Entries Tagged as ‘Technology’

July 17, 2008

DRM and you

This is a quick post for iTunes users. Have the DRM (digital rights management) restrictions on the song ever created any problem for you? I’m in a hurry this morning so I don’t have time to look it up but I think Apple’s DRM allows you to play a song you purchase on up to [...]

July 16, 2008

Quote of the day

This will only be funny to people that have played games online. Let’s just say it’s populated mostly by idiots.
Oh, and 256-player online? We don’t doubt it will work … we just doubt our brains’ ability to process 255 racial slurs and/or homophobic remarks simulatenously.
From this story talking about a new Playstation 3 game with [...]

July 9, 2008

A little side note

In the post I just wrote about investing in a photography business, I talked about the constant want/need to upgrade equipment. As a side note, I’d like to quickly talk about the upgrade process.
Upgrading is usually very expensive so I’d give you one piece of advice; if you aren’t producing beautiful images with your current [...]

July 9, 2008

Be willing to invest

Last week I wrote about taking better pictures. This week I’m writing a series of shorter posts about the business side of photography. I know a lot of people considering or currently trying to make photography their job. This is for you guys.
My first tip is to be willing to invest a lot of money. [...]

July 4, 2008

For Tony

Tony and I went to the Apple store the other day as he ponders a switch to a Mac.
So, I just figured I post these two articles for him and anyone else thinking of moving over.
Tips for Switching from Walt Mossberg and Mac 101.

June 25, 2008

Taking better pictures

I am in no way an expert. In a lot of ways I’m still learning. However, I get a lot of questions about photography so here’s some basics to learning to take better pictures. Whether you want to be a pro or just take better pictures, these will help.
Step one: Take pictures
Take them everywhere in [...]

June 16, 2008

A world without e-mail

There’s a lot of talk on Anne’s blog about always being connected and canceling her e-mail on her cell phone (which I’m not doing, by the way). That got me thinking, what would your world look like right now if there was no e-mail?
It’s one tool we’ve come to rely on so completely. I know [...]

June 10, 2008

Where I do what I do

I had a couple of people on Twitter ask to see a picture of my newly cleaned office so here you go. If you’re like me, you have a fascination with people’s workspaces. (If you aren’t like me, that’s probably normal.)
I also submitted the shot to WhereWeDoWhatWeDo.com. I love this site. So many looks [...]

June 9, 2008

Twitter pulling a duck and cover?

This is a screen capture from Twitter just prior to the keynote at WWDC where the iPhone 3G was announced. Notice the copy in the yellow bar. Was Twitter trying to prepare for the load of conversations by directing people away from itself?
Interesting.

May 30, 2008

Links 5-30-08

Interesting things I’ve found lately:
WhereWeDoWhatWeDo.com
My new favorite site. I have this odd obsession with seeing pictures of people’s workspaces. It’s even better with all the Apple products and cool desks around. When I get my office cleaned (finally) I’ll put mine on there too.
Los asks, Cute or Disturbing?
I say very cute with just a pinch [...]

May 29, 2008

My new Twitter policy

While Twitter has helped me connect with a bunch of great people, it’s also added a little clutter to my life. Once I started following north of 50 people it became too much to keep up with. So I’m only following 50 from here on out (well, 52, I can’t stop following Darth Vader or [...]

May 14, 2008

Designing for Twitter

I’d like to say when I was designing the logo for WeTheChurch.org I put a ton of thought into it.
The truth?
I had one thought. Knowing that Twitter was going to be a huge part (if not the biggest) of the interaction with the site, I wanted a logo that would stand out on the “friend [...]

May 12, 2008

Help promote WeTheChurch.org

WeTheChurch.org had a great first day. We had a lot more people than I expected show up and had some serious prayer requests come in.
But now the hard part…
We need all the help we can get from the blogosphere to help create a community around WeTheChurch.org. We need you to blog it, podcast it, Twitter [...]

May 7, 2008

Evernote

I’m trying out an incredibly cool new service for keeping track of notes/ideas/anything really. You can read more about it at Evernote.com.
The feature that sold me is the desktop client that syncs among the web component and multiple computers. As a user of multiple computers this really appealed to me.
I’ve got a few beta invites [...]

May 6, 2008

Grand Theft Auto 4 and me

I bought Grand Theft Auto 4 the day it came out. After a week of playing it (ok, actually I’ve only had a couple of hours to play it all week) I think I might return it.
Why?
Because of the rampant violence? No. I don’t think I own a game that doesn’t involve putting digital bullets [...]