Posted by Kyle Wiebalk on Dec 31, 2008 in
photography 
I stumbled upon this puzzled account of a discovery that someone had documented their life by taking one Polaroid photo a day–from March 31, 1979 until his death on October 25, 1997. Little other information is initially given by the original website featuring the work except that the author/photographer is Jamie Livingston. Here is coverage from the New York Times, and this post also explains more about the project.
View the Jamie Livingston project in entirety here.
[via metal_floss]
Tags: jamie livingston, photographer, photography, polaroid
Posted by Kyle Wiebalk on Dec 15, 2008 in
tools I moved to a new neighborhod in Los Angeles in July, and my Time Warner cable Internet seemed significantly faster. Perhaps the wiring wasn’t as old as it was in my old place?
I measured it with dslreports.com, just to double check. Then, I stumbled upon this Wired article that explains cable companies are actually upgrading a lot of customers without any marketing materials attached–no 30 sec. spots or lots of banner ads–so not many people realized it.
Their plan was to offer additional speed upgrades, like 6Mbps down/1Mbps up became 12Mbps/2Mbps for the same price. An extra $10 would bring you to a 16Mbps/2Mbps tier, etc. Bad idea during a recession, guys. We appreciate you attempting to catch us up with the rest of Europe and Asia in terms of bandwidth, but don’t base your revenue on upselling anyone now.
I tested my Internet speed now and I got a 12Mbps/1Mbps, which is somewhere between tiers. My wiring in the new apartment is from the early 1960s, though. Now that I think about it, I do remember them offering to do something with my Internet last time they called. It also cost $10 a month. Now wait a second…
Tags: bandwidth, cable, comcast, internet, time warner
Posted by Kyle Wiebalk on Dec 12, 2008 in
web design,
workflow Here’s how to instantly improve your Internet surfing experience:
1. Use Google Chrome.
I just updated from an earlier Beta release to the new stable release 1.0. Check out its features. TechCrunch published a post on how Google introduced this product with a series of cartoons. The earlier version seemed to be somewhat like a better browser, but a few annoying things forced me to stop using it. So once I randomly updated Chrome again, it actually performs now. And, it was built in an apparent amazingly fast 100 days.
Read more…
Tags: browser, google chrome, internet, mozilla firefox
Posted by Kyle Wiebalk on Dec 8, 2008 in
tools,
web design,
workflow 
Watch this fascinating interview by Robert Scoble of FastCompany.TV with Matt Mullenweg, founder of popular online publishing software Wordpress. An increasing number of content creators and publishers are using Wordpress, which is so much more than a blogging platform. Check out my portfolio here, which is also based on Wordpress. It looks like lots of changes are ahead…
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Tags: fast company, matt mullenweg, robert scoble, web pusblishing, wordpress
Posted by Kyle Wiebalk on Dec 5, 2008 in
marketing 
Elliance has published a great chart that illustrates how different types of social media fit into building up a company’s online presence. If you are a company/group that is struggling with these terms and how best to use them, read this illustration!
Tags: online presence, social media, web presence
Posted by Kyle Wiebalk on Dec 3, 2008 in
workflow 
For those frustrated with iTunes’ terrible performance on PC–or any other inadequate music player for that matter–you need to check out Songbird. Built on Mozilla Firefox architecture, it works so well it’s been the best music experience I’ve had on a PC to date.
It’s open source, which means that it’s improving on a daily basis by a wide range of people, with regular releases every few weeks. It also works beautifully on PC, Mac, or Linux.
Customize your music experience with useful and stable add-ons, just like Firefox extensions:
mashTape shows Wikipedia info, Flickr photos, YouTube videos, Google News, and more for each artist.
Concerts show upcoming local shows based upon the artists you have in your music library.
LyricMaster provides seamlessly integrated lyrics.
Last.FM scrobbing, useful music recommendations, album art manager, twitter integration, and so many more in constant development.
Read more…
Tags: itunes, music, songbird
Posted by Kyle Wiebalk on Dec 1, 2008 in
photography,
tutorials It takes a bit of time and patience to create good-looking panoramas, but the results are well worth it. Take a look at this comprehensive tutorial to create a large scale image in Adobe Photoshop, using the Photomerge feature.
[via Digital Photography School]
Tags: panorama, photoshop
