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  • I SHALL CALL IT…MINI BRIDGE!

    Planet Photoshop
    Web Editor
    6 May 2011 | 8:15 am
    So those of us who use Bridge know it’s an awesome app but wouldn’t it be cool if it could live inside Photoshop? Well thanks to custom Flash panels it … Continue reading →

  • Location Language, or, Bleeped Bloopers

    Joe McNally's Blog
    Joe McNally
    26 Apr 2011 | 3:14 am
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-qOqeAzNa8 I was literally up to my ass in alligators not too long ago, on behalf of Kelby Training, attempting a video tutorial on location lighting in first, a swamp, and then later on a beach, in decidedly non-beach-like weather. Doing the Kelby videos is a lot of fun, and they have gradually (actually, more like, suddenly) amassed the greatest compendium of video learning and teaching on the planet about anything visual--Photoshop, lighting, digital photography, you name it. But this was a frustrating day, one of those location days where you barely find the…

  • Higher autism risk for babies conceived in March

    Holy Kaw!
    10 May 2011 | 10:23 am
    Birth records of more than 6 million children born in California during the 1990s and early 2000s show a clear link between the month of conception and autism risk, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis. Among the children included in the study, those conceived during winter had a significantly greater risk of autism. The risk of having a child with an autism spectrum disorder grew progressively throughout the fall and winter to early spring, with children conceived in March having a 16 percent greater risk of later autism diagnoses, when compared with…

  • Adobe Launches Photoshop Companion Apps for iPad

    Mashable!
    Stan Schroeder
    10 May 2011 | 10:23 am
    In April 2011, accompanying the launch of Photoshop Touch SDK, Adobe announced three Photoshop CS5 companion apps for the iPad. The apps — Adobe Color Lava for Photoshop, Adobe Eazel for Photoshop and Adobe Nav for Photoshop — are now available in Apple’s App Store.Adobe Color Lava costs $2.99. It lets users mix colors on the iPad using their fingers. Users can also create color swatches and themes that can be transferred into Photoshop or shared with friends directly from the app.Adobe Nav costs $1.99; it gives users the ability to control Photoshop tools on the iPad…

  • Skype's Investors' $6.5B "Told Ya So"

    Fast Company
    Kit Eaton
    10 May 2011 | 11:34 am
    Defending the $8.5 billion Microsoft paid for Skype, investor Ben Horowitz suggests rivalry from Google and Apple had no impact on Skype's success. It was the resilience of the service itself in the face of serious competition. That's what lead Horowitz's firm and a group of others to fund Skype with $2 billion just two years ago, despite heavy criticism. In other words, he's celebrating a ... let's see, carry the 1 ... $6.5 billion "I told ya so."Horowitz responded to the news of the deal with a blog post that sets out some of the details of his firm's decision in mid-2009. He notes that the…
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    Holy Kaw!

  • Higher autism risk for babies conceived in March

    10 May 2011 | 10:23 am
    Birth records of more than 6 million children born in California during the 1990s and early 2000s show a clear link between the month of conception and autism risk, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis. Among the children included in the study, those conceived during winter had a significantly greater risk of autism. The risk of having a child with an autism spectrum disorder grew progressively throughout the fall and winter to early spring, with children conceived in March having a 16 percent greater risk of later autism diagnoses, when compared with…

  • Next-generation tag: sneaky e-shirts

    10 May 2011 | 10:05 am
    An LED display woven into a T-shirt is adding a high-tech twist to a playground favorite. The chaser goes after a virtual token that can sense proximity and leap to another shirt. Roel Vertegaal, an associate professor in human-computer interaction and director of the Human Media Laboratory at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, led the creation of their game, "TagURIt." The game's creators envision e-clothing that can be updated via text message. Full story at Discovery News. More news from Discovery Communications. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • Let quantum physics officiate your wedding

    10 May 2011 | 10:03 am
    For the ultimate in a nondenominational wedding ceremony, consider a quantum entanglement. The ceremony, developed by conceptual artist, Jonathon Keats, is borrowed from quantum physics, where when two or more subatomic particles become entangled, they behave as one. According to Keats, the couple won't know to what extent they've become entangled, because any attempt to measure a quantum system disturbs it. "The quantum marriage will literally be broken up by skepticism about it," he said. Full story at Discovery News. More news from Discovery Communications. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink…

  • Boat would sail on Saturn moon's sea

    10 May 2011 | 10:01 am
    Scientists are working on a mission to send a robotic boat to explore an extraterrestrial ocean in hopes of learning about how the building blocks of life began to assemble. The destination: Titan, the largest moon of Saturn and its methane oceans. "We have no expectation of finding living things," Johns Hopkins University planetary scientist Ralph Lorenz told Discovery News. "But we think the complexity of the organics (on Titan) can lead us to the steps toward life." Full story at Discovery News. More news from Discovery Communications. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

  • DIY-design shower curtain

    10 May 2011 | 9:57 am
    Make bath time fun time without the need for bubbles or rubber duckies (although, their addition wouldn’t hurt) with the DIY shower curtain from Poketo. Cheaper option: Your old shower curtain + a Sharpie. Via SwissMiss. Inspiring home design to expand your imagination. Permalink | Leave a comment  »
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    Mashable!

  • Adobe Launches Photoshop Companion Apps for iPad

    Stan Schroeder
    10 May 2011 | 10:23 am
    In April 2011, accompanying the launch of Photoshop Touch SDK, Adobe announced three Photoshop CS5 companion apps for the iPad. The apps — Adobe Color Lava for Photoshop, Adobe Eazel for Photoshop and Adobe Nav for Photoshop — are now available in Apple’s App Store.Adobe Color Lava costs $2.99. It lets users mix colors on the iPad using their fingers. Users can also create color swatches and themes that can be transferred into Photoshop or shared with friends directly from the app.Adobe Nav costs $1.99; it gives users the ability to control Photoshop tools on the iPad…

  • Android@Home Lets You Control Your Lights & Appliances Wirelessly

    Ben Parr
    10 May 2011 | 10:05 am
    Google has just unveiled the Android@Home framework, a set of protocols for controlling light switches, alarm clocks and other home appliances through any Android device.The search giant’s ambitious plan intends to turn the home into one connected device. During a demo Tuesday at Google I/O in San Francisco, the company showed off the capability to control lights via an Android tablet. Android@Home essentially makes it possible to control wireless or connected devices.Google also showed off a new type of Android device: a home theater system called “Project Tungsten.” Google…

  • How Google’s Music Service Works [VIDEO]

    Stan Schroeder
    10 May 2011 | 9:50 am
    Google’s long-awaited music service, Google Music, is in an invite-only beta stage, but the company has released a video highlighting some of the most important features.The video shows the service running on the web, as well as an Android tablet and mobile device. The player stores your music in the cloud, but the songs you’ve recently played will be cached and available even if you go offline. If you like, you can also easily select specific artists and albums you want to have available.The entire experience is synced across all your devices; for example, if you create a…

  • Google Launches Movies for Android

    Ben Parr
    10 May 2011 | 9:43 am
    Google has unveiled Google Movies for Android, a new app that allows users to rent and play movies on their tablets or phones.The news is an extension of Monday’s announcement that YouTube is offering 3,000 additional movies for its on-demand rental service. Google revealed that it struck deals with Sony Pictures, NBC Universal and Warner Brothers for the rights to their movies.That vast movie library has now made its way to Android. Movie rentals will start at $1.99 and be available directly from the Android Market. Once users rent a movie, they have 30 days to start watching the film…

  • Starwood Hotels Adds Foursquare to Loyalty Program

    Jennifer Van Grove
    10 May 2011 | 9:41 am
    Foursquare has partnered with Starwood Hotels and Resorts to begin offering members of the Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) loyalty program additional points, badges and rewards for their checkins at participating hotels.Beginning Tuesday, Foursquare members who connect their SPG and Foursquare accounts will earn 250 bonus Starpoints when they check in with a confirmed reservation at one of more than 1,000 hotels.Starwood first announced the new program Tuesday morning via its SPGInsider Twitter account, tweeting: “Checking-in just got even more rewarding. Link your SPG acct with…
 
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    Fast Company

  • Skype's Investors' $6.5B "Told Ya So"

    Kit Eaton
    10 May 2011 | 11:34 am
    Defending the $8.5 billion Microsoft paid for Skype, investor Ben Horowitz suggests rivalry from Google and Apple had no impact on Skype's success. It was the resilience of the service itself in the face of serious competition. That's what lead Horowitz's firm and a group of others to fund Skype with $2 billion just two years ago, despite heavy criticism. In other words, he's celebrating a ... let's see, carry the 1 ... $6.5 billion "I told ya so."Horowitz responded to the news of the deal with a blog post that sets out some of the details of his firm's decision in mid-2009. He notes that the…

  • The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Transportation

    Rachel Z. Arndt
    10 May 2011 | 11:25 am
    01 / Nissan >>For creating the Leaf, the first mass-market, all-electric car. To make the switch from gas to electricity easier, Nissan is working with electric companies and cities, such as Houston, to build public charging networks. 02 / Azul >> For converting bus riders into frequent fliers by introducing quick, convenient, and cheap flights in Brazil. The company, started by JetBlue founder David Neeleman, secured about 8% of the Brazilian market within two years of its first flight. And by the end of 2011, Neeleman plans to have the airline serving 50 Brazilian cities. 03 /…

  • YouTube Adds Rentals, Largest BitTorrent Case Ever, Google Goggles For Biz Cards, And More...

    Gregory Ferenstein
    10 May 2011 | 11:22 am
    The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. Google Adds Cloud Movie Rentals for AndroidIn case adding movie rentals for YouTube wasn't enough (see below), Google announced today at its I/O conference that the company will add a movie rental service to its Android marketplace. Thousands of titles will be available for streaming, starting at $1.99 per rental. Movies can be streamed to any Android-based device, whether smartphone or tablet, and are also available to watch online.YouTube Adds Movie Rentals3,000+ movies are…

  • How Google Music Beta Could Make Users Go Gaga

    Austin Carr
    10 May 2011 | 11:21 am
    What's Google's new cloud-based music service got in common with Lady Gaga? Word of a forthcoming ad shot last weekend in NYC and pairing the tech and fame monsters might offer clues. Today at Google's I/O conference, the company unveiled Google Music Beta, a cloud-based music service that enables users to store songs in a digital locker and stream them to any Android device--phones, tablets, laptops, or desktops. Google's entry takes direct aim at Amazon, which launched a similar service in March, and adds yet another competitor to Apple. Google reportedly did not wait for a deal…

  • Avoid Road-Trip Sticker Shock With AAA's Gas App

    David Zax
    10 May 2011 | 11:20 am
    A new app from AAA helps you find the cheapest pump, just in time for the summer travel.Summer is almost upon us, making it time to start planning your summer road trip. And if you're one of the 99% of Americans who are constantly whining about gas prices, that means you'll need to plan for the inevitable side trips as well: those interminable searches and detours in search of the cheapest gasoline to refuel.That task is about to get easier. AAA has a complete walk-through with cheats, you might say: It's launching an app for Android, AAA TripTik, that will help you compare gas prices in the…
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    How to Change the World

  • My visit to Notre Dame

    GuyKawasaki
    17 Apr 2011 | 6:46 pm
    Check out my pictures from my visit to Notre Dame.

  • NPR with @KerriMPR and @GuyKawasaki

    GuyKawasaki
    22 Mar 2011 | 9:47 pm
    Loved appearing on Minnesota Public Radio with Kerri Miller. In this episode of Midmorning we discussed Apple, Enchantment, and hockey—not necessarily in that order. Buy Enchantment now.

  • Enchantment hits the bestsellers lists

    GuyKawasaki
    18 Mar 2011 | 10:26 am
    After one week of availability, Enchantment has hit three bestseller lists: New York Times (Advice, How-to, and Miscellaneous), Wall Street Journal (Hardcover Business), and Publishers Weekly (Hardcover Nonfiction). I owe this success to you, my readers and reviewers. Thanks so much for making Enchantment a success. I hope it enables you to change the world! Buy Enchantment now.

  • FAQ: How to Autograph a Book

    GuyKawasaki
    16 Mar 2011 | 11:13 pm
    Question: When you autograph a book, what does your message say? Answer: It says “Resisting you is futile.” Question: Why do write this? Answer: Because I want my readers to feel good about themselves. Question: Why do you sign the cover? Answer: There are three reasons. First, it saves me lots of time by not having to open the book. Second, and more important, the main purpose of getting an autograph is to show others that you know the author, so having the autograph on the cover makes this much more obvious. Third, it helps readers meet people because the autograph is a good way…

  • How do publish thee? Let me count the ways.

    GuyKawasaki
    9 Mar 2011 | 7:24 am
    At long last my latest book, Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions, is available. Here are the ways to order it. As an indication of what the critics think of it, this is the Kirkus review: Apple’s former chief evangelist leads businessfolk down the path to enchantment. The entrepreneur’s entrepreneur is back with his tenth book, this time tackling the tricky art of influence and persuasion. Kawasaki (Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging and Outmarketing Your Competition, 2011, etc.) transforms the otherwise exhausted and overwrought tropes…
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    TechCrunch

  • 400 Percent Increase In Android Malware; Mobile Security Threats At Record High

    John Biggs
    10 May 2011 | 10:11 am
    Juniper Networks today released a study concerned with potential threats to mobile technology, revealing a 400 percent increase in Android malware. The study also found that both enterprise and consumer mobile devices are being exposed to a record number of security threats, including highly targeted Wi-Fi attacks. Read more…

  • Google TV Finds New Friends And An Updated OS

    Matt Burns
    10 May 2011 | 10:07 am
    Google’s mantra of launching products early and often didn’t exactly work with Google TV. It hit the ground with a gimped feature set and limited hardware options. The analogy of Android simply hasn’t held true as hardware makers and retail vendors alike simply haven’t picked up the devices. Today, at Google I/O, new hardware partners were announced as well as an updated OS. Google TV might finally be off the starting line. Read More

  • Google Releases The Android Open Accessory Toolkit For Adding Devices To Tablets And Phones

    John Biggs
    10 May 2011 | 9:49 am
    In this post-PC world, tablets and phones are starting to be our main devices. But what if we want to do something special with like like adding keyboards, mice, and game controllers. Google is working on a new project called the Android Open Accessory toolkit that will allow designers to use open source hardware interfaces like Arduino to connect multiple input devices to almost any Android system. Read more…

  • Google Annouces Plans, Partners To Guarantee Android Phones Will Get Latest Updates

    Matt Burns
    10 May 2011 | 9:46 am
    There’s a new Android phone every two weeks now. That often spells bad news for slightly older phones as carriers and makers abandon their development. Not anymore. Google just rolled out the founding partners of an inititive to keep hardware up-to-date for at least 18 months. That means these top five hardware makers and top five carriers won’t forget about last year’s hot device. They will eventually get the latest update although since details were a bit light at I/O, it isn’t exactly clear how this will work. The only stipulation here is that the phone’s…

  • Google Announces Cloud Music Service ‘Music Beta’

    Alexia Tsotsis
    10 May 2011 | 9:46 am
    While the news broke last night, Google officially announced its cloud music player ‘Music Beta’ this morning at Google i/o, rolling out to US users today. With Music Beta you can add up to 20k songs to a full featured music manager on the web and sync to your phone, all for free while the service is in beta. Google’s Paul Joyce revealed that the Music Beta killer feature is ‘Instant Mix,’ Google’s version of Genius playlists, where you can select a song that you like and the music manager will create a playlist based on songs that sound similar. Music Beta…
 
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    Seth's Blog

  • Marketing to nobody

    Seth Godin
    10 May 2011 | 2:01 am
    Nobody wears a watch any more. Nobody wears a tie either. Nobody shops at a bookstore, at least nobody I know. The market of nobody is big indeed. You can do really well selling to nobody if you do your homework. In fact, most companies selling to nobody outperform those that are trying to sell to everyone.

  • Selling vs. inviting

    Seth Godin
    9 May 2011 | 2:37 am
    Selling is often misunderstood, largely by people who would be a lot more comfortable merely inviting. If I invite you to a wedding, or a party, or to buy a $500,000 TV ad for $500, there's no resistance on your part. Either you jump at the chance and say yes, or you have a conflict and say no. It's not my job to help you overcome your fear of commitment, to help you see the ultimate value and most of all, to work with you as you persuade yourself and others to do something that might just work. If the marketing and product development team do a great job, selling is a lot easier... so easy…

  • In search of six major brands

    Seth Godin
    8 May 2011 | 7:03 pm
    For a high-profile project (can't announce it yet) for charity that we're doing in September, we're looking for six companies with significant marketing budgets that want to participate and be featured. Household names, or brands on the way to becoming one are ideal. If you're the CMO or part of the team, and want to know more, drop a note to Lauryn by Wednesday. Thanks.

  • Share your confusions

    Seth Godin
    8 May 2011 | 2:02 am
    If you're building for digital, for a place where you can't possibly be present to guide or to answer questions, I think it's vital you have someone who can review your work. Same for instruction manuals, secret ballots and road signs. Not to make suggestions to make it better (what do they know?) but to share their confusions. I don't think that's a phrase, but it should be. Share your confusions is a way of asking someone to dissect your work and point out what's not totally clear.

  • How long is your long run?

    Seth Godin
    7 May 2011 | 1:47 am
    The bank robber may have a long run of just thirty minutes. Stealing money today appears worth it because tomorrow is just too far away to consider. There are organizations and nations that have been around for hundreds of years and expect to be around for another thousand. They have a long run a little longer than yours. I think we can agree on what the short run is. The question worth asking your brand, your boss or your family is: what's the long run? Most of the time, we err on the side of short.
 
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    ProBlogger Blog Tips

  • ProBlogger’s Guide to Your First Week of Blogging [50% Off This Week]

    Darren Rowse
    10 May 2011 | 6:00 am
    In 2002 I published my first ever blog post. I don’t remember too much about what I wrote in it, but I still vividly remember the feelings and questions I had as I hit Publish. Who’s going to read this? How will they find it? What will their reaction be? What do I do now? In the hours that followed hitting Publish, I quickly realized that writing my first post was only a small part of what I really needed to do if I wanted my blog to be successful—but knowing that left me feeling quite confused. Over the coming weeks and months I gradually worked out some of what to do,…

  • How My Blog Landed Me on Yahoo’s Homepage (Twice) in the First Year

    Guest Blogger
    9 May 2011 | 6:03 am
    This guest post is by Jaime Tardy of EventualMillionaire.com. Within six months of starting my blog I was contacted by a reporter from CNN. Less than a month later I was on CNNMoney.com and did an interview on CNN Newsroom with Tony Harris. A week after that, my story (and face!) was on Yahoo’s Homepage. Since then I’ve been in Kiplingers Personal Finance Magazine, iTunes New and Noteworthy list, MSNMoney.com, Probloggers Top 40 to Watch List, and on Yahoo’s homepage again. If someone told me this would happen a year ago, I would have said they were crazy. I started…

  • Set Up Your Blog for Product Reviews

    Guest Blogger
    8 May 2011 | 6:04 am
    This post is by Mike Essex of Koozai. Regardless of the niche a blog operates in, it is possible to convince brands to provide free products for you to review. If it’s a well known niche, such as trainers, then the brands will already have products available for review, as that’s the same way they gain exposure in the media, so the issue becomes more about standing out from the crowd. Alternatively, if a niche is smaller (such as high-powered lasers), the focus shifts to educating the brand owners on why they should send you a product, and the exposure they can get in return. In short,…

  • How to Blog Without Comparing Yourself to Others

    Guest Blogger
    7 May 2011 | 6:00 am
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde Is your blog the best in the world? Often when we want to blog, we can struggle with what we see in the blogging universe. These blogs are doing better than our blog. Why is that? This blog has more followers on Twitter, has better and longer comments, has more views, has more Likes… Just calm down. Why should you be upset that a blog has more of something than your blog has? Is it really that bad that they are, technically, “better” than your blog? ProBlogger has more of a lot of things than my…

  • The 5 Forgotten Keys to Extraordinary Blogging Success

    Guest Blogger
    6 May 2011 | 6:05 am
    This guest post is by Mr. Self Development of Mr. Self Development.com. Success is not the result of luck, chance, or coincidence.  Success comes when an individual decides to follow the principles of success. The principles of success will produce success every time.  So today I want to talk about five success principles that will result in successful blogging. 1. Get motivated “Motivation is the fuel necessary to keep the human engine running.” ~Anonymous Motivation is like water: you don’t fully understand its importance until you don’t have any.  Nothing happens without…
 
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    MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors

  • Google Launches 'Music Beta' Cloud Service

    10 May 2011 | 9:49 am
    As expected, Google today announced its new Music Beta service, offering users the ability to upload their music libraries to Google's servers for cloud-based hosting that allows users to access content from any device. The offering competes...

  • YouTube Takes on iTunes Store With Streaming Movie Rentals

    10 May 2011 | 8:39 am
    YouTube yesterday announced the launch of streaming movie rentals, taking on Apple's iTunes Store offerings that have grown to include a variety of streaming and downloadable rental options as well as digital purchases. YouTube's new rental ...

  • Microsoft to Acquire Skype for $8.5 Billion

    10 May 2011 | 5:32 am
    Rumors of the acquisition broke last night, and this morning Microsoft has confirmed that they are acquiring Skype for $8.5 billion. Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: “MSFT”) and Skype Global S.à r.l today announced that they have ent...

  • Adobe Releases iPad Companion Apps for Photoshop: Eazel, Nav, Color Lava

    10 May 2011 | 1:48 am
    Adobe has released its first three Photoshop CS5 companion apps for the iPad. The apps were originally announced in April as a demonstration of what could be accomplished with their new Photoshop Touch Software Development Kit.

  • Apple's New Data Center Focus of Nuance Voice Recognition Partnership?

    9 May 2011 | 1:45 pm
    Late last week, we reported on claims that Apple is in discussions with voice recognition firm Nuance Communications regarding some sort of partnership presumably linked to rumors that Apple is integrating significant voice capabilities into ...
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    chrisbrogan.com

  • Organize Your Business

    ceb
    10 May 2011 | 4:53 am
    Most small businesses don’t work like an assembly line, at least not at first. Depending on the owner, it might never be a goal of your business to work that way (it’s certainly not my goal). But we do tend to want to have a way to focus on our business, and we do care about which tasks matter most. Here’s how I set about doing my business on any given day. Not the ideal that people would have you follow, but this is the real way I work on my business. A Simple Framework Long term goals. Important projects. Urgent tasks. Maintenance tasks. Promotion/Lead Generation First In…

  • Secret Superhero Gear – a Kitchen Table Company

    ceb
    9 May 2011 | 12:21 pm
    I’m so jazzed! Josh Fisher, our creative director at HBW, has launched a kitchen table company, Secret Superhero Gear, tee shirts and gear to apply to your inner hero. Josh’s first shirt is the Hashtag Ninja. You’re going to want this one. It comes in men’s and women’s cuts, and you can even customize it a little bit. But come on. Hashtag ninja? That’s you. The kind of person who knows their tweets, who makes up random hashtags ( #youdontdothatdoyou ), and who knows that’s one of your super secret powers. By the way, @SUPR_HERO is on Twitter, manned…

  • Which Tasks Matter Most

    ceb
    9 May 2011 | 5:02 am
    I’m late writing this blog post. I don’t have any “extra” posts in drafts waiting to go. But I’m also due to send out my Blog Topics newsletter, which people have paid to receive. I also have work to do in promoting my other projects like Kitchen Table Companies. I also have to give my part to the HBW newsletter that we send out Tuesday. On top of all this, I owe some email responses to people. I owe a post to American Express OPEN Forum. I owe a submission to Entrepreneur magazine. I owe many people many things, and none of that goes towards the new projects…

  • What Goes Into a Punch

    ceb
    6 May 2011 | 8:28 am
    I’m reading Do the Work (amazon aff link) by Steven Pressfield. (You can get it free on Kindle, or it’s $10 from that link). Oddly, it’s where my mind is right now anyhow, so I’m at one of those ideal points where reading the book is really in sync with what I need to know. I was thinking about how hard it is to work on things where the result doesn’t come immediately. And I was thinking about what goes into a punch. What Goes Into a Punch A punch that someone throws at you is never just a fist connecting with flesh. It’s mechanics. It’s practice.

  • Gary Becker on Immigration and Other Economist Perspectives

    ceb
    5 May 2011 | 5:08 am
    At the Milken Institute Global Conference, I had the chance to hear Nobel Laureate Gary Becker talk about economics with Michael Milken. I’m not very much into economics (pretty much stop at the Freakonomics level), but this was really engaging stuff. Here are some examples. Becker on Immigration Simply, Becker thought legal immigration could be solved by charging $50,000 at the door for up to 1 million immigrants a year. That would add $50 Billion to the US budget, would be a gating factor (they’d have to have means to get in), and would be far less arbitrary than the curent…
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    Copyblogger

  • Do You Like Copyblogger?

    Brian Clark
    10 May 2011 | 9:50 am
    Did you know there’s a Copyblogger Facebook page now? We’ve got some interesting plans for it, so if you enjoy what we do here at Copyblogger, we’d appreciate it if you gave us a “like.” What’s in it for you? Well, we’ll be taking feedback for future articles, premium content, and product enhancements. Plus, we’re planning on holding Facebook Q&A sessions where you can ask me, Sonia, and Robert specific questions about content, copywriting, and online marketing in general. It’s easy … just click here and then click the…

  • The Simple Sales Strategy that Boosts Your Bottom-Line

    Sean D'Souza
    10 May 2011 | 6:33 am
    Choice is a good thing. Too much choice can be a bad thing. It can confuse customers and cause them to abandon your sales process early. So, what if you’re selling several (or many) products or services? You know you want to make compelling offers, and that email is a great place to put those offers in front of your potential customers. But how do you give equal attention to each, or guide your prospects to the product that will best work for them? The answer I’ve found, after extensive testing, is the Two-Option Sales Strategy for your email marketing. It offers the perfect…

  • The Ultimate Guide to Twitter Marketing

    Gabrielle Conde
    9 May 2011 | 7:23 am
    I’ve probably approached Twitter marketing in fifty different ways. And in an attempt to find the best way to go forward with my own marketing efforts on Twitter, I recently realized that I’d collected a fairly valuable list of killer resources along the way. Would you like to know how to start marketing your business on Twitter? How about more advanced approaches to getting more retweets, more followers, and more prospects for your business? If there are secrets and special formulas that can magically unlock the power of social media out there, I don’t know them. What I do…

  • Copyblogger Weekly Wrap

    Johnny B. Truant
    7 May 2011 | 9:37 am
    The other day while out riding my bike, I was accosted by three turkeys. I’m not kidding. The turkeys were crossing the road, and I was screaming down a hill at them. I hit the brakes but they didn’t flinch at all — and then, they advanced menacingly. I was able to make an initial escape, but they gave aggressive chase. This may sound funny to you, but you weren’t there … this was payback. Payback for Thanksgiving. And no, none of this is relevant to business, copywriting, or marketing. But do you want to be unprepared for the upcoming turkey insurgency? I…

  • Is the Online Gold Rush Over?

    Robert Bruce
    6 May 2011 | 6:50 am
    At the height of the great Gold Rush of 1896, the population in the arctic Klondike region suddenly swelled to 40,000 souls. The promise of incredible wealth (and more than that, a legendary adventure) was too compelling to ignore. Kind of sounds like the web 1.0 and 2.0 booms. With little more than a great idea, a few bucks for hosting, and some hard work, a single person can change their life using the internet-as-lever. Question is: is too late for you? In this episode Brian Clark and I discuss: Is it too late to start online? Have you missed the boat entirely? How to quit prospecting and…
 
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    ReadWriteWeb

  • Video: Content Farms Are Ruining the Earth's Resources - There's a Better Way

    10 May 2011 | 12:30 pm
    According to Internet expert and ReadWriteWeb 2WAY Summit Master of Ceremonies Alex Blagg, content farms are destroying the fabric of the planet. Is there a better way for folks to get guaranteed super viral content? There sure is! That's why Alex will also be bringing his brand new Internet Content Mass Manufacturing Facility Warehouse Superstore to the 2WAY Summit in New York City on June 13-14. Sponsor Whether you're looking for top 10 lists, embarrassing celebrity photos, or other type of Internet content gold, we'll have you covered. Not sure what type of content you're looking for?

  • SendGrid Revamps Its Pricing

    10 May 2011 | 11:15 am
    SendGrid, a popular e-mail sending service, revamped its pricing plans today. Facing competition from services like Amazon SES and the forthcoming Message Bus, SendGrid is bringing its pricing more in-line with Amazon.com's. Each of these services is designed to enable companies to send large numbers of e-mail, such as account confirmations and password resets, without being snared by spam filters. Sponsor FREE: A full-featured free trial that includes, 200 email credits/day, Advanced Deliverability features, Advanced Reporting and Analytics, access to all API's, Premium Support, and the…

  • Yammer Ups Its Enterprise Game with NetSuite Integration

    10 May 2011 | 10:20 am
    Yammer surged in popularity last year. According to Yammer's Vice President of Marketing Steve Apfelberg, the company experienced triple digit growth. It also expanded its features beyond just microblogging by adding features such as document editing, idea management and its own app store-like collection of third-party applications. But integration in "real" enterprise software has always been missing. You can embed Yammer in Microsoft SharePoint, but not much more. That's starting to change: Yammer and ERP software-as-a-service company NetSuite announced today that the two companies are…

  • Ballmer on Skype: "Microsoft Will Continue to Support Non-Microsoft Platforms."

    10 May 2011 | 10:09 am
    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Skype CEO Tony Bates took the stage this morning to go over some of the specifics behind Microsoft's $8.5 billion acquisition of the worldwide communications platform. Reading between the lines of the talk there are a couple of things that become apparent for what Microsoft has planned for Skype. Foremost, Ballmer said Skype will continue to be a cross-platform service. "I said it and I mean it. Microsoft will continue to support non-Microsoft platforms because it is fundamental to the value proposition of communications," Ballmer said. "We are one of the few…

  • Turn Your Evernote Notes into Study Guides & Flashcards with StudyBlue

    10 May 2011 | 10:00 am
    Evernote doesn't necessarily tout itself as an educational tool. Nonetheless the app has become incredibly popular among students, teachers, and researchers, and the company often highlights some of the innovative uses that these groups have devised in its blog posts. As it's nearing Finals Week for many schools, and the necessity of the good notes and storage seems paramount. And Evernote is announcing a new integration today with StudyBlue that is targeted at the educational market and that showcases the ways in which Evernote's popular storage and note-taking capabilities can be utilized…
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    Smashing Magazine Feed

  • New WordPress Power Tips For Template Developers And Consultants

    Jacob Goldman
    10 May 2011 | 1:41 am
      It has been a big year for WordPress. If there were still some lingering doubts about its potency as a full-fledged content management system, then the full support for custom taxonomies and custom post types in WordPress 3.0 core should have put them to rest. WordPress 3.1 took those leaps one step further, polishing custom taxonomies with multi-taxonomy query support, polishing custom post types with native template support for archives and feeds, and introducing features (like the “admin bar”) that make it easier to quickly edit and add content from the front end.In the…

  • Hardware Giveaway: 7,500 Comments Challenge!

    Smashing Editorial
    9 May 2011 | 2:39 am
      We sincerely appreciate all the time and support our readers make to visit Smashing Magazine and participate in discussions in the comments, in your blogs as well as on Twitter and Facebook. Today, we’d love to give you something in return to show you our appreciation for your contributions. After all, why only get gifts for Christmas and your birthday? Here at Smashing Magazine, we love to give away things all year long. This time, you have the ultimate chance to win some nifty hardware.And to make the giveaway a bit more interesting, let’s set on a small challenge!

  • How To Get Sign-Off For Your Designs

    Paul Boag
    6 May 2011 | 3:00 am
      “How did you do that?” My colleague Leigh sounded impressed. He had been working with a problem client for weeks trying to get design approval. Then I came along and was able to get signed-off in a single conference call. “Can you teach me how you did that?” he asked. I mumbled something about years of experience, but the truth was I didn’t have a clue. It just seems I can find design approval easier than most.As I thought about it I realised there are actually quite a lot of things that have become second nature for me over the years. But I have…

  • Innovative Techniques To Simplify Sign-Ups and Log-Ins

    Anthony T
    5 May 2011 | 6:23 am
      There are many ways to design sign-up and log-in forms. Most designers are familiar with the conventional ways. But understanding and applying a few innovative techniques could make your forms simpler and more efficient to fill out. In this article, we’d like to present a couple of new ideas that might be useful for your next designs. Please notice that before using these techniques, you should make sure that they make sense in the context in which you are going to use them. We’d love to hear about your case-studies and usability tests that affirm or dismiss the…

  • Useful Photoshop Tools and Techniques For Your Workflow

    Smashing Editorial
    4 May 2011 | 7:21 am
      Productivity is a crucial asset of professional designers. Photoshop is an extremely powerful application for photo processing and image manipulation, and we can make it even more powerful by using handy tools, actions, plugins and templates to save time for solving mundane regular tasks. The better our professional tool set is, the more time we can spend to focus on the actual design process rather than the tool we are using to implement it on screen.Here at Smashing Magazine, we’re continuously searching for recent time-saving, useful Photoshop resources for our readers,…
 
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    CNN.com

  • Immigration: An Obama priority

    10 May 2011 | 10:31 am
    A senior administration official says President Obama's speech will kick off a campaign-style effort to rally support for immigration policy overhaul.

  • Louisiana residents jittery

    10 May 2011 | 10:05 am
    As the Mississippi River was cresting Tuesday near Memphis, Tennessee, residents downstream in low-lying Louisiana were eying the rising waters nervously -- and worried about a plan to open a spillway, which is expected to trigger flooding in southern portions of the state.

  • River crest rolls south

    10 May 2011 | 9:45 am
    There's no end in sight for flooding in Memphis. The Mississippi River has begun cresting, forecasters say, but Memphis may have high water levels into June.

  • Schwarzenegger and Shriver split

    10 May 2011 | 9:38 am
    Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have announced that they are "amicably separating" after 25 years of marriage, but there was no mention of divorce in their joint statement.

  • No pay for Japan's PM until crisis ends

    10 May 2011 | 9:00 am
    Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday that he will give up his salary until the nuclear crisis in the country is over.
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    Scott Kelby's Photoshop Insider Blog » Photoshop & Digital Photography Techniques, Tutorials, Books, Reviews & More

  • Shots From My Denmark/Sweden Trip

    Scott
    9 May 2011 | 9:06 pm
    Setting the Bar Low Guarantees Success! I went into this trip with very modest photographic goals: I just wanted to do better in Denmark, then I did in Spain last year, where after 10 days in Barcelona I came home with absolutely nothing. Not that I didn’t shoot, mind you—I just came home without one shot I’d show anybody. (My buddy Dave Moser didn’t believe me, so I showed him what I got in Spain, and his exact words were, “Ohhhh. Boss. What happened?”). I had never been to Copenhagen, so although I did want to take lots of photos (and I only had 2-1/2 days to shoot), I…

  • I’m Back From a Weekend in Denmark!

    Scott
    8 May 2011 | 9:19 pm
    Hi Gang: By the time you read this, I’m already on my way back from an incredible weekend in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Malmo, Sweden, hanging out and shooting photos with my good friend Terry White. Terry, whose full time job is an Adobe Graphics Evangelist, was in the middle of an Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 roll-out tour, and he told me last month that during the tour he’d have a few days off in Copenhagen, and since I had always wanted to visit Copenhagen, on Thursday I hopped a night flight to meet him there, and spend the weekend just being a tourist, and taking lots of photos.

  • Introducing Pete Collins, The New “Photoshop Guy!”

    Scott
    6 May 2011 | 2:50 am
    Hi Gang: We made a little video to briefly introduce you to Pete, who’s not just a great Photoshop instructor, but a real quality person as well. I hope you’ll join me in welcoming Pete to our community, and make him feel at home. By the way—Matt Kloskowski is his boss, so a few prayers for Pete wouldn’t hurt either.

  • It’s Pimpy Thursday!

    Brad
    4 May 2011 | 9:01 pm
    Hey gang, Brad here with this week’s pimpy! Photoshop World Vegas Registration Is Open! Head on over to PhotoshopWorld.com to see the full list of instructors, classes, and pre-conference workshops, then register to reserve your spot at the world’s coolest Photoshop conference (well, at least I think so )! And don’t forget, you save $100 by registering early. Gargantuan DVD Sale at Kelby Training We’re having a massive sale on select Kelby Training DVDs, up to 85% off their original price! If you want to snag training from Scott Kelby, Matt Kloskowski, Joe McNally,…

  • It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring August Bradley!

    Brad
    3 May 2011 | 9:01 pm
    Hi everyone, it’s a privilege to be invited to contribute to this community. Thank you Scott and Brad for the opportunity to share a little here as well as to discover so much rich content from previous posts. I’m astonished by the rate of change in our craft and our industry. There has never been a better time to be a creative person, or to be in the media business. The number of opportunities are expanding at a rate that’s hard to wrap one’s mind around and, accordingly, it’s hard to determine which new avenues to go after and to pursue them with the consistency that success…
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    Digital Photography School

  • Anna Gay’s Picks for Self Portrait Challenge #1: PROPS

    Anna Gay
    10 May 2011 | 7:05 am
    Today’s post is part of dPS’s Self Portrait Challenge – learn more about what it is, how you can be involved and how you can get a free gift for participating here. Let me start by saying that I am so thrilled by the number of entries for this challenge. I can tell that all of you are going to make it very tough for me this week in choosing my picks! I am also really happy to see that this was the first time many of you had taken a self-portrait, and equally thrilled that this encouraged you to participate in your first dPS challenge! With that said, here are my picks for…

  • Self Portrait Challenge #1: PROPS

    Anna Gay
    9 May 2011 | 10:22 am
    Today is the first day in dPS’s Self Portrait Challenge – learn more about what it is, how you can be involved and how you can get a free gift here. Earlier this week, when I learned I would be issuing some self-portrait challenges for dPS, I was absolutely thrilled! Self-portraiture has been a very important aspect of my career as a photographer thus far, as well as many of my photography buddies – both professional and hobbyist. When I first started learning about photography, self-portraiture never occurred to me as a way to hone my portrait skills. I found so many amazing…

  • dPS Self Portrait Week Challenge: Sign Up and Receive a Free Gift

    Darren Rowse
    9 May 2011 | 7:01 am
    Today we’re launching a fun week long challenge here on dPS and we’d LOVE for you to join in. The theme is ‘Self Portaits’ and over the next week we’ll issue you with 3 Themes to go away and photograph and to share the results with us. We’ve approached renowned self portrait photographer Anna Gay who is known for her 365 self portrait challenges to be involved in choosing the themes and to help us all improve our self portraits. Later today, Wednesday and on Friday Anna will issue the challenge and name the theme and then on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday…

  • How to Capture Motion Blur in Photography

    Darren Rowse
    8 May 2011 | 2:03 pm
    Photo by bikeracer Capturing movement in images is something that many photographers only think to do when they are photographing sports or other fast moving subjects. While there is an obvious opportunity in sports photography to emphasize the movement of participants – almost every type of photography can benefit from the emphasis of movement in a shot – even when the movement is very small, slow and/or subtle. Last week I featured 15 images that capture movement with creative blur – today I want to take a few moments to suggest some tips on how to do it. Tips for…

  • 365 Grateful – A Photography Project that Could Change Your Life

    Darren Rowse
    8 May 2011 | 7:20 am
    In the last few days I had the privilege to meet Toni Powell – one of the creators of the 365 Grateful project. I hope to feature more on the project in the coming months but wanted to share the above short video to introduce the concept because its something that is changing lives around the world – through photography – and is something that I know for a fact many dPS readers and members would get a lot out of both in terms of their photography but also (and more importantly) in terms of life. Check them out at 365 Grateful and Like them on Facebook here. Post from:…
 
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    TUAW

  • Apple patent reveals unused iPad design with two USB slots

    Kelly Hodgkins
    10 May 2011 | 12:00 pm
    In his last appearance during an earnings conference call last year, Steve Jobs hinted that Apple tested several designs for the iPad during its development stage. One of these possible designs may have reared its ugly head in a patent application recently approved by the USPTO. This patent details a Wi-Fi+3G iPad with an extra USB slot for landscape connectivity. This auxiliary USB slot would let you place the iPad in a dedicated landscape dock as well as dock in portrait mode and simultaneously sync using both USB slots. Apple now holds a patent for this design, but it may never debut in an…

  • Sandvox 2 features major overhaul, Objects Menu, more

    Dave Caolo
    10 May 2011 | 11:00 am
    Sandvox by Kareila Software will celebrate its fifth birthday this year. The festivities begin with Sandvox 2.0, a major update to the WYSIWYG Web editor for the Mac. With more than 5 dozen new or improved features, such as the super-handy Objects Menu and full HTML5 compliance, Sandvox 2 is ready for weekend Web warriors and small business owners alike. Here's my look at Sandvox 2. UI Web editors like Sandvox are meant for those who wish to create websites without touching HTML. That's a large number of users, like new parents, baseball coaches and small business owners. The common thread…

  • iSuppli: Apple bucks decline in smartphone market, edges closer to Nokia

    Kelly Hodgkins
    10 May 2011 | 10:00 am
    Apple is edging closer to Nokia and poised to assume the leadership position in the smartphone market, according to IHS iSuppli. In the first three months of 2011, Apple shipped 18.6 million iPhones globally, a 14.9 percent jump from the previous quarter. While Apple showed impressive gains, Nokia posted a significant decline. Q1 2011 shipments from the Finnish handset maker declined 14.5 percent from the 28.3 million handsets shipped in Q4 2010 to 24.2 million in Q1 of this year. At the end of last quarter, a mere 5.6 million handsets separated the two companies. This gap could be narrowed…

  • Apple compensates customer injured at Beijing store

    Kelly Hodgkins
    10 May 2011 | 9:00 am
    Apple reportedly compensated a customer injured in a melee outside the Sanlitun Apple Store in Beijing, China. The customer, identified as Ding Wencheng by the Global Times, was reportedly paid a 20,000-yuan ($3,000) settlement by the Apple store for injuries he received in the altercation. According to state reports, a scuffle erupted when a foreign Apple employee allegedly started to beat suspected line jumpers. In the aftermath, several customers were hospitalized, and the front glass door of the Apple store was smashed. Apple spokesperson Carolyn Wu acknowledged the brawl, but did not…

  • Adobe releases trio of Photoshop Touch Applications for the iPad

    Kelly Hodgkins
    10 May 2011 | 8:00 am
    Adobe announced the immediate availability of its Photoshop Touch applications for the iPad. The three touch-friendly apps use the touchscreen of the iPad and interact with Photoshop CS5 on the desktop. The trio includes Adobe Color Lava for Photoshop, Adobe Eazel for Photoshop and Adobe Nav for Photoshop. Color Lava lets you mix and match color swatches to create new colors on the iPad. Eazel lets you draw using the touchscreen of the iPad and Nav lets you use common Photoshop tools as well as browse open Photoshop documents on the iPad. There are many excellent applications that let you…
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    Strobist

  • On Assignment: Concert Pianist

    8 May 2011 | 10:21 pm
    Shooting in big, dimly lit rooms used to scare the heck out of me. I'd bring out all of my big flashes -- and borrow whatever others I could get my hands on. But still, I never seemed to have enough light to do what I wanted.What I didn't know then was that it is usually better to let the ambient in a big room do its own heavy lifting, then tweak it with a little strobe. And by "a little," I generally mean speedlights set in the 1/8 power range, max…__________This particular shoot was one we discussed at length on the Flash Bus tour, but we don't often spend much on the blog about embracing…

  • Brad Trent's Ocean Master Session, Pt. 2

    3 May 2011 | 9:29 pm
    ED. NOTE: This is the final in a series of guest posts, which were so helpful during a very hectic spring. Many thanks to Miller Mobley, Finn O'Hara, John Keatley, Chris Crisman and Brad Trent for the assist. -DH__________When last we left Brad, he was waiting patiently for the pool to fill up. Today, he'll walk through that part of the shoot and the post processing he used to get the final image, seen above. Sortaa cool, IMO, as this is frequently the "black box" part of these kinds of shoots that usually goes unexplained...__________Remember the kiddie pool? Well, it was almost 4:00PM and…

  • What China Doesn't Understand

    27 Apr 2011 | 10:50 pm
    Earlier this week, Chinese manufacturer YongNuo announced a new flash: the YN-565EX.It's got full manual mode, a built-in slave, a PC jack, a modeling light -- and is compatible with both Nikon and Canon's proprietary light-based TTL triggering systems. It may well be a great flash -- or it could be a piece of crap. But it won't get any kind of a serious look here for one simple reason: China's manufacturing and distribution system is sufficiently borked to make product quality control and customer service damn near impossible.Which is a shame, really, considering how well they could be…

  • Guest Post: Brad Trent's Ocean Master Session

    25 Apr 2011 | 6:15 pm
    I'm back in Maryland, decompressing from a 12,531-mile road trip and getting my next few shoots lined up. Fortunately (and to give me a few days to get back into the swing of things) we have one more guest blogger: Brad Trent, who is pictured at left.Not only was Brad the subject of the most widely read post on Strobist in 2010, but he has uncorked what can only be characterized as a Magnum Opus of a guest post today. Even broken into two parts, it is ... significant.Part one, chock full of no fewer than 22 process images, inside.__________DH Note: Pics open to a larger version. Links to…

  • Threadless T-Shirts BTS

    21 Apr 2011 | 10:18 am
    Grover over at Photoshelter did a cool behind-the-scenes look into the one-man photo department at Threadless Tees, AKA Strobist reader Sean Dorgan.Sean is self-taught and does all of the cool, better-than-they-have-to-be T-shirt shots for the site. (Most sites just import the design files into the web page, or at best shoot the empty shirts on white paper. Bleh.)I have corresponded with Sean occasionally as he has grown from a newb flasher into someone who is doing some pretty neat stuff in the name of hawking cool, community-designed T-shirts. I was not at all surprised to see that…
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    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • UN Company launches retractable lens cap for Olympus XZ-1

    9 May 2011 | 6:48 pm
    Japanese accessory maker U.N has announced a retractable lens cap for the Olympus XZ-1. Using a design similar to Ricoh's LC-2, the U.N unit features a custom-machined mounting ring that uses Allen bolts to secure it to the front of the camera. The company describes the unit as craftsman-made but a spokesman said they believed they could make enough for customers outside Japan. These can be bought direct from the company using PayPal, at a cost of ¥7350 (around $90), including shipping. (From DC.Watch)

  • Studio comparisons improved. Fujifilm X100 and others added

    9 May 2011 | 6:09 pm
    Just Posted: Our improved studio comparison tool, with five additional cameras. As something of a trailer for our forthcoming in-depth review, we've added Fujifilm X100 samples in both Raw and JPEG. The Samsung NX100, Nikon Coolpix P300, Canon 5D Mark II and Sony DSLR A900 have also joined the list of available cameras. But the biggest change is that we've updated our comparison tool to make it more flexible: you can now create your own comparisons of up to four cameras, even if they haven't been fully reviewed. You can then copy the URL from the address bar of your browser, allowing you to…

  • ABSoft releases Neat Image 7 plug-in

    5 May 2011 | 10:54 am
    ABSoft has announced an upgraded version of its Neat Image Pro noise reduction plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and Apple Aperture. There are also standalone versions of the software for Mac OS and Linux systems. Version 7 includes a redesigned user interface, support for 32-bit images and and a 'Smart Profile' system to improve noise profiling. Priced at $69.90 it is available for immediate download as a plug-in or a stand-alone application for Windows, Mac and Linux. A simpler version, 'Neat Image 7 Home' with limited features is also available for $39.90.

  • Samyang ships 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC & 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye CS VG10

    5 May 2011 | 9:48 am
    Samyang Optics has announced it has started shipping its 35mm F1.4 lens in Canon and Nikon mount, as well as the 8mm F3.5 CS VG10 Fisheye lens for Sony's NEX-VG10 camcorder. The 35mm lens is available €399 for Canon's EF mount and €419 for the Nikon's AE mount. The 8mm fisheye lens is available for €299.

  • PMA 2011 trade show cancelled

    4 May 2011 | 2:42 pm
    The PMA has cancelled its 2011 trade show and convention. The show, which was re-branded as CliQ 2011 earlier this year, had been scheduled for September 6-11 in Las Vegas, Nevada, a move away from its traditional spring timing. The show will instead take place alongside the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas as PMA@CES in January next year. The move is likely to give increased importance to the PDN PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo in late October.
 
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    Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips

  • 100 Way Lightroom Kicks Bridges Ass! (for photographers)

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    9 May 2011 | 6:53 am
    Last week, Scott Kelby mentioned a whole bunch of Lightroom learning resources that we, over at Kelby Media Group, have. One of them was a brand new mega-tutorial-thingee that Scott and I recorded recently. It’s called 100 Ways That Lightroom Kicks the Bridges Ass for Photographers. The idea originally came from Scott when he and I were talking about the inevitable “Why should I use Lightroom if I already have Bridge” question we get. Instead of doing a long exhaustive video of the differences between LR and Bridge, Scott came up with this idea instead. On the site,…

  • Lightroom Tip – Facebook and Flickr Commenting

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    5 May 2011 | 10:00 pm
    First off, don’t forget that Kelby Training is having a huge sale on DVDs. I’ve done a bunch of titles over there and you can pick up some pretty good deals right now. There’s a some there for $9.99, and a lot of them (like my Mastering Color for Photoshop CS4) are still perfectly applicable for CS5. Look at it this way, you’re bound to get at least one out of a DVD to make it worth $9.99 (but you’ll probably get more). OK, on to the tip: You probably know by now that Lightroom 3 has Facebook and Flickr integration in it. Just go to the Library module, on the…

  • Layers in (sorry WITH) Lightroom Follow Up :)

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    2 May 2011 | 5:14 am
    Hi all. I wanted to take a VERY quick moment to follow up to the onOne Perfect Layers post (and comments) from the other week (sorry, I was on vacation last week). Here’s the deal. I saw three types of comments. 1 and 2 below address them pretty quickly. Number 3 below is my main point because that’s the comment I saw the most. Here goes: 1) Layers “for”, Layers “in”, Layers “with”? One word. Yup, one word did all of this. You got us on a technicality. Should it have been written “Layers With Lightroom”. Yes. It was a simple,…

  • News – Lightroom 3.4 (and Camera Raw 6.4) Released

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    1 May 2011 | 10:26 pm
    I know I’m a little late with this one, but I was on vacation with my family last week and took the week off from, well, just about everything Anyway, just in case you haven’t read about it already, Adobe released Lightroom 3.4. There’s some new overall camera support as well as tethering support for a few more cameras (60D, 550D, and Nikon D7000). There’s also some minor bug fixes. The best thing to do is check out Tom Hogarty’s blog for the full write-up. And of course, you can download the update over at Adobe’s website or simply just go to Help >…

  • Layers for Lightroom?

    jgilbert@photoshopuser.com (Matt Kloskowski)
    22 Apr 2011 | 7:20 am
    What’s probably the most-used feature in Photoshop? Layers right? Something that’s layer-related is probably the main reason I ever leave Lightroom in the first place. Well, onOne Software has come out with a brand new plug-in that brings the features of layers to Lightroom. Yep, layers, stacking, blend modes, and even layer masks. In the scheme of how we work with our photos, this could really change things and I’m excited to see where it goes. I mean, think about all the times you go from Lightroom to Photoshop to simply add one layer or change a blend mode and use a mask.
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    Planet Photoshop

  • CHANGE OPACITY OF MULTIPLE LAYERS

    Web Editor
    9 May 2011 | 8:16 am
    Before you could only change the opacity of a single layer. Now in CS5 you can change the opacity of multiple layers in CS5 by highlighting 2 or more layers … Continue reading →

  • I SHALL CALL IT…MINI BRIDGE!

    Web Editor
    6 May 2011 | 8:15 am
    So those of us who use Bridge know it’s an awesome app but wouldn’t it be cool if it could live inside Photoshop? Well thanks to custom Flash panels it … Continue reading →

  • More Hollywood Effects

    Corey Barker
    6 May 2011 | 8:14 am
    Corey shows you how to composite several images into a cool Hollywood style graphic. Continue reading →

  • HDR PRO/ HDR Toning

    Web Editor
    5 May 2011 | 8:15 am
    There are two ways to approach HDR in Photoshop now. One way, of course, is you can use the Merge to HDR Pro feature to combine several photos into an … Continue reading →

  • CONTENT AWARE: AWESOME!

    Web Editor
    4 May 2011 | 8:15 am
    That is perhaps the best way to describe this new feature. This feature easily does 50-90% percent of the work right away. Simply select an area you want to remove … Continue reading →
 
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    Joe McNally's Blog

  • Louie Called Yesterday….

    Joe McNally
    3 May 2011 | 5:30 am
    First thing he said was, “It’s a good day, pal.” Louie is an extraordinary guy, and an average one at the same time. Average in that he immigrated here from Italy as a youngster, and made a life, as many have done. Extraordinary in his decency, humanity and good will. On 911 all those years ago, he took extraordinary to another level. Trapped in a smoky stairwell, he slipped and slid down railings, past hundreds of terrified people, to reach a door leading to the lobby of the still standing tower. It was jammed. The lobby was filled with debris from the already collapsed…

  • What We Rolled With…

    Joe McNally
    2 May 2011 | 3:16 am
    Done. Home. 12,531 miles. Flew out. Drove back, and not in a straight line. Life on a bus. A three foot wide, moving, turning, stopping and starting bed. It was like sleeping for five weeks in one of those beds that have the magic fingers, and the bus was a never ending supply of quarters. It was, you know, fun. But then, I have a broad definition of fun. We’ve got a lot of people to thank, first and foremost all the folks who came out to a stop. Lots of gracious, easy going flashinistas investigating light out there. Good crew, good questions, great enthusiasm. Our ever wonderful VALs,…

  • Location Language, or, Bleeped Bloopers

    Joe McNally
    26 Apr 2011 | 3:14 am
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-qOqeAzNa8 I was literally up to my ass in alligators not too long ago, on behalf of Kelby Training, attempting a video tutorial on location lighting in first, a swamp, and then later on a beach, in decidedly non-beach-like weather. Doing the Kelby videos is a lot of fun, and they have gradually (actually, more like, suddenly) amassed the greatest compendium of video learning and teaching on the planet about anything visual--Photoshop, lighting, digital photography, you name it. But this was a frustrating day, one of those location days where you barely find the…

  • Pause for Thought…

    Joe McNally
    14 Apr 2011 | 8:33 am
    We are goofing our way across the country, in our last week of life on a bus. It’s been a fun ride, mostly because of the people we have met, the passion we have encountered, and the incredibly warm welcome we have received from Seattle to NY to Grand Rapids to Atlanta to Albuquerque. We have taught, laughed, screwed up, thrown flashes in the air, logged over 11,000 miles (so far), and just in general, made light (ouch!) of everything. Just a bunch of bucketheads on a bus. Then, in the midst of a laugh, you get a note that’s like a quick snort of smelling salts. It clears the…

  • Many Thanks to All as We Ramble and Roll…

    Joe McNally
    3 Apr 2011 | 8:29 pm
    Picked up again for the second half of the Flashbus Tour. Atlanta Saturday, Nashville Sunday, Raleigh Durham today. This has been one of those once in a lifetime adventures, nothing short of amazing. People across the country have been so gracious. The bus has alternately been loaded with gifts of cookies, donuts, beer, brownies, coffee, candy, beer,  flashlights, and, well, more beer. We have certainly been a motley crew, especially anybody who sees us in the morning, staggering around a loading dock, pre-shower, moving gear and boxes out of the hold of the bus. Very glam, life on the road.
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