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  • Mexican volcano blows its top! [video]

    Holy Kaw!
    Kate Rinsema
    18 Jun 2013 | 2:09 pm
    While it isn’t unusual for those near Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano to see signs of activity, Monday provided plenty of excitement for the 650,000 residents in the high-risk zone. Monday’s eruption spewed ash four kilometers in the air, as can be seen in the video below, and access has been restricted in a twelve-kilometer radius of the [...]

  • Miss Utah Gets Another Shot After Miss USA Interview Flub

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    Sean Fitz-Gerald
    18 Jun 2013 | 2:34 pm
    Miss Utah Marissa Powell didn't win Sunday night's Miss USA pageant after botching her interview question, but she did win most viral moment of the evening. In the interview portion of the competition for the final five contestants, the 21-year-old awkwardly responded to judge NeNe Leakes's question about income inequality. Her response contains the now-infamous phrase, "create education better." SEE ALSO: New Reality Show '@SummerBreak' Will Unfold on Social Media Powell, who finished the evening as third runner-up and Miss Photogenic, was given a shot at redemption on the Today show on…

  • A Tape Dispenser Designed For One-Handed Use

    Fast Company
    Jordan Kushins
    18 Jun 2013 | 1:30 pm
    Now you can make shipping packages and moving day way less of a pain. Clenched teeth and curse words usually accompany the act of holding an overstuffed cardboard box together with one hand while futzing around with a roll of packing tape with the other. The folks at Black + Blum--a brand that has, since 1998, brought a playful perspective to households basics--want to help make packing less of a hassle. On a Roll makes the one-handed tape maneuver far less tricky, thanks to a cleverly cantilevered design that tips to the side just so. The other key element is in the sheer weight of the damn…

  • Google Fights Spying Gag Order, But Key Details Would Lack Even If Successful

    TechCrunch
    Gregory Ferenstein
    18 Jun 2013 | 2:34 pm
    As it promised it would, Google is fighting the government’s gag order on releasing how many users are monitored by the National Security Agency. Unlike Facebook and Microsoft, Google and Twitter publicly rejected a government deal to disclose the total number of spying warrants for user data, which would include (but not detail) the number of requests coming from the controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA). “Lumping national security requests together with criminal requests—as some companies have been permitted to do—would be a backward step for our…

  • The confrontation waiting to happen

    Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect
    Seth Godin
    18 Jun 2013 | 2:00 am
    It's not between you and your boss, your critics, your editor, your competition, your spouse or some other outsider. The essential confrontation, of course, is with yourself. You are your own biggest critic. And your own biggest competitor. Now that it's easier than ever to pick yourself, the question is, "why haven't you?" And now that it's easier to ignore the competition and become a category of one, the question is the same. Our instinct is to externalize the forces that are holding us back, but in fact, that's not the problem, is it?  
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    Holy Kaw!

  • Mexican volcano blows its top! [video]

    Kate Rinsema
    18 Jun 2013 | 2:09 pm
    While it isn’t unusual for those near Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano to see signs of activity, Monday provided plenty of excitement for the 650,000 residents in the high-risk zone. Monday’s eruption spewed ash four kilometers in the air, as can be seen in the video below, and access has been restricted in a twelve-kilometer radius of the [...]

  • 50 years of must-read books

    Kate Rinsema
    18 Jun 2013 | 1:35 pm
    So, you’ve cleaned out the classics section of the library and are ready to move into a new era, preferably one with telephones, but where do you turn for recommendations? Give Flavorwire’s list of the fifty best books for each year from 1963 to 2013, which comes complete with alternates, the only stipulation being that [...]

  • Tribute to a master: Honoring Alfred Hitchcock [video]

    Kate Rinsema
    18 Jun 2013 | 12:44 pm
    Looking for a great movie marathon idea for the dog days of summer? Then start tempting your film palate with this tribute to Alfred Hitchcock by Vimeo user Jean-Baptiste Lefournier, and prepare to be paranoid! We assure you, the chills won’t be from the AC being on high. Full story at Vimeo via Presurfer. Classic movies.

  • Nasty parasites turn up in dead otters

    Futurity
    18 Jun 2013 | 12:21 pm
    Researchers in the UK have identified a number of parasites in the bodies of dead otters. Among the parasites is Toxoplasma gondii, which is spread by cat feces and can cause miscarriages in women. “The project’s research on the parasites that infect otters has revealed previously unknown aspects of their distribution and ecology,” says Elizabeth [...]

  • Baggage checks: Want them slow or sloppy?

    Futurity
    18 Jun 2013 | 12:06 pm
    In a laboratory test of visual searching ability, scientists found trained Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening officers were much slower than undergraduate students and other civilians. But the amateurs were sloppier. The test is part of ongoing research by Duke University psychologist Stephen Mitroff to understand how the brain manages visual searching, which is important [...]
 
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    Mashable

  • Miss Utah Gets Another Shot After Miss USA Interview Flub

    Sean Fitz-Gerald
    18 Jun 2013 | 2:34 pm
    Miss Utah Marissa Powell didn't win Sunday night's Miss USA pageant after botching her interview question, but she did win most viral moment of the evening. In the interview portion of the competition for the final five contestants, the 21-year-old awkwardly responded to judge NeNe Leakes's question about income inequality. Her response contains the now-infamous phrase, "create education better." SEE ALSO: New Reality Show '@SummerBreak' Will Unfold on Social Media Powell, who finished the evening as third runner-up and Miss Photogenic, was given a shot at redemption on the Today show on…

  • James Franco Launches Indiegogo Campaign to Fund 3 Films

    Sean Fitz-Gerald
    18 Jun 2013 | 1:52 pm
    Actor James Franco is turning his pockets to the public to wrangle funds for his latest project, Palo Alto Stories, a series of three features that will be adapted from pieces of his 2011 fiction-writing debut. The 35-year-old multihyphenate has launched a campaign on crowdfunding website Indiegogo, calling for $500,000 worth of backing for the films, which draw on high school experiences revolving around his hometown of Palo Alto, Calif SEE ALSO: Everything Geeks Think They Know About Kickstarter Is Wrong Franco pledged to donate all profits from the movie sales to Art of Elysium, a…

  • Huawei Shows Off Ascend P6, the 'World's Slimmest Smartphone'

    Vignesh Ramachandran
    18 Jun 2013 | 1:39 pm
    Chinese electronics manufacturer Huawei billed its new Ascend P6 model as the "world's slimmest smartphone," during an unveiling event in London on Tuesday. The Huawei Ascend P6 is 6.18 mm in depth, which is thinner than competitors like the iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S4 (7.6 mm and 7.9 mm, respectively). This new model is now the flagship smartphone in Huawei's Ascend P series. Earlier this year, Huawei launched its Ascend P2 phone, which at the time the company called the "world's fastest smartphone." The new Ascend P6 features a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, a 4.7-inch HD display, a…

  • App Crowdsources Locations of Every Surveillance Camera

    Dhiya Kuriakose
    18 Jun 2013 | 1:25 pm
    We're always being watched. And a new app lets you know it Surv combines user input and technology to create maps with detailed descriptions of the locations and types of surveillance cameras. Kaza Razat and Khalid Mills developed the app after realizing how little access to this information law enforcement agencies have. SEE ALSO: Top 25 Free iPhone Apps of All Time Formerly game developers, Razat and Mills created a utility app that actually provided the information they saw in spy games and movies. Their gaming experience informed competitiveness in Surv too, with a leader-board and new…

  • John Mayer's Prancercise Music Video Is Astounding

    Brie Hiramine
    18 Jun 2013 | 1:18 pm
    The 'Prancercise Lady' has teamed up with musician John Mayer for the most bizarre music-plus-exercise combination imaginable. By now, you've probably heard of Prancercise, Johanna Rohrback's patented breed of equine inspired exercise. In the original viral video, she gallops to some generic, lyric-less rock music. But in this video, she Prancercises to John Mayer's latest single, "Paper Doll," in perfect harmony SEE ALSO: The 10 Most Viral YouTube Videos of 2012 Although this might seem like a hoax or a bootleg mash-up, the collaboration is the real deal. Mayer enlisted Rohrback to…
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  • A Tape Dispenser Designed For One-Handed Use

    Jordan Kushins
    18 Jun 2013 | 1:30 pm
    Now you can make shipping packages and moving day way less of a pain. Clenched teeth and curse words usually accompany the act of holding an overstuffed cardboard box together with one hand while futzing around with a roll of packing tape with the other. The folks at Black + Blum--a brand that has, since 1998, brought a playful perspective to households basics--want to help make packing less of a hassle. On a Roll makes the one-handed tape maneuver far less tricky, thanks to a cleverly cantilevered design that tips to the side just so. The other key element is in the sheer weight of the damn…

  • The Best In Outdoor Creativity: IBM Wins Grand Prix At Cannes

    Teressa Iezzi
    18 Jun 2013 | 12:30 pm
    IBM’s useful outdoor ads wins the top prize in the Outdoor Lions. When we wrote about them recently, IBM’s “Ads With Purpose”--a series of outdoor ads that were designed to be useful--seemed to strike a nerve with our audience, generating a healthy amount of views and Likes. Now, they’ve generated the ad world’s biggest prize: a Grand Prix at Cannes. The campaign, from Ogilvy France, consists of a series of three colorful outdoor boards with a design twist that makes them double as useful urban installations--a rain shelter, a bench and a bike ramp.Read…

  • A Live Bike Counter Shows A City How Many People Are Riding

    Zak Stone
    18 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pm
    This device in San Francisco creates up-to-the-minute stats for all to see about how popular the bike lane is. Just glance at the steady flow of cyclists cruising along downtown San Francisco’s major thoroughfare Market Street at rush hour, and you’ll get the sense that the bike lanes are being well utilized. But observations aren’t the same as cold, hard data, and the city plans has installed a new bike counter that visualizes just how much the number of bikers has grown, joining cities like Seattle and Copenhagen who have taken on similar awareness raising projects. In…

  • From Philippe Starck, The Ultimate Couch For Working At Home

    Margaret Rhodes
    18 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pm
    The Frenchman’s new modular collection lets you relax while staying plugged in. Say you work as a freelancer, or you’re taking a sick day and staying home. It’s raining outside, and your favorite coffee shop or workspace seems just too far away. The kitchen table is backache-inducing, the old couch too easy to sink into, and the bed, well, midday drowsiness trumps all. The MyWorld lounge system by Philippe Starck for Cassina has none of these problems. Its construction is all right angles, which encourages erect but still comfortable posture, and it’s wired with a…

  • A Look At The Street Art That Spurred A Revolution

    Jordan Kushins
    18 Jun 2013 | 10:30 am
    Walls of Freedom is a comprehensive look at the provocative visuals that helped overthrow a regime during the Arab Spring. Walls of Freedom, a new book currently seeking funding on Indiegogo, offers a striking view of the role of street art during the Egyptian Revolution, as seen through the eyes, art, and words of those who lived--and continue to live--through the volatile transition. “The visual landscape of many cities has become a commercial space. Direct, raw messages like the ones here are rare and really capture a nation’s struggle for freedom,” co-editor Basma Hamdy…
 
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  • Google Fights Spying Gag Order, But Key Details Would Lack Even If Successful

    Gregory Ferenstein
    18 Jun 2013 | 2:34 pm
    As it promised it would, Google is fighting the government’s gag order on releasing how many users are monitored by the National Security Agency. Unlike Facebook and Microsoft, Google and Twitter publicly rejected a government deal to disclose the total number of spying warrants for user data, which would include (but not detail) the number of requests coming from the controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA). “Lumping national security requests together with criminal requests—as some companies have been permitted to do—would be a backward step for our…

  • The Series A Round Is The New Series B Round

    Jeff Jordan
    18 Jun 2013 | 2:11 pm
    Editor’s note: Jeff Jordan is a partner at Andreessen Horowitz and is on the boards of Airbnb, Belly, Fab, Circle, Crowdtilt, Lookout and Pinterest, as well as Wealthfront and Zoosk. Previously, Jeff was president and CEO of OpenTable, which he took public in 2009. Before OpenTable, Jeff was president of PayPal, and he was previously the SVP and general manager of eBay North America. Follow him on his blog and on Twitter @jeff_jordan.  The venture industry is awash with talk of the “Series A Crunch”, where it’s getting progressively more challenging for seed companies to land…

  • GameStick Android Console Ship Date Delayed Until August To Refine UI

    Darrell Etherington
    18 Jun 2013 | 1:37 pm
    Android home gaming consoles are nearly arriving for the consumer market, but one at least needs a little more time in the oven to bake. It’s the GameStick, the super portable USB-stick style device that plugs into an open HDMI port on your TV to turn it into an Android-powered gaming machine, and its release schedule is being pushed back another month until August, with a retail launch to follow after that, because of a need to gather more feedback related to the GameStick UI so that it can be refined prior to wide release. GameStick wanted to nail the user experience strikes me as a…

  • The Offline Glass Ensures You Talk, Not Text, At The Bar

    John Biggs
    18 Jun 2013 | 1:14 pm
    Tired of your friends texting on their phones while they should be getting schnockered? This clever hack is called the Offline Glass and it’s designed to ensure that you and your friends don’t sit at the bar checking Wikipedia for who starred in The Greatest American Hero and whether Tabitha will totally come out tonight oh my god she won’t she and Christian just broke up oh god she’s with Raul and Paula and maybe she’ll come in an hour! In fact, you can’t hold your phone because of the unique shape of the glass’ bottom. The glass has a notch cut out…

  • Adobe's Q2 Earnings Beat Street With $1.011B In Revenue, $0.36 EPS, 700K Paying Creative Cloud Subscribers

    Frederic Lardinois
    18 Jun 2013 | 1:08 pm
    Adobe just reported earnings for its second financial quarter of 2013. The company reported revenue of $1.011 billion and non-GAAP operating income of $247.3 for an earnings per share of $0.36 (though diluted GAAP earnings were only $0.15). That’s a little bit better than most analysts expected, especially with respect to the company’s earnings per share. The Wall Street consensus was that Adobe would report revenue of about $1.01 billion and earnings per share of $0.34. These numbers, it’s worth noting, are very much in line with Adobe’s last quarter, when the…
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    Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect

  • The confrontation waiting to happen

    Seth Godin
    18 Jun 2013 | 2:00 am
    It's not between you and your boss, your critics, your editor, your competition, your spouse or some other outsider. The essential confrontation, of course, is with yourself. You are your own biggest critic. And your own biggest competitor. Now that it's easier than ever to pick yourself, the question is, "why haven't you?" And now that it's easier to ignore the competition and become a category of one, the question is the same. Our instinct is to externalize the forces that are holding us back, but in fact, that's not the problem, is it?  

  • The thermostat and the frying pan

    Seth Godin
    17 Jun 2013 | 2:45 am
    If you want to cool your house to 68 degrees fahrenheit quickly, setting the thermostat to 62 degrees isn't going to get it temperate any faster than if you set it to 68. It blows full cold until it hits the number, then it stops. (For those down under where it is winter, the opposite is also true--extreme thermostat settings won't warm you up any faster). Frying pans don't work that way. Turning the temperature on the burner all the way up will certainly heat up that pan faster. Ah, an analogy! There is significant pressure on marketers to get it done fast. And so the inclination to spend a…

  • "I get it"

    Seth Godin
    16 Jun 2013 | 2:28 am
    No need to read the whole book, I can just glance over the Cliffs Notes... I get it. I don't need to hear your whole pitch, just show me the summary slide... got it. No, I already heard about your vacation... remember, I saw the Instagram feed. Him, why would I go out with him? I read his match.com profile. You're probably smart enough to 'get it' merely by reading the 140 character summary of just about anything. But of course, that doesn't mean you understand it, or that it changed you. All it means is that you were quickly able to sort it into an appropriate category, to make a decision…

  • Angry is a habit

    Seth Godin
    15 Jun 2013 | 2:13 am
    It's easy to imagine habits like a scotch after dinner, biting your nails or saying, "you know" after every sentence. An event or a time of day triggers us, and we go with the habit. It's easier than exploring new territory--it's merely a thoughtless response to an incoming trigger. But emotions can become habits as well. Distrustful is a habit. Lonely is a habit. Generous is a habit. When that stranger doesn't do what you expect, is your response to assume that she's out to get you, trying to make an extra buck, looking for a shortcut? Or do you default to the habit of giving that new person…

  • Ping me when it's broken

    Seth Godin
    14 Jun 2013 | 2:50 am
    Here's how a storekeeper makes sure the store is working: She sits at the register and watches. If the line is twenty people long and folks start walking out, she hires another cashier. If too many people pick up a new product and then put it back on the shelf, she asks for new packaging, or drops it from the inventory. If there's a line outside in the morning, she opens earlier. Alas, the same feedback cycle doesn't happen automatically online. You have to build it into your website--if you don't, the silence may confuse you. If you have no idea if people are walking away in frustration, you…
 
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  • Taliban Step Toward Afghan Peace Talks Is Hailed by U.S.

    By MATTHEW ROSENBERG and ALISSA J. RUBIN
    18 Jun 2013 | 1:04 pm
    The Taliban announced the opening of a political office in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday and said they were prepared to talk, raising hopes for a break in long-stalled peace efforts.    

  • Labor Seeks Influence in New York’s Mayoral Race

    By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ
    18 Jun 2013 | 12:42 pm
    After years of low morale, unions across the city are roaring back to life this election season, excited by the prospect of installing a friend in City Hall.    

  • F.C.C. Nominee Points to His Lobbying Experience

    By EDWARD WYATT
    18 Jun 2013 | 12:34 pm
    Tom Wheeler said his work for the cable and cellphone industries convinced him that competition was more important than regulation.    

  • Turkey Arrests Dozens in Crackdown on Protests

    By KAREEM FAHIM and SEBNEM ARSU
    18 Jun 2013 | 11:53 am
    The Turkish police arrested dozens of people in several cities early Tuesday as part of an intensifying crackdown against recent protests.    

  • G-8 Meeting Ends With Cordial Stalemate on Syria

    By JACKIE CALMES and STEPHEN CASTLE
    18 Jun 2013 | 11:46 am
    The United States and leaders of other major industrialized nations averted a clash with President Vladimir Putin of Russia by avoiding mention of the most contentious matters that divided them.    
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  • The NSA Hearing, by the Numbers

    Kim Zetter
    18 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pm
    A federal hearing today on NSA surveillance programs leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden produced some interesting numbers about the scope of the data collections and other issues. We've produced a roundup below of some of the interesting stats and intelligence gleaned from the discussion.    

  • NSA Disruption of Stock Exchange Bomb Plot Disputed

    David Kravets
    18 Jun 2013 | 11:35 am
    Did the government really disrupt a bomb plot targeting the New York Stock Exchange? The FBI deputy director said that today in a Spygate hearing where the government for the first time said the secret spy techniques publicly disclosed two weeks ago had halted some 50 terror attacks in 20 countries.    

  • Amazon Makes Your Boring Facebook Birthday Posts Worth Something

    Roberto Baldwin
    18 Jun 2013 | 10:56 am
    Posting a Facebook birthday greeting is the lowest level of well wishing. Now you can take the laziest birthday greeting and add something tangible, an Amazon gift card.    

  • 'Heavybit' Teaches Hackers How to Be Business Savvy

    Klint Finley
    18 Jun 2013 | 10:00 am
    Hackers are starting to build new companies "by developers, for developers." But while this generation of entrepreneurs may know how to build products, they don't always know how to build businesses. That's why one startup veteran has started Heavybit Industries, a training ground for developers turned entrepreneurs.    

  • Charge Your Phone for Free at One of These Solar-Powered Stations

    Alexandra Chang
    18 Jun 2013 | 8:47 am
    New York City is getting 25 solar-powered smartphone charging stations across the city.    
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  • Content Creation vs Content Promotion: Where is the Balance?

    Darren Rowse
    18 Jun 2013 | 9:08 am
    A few days ago we published a post on ProBlogger titled ‘Forget about Marketing: Concentrate on Blogging‘, which led to some interesting discussion on Twitter and in the comments. I love the points author Nicholas Whitmore made in the post but I wanted to give a few thoughts, based on my own experience, on developing great content and promoting your blog. Nicholas wrote some great arguments for focusing your energy on writing great content as the central way of growing your blog. He writes: “When you write and publish awesome content on your blog, good things will come your…

  • Don’t Be Lazy: 9 Ways to Blog Smarter and Harder

    Guest Blogger
    17 Jun 2013 | 8:37 am
    This is a guest contribution from Eric Cummings who writes about art and philosophy for On Violence. I’ve been writing this post for three years. What can I say? I’m lazy. Or I should say, I used to be lazy. That’s not the case anymore. Four years ago, my brother and I started taking our writing career seriously. I now write. A lot. On my days off from work, I regularly put in over ten hour days, just writing, editing and re-writing. I’ve learned how to work, both smarter and harder. You can too. (Finally, an admission: though I wrote down an outline for this post three years…

  • Forget about Marketing: Concentrate on Blogging

    Guest Blogger
    14 Jun 2013 | 8:24 am
    This is a guest contribution by Nicholas Whitmore. The title: What on earth does it mean? Well, recently it seems like a lot of bloggers fancy themselves as marketers. You can’t read a post on a blog without seeing a load of other bloggers commenting at the bottom, with a link back to their own site. Of course other bloggers use black hat SEO tricks and other shady tactics in order to drive traffic to their blog. Each to their own you might say, but at the end of the day life can be much, much easier. If you publish blog content that’s truly awesome, everyone else will market your blog…

  • Why Your Blog Posts Are Falling Short of Greatness and What To Do About It

    Belinda Weaver
    13 Jun 2013 | 9:15 am
    This is a guest contribution by Belinda Weaver, marketing copywriter behind The Copy Detective. You’ve finished your latest blog post and it’s pretty good isn’t it, isn’t it? Are you sure?   Some bloggers think that coming up with ideas is the hardest part of blogging. Maybe you agree. Personally, I think it’s harder to turn an idea into blogging GOLD. I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Writing a really great blog post isn’t simply down to your writing. Sure, you need to use language that will appeal to your reader, and all your verbs need to be the right way up…

  • How to Make Your Blogging Dreams Come True

    Darren Rowse
    12 Jun 2013 | 8:42 am
    “ONE DAY I’ll be a full time blogger!” ‘V’ – my wife – must have heard that statement 100 or more times in 2003-2004. Me posing for my first ever press photo in 2003. Out of shot all my neighbours were watching on and wondering why I was videoing a guy taking a photo of me while sitting in my front yard. It would usually be accompanied by a spread sheet and/or chart in which I showed her how the earnings from my blog had grown from $9 per month to $11 per month and me excitedly talking about how if things kept growing like that I’d be full…
 
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  • CareerSonar Finds You Jobs Through Your Friends' Connections

    Adam Dachis
    18 Jun 2013 | 2:30 pm
    A friend on social media is often more of a friendly acquaintance, but you can use that to your benefit when seeking out a new job. CareerSonar uses your connections to others to help you find work at companies where your contacts can assist.Read more...    

  • Most Popular Grill: Weber One Touch Kettle Series

    Alan Henry
    18 Jun 2013 | 2:15 pm
    If you're planning a cookout this summer, you'll need the right outdoor cooking appliance to get the job done. Last week, we asked you which grills you thought were the best, and then we took a look at the five best grills based on your nominations. Now we're back to highlight the winner. Read more...    

  • How to Deal with Six of the Most Awkward Money Moments

    Tessa Miller
    18 Jun 2013 | 2:00 pm
    We’ve all experienced uncomfortable money moments. Sometimes you just can’t avoid it: group gifts, friends asking to borrow money, and of course, splitting a giant restaurant bill with twenty of your closest friends. These situations often seem impossible to escape gracefully. However, there are simple ways to handle delicate money situations so you'll never have to feel the hot red flush of money embarrassment again.Read more...    

  • The Misunderstood Home Screen

    Eric Ravenscraft
    18 Jun 2013 | 1:30 pm
    Apple may have brought an end to skeuomorphism once and for all with iOS 7, but if you still like a bit of realism in your home screen, DeviantArt user kimilite has you covered.Read more...    

  • Snap a Length of String With Your Bare Hands

    Eric Ravenscraft
    18 Jun 2013 | 1:00 pm
    It's always a good idea to keep a good multitool around. If you find yourself without one, though, you can snap even a strong length of string with this trick.Read more...    
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    MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors

  • Leaked Image Suggests 'Voice Memo' Will Return in Future iOS 7 Beta Release

    Jordan Golson
    18 Jun 2013 | 2:12 pm
    A leaked image from a WWDC developer session is making the rounds, showing that the Voice Memo app that isn't currently included in the iOS 7 Beta 1 will make an appearance in a future release. Also, a tipster tells us the release notes for the first iOS 7 Beta mention the Voice Memo app: Voice Memos - Known Issues The VoiceMemos app is not available in this seed.The Voice Memo app doesn't seem to appear in any of the iOS 7 marketing materials on Apple's website, but developers should see it in a future iOS 7 beta release and we expect it to be included in the final iOS 7 release this fall.

  • Apple TV iOS 7 Beta Adds iTunes Radio and Conference Room Display Mode

    Jordan Golson
    18 Jun 2013 | 8:54 am
    Last week, Apple released iOS 7 Beta 1 for iPhone to developers. At the same time, it released a new beta for the Apple TV as well. Users of the Apple TV beta have discovered at least two new features inside. AppleInsider notes that Apple built an iTunes Radio client for the Apple TV -- something that Eddy Cue mentioned during the WWDC Keynote and that Apple has promoted to potential iTunes Radio advertisers -- with in-line video advertisements. Apple has also added a 'Conference Room Mode' for use in business and academic settings that displays simple instructions for connecting to a Wi-Fi…

  • Case for Lower-Cost iPhone with Thicker Profile and Curved Edges Surfaces

    Eric Slivka
    18 Jun 2013 | 6:49 am
    Macotakara points to a blog post [Google translation] from case design firm MGM showing off a new case intended to fit Apple's rumored lower-cost iPhone. The photos reveal a case that is largely identical to iPhone 5 cases, with the exception of being approximately 2 mm thicker. iPhone 5 case (left) vs. lower-cost iPhone case (right) Macotakara has also posted a hands-on video of the case. In the video, an iPhone 5 is placed into the case and appears to fit fairly well. It is clear, however, that the case is intended for a device with rounded edges rather than the squared edges of the iPhone…

  • Hidden iOS 7 Settings Reveal Potential Gesture and Folder Enhancements

    Husain Sumra
    18 Jun 2013 | 6:27 am
    As the developer beta testing period for iOS 7 continues, user Hamza Sood (via 9to5Mac) has discovered hidden settings within Apple's latest iOS that include toggles for additional gesture, folder and multitasking options. It is unclear, however, how Sood came across the settings. Image via Hamza Sood The gesture settings include options for a new "corner swipe" gesture. In addition, there appear to be expanded options for the "press and hold" gesture, which has so far only been used to prompt "edit mode", which allows users to move and delete apps. There also appears to be a section for…

  • Adobe Releases New Creative Cloud Apps

    Juli Clover
    17 Jun 2013 | 10:50 pm
    Back in May, Adobe announced plans to abandon its Creative Suite to focus on several new Creative Cloud apps, including Photoshop CC, InDesign CC, Illustrator CC, Dreamweaver CC, and Premiere Pro CC, among others. As of today, those apps have been made available for users on a subscription basis. While all of Adobe's previous Creative Suite apps are available in Creative Cloud, a number of the apps have received significant upgrades. Photoshop CC, for example, offers impressive new features like Smart Sharpen, Camera Shake Reduction, Behance integration, and more. In addition to updated apps,…
 
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  • Not Getting My Podcast?

    ceb
    13 Jun 2013 | 6:35 am
    What? You’re not getting my podcast? Get it HERE. You can: Subscribe via Stitcher Radio (my favorite!) Subscribe via iTunes Subscribe on the Blackberry Network and you can subscribe to me via the Zune part of the XBOX Live store, but there are no direct links (sorry about that)! Want a simple RSS link? I have that too. Also, if you’re not yet subscribed to my free newsletter, it’s highly recommended. : ) Want the most recent episode? Make Your Own Damned Show I’d LOVE to see you there. Already Subscribed? May I BEG you for an iTunes Review? That link goes to the SIMPLE…

  • Marketing Vs Owning Relationships

    ceb
    12 Jun 2013 | 4:28 am
    The reason most companies and people have a challenge with their marketing efforts is that they’re trying to market and not own a relationship. I found myself wandering through Boston’s Faneuil Hall the other day and happened upon the band, the Ballroom Thieves playing for a crowd. I love watching musicians in street situations, because I learn a lot about pure business from them. They need to get someone’s attention, wow them enough to motivate that person to put a hand into their pocket, and earn some money. It’s pure marketing and pure sales at its best. And when…

  • Ownership Starts From Within

    ceb
    7 Jun 2013 | 1:30 am
    I wanted to share a thought with you about ownership. Ownership starts from within. You start by realizing one day that you can own your choices. It grows. You accept that you can choose your goals. Then, you realize you can create a kingdom or a world or whatever you want to call it (your domain). And from there, your ownership becomes an obsession. Ownership Starts from Within People always seem to ask about a specific moment where everything changed. I don’t believe in them. I believe there are dozens of moments, hundreds. We think there’s only one shot, like that Eminem song.

  • Shift Your Social Media Usage to Fabric Mode

    ceb
    4 Jun 2013 | 4:18 am
    When social media came out and for the next many years, people have treated it like a main course. Ultimately, it’s more like a condiment, or a texture. It’s time to move it to the “fabric” mindset. I was talking with Jacq about our upcoming talk at State of Now about how one starts a health reboot. In brainstorming, we both realized that we use social media and social networking tools to help with various aspects of our fitness and health. But we don’t make a “thing” out of it. We just do it. The tools just get us to the information and the people.

  • Sponsored Post – Two Weeks of Office365 and Windows

    ceb
    31 May 2013 | 4:44 am
    I decided to challenge myself and really put Office365 to the test. The following is sponsored by Cloud Powered Work, which is a project with IDG, LinkedIn, and Microsoft’s Office365. Everything in this post is mine, and my opinions are my own. I’ve been dabbling with and enjoying the experience of working with my Dell XPS10 tablet for a month or two now, and I really dig the new Office365 experience. The thing is, my entire business runs on a totally different operating system and using a completely different suite of cloud tools. So I’ve really only been dabbling all this…
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    Copyblogger

  • How To Leverage the Science of Relationships to Gain True Influence

    Tom Martin
    18 Jun 2013 | 5:00 am
    If you define influence by the size of your Klout score, you can stop reading this right now. If you believe influence is driven by the creation of a relationship between two parties, where one sees the other as truly knowledgeable about a particular product or service, then let’s talk about the science behind that influence. Establishing influence is a multi-step process that moves the influenced through four key stages. They move from awareness of the influencer, to knowing the influencer, to liking the influencer and finally finishing with preference for the influencer’s advice and…

  • How to Build a Massive Email List (Without Being Annoying)

    Brian Clark
    17 Jun 2013 | 7:00 am
    Fact: Email is still (by far) the most profitable online sales channel. That means an essential aspect of your audience is the segment that trusts you with their primary email address. So, it seems fair to say that enticing your prospective customers and clients onto an email list is crucial. Once you start building that list, you always want more. It’s like crack, really. Email subscriber count crack, to be exact. And like any addiction, you start considering desperate measures to get more. Things like annoying the majority of your site visitors in order to increase your daily sign-up…

  • “Content” Isn’t a Buzzword, It’s the Future of Your Business

    Brian Clark
    14 Jun 2013 | 5:00 am
    Content Marketing is a hot topic, no doubt. What you may not know, however, is that it’s been around for a long time, and that it’s finding itself in the midst of yet another “Golden Age” with the rise of the Internet. This is very good news if you’re a content creator. It’s even better news if you’re building authority online. But, are you actually getting the job done? Whether you have no idea what I’m talking about, or you do, and you’d like to take your content marketing skills much further online, we’ve got your back. We’ve…

  • 5 Writing Links That Will Help You Get Better … Stronger … Faster

    Robert Bruce
    13 Jun 2013 | 5:00 am
    This week on The Lede … How a 40,000 Word PDF Earned a Massive Audience The Overwhelming Force of “Gradual” How to Write a Good Blog Post, Fast On Finding Real Pleasure in Our Work Twitter’s First Bona Fide Star Want to grab even more useful links, beyond those that make The Lede, plus additional obscure references to The Six Million Dollar Man, adjusted for inflation? You only have to follow @copyblogger on Twitter. // How a 40,000 Word Guide Earned 361,494 Site Visitors and 8421 Email Opt-ins Mr. Patel is a master of taking action on real data. Through this…

  • What a Notorious 16th-Century Philosopher Can Teach You About Content Marketing Today

    Gregory Ciotti
    12 Jun 2013 | 5:00 am
    What does it take to get people to pay attention to your content? I think we’ve all read a great piece of writing and thought to ourselves, “Why isn’t this more popular?” (And hey, maybe you even feel that way about your own work!) I obviously can’t answer the entirety of that question in a single blog post, but I will tell you that there is a trait that many popular works of writing seem to share: they are controversial. It’s easy to see why controversy spawns from strife between two (or more) groups of thought. It leads to debate, debate leads to…
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    Macworld

  • The Week in iOS Accessories: Hot Toddy

    18 Jun 2013 | 10:30 am
    This week's roundup of accessories includes a new, fashionable way to keep your iOS screen clean, as well as ways to listen to (and make!) music and to power up your iPhone or iPad.

  • Catching up with developers: Michael Simmons on Chatology

    18 Jun 2013 | 9:25 am
    It’s no secret that trying to find things in Messages is a mess. It certainly came as no news to Flexibits co-founder Michael Simmons as he was trying to build a follow-up contacts app to the company’s popular Fantastical calendar offering and kept running into hassles when trying to search through old chat sessions. Fortunately for Simmons, he was in a position to do something about it. Flexibits tabled its Fantastical follow-up to build Chatology, a log viewer and message search that Simmons describes as “kind of a way to filter and drill down into your search and find things within…

  • Review: Hard as it tries, Chatology can't overcome Messages flakiness

    18 Jun 2013 | 9:01 am
    iChat’s transformation into Messages was not exactly welcomed with open arms by Mac users everywhere. Some find the integration between iMessages and instant messages clunky; others have experienced a lot of flakiness (some of which Apple claims to have fixed in a recent OS X update); and yet more don’t like the app’s search functionality. It’s the last of these that Fantastical maker Flexibits has focused on with its newest app, Chatology. The software aims to revitalize the Messages search feature, providing advanced functionality that makes it even easier to find the messages that…

  • Why I'll miss skeuomorphism in iOS

    18 Jun 2013 | 8:38 am
    One of the first things I loved about my first iPad—a first-generation model bought about six months after the product launched in 2010—was the native Notes application. Silly? Sure: Even now the app is limited, providing basically a plain text file that’s mostly useful for making a grocery list or jotting down quick ideas. But I thought it was beautiful. Why? Because Notes was more than utilitarian. It wasn’t the faux yellow tablet paper that impressed me, rather, it was what happened in the app when I rotated the iPad into landscape mode: It became apparent that somewhere in the…

  • The Macalope: The beginning of the end ... again

    18 Jun 2013 | 7:30 am
    It’s almost summer, but the Macalope’s still still digging his way out from under the blizzard of dumb WWDC analysis that fell from the skies of stupidity last week. Why, oh why did the Macalope take up residence under the skies of stupidity?! What was he thinking?! There should be a zoning ordinance! Anyway, suffice it to say that The Verge’s Vlad Savov was not impressed by iOS 7. “iOS 7 redesign: the beginning of the end for Apple exceptionalism” (tip o’ the antlers to Waly Kerkeboom and Harry Marks). And here the Macalope thought the iPhone 4S was the end of Apple…
 
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    ReadWrite

  • Google's Next Nexus Is Nowhere In Sight

    18 Jun 2013 | 9:39 am
    If you are waiting to get your hands on the latest and greatest of Google’s Nexus Android smartphones and tablets, the last month or so has been both exciting and disappointing.  Google's Hugo Barra announces Google Edition Samsung Galaxy S4 Google announces new Nexus smartphones and tablets when it ships new versions of Android. With every sugary dessert iteration, avid Android fans get flagship devices running unadulterated Android (free of the skins and bloatware from manufacturers and carriers) to satiate their geeky desires.  The only problem? Google hasn’t announced a…

  • Pinterest Developers, After Years Of Waiting, Can Take Hope

    18 Jun 2013 | 9:10 am
    The developer community has a message for Pinterest: what’s taking so long? Ever since March 2012, the image-sharing network has promised developers an API. And it's in demand - according to ProgrammableWeb, the Pinterest API profile is the most frequently viewed page on the site, revealing the community’s anticipation for the feature. Whatever the reason, the lack of API access from Pinterest is not sitting well with the developer community. Promises But Little Progress An API, or application programming interface, is a group of requirements that permit one device to talk to…

  • Microsoft's Most Wanted: A Convicted Child Molester Worked At Yammer

    18 Jun 2013 | 8:05 am
    A few years ago, a fast-growing startup, adding staff at a breakneck pace, hired a facilities manager as a contractor without asking too many questions. That startup was Yammer, now part of Microsoft. And that contractor - Marcus Tillman - is now behind bars, facing the 40-year sentence he dodged in Georgia years ago. Federal investigators, acting on a tip from authorities in Georgia, went to Yammer's office in San Francisco last week seeking information about Tillman, known to his colleagues as "Stephen Warner." Marcus Tillman, a convicted child molester, worked at Yammer under a false name…

  • Chromebook Sales Expanding Despite Tablet-Leaning Market

    18 Jun 2013 | 6:16 am
    Finding a Chromebook from Google has never been particularly hard to do, since they've been available at Best Buy and Amazon for quite a while. But now Acer's $199 model Chromebooks have gotten even more prolific, now available on the shelves of 2,800 U.S. Wal-Mart stores. The expansion of Chromebook inventories doesn't stop there, according to Google's blog post yesterday. Starting this weekend, Staples will have Chromebooks from Acer, HP and Samsung in every one of its 1,500-plus U.S. stores. Expansion is coming to other markets as well, wrote David Shapiro, Director of Chromebook…

  • Yahoo Reports Its Data Request Numbers

    18 Jun 2013 | 5:37 am
    Yahoo has joined the ranks of Internet technology companies demonstrating their commitment to openness - and trying to rebuild trust with their users - with its own revelation of data requests received from law enforcement agencies. Yahoo announced the numbers in a Tumblr blog from CEO Marissa Mayer and General Counsel Ron Bell, citing figures from December 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013. During that time period, we received between 12,000 and 13,000 requests, inclusive of criminal, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and other requests. The most common of these requests concerned fraud,…
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  • Adapting To A Responsive Design (Case Study)

    Matt Gibson
    18 Jun 2013 | 6:48 am
       This is the story of what we learned during a redesign for our most demanding client — ourselves! In this article, I will explain, from our own experience of refreshing our agency website, why we abandoned a separate mobile website and will review our process of creating a new responsive design. At Cyber-Duck, we have been designing both responsive websites and adaptive mobile websites for several years now. Both options, of course, have their pros and cons. With a separate mobile website, you have the opportunity to tailor content and even interactions to the context of your…

  • Five Ways To Prevent Bad Microcopy

    Bill Beard
    17 Jun 2013 | 10:13 am
       You’ve just created the best user experience ever. You had the idea. You sketched it out. You started to build it. Except you’re already in trouble, because you’ve forgotten something: the copy. Specifically, the microcopy. Microcopy is the text we don’t talk about very often. It’s the label on a form field, a tiny piece of instructional text, or the words on a button. It’s the little text that can make or break your user experience. If you think you’ve built the best user experience but didn’t make sure the microcopy was spot on, then you haven’t built the best…

  • 200 Foodie Pack: A Free Set Of Food Icons

    The Smashing Editorial
    17 Jun 2013 | 8:14 am
       Today we are pleased to feature a set of 200 useful and beautiful foodie icons. This freebie was created by the team behind Freepik, and at the time of writing it’s the largest set of food icons available on the web in one pack. The 200 Foodie Pack includes 200 customized icons available in PNGs (32×32px, 64×64px, 128×128px), as well as in AI, EPS and vector format. Perfect for any projects around gourmet, food, restaurant, gastronomy and the like. Enjoy! Large preview Download The Freebie! You may freely use it for both your private and commercial projects without any…

  • What Leap Motion And Google Glass Mean For Future User Experience

    Tommy Walker
    14 Jun 2013 | 2:42 am
       With the Leap Motion controller being released on June 27th and the Google Glass Explorer program already live, it is obvious that our reliance on the mouse or even the monitor to interact with the Web will eventually become obsolete. The above statement seems like a given, considering that technology moves at such a rapid pace. Yet in 40 years of personal computing, our methods of controlling our machines haven’t evolved beyond using a mouse, keyboard and perhaps a stylus. Only in the last six years have we seen mainstream adoption of touchscreens. Given that emerging control…

  • Building An App In 45 Minutes With Meteor

    Sacha Greif
    13 Jun 2013 | 2:17 am
       The other day, I finally accomplished one of my long-standing goals: to go from one of those “Wouldn’t it be cool…” ideas to a working, live app in less than 1 hour. 45 minutes, actually. It all started with a design meet-up in San Francisco. I can honestly say this was the best meet-up I’ve ever been to: Even though it was announced only two days in advance, more than 200 people RSVPed, and a good number of them showed up. It was a great chance to put faces to familiar names, as well as to make new friends. But I got to talking with so many people that I didn’t have…
 
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    Scott Kelby's Photoshop Insider

  • Behind-the-Scenes at the B&H Photo Lightroom 5 Summit Yesterday in NYC

    Scott Kelby
    17 Jun 2013 | 10:26 pm
    What an amazing day!!!! Over 1,500 photographers (capacity) at the B&H Photo event in person — literally thousands more watching the live stream from literally all over the world — Adobe was there, including the new Lightroom Product manager Sharad Mangalick, who was answering questions all day, one-on-one from attendees at the event — and I’m training alongside Adobe Evangelist Julieanne Kost and The Photoshop Diva herself, Katrin Eismann. What a blast! :)Lots of learning. Lots of laughs. Lots of Lighting. Lots of Lightroom. Canon was there. Sony was there.

  • Greetings From New York City

    Scott Kelby
    17 Jun 2013 | 5:30 am
    Sorry for the late post, but I was up REALLY late prepping for my sessions today at the B&H Photo Lightroom 5 Digital Photography Summit at the Javtis Center (it kicks off at 10:00 am this morning). I took the shot above (the view from my hotel room at the Hilton Garden Inn on 8th) with my iPhone last night when I got in, and I processed it in Camera+ on my phone (Oppa Kalebra Style). I did get to meet up with my buddy, NYC-based photographer Jason Joseph (shown above) at one of my favorite New York restaurants, the incredible Keen’s Steakhouse. Mmmmm. Keen’s. We were hoping…

  • It’s Free Stuff Thursday!

    Brad Moore
    12 Jun 2013 | 9:01 pm
    Live Action Horse Racing Photography with Dave Black In the latest addition to KelbyTraining.com, Live Action Horse Racing Photography, join Dave Black on location at Tampa Downs and learn how to photograph horse racing from one of the top sports photographers in the world. Dave gets up early to document everything that happens in the course of a day at a working racetrack, while sharing tips and tricks he’s learned over a career that spans 30 years. You’ll learn about all the gear he uses, how to set up a remote camera, the importance of choosing the background in each of your shots, why…

  • It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring Brian Hirschy!

    Brad Moore
    11 Jun 2013 | 9:01 pm
    I want to thank Scott and Brad for sharing the space with so many great photographers. You guys are good people, and it’s an honor to be here among such amazing photographers, creatives, and story tellers. Again, much thanks!I spent the better part of the last 8 years living and working in far western China, running a photography tourism agency. Just last year I returned to the States to continue a career in the commercial photography market.I mention western China only because where I predominantly photographed was far enough from the hyper-developed east coast that my life resembled…

  • Quick Tips for Using a Wacom Tablet

    Scott Kelby
    11 Jun 2013 | 4:00 am
     Our own Photoshop Guys, Corey Barker and Pete Collins, share some cool tips on using a Wacom Intuos5 Tablet (and why it’s their go-to tool for photo retouching and editing). At the end of the video they announce an exclusive $50 off discount on the Wacom Intuos5 Medium-size Tablet exclusively for KelbyTraining.com and NAPP Members (this $50 off makes it the best price Ive seen anywhere on this tablet).The offer (only valid at the official Wacom online store in the USA only) expires June 23rd, 2013. Members can find the Discount Code either on the Kelby Training site…
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    Digital Photography School

  • Life With A Rangefinder, Plus Street Photography Tips.

    Michael Toye
    18 Jun 2013 | 12:37 pm
    These days you are most likely to find me wandering the streets of London with a Leica M Monochrom hanging from my neck. Street photography and Leica have been inextricably linked for decades and this is solely down to Leica’s M system camera and its rangefinder focus mechanism. This is not to say that you cannot be a street photographer without a rangefinder camera or, transversely, that you cannot shoot anything but the streets with a Leica. It is simply that this style of camera is the preferred tool of the serious street photographer. If you’re unfamiliar with Rangefinders, the name…

  • Master These Five Lightroom Sliders and Your Photos Will Pop

    Guest Contributor
    18 Jun 2013 | 9:30 am
    a Guest Contribution by John Davenport from Phogropathy Have you ever opened up Lightroom (or any other professional level editing program) and said, “Oh my – where do I start?” If so then this post is probably right up your alley. Today I’m going to show you how to take the process out of processing photos and how you can get some great results simply by learning how a handful of sliders work. After you learn these basics you can start to dig deeper into the program and learn how to bring out even more of the hidden details in your photographs. The Seven Lightroom…

  • 77% of dPS Readers Take A Camera Everywhere [POLL Results]

    Darren Rowse
    17 Jun 2013 | 12:56 pm
    Last month we asked readers whether they took their camera with them everywhere in a poll. The results are in! If you include the camera in your phone… 77% of the almost 20,000 people who responded take a camera with them everywhere. What I find interesting is that we ran this exact same poll in January 2009 so we can track how things have changed over the last 4 years among our readers. Here are the 2009 results (the results were from around 18,000 readers at that time). While the changes have only been subtle there are a few interesting observations to make. Firstly – more people…

  • Improving Composition with Tonal Contrast

    Guest Contributor
    17 Jun 2013 | 9:48 am
    A contribution by Andrew S. Gibson author of Understanding EOS: A Beginner’s Guide to Canon EOS Cameras. If you were to ask me for two ways that you could improve the composition of your photos, the first piece of advice I would give you is to keep the composition as simple as possible. Eliminate anything that isn’t part of the story from the frame. The second part of the answer is to focus on tonal contrast. Now, many discussions of composition tend to concentrate on the basics, such as the rule-of-thirds, leading lines, use of colour and so on. Not many people seem to be talking…

  • Destination: Oregon

    Rick Berk
    16 Jun 2013 | 12:51 pm
    Haystack Rock dominates the landscape at Cannon Beach. The wet sand, dramatic skies, and great light combined for some great images. Canon EOS 5D Mark III, EF 24-70 f/2.8L II at 24mm. 1/40 second at f/16, ISO 200. I used a 4 stop graduated neutral density filter on the sky. Every year I try to dedicate at least one week of vacation to photographing a destination that’s on my lifetime list of places to see- some might call it their bucket list for photography.  The past few years those trips included Yosemite, Acadia, and Denali.  I have wanted to photograph the Oregon coast since I…
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    TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

  • Vine 1.1.3 update adds a share button

    John-Michael Bond
    18 Jun 2013 | 3:30 pm
    A new update has been released for the popular social video app Vine that adds a sharing button beneath posts in your feed, along with the standard bug fixes that come with every update. Sharing is a nice touch that the app has been sorely lacking since its launch. When you hit share, you're given a list of options: Twitter, Facebook or embed. When you share your own videos, the link is sent directly to the feed of your choice with no option to insert a personal message. The Vine is simply shared with the text you attached to it. However, when you share a friend's Vine you're given the option…

  • Mac pros react to the Mac Pro

    Steven Sande
    18 Jun 2013 | 3:00 pm
    It's been over a week since Apple announced the new Mac Pro, and while public opinion has been quite positive, the creative professionals who will most likely be the target market for the shiny cylinder haven't been heard from... until now. Macworld UK's Karen Haslam followed up with a number of power users, and found that while many are thrilled with the prospect of Apple's new flagship product, there are some concerns as well. The lack of internal expansion in the new design is of concern to several commenters. Writing for Broadcast Engineer, David Austerberry noted that "If I upgrade, that…

  • Daily iPhone App: Agricola is Playdek's great adaptation of the board game

    Mike Schramm
    18 Jun 2013 | 2:30 pm
    Agricola is one of the most popular board games around these days -- it's sort of a farming simulation game, where you can take two turns every round, and then periodically get rewards paid off in a harvest. Playdek is an up-and-coming iOS developer that's mostly done card games so far -- they're behind the Penny Arcade card game, as well as the excellent Ascension and a more complicated one I really like called Nightfall. Now, Playdek has teamed up with the creators of Agricola and Lookout Games to produce this iOS adaptation, available right now on the App Store for US$6.99. The way the…

  • Daily Update for June 18, 2013

    Steven Sande
    18 Jun 2013 | 2:15 pm
    It'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 June 18, 2013 originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:15:00 EST. Please see our…

  • DevJuice: iOS/Android PortKit translates visual metaphors

    Erica Sadun
    18 Jun 2013 | 2:00 pm
    The clever folk over at Kintek have posted a handy system-to-system guide for anyone working in the mobile development space. This metaphor overview quickly references how items like buttons, switches, one-of-n selection and other common interface items are expressed by default in the target arenas. You'll find items from Android, iOS 6 and iOS 7 listed side by side, so you can quickly review their visual presentation. Resource links take you to developer documentation. It's nicely done and well worth checking out. [Via Swiss Miss]DevJuice: iOS/Android PortKit translates visual metaphors…
 
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    Strobist

  • How to Keep Your Old Flash from Exploding

    14 Jun 2013 | 6:00 am
    Have a flash that's been sitting, unused, for a long time? Or did you buy a used flash with an unknown history? Turn it on the wrong way and you may be in for a bit of a surprise. Doesn't matter if it is a speedlight, an Alien Bee mono, a Profoto pack-and-head or whatever. Keep reading for a nifty little tidbit of info that may help you avoid seeing that "magic smoke" escape from your babies. Read more »

  • On Assignment: Dahlia Flute Duo

    10 Jun 2013 | 5:00 am
    Whenever possible, I scout not only location but also time of day when planning an outdoor shoot. Especially if that shoot is in the evening. When does the sun set? Where does the sun set? When is golden light? Where will it come from? So in this case, the I knew the ideal pop of tree-filtered backlight would happen at about 7:22pm. And at that time we were ready and in place, waiting for the light. Shame about the sun not showing up. Read more »

  • Quick Hands-On: $100 "Polaroid" PL135 Bare-Bulb Flash

    5 Jun 2013 | 9:30 am
    UPDATE: The Polaroid PL-135 (AKA the rebranded "Triopo TR120") has been unceremoniously pulled from the market just a week or so after it launched. Has the venerable Sunpak 120J bare bulb flash been reincarnated? By a world-famous company, no less? Well, no. Not exactly. It's no Sunpak 120J (doesn't have the extra stop of power) and, strictly speaking, it's not really a Polaroid flash per se. Keep reading for the bare facts (rimshot!) on the Polaroid PL-135. Read more »

  • In-Depth QA: Martin Prihoda Photographs Priyanka Chopra for GQ India

    3 Jun 2013 | 11:11 am
    Long-time readers will remember photographer Martin Prihoda, who was originally based in Vancouver before packing up and relocating to Mumbai. Or as he still often thinks of it, Bombay. (Martin, on the distinction: "You do business in Mumbai. You party in Bombay.") His recent cover shoot of Indian actress Priyanka Chopra for GQ India represents a major departure from his previous use of color and light. So I contacted him for a QA. My questions (and his generous answers) follow, along with more images form the shoot. To see any image bigger (and other images from the shoot not seen…

  • On Bathroom Detail All Week

    31 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    We're remodeling two bathrooms, and as part of a barter deal with the contractor I am doing a series of before and after photos. I'll post more about that later, but I just wanted to drop something in quickly about the lighting on the detail shots I was doing today. It's a quick-and-dirty, two-light setup and the effect is almost like a charcoal drawing—sort of 2-D and 3-D at the same time. And try as I might, it's pretty hard to mess this up. Read more »
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    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Awards celebrate the best of iPhone photography

    18 Jun 2013 | 11:46 am
    The 6th Annual iPhone Photography Awards has announced its winners, celebrating smartphone images across 16 categories of mobile photography. The top three winners of the Photographer of the Year category each received an iPad Mini while the top entry from each category won a gold bar. We take a look at the award winners on connect.dpreview.com.

  • Olympus UK serves up free Pancakes with PEN Lite and Mini

    18 Jun 2013 | 6:48 am
    Olympus UK is offering a free M. Zuiko Digital 17mm 1:2.8 Pancake lens to anyone who buys a PEN E-PL5 or PEN E-PM2 from an authorised UK stockist. The lens can be claimed though the the company's website, and the promotion runs until 15th September 2013.

  • Lens reviews update: DxOMark data for Nikon-fit full frame wideangles

    18 Jun 2013 | 6:15 am
    DxOMark has just reviewed Nikon's latest budget full frame wideangle lens, the AF-S Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED. As part of our ongoing collaboration we've added the test results to our lens comparison widget, along with other Nikon-fit full frame wide zooms. You can compare it to its predecessor, the AF Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5D IF ED, the AF-S Nikkor 16-35mm f/4G ED VR, the legendary AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED, and the Tokina AT-X 16-28mm f/2.8 Pro FX. Click through to see the comparisons in our lens widget, and for the full data on DxOMark.

  • Adobe releases subscription-only Photoshop CC

    18 Jun 2013 | 6:02 am
    Adobe has released the latest version of Photoshop: CC for 'Creative Cloud'. It's the first to be made available solely though the company's controversial subscription-only model, that requires users to pay an ongoing monthly charge of £17.58 / $19.99 for access to the software. New features include a revised 'Smart Sharpen' function, a 'Camera Shake Reduction' filter, and the ability to apply Camera Raw edits as layers. The latest versions of other Creative Cloud apps such the video editor Premier Pro are also now available to download.

  • Canon EOS Rebel SL1/100D studio samples and good light samples gallery

    17 Jun 2013 | 4:51 pm
    Just Posted: Canon EOS Rebel SL1/100D studio samples and good light samples. We've just got hold of a production version of Canon's miniaturized DSLR and, as part of the process of reviewing it, have shot our standard studio scene. We've also taken it out to see how it performs away from the studio lighting and have put together a series of daylight samples. Click through to see how it fares.
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    Lightroom Killer Tips

  • Tip: How To Turn Off The Annoying Photo Info Overlay

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    9 Jun 2013 | 11:01 pm
    I think Lightroom is all about showcasing your photos and making them look great. To me, nothing ruins that more than that annoying photo info overlay that appears in the top left of the photo in the Library and Develop module (see image below). I’m in Colfax, Washington right now teaching a workshop along side of Bill Fortney and friends. While in the classroom today, I noticed that overlay on several of the screens from people in the class and you’d be amazed at the sigh of relief when I showed them that you just have to press the I key to turn it off. Yup… that’s…

  • Issue #5 Of Lightroom Magazine Is Out!

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    28 May 2013 | 5:25 am
    I just got word that the latest issue of Lightroom Magazine (issue #5) is up on the App Store. If you’ve got an iPad, here’s the link to the free app where you can download the first issue for free. Each issue after that is $4.99. I’ve also included a few screen captures from the app (Cover and Table of Contents). I’m really happy with the way this one turned out and I think our team put out a great issue. It’s got everything from the new features in Lightroom 5 to new Lightroom 5 presets, portrait retouching in Lightroom and how to use your Wacom tablet to get…

  • Should You Create Multiple Catalogs In Lightroom?

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    20 May 2013 | 11:01 pm
    For years, catalog questions tend to be the most popular questions I get at my Lightroom seminars. One of those questions is whether or not to create multiple catalogs in Lightroom. See, back in Lightroom 1, it became fairly common knowledge that when your catalog grew to a certain size in photos (say 20,000) that it would slow down and you should create a new catalog so Lightroom would keep running quickly. But that’s not the case anymore. Lightroom doesn’t have a photo limit that anyone has hit. Adobe doesn’t even recommend creating multiple catalogs anymore. So the first…

  • Lightroom And WPPI Coming Your Way (Chicago, Atlantic City, Vegas and LA)

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    15 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    If you live in Chicago, Atlantic City, LA or Las Vegas then you’ve got a WPPI “On the Road” stop coming your way. NAPP and WPPI are teaming up to provide you with some killer Photoshop and Lightroom training at each event. RC Concepcion, Pete Collins and I will be teaching along side plenty of other great instructors in each city. Here’s the link to WPPI’s website if you want to find out more and below is the list of cities and dates. Hope to see you there! • Chicago: May 21-22 • Atlantic City: June 3-4 • Los Angeles: July 15-16 • Las Vegas: August…

  • A Super Quick Way To Convert Your Photo To Black And White

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    9 May 2013 | 11:01 pm
    Hey everyone. Here’s a great little tip for you if you want to see quickly see what your photo looks like as a black and white, without going to a different panel and messing with sliders. Ready… just go to the Develop module and press the V key. Yup… that’s it. It does the default black and white conversion, and gives you a good idea of whether you’d want to process the photo any further as a B&W. If you like it, then head down to the B&W panel and make some more adjustments. If not, just press the V key again and it’ll take you back to the color…
 
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  • Facebook for iOS Adds Status Update Icons, New Sharing Controls

    Juli Clover
    18 Jun 2013 | 1:51 pm
    Facebook has updated its iOS app to version 6.2, adding mobile support for status update icons. The icons, which were originally introduced to the desktop edition of Facebook in April, allow users to add details about their actions to status updates. The icons link to relevant Facebook pages and give details on what a user is feeling, watching, reading, listening to, drinking, eating, or playing. Icons join other recently introduced Facebook features including Chat Heads and Stickers, which are emoji-style images that can be sent to friends. Facebook's newest update also includes quick access…

  • 'Bike Baron' Named Starbucks App of the Week, Available for Free

    Juli Clover
    18 Jun 2013 | 1:30 pm
    Mountain Sheep's Bike Baron has been chosen as the Starbucks App of the Week, making it available for free for the first time ever for customers who have downloaded the Starbucks app. Bike Baron is a an extreme biking game where the objective is to navigate through dangerous terrain and deadly obstacles. Our sister site TouchArcade has a review of the gameplay:Bike Baron successfully merges an excellent interface with charming art and sound design. Those things pull you in, and then the game tries to break you. If you’re looking for a casual biking experience where you’ll spend a lot of…

  • 'Paper' Developers Get $15 Million in Funding For Future Apps and Hardware

    Juli Clover
    18 Jun 2013 | 12:09 pm
    FiftyThree, the company that created popular iPad sketching app Paper, today announced that it received $15 million in funding for future projects, which will focus on both collaboration and physical creation.We are especially focused on two areas: TRUE COLLABORATION—Social media has changed the way we communicate, but real collaboration has been left behind. Still nothing has surpassed the simple act of sitting down in a room with a group of motivated people. We believe a breakthrough around collaboration will revolutionize the creative process. How we work together. How we discover…

  • Shazam App Updated with Music Discovery, New-Look Tab Bar and More

    Husain Sumra
    17 Jun 2013 | 10:22 pm
    Just a couple of weeks after rebuilding its iPad app as a universal app, Shazam has released another update, this time adding a music discovery feature called Pulse, a new-look tab bar, and more. Pulse allows users on both iPad and iPhone to see and sample music that is being tagged the most by Shazam users in real time. Other improvements include the ability to easily delete Favorite tags from the iPad edition and a new tab bar with more information.New look tab bar: -Settings is now located on the top left of the home screen -When a Friend tags, they appear in the tab bar -Chart updates are…

  • Eddy Cue Offers Tidbits On Jobs' Involvement with iBooks

    Juli Clover
    17 Jun 2013 | 1:50 pm
    In Apple's ongoing antitrust case with the Department of Justice, Apple's SVP of internet software and services Eddy Cue once again took the stand today, where he revealed several small tidbits about Steve Jobs and the launch of iBooks. According to AllThingsD, Cue told the court that Jobs was highly involved in the creation of Apple's iBookstore, coming up with several of the features found in the app.- The "page curls" in the iBook app, which show up when you flip an iBook's page? That's Steve Jobs's idea. - It was Jobs's idea to pick ""Winnie-the-Pooh" as the freebie book that came with…
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  • Adorable kid, exotic Bolivia star in magical 'travel' video

    dchan
    17 Jun 2013 | 11:01 pm
    Naughty Boy's "La La La" has hit No. 1 in the U.K. Here's the story behind the coolest "travel" video since Coldplay's "Paradise"La La La Naughty BoyNaughty Boy ‘La La La’ video courtesy of Virgin Records Limited. The minute we saw the video for “La La La” by Naughty Boy, we had questions that went far beyond how the catchy tune got us singing “la la la” so fast. Where was this thing shot? Who's the adorable kid? Could that incredible pooch steal Boo's crown as world's cutest dog? Now that British artist Naughty Boy’s “La La La”…

  • A town called George: Why now is the best time to hit Penang

    karlac1
    17 Jun 2013 | 3:01 pm
    George Town is a UNESCO heritage city. Organizers of the annual George Town Festival aren't letting you forget whyEven on the average day, George Town is a cultural overload for visitors -- the city is rightly famed for its food, history and diversity. Clearly, UNESCO knew what it was doing when it listed the Malaysian city located on the island of Penang as a World Heritage Site back in 2008.   To mark the five-year anniversary of that designation, organizers of the annual George Town Festival have amped up the island's cultural offerings, stuffing a huge amount of art, film, music,…

  • Skiing in Chile: 7 ways to do southern hemisphere slopes

    karlac1
    17 Jun 2013 | 3:00 am
    It's powder season down south and the case for a Chile snow safari is as bold as a hearty cabernetSkiing, as one witty anonymous figure once said, is “the art of catching cold and going broke while rapidly heading nowhere at great personal risk.“  Yet for many the ski season is all too short. Just as you start to perfect your skills, the snow melts and you have to pack away the boards. This is where the southern hemisphere comes to the rescue. A stronger-than-usual buzz surrounds Chile this year, where the ski season runs from June to October.  Here's what has skiiers and…

  • 7 travel fashion trends that should be banned

    JLeung1
    16 Jun 2013 | 9:53 pm
    A New Jersey beach town has cracked down on low-hanging pants. Here are other style sins that should be punishable by lawWe’ve all heard the phrase “crime against fashion” used in reference to one’s sartorial sins. But one New Jersey town has actually made a certain style a punishable offense –- low-hanging pants. According to local news reports, beach town Wildwood recently passed a law banning people from wearing pants and shorts that hang more than 3 inches below the hips on the boardwalk. In other words, keep your bums covered, kids. Mayor Ernest Trojano says the town has…

  • 25 best foods for summer

    francescha
    16 Jun 2013 | 3:00 pm
    Hurry up and read this story before it melts all over your hands!In some countries, the coldest, sweetest dishes are considered the best foods for summer.  In others, the hottest -- in both senses of the word -- are considered the best way to beat the heat.  Whatever the logic, we're ready to dig into all these summer foods. The matka (clay pot) keeps the kulfi insulated. Kulfi This will probably upset gelato fans, but of all the icy, creamy desserts out there, kulfi's our pick for the best one for summer. A traditional Indian ice cream developed to melt slowly in the heat of the Indian…
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