 5 Ways Writers Can Break Out of the Tired Old Social Media Box

    Aubre Andrus
    31 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    It’s time to teach that old dog some new tricks. That old dog I’m referring to is social media. Sure, you’re already blogging, and on Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Facebook, and more. Great. But I’m telling you — there’s more to social media than meets the eye. The final chapter on social media hasn’t been written. When I kicked off my writing business in April, I decided to use social media my way. I approached these overused networks as if I’d never heard of them. I made my own rules. I set different expectations. You could say I wrote my own…
 
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    Macworld

  • Weekly Wrap: Lion bugs, iBooks Author, Final Cut Pro X

    4 Feb 2012 | 2:55 pm
    Once a week, we gather together to recap the best stories published on Macworld over the past seven days. This week, those include software updates from Apple--and the problems that go along with them--tips on using your Mac more efficiently, and plenty more.

  • The Week in iPhone Cases: iLove

    4 Feb 2012 | 1:00 pm
    It's nearly Valentine's Day, and what better way to show you care than by helping to protect a beloved iPhone?

  • The Macalope Weekly: Who to blame?

    4 Feb 2012 | 9:00 am
    We have to blame someone, right? How about Apple?

  • Remains of the Day: Undercover boss

    3 Feb 2012 | 6:30 pm
    John Browett masqueraded as an ordinary salesman, The Daily reveals its subscriber numbers, and a former Apple product manager unveils the not-so-secret secrets of the iPhone's development.

  • Apple revises Snow Leopard security update

    3 Feb 2012 | 5:57 pm
    Apple updated the latest Snow Leopard security update, 2012-001, to version 1.1. While the company didn't spell out what changed, many users who installed the previous version of the update had encountered problems with the Rosetta technology used to run PowerPC-based apps.
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    ReadWriteWeb

  • Weekly Wrap-up: Great User Experience, Pinterest, and Corporate Blogs

    4 Feb 2012 | 1:30 pm
    Richard MacManus explores the characteristics of great user experience design. Alicia Eler explains what Pinterest is doing that Facebook should emulate. David Strom notes the decline of corporate blogging. All of this and more in the ReadWriteWeb Weekly Wrap-up. After the jump you'll find more of this week's top news stories on some of the key topics that are shaping the Web - Location, App Stores and Real-Time Web - plus highlights from some of our six channels. Read on for more. Sponsor 5 Signs of a Great User Experience Great user experience is the result of thoughtful design. Richard…

  • Cartoon: Firestorm!

    4 Feb 2012 | 12:00 pm
    A while ago, I posted about one of the classic blunders in response to online criticism: deleting negative comments. Let's add another mistake to that list: silence. I'm not sure there's a force on earth that could have saved Susan G. Komen for the Cure from the social media firestorm that engulfed the organization this week. But lord knows their communications strategy didn't do them a lot of favors - starting with their initial silence. Sponsor Whether the rationale is "Let's hope it blows over" or "We can't get internal consensus on a message, so let's not say anything" or "Legal suggests…

  • [STUDY] Jonesing For A Retweet: Twitter Harder To Resist Than Cigarettes And Booze

    4 Feb 2012 | 7:15 am
    Sleep, sex and...Twitter? A new study suggests that people are more likely to give into the urge to check email and their Twitter account than they are to smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol. While the study headed by Wilhelm Hofmann of Chicago University's Booth Business School was limited in size, covering just 205 people between the ages of 18 and 85, it seems to confirm what many of us have suspected for years. Sponsor "Desires for media may be comparatively harder to resist because of their high availability and also because it feels like it does not 'cost much' to engage in these…

  • Why the "S&%t X Says to Y" Version of This Meme Exploded

    3 Feb 2012 | 6:30 pm
    "The thing about memes is that through repetition, they create a shared language," says Professor Julie Levin Russo, an adjunct assistant professor at Brown's Modern Culture & Media Program. "If you understand the premise of the meme, you can communicate a lot very easily, with whatever twist you're putting on the meme structure." On Jan 4, the "Shit Girls Say" meme was radically transformed. New York-based graphic designer & video blogger Franchesca Ramsey a.k.a. Chescaleigh unleashed "Shit White Girls Say to Black Girls", and it blew up the Internet. In the video, Ramsey plays her…

  • How Social Media & Social TV Will Change Super Bowl 2012

    3 Feb 2012 | 6:00 pm
    This year's Super Bowl will be more social than ever before. With the rise of social TV and the first-ever 2,800-square-foot social media command center, fans who have trekked down to Indianapolis and people at Super Bowl parties across the country can now opt to have a super-connected experience. This marks the first time that the NFL has partnered with a Super Bowl host city. Like a Midwestern truck stop that's got a restaurant, convenience store, bathrooms, random coin-operated claw games (that you can't ever win) and gas, the Super Bowl social media command center seeks to be all things…
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    Smashing Magazine Feed

  • How To Use Custom Post Types To Organize Online Marketing Campaigns

    Joshua Dodson
    3 Feb 2012 | 9:04 am
       Custom post types add a level of flexibility to WordPress that makes this open-source Web development platform more useful on many levels. Whenever I have been faced with a Web-based task, especially one that involves organizing information, the first thing I do is examine WordPress to determine if it can handle the job. It usually can. Image Source As an Internet marketer and analyst, I need to be able to organize online marketing campaigns in a way that is trackable in Google Analytics. This is the perfect task for WordPress custom post types. In this article, we’ll explain…

  • Freebie: St. Valentine’s Day Icon Set (10 PNG/PSD Icons)

    Smashing Editorial Team
    2 Feb 2012 | 9:38 am
       Every now and then, we release useful freebies for all of our highly valued readers. Today, it is our pleasure to present to you Cuberto‘s fantastic St. Valentine’s icon set  —  exclusively designed for Smashing Magazine and its loyal readers. The icons presented are available in transparent PNGs as well as Photoshop PSDs (128×128 px) and are perfect for any projects you have coming up for St. Valentine’s Day. Enjoy! Download the Set for free! This icon set is completely free to use for commercial or personal applications without any…

  • Ten Things To Think About When Designing Your iPad App

    Julie Stanford
    31 Jan 2012 | 11:03 am
       Like most well-designed things, the magic of an iPad app comes from a union of usefulness, usability and meaning. Games aside, the app must be useful by solving a problem that people actually have through the right set of functionality at the right time. It must be easy to use and, just as importantly, easy to get started using, without a lot of pesky setup and learning steps. And it must hold meaning for the user through visual beauty, an emotional connection, personal insights, etc. In this article, we won’t outline the entire design process for creating an iPad app, but we…

  • Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: February 2012

    Smashing Editorial Team
    31 Jan 2012 | 7:48 am
       We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a matter of fact, we’ve discovered the best one — desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd. This creativity mission has been going on for over two years now, and we are very thankful to all designers who have contributed and are still diligently contributing each month. We continue to nourish you with a monthly spoon of inspiration. This post features…

  • The Future Of Screen Typography Is In Your Hands

    Andreas Carlsson & Jaan Orvet
    30 Jan 2012 | 4:52 am
       We do more reading on the screen today than we did even a year ago. If we are ever to have a golden age of reading on the screen, this might be the start of it. Tablets, Nooks and Kindles make buying a book or magazine for the screen almost unavoidable. With smartphones, we carry our reading material with us and enjoy instant Web access, enabling the reading experience to flow smoothly from one device to another. And those devices probably have stunning HD reader-friendly screens. Throw in companion services like Readmill and 24symbols, which allow us to share our reading…
 
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    CNN.com

  • Romney on roll with Nevada win

    5 Feb 2012 | 1:02 am
    Mitt Romney wins Nevada caucuses in convincing fashion while Newt Gingrich says he has no intentions of pulling out of the GOP race.

  • U.S. general dies in Afghanistan

    4 Feb 2012 | 11:19 pm
    U.S. Brig. Gen. Terence Hildner died in Kabul of apparent natural causes, officials said, making him one of the highest ranking officers to die in Afghanistan.

  • Calls for strikes after vote fails at U.N.

    4 Feb 2012 | 8:36 pm
    The draft resolution before the U.N. Security Council would demand an end to the bloody crackdown on government opponents in Syria.

  • Fidel Castro unveils 1,000-page memoir

    4 Feb 2012 | 3:23 pm
    Fidel Castro has released a previously unannounced two-volume memoir of his life, Cuban state-run media reported Saturday.

  • Town still baffled by mysterious tics

    4 Feb 2012 | 10:23 am
    In the tiny New York town of LeRoy, Marge Fitzsimmons and more than a dozen others have suddenly developed uncontrollable twitching and verbal tics. She and the rest of the town are wondering why -- and if they'll ever recover.
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    Scott Kelby's Photoshop Insider

  • I Shot My First NHL Ice Hockey Game Last Night….

    Scott Kelby
    3 Feb 2012 | 12:55 am
    … and it sure looked it! :((Above: That’s the game winning goal in Overtime above. Not a pretty shot, but then, none of them really were).I absolutely love shooting ice hockey!  I’m just no good at it yet. Not only was it my first time shooting ice hockey, it was my first time at an ice hockey game. It was (as expected) a rough night. How rough was it? Well, I actually registered the domain you see below last night after I uploaded my photos to the wire service I was shooting for.But I Still Had to Submit Photos I was able to upload 25 shots to Southcreek Global that were,…

  • It’s Free Stuff Thursday!

    Brad Moore
    2 Feb 2012 | 12:07 am
    The Photographer’s Legal Guide If you’re in business, you will make a mistake. Nobodyknows that better than Jack Reznicki and Edward Greenburg. Join them as they take you through the finer points of terms and conditions in invoices to help you avoid costly mistakes in your photography business.We’re giving away a DVD set that teaches you everything you want to know about the legal side of photography.  The set includes two DVD titles:  The Photographer’s Legal Guide: Model Releases & Copyright Registration and The Photographer’s Guide to Avoiding Common…

  • It’s Guest Blog Wednesday with Tony Corbell!

    Brad Moore
    31 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Between Light and ShadowAs photographers, we are an interesting bunch of people.  We tend to disagree on just about everything in terms of what makes a great picture.  We all have opinions on image content, composition, what we like and dislike in an image and the choices we each make in terms of equipment and post processing.  But we all agree when we see a great image.  Even if it is something we don’t usually do in our own work, we know a good picture when we see one.  And one of the main characteristics present in every great picture is great light.  And light is, well,…

  • Some Late Updates From The Road

    Scott Kelby
    31 Jan 2012 | 1:11 pm
    Good morning everybody and a big hello from the Lonestar State. Here’s a quick look at what’s going on:> Loving Austin! Yesterday I had a great seminar here in Austin (almost 500 photographers joined me for the day), and met lots of great folks (also accidentally made off with the Wacom’s guy’s pen. Left mine somewhere (probably in a hotel room in India), and he loaned me his to use for the class, but by the time I was done answering questions at the end of the day, he was long gone. Stuart, I have your pen and would love to send it back to you!).> I Almost Got…

  • Light it. Shoot it. Retouch it. Live! Phoenix, AZ – Wednesday, February 22, 2012

    Fred Maya
    31 Jan 2012 | 10:15 am
    Scott Kelby, award-winning author of “The Digital Photography Book” and Editor of Photoshop User magazine, brings one of his all-time most popular Online classes to life in this amazing day where you learn it all; the lighting, the shooting, and the retouching, all live as it happens.You’ll see everything unfold from scratch in each session, with different lighting set-ups and looks, as Scott starts with an empty stage, and then puts together the lighting for a live portrait shoot.You’re right there as he takes you through the entire shoot, tweaking the lighting and…
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    Digital Photography School

  • Do You Have a Favorite Landscape Photography Destination?

    Darren Rowse
    4 Feb 2012 | 12:27 pm
    Is there a place that you love to go shoot landscapes? I’d love to hear about your favourite landscape photography destinations – particularly I’d like to hear any the following: where is it (give us a country/state etc – remember our audience is global so don’t assume everyone will know exactly where it is) why you like it any tips you’d give to anyone planning a trip there (time of day, places to shoot from, challenges unique to the location) share a photo you’ve taken there (share a link to your photoblog, flickr account or embed the photo if…

  • How I Shot And Edited It – Nepal Zoomable Panorama

    Peter West Carey
    4 Feb 2012 | 8:15 am
    Have I mentioned how much I love photography and technology. Here’s a good case for mixing them together. As you say previous on the Q&A with Uncornered Market, creating panorama’s can create some amazing images. I took their methodologies and applied them to some of my own panoramas, which do not cover 360 degrees all around. This method is more practical for those of us without fisheye lenses. Take a look at this tutorial if you are curious for a step by step on creating your own immersion panoramas. You will need to click over to my blog to view the immersion panorama described…

  • Street Photography: Weekly Photography Challenge

    Darren Rowse
    3 Feb 2012 | 12:57 pm
    This week your challenge is to take and share an image that fits the theme of ‘Street Photography’. I know that those two words send some people into a state of panic as they’re often associated with taking pictures of complete strangers on the street (like we wrote about yesterday when we interviewed Street Photographer Eric Kim) but you may interpret the theme any way that you wish. You may choose to photograph people on the street – but you might also take a gentler approach – photographing wider street scenes, asking people to pose for you on the street,…

  • Mastering Panning – Photographing Moving Subjects

    Darren Rowse
    3 Feb 2012 | 8:05 am
    Photo by Delineated Previously we’ve covered the topic of shutter speed and looked at how increasing and decreasing it can have a significant impact upon the images we take – particularly if the subjects in those images are moving. Today I’d like to take a brief look at a related topic – that of photographing moving subjects by ‘panning’. Panning is a technique that can produce amazing results (if you perfect it…. or get lucky) but is also one that can take a lot of practice to get right. The basic idea behind panning as a technique is that you pan…

  • Focus on Street Photographer Eric Kim ~ In your face with a smile!

    Valerie Jardin
    2 Feb 2012 | 7:02 am
    If you shoot street photography, you have most likely heard of California based photographer Eric Kim. He is so active in the social media and blogging world that it is virtually impossible to miss him and his big grin. Who is the person behind the Leica? I had the pleasure to ask him a few questions for the dPS readers recently and, without further ado, I am pleased to introduce you to the work of street photographer Eric Kim. When did you start doing street photography and why? When I first started shooting photography, I had a difficult time figuring out what type of photography I enjoyed…
 
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    TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

  • Motorola wants 2.25 percent of Apple sales to license patents

    Chris Rawson
    4 Feb 2012 | 4:00 pm
    The ongoing patent spat between Motorola and Apple has reached an interesting crossroads. Just recently a German court granted an injunction against sales of many of Apple's 3G-bearing products, including older model iPhones and the iPad. That injunction held for less than a day, however, pending further review of Motorola's claims against Apple. Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents found new information that suggests Motorola has offered to end the patent dispute and license its wireless patents to Apple -- in exchange for 2.25 percent of Apple's sales. It's unclear whether this is a percentage…

  • Former Apple employee recounts how Jobs motivated iPhone team

    Steven Sande
    4 Feb 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Bob Borchers used to be an iPhone product marketing engineer for Apple. Part of the team that brought the first iPhone to market in 2007, he's now a venture capitalist with Opus Capital. Borchers recently gave a talk to students at a California school talking about the thought processes that were involved in the iPhone's development. Borchers says that Steve Jobs didn't have a specific device in mind, but instead gave the team a mission: create a phone that people would love so much that they'd never leave the house without it. Borchers believes that Apple has been so wildly successful with…

  • Hands on with AnyPlay: Live Comcast video on your iPad

    Erica Sadun
    4 Feb 2012 | 2:00 pm
    Haven't heard of AnyPlay? That's not surprising. It's a small initiative slowly being introduced by Comcast into select cable markets. With it, you can watch live television over your home network on your iPad. So if your spouse is hogging the HDTV during your CW night, you can watch Supernatural using your local Wi-Fi. (Cablevision and Time Warner have similar apps on the App Store now.) AnyPlay consists of two parts: there's the standalone box ($10 one-time charge) and the iPad software, which is built into Comcast's existing XFINITY TV app. To get them to work together, you must sign into…

  • Snow Leopard security update revised to fix Rosetta issues

    Michael Rose
    4 Feb 2012 | 12:30 pm
    As noted yesterday, many of the users who updated their OS X 10.6 systems with Apple's most recent security patches found themselves unable to run PowerPC legacy apps via the Rosetta compatibility layer. Today a new version of that update (Security Update 2012-001 v1.1) is now available, and it should resolve the issues. The latest build removes the patch to the ImageIO code that was included in the original version; this, apparently, was the cause of the breakage. 10.6.8 users can download the new version from Apple's site or via Software Update. [via MacDailyNews]Snow Leopard security…

  • iBackFlip Somersault available for preorder; watch creator explain improvements

    Victor Agreda, Jr.
    3 Feb 2012 | 6:30 pm
    I met up with the guys behind iBackflip while at Macworld, and was impressed with their passion for design. Their first iBackflip was a pretty straightforward flip-down arm sling for the iPad. Using Velcro, it offered a basic black design and minimal extras. The new iBackflip Somersault, now available for pre-order, is a thoroughly updated version. At $99, I got to see one of the final versions, fresh from their factory. The Somersault's main feature is the ability to position the iPad in front of you while being securely fastened to your body via an ample sling. The flip-down panel securing…
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    Strobist

  • Core Knowledge: Working With Remotes

    2 Feb 2012 | 8:00 am
    There are two things you should always remember about radio remotes:One, radio can be fickle. This is true whether you are using your time-honored PocketWizards or a brand new Chinese offering.Two, radio waves -- and success with your remotes -- are all about the physics. So a little knowledge can go a long way toward ensuring good range and reliability. Some basics that every lighting photographer should know, inside. Read more »

  • Tyler Stableford: Dispatches From the Underground

    30 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    Aspen, Colorado-based photographer Tyler Stableford generally shoots action and adventure, most of it aboveground. But this shoot for Timberland PRO would send him a half-mile deep into the earth. That far down, before adding light it is absolutely pitch black. As in, you cannot see your hand in front of your face. And the lights the miners use while extracting coal there aren't much friendlier -- low-level, and a mix of tungsten and fluorescents. So Stableford shot the entire campaign working on the edge of the quality envelope, and lighting with only a few speedlights. Read more »

  • Q&A: Dealing with Glare from Dark Wood Backgrounds

    26 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    Reader Jefferson, from California in the US, asked via Twitter:"How do you deal with glare on dark wood in background for portraits? Is this covered in Lighting 101 or 102?"Actually, it is covered in L102, if a little obliquely. And yes, pretty much any time you light into dark wood as a background you are gonna get some blowback.But rather than look at this as a problem, I prefer to think of it as a feature… Read more »

  • Ono Shouichi: The Spirit of a Century

    23 Jan 2012 | 12:30 am
    Photos © Ono ShouichiBy Irwin Wong -- Multi-light setups, gear reviews and lighting tricks are all worthwhile food for thought. But when people are looking back at your life’s work, will you be remembered for your lighting or for what you tried to tell the world with your camera? In a long-spanning portrait series, Tokyo-based editorial photographer Ono Shouichi has (to date) photographed two hundred Japanese centenarians. The lighting, while there, is subordinate to the message. As it should be. Read more »

  • QA: Down the Phase One Rabbit Hole

    19 Jan 2012 | 12:10 pm
    There were a few misconceptions (and a LOT of questions) that popped up in the comments after I wrote about ditching the D4 for a used Phase One camera and back. Videos, answers to Q's and some specific things that convinced me to make the jump, inside. Read more »
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    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • HDR used properly is appropriate for photojournalism, says Unified Color's Omvik

    3 Feb 2012 | 2:26 pm
    Are High Dynamic Range photos appropriate for illustrating news? That's the debate that's been started by the Washington Post's use of an HDR image on its front page in January. Sean Elliot, president of the National Press Photographers Association came down firmly against it, saying, 'HDR is not appropriate for documentary photojournalism.' John Omvik, Marketing VP with HDR software maker Unified Color understandably disagrees. He's written us a response arguing that what we see is closer to HDR than, say, a mono photo shot with Tri-X film.

  • Kenko-Tokina Reflex 300mm F6.3 compact telephoto for Micro Four Thirds

    3 Feb 2012 | 11:30 am
    Kenko-Tokina has added the mirrors back into mirrorless with the launch of an ultra-compact Reflex 300mm F6.3 for Micro Four Thirds. This fixed-aperture, manual focus lens revives the catadioptric lens design that was especially popular in the 1970s and '80s for producing small high-magnification telephoto lenses. With a 55mm filter diameter and weight less than 300g, this is possibly the smallest lens of this type that's ever been made for stills cameras. The spec is rounded-off with a minimum focus of 0.8m and 0.5x maximum magnification, making the lens potentially interesting for chasing…

  • Kenko-Tokina exhibits mockup of image-stabilised 70-200mm F4 at CP+

    3 Feb 2012 | 10:43 am
    Kenko-Tokina will exhibit a mockup of a 70-200mm F4 telephoto zoom that features both a ring-type ultrasonic autofocus motor and optical image stabilization at the CP+ trade show in Japan. The AT-X Pro SD 70-200 F4 (IF) FX will be the company's first stabilized lens, and will likely be especially interesting to Nikon SLR users who currently have no option that's directly comparable to Canon's popular and highly-regarded 70-200mm F4 designs. Further details are limited, but the lens appears to feature both internal zoom and focus mechanisms, and has a usefully-close minimum focus distance of…

  • Fujifilm says X-Pro1 will set you back around $2300. UK probably £1980

    2 Feb 2012 | 3:56 pm
    Fujifilm USA has announced its recommended pricing for the X-Pro1 high-end mirrorless camera. The MSRP will be $1699 for the body and $599-$649 for the lenses, meaning you can expect it to create around a $2300 dent in your pocket if you want to be able to take pictures with it. Canadian prices will be dollar-for-dollar equivalents. Fujifilm UK meanwhile hasn't yet announced pricing, but one of the country's retailers is taking orders at £1429 for the body and £549-599 for the lenses, which gives a good idea of how much you'll need to scrape together.

  • Pentax reveals K lens roadmap for 2012 and 2013

    2 Feb 2012 | 11:32 am
    Alongside the announcement of the K-01 mirrorless camera, Pentax has updated its K-mount lens roadmap to include planned releases for 2012 and 2013. In a PDF document published on the company's website, it indicates that three lenses will be introduced during the course of this year - a 50mm 'standard' lens, a superzoom in the 18-200mm class, and a super telephoto in the 500-600mm range. Four zooms covering the full wideangle to telephoto range are projected to follow later, alongside a 1.4x teleconverter.  
 
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  • Lightroom Worth-a-click

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    3 Feb 2012 | 8:26 am
    Happy Friday! Here’s a few Lightroom/Photography related things that are worth a quick click if you’re surfing around. • A friend of mine from Paris (who I shot with while I visited last year and was a HUGE help!), Serge Ramelli has a Lightroom app on the iTunes store. Here’s the link if you want to check it out. • It’s not exactly brand new news but I had a new class go up on Kelby Training last month that’s all about Lightroom presets and how I create them. If you’re looking for a peak inside the mind of the preset creator (and some cool ideas for…

  • Lightroom Video – Dynamic Watermarks (well… not really, but kinda)

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    1 Feb 2012 | 10:08 am
    I always like to do videos that answer questions I get, rather than just doing a video that I “think” everyone wants to know about. Well, this weeks video comes from a question that I’ve gotten in several forms over the last couple years. Recently, some one asked if they could add a watermark to their photos with the current year on them. So basically, Lightroom would have to figure out the year from the metadata (probably not hard) and dynamically add it to the photos when you export them into JPEGS (not so easy). So, there’s really no way to do this, but there is an…

  • Your Burning Lightroom 4 Questions Answered From Adobe

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    30 Jan 2012 | 9:10 am
    I just saw a post over on Adobe’s Photoshop.com blog where product manager Sharad Mangalick, answered a bunch of Lightroom 4 questions. Everything from catalogs, to video, new features, you name it. Below is one question I pulled directly from the page because I’ve been asked quite a bit too, but there’s lots more in the full article. @luxx11 and @jennawoodward Ask: @Lightroom why can’t I use my LR3 catalogs in LR4? Is there a way to easily transfer my Lr3 catalogue into Lr4? Sharad: Since Lightroom 4 is still in beta form, we restricted the ability to bring in catalogs…

  • Lightroom 4 and Windows XP

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    23 Jan 2012 | 9:52 am
    I’ve seen quite a few comments about the fact that Lightroom 4 Beta doesn’t work with Windows XP (and you can probably guess that the full version isn’t going to work with it either). Last week Tom Hogarty (Lightroom Product Manager) wrote about the reasons behind that decision on his blog. Here’s a quick snippet but you can go here to read the rest: “As many have noticed, the Lightroom 4 public beta we released last week does not support Windows XP. This decision did not come lightly and was based on a number of factors. With each version of Lightroom, our goal…

  • Lightroom Video – Using External Drives

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    19 Jan 2012 | 10:32 am
    I saw a great question on my Facebook page the other day (btw… here’s my Google+ and Twitter pages too) and it’s one that I get asked quite a bit whenever I’m out teaching Lightroom. The question was basically this: let’s say you store all of your photos on an external drive (like I do). Eventually that drive gets full and you buy a larger drive. How do you get your photos to that new drive and make it so Lightroom can see them. Luckily it’s really simple and it works the same with just about any version of Lightroom. Check out the video below to see how.
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  • Apple Releases iBooks 2.0.1 to Address Issue with Textbooks Not Opening

    Eric Slivka
    3 Feb 2012 | 11:32 am
    Apple today updated iBooks [App Store] to version 2.0.1, bringing a fix for an issue that resulted in some iBooks Textbooks not opening in the application. Apple is not terribly specific about the issue, but it may be related to a complaint shared by USA Today almost immediately after the iBooks 2.0 launch and for which Apple had promised a fix.We're aware of a small number of iBooks 2 users having issues with the playback of the introduction movies when opening iBooks textbooks. It will be fixed soon in an upcoming software update.iBooks 2.0.1 is of course a free update to the already-free…

  • 'The Daily' Reports 100,000 Paying Subs on One-Year Anniversary

    Jordan Golson
    2 Feb 2012 | 1:25 pm
    One year ago today, News Corp. launched its iPad-only newspaper called The Daily. It was the first app to take advantage of the "In-App Subscription" feature that Apple launched the same day. The Daily is available to subscribers for $0.99/week or $39.99/year and Mashable reports that the newspaper currently has more than 100,000 paid subscribers on the iPad alone. Rupert Murdoch, head of The Daily's parent company News Corp. said when the paper launched that it would take 500,000 paying readers to break even, though publisher Greg Clayman told Mashable that profitability is in sight:…

  • Apple Grabs Another Gaming PR Executive for App Store

    Eric Slivka
    2 Feb 2012 | 10:38 am
    MCV reports (via The Next Web) that Apple has nabbed yet another gaming PR executive, this time hiring Microsoft's European chief of Xbox Live marketing Robin Burrowes to oversee App Store marketing in Europe.Burrowes worked at Xbox for seven years, and was in charge of Xbox Live. He was one of the execs promoting the latest Xbox dashboard update, even attending London Games Conference and Gamescom last year. Prior to Xbox, he has worked for MSN and HMV. He joins Apple this year in charge of marketing the App Store for iTunes Europe.Apple has been drawing PR and marketing talent from the…

  • Dexim Visible Green iPhone Cable Makes Charging More Visible

    Jordan Golson
    31 Jan 2012 | 1:50 pm
    While most USB-charged Apple products like the iPhone and iPad come with a USB charging cable in the box, there is a thriving third-party market for these easily lost accessories. Dexim's $20 Visible Green USB-Dock Connector cables have a distinctive twist: they use electroluminescence to "visibly show the electrical current flowing through the cable". Completing the illusion is the fact that there are multiple speeds that the current can "flow", adjusting with the battery life of the device it's charging. While perhaps not the most practical iPhone charger, particularly for bedside…

  • Steam Companion iPhone App Now Available to All Users

    Jordan Golson
    31 Jan 2012 | 1:22 pm
    Launched in beta last week, Valve has opened up its Steam iPhone companion app to all users. The app allows Steam users to view their Steam friends list, see what games their friends are playing, and chat with players in-game. Gamers can also browse and purchase from the Steam library of titles from the iPhone, to play later on a PC or Mac. However, there is no purchasing of iOS games through the app, something that, aside from the fact that Steam doesn't support any iOS games, Apple would surely frown upon. Steam Mobile for iPhone is available free on the App Store. [Direct Link]
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  • What does the United States think of Girls' Generation?

    CNNGo staff
    3 Feb 2012 | 12:00 am
    by CNNGo staff With a perky performance on CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman" and a guest appearance on "LIVE! With Kelly!" earlier this week, K-Pop sensation Girls' Generation have begun barnstorming their next target audience -- the United States. The response?  "Just saw a bunch of really really hot Asian chicks on Letterman," tweeted one viewer. "I'm not sure who those girls are on Letterman but I think I'm a fan," tweeted another. The Korean media also made much of the fact that Harry Potter star David Radcliffe said on "LIVE! With Kelly!" that he has a Girls'…

  • Qantas first to get in-flight movies on iPads

    2 Feb 2012 | 11:58 pm
    Aussie national airline Qantas has become the latest carrier to experiment with new ways to deliver in-flight entertainment to passengers, after it went public with a trial of its new Q Streaming system using Wi-Fi-connected iPads. By replacing the traditional entertainment on some of its Boeing 767-300 aircraft with the Apple tablet, Qantas has set up an instant field test of its own Q Streaming channel, which is based on Lufthansa’s BoardConnect technology. Hands on In use, passengers find an iPad 2 in each seat pocket that’s loaded with a Q Streaming app and a fully charged battery.

  • Singapore tourism: Marina Bay a bull, Singapore Airlines a bear

    CNNGo staff
    2 Feb 2012 | 9:32 pm
    by CNNGo staffTwo tales -- one of success, the other a failure -- came out of Singapore's tourism industry this week.  The good news came via casino resort Marina Bay Sands, which reportedly took in S$17 billion in the nine months up to September 30, up 22 percent from the same period in 2010. And most of the gamblers are foreigners. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, foreign visitors to Marina Bay Sands -- run by U.S. gaming group Las Vegas Sands Corp. -- now account for about four out of five visitors to the resort’s casino. What’s more interesting, the WSJ…

  • Seven dazzling days in South Korea

    Violet Kim
    2 Feb 2012 | 4:00 pm
    by Violet Kim This itinerary is for the helpless Korea virgins (and despite Korea's burgeoning tourism, we know you're out there), not been-there-done-that backpackers in search of the obscure.  But the adjective "dazzling" here is no meaningless tag. It's a nod to the process of aggressive elimination and selection that gave us the model itinerary for seven days of travel in South Korea.  Warning: routes marked on this map may deviate slightly from actual routes. It's not a comprehensive list -- being selective tends to make that difficult. But while you may not be seeing…

  • World’s 10 toughest endurance challenges

    Jini Reddy
    2 Feb 2012 | 4:00 pm
    by Jini ReddyThink you’re tough? Fit? Tenacious? If you’re the outdoorsy sort, addicted to high-octane pursuits and like the thought of challenging yourself amid spectacular scenery, you might want to lace up your trainers, pick up your paddle, get on your bike, climb into the saddle, step into those skis -- and more -- for one of these grueling endurance events. 1. Jungle marathon, Brazil If you’re a glutton for punishment, this footrace will be pure delight: it takes place deep in Brazil’s Amazonian rainforest and runners must carry their own supplies, covering a distance of 240…
 
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