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May 25, 2010
Photography is one of my passions. I have http://norai.net with some nice photos that I don’t actually update very often just because it requires and effort of, opening Lightroom in my mac, connect to the photo folder in my media centre, edit those that I think can go to the web, export them to 800px […]
May 21, 2010
Last Wednesday in San Francisco took place the latest Google I/O conference, in principle a conference for developers. Each participant gets a free android phone (well the probably cover the cost of the phone with the fees…). Many people expects this conference to be a consumer goods conference where things are explained in plain english […]
May 19, 2010
I have reviewed and written several times about location services, giving you my thoughts and preferences on mobile applications such as foursquare, gowalla, tellmewhere, latitude and others. Now I would like to try to predict what what it is going to happen to what I think is one of the key avenues for social real time media. […]
May 4, 2010
Here a quick list of the products I can’t live without: Gadgets: Macbook pro iPhone 3GS (as soon as the 4G is out… then … 😉 ) Nikon d300 with nikkor 18-200 and sigma 10-20 (I wish it was a nikon d3s though…) Fonera2.0n (great concept and community. I have two an convincing friends to […]
May 3, 2010
I have read extensively about how to organise yourself. One of my favourite authors for this is David Allen and his “Getting Things Done” book and now philosophy. It does not fit my needs 100% but you can get a lot of good ideas. It is a read I recommend to anybody who would like […]
May 3, 2010
How do you manage your tasks? This is how I manage mine: I use google apps (you could use gmail tasks) and I use the tasks there. You can create a calendar with the tasks with due date. In my iPhone I syncronize it with Geetasks pro which is a great app that syncs your […]
May 2, 2010
[ By Elizah in Architecture & Design, Travel & Places, Urban Images. ] Reflecting their creators’ desire to step far, far away from the sheepish architectural clones that our culture has grown to accept as “normal”, these outstanding structures are among the unique global jewels that convey a quirky sense of personality tucked within an […]
May 1, 2010
I have discovered a very interesting website: animoto Animoto does nice videos from your videos and images automatically. The output is pretty impressive and it is very easy to use. With the free account you get 30 sec videos. Take a look at the one I just did for my son. It has taken me few minutes […]
May 1, 2010
Last week, the newly renamed Google Places added a ton of features to help local businesses create a directory page right on Google. Today, Google’s Street View is joining the party by showing links to local business listings right in Street View. As you turn around in Street View, names of local businesses and other “Google Places” […]
May 1, 2010
J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo. At her Harvard University commencement speech, “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling offers some powerful, heartening advice to dreamers and overachievers, including one hard-won lesson that she deems “worth more than any qualification I ever earned.”