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  • How to succeed as a consultant

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:43 am
    Thinking of going solo as a consultant? Richard Greenwald, Caspersen School of Graduate Studies at Drew University in Madison, provides a list of ingredients for you to succeed in this endeavor: Think Long Term Join a Network Have Your Own Space Think Like an Entrepreneur Full story at Wall Street Journal. More small business tips and tricks. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Big trouble in McItaly

    9 Feb 2010 | 1:06 am
    McDonald’s new sandwich, endorsed by the Italian government, is leaving a bad taste in food critics’ mouths. Proud Italians rejected the McItaly as being unrepresentative of Italian culture. The government responded by calling the critics “ignorant Stalinists” and claimed that these same critics rejected the Italian-ness of pizza. Do you think the McItaly will take root? Read the full article at the BBC. More on Italy. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Man sets sword swallowing record

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:54 am
    An Australian man broke his own record for sword swallowing today, cramming 18 of the things down his throat. How did he do it? “I stretch my throat with hoses and use a few different techniques to basically enable me to do what, until now, has been impossible.” Read the full article at the BBC. Keep up with more of the headlines from the BBC. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Fantastic photos of extraordinary creatures

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:52 am
    Don’t ask me to translate this LiveJournal into English, but some of the most vivid images (beyond your imagination) of exotic creatures ever captured by camera are just a click away through the read link. I’ll let the images speak for themselves. There’s more where these came from at Imposters’ LiveJournal. More images and stories of our fascinating world. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Flirting school for women

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:47 am
    Amidst a surge in popularity for male “pick-up schools” rises a female flirt school. Led by Sue Ostler, a flirt coach and relationship manual author in London's West End, the school is an on-the-job training program where women are taught the basics to exuding approachability and liveliness, in a real bar with real people. Although compared to “pick-up schools” based on the recent fad of Neil Strauss's memoir, The Game, Ostler's school has a much different focus. While the male versions aim to get a phone number or get a girl into bed, the female version is learning to…
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  • World’s Longest-Married Couple to Answer Your Romantic Queries Via Twitter

    Brenna Ehrlich
    9 Feb 2010 | 8:39 am
    If Dear Abby and your therapist just aren’t cutting it this Valentine’s Day, you can tweet at the world’s longest-married (living) couple, Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher, for the scoop on how to score and sustain love. That’s right, while some of the older set just can’t wrap their heads around Twitter (unless it’s connected to a fax machine), the Fishers will be all up on the microblogging site this V-Day, dispensing pearls of wisdom to the younger set (for whom the sanctity of marriage has already been destroyed by Facebook). The whole project was dreamed up…

  • Aperture 3 Hits the Apple Store

    Christina Warren
    9 Feb 2010 | 8:27 am
    Earlier this morning, the Apple Store was down for a protracted amount of time. That almost always means one thing: Something new was added to the store. This time, it was Aperture 3. Aperture is Apple’s photo management and editing software for professionals or users who just want more power than Apple’s iPhoto can offer. In many ways, you could call Aperture iPhoto Pro — and that looks like it’s an even more apt description in the latest version.The software — which is $199 for new users and $99 to upgrade from a previous version of Aperture — lets you…

  • Mashable Launches TED Channel

    Pete Cashmore
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:59 am
    TED, the Technology Entertainment Design conference, is renowned for bringing together the world’s smartest and most creative people. TED 2010 starts today in Long Beach, California, and we’ll be bringing you coverage of the event all week.To help you track the most insightful presentations and news at TED, we’re launching a dedicated TED channel today at mashable.com/ted. Don’t forget to check out the TED channel – or bookmark it – to see what the world’s most influential people are saying about technology and social media innovation.If you’re…

  • 9 Odd But Awesome Tumblr Blogs

    Brenna Ehrlich
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:21 am
    In honor of the grueling work days in the immediate future and Tom Selleck’s glorious ’stache, we thought it prudent to offer up a list of single-serving Tumblr blogs that are sure to provide you with a much-needed helping of entertainment. This list is far from comprehensive, seeing as how there’s scores of Tumblrs on the web — with more popping up every day — but it does contain both staff and popular favorites. We know we’ll probably miss a few that you have bookmarked, so please feel free to post them in the comments.Selleck Waterfall SandwichThis blog…

  • Navigon GPS iPhone App Gets Twitter and Facebook Support

    Stan Schroeder
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:11 am
    Navigon’s MobileNavigator, one of the first iPhone apps to offer real turn-by-turn GPS navigation, has established itself as one of the best such applications available for Apple’s smartphone.The latest version of the app (available here) has an option to alert your buddies to your current location via Facebook or Twitter. It also adds an option called MyRoutes, which enables you to create custom routes according to your needs and habits. Finally, Panorama View 3D gives you a 3D terrain view, based on NASA’s data.The price of the app itself is currently $20 cheaper than…
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    Fast Company

  • What Apple and Amazon Job Ads Reveal About the iPad-Kindle Battle Ahead

    Kit Eaton
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:52 am
    Both Amazon and Apple have new advertisements for job openings at their companies that, if you read into the details just a little, give away many a detail on the upcoming Kindle versus iPad conflict. It's going to be very interesting. First up, and most surprising if you're an e-ink fanatic, is that one of Amazon's new jobs is for a "hardware display manager." That title isn't particularly revealing, but get this: The specific expertise Amazon's looking for--at a senior level--is in "the LCD business" where you must know the "key players in the market." There are also two different…

  • Foursquare Steps Up its Location-Based Content With Zagat, HBO Deals

    Kit Eaton
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:19 am
    Conscious of the advancing, diversifying competition to its location-based gaming/info services, Foursquare is not sitting on it's laurels: It's announcing new partnerships with some big-name media companies to add content to its system.First up is a deal with Zagat, which'll add some named-quality reviews to Foursquare and act as a promotional vehicle: Foursquare players will be able to earn a special "Foodie" badge if they check into the right eateries--a lot like the special reward badges that the deal with Bravo kicked off in January. Zagat itself will get a boost, as its traditional…

  • At Last, a Flight Check-In System That Doesn't Suck

    Dan Morrell
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:21 am
    Ho-Yeol RyuA revolutionary software system could take some of the tech turbulence out of air travel.The groans that follow a canceled flight announcement aren't just recognition of instant inconvenience but also anticipation of frustrations to come: waiting in line, watching ticket agents hammer keyboards, wondering why getting on the next flight has to be so difficult. Don't aim your ire at the poor ticket agent. The problem, says ITA Software CEO Jeremy Wertheimer, is the system. If you were able to see things from the other side of the desk without causing a security incident, you'd…

  • Infographic of the Day: Your Computer Use, Visualized Like a Jackson Pollock

    Cliff Kuang
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:40 am
    You spend all day clicking a mouse. What's that look like? There are lots of heat maps of websites, showing where people's clicks and eyeballs go when they arrive at a page. But this is the first app we've seen that lets you build one for yourself. Designed by Anatoly Zenkov and available on a Mac or PC, it's dead simple: You just run the app, minimize the window, and go about your business. The tracks show your mouse path, and the circles show where your pointer lingered--stopping points where you were working on the keyboard, away from the computer, or immersed in content. You could almost…

  • Poster-Size Heroin Stamps Bring Awareness to Public Health Issues

    Ariel Schwartz
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:30 pm
    Heroin, like any product, relies on branding to tell its story. GOOD Magazine alum Liza Vadnai has teamed with the Stamp Collective to gather photos of heroin stamps (branded stamp-sized bags of heroin), blow them up to poster size, and eventually show them in an exhibit entitled "Edge Markets: Heroin Use, Stamp Aesthetics, and HIV." According to the Collective:Blown up larger than life, these beautiful, fascinating and unsettling images of the stamps hint at a complex chain from supplier to dealer, the dynamics of drug markets and the story of the marketing of addiction on the streets of…
 
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    Guy Kawasaki

  • How to Avoid Gullibility

    GuyKawasaki
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:45 pm
    We’ve all been sucked into doing something stupid, right? Fortunately, Steven Greenspan has written a book called Annals of Gullibility. In its conclusion he explains how to avoid gullibility, and I’ve provided a synopsis for you. Read the full story at the American Express Open Forum. More on psychology if you need the advice.

  • How to Be Empathetic

    GuyKawasaki
    4 Feb 2010 | 10:24 pm
    By definition, good marketers are empathetic. That is, they have a capacity to understand and care for the needs of others. Bruna Martinuzzi explains how to be empathetic over at the American Express Open Forum.

  • How to Not Be Annoying on Twitter

    GuyKawasaki
    4 Feb 2010 | 10:19 pm
    Amber MacArthur explains how to not be annoying on Twitter over at the American Express Open Forum. Sage advice for you to develop a great reputation and following on Twitter. More Twitter tips.

  • The Elements of Guyle: British Blogging

    GuyKawasaki
    27 Jan 2010 | 10:06 pm
    Want to make your blog classier? You should blog like a Brit. I explain how to do this in ten easy steps.

  • How to follow the Apple announcement

    GuyKawasaki
    27 Jan 2010 | 7:56 am
    Follow the Apple announcement at Apple.alltop. We aggregate over 200 sources there.
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    TechCrunch

  • No Sense Of Humor, TechCrunch Is Blocked In China

    Erick Schonfeld
    9 Feb 2010 | 8:44 am
    Over the past 48 hours, and perhaps longer, it appears that TechCrunch is being blocked inside China. We’ve confirmed this with contacts and tipsters inside China who can no longer access our site, as well as through Web tools such as WeSsitePulse and Just Ping which pings sites from inside China’s Great Firewall. Both of those services indicate that, at least in Shanghai, readers cannot connect to TechCrunch. Chinese readers have reported problems accessing the site in the past as well. If you are located in China and you can read this, please let us know in comments. We are not…

  • Fotomoto Upgrades Service; Attracts New Users, Investors And Board Members

    Robin Wauters
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:43 am
    In May 2009, we covered the launch of Fotomoto, a Web-based photo monetization service built by the eponymous startup based out of San Francisco. The product has grown a lot since then, and founder & CEO Ahmad Kiarostami informs us that they have signed up 2800 website publishers since launching publicly, which translates to some 610,000 photos to date. Some of these publishers are big names – Mirror.co.uk for instance uses Fotomoto to monetize its photographs on-site. Fotomoto’s website has recently received a make-over, and now doubles as a browser-based marketplace where…

  • CrunchGear Reviews the Withings Tweeting WiFi Scale

    John Biggs
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:38 am
    So the Internet made me fat. That and all the beer. Anyway, now I'm going to depend on the Internet to make me skinny again and I think the Withings WiFi scale is just the thing to get me back in Abraham Lincoln mode. This glass scale features a body mass sensor complete with invisible electrodes as well as a backlit OLED readout. To start, you connect the scale to your computer via USB and assign your wireless hotspot. Then each time you hop on the scale you wait for the electrodes to sense your body fat (or if they can't it just transmits your weight) and then you check your progress…

  • Pursway Scores $6 Million To Help Companies Leverage The Power Of Social Influencers

    Leena Rao
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:30 am
    We wrote about the power of brand buzz on social media sites yesterday, and one contributing aspect to buzz are individuals who are “influencers,” similar in some ways to the trend that Malcolm Gladwell highlighted in The Tipping Point. But how do companies find and then leverage the power of these influencers on the web? Israeli startup Pursway (formerly known as Datanetis), aims to help companies identify the influencers and followers for each product or offer within their customer database. The startup has just raised $6 million in Series A funding from Battery Ventures.

  • IVT Raises $5.5 Million For Webcasting Software

    Leena Rao
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:28 am
    IVT, a company that produces enterprise-friendly webcasting software, has raised $5.5 million in Series B funding from Syncom Venture Partners with Barshop Ventures, Monitor Ventures and Tudor Ventures participating in the investment round. IVT raised $3 million in Series A funding in 2006. IVT’s SaaS offering not only helps power webcasts, but also converts multimedia files, such as slideshows, into viewable videos for the web. IVT also offers a YouTube-like hosting and social media site for companies to disseminate videos and webcasts. And the startup has a number of prominent…
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  • TEDthink

    Seth Godin
    9 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am
    Can you factor this? If you're like most people, you get a little queasy at the thought. And when you were in tenth grade, you surely wondered why they were bothering you.(the answer is (x-2) times (x-2), in case you were curious.)It turns out that the real reason you needed to do this work was to be able to play with numbers in your head. Abstract numerical thought is an important skill among educated people.Which brings us to TED, a conference held every year in Long Beach. It's going on right now. Watch a few TED videos and try to get ahead of the speaker. They have an idea...it's probably…

  • Frightened, clueless or uninformed?

    Seth Godin
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:57 am
    In the face of significant change and opportunity, people are often one of the three. If you're going to be of assistance, it helps to know which one.Uninformed people need information and insight in order to figure out what to do next. They are approaching the problem with optimism and calm, but they need to be taught. Uninformed is not a pejorative term, it's a temporary state.Clueless people don't know what to do and they don't know that they don't know what to do. They don't know the right questions to ask. Giving them instructions is insufficient. First, they need to be sold on what the…

  • The least I could do

    Seth Godin
    7 Feb 2010 | 3:35 am
    One way to think about running a successful business is to figure out what the least you can do is, and do that. That's actually what they spent most of my time at business school teaching me.No sense putting more on that pizza, sending more staff to that event, answering the phone in fewer rings... what's the point? No sense being kind, looking people in the eye, being open or welcoming or grateful. Doing the least acceptable amount is the way to maximize short term profit.Of course, there's a different strategy, a crazy alternative that seems to work: do the most you can do instead of the…

  • iPad app of my dreams: the digital talking pad

    Seth Godin
    6 Feb 2010 | 8:10 am
    Here's the spec. If you build it and it's great, I'll use it and I'll blog it.A while ago, I posted about the talking pad and a modern version of it.I think there's a killer app version of this for the iPad, and I hope someone will build it. The talking pad is an interactive presentation tool for smart people.OverviewIt's a very simple concept: a collection of pages (slides, images, type, let's call them pages) that are easy to navigate in a non-linear way. Along with the standard zoom features, I'd like to be able to write on any of them in real time using my finger. I can also call up, on…

  • The relentless search for "tell me what to do"

    Seth Godin
    6 Feb 2010 | 2:26 am
    If you've ever hired or managed or taught, you know the feeling.People are just begging to be told what to do. There are a lot of reasons for this, but I think the biggest one is: "If you tell me what to do, the responsibility for the outcome is yours, not mine. I'm safe."When asked, resist.
 
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    Wired Top Stories

  • Why the Army Doesn't Train on XBoxes

    Michael Peck
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:32 am
    Right now, every military command post and every training center is packed with PCs. In the future, many of those machines might be replaced with game consoles - if the armed forces can ever work out their disagreements with the console-makers.

  • Austrian iPad Will Be Subsidized With Contract

    Charlie Sorrel
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:19 am
    According to iPhone blog TamsIJungle, Hutchison Telecom in Austria will be selling the iPad at a steep discount if you sign up for a two year contract.

  • Stunningly Preserved 165-Million-Year Old Spider Fossil Found

    Tia Ghose
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:50 am
    Paleontologists have uncovered fossils in China from a family of spiders that has never been found there before. And the amazingly detailed specimens are 120 million years older than any others from the family.

  • Apple Store Is Back Online. Little To See Here.

    John C Abell
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:33 am
    The Apple Store was down this morning. And since this is Apple, one of the high-tech universe's favorite parlor games began: What's really going on?! As it turns out, not much, unless you're in the market for some new photo editing and organization software.

  • Feb. 9, 1870: Feds Get on Top of the Weather

    Randy Alfred
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    President Grant signs the law creating what will become the Weather Bureau and eventually the National Weather Service.
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  • Have a 37 Minute Coffee Break with Me [Audio Interview]

    Darren Rowse
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:43 am
    If you have a spare 37 minutes today to grab a coffee with me (or at least are doing something that will allow you to listen to something for 37 minutes in the background) check out this interview I did with Robb Sutton late last week. Robb’s also transcribed it for those who prefer to read. In the interview Rob asks me about a whole range of stuff including: my background in blogging my philosophy on lots of sites vs focusing upon a single (or just a few) sites the process of going full time (and my wife’s six month ultimatum) my shift in focus to e-books and membership sites a…

  • What Is Your Blogging Goal for February?

    Darren Rowse
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:22 am
    A few days back I asked readers a question: What Have You Been Putting Off and What’s Holding You Back? Some of the responses to the question in comments (and via email and Twitter) revealed a lot of bloggers really wanting to step things up and get what they’ve been putting off done. So – lets set some goals – what do you want to achieve by the end of February? I’m not going to be calling you up to check up to see if you’re meeting your goals – but hopefully in putting them down publicly you’ll find yourself a little more spurred on to reach…

  • 9 Tricks I Used To Triple My AdSense Earnings In 30 Days

    Daniel Scocco
    7 Feb 2010 | 6:34 am
    Guest post by Daniel Scocco from Daily Blog Tips. I have been using Google AdSense to monetize my blogs and websites for as long as I remember. In fact it was the first method I ever tried (I made a whooping $15 on my first month… back in 2005). Over the years I migrated to other methods (e.g., direct sponsors and affiliate marketing), which made AdSense become merely an inventory filler. I was still making around $1,000 monthly from it, but whenever I could I would use other methods over it. Then some months ago I started noticing an upward trend on the CPC of my sites, and I figured that…

  • How I Got Some Paying Sponsors Without Really Meaning To

    Darren Rowse
    6 Feb 2010 | 6:21 am
    A guest post by Josh Hanagarne. World’s Strongest Librarian was about four months old when I got interested in sponsors. I’d read the articles about how to do it, and none of them sounded that plausible for me and my situation. For one, my traffic wasn’t impressive, certainly not to the point where sponsors were approaching me. And, while my blog has become slightly more focused in its first ten months, it wasn’t targeted at any group of readers in particular, so I wasn’t sure how confident niche advertisers would be. It’s a little more focused now, but I can’t really think of a…

  • 29 Debates Bloggers Have about Blogging

    Darren Rowse
    5 Feb 2010 | 6:13 am
    Do you want a formula to guarantee the success of your blog? Yesterday I was interviewed by a journalist about blogging and half way though the interview he asked me what the formula for successful blogging was. His question was innocent enough and asked without agenda but as I pondered it and pondered the many successful blogs that we see in our medium it became very clear to me that while it might be simpler to have a formula to follow to make our blogs succeed that there are many many different approaches to success in this field. One of the things that I love about blogging is that there…
 
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    Chris Brogan

  • Earn Your GED- Find Success Tomorrow

    chrisbrogan
    9 Feb 2010 | 1:30 am
    No, not your General Equivalent Degree. The GED to which I refer is “guest experience design.” What the heck am I talking about? I’ll tell you. Old words: customer service. New words: guest experience. Disney, where I am this week, has a concept called a Moment of Truth. A moment of truth is “any time a guest comes into contact with any aspect of a business, however remote, is an opportunity to form an impression.” Note that it’s “an impression.” It can be good; it can be bad. Why “guest?” Because guest is much more hospitable than…

  • Pursue the Goal Not the Method

    chrisbrogan
    8 Feb 2010 | 1:30 am
    In the back of a town car hired to take me to the Kansas City International airport, talking to Jeff, a driver with two kids, self-proclaimed ADD, and a history of quitting rote sales jobs every few months, I realized something of importance to the story of what’s brought me to this place: I am a seeker of the goal, not the method. Now, to unpack. The Method Is What We’re Taught to Pursue We learn our times tables. We learn the 50 states (in the US, at least). We are taught all these rules, these patterns, these systems, these methods. Musicians learn their scales. Painters copy…

  • Your Blog From the Prospect’s Point of View

    chrisbrogan
    7 Feb 2010 | 7:34 am
    When you use your blog to complain or report sideways about the industry at large, what message is that sending to your potential new clients? If you’re spending your time analyzing what other people in your space are doing, citing why they’re wrong, and providing your commentary about all the things they’re doing, what does your next potential customer come away thinking? Is your negative commentary helping them make a buying decision? I’ve rarely seen the tactic work in traditional advertising. You can graze them a little bit. For instance, I’m a bit fond of…

  • Just Lucky I Guess – Kitchen Table Talks

    chrisbrogan
    6 Feb 2010 | 1:46 pm
    In this Kitchen Table Talks video, I just want to address all the nice folks who call me lucky, or who think I’m just sitting around being handed my lot in life. Can’t see the video? Click here. Direct link to the video “Lucky” is absolutely what I am. Here’s what I do to earn my luck: Write a blog post or two a day. Write a newsletter every week. Comment and connect with others daily. Answer and send hundreds of emails daily. Read voraciously. Work with the best clients I can find. Reach into new markets weekly. Travel extensively. Seems lucky to me. People…

  • Some Of The Third Tribe Conversations

    chrisbrogan
    6 Feb 2010 | 1:02 pm
    I’m really enjoying participating in the forums at the Third Tribe site. I was just adding my two cents to a handful of forum postings, and thought that I’d show you what some of the topics we’re talking about are, so you’d have a sense of what’s going on. We don’t really share the contents, because the people participating there like having the chance to speak openly/candidly about their marketing challenges, but I don’t see the harm in sharing a few of the topic titles. Here they are: Favorite copywriting and marketing books? Third Tribe Blogroll? 2…
 
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    Lifehacker

  • 1DayLater Tracks and Graphs Your Time, Money, and Mileage [Time Tracker]

    Kevin Purdy
    9 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am
    If it's time for a self-assessment of where your workday time or cash go, 1DayLater can help. If you're a freelancer looking for lightweight client tracking, 1DayLater's also got game. It's a really lightweight, web-based tool for watching where everything goes.After signing up and signing in, you'll see 1DayLater's basic interface: Value, Project, Date, and the optional "Note." If you drove 18 miles earlier to pick up poster something for a project, simply enter "18m" in Value, "Smith Account" in Project, and "Today" in date, and type in "Poster supplies" in note if you need to. That's…

  • Learn Basic Color Theory for Better Designs [Design]

    Kevin Purdy
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:00 am
    Whether you're putting together a portfolio web site or just slapping together some slides, knowing how colors affect the minds of your audience makes your message more appealing. Smashing magazine offers a post that serves as Color Psychology 101 for would-be designers.Beyond explaining which colors work as "warm" and "cool," how primaries play off secondary colors, and offering lots of keen examples of every kind of color design, Smashing's post offers some clues on how colors are perceived when images are translated to mental impressions. Here's a little primer on orange that caught me…

  • Dropbox Extension Puts One-Click Access to Your Dropbox Files in Chrome [Downloads]

    Jason Fitzpatrick
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:30 am
    Google Chrome: If you're a frequent Chrome and Dropbox user, this unofficial Dropbox extension puts one-click access to your Dropbox files right on the Google Chrome toolbar.Once installed, the Dropbox extension places a small Dropbox icon in your Google Chrome toolbar. After your initial sign-in, clicking on the icon presents the menu seen here. You can select between your recently updated files and your folder structure to quickly navigate to the file you're looking for. Clicking on any given file will either display or play the file in your browser or download it to your computer for local…

  • Sketchpad Is a No-Flash-Required HTML5 Painting App [Webapps]

    Kevin Purdy
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am
    Chrome/Firefox/Safari: Want proof that HTML5 is the way of the future? Try Sketchpad, a surprisingly robust online painting app that doesn't require Flash, Shockwave, or any other plug-in—just a modern browser and a mouse.Run by a team that dubs themselves Colorjack, this "Sketchpad" demo shows off the capabilities of modern JavaScript and HTML5 support. You can paint any color in any shade or opacity, take on patterns and "Spirographs," and use all the tools you're likely familiar with from Microsoft's older versions of that old Paint standby. Sketchpad also offers a handful of control…

  • What to Do If Your Toyota's Been Recalled [Cars]

    Kevin Purdy
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Got one of those Toyotas with the "sticky" gas pedal? Maybe a just-recalled Prius? Don't trade in your car or panic if your dealer's booked through next week. Here's a few tips from the experts on saving money and driving safely.First off, if you're not sure whether your Toyota might be part of the recall or not, here's the read-out. 2010-model Prius hybrids are soon to be called in for a fix to the anti-lock brake software. Toyota's own recall page has the lengthy details and model list. Otherwise, here's CNNMoney's thumbnail of the list: Which cars are involved? The stuck-pedal recall of…
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    Copyblogger

  • Does Writing for People Work for SEO?

    Brian Clark
    9 Feb 2010 | 8:16 am
    Hang around web writing circles for any length of time, and the inevitable “write for search engines or write for people” debate comes up. It’s a bit strange, really. Last time I checked, it’s people who use search engines, not some other life form. So you’re always writing for people. Obviously, the debate stems from the fact that search engines are powered by computer algorithms. But as search engines have gotten smarter, writing that pleases people and satisfies spiders is not that far apart, if at all. Let’s look at four factors that work well for SEO and see how well they…

  • The Art of Shameless Self-Promotion

    Nathan Hangen
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:49 am
    I’ve found it just doesn’t pay to crow too much about what I’ve accomplished. Sure, I celebrate when things go well. But I’ve found that talking too much about my achievements leads not only to criticism, but to disappointment. There’s always going to be someone who’s done more or worked harder. And until they carve my name into the side of the moon, I see no reason in puffing myself up. The minute you get a big head is the same minute that reality smacks you and you realize that you aren’t as cool as you think you are. So self-adulation is something I try to stay…

  • Five Areas to Focus On for Effective SEO Copywriting

    Brian Clark
    5 Feb 2010 | 8:51 am
    When I first started Copyblogger in 2006, I was almost militantly against on-page search optimization. Seems strange, since I’d been a successful student of SEO since 2000. It was because I saw all these people fretting over keywords like it’s 1999, and yet they had no links. Their content was weak. Their sites weren’t trusted. You can’t optimize something that’s dead in the water. So my initial goal was to get people to focus on content that attracted attention and links first. Only then do you have something you can make better (that’s what optimize means, naturally). Fours…

  • Landing Page Makeovers 2007-2009: Where Are They Now?

    Roberta Rosenberg
    4 Feb 2010 | 6:46 am
    This is another addition to our ongoing series of tutorials and case studies on landing pages that work. It occurred to me late last year, as I was readying yet another Landing Page Makeover, that the end of one year and the beginning of the next was a good time to do a “Where are they now?” post. So first things first, I went back and contacted all makeover participants from the very beginning of the series. Of the more than 20 contacted, I learned that one is no longer in business, MagicPumpkinArt.com (Makeover #14) and two are in the midst of developing new products or revising…

  • Does SEO Copywriting Still Matter?

    Brian Clark
    3 Feb 2010 | 8:28 am
    If there’s any one thing that can be said about SEO with certainty, it’s that it manages to cause a lot of confusion. For example, it seems like many people’s idea of SEO was formed 10 years ago, and hasn’t bothered to change with the times. Even an online veteran like Robert Scoble is completely clueless about modern best practices for search engine optimization. So, before we go any further, let me answer the question posed by the headline . . . Yes, SEO copywriting still matters. Here’s why. Search is still the biggest game in town “Pick your survey, search remains one of the…
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    Macworld

  • Neo Nectaris strategy game arrives on the iPhone

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:51 pm
    Hudson's nifty turn-based strategy game, Military Madness, enjoyed a revival on Xbox Live last year with Nectaris. Now it's spreading the love to iPhones with Military Madness: Neo Nectaris.

  • iHound aims to help you find your missing iPhone

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:31 pm
    At this week's Macworld Expo, iHound Software will hand out stickers aimed at aiding people who find lost iPhones to reunite them with their owners. And for the month of February, iHound has dropped the price on its iPhone app.

  • Report: Google to make Gmail more social

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:22 pm
    Google will add social features to Gmail, according to the Wall Street Journal.

  • Review: McSweeney's for iPhone

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:07 pm
    A $6 app that provides pieces of random fiction may not be for everyone. But McSweeney's delivers great content in a simple, classy interface.

  • Adobe apologizes for 16-month-old Flash bug

    8 Feb 2010 | 1:44 pm
    Adobe apologized over the weekend for letting a 16-month-old bug in Flash Player languish without a patch, even though it updated the popular plug-in four times since the flaw was reported.
 
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    ReadWriteWeb

  • Google Exiting China? Not Just Yet

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:55 am
    Last month, Google received high praise from human rights supporters after threatening to exit the Chinese search market, claiming it was no longer comfortable with censoring search results per government demands. But here it is a month later and Google has made no move to withdrawal its Chinese search operations, with censored results still appearing on Google's Chinese portal, Google.cn. In addition, the company may now be investing in a Chinese digital media company, as well. According to reports, the Internet giant is said to be a member of a Disney-led consortium looking to invest in a…

  • ViralHeat: Social Media Analysis for the Budget-Minded Soul

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am
    These days, the words "social media campaign" are on the lips of everyone around, from media professionals to small business owners to college students in coffee shops. While the idea of a social media campaign is becoming widespread, the tools to manage one are often left for the former, while the latter look in awe at the price. ViralHeat, a social media analytics firm, hopes to fill the space left empty by other, far more expensive services. Sponsor The Basics ViralHeat has been around for just over six months, providing a low-price but full-featured social media analysis for the budget…

  • How The Godfather Would Pick Enterprise 2.0 Champions

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:03 am
    From time to time, we look at how Enterprise 2.0 practices are reaching into companies. A recent post by Michael Idinopulos demonstrates how the premises for finding Enterprise 2.0 champions is often flawed. Too often the search is for the right personality. Instead, the focus of the search should really be for the people who are "exchanging knowledge, information, and ideas across large parts of the organization." Sponsor Idinopulos compares it to how The Godfather's Don Corleone would approach the issue when choosing the right people for the job: "It's nothing personal. It's just business."…

  • The Man Who Looked Into Facebook's Soul

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:15 pm
    Youth social networking researcher danah boyd has observed that many people presume the way they use social networks is the way everyone uses them. "I interviewed gay men who thought Friendster was a gay dating site because all they saw were other gay men," she says. "I interviewed teens who believed that everyone on MySpace was Christian because all of the profiles they saw contained biblical quotes. We all live in our own worlds with people who share our values and, with networked media, it's often hard to see beyond that." Now picture our perspective leaving our own experiences, zooming…

  • When Negotiation Becomes Dishonesty

    8 Feb 2010 | 7:35 pm
    If you've been a geek your whole life then you understand the term "Canadian girlfriend." The Canadian (or sometimes British) love interest is the person you talk about when a member of the opposite sex inquires about your dating status. The story is that you met online, you've formed a solid bond and you'll probably break up with your online girlfriend when a girl in your vicinity decides she likes you. The idea is to drive up the value of your perceived social stock. In the startup world, the same principle is used in "ham and egging." Sponsor As pointed out in a recent blog post by…
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    Photoshop Insider Blog By Scott Kelby

  • Come Join Dave Cross, Corey, and me in Tampa this month for the Photoshop Down & Dirty Tour

    Scott
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:02 pm
    OK, it was really just supposed to be just Dave and Corey splitting the day, but they were kind enough to invite me to do one of my favorite parts of the day—the session on Typography and Designing with Type, so now it’s the three of us. The seminar is coming up on Monday, February 22nd at the Tampa Convention Center, and if you haven’t had a chance to catch the tour yet, it is just one of those days that really opens your eyes to the power of Photoshop, and all the cool stuff you can do—stuff that really looks hard, but is actually easy once you know the secrets.

  • Kelby TV is On The Air! (and NAPP news joins the channel).

    Scott
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:52 pm
    About a month ago we launched KelbyTV.com, a new home for all the video shows we produce each week, so folks would have a central location to find all our shows right online. Last week I mentioned that Dave Cross has launched his own new weekly Podcast called “Ask Dave” and now NAPP News (hosted by Larry Becker)  has joined the channel. The full list of weekly shows on KelbyTV.com include: Photoshop User TV D-Town TV Layers TV Lightroom Killer Tips Photoshop Killer Tips Ask Dave NAPP News Of course, you can subscribe to all of these shows using Apple’s iTunes, and watch them right on…

  • NAPP is Hiring!

    Scott
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:44 pm
    Want to come and work with us? NAPP is looking for a kick-butt PHP programmer to come and join the NAPP team down here in sunny Tampa, Florida (where today’s high is a lovely 65°). If you thrive in a really cool work environment, and want to work with some incredibly creative and fun people (our Web team rocks!), who really value what you do, then contact Barbie Taylor, our HR Director for all the details (just leave me a comment here on the blog, and I’ll get you her direct email). Also, if this isn’t you, but you know someone who would fit the bill, will you pass this on…

  • Shooting the SuperBowl in Miami Last Night

    Scott
    7 Feb 2010 | 10:51 pm
    OK, there is a slight distinction in the headline you see above from my normal football game coverage—I didn’t say “shooting from the sidelines.” This time, I actually shot from up in the stands, because I didn’t have sidelines credential. Now, if you’re wondering how I got some “big glass” into the game, here’s the trick. The NFL has a rule that a spectator can’t bring a lens that’s more than 6 inches long (15.25 cm) into the stadium, and they measure the length as you come through the security. So, I measured my beloved Nikon…

  • Ken Got His Guitar (and The Springs of Hope Orphanage got $2,500)

    Scott
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:40 pm
    Ken Toney, regular commenter here on the blog, won the raffle we did for the “Photoshop Guys Signature Guitar” and he sent me the shot above of the guitar, in its display case, hanging on the wall of his office (which is pretty sweet, by the way). Click on the photo for a larger view. The raffle raised nearly $2,500 for the Springs of Hope Orphanage, and then we raised another $1,300+ from the off camera flash t-shirts (which are still available, in four stunning styles by the way), right here. Also, we raised an additional $1,000 through this blog’s affiliate program with…
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    Smashing Magazine

  • Applying Mathematics To Web Design

    Adit Gupta
    9 Feb 2010 | 4:52 am
      “Mathematics is beautiful.” This may sound absurd to people who wince at numbers and equations. But some of the most beautiful things in nature and our universe exhibit mathematical properties, from the smallest seashell to the biggest whirlpool galaxies. In fact, one of the greatest ancient philosophers, Aristotle, said: “The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.”Because of its beautiful nature, mathematics has been a part of art and architectural design for ages. But it has not been…

  • Color Theory for Designer, Part 3: Creating Your Own Color Palettes

    Cameron Chapman
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:58 am
      In the previous two parts of this series on color theory, we talked mostly about the meanings behind colors and color terminology. While this information is important, I’m sure a lot of people were wondering when we were going to get into the nitty-gritty of actually creating some color schemes.Well, that’s where Part 3 comes in. Here we’ll be talking about methods for creating your own color schemes, from scratch. We’ll cover the traditional color scheme patterns (monochrome, analogous, complementary, etc.) as well as how to create custom schemes that…

  • SimpleFolio: A Free Clean Portfolio WordPress Theme

    Elja Friedman
    7 Feb 2010 | 8:35 am
      Today we are glad to release a beautiful, simple and clean portfolio WordPress theme — SimpleFolio, designed by Omar E. Corrales and released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. SimpleFolio is a portfolio theme that includes a blog and a very extensive option page that allows you to exclude all your portfolio items from the blog page. It also includes a front page slider.It has 2 different widget areas and threaded comments, and also supports paged comments and has 2 different page templates for advanced usage. The control of images is done from the post page.Download the…

  • Beautiful Motion Graphics Created With Programming: Showcase, Tools and Tutorials

    Vailancio Rodrigues
    6 Feb 2010 | 5:50 am
      When you hear the word “creative”, what type of profession comes to mind? Maybe a graphic designer, painter, sculptor, illustrator, or writer? It’s unlikely that you would consider a “programmer” when thinking of creative fields of work. But programmers have the potential to be creative and come up with ideas or concepts that will impact others in positive ways.We often turn to programmers to solve mathematical-related problems, but the concept of mathematics in programming is what powers programmers to innovate. When you think of mathematics you…

  • 50 Free UI and Web Design Wireframing Kits, Resources and Source Files

    Paul Andrew
    5 Feb 2010 | 6:04 am
      Planning and communication are two key elements in the development of any successful website or application. And that is exactly what the wireframing process offers: a quick and simple method to plan the layout and a cost-effective, time-saving tool to easily communicate your ideas to others. A wireframe typically has the basic elements of a Web page: header, footer, sidebar, maybe even some generated content, which gives you, your clients and colleagues a simple visually oriented layout that illustrates what the structure of the website will be by the end of the project and that…
 
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    The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

  • The Apple Store is back online

    Mike Schramm
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:24 am
    Filed under: Apple Yes, as expected, the Apple Store is down for the morning, presumably to update us with brand new MacBook Pros and whatever else Apple has cooked up for a release. We'll keep an eye on the website along with you readers, and when we see what's been updated, we'll let you know. Do be patient -- as many of us are traveling to Macworld today, we might actually be on the roads and/or in the air when it happens, but we'll update as soon as we can. Stay tuned. Update: It's back up, and it appears the new hotness is... Aperture 3. Thanks to all who sent this in!TUAWThe Apple Store…

  • TUAW Giveaway: Win a BearExtender n3

    David Winograd
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am
    Filed under: Accessories, Hardware Last month, we highly recommended the BearExtender n3 [US $44.97] as a great way to extend a Wi-Fi network to reach those pesky dead spots. In my testing, I found that it's possible to get around three times as much range as from an Airport device. Now the nice people at Rokland Technologies have given us five units to give to you. If you're having weak signal problems, you want one of these. I bought the unit they sent me to review and have been overjoyed and amazed at it performing exactly as advertised. The details of the giveaway are as follows: Open to…

  • Navigon adds some unique features to GPS app

    Mel Martin
    9 Feb 2010 | 3:30 am
    Filed under: Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, iPod touchNavigon has been very aggressive about keeping its highly rated MobileNavigator app [iTunes link] up to date. Now, new features are putting it even further ahead of a lot of the competition. The update adds three innovative features: in-app connection to Facebook and Twitter, Panorama View 3D with 3D terrain views powered from NASA data, and personalized route delivery via NAVIGON MyRoutes, an intelligent direction provider. For Facebook and Twitter connectivity, a simple icon tap posts the user's current position, destination, and ETA…

  • Found Footage: Charlie Rose hosts iPad chat club

    Michael Rose
    9 Feb 2010 | 1:30 am
    Filed under: Found Footage, iPad In case you missed it last week, PBS top gab guy Charlie Rose (no relation) hosted a roundtable discussion about the latest product from Steve & co. on his show, featuring the NYT's David Carr, 'Uncle' Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal, and TechCrunch founder/would-be tablet impresario Michael Arrington. The segment is about 23 minutes long, but it's a good conversation. Mossberg described the iPad as "wicked fast" and praised the software's grace notes and sophistication, while noting that nobody has really succeeded at making a tablet that the…

  • The tweet that made Steve Jobs furious

    Dave Caolo
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:00 pm
    Filed under: Apple Corporate, Rumors, Steve Jobs Apple doesn't have a huge social media presence. There's an iTunes Facebook page and what can arguably be called a MobileMe blog, but that's about it. However, they do monitor the likes of Twitter, like any self-respecting company would, and a recent tweet reportedly ticked off Steve Jobs but good. While publicizing the iPad, Steve met with a number of tech writers in New York including Wall Street Journal editor Alan Murray, who sent the following Tweet: "This tweet sent from an iPad. Does it look cool?" According to Vallyewag, the tweet…
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    Strobist

  • On Assignment: Trip Jennings

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    A couple of months ago I got to photograph adventure kayaker Trip Jennings for Canoe & Kayak Magazine. Given we were fresh out of 80-foot waterfalls for him to navigate in Howard County, we instead chose the shore of relatively somnambulistic Centennial Lake at sunset…__________Prologue is PastFWIW, this is the back end of the What, Me Worry? post from a few weeks ago. Since the magazine is out, I can now publish some of the photos here.So we'll skip the pre-production info (since you can read it in exhausting detail on the other post) and just hit the lighting stuff.Soft Boxes Gathering…

  • Behind the Scenes on Sunshine

    3 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    American Cinematographer has a wonderful piece online about both the theory and the execution of the lighting in Sunshine. It's a SciFi movie, about the death of the sun and a mission to jumpstart it with a nuclear bomb.There's a lot of technical stuff, which I of course love. But the most interesting thing to me was psychological. They added impact to the eventual sun close-ups by starving the set of any warm colors whatsoever during the earlier sequences.There was a lot of green screen, obviously. As such, they had to create dynamic light proxies for the sun, so the actors could react to…

  • On Assignment: The Glass Menagerie

    1 Feb 2010 | 11:45 am
    Since 1983, when I started stringing assignments for the Leesburg (FL) Commercial, I have always gravitated toward community journalism. I just find it intimate and rewarding to work within a tight geographic area and get to know the people who live all around you.In the 27 years since, I have obviously gotten the chance to shoot in many interesting and exotic places in the years that followed. But I always gravitate back towards shooting locally -- especially where self-directed photographic projects are concerned.Last year, I photographed Michael Stebbins, who is the creative and artistic…

  • Snooty, Yet Warm

    29 Jan 2010 | 12:00 pm
    David Honl has just started shipping a gold-interior version of his popular 8" speed snoot, dubbed the Honl Zebra 8. When the light passes through the snoot, it bounces around and picks up the warm color -- similar to using a warming gel on your key light. Which makes it great for for lighting human beings, especially those from Great Britain.It's a store-bought homage to an old trick I first picked up from my friend Chris Usher. He used to scrounge manilla folders when shooting biz portraits in an office. Just roll 'em up and make a warm snoot with a rubber band.The effect is similar, albeit…

  • Put a Li'l Boom in Your Pocket: The Matthews Scissors-Clip

    28 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    I had a few people ask about how I mounted the SB-800 in the ceiling for the John McIntyre photo last week. I used a Matthews Scissor-Clip, a sweet little light stand / cable clamp made just for suspended ceilings.Hit the jump for more info and pics.__________Here it is with nothing attached -- and upside down from its normal orientation. The grooved, "X-Wing" style base opens and closes to securely grab the panel-holding framework of a suspended ceiling, and drop down with a 5/8" male stud.It'll hold any small light, obviously including an umbrella clamp and speedlight combo. Best yet, it…
 
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    Digital Photography School

  • Sigma DP1s Digital Camera Review

    Guest Contributor
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:33 am
    A guest Review of the Sigma DP1s by Patrick Dean from NeutralDay.com. The idea is simple really. Put a large sensor inside a small compact body and you’ve got a camera that enthusiasts can carry around easily and still secure the same level of quality from their captures as they would from their larger DSLR camera. Recently a number of cameras have been released that fit this bill, but just a short time ago, Sigma was flying solo in this market sector with DP1. Using the unique Foveon X3 sensor, the DP1 offered users a 28mm equivalent lens, excellent image quality, all in a fairly…

  • The Future of HDR and its Use within the Camera

    Darren Rowse
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:22 pm
    A Guest post by Dave Ware from Whalebone Photography. This note is aimed to be a quick discussion on High Dynamic Range and possible future enhancements to improve it. What is High Dynamic Range? High Dynamic Range is a digital processing effect used within photography to combine a number of images of differing exposures to create a consistently exposed picture throughout the entire frame. This increases the luminance (amount of light) visible within an image. Why is it required? The camera’s limitation of amount of colour and luminance it can record is governed by the sensor’s…

  • Canon EOS 550D Announced

    Sime
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:34 am
    The Canon EOS 500D has been replaced with the Canon EOS 550D today, and by the looks of it, replaced with style. Canon EOS 550D 18MP 1080p HD Movies ISO 6400 United Kingdom / Republic of Ireland, 8th February 2010 – Canon today announces a groundbreaking new addition to its expanding, world-famous EOS range of Digital SLR cameras – the EOS 550D. The EOS 550D redefines the boundaries of Canon’s consumer DSLR range, incorporating technologies and features more commonly found in semi-professional DSLRs into the compact, lightweight body favoured by consumers. With a newly-developed 18…

  • Diptychs & Triptychs – 5 Prime Examples

    Elizabeth Halford
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:17 am
    Main Entry: dip·tych Pronunciation: \?dip-(?)tik\ Etymology: Late Latin diptycha, plural, from Greek, from neuter plural of diptychos folded in two, from di- + ptych? fold Date: 1622 1 : a 2-leaved hinged tablet folding together to protect writing on its waxed surfaces 2 : a picture or series of pictures (as an altarpiece) painted or carved on two hinged tablets 3 : a work made up of two matching parts Diptychs and triptychs are a brilliant tool for photographic storytelling. They present two or three images which can be from the same session or they can be polar opposites to show…

  • 40% of Our Readers Have PhotoBlogs

    Darren Rowse
    7 Feb 2010 | 12:37 pm
    Last month we asked readers a simple yes or no question in our site poll – do you have a PhotoBlog? Over 12,000 people responded. Here are the results: I was actually a little surprised by the numbers that did have a photoblog – I guess the many in the DPS audience have discovered the joys of sharing their best shots online! Post from: Digital Photography School - Photography Tips. 40% of Our Readers Have PhotoBlogs
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    CNN: Top Stories

  • Source: Murtha's intestines nicked in gallbladder surgery

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:21 pm
    Rep. John Murtha died as a result of recent gallbladder surgery complications that arose from doctors accidentally nicking Murtha's intestines, a source told CNN.

  • Experts: Recall may not fix pedal issue

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:43 pm
    In his hectic, noisy laboratory at the University of Maryland, Michael Pecht is wary when it comes to assessing whether Toyota's suggested repair of sticky gas pedals will have any real impact.

  • Doctor charged in Jackson's death

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:39 pm
    Dr. Conrad Murray, personal physician to Michael Jackson, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the pop star's death last summer.

  • Haitian may have lasted month in rubble

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:19 pm
    A man pulled alive from the rubble of a building in Haiti's capital may have been trapped since the January 12 quake that leveled much of the city, doctors reported Monday.

  • Up to 20 more inches of snow for D.C.

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:41 pm
    A second round of snow is heading toward Washington, D.C., and surrounding cities, where residents are still digging out after a record-setting blizzard.
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    Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips

  • 4 Signs That it’s Time to Start From Scratch In Lightroom

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    9 Feb 2010 | 3:52 am
    It's inevitable. Every time I teach a seminar or workshop I have some one approach me with a catalog problem. It's usually gotten so bad for them that they've sworn off Lightroom by this point because of it. Unfortunately, my advice isn't something they want to hear but it's really the best advice I can give them - Start from scratch in Lightroom. Sometimes it's just more work to try to go back and fix things. That being said, here's 4 signs that it may be time for you to start from scratch in Lightroom. Before you get mad at me though, I've also included links to videos that I've done over…

  • Tip – Exporting Photos with Last Settings

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    5 Feb 2010 | 6:07 am
    Here's a neat little tip I use a lot so I hope you will too. If you want to export some photos and use the same export settings you used the last time, you can bypass the Export dialog and just go to File > Export with Previous. Better yet, memorize the keyboard shortcut Cmd-Option-Shift-E (PC: Ctrl-Alt-Shift-E), and it will automatically export the photos using your last settings. Like I said, its a little tip but it's one I use all the time. Thanks for stopping by this week and enjoy your weekend! Bookmark It

  • Lightroom Q&A

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    3 Feb 2010 | 4:57 am
    Its time for another round of Lightroom Q&A's. Keep the questions coming. Q. When I export images sometimes I export to 640 x 480 for web viewing. The problem is that the images that were shot using a vertical orientation are exported as 360 x 480 instead of 480 x 640. Is there a way to export a 'mixed' group of photos to a custom size yet retain the original aspect ratio? A. That's because by setting 640 x 480, you've essentially set a max size for the height of the image at 480 right? So it couldn't do 480x640 because that would be going against what you've set as a max height. So if you…

  • Preset – Wedding Grain Effect

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    1 Feb 2010 | 6:23 am
    Holy cow! It's February, and more importantly my birthday month :) It's also preset day and I've got one that's been asked for quite a bit since I started making presets. It has to do with a "grain" effect and it deals with the new Grain setting in Lightroom 3 Beta. BUT WAIT!!! If you're not a LR3 Beta user don't worry. The preset itself still looks cool and still works in Lightroom 2 (it just doesn't apply the grain). Depending on the photo, the settings still bring out a little graininess in the image so its not a total loss. Anyway, take a look at the before and after by clicking below. It…

  • Video – Monitor vs. Printer Calibration

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    28 Jan 2010 | 6:21 am
    Please install flash player to view video. Hi all. A while back I created a video on the non-Lightroom (but still very important) topic of calibration using a hardware calibration device. From what I can gather out there, a lot of photographers have heard the message loud and clear - use a hardware calibration device. I don't really care which one, just use one. However, from being out on the road I have seen a bit of confusion surrounding what type of calibration you need. There's monitor calibration to create a color profile for your screen, and there's printer calibration to create a…
 
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    Joe McNally's Blog

  • GPP, Again….

    Joe McNally
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:02 am
    Gulf Photo Plus launches in Dubai in a couple of weeks, and I’m stoked to go back to the Middle East. This will be the 4th year for me, and the event just keeps getting better and better. Hats off to Mohamed Somji, Hala Salhi and the whole GPP crew for putting together what has become the premier photo conference and learning center in the Middle East. Got a bunch of reasons to be stoked, principal among them the faculty who heads yearly to that strange and friendly conglomeration of concrete and glass that is Dubai. The talent and teaching that is offered at GPP simply makes me want to…

  • Malaysia Update….

    Joe McNally
    2 Feb 2010 | 10:56 pm
    Louis Pang and his Wedshooter TV gang have fixed up our workshop with wonderfully talented folks to be in front of the lens. Evon has worked with us for a couple days now. Suffice it to say, photographing her is a damn sight different experience than photographing this particular devotee at Thaipusam the other day. The above was shot by Johan Sopiee, a terrific Malaysian shooter based here in KL. It’s been a pretty wild ride since we landed Friday night. Mid-week now. We’ll be cranking right through the weekend. Having fun. Malaysia’s a great place, friendly people, lotsa…

  • Malaysia, First Day….

    Joe McNally
    1 Feb 2010 | 2:01 am
    29 hours, door to door. Check into hotel. Sleep 3 hours. Up at 4am. Go to Thaipusam. Didn’t know about Thaipusam before this trip, and the timing is completely coincidental, but photographically fortuitous. It is one of the wildest explosions of human frenzy, devotion and religious fervor I have ever been to. It is the Hindu celebration of the birthday of Lord Muruga, and thousands gather amidst the heat, sweat and incense to seek his blessings and render homage. Many bear gifts, simple as a pot of milk, up the long walk to the Batu Caves. Others spin themselves into a frenzy, drift…

  • Heading North

    Drew Gurian
    25 Jan 2010 | 3:32 am
    Or, as Einar Erlendssen, the originator and caretaker of the Focus on Nature Workshops says, heading up to join the stark raving mad Vikings. I always wanted to go to Iceland. It seems a land of true intensity, color, and personality. It’ll be a small workshop, and thus very hands on. Our merry band of speed lighters will evidently careen around the countryside (the place ain’t that big) looking, lighting, and shooting. At night we will gather over various Nordic intoxicants and commune with the pixel spirits, and discuss the successes and failures of the day. This will be a…

  • Jakester as Superhero….

    Joe McNally
    19 Jan 2010 | 5:37 am
    So I was with the DLWS gang in the Marin Headlands, looking at the Golden Gate Bridge, which, I can reliably report, does not move. See below. No stranger to photog paranoia and insecurity, which rages in the hearts and minds of shooters everywhere, I continued to prove that salient fact over and over again, as if my right index finger had developed a kind of idiot savant twitch, in that it knew how to do one thing well, that is, push the damn shutter button over and over again. I’ve always been good at simple, repetitive tasks, so I went to town and produced a grid of remarkably…
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    Planet Photoshop

  • Document Your Happy Accidents

    Web Editor
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:15 am
    Sometimes our best creations happen by pure experimentation and accident. Sitting in front of a Photoshop file, you are 40 History States in, and then it happens…magic! You really want to be able to get back to that moment. To do so, make sure that you turn on the History Log checkbox in the General [...]

  • Sample Color from Anywhere

    Web Editor
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:41 am
    You can use the Eyedropper tool to pick colors from any area of your screen. First, press the letter I to select the Eyedropper tool, then click-and-hold inside your document, and drag outside the document window onto the object you’d like to sample. Release your mouse button and the sampled color appears as your new [...]

  • Animate 2D in 3D

    Corey Barker
    5 Feb 2010 | 12:31 pm
    Corey shows you how to create a 3D animation form 2D elements using Photoshop CS4 Extended.

  • File>Open Recent

    Web Editor
    5 Feb 2010 | 6:15 am
    Under Photoshop>Preferences (PC: Edit>Preferences), you have an option called File Handling. In the Recent File List Contains field, you can specify how many files you would like it to remember.

  • Opening Multiple Images in Photoshop CS3

    Web Editor
    4 Feb 2010 | 6:15 am
    To open multiple images in Photoshop CS3, you can Shift-click a series of images in the Open dialog, and then click Open. You can also select noncontiguous images by Command-clicking.
 
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