April 2009
22 posts
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Search it: Just a keystroke away →
Any tiny aspect that adds enjoyment to navigating the web and allows us to focus more our attention on the things we’re searching is amazing. Search It is this tiny enjoyment. When installed, with just one keystroke you can bring up a search field so that you can start typing without the need of any mouse movement or clicking. It performs very much like the Quicksilver which means it’s...
March 2009
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Best Twitter Advice Ever →
Mark McGuinness gives some pointers in how to procure more followers on Twitter and while I don’t think there’s a secret formula in achieving overnight attention in the Twittersphere, these two simple rules of thumb are quite close:
To get followers — do interesting things away from Twitter
To keep followers — be interesting on Twitter
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The Quest for Geotagging
Geotagging an image refers to storing the latitude and longitude coordinates of a location into the photo’s metadata, so as to establish exactly where the photo was taken.
As an amateur photographer, it’s that where element of a photo that interest me when browsing inspirational photographs on Flickr. Lets face it, when you share your photos, the second most common characteristic...
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WatchLazy Shiba: Possibly the most stunning video of a Shiba Inu doing nothing. No concerns, no distress, just pure tranquility in HD. (via Mark Jardine)
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“That’s why I refuse to say that I “blog”. I do not. I am a...”
– Nicely put by Kyle Baxter
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Tethering your Jailbroken iPhone
AT&T has confirmed tethering coming to iPhone in 2009 but you may not have to wait or pay if you’ve jailbroken your iPhone.
You may recall hearing about Nullriver – the company that created an App Store app called NetShare, which allowed an iPhone to share its EDGE or 3G Internet connection with your Mac or PC and smartly navigate the web. Well, that didn’t last too long for...
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“Saying that photographers need to learn video because their cameras now feature...”
– Stu Maschwitz regarding video DSLRs (via DF)
As a D90 owner, it’s having the option and convenience of shooting video that’s attracting but it doesn’t take away the urge to substitute the reason for buying the camera in the first place, which is to shoot photos. The video portion...
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Convertbot: Not just another unit converter →
From the crew the brought you the aesthetically pleasing and highly effective Weightbot app for the iPhone that allows you track your weight loss progress, they’ve now released a unit converter app that is unlike no other. Converting numbers will never again be a mundane task.
Granted there’s countless other apps readily available at the App Store that do the same but it’s the...
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Magnifique your Mac →
In coping with our overwhelming tendency to customize all things Mac, there’s a new application to hit that market which almost picks up where Shapeshifter left off back in those Tiger days. Magnifique is available at no charge because they “believe that theming is free, and that it should be enjoyed by everyone.”
Luis Sosa gives a cogent review on the application and makes...
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NetNewsWire for iPhone Essentials
The final piece to having an RSS reader that meets your reading expectations is having accessibility to your subscriptions even while your away from your computer. The desktop version of the very popular OS X application NetNewsWire makes this possible as it syncs with it’s iPhone app from the cloud.
I use it during those moments of wait and I fill the void with some great content from my...
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My Photographic Equipment
I wanted to take this time to talk a little about my camera equipment and software that I stick to when photographing but not first without acknowledging some sage words from Ernst Hass in that “the camera doesn’t make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to see.”
The Gear
I own two cameras – a primary and a secondary. The secondary...
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WebKitBits →
David Kaneda’s has launched a tumblelog focussed on Apple’s WebKit browser framework, and in particular its use in the mobile space. Some handy tricks and techniques already available along with a beautiful overall design to compliment them. (via matthewb)
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Tumblr Featured Posts Plugin →
Using James’s featured plugin for Tumblr, you can highlight any post on your blog by tagging it “featured” and it will automatically display those noteworthy post in any place of your choice while providing direct link to each of them. Highly usable but some limitations have been noted.
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Apple as a fashion Statement? →
The Dell Adamo has been advertised as a respectable response towards the ultra-thin laptops in the market, including Apple’s stylish MacBook Air. A Dell spokesperson has even stated they “are positioning the Adamo as a fashion statement.” So what does that say of what Dell thinks of Apple users? Josh Fruhlinger from IT World chimes in:
That’s a common stereotype of Apple users, but I...
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“I don’t have the budget to be a big company or have a big marketing plan...”
– Steve Demeter, creator of Trism
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New way to download your photos
As a passionate photographer, one of the camera accessories that I loathe carrying with me during travels comes down to the most essential piece I’ll ever need for viewing my photos. I’m talking about that very-losable SD card reader that you purchased or too long USB cable that comes with your camera. What’s worst than using them for me is forgetting to pack any of them which...
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On making yourself smarter and more valuable →
Compiled by Mark Shead, here’s 2 of my favorite voted advices in how to make yourself smarter:
1. Work a little bit every day on something that you want to be skilled in or want to improve on. Here’s the secret though: It has to be every day. You have to make a conscious effort to work at least for a few minutes every day for your skill. But don’t worry… after a while it becomes a habit. –...
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The End of Solitude →
Many people thirst to be famous for different reasons. Whether it’s for the common purpose of popularity or attention, we all have that internal desire to be esteemed for something in a group of many. The question is what do you want to be famous for?
People, in general just want some place to belong, which there’s nothing wrong with because having approval and attention from...
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Stuff White People Like: Apple Products →
One of the comical things about being stereotyped is that the traits that you’re constrained to sometimes have the advantage of being true even if the people making the assessment don’t know you personally. Christian Lander on Stuff White People Like and Apple products:
White people are reminded of their creativity, and need a Mac to creatively check email, creatively check websites,...
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Selective Twitter Status on Facebook →
There’s time when I’ve posted questions on Twitter that only a select group of people (mostly Mac enthusiast or web designers) would understand and because I currently have my Twitter status to automatically rollover to my Facebook account, I often receive mix responses from followers on Facebook in that they don’t understand the content. It’s apparent in my case, that the...
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What Twitter Offers Me
She may not openly admit it but I have sneaking suspicion that my fiance doesn’t have a natural liking towards Twitter. Not because of the random typing that she may see me doing on the iPhone throughout the course of any given day but more in trying to understand the indulgence one gets in keeping people abreast of ones status.
It’s apparent that the whole social networking concept...
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Compendium of Fine Writing →
Being a great writer is an enviable trait and when it comes to the web, coming across context that communicates a well composed story, opinion, argument, or reflection that you can relate to is an appreciable experience that you hope to encounter regularly.
I often read amazing articles and blog post online that I quickly bookmark with hope to re-read, share or abstract inspiration from later...
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“Pretending you know what you’re doing is almost the same as knowing what...”
– Bre Pettis and Kio Stark, The Cult of Done Manifesto
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Kindle Economics →
If you’re one of the many average consumers that has toyed with the notion of owning a Kindle, you’re more than likely in the majority group, where you find yourself trying to make sense of how this new technology will make your life better and in return make you forget about the price-tag. Jason Perlow from ZDnet.com presents a compelling article on the Kindlenomics of potentially...
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Readability →
A simple browser bookmarklet that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you’re reading. Customization includes text size, style and margin. Extremely effective and a must have resource.
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MarsEdit 2.3 released with Tumblr support →
As a blogger, you might be familiar with MarsEdit, a publishing tool for your Mac that has always supported popular platforms such as WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, among others but now on their new release, they’ve implemented support for Tumblr.
The publishing process is very straightforward and the ability to select which type of posting such as Photo, Link, Chat, Quotes and Regular...
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D-Town TV: Weekly Show for Nikon DSLR Users →
Photographer, designer, and award-winning author of more than 40 books, Scott Kelby and co-host Matt Kloskowski, have put together a great weekly show sponsored by Nikon, where they share tips and tricks of the trade and review camera accessories to use with Nikon DSLRs. New episodes air each Thursday and are conveniently available at the iTunes store.