May 2009
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Same Info. More Valued Opinions.
Even though doctors may receive more or less similar medical education, they each have their own opinions and assessment about things. They can have contrasting approaches about how to diagnose and treat certain afflictions or diseases but we learn to value each of their perspectives because we like to be informed and value a second opinion regardless of whether the information given is the same...
April 2009
22 posts
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“My opinion regarding tweets can be summarized thusly: “I don’t give a fuck what...”
– Colorful opinion of Rands in Repose
This mostly applies to people who are novel to the service and who later realize that not all nuances of their lives are Twitterable. The Tweets that I’ve come to hold in high regard are the ones posted by people who are passionate about something. They are...
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Beyond the Touchscreen
We’ve all seen films that have completely astounded us and with hopes to re-live that first stream of anticipation and excitement we got from viewing it, we opt for seeing the film again but the experience is never really similar. The same can be said about electronics and Steven Levy says it best in stating that “when technology that once astonished us becomes common, gadgets start to...
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Cameras Trigger Fear →
There’s been some instances while photographing prominent features around New York, when I’ve been approached by officers asking me the motive behind my shoot. Perhaps I draw attention upon myself by being an aficionado of the craft and lugging around expensive equipment (D90) but up until now I’ve never experienced the uneasiness of having people watching over me as I photograph...
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TapBots 2.0 →
A couple years ago it would have sounded dense for a software company let alone a team of ambitious developers to relinquish the steadfastness of their product or job and publicize that their new venture and source of income would entail developing solely for a mobile platform.
Well, the solid combination of the iPhone and App Store has dramatically changed that perception which now has given...
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“Heroes are no longer virtuous people for us to look up to, but people more...”
– Natalie Jost on Heroes
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Behind the Blog: Jack Cheng →
Jack Cheng is one of those few skillful writers whose pieces you can’t help referring back to because there’s bound to be one more tucked away message you failed to notice the first time, which you can smartly apply to your life.
In a recent interview with Apartment Therapy’s Unplggd, he spoke about an attribute which I believe is the driving force behind his influential...
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The Mystery Issue
The way mysteries work is that as long as you allow the intrigue and uncertainty to persist, the more onlookers are left unassisted to uncover the story behind what they see. We get edgy in knowing that unsolved problems still exist and that as long as no plausible answer is reached, the pubic will continue to remain fascinated by it.
Coincidentally enough, the entire May issue of Wired Magazine...
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Settings Should NOT be in the Settings App →
At this point, iPhone apps cannot run in the background unless you’ve Jailbroken yours but so far, for data to be received from one, you have no choice but to run an app explicitly. A disruption we’ve come to accept but any more you might encounter in an application could lead to not using it. Louie Mantia’s example of such case lies in a valid point he makes on why developers...
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Tidbits of Advice Still Practiced
In college, one of my first design positions was with a small design firm that I had the pleasure of working with that catered predominantly to the Jewish community. The opening was entry-level but the experience deep-rooted on what the workforce would be like later.
I was in charge of developing newspaper ads for local businesses, for community events, conceptualizing logos and occasionally...
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Fact, Moment, Light →
As with any element of photography, success is not exclusively dependent on your equipment and your ability to use it proficiently when you take photos. That whole concept of envisioning the final image in your head prior to pressing the shutter button is all well but after reading Stu Maschwitz’s perspective on photography, I had no choice but to evaluate every photo I take from now on and...
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“Amateurs wait for the moment or serendipity to strike. Professionals know what...”
– Naz Hamid defining what elevates certain photographers from others.
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A Shave and a Haircut →
Shawn Blanc discusses the subtle design adjustments to his site and makes notice on the importance of maintaining that personal brand you’ve established with your readers without compromising the blog experience that may arise due to changes implemented:
When you read someone’s site you are imagining their voice. Not only is that voice influenced by the style of their writing, but also by...
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Obama in Prague →
An amazing panorama composed of 75 individual shots of Barack Obama giving a speech in Prague on Hradcanske Namesti to an audience of a few tens of thousands of enthusiastic onlookers. For a more surreal experience, fullscreen mode is the way to go.
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Avoiding the blogger trap →
Lead developer of Tumblr, Marco Arment discusses the unwanted secondary effect on a blogger from gaining popularity and readership:
They feel pressure to make every post a hit while also maintaining a healthy post frequency. And if the frequency drops, the pressure increases to make every post a superstar.
To me, that’s a trap. And I refuse to fall into it. I’m still going to feel free to post...
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Do online identities go to heaven? →
The stance as to what happens to us when we die is dissimilar for all us based on our faith. Different religions teach a variation of incompatible and exclusive beliefs that we’re instilled at an early age and with that, we create a conclusive view on what happens to us following death.
Naturally our identity in person would not exist after this but as a devoted participant in social...
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Building a Readernaut Widget →
Readernaut is the popular social book community that allows you to catalog literature you are reading, plan to read or have read and easily share that information with other avid readers. Adam Polselli has released an ingenious effortless way to display what’s on your bookshelf right into your website.