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Re: wizardElite - This image makes me want to go to Venice! FILE Magazine - The Collection - Venice with other eyes

wizardelite — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:57:33 -0000

I remember! High Dynamic Range. I had this same conversation with @viss a while back. I see what your saying now.

Re: wizardElite - This image makes me want to go to Venice! FILE Magazine - The Collection - Venice with other eyes

nrek — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:50:00 -0000

In short? It could have been a great opportunity for some good ol' fashioned extended exposure. (ref: n-re-k.com for shameless self promotion, perfect execution of night photography, 0% bs HDR)

Re: wizardElite - This image makes me want to go to Venice! FILE Magazine - The Collection - Venice with other eyes

wizardelite — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:48:01 -0000

The photo noob must ask. How did HDR ruin that image?

Re: FriendFeed vs. Facebook

wizardelite — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:28:38 -0000

Looking back, I remember a time when FriendFeed first arrived to the scene. Twitter was having major stability issues and everybody from people like Robert Scoble was claiming that Twitter is dead and that Friendfeed was the new player in town.

Moving to present day we see that Twitter and Facebook are more popular than ever and Friendfeed remains in the realm of the early adopters and high level bloggers/social media purists. Why? Because Friendfeed is to hard to use while the others are simple and intuitive to use.

I hope I get heat for my critiques for what I have to say about Friendfeed. Then maybe we can see these companies actually create a decent product. Guess we have to wait till Monday to see.

Re: FriendFeed vs. Facebook

wizardelite — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:08:55 -0000

Not only do I use FriendFeed to aggregate my content but I wanted to use it as a way to find interesting and relevant content from other users that share my same interests. Yet with the poor implementation of the user interface, it is an impossible task to accomplish.

Great ideas are a dime a dozen these days. What's vital is execution and if you can't successfully execute your idea it will never truly get off the ground.

I find it intriguing that shortly after this post Robert Scoble announced that FriendFeed is supposed to release a new user interface this coming Monday. I can only hope that FriendFeed realizes the key issues with their site and they make the appropriate corrections.

Expect a follow up post once I've had a chance to try out Friendfeed's redesign.

Re: The Economy - Part 1 - Bailout | Enrique Gutierrez

wizardelite — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:29:08 -0000

I don't deny about the housing boom from 03 to 05 and what problems it caused. Just wanted to emphasize that what gave birth to that boom started a lot sooner.

Looking forward to reading the rest of this series and by the way Your Soo Money as well! :)

Coffee Soon! Let's plan!

Re: The Economy - Part 1 - Bailout | Enrique Gutierrez

nrek — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:22:27 -0000

The statement regarding the War in Iraq was a thin layer of satire, but you have to admit - the housing boom in 2003 through 2005 really did help keep people "moving forward" with the buying craze.

Check this mess out:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=home+refinance&c...

There's no "conspiracy" talk here, outside of me linking big picture with choice events...

Ooooh I'll get to the uber stupid spending bill in Part 3 of this blog post, Chris. You're totally ahead of me haha!

Thank you for the super awesome comment, by the way! You, sir, rock!

Re: The Economy - Part 1 - Bailout | Enrique Gutierrez

wizardelite — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:14:47 -0000

Here is another link from TIME that also addresses Bill Clinton and his role in this Financial Crisis we are in. http://bit.ly/GDQg5

Re: The Economy - Part 1 - Bailout | Enrique Gutierrez

wizardelite — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:53 -0000

You state

"It all started in 2002, for the most part. As part of a stimulus arrangement to keep Americans focused on their pockets instead of the War in Iraq, post 9/11 - the housing market was grossly inflated."

I'd like to see any reference you have to support this statement and some conspiracy to take Americas minds off Iraq and 9/11. From everything that I've read this housing crisis started during the Clinton era. See http://bit.ly/17PZBO Bill Clinton helped caused the Housing Crisis.

Along the same lines I'd like to hear what you have to say about this spending bill (not stimulus) bill that Obama has put though as well. Along with the bailouts, I fail to see how this spending bill will do anything for this economy? Plus we can already see how much confidence Wall Street already thinks of what the White House and Obama is doing thus far.

Re: A new way to post

wizardelite — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:20:49 -0000

Wordpress is definitely working my way up to one of my favorite applications on my iPhone.
I'm also impressed and fascinated by the Twitter applications that have been developed. Twitterriffic, Twinkle, Twittelator, & Twittervision are excellent applications and go beyond a basic social networking Web 2.0 site. I really believe that if Twitter can get it's act together these iPhone applications can redefine the way with communicate with each other.

Re: Mainstream Attention to Twitter Attracts Mainstream Reactions

wizardelite — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:04:04 -0000

Totally agree with you 100%. I find this applies with equal weight to people who've never used the iPhone and bash it to their hearts content.

Although those people who've posted comments have a right to their opinion. Their insights are totally biased and misguided. It's along the lines of tearing down anything they don't understand or is a success.

Twitter has been a welcomed service into my life and will continue to stay. Take special note that none of my close friends use Twitter. All of the friends that I follow are new to my life. These people that I've met are truly amazing and wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for Twitter.

To top it off Twitter is a very powerful networking tool that has actually made me money and meet like minded people in business that I would have never had a chance to met otherwise.

Now that I've written a novel I'll end it here. Point is pretty clear, Twitter is an amazing service that is hear to stay. I suggest that you try the site out and give it a chance before you start bashing it.