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Archive for May, 2008

What Will the Future Bring?

Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Posted in Technology | 3 Comments »

I just finished reading a post from Nate Westheimer's blog (aka @innonate) about his views on the future of technology, 5 Things from the Future. I was a little skeptical when I first saw his five indicators of the future, but after reading why he chose them, I completely agree. His list of 5 indicators include: 1) Twinkle 2) AppleTV 3) Silicon Alley Insider 4) Meetup / The Point / CarrotMob 5) DonorsChoose & Kiva He ...

Sparks Dance Video - Friday

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Photography | No Comments »

As promised, here's another one of the time-lapse videos I created from the Sparks dance show. This one is from Friday night's pictures. Check out Viddler for the rest. Anyone that's done time-lapse videos from pictures: What software did you use? I couldn't find anything for my Mac that would let me change pictures fast enough. I ended up using my PC and Microsoft MovieMaker to make it look right. Let me know in the comments...

Staying at a Ritz-Carlton

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 Posted in Travel | No Comments »

I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to stay at a Ritz-Carlton this week for business. Beautiful hotel, gorgeous landscape, amazing room and view. Every member of the staff always treats you like a king (or queen), whether it's offering you a bottle of water while you're waiting for the valet to get your car, greeting you in the hallway, or helping you out with anything you need. They even provide a complimentary shoe shine service ...

New Photoblog!

Sunday, May 4th, 2008 Posted in Photography | No Comments »

I didn't like the way the "photoblog" part of my blog was turning out, so I decided to just install a standalone photoblog (PixelPost) and integrate it with Wordpress.  After spending about 5 hours manually getting the themes to match and have the photoblog work like I wanted, it's ready for your viewing pleasure!  Take a look: My Photoblog. I'm going to work on some further integration, like showing recent photoblog posts in my blogstream or as a widget, but that ...

Sparks Dance Video - Thursday

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 Posted in Photography | 1 Comment »

I just put together all the pictures I took from the Sparks dance show into video format. Here's the first one. I'll post more over the next two days. If you want to see them now, check out Viddler. Enjoy!