Darkroom: A Bigger Flickr Slideshow →

There’s no other service I recommend more than Flickr when asked about anything photography. Undoubtedly a great way to store, share and get feedback on your work but when it comes to viewing the photos, the service has its imperfections so Jim Whimpey has addressed it by creating Darkroom.

The idea was born from my frustration with Flickr’s 500px wide default with no way to navigate between photos and anything larger outside the Flash slideshow. I Hardly Know Her tackled the same issue but falls short, defaulting to a smaller size and not offering titles or descriptions.

I’m loving the Big Picture-esque display of your photographs especially having any caption you’ve attached to your photos imported automatically. The need of ever wanting to create a photoblog has forever been erased with Darkroom.

1 year ago  /  9 notes  /  Source: valhallaisland

Should I get an iPad? →

Any of my friends would attest to me being the techie of the bunch and since purchasing the iPad for my wife, a few have asked my opinion on the device and if they should get one. As much as I enjoy it, I don’t necessarily think everyone needs one but its certainly fulfilled a purpose for my wife specifically.

Her interest in computers is limited to web surfing, occasional email, a sprinkle of Facebooking, book reading and some heavy movie watching while lounging at home. Lets just say she’s hasn’t asked at all for some time on the Macbook Pro as much as she use to ever since she’s had the iPad. She’s content.

Brian Lam’s review of the iPad has been the most enjoyable thus far and there’s a portion where he’s asked the same question by friends and I love the small interaction that takes place on whether a friend should get one or not -

“Should I get an iPad?” asks a friend.

“That depends,” I say, “It doesn’t do anything you can’t do with you phone or laptop, and it’s not really great at work or outside the home.”

“So I shouldn’t? Should I get something else?” she asks.

I interrupt, “But there is nothing else quite like it. And it does a few things, in a few places, better than anything.”

Continuing, I say, “Tell you what—Before even thinking about buying one, go poke around iTunes, and find some apps you might like. Figure out where you’ll use this thing in your daily life, and what you’ll do with it. It’s different for everyone. And try it. Then you’ll know.”

Simple great advice.

1 year ago  /  3 notes

iPad Decór: Photographic Wallpapers →

Any opportunity I get to share some of my photographs, I jump on the chance and with the advent of the iPad, this moment was no exception. I’ve collected some of my favorite photos, cropped them to 1024×1024 so they’re scalable to both horizontal or vertical dimensions and made them available in a place I’m referring to as iPad Decór.

I initially created a Photoshop document to perform all the manual resizing but that got tedious until I came across a little software that performs all that work for you. It’s called iMage Fit and it essentially makes custom wallpaper for your iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, PSP, Nokia, Nintendo DS and other portable devices. You just crop photos to any size according to your specific needs.

As an added personal touch, each photo is accompanied with a small caption providing you with details on where they were taken. All the photographs are based on my travels and random outings and I look forward to expanding the collection even more. Enjoy!

1 year ago  /  0 notes