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Friday Inspiration: New York Public Library Flickr

This has to be one of the best finds I've seen on Flickr in a while. The New York Public Library has an amazing Flickr photostream with amazing historical pictures from The Civil War, Yosemite, Ellis Island and more.

Friday Inspiration: New York Public Library Flickr

This has to be one of the best finds I've seen on Flickr in a while. The New York Public Library has an amazing Flickr photostream with amazing historical pictures from The Civil War, Yosemite, Ellis Island and more.

HD Filmmaking for the Masses?

This November, a digital SLR being released by Canon is taking the SLR to a new level, as evidenced by some preliminary testing with a short film, Reverie, by Vincent Laforet. According to Laforet:

"You no longer need [a] half-million dollar’s worth of high-definition
video cameras and lenses delivered by a truck with its own driver to
shoot a high-definition film in low light — you just need a $2,700
camera and a few lenses."

Read more about Laforet's experience at his blog.

Link via Digital Ramble.

HD Filmmaking for the Masses?

This November, a digital SLR being released by Canon is taking the SLR to a new level, as evidenced by some preliminary testing with a short film, Reverie, by Vincent Laforet. According to Laforet:

"You no longer need [a] half-million dollar’s worth of high-definition video cameras and lenses delivered by a truck with its own driver to shoot a high-definition film in low light — you just need a $2,700 camera and a few lenses."

Read more about Laforet's experience at his blog.

Link via Digital Ramble.

The World's Saddest Cubicle

Wired has posted the winners of the "World's Saddest Cubicle" contest. The winner, David Gunnells, is an IT guy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. According to Wired:

"His desk is penned in by heavily used filing cabinets in a windowless conference room, near a poorly ventilated bathroom and a microwave."

Yikes...

The World's Saddest Cubicle

Wired has posted the winners of the "World's Saddest Cubicle" contest. The winner, David Gunnells, is an IT guy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. According to Wired:

"His desk is penned in by heavily used filing cabinets in a windowless
conference room, near a poorly ventilated bathroom and a microwave."

Yikes...

Filthy Wal-Mart

Technology has enabled even the smallest voice to be heard, and with camera phones and digital cameras in the hands of many consumers, every moment is potentially a photo op. As an example, take a look at this Flickr gallery showing, well, a "filthy Wal-Mart."

Yikes... Did the management of this store expect that photos would start showing up online, and that people would send these photos on to friends and post them on blogs?

Well, they should have expected it.

Thanks to Dave for the link.

Filthy Wal-Mart

Technology has enabled even the smallest voice to be heard, and with camera phones and digital cameras in the hands of many consumers, every moment is potentially a photo op. As an example, take a look at this Flickr gallery showing, well, a "filthy Wal-Mart."

Yikes... Did the management of this store expect that photos would start showing up online, and that people would send these photos on to friends and post them on blogs?

Well, they should have expected it.

Thanks to Dave for the link.

Starbucks Summer Pursuit

Starbucks has launched a summer "scavenger hunt" promotion, the Starbucks Summer Pursuit. Participants are asked trivia questions via a series of text message clues.

Here's the interesting part... they can answer the questions simply by submitting a picture taken on their camera phone. The technology that makes this possible is "intelligent image recognition", developed by a company called Mobot.

As the folks at Influx Insights point out... there are a ton of applications for this type of technology.

Starbucks Summer Pursuit

Starbucks has launched a summer "scavenger hunt" promotion, the Starbucks Summer Pursuit. Participants are asked trivia questions via a series of text message clues.

Here's the interesting part... they can answer the questions simply by submitting a picture taken on their camera phone. The technology that makes this possible is "intelligent image recognition", developed by a company called Mobot.

As the folks at Influx Insights point out... there are a ton of applications for this type of technology.