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Last Week’s Links and Comments

by Randy Stewart on September 7, 2009

in Links,Macintosh

Here’s the best of what I shared elsewhere last week.

50 Free Resources That Will Improve Your Photography Skills
Yet another great collection of web resources from Smashing Magazine.

Canon 7D gatling gun shooting 8 FPS of awesome – Engadget Video
I frequently photograph people in dark settings. In particular at a local geek event with 5 minute talks (Ignite Seattle), I’ve got a short time frame to capture a good image or two. ANY edge will help.

Frankly, the higher usable ISOs will be of more use, but I can’t help but think of how nice that bigger buffer will be.

How to Build a Hackintosh with Snow Leopard – Lifehacker
I’ve wanted to do this for a long time. Glad to see it’ll work with Snow Leopard.

Why your Web content will look darker on Snow Leopard – John Nack
Apple’s gamma switch from 1.8 to 2.2 explained.

How to Tweet From Anywhere in Snow Leopard
Handy little overview of creating a “Service” in OS X Snow Leopard that allows you to tweet or create a Facebook post.

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My friend Andrew Chen has posted his thoughts on meeting people at conferences. Great list if you are in the mood to meet folks in your industry. Here are a few of the points:

  1. Use pre-conference time wisely
  2. Arrive early for some 1:1 time
  3. Sit next to interesting people, and introduce yourself
  4. Bring business cards, and ask for business cards

Some of these things might appear dead obvious, but you would be surprised how many people don’t follow them. Fact is, even if you are shy about meeting folks, other people are as well. Keep in mind, the main reason why people attend these events is to meet people.

Andrew, btw, just moved to Silicon Valley from Seattle. He’s an Entrepreneur in Residence at the VC firm, Mohr Davidow Ventures on Sand Hill Road. Sounds like a dream job to me! If you’re looking to get a company off the ground or join a startup, he might just be the guy to talk to.

As I’ve mentioned, I’ll be in Palo Alto this weekend and spending a little time in San Francisco on Monday and Tuesday.

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Social Media Links for Tuesday, November 21, 2006

November 21, 2006

It’s a Wiki, but PrettyWetpaint lands a deal American Express to help power their Executive Travel SkyGuide. The article sites Wetpaint’s leadership in the areas of ease of use and its general lack of ugliness. Flickr’s Camera FinderLooking for the perfect camera this holiday season? Let the wisdom of crowds decide for you! Instead of [...]

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Zune! Zune! Zune!

November 3, 2006

Ok, I’m not that excited, but it does seem to be shaping up to be a decent player. Zune Interface Walkthrough VideoOur pals over at Engadget have been getting down with their new video software. Gotta say the interface looks pretty nice. They’ve definitely taken a page out of some of the best 10 ft [...]

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Links for Thursday, October 26, 2006

October 26, 2006

Today is launch day! Vox LaunchesSix Apart’s “blogging for the rest of us” product launched today. [via MicroPersuasion] Zillow opens APIWanna put home valuations on your site? Looks like Zillow opened up their API to Joe User (or at least Joe User that knows what to do with APIs). Developers, start your mashups! (One complaint, [...]

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Links for Tuesday, October 24, 2006 – Threadless Love

October 24, 2006

7 reasons why Threadless rulesFunny, I was just ordering t-shirts today. Heather got me the subscription for my birthday, which totally rules. This site really is the model for community run websites. The product is created by the community, voted on by the community, modeled by the community, marketed by the community – it might [...]

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Links for Friday, October 20, 2006

October 20, 2006

Hands on with the ZuneA little fan boyish, but nevertheless, a first peak at the Zune player from Microsoft. Sharing sounds a little kludgy, but this is a 1st generation concept. Another point of view on WarcraftA tale of someone who isn’t addicted to Worlds of Warcraft. I’m not addicted either. I’ve never played it [...]

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Links for Thursday, October 19, 2006

October 19, 2006

Om on SteamMr. Malik today talks about the baby steps that the gaming industry is taking into digital distribution. Steam is the digital distribution arm of Valve Software, makers of the popular Half Life series, and recently they have started distributing other game makers’ games. Games, while heavily pirated online, would benefit greatly from pure [...]

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Links for Tuesday, October 17, 2006

October 17, 2006

PopSugar gets $5mm in funding from SequoiaBlog network for “young, hip women” got a nice kitty from the folks at Sequoia. It looks like PopSugar’s main site has been growing a fair clip on their main blog (see graphic) and are doing a bit more than just blogging with a little bit of social networking [...]

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Links for Monday, October 16, 2006

October 16, 2006

Tailrank 2.0New features detailed in the Tailrank blog, but here are the highlights: archives added, Entertainment category added, and the ability to expand and contract whole stories. Great upgrade for an invaluable service. CNET and Reuters in Second LifeMore services for the quickly growing virtual world. 900k members? Didn’t they just have 300k back in [...]

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Links for Wednesday, September 27, 2006

September 27, 2006

Berkeley and Google Video team upNot content to get your lectures via podcast? Now you can watch your prof’s give lectures on Google (as well as talks, symposiums and more). I wonder what this does to attendance? [via eContent Two thumbs down for Amazon UnboxWow... so I never did my review of the service (actually, [...]

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Links for Tuesday, September 19, 2006

September 20, 2006

Social Bookmarking FaceoffOur friends over at RRW give us the skinny on social bookmarking in handy chart format. Summary – del.icio.us and StumbleUpon win the most users contest. Why every startup should have a blog Getting feedback, investors and partners top the list. I talked about other ways to market your small business a couple [...]

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Links for Monday, September 18, 2006

September 18, 2006

Build your own Atlas GlovesHere’s a bit of extreme nerdery, but I’ve got a keen interest in alternative interfaces. Link contains instruction about how to make LED gloves that create an alternative interface to Google Earth. I’ve not tested these gloves, but look like a great weekend project. YouTube, Warner Music in ad share agreementWarner [...]

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Links for Friday, September 15, 2006

September 15, 2006

Zune gets announcedMostly stuff folks already knew, but it’s official – “WiFi, 30GB of HDD, built-in FM, a 3-inch screen and the basic music, pictures and video playback.” No word on price or street date. I’m digging the interface and the brown, but man-oh-man, why doesn’t anyone do 16×9? How Odeo screwed upStraight outta the [...]

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Links for Thursday, September 13

September 13, 2006

Skype 2.0 beta available for the MacI can finally use video Skype with all my PC pals. I knew the MacBook camera would come in handy for more than making goofy faces via iChat. Zune launching tomorrowThe battle for your pocket (and pocketbook) is on! Web Geeks show off new toolsFuture of Web Apps conference [...]

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Links for Monday, September 11, 2006

September 11, 2006

What is pretexting?I’ve only kinda sorta followed the whole HP fiasco, but here is Valleywag’s explanation of what the hell pretexting is. New InfluencersDraft chapters of the new book Paul Gillin about blogging and the influence it has in the world. Paul wrote the book to “help marketers understand the changes that social media are [...]

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