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  • It Gets Better, the Lady Gaga music video [video]

    Holy Kaw!
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:14 pm
    In collaboration with the LGBT community of Madison and the It Gets Better Project, Colton James Boettcher created this music video to reach out to all of you who feel you’re suffering, all alone, just for being who you are. His words speak most clearly, so we’ll hand the stage over to Boettcher himself: As most of us know, growing up isn't easy. Countless young people are faced with daily tormenting and bullying, causing them to feel isolated and alone. This is an especially harsh reality for LGBT kids and teens, who often hide their sexuality for fear of bullying. In many…

  • 15 Killer Quotes From ‘Sh*t People Say’ Videos

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    Brandon Smith
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:46 pm
    This meme is certainly making a strong case to be one of the biggest of 2012. Sure, the first episode of “Sh*t Girls Say” was uploaded at the end of last year, but who’s counting really? The results that Google yields when you start typing “Sh*t People Say” are as far-ranging in quality as they are in topic. SEE ALSO: 15 Best ‘Sh*t People Say’ Videos We’re sure you’ve got your own favorite quotes from the wide array of videos out there. These 15 favorites (and an honorable mention for each) should get the conversation started. 1. Sh*t Girls Say -…

  • Artists: SoundExchange Has Free Money For You, No Nigerian Princes Involved

    Fast Company
    Austin Carr
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:05 pm
    Since its inception, SoundExchange, the organization that collects royalty payments from digital music services like Pandora, has brought in more than $900 million--$292 million of which it collected last year alone. But how much of a cut does SoundExchange take for itself? Nothing, other than for operating and administrative costs. SoundExchange is a non-profit that's rapidly growing to become one of the most important organizations in the music industry. For many labels, it's the No. 2 source of digital revenue only behind iTunes. And for president Michael Huppe, it's now more important…

  • Raising Money: What Not to Say and What Not to Believe #OfficeandGuyK

    How to Change the World
    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…

  • Ron Paul, Mitt Romney Leading On Facebook Ahead Of Florida Primary

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    Eric Eldon
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:49 pm
    The Republican presidential candidacy is still far from decided, based on the split primaries and mixed polls so far. So here’s another source for trying to figure who’s really pulling ahead — the number of new Facebook fans that each candidate is getting, according to the Inside Facebook Election Tracker. Mitt Romney is finally making some strong gains this month, in contrast to his Facebook performance over December. By “strong gains” I mean he’s been attracting a roughly similar number of fans to Ron Paul, the candidate who normally dominates on the web…
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  • It Gets Better, the Lady Gaga music video [video]

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:14 pm
    In collaboration with the LGBT community of Madison and the It Gets Better Project, Colton James Boettcher created this music video to reach out to all of you who feel you’re suffering, all alone, just for being who you are. His words speak most clearly, so we’ll hand the stage over to Boettcher himself: As most of us know, growing up isn't easy. Countless young people are faced with daily tormenting and bullying, causing them to feel isolated and alone. This is an especially harsh reality for LGBT kids and teens, who often hide their sexuality for fear of bullying. In many…

  • Mr. Tea offers up one tough beverage

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:22 pm
    Who says tea’s for wimps? Nobody, thanks to the Mr. Tea tea cup by Matt Jones, which comes complete with a cup sporting the requisite bling, golden sugar cubes and stirrer, and a cute Mr. Tea sticking out of the top. They’re currently sold out, but check back to the website if this is something you simply can’t live without. Pity the fool who prefers coffee. (Aw, c’mon, you knew it was coming.) Full story at Best Week Ever via The Mary Sue. That’s some sweet tea. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • See the world as a shrimp views it

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:34 pm
    Have you ever wondered how other animals view the world? A team of researchers from the University of Bristol has created a specialized camera that allows us to see things as reef-dwelling animals do. Project leader Shelby Temple, a researcher at Bristol's Department of Biological Sciences, will take his colleagues to the Lizard Island Research Station off the coast of Queensland to capture images of the Great Barrier Reef and how critters there visually experience their environment. Full story at Discovery News. More news from Discovery Communications. Permalink | Leave a…

  • FBI wants to monitor social networks

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:33 pm
    Although posting an image onto Facebook of yourself swinging from a chandelier may not be a wise decision, I think we can all agree that posting photos of yourself with the $8,000 you just robbed from a convenience store is incredibly stupid. There's certainly been no shortage of foolish criminals being nabbed after logging on to social media sites to boast of their crimes, so it's natural that law enforcement agencies have been upping their efforts to monitor these websites. But just in case state and local agencies don't spook criminals into wising up, maybe the feds can. Full story at…

  • Your privacy on Google: don't panic, do think

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:30 pm
    Alarming news arrived this week about your privacy online. Your Gmail messages, your YouTube viewing habits, the Google Maps directions your Android phone provides and numerous other online activities will get fed into a giant algorithm that shapes the search results you see on Google -- as if one company were seizing control of all those products! Except that one company already owns all those products. You might expect "don't they already do that?" reactions to Google's announcement Tuesday that as of March 1 it would combine data collected through its separate apps to refine search and…
 
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  • 15 Killer Quotes From ‘Sh*t People Say’ Videos

    Brandon Smith
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:46 pm
    This meme is certainly making a strong case to be one of the biggest of 2012. Sure, the first episode of “Sh*t Girls Say” was uploaded at the end of last year, but who’s counting really? The results that Google yields when you start typing “Sh*t People Say” are as far-ranging in quality as they are in topic. SEE ALSO: 15 Best ‘Sh*t People Say’ Videos We’re sure you’ve got your own favorite quotes from the wide array of videos out there. These 15 favorites (and an honorable mention for each) should get the conversation started. 1. Sh*t Girls Say -…

  • Photo Startup Makes It Easy to Create Albums With Friends

    Lauren Indvik
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:02 pm
    The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: ZangZing Quick Pitch: Store and share your photos from multiple services in one place. Genius Idea: Makes it easy to create and share group albums using email. Some of my photos are stored on Instagram. Many more are saved across Facebook, iPhoto, Picasa, Flickr, Dropbox and in a stationary box on top of my dresser. Earlier this week, I used ZangZing, a photo storage and sharing app,…

  • Elaborate ‘It Gets Better’ Video Resembles ‘Glee’

    Brian Anthony Hernandez
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:30 pm
    Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. An extensively choreographed “It Gets Better” music video — set to Lady Gaga‘s “Hair” — gained steam Friday after the mega pop star gave it her seal of approval on Twitter. This is so AMAZING tinyurl.com/7jd638s #HairMusicVideo you guys did such an amazing job for #ItGetsBetter. The Choreo! I died! — Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) January 27, 2012 The clip hit YouTube on Thursday, but the making of the video has been well documented on Facebook since August…

  • Meet Beckinfield, a YouTube Show With 4,000 Actors [PICS]

    Kate Freeman
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:59 pm
    The make-believe town of Beckinfield is the setting for the Mad Libs-style show of the same name, which uses crowd-sourced amateur actors from all over the world who create the show’s story by posting videos. Writers outline the plot and email a “town happenings” newsletter to actors each week. Each actor tells a small piece of the story in their video, adding their own flair. Related segments are linked together to create a kind of webisode that will be unique to every viewer depending on which videos they watch. Beckinfield is a production of online network Theatrics.com.

  • Breaking Down Apple’s Billions [INFOGRAPHIC]

    Alissa Skelton
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:48 pm
    It’s no secret Apple, one of the most valuable public companies in the world, is making major cash off today’s tech gadgets — but how much? This week, the company reported a record net profit of more than $13.6 billion for its quarterly report lasting 14 weeks and ending Dec. 31, 2011. A rumored summer release of the iPhone 5 will help keep the money flowing in this year for the more than $400 billion company. “We’re thrilled with our outstanding results and record-breaking sales of iPhones, iPads and Macs,” Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, said in a statement. “Apple’s…
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  • Artists: SoundExchange Has Free Money For You, No Nigerian Princes Involved

    Austin Carr
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:05 pm
    Since its inception, SoundExchange, the organization that collects royalty payments from digital music services like Pandora, has brought in more than $900 million--$292 million of which it collected last year alone. But how much of a cut does SoundExchange take for itself? Nothing, other than for operating and administrative costs. SoundExchange is a non-profit that's rapidly growing to become one of the most important organizations in the music industry. For many labels, it's the No. 2 source of digital revenue only behind iTunes. And for president Michael Huppe, it's now more important…

  • This Week In Bots: Roboplayers, Robodancers, Robowarriors, And The Delicate Ethics Of Robosex

    Kit Eaton
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:40 pm
    Would you love your Roomba more if it had rat-like whiskers? How about if it saved people's lives in post-disaster situations? Yeah, us too.RobohockeyTeaching robots to play sports is a clever way to advance the science of robotic movements, environment sensing, and artificial intellgence all in one swoop. That's because a game or sport has a predetermined set of rules so it's simpler than the "real" world. Enter UPenn's Design of Mechatronics Students with their robotic hockey players. [youtube 7njq2hFbw14]See how instructive programming those little beasts must've been? They're not…

  • Jon Rubinstein, Force Behind TouchPad, WebOS, Leaves HP: "We Ran Out Of Runway"

    Austin Carr
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:23 pm
    Jon Rubinstein, the former CEO of Palm and the man behind WebOS, has left HP.It's hard to imagine that only about 19 months ago, HP acquired Palm for $1.2 billion. In that short span, HP embarked on an aggressive plan to produce smartphones and tablets running WebOS--before deciding to kill that original strategy due to poor sales, spin off its PC business, change CEOs, and radically pivot toward acquiring enterprise services company Autonomy for $10 billion. Now Rubinstein joining a slew of recently departed executives--including Phil McKinney and Richard…

  • Spotify Growing By 8,000 Subscribers Per Day, More Than Netflix, Sirius XM

    Austin Carr
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:19 pm
    Spotify just hit 3 million paying subscribers, the Financial Times reports. That may sound like an impressive milestone for the popular on-demand music service, but how impressive is it really? Only about 64 days have elapsed since Spotify announced it reached 2.5 million subscribers in November. That means 500,000 users have signed up to pay for the service in that time--or, from another perspective, a back-of-the-envelope calculation reveals that 7,000 to 8,000 users are subscribing to Spotify each day, on average. And remember: These are global statistics from a service that has been…

  • Rubinstein Leaves HP, Twitter Can Block Tweets By Country, Cook Defends Apple On Worker Standards

    Nidhi Subbaraman
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:41 pm
    Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day.Jon Rubinstein Leaves HP. Rubinstein, formerly of Apple and then lead at Palm during its efforts to rival the iPhone, is leaving HP. It's being spun as simple fulfillment of contractual agreements, signed when HP bought Palm. But with the killing-off of HP's Pre smartphone and tablet efforts, a disorganized decision process about webOS and news that Jon has no current plans a different conclusion can easily be drawn. --HP--Updated 1:30 p.m. ESTApple TV Buzz: OLEDs And Remote Controls. The freshest leaks about Apple's…
 
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    How to Change the World

  • 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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  • Ron Paul, Mitt Romney Leading On Facebook Ahead Of Florida Primary

    Eric Eldon
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:49 pm
    The Republican presidential candidacy is still far from decided, based on the split primaries and mixed polls so far. So here’s another source for trying to figure who’s really pulling ahead — the number of new Facebook fans that each candidate is getting, according to the Inside Facebook Election Tracker. Mitt Romney is finally making some strong gains this month, in contrast to his Facebook performance over December. By “strong gains” I mean he’s been attracting a roughly similar number of fans to Ron Paul, the candidate who normally dominates on the web…

  • Harvard Gets Its First VC Firm: The Experiment Fund

    Greg Kumparak
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:05 pm
    As just about everyone should know by now, the seeds of what grew into Facebook were planted at Harvard. Might there be a bunch of mini-Zucks lurking in the dorms of Cambridge? If so, a new venture capital firm — the first housed right on the Harvard campus — wants to find them. Dubbed The Experiment Fund, the firm describes itself as “a bridge between America’s oldest universities and storied venture capital firms.” Backed by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), the firm is made up of Hugo Van Vurren, NEA co-head Patrick Chung, and NEA General Partner Harry Weller — all…

  • Secret Windows 8 Weapon: Kinect Built Into Your Laptop

    Devin Coldewey
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:39 pm
    The Windows release of Kinect is coming up in a couple days, but for most people that won’t be a major event: the Kinect they have is sitting on their TV or in a drawer, waiting to be taken out for an impromptu Dance Central 2 party. Of the 10 million Kinects out there, the only ones connected to computers are the ones being fiddled with by the various hackers and students making science projects out the things. But according to the Daily, Microsoft is hoping to remedy this particular situation by building Kinect sensors right into your laptops. TechCrunch alum Matt Hickey got to handle…

  • Twitter Puts Its DMCA Takedown Requests Up For All To See

    Devin Coldewey
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:30 pm
    Yesterday’s announcement that Twitter would be selectively censoring tweets based on country was not well-received. But part of that announcement was the assurance that the process would at least be transparent. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. They also mentioned that they were working with Chilling Effects to make notices and orders sent to Twitter publicly available. At the time of the post yesterday, the site wasn’t up yet, but you can now browse it at chillingeffects.org/twitter. It’s a good thing, certainly, though not quite a successful saving throw…

  • Y Combinator Names Seasoned Entrepreneur Geoff Ralston As Its Newest Partner

    Jason Kincaid
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:15 pm
    Y Combinator has just announced the newest partner to join the prestigious firm: Geoff Ralston. Ralston’s previous credentials include founding Four11, which was acquired by Yahoo back in 1997 for $96 million and served as the foundation for Yahoo Mail. Ralston spent eight years at Yahoo, eventually becoming Yahoo’s Chief Product Officer. Several years after leaving Yahoo he was named CEO of Lala, before it was acquired by Apple in 2009. Most recently he cofounded Imagine K12, a tech incubator for education-related startups, which presented at TechCrunch Disrupt SF (you can find…
 
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  • The honest broker

    Seth Godin
    28 Jan 2012 | 4:42 am
    It really is a choice, one or the other. Either you happily recommend the best option for your customer, or you give preference to your own items first. Either you believe in what you sell, or you don't. Either you treat your best partners better, or you treat everyone the same. Either you shade the truth when it's painful to do otherwise, or you consistently share what's important. Either you always keep your promises or you don't. Either you give me the best price the first time, or you make me jump through hoops to get there. Earning the position of the honest broker is time-consuming and…

  • Reconsidering Gartner's Cycle of Hype

    Seth Godin
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:22 am
    One theory of technology marketing and acceptance goes like this: A technology causes a media hypestorm and rising expectations. Then it crashes to Earth as the popular press and the public discovers that it's not all the hypesters said it would be--through no fault of the technologists who brought it to the world in the first place. Then, gradually, the truth about the technology seeps out until finally it reaches its use case--and then becomes that status quo, just waiting to be disrupted as it previously disrupted what came before. While the violent vicissitudes of this chart make for good…

  • Who cares?

    Seth Godin
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:09 am
    Unless someone does, things start to fray around the edges. Often it's the CEO or the manager who sets a standard of caring about the details. Even better is a culture where everyone cares, and where each person reinforces that horizontally throughout the team. You've probably been to the hotel that serves refrigerated tomatoes in January at their $20 breakfast, that doesn't answer the phone when you call the front desk, that has a shower curtain that is falling off the rack and a slightly snarky concierge. This is in sharp relief to that hotel down the street, the one that costs just the…

  • Solving problems (vs. identifying them)

    Seth Godin
    25 Jan 2012 | 4:27 am
    Often, we're hesitant to identify a problem out of fear we can't solve it. Knowing that we have to live with something that we're unable to alter gives us a good reason to avoid verbalizing it--highlighting it just makes it worse. While this sort of denial might be okay for individuals (emphasis on might), it's a lousy approach for organizations of any size. That's because there are almost certainly resources available that can solve a problem if you decide it's truly worth solving. Put yourself and your people on a path to finding problems without regard for whether or not they are capable…

  • "It's completely up to you"

    Seth Godin
    24 Jan 2012 | 4:06 am
    ... and that's the problem. I was picking out the mat for a framed photo and there were a thousand colors to choose from. The framer uttered the scary invocation, putting the choice back to me. So many things are now completely up to us, more than ever before. Where and how and when we work and invest and interact and instruct and learn... If you think you have no choice but to do what you do now, you've already made a serious error. It seems to me that passing the buck on this merely because it's easier than choosing is precisely the wrong strategy. It enables an abdication of power that…
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  • No More Nice Guys: Fans Love ‘Nuclear Newt’

    By TRIP GABRIEL
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:04 am
    The qualities of the bombastic, take-no-prisoners candidate are the same ones opponents cite in concluding that Newt Gingrich is too hot-headed and undisciplined to win the nomination.

  • Syria Armed Force Helps Rebels Gain Ground

    By KAREEM FAHIM
    28 Jan 2012 | 4:58 am
    The growing assertiveness of a loosely organized force in Syria hinted at the expanding role of the armed opposition in a movement that began peacefully more than 10 months ago.

  • Greece Inches Toward Deal in Talks With Its Creditors

    By LANDON THOMAS Jr.
    28 Jan 2012 | 4:58 am
    The latest progress comes in the wake of two days of talks in Athens between the bankers lobby representing most investors, and Greece’s political leadership.

  • Azarenka Routs Sharapova to Win Australian Title

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    28 Jan 2012 | 4:55 am
    Victoria Azarenka beat Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 Saturday night to win the Australian Open and take over the women's No. 1 ranking, all in her first Grand Slam final.

  • Early Patriots Were a Comical Traveling Sideshow

    By BILL PENNINGTON
    28 Jan 2012 | 4:47 am
    The Boston Patriots bounced from stadium to stadium and played “home” games as far away as San Diego. Bizarre occurrences seemed to follow them wherever they went.
 
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  • 25 Reasons Why Google Hates Your Blog

    Guest Blogger
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:02 am
    This guest post is by Belinda of The Copy Detective. Your blog is a good read. Everyone says so. Although “everyone” is really just people you already know. Like your Mum. So why isn’t your blog being found by other people? The millions and millions of people hungrily consuming blog content out there in the global online space we call the Internet? The cold, hard truth is that Google hates your blog. And it’s nothing personal. You just don’t have anything that Google wants. Creating high-quality, relevant content is a must if you want your blog to be noticed by search engines but…

  • 2 Different Tales of Blog Growth

    Darren Rowse
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:01 pm
    “What was ‘the tipping point’ for your blog?” This question is one that I’m regularly asked in interviews, and it is one that is challenging to answer. The assumption behind the question is that there is often some kind of event that pushes a blog into the limelight. The reality is that it’s not always this way. Let me illustrate this by telling the stories of my two main blogs—ProBlogger and Digital Photography School. ProBlogger’s tipping point: dramatic growth Here on ProBlogger, the only real tipping point-type event that I can identify is when…

  • 6 Fatal Symptoms You’re in the Wrong Niche

    Guest Blogger
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:06 am
    This guest post is by Martyn Chamberlin of Two Hour Blogger. “What should I write about?” It seems such a silly question. Of course you know what to write about! In fact, you could argue it’s even impossible to write about the wrong thing. That’s like ordering the wrong iPod! Whoever heard of such a thing? As you know, if you write long and hard enough, someone will listen. An audience of five is great if you’re just blogging for fun. But what if you’re trying to build a profitable business? Can you get enough people listening to make a business? The answer…

  • 10 Ways Multi-blog Authors Can Stay Creative and Generate Great Posts

    Guest Blogger
    25 Jan 2012 | 2:02 pm
    This guest post is by Jo Gifford of Cherry Sorbet Creative. Keeping fresh and creative is key to keeping on top of the game when writing different blogs across various sectors, and for various clients. Working with efficient workflows, time management and organization all help to keep that valuable information harnessed to be used when you need it, but how about making sure you can produce great content on time and on demand? Keeping creative and informed means you are working efficiently to produce content that’s engaging, informative, and, of course, profitable for you. After all,…

  • Ramit Sethi Exposed: How He Earns Millions Blogging

    Guest Blogger
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:07 am
    This guest post is by Michael Alexis of WriterViews. In this post, I’m going to show you the exact steps one blogger used to earn over $1 million. Not long ago, I interviewed Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You To Be Rich. If you’re serious about making money blogging, then you need to read this interview. But a heads-up: this post is long and extremely detailed. It took me over 20 hours to write. It will take you about 15 minutes to read. If you like, you can download a PDF of the entire article here. I know you may be skeptical about the $1 million, so let’s start by looking at…
 
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  • Macworld 2012: Autodesk Inventor Fusion for Mac Coming

    Arnold Kim
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:46 pm
    Autodesk was at Macworld showing off a new product for the Mac called Autodesk Inventor Fusion. Autodesk Inventor Fusion is an existing 3D mechanical design software on Windows, but will soon become available for the Mac for the first time. Autodesk made headlines back in 2010 when they returned to the Mac platform after a two decade hiatus. Due to the success they've seen with their existing Mac products, the company will be bringing Inventor Fusion to the Mac. In the next few weeks, Autodesk will be releasing a free Technology Preview for the program which will allow Mac users to download…

  • Civil Suit Against Google, Apple and Others Over Employee-Poaching Ban Can Continue

    Jordan Golson
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:30 pm
    A U.S. District Judge has ruled that an anti-trust case filed against a number of tech companies can continue, saying "they still have an antitrust claim" according to Bloomberg. [Judge] Koh didn’t take issue with the allegations about the agreements between individual companies, Joseph Saveri, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said in an interview after the hearing. Instead, Koh has questions about “how it ties together,” or claims of an over-arching conspiracy between all the companies, he said.The case goes back more than 5 years, according to the lawsuit, which alleges that "no…

  • Tim Cook Responds to Report on Working Conditions at Suppliers' Factories

    Eric Slivka
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:25 am
    In the wake of yesterday's report regarding treatment of workers at the facilities of Apple's suppliers, Apple CEO Tim Cook has sent an email to company employees addressing the situation. As published by 9to5Mac, the email highlights Apple's efforts to oversee compliance with company standards for workers' rights and the transparency with which it has shared that information. From Cook's opening statement:As a company and as individuals, we are defined by our values. Unfortunately some people are questioning Apple’s values today, and I’d like to address this with you directly. We care…

  • Apple Estimated to Retake Title of World's Largest Smartphone Vendor

    Eric Slivka
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:13 pm
    Research firm Strategy Analytics today announced its estimates of the global smartphone market for the fourth quarter of 2011, finding that Apple narrowly squeezed by Samsung to retake the title of world's largest smartphone vendor as measured by unit shipments. According to Strategy Analytics' numbers, Apple's 37 million iPhones narrowly eclipsed Samsung's quarterly smartphone shipments of 36.5 million units.Neil Mawston, Executive Director at Strategy Analytics, added, “While Apple took the top spot in smartphones on a quarterly basis, Samsung became the market leader in annual terms for…

  • iWorld 2012: Bottle Opener Cases, Wave Cradle, Nomad Brush, Wallet Case

    Arnold Kim
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:51 pm
    Macworld | iWorld carries the usual collection of iPhone cases and accessories, not all of which are insanely great. But here are a few interesting ones that were on the show floor as I made my way through the masses. Opena Case and Intoxicase were both showing off iPhone cases with built in bottle openers. Intoxicase's even integrates with an app that counts the number of openings. Not sure the demand for such a thing, but here they are. WaveCradle is simple aluminum stand that amplifies the audio coming from your iPhone. The stand simple curves the audio towards the listener and they claim…
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  • 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…

  • 97 Ideas for Building a Valuable Platform

    ceb
    20 Jan 2012 | 11:25 am
    2012 is the year where social media oversaturation hits hard. We will scale back on our participation in social networks, and we will most certainly scale back who we choose to follow as sources. This won’t be because someone is bad or good. It will be based on whether the connection with that person adds value to the stream of information we’re cultivating or not. In determining how to deliver value and stay relevant and visible in this new landscape, I’ve written down 97 ideas to help you build a valuable platform. Note: some of this thinking comes from writing a new book…

  • A New Project for 2012

    ceb
    16 Jan 2012 | 3:30 am
    I’m pretty excited about my new video show, Shhh! The Secret Show, which has its first episode here. The premise is that it’s a show to help you be a better you, and to improve your business through the effort. It ties to what I’m working on with my company, and it’s going to be a lot of fun to build. Instead of starting off with something fully polished and perfect, I wanted to “build it in front of you,” which means that I’ll show you how I improve it each episode. I’m learning lots of new skills at the same time, including lighting, how to…

  • Doing the Work is Sexy

    ceb
    9 Jan 2012 | 7:21 am
    Dorothy Parker said, “I hate writing. I like having written.” I know many people who are like that about their business, their trade. I know many more people who love to fantasize about what life will be like when they make it, but they like to skip over the part with the hard work, or they give it a sentence or two. Here’s a hint: the work part is what brings the money part. How to Get Very Lucky In Life A few days ago, I came a lot closer to being able to cross something huge off my bucket list. I can’t talk about it just yet, but essentially, I was able to shoot…

  • Email List Building the Lazy Way

    ceb
    4 Jan 2012 | 9:17 am
    People seem to want to know about email list building, and how to get a big newsletter subscriber base. I have my ways. I’ll share what I know. I sell premium WordPress themes (affiliate link) from StudioPress, because I’m a fan of the company, but also because I use them and they have served me very well. At present, I’m using the Generate theme (scroll down a little), which features a prominent email subscription link at the top of the page (see the above graphic or just click through to [chrisbrogan.com]). This is perhaps the least customized version of a StudioPress…
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    Copyblogger

  • 7 Useful Marketing Articles for Your Weekend

    Robert Bruce
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    This week on The Lede … Seth Godin’s simple cure for writer’s block. Why David Ogilvy called himself a lousy copywriter. A case study in the power of the blog. 10 ways to use Pinterest for your business. If you want more links you can use than the seven we highlight here every week, follow @copyblogger on Twitter. // A Stalker’s Guide to Competitive Research If you ever wanted a shot at becoming a private detective (without the hassle of becoming a private detective), this is it. Comprehensive does not begin to describe this article from Ms. Narayanasamy. In it, she…

  • Answers to the 3 Biggest Email Marketing Questions We Get

    Robert Bruce
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    We’re back and we’re ready to talk email marketing. I asked two pros to come on and spill their best advice on the three biggest email marketing questions we get here at Copyblogger. DJ Waldow joins me and Sonia Simone to discuss: The best way to build an email list The 2 reasons why people open an email The most important element of an email that sells How to write emails that get opened How to stay out of your reader’s spam filters Sonia’s secret weapon of email marketing that works This one’s fast and useful, so keep your ears on … Hit the flash player…

  • The Glee Guide to Attracting a Raving Horde of Social Media Fans

    Beth Hayden
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    If your memories of high school involve wedgies, broken hearts, and getting stuffed into your locker, you probably love Glee. The musical comedy TV show — Ryan Murphy’s smash hit about the nerds, misfits, and social outcasts of McKinley High School’s glee club — is equal parts quirky, cheesy, heartbreaking, and surprisingly delightful. Over its first two seasons, the show has also attracted millions of obsessive fans from all over the world. Glee fans, or “Gleeks,” follow the moves of their favorite show with a passion once reserved for Cabbage Patch Kids…

  • 4 Simple Steps to a Facebook Timeline that Tells Your Marketing Story

    Andrea Vahl
    25 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    So how about that new Facebook Timeline? Love it? Hate it? Either way it’s here to stay (until it isn’t). As always, Facebook loves to change things up and people love to kvetch about it. You can always use new Facebook Features to improve your marketing, so how can you use the Facebook Timeline to your advantage? Read on. First, a few facts about the Facebook Timeline. The Timeline only affects personal profiles at the moment. Facebook has not announced when (or even if) they will roll the new Timeline look out to Facebook Pages. Second, not everyone has the Timeline yet. If you…

  • How to Instantly Transform Your Landing Page Images from Good to Great

    Sean D'Souza
    24 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    Reading this post made us smarter, richer, more fascinating, and an average of 3 inches taller. Let’s say you place a photo of a client on your landing page. Just the photo. No client name. No title, or business name. No clue as to what industry that client is in, or where they come from. Now, photos are a great addition to landing pages. Photos of happy clients help to build trust with your readers, showing the type of people who do business with you. But would anyone even know that person was a client? The moment you add in a few important details — the client name, the…
 
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    ReadWriteWeb

  • Why You Should Smile in Your Facebook Profile Photo

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:00 pm
    If you're not smiling in your Facebook photo, your life is probably going to suck in four years time. Reseachers J. Patrick Seder and Shigehiro Oishi at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville discovered that smile intensity from a single Facebook profile photo in the first semester of college predicted self-reported life satisfaction three and a half years later, at the time of college graduation. This type of study isn't actually unique to Facebook, however. A 2011 study by Harker and Keltner showed that female students smiling in their college graduation yearbook photos from 1958 and…

  • Third Critical Rambus Patent Invalidated, Nvidia Vindicated

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:37 pm
    U.S. Patent # 6,591,353, "Protocol for Communication with Dynamic Memory," tends to refer to a "memory device." The innovation with respect to this device appeared to be the introduction of a synchronous clock. That way, time-multiplexed transfers could take place in a regulated fashion. But as USPTO documents published today show, the appeals judges found that two existing patents cited by Nvidia qualify as prior art, and moreover, that the teachings demonstrated by those older patents would be inspiration enough for a skilled artisan to apply the teachings to improving synchronous memory…

  • Thought SOPA Was Bad? 10 Reasons to Oppose ACTA

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:30 pm
    So, we've shot down SOPA and PIPA. Congratulations Internets for a job well done. Mission accomplished, right? Not so much. While that's two bad pieces of legislation pushed back, there's much more where that came from. Leaving aside existing nastiness like the DMCA, we also have the even nastier Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (PDF). How bad is it? Bad enough that the European Parliament's rapporteur for ACTA (Kader Arif) resigned over it today (January 27, 2012). Unfortunately for those of us in the United States, President Obama has already ratified ACTA on behalf of the United…

  • Top Tech Video of the Day: [Stuff] Entrepreneurs Say

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:10 pm
    "Connect it to Facebook, viral spread, boom, boom." I have no idea what that means but I do know that for some reason, I'm still not tired of the Sh*t [fill in the blank] Says meme. This video is for anyone who's spent more than five minutes reading Techcrunch, knows what Y Combinator is and has faced the (sometimes) irrational exuberance of a tech entrepreneur. "Overheard: Time to pivot." Sponsor Discuss

  • Google Maps vs. Do-It-Yourself: Which Is Better for Business?

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:00 pm
    As mobile becomes normal for the Web, location becomes key. The next phase of location apps are live, right there with the user as she goes about her business. When it comes to mapping the outside world, the space is pretty crowded. It's hard to argue with Google Maps, whose free consumer service powers the maps on both dominant smartphone platforms. For businesses, it's crucial to be on the map, and Google Places can't be overlooked. But there's another frontier of mobile mapping that matters, and the exploration has just begun. Indoor mapping of big buildings - like airports, convention…
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    Smashing Magazine Feed

  • Limiting The Visibility Of WordPress Posts Via Usernames

    Chris Ellison
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:51 am
       Controlling who is able to view a post is a simple task once the system is established. Limiting access to certain users has several applications, such as enabling a design studio to distribute artwork to its various clients, or enabling a small school to arrange for homework to be posted online using a cheap and easy solution. The easiest method to get this system working is to make the recipients of the information “subscribers” (since they need not be able to post) and the distributors of information “authors” (since they should only be able to edit their own posts).

  • The UX Research Plan That Stakeholders Love

    Tomer Sharon
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:35 am
       UX practitioners, both consultants and in house, sometimes conduct research. Be it usability testing or user research with a generative goal, research requires planning. To make sure product managers, developers, marketers and executives (let’s call them stakeholders) act on UX research results, planning must be crystal clear, collaborative, fast and digestible. Long plans or no plans don’t work for people. You must be able to boil a UX research plan down to one page. If you can’t or won’t, then you won’t get buy-in for the research and its results. This article…

  • How To Deliver Exceptional Client Service

    Jeremy Girard
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:02 am
       We often hear companies, including Web agencies, boast about how they provide exceptional client service. But how do they define exceptional? Consider this scenario. You are hired to design and develop a new website for a retail client. The client loves the design, and the pages you develop use the latest in HTML5, CSS3 and responsive design, resulting in a website that works wonderfully across browsers and devices. The e-commerce features of the new website help the client significantly increase their online sales, and the entire project is delivered on time and on budget. Now,…

  • What Successful Products Teach Us About Web Design

    Yiannis Konstantakopoulos
    24 Jan 2012 | 9:01 am
       Web design is a craft that is constantly evolving and yet also sometimes sabotaged. The moment a design is released, a new version is born. In the beginning, like a baby, it seems vulnerable and weak, but in time it grows up and becomes self-sufficient. Redesigning a website for its own sake doesn’t prove anything; quite the contrary, it reveals a lack of effectiveness on the part of the designer. Product design is a craft in which new versions come to life with increasing difficulty. We can learn a thing or two from it when designing for the Web. First, let’s look at some…

  • Introduction To Linux Commands

    Paul Tero
    23 Jan 2012 | 6:02 am
       At the heart of every modern Mac and Linux computer is the “terminal.” The terminal evolved from the text-based computer terminals of the 1960s and ’70s, which themselves replaced punch cards as the main way to interact with a computer. It’s also known as the command shell, or simply “shell.” Windows has one, too, but it’s called the “command prompt” and is descended from the MS-DOS of the 1980s. Mac, Linux and Windows computers today are mainly controlled through user-friendly feature-rich graphical user interfaces (GUIs), with menus, scroll bars and…
 
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    CNN.com

  • Iran hopeful on eve of IAEA visit

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:55 am
    Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday he is hopeful that this weekend's planned visit by representatives of the nuclear watchdog will "resolve any ambiguity and show (our) transparency and cooperation with the agency."

  • Police arrest 4, raid UK paper's offices

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:39 am
    Four arrests have been made in connection with allegations of inappropriate payments to police, London's Metropolitan Police Service said Saturday, with a police officer among those detained.

  • Hope fades in Brazil buildings collapse

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:23 am
    The death toll in the collapse of three buildings in Rio de Janeiro rose to 15 Friday night as rescuers found two more bodies, state media reported.

  • Sandusky asks court for permission to visit grandkids

    28 Jan 2012 | 1:22 am
    Despite being accused of child sex abuse, former Penn State assistant head coach Jerry Sandusky is asking a judge to modify the terms of his bail so he can see his grandchildren.

  • U.S. to send MIA team to North Korea

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:27 pm
    The United States will send a team to North Korea this year to search for the remains of missing U.S. veterans of the Korean War, the Defense Department announced Friday.
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    Scott Kelby's Photoshop Insider

  • Why I Think Lightroom 4 is Going To Sell Like Crazy

    Scott
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:03 pm
    I’ve been working with Lightroom 4 Public Beta quite a bit (OK, a bunch), and I can tell you exactly why I think this there is going to be a tidal wave of people upgrading to Lightroom 4 when it comes out, and it’s the most basic reason of all: Your photos look better processed in Lightroom 4. Period. At the end of the day, that’s what we all want. We just want our photos to look better, and if somebody comes up with something that can make our photos look significantly better, we’re going to be all over it. Lightroom 4 does exactly that. The improvements in…

  • This is a Workshop I Would Love to Attend!

    Scott
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    I just learned about this week long workshop, taught by night photography expert, Gabe Biderman and Rocky Mountain School of Photography instructor and landscape photographer Tim Cooper, and once I read about what they’re doing, I was dying to go!!!! You spend your days in the classroom with Gabe and Tim learning about the camera techniques and post processing for night photography (along with image reviews), and then at night you’re on location in some amazing locales in an intense 6-day total immersion into night photography. What I really loved about this (beside the…

  • Light It Magazine, Issue 5 Now Available

    Brad
    25 Jan 2012 | 11:02 pm
    Issue 5 of Light It Magazine is now available! Brad Moore here to tell you a little about it This issue features tips from Jim Schmelzer on the importance of subtractive lighting: Photo Recipes from Scott Kelby: My personal favorite, the Gear Watch section : Plus Tom Bol on sports portraiture, Erik Valind on high-speed sync with small flash, Kevin Ames on reflectance, Jason Groupp on what to do with stage lighting during wedding receptions, an interview with Frank Doorhof, sixty seconds with stock photographer Nicole S. Young, and work from featured photographers Sean…

  • It’s Free Stuff Thursday!

    Brad
    25 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Hey everyone, Brad Moore here with another edition of Free Stuff Thursday! Light It. Shoot It. Retouch It. Live! Scott Kelby is bringing his Light It. Shoot It. Retouch It. Live Tour to Austin on Monday, January 30, so leave a comment for your chance to win a free ticket! Also, keep an eye out for new dates in Atlanta and Tampa to be added soon! Photo Pro Expo After Austin, Scott is heading to Cincinnati to speak at the Photo Pro Expo on Sunday, February 5. Make sure you come see Scott speak alongside other instructors like Jerry Ghionis, Vincent LaForet, Lindsey Adler, Joel Grimes, Skip…

  • It’s Guest Blog Wednesday with Patrick LaMontagne!

    Brad
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    As much as I appreciate the invite, it likely seems odd that somebody who shoots on automatic with a Nikon D60 would be writing anything on Scott Kelby’s blog.  Despite my own ineptitude behind a lens, many of my close friends are photographers.  Just don’t ask me what an ISO is or how to use a speed light, and don’t expect me to join you on a 3am photo walk in Vegas.  Fool me once. I’m a cartoonist, illustrator, and painter, and in addition to a pencil and sketchbook, my tools of the trade are Photoshop and a Wacom tablet.  What may surprise you is that I had never…
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    Digital Photography School

  • The Rule of Thirds: Weekly Photography Challenge

    Darren Rowse
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:25 pm
    This week your photography challenge is to utilise the most common photographic composition rule – the Rule of Thirds. While I’m not big on ‘rules’ – there’s definitely some good reasons to know this one and to be able to pull it off (and of course there are times to break it too). So lets practice implementing it this week! You can use it in any type of photography you like – portraits, landscapes, sporting, macro, animals, food…. whatever you like. Just make sure you adhere to the principles of the Rule of Thirds when composing your shot. Once…

  • A “Happy Snap” Lightroom Workflow

    Helen Bradley
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:42 am
    At Halloween last year I was asked to photograph some kids I’ve shot from time to time since they were born. Basically their mum likes to have some up to date photos of the kids and Halloween seemed like as good a time as any to get some shots. When I’m shooting like this, my aim is to get some good shots but nothing formal and I prefer not to use a flash because I get a better response from the kids without one. I captured the images in raw and I chewed through three small size camera cards in about an hour and a half. My deal with their mum is that I get to use the photos for my…

  • Does That Little Flip Up Diffuser Actually Help?

    Peter West Carey
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:02 am
    One question I receive in my workshops for beginners is about flashes. Particularly “What the heck is this for?” And, “Does it actually do anything?” Not all flashes have these two items that cover the flash head and pull straight out, but if yours does and you’ve always wondered, here is your answer. Those two items both serve different purposes. The one that flips over the flash itself is a diffuser. Its job is to spread out the light from the flash. You might have seen larger diffusers, such as a softbox over a flash. Those diffuse even more light than this piece of plastic. But…

  • Do you have a Photoblog? [POLL]

    Darren Rowse
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:26 pm
    Time for another poll (on a topic we’ve not run for a few years) – Do you have a photoblog? We’re not talking here about a Flickr account or some other photosharing site – do you have your own blog where you share photos? Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. If you do – we’d love to see a link to it in comments below – feel free to share them and tell us in a few words what type of photography we’ll see there. Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more…

  • Sony NEX-7 Review

    Barrie Smith
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:08 pm
    This is a big gun in a small package. Considering the sensor has been ported from the A65 and A77 you would expect a fairly zinging performance and you’re not wrong! The interchangeable lens, magnesium alloy bodied NEX-7 would also seem to gain from the absence of a partially-silvered mirror in the light path. However, as with all NEX cameras and most lenses, the smallish body is outweighed by the lens, so — with f3.5/18-55mm review lens attached — pocketable it wasn’t! The 24.3 megapixel image capture produces a maximum 6000×4000 pixel image, so big prints? You betcha!
 
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    TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

  • iPad announcement anniversary: January 27, 2010

    Michael Rose
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:15 pm
    Before two years ago, we didn't yet know much about the hypothetical Apple tablet device, prescient leaks and rumors aside. We didn't know for sure which OS it would run (although we were pretty confident it would be iOS and not Mac OS X). We didn't know what it would cost -- the WSJ hinted at pricing near the $1,000 mark -- and we didn't know what it would look like. We certainly didn't know what it would be called, even though there were strong suggestions; apparently the Mad TV writers and some Dubai architects had some good sources. We couldn't have guessed that our most extravagant…

  • Siri probably isn't the bandwidth hog the WaPo warned you about

    Mel Martin
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    "How Siri is ruining your cellphone service." That's the searing headline from the Washington Post in an article by Paul Farhi. Farhi claims that "Siri's dirty little secret is that she's a bandwidth guzzler, the digital equivalent of a 10-miles-per-gallon Hummer H1." Where's he coming up with this? Apparently, the "Siri eats bandwidth" claim is based on a study by Arieso that reports that iPhone 4S owners consume twice as much cellular data as iPhone 4 users and 3 times as much as iPhone 3G users. Recent Android phones are also chewing up twice as much data as the iPhone 3G, while 3G and 4G…

  • Macworld | iWorld Best of Show liveblog

    Victor Agreda, Jr.
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:58 pm
    I'm live at the Best of Show awards, where Macworld has chosen the best products from the show (hence the name). Sorry about the lack of images, you'd basically see washed out photos of a projected image. Be sure to check out the links to each product. 3:07 Just now getting started! Up first, Boinx with iStopMotion. Florian from Boinx is doing a demo of iStopMotion. As we said back in December, it is pretty nice. 3:12 A beautiful little paper cutout animation from a kid who used iStopMotion -- really cool stuff. 3:15 PDFpen for iPad is up next from Smile. Really interesting to see how…

  • Doxie's new DoxieGo + Wi-Fi: Demo video at Macworld iWorld 2012

    Steven Sande
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Yesterday while I was on the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, I came upon a 7-foot-tall scanner walking around. After I figured out that my cold medicine wasn't making me hallucinate, I knew that I was in the right place -- the Doxie booth. There I was able to interview Paul Scandariato of Doxie about their new DoxieGo + Wi-Fi mobile scanner and grab some video. The new scanner communicates with your Mac or iOS device over Wi-Fi, and allowing you to scan straight to the cloud if you wish. Paul noted that many users scan their documents straight to Dropbox, then open them for viewing or…

  • Seen at Macworld | iWorld 2012: $68,000 diamond speakers

    Megan Lavey-Heaton
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:35 pm
    Standing in the middle of the Macworld | iWorld 2012 exhibit floor looking a bit out of place, Alljack's $68,000 diamond-studded speakers -- fresh from CES -- are drawing a bit of attention. Inspired by a wine bottle and a flower, the speakers are crafted with Russian diamonds, gold plating, simulated wood grain and other decorative metal. Alljack works with industrial designers and engineers to create their products, and these speakers are crafted from precision-controlled machinery. Alljack is a prototype center from Taiwan, so these are most likely the only set of these speakers that'll be…
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    Strobist

  • 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 »

  • Kodak Files for Bankruptcy

    19 Jan 2012 | 9:27 am
    On the day when just about every photographer over 30 pauses to consider Kodak's filing for bankruptcy, a poignant video. The once-dominant company obviously knew it was already in trouble at this point, but still came out swinging in a refreshing appeal to the future.Considering this was made in 2006 (and how quickly things have happened since) the video was pretty darn prescient. In the end, all of these things did happen. Just without the need for Kodak.-30-

  • On Assignment: Dude for LumiQuest

    16 Jan 2012 | 11:31 am
    I shot the original ad for the LumiQuest Soft Box III back in 2008, using a pre-production sample. I love that light mod, and use it all of the time. So when Quest Couch asked me to shoot a second version for the bigger LTp and left the subject matter up to me, I eagerly started looking for a subject. Read more »
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    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • MicroOLED promises even greater electronic viewfinder resolution

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:24 pm
    French manufacturer MicroOLED has announced a 5 million dot OLED suitable for use as an electronic viewfinder - far beyond the resolution of the current best units used in recent Sony cameras. The 5.2M effective dots mean it can display 1280x1024 pixel resolution in color, assuming a four-dots-per-pixel layout. Imaging Resource has written an  article in which they suggest it could spell the end of the optical viewfinder. (From Imaging Resource)

  • Daminion launches Daminion Server network-based digital asset manager

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:11 pm
    Software maker Daminion has announced Daminion Server, a network-friendly digital asset management program. The software allows multiple users to access a centrally-held archive of images, with version control and user access controls to ensure images are kept safe and only edited or accessed by authorized people. It also ensures multiple people don't work on the same file simultaneously, avoiding data loss. It includes extensive control of metadata in a wide range of file types to help manage files within the archive. It is designed to integrate with standalone image and document editors…

  • Tokina adds focus motor to create AT-X 116 Pro DX II wide-angle for APS-C DSLRs

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:08 pm
    Tokina has announced an updated version of its highly-regarded 11-16mm F2.8 wideangle zoom for APS-C SLRs. The AT-X 116 PRO DX II adds a 'Silent Drive-Module' (SD-M) focus motor that enables it to autofocus on all Nikon SLRs. The latest version also includes improved surface coatings (which are particularly important for wide-angle lenses) and adds a 'GMR' sensor to locate the focus element's current position, to speed up autofocus - a technology first introduced on the AT-X 16-28 F2.8 PRO FX full-frame wide-angle. US distributor THK Photo tells us the Nikon version should be available…

  • Michihiro Yamaki, Sigma founder and CEO dies

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:27 am

  • Wedding photographer explains the reasons behind 'unrealistic' prices

    26 Jan 2012 | 8:31 pm
    PetaPixel has published an excellent response from a photographer to a Seattle-area bride criticizing the pricing of wedding photographers. In a remarkably calm response, Nikki Wagner details the expenses connected to her wedding photography business, dismissing the idea that wedding photographers set their prices high simply because they can. After reading Wagner's response it's understandable why the bride is having so much trouble finding an 'exceptional, amazingly talented, fun photographer' that she also deems 'decently priced.' (From PetaPixel)
 
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    Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips

  • 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.

  • Lightroom 4 Beta and Photoshop-like Cloning and Healing?

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    17 Jan 2012 | 1:38 pm
    Last week, Tom Hogarty (Adobe’s Lightroom product manager) was in town for the Lightroom 4 Beta launch. He co-hosted 4 live webcasts with me throughout the day. As we looked through the list of questions on a break, I saw one that read “Why didn’t you include real cloning and healing tools in LR4 like Photoshop? Aren’t you just trying to keep it so we have to buy both?”. Tom saw the question and immediately said “Let’s take that one”. So we did and he had a great response to it. One I thought was worth a quick post because I think plenty of…

  • New Lightroom 4 Presets – The HDR “Look”

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    16 Jan 2012 | 9:19 am
    I’ve mentioned before that coming up with new preset ideas has been pretty difficult these days. I feel like I’ve run through just about every preset combination possible in Lightroom. I mean, there’s only so many ways you can move a few sliders right It doesn’t take long before they all start looking the same (maybe with just a different name). That’s why I was really psyched when I saw the Lightroom 4 changed some of the Develop module settings. Mainly because the changes are fantastic and help me edit my photos better. But, if I’m really being honest…

  • My Lightroom 4 Doesn’t Look Like Your Lightroom 4

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    13 Jan 2012 | 9:18 am
    In poking around forums, etc… I’ve seen a bunch of questions over the last few days about people not seeing the new Develop Module sliders in Lightroom 4 Beta (specifically the ones in the Basic Panel). In LR4, Adobe changed the Basic panel to include sliders that 1) Make more sense and, 2) Are way more powerful. However, because they’ve changed them so much you can indeed have two versions of the Basic panel because they couldn’t automatically switch older photos for you. So here’s the deal: Your Basic panel should like like the image below: (click for larger…
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  • T-Mobile to Offer Additional Support for iPhone Users on Its Network

    Jordan Golson
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:39 pm
    U.S. carrier T-Mobile has decided to offer "additional support" to customers using the iPhone on its network, reports TmoNews. While T-Mobile doesn't sell the iPhone, it reports that more than 1 million unlocked iPhones are used on its network and the additional support will be useful to T-Mobile's less tech-savvy iPhone users. T-Mobile will support users who have questions about "common procedures, information about feature and specifications and other basic device questions." Most T-Mobile iPhone users are limited to T-Mobile's slower EDGE network due to the iPhone's incompatibility with…

  • Valve Releases Steam Companion App for iPhone

    Jordan Golson
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:41 pm
    Valve, the company behind the popular gaming platform Steam, has released a new companion app for iPhone called Steam Mobile as a closed beta. 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 apparently purchase, though the app descriptions are a little fuzzy on that point -- the Steam library of titles from the iPhone. 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…

  • When iPhone Apps Are Reduced In Price, Sales Go Up 22%

    Jordan Golson
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:36 am
    In what seems like a logical result of economic pricing strategies, iPhone app developers who put their apps on sale see an average increase in revenue of 41% on the first day, and total increases of 22% after 15 days. App store analytics provider Distimo shared the findings in a new research report. TechCrunch writes: When a developer decides to put an application on sale, there’s a delicate balance that has to be achieved. The sale price has to be low enough to encourage more downloads, obviously, but it also needs to be low enough that it encourages enough download volume to make up for…

  • Google Signs Off on Motorola Lawsuit Seeking Injunction Against iPhone 4S and iCloud

    Jordan Golson
    25 Jan 2012 | 2:47 pm
    Motorola Mobility has filed a new lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida against Apple, asserting six patents against the iPhone 4S and iCloud. As noted by FOSS Patents, the merger agreement between Google and Motorola Mobility requires the company to get Google's permission before asserting "any Intellectual Property Right in any new Action". As a result, this lawsuit is the closest Apple and Google have come to direct litigation. All six patents are asserted against the iPhone 4S, with four ('119, '006, '531, and '161) asserted against iCloud. The patents Apple is charged with…

  • Stephen Fry Narrates The World of Dinosaurs

    Jordan Golson
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:43 pm
    British actor and Apple enthusiast Stephen Fry has narrated this in-depth and iPad-only virtual encyclopedia called Inside the World of Dinosaurs. In the works for more than a year, 30 dinosaur specialists collaborated on the $13.99 app, with 60 dinosaurs detailed, 200 pages of original text, 84 videos, and, perhaps most enjoyably for many, 5 hours of narration by Stephen Fry. The art team painstakingly recreated everything in all 360 degrees. With a simple flick or drag of the finger, every dinosaur and object can be freely examined from any angle. With a simple double-tap or pinch, each…
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  • Johan Svanstrom: 'Ultra-aware' customers are the future of travel

    Jane Leung
    9 Jan 2012 | 11:33 pm
    by Jane Leung"Consumers are putting on the travel agent uniform themselves." That's one of Johan Svanstrom's key observations after almost seven years as the vice president and managing director for Asia of hotel booking site Hotels.com.  From a small telephone service in the United States 20 years ago, the company has grown into a worldwide online booking site with around 140,000 properties in its books. Currently operating 85 country sites worldwide, Svanstrom started 2012 with a bang -- by announcing a new loyalty program that gives customers one free hotel night for every 10…

  • Japanese stores offering foreigner-only discounts

    9 Jan 2012 | 11:28 pm
    In the latest in a very long line of moves designed to encourage overseas tourists to return to Japan post-March 11, several major retailers have decided to offer discounts to shoppers based on the color of their passports. According to today’s Nikkei newspaper, department-store giant Isetan Mitsukoshi is knocking off 5 percent at the register for shoppers from “China, Taiwan and other foreign markets.” Oddly, said folk have to hold one of a selection of credit cards from their home countries, but must pay cash in Japan, as their cards won’t work when they’re overseas anyway.

  • Lucky New Year: 4 near misses for Aussie travelers

    9 Jan 2012 | 8:43 pm
    2012 may well be a lucky year indeed. Airplane dramas, unplanned free falls, crocs and sharks -- no worries. That's all just a lot of fun, as long as you live to tell the story. Qantas passengers hit the roof All travelers enjoy a free flight, but Qantas' offering was a little over the top. For half a minute onboard the A380 from London to Singapore, travelers were probably wishing the airline was still grounded.read more

  • Best Bangkok VIP movie theaters

    Maher Sattar
    9 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    by Maher SattarCatching a film in a Bangkok movie theater doesn't usually feature high on many tourists' "to-do" lists.  But it should. Bangkok’s VIP cinemas, which show the latest Hollywood blockbusters in English, take moviegoing to an entirely new level.   The biggest draw is the seating. Many theaters have a VIP section in the back of a larger, normal theater, where there is more legroom and the chairs are bigger and comfier.  Others go all-out with special screening rooms, in some cases with only 30 seats, where the options range from aircraft-style first…

  • Bali’s best 5 hidden beaches

    Charlene Fang
    8 Jan 2012 | 7:23 pm
    by Charlene FangBali is not short of beaches. But with over 2.5 million tourists descending on the Island of the Gods in 2010 alone, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find a quiet spot. Here are five Bali beaches that aren't overrun with other people. 1. Balangan Beach Hang loose with Bali's surf community at Balangan Beach. When the neighboring Dreamland beach got taken over by bulldozers and chain resorts, the surfers drifted over to Balangan. The long stretch of white sand is flanked by rocky cliffs while the shore is lined by an assortment of warungs (local cafes) serving plates…
 
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