Mmm. Add over 40s? I love smartphones for their features. I hate voice calliing though! But my friends are the opposite so its probably true. - Steve 'Chippy' Paine
o mio dio, e io che ne ho giusti giusti 30??? (ops!) oh my god, and what about me, exactly 30? - michele
+1 'Chippy', 45 when I got my first "cell" phone aka mobile within 18 months replaced by current smartphone, use most the features though very light on voice calling. Mobile web, calendering, email, music, GPS, SMS are more valuable to me. Could not go back to regular mobile now. - Nick Cowie
I don't hate them. They just don't give what I consider value for the cost - Geoff Longman
Remember waiting at home for a phone call? Cell phones = freedom. - Matthew Davidson via twhirl
Answering machine=freedom in my world. The cell phone is just another way to be annoyed by people I'd rather not talk to. - JMS
Cell phone = answering machine, too. When I'm out with my wife and kids, we can split up and regroup without prior agreement. Nobody calls me except my wife. Maybe that is the difference. - Matthew Davidson via twhirl
Could be. When I'm out, I'm usually with my husband. And he's one of the few people I really want to be in mostly constant contact with. - JMS
this is way too general. 34 year old bf lives by his. it's always with him. he definitely loves it - Kamilah Gill
44 and loved my Blackberry (still in mourning) but am happy with my Razr....don't go anywhere without it. - Beth Tribe
the article is ridiculously vague. most people over 30 only use "12%" of the features. Yeah, that probably includes stellar features like the "ringtone store" and "theme store". Yeah, count my in that bunch of users. I use only a fraction of my crackberry features (mail, web, phone, address book, sms, mp3 and a few others). - Rob Diana
Doesn't seem like age has anything to do with it. It's just personal preference. :-) - JMS
when you have a cell phone, it;s almost like you never have an excuse for not getting back to someone immediately. - edythe
i'm tethered to two and i'm 32. i feel naked without them. - Morgan
I do not hate cell phones but I do hate voicemail. - Jauder Ho
I got my first one last year when I was 35 and I don't talk much on it. Only a few know it. I mainly use it for email, text and IMing - RAPatton
We need better phones, better customer service, and better rate plans. - Mike Reynolds
+1 on Deepak's comment. (Interestingly, most gadget geeks I know are *over* 30.) - karen2
+2 !! I am over 30 and I have a perverted love for cell phones. I need to get a new one once a year or else I get physically ill. I also use all possible features on the phone to the point where the phone is exhausted and begs to be replaced. I know many like me. - SciPhu
It is not that I hate cell phones; I hate the notion that appears to have entered our society that we should be happy to use cell phones to do *so* many things. I don't want to read a book on a mobile phone or use it to take photos. I want to be able to have a phone that does one thing very very well. I want one where the sound is clear and robust, where the calls go through rapidly and where the network doesn't crash at the first sign of a local crisis. - Jill O'Neill
One thing I never understood is why people assume that a cell phone has to be intrusive - the most common complaint I hear is that they will always be 'on call'. Just switch the thing off! It's your phone and you decide on its usage policy. Also, it would be nice to get a phone that just phones. And US cell plans *suck* - Rajarshi Guha
People who make generalizations all are silly :P (Said the woman who is over thirty and likes her cell phone.) - Abby Martin
I'm over 30 and don't enjoy having a cell phone. I have it off much of the time, much to the consertantion of some phone-addicted friends. My biggest complaint is it dictates a lot of other people's behavior toward the "rude" "obnoxious" and "self-important" side of the scale. It's acutally quite distrubring to see such modern technology used for such utter pointlessness - outside of work. - Jason Kaneshiro
I'm 43 and I'm happy with my mobile. I turn it off when I go to sleep, though. - Bill Sodeman
I am 42 and love my cell phone. I even love to send Twitter message via SMS on my cell phone. I leave it on 24 hours a day. - Paul L. McCord Jr.
I'm 55, and I love my Treo, which is next to my pillow all night for occasional surfing, texting, reading, and time checks (I'm too near-sighted for a clock). - Cindy Bartorillo
I never used the features of my cell phones, not even the 'smart' ones. Have a blackberry now. Different story. Never have I used so many features or customised so heavily :) - Daniel Swan
My parents are 60+. They just got iPhones and are loving them. - Brian Newman
Now that I think about it, I could do with about 10 more options :) - John Worthington
I have yet to discover someone who: 1. is passionate about photography 2. lives near me *AND* 3. wouldn't mind teaching me to share their passion. When I do, I think I can revisit this post. Liking to be able to do so. - Michael J Cohen
worst part is I don't know which are farked up until I play them and hear them repeating the first 5 seconds over and over. - Michael J Cohen via Alert Thingy
What utility was this, so I don't do the same thing. - Nine (9)
most of them from CDs that shattered when my dog knocked over a spindle of CDs I own :( - Michael J Cohen via Alert Thingy
FWIW, Musicbrainz Picard works pretty well for me. I finish up by using Windows Media Player to fill in some of the missing fields but the latest versions are particularly painful while trying to do this. - Jauder Ho
Picard changed half the album titles and half the dates on mine when I ran it a few months back. I go with a purchased copy of Tag&Rename http://www.softpointer.com/tr.... and do an album/batch at a time myself now. - Michael W. May (Joffi)
Picard is what screwed it up when the power went out mid disk write. can't blame the tool really :( - Michael J Cohen via Alert Thingy
Well, if the power went out... It's not the tools fault. I do also use Tag&Rename but like using Picard as a first pass. - Jauder Ho
Thanks for the mention, Thomas. I'll be uploading more photos from Beelitz over the coming days. - Ole Begemann
I find these absolutely fascinating. Any tips for finding spots like these to shoot? - RyanEs
RyanEs, try looking around for ghost towns (try www.ghosttowns.com). One of my favorites is Bodie, CA which I am heading out to tomorrow. http://bit.ly/152Lq5 - Jauder Ho
"Headless bodies also have turned up in other corners of Mexico as violence has spread beyond traditional battlegrounds along the U.S. border.
The website of the newspaper El Universal said the bodies found in Yucatan were handcuffed and showed signs that they had been beaten. Reuters news agency, citing unnamed police officials, reported that the bodies were marked with star signs and tattooed with the letter Z." - edythe via Bookmarklet
the letter Z is for los zetas who are a paramilitary group that protects the yucatan gulf cartel. many of them are ex members of the police and military who sought higher paying jobs with narcotraffickers. it's fascinating and sad stuff. over 2,000 people have been killed so far this year as a result of drug wars along mostly the border - Cee Bee
"# As a general rule, avoid traversing crowded public places carrying durians. Consider driving home or better yet, riding a bicycle. If you do the former, make sure you open windows if possible to aerate the car.
# The older the fruit, the stronger the odor. Also, cracked or partly opened fruit (even in closed container) produces more odor than unopened ones. If you plan to travel by public transport, you might want to open the fruit at home, which isn't hard to do if you know how." - edythe via Bookmarklet
Not crazy over durian, but well durians are delicious. It's aroma to those who eat it. Anyway, it's an acquired taste. Have you guys ever tried one? - BeeLing
Haven't eaten one fresh, but Uwajimaya in Seattle carries durian popsicles every once in a while. They're pretty good, and don't smell all that bad until they get really melty :) - Jennifer Dittrich
I like Durian. i believe it as king of fruit. :) - Mahdi Ebrahimi
you really have to wonder how hungry the first guy to eat a fruit that smelled like a old gym sock was. Must have been a prehistoric version of jackass. - Earl E Morningwood
"The remote Amazon river basin was once home to densely populated towns and villages, Science journal reports.
This part of the Amazon, once thought to be virgin forest, has in fact been touched by extensive human activity.
Researchers found traces of a grid-like pattern of settlements connected by road networks and arranged around large central plazas. The ancient urban communities date back to before the first Europeans set foot in the Upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon in the 15th Century." - Anna Haro via Bookmarklet
"Although the remains are almost invisible, they can be identified by members of the Kuikuro tribe, who are thought to be direct descendents of the people who built the towns." - Anna Haro
it's an amazing find, but it would be better to leave it be imo. they're going to ruin the integrity of a previous culture and dig up all the bones and ruins. - Cee Bee
It would be nice to see but unfortunately many places get turned into tourist traps. Chichen Itza was ridiculous when I was there couple of months ago. If you go, you pretty much have to be there at 8am in order to be look around. - Jauder Ho
Really interesting. There was a similar story a few months back where they flew over and took pictures of a previously uncontacted tribe in the Amazon. - David Young
grrrr.. is that right cmiper? it said they had one left. I'll have to try to search for it someplace else. - Thomas Hawk
Regardless of your brand... this means all sorts of win for the consumer :) - John Worthington
@Thomas - They do have a listing for D90, it's atleast 100$ less then the cost quoted in your blog post (for version with Kit) and less than 1000$ for non-kit body only version. - Yuvi
ok, looks like the price is actually $999.95 on Amazon, but that it is out of stock. I fixed that link. I'll go check over to see if there are any available at B&H. - Thomas Hawk
hmm. B&H isn't showing a listing for the D90 yet. I guess it will probably be a few days before these start showing up for sale. - Thomas Hawk
John, you are absolutely right. This is a huge win for the consumer, video and geotagging now raises a new bar. I will be very interested in what Canon brings to the table with the new 5D likely to be announced at photokina next month. - Thomas Hawk
Also, I'm wondering how GPS will work when you want to use another flash in the hotshoe (the GPS addon plugs in to the hotshoe) - Yuvi
Hmm...didn't realize it had GPS. That certainly makes it more intriguing. - Matt
GPS is *awesome* it would save me a lot of time having to manually geotag my photos. This is some of the best camera tech news I've seen in a while. - Thomas Hawk
GPS is software along w/ optional add-on, by the way. - Michael Schuermann
Wow, great intro vid. I wonder if it's worth switching to Nikon... - Michael
phenomenal! The video was so cool and the Blakes rock. Now to convince the girlfriend to buy the camera! - Randy Ksar
Michael, I wouldn't until at least Photokina :) - John Worthington
@Micheal - GPS on the unit apparently uses EXIF, so Flickr and co should be able to pull those up without much trouble. - Yuvi
Ha, like I can even afford the 5D now... I did just get some new Canon Lenses though. - Michael
As a long time Canon user (i had an A2 SLR) I've been pretty jealous of the Nikons since last year. It seems Nikon has really stepped up to the plate, and Canon isn't answering. I'm not going to go switching my gear or anything, as I have the lenses, but still...I guess this tit-for-tat is pretty typical and in a year Canon will have some of these killer features. - Todd
GPS with auto geotagging is something that willbe needed before I upgrade from my 20D. Lots I good features already but nothing had come out yet to make it worth my money to upgrade yet. - Dean Clark
@yuvi... the GPS unit is not required to mount on the hot shoe. That is purely for convenience. I would prefer to have it attached to my strap, which could easily be done with a rubber band, or even a bicycle inner tube. - Neil Bernhart
This is screaming to stream video live to the web....maybe bluetooth connection to a smartphone? - Jamie Ginsberg
@Jamie Just wait for a revision (if it needs one) of the EyeFi SD-Card :) - Holger Eilhard
Thx for the heads up ... I placed an order, hope that this'll be a backup body for a d3x (or at least the d700) someday not-all-that-far-away ;-) Actually that sounds like a great combination for a lot of stuff - a solid full-frame with the right glass for the situation, and the d90 with that really handy nikon 18-200 to catch everything else. - Bob Lozano
Video is cool, but don't know how much I'd really use it. I'm hoping the new 5D will have built in GPS / Geo tagging also. - Jeff P. Henderson
FYI - D90 GPS is NOT included. The D90 is simply compatible with the GPS that Nikon will begin selling in November. This GPS is also compatible with the D200, D300, D700 and D3. Still looks like a cool camera. - gfurry
Included GPS would be awesome. Really hoping that Canon comes up with something good. - Jauder Ho
@jauderho I hope so too. Canon had an early lead in the prosumer DSLR market and just doesn't seem to be innovating as much lately. The 50D is just not compelling me to upgrade my 30D. - Andy Denmark
The 5D coming out next month at photokina had better be damn good is all I can say. I'm planning on buying one so I'm hoping it will at least have geotagging capability. - Thomas Hawk
Andy, well the 50D does have some nice improvements. But then again for me, I went from a 20D to a 5D because of the viewfinder and full frame. I still have the 20D and will probably get it converted to infrared at some point. - Jauder Ho
In case anyone is looking for a deal and does not mind an older but still plenty good model. From Ken Rockwell's site, Ritz Camera is selling brand-new Canon 30D cameras on closeout for $699. http://twurl.nl/bryoys - Jauder Ho
“It's official, the Sigma 70mm f/2.8 is too sharp to use on adult humans. I've never seen a lens age someone 10 years like that. Its out-of-camera results look like they've been oversharpened in Photoshop.”
total likebait. but it is the way i end up finding people to follow on here. - Jason Goldberg
let me put it differently, i seldom use the "find people to follow" functionality, so the way i discover people is by interacting with them. - Jason Goldberg
I only hit like to expose this to everyone else. Jason and SocialMedian rock and I've been on record saying that since April. - Louis Gray
well, and i just found a bunch of new people to follow from this post ... cool! - Jason Goldberg
No ego problem... I am doing technologiy watch here... So no need to follow me... - Boubacar via twhirl
I can't believe you actually do this. :D - Cyvros/fyc
If someone *likes* something I submit, it's a great indication that I might want to follow them. If they leave a sharp comment, even better. - Jason Goldberg
people interaction is part of the core of FF - Olivier
Must not click like... must not click like... damn. - Eric
+1 Oliver. The interaction on FF is what I love the most. More in depth and on topic interacton than is available on fail whale central. - Monique
unintended consequences: i really WAS NOT looking for people to *like* this particular story. Rather, i was pointing out that liking or commenting on something i post is certainly the best way to get my attention to follow you - Jason Goldberg
Sorry Jason, but the more entertaining interpretation of why you posted this message is the one that will live on. You'll have no more luck getting the facts out than Gore did for the "I invented the Internet" lie. Reality just isn't funny enough. - Bruce Lewis via fftogo
You see Bruce, that's why I need to be able to add a *like* to your comment :) - Jason Goldberg
Alright, I "liked" a bunch of things. =) - Jauder Ho
I wonder if it includes elements from RFC3229. http://bit.ly/3bk8e7 Part of the problem is a shocking number of feed sources do not support 3229 and conditional gets which results in a lot of needless churn. - Jauder Ho
I had been hearing video rumblings for some time. I would expect Canon to incorporate this as well. Nikon certainly has leapfrogged Canon. It's great to have competition finally. Its good for technology. Its good for consumers. Its good for photography. - Jim Goldstein
Yeah, Nikon is having a great run these days. They are releasing attractive products and I think their marketing is much more effective than Canon’s. Instead of just listing spec sheets, they produce websites and videos like this that get people excited not just about a camera, but about photography. That video made me want to pick up my 20D and head outside…and find out more about the D90.If I was a consumer/advanced amateur considering my first DLSR, Nikon would be at the top of the list. Definitely a big change from just a few years ago when the Canon Rebel and 20D were the heavy hitters in that category.
No matter what kind of camera you use, you have to appreciate how well Nikon is doing, because like Jim said, the consumers are the real benefactors. - Ben Bailey
I never cared much about Nikon vs. Canon (though I'm locked into Nikon lenses), but I love the competition - I think it's a net win for everyone, no matter which brand you use. - Eric
Ben, I couldn't have said it better myself. I own a lot of Nikon glass, a couple bodies, and have shot Nikon for ages. Back when the 5D came out, and Nikon seemed stunned silent, I seriously considered switching platforms. The glass and learning curve was daunting, though, and I held out. That feeling has passed. - Anthony Citrano
who ever is doing Canon marketing could learn a lesson or two from recent Nikon product releases. I think Canon has become a bit spoiled being the only game in town. They need to step it up and create more engaging campaigns. - Jim Goldstein
I agree, Jim. Something has changed in the Canon marketing machine of late. Not sure what it is. Also I'm wondering why the D700 doesn't have video capture as the D90 does (and have re-shared your link, thanks!) - Anthony Citrano
what's funny about the 'new igoogle' is that my oldest gmail acct. (6 or 7 years old) didn't get access, but the 3 gmail accounts i created in jan. all have the new igoogle on them. - faboo mama
Morgan and Majento: My pleasure! When I first got in, I couldn't WAIT to share it with you guys!! @Jauder: SO agreed. I'm digging the tree UI - Mona N.
oh and perhaps you can get google to fix the annoying it works, now it doesn't of the feeds in the modules. it's been 3 months and i never know if a link will open up in igoogle, a new tab or the same tab. - faboo mama
I think it's funny that the title of the article is "80 percent of Facebook users still using old site design" -- not that they hate the site's redesign. @Mike, was that your editorial change? - Marko
They hated the newsfeed, too. Facebook users need time to get used to change, is all. I like the redesign, but I'm not 100% acclimated to it yet. - Jandy Stone
Hey, look, sensationalism! :P On the train to work this morning, a bunch of students near me were talking about the Facebook redesign. They didn't like it and some of the people I know on FB don't like it, but I do. Perhaps I'm just one of those weird people who likes change every so often. - Cyvros/fyc
Who pays any attention to the opinions of the majority anyway? - Jack Carlson
The majority, that's who. Damned normals. *shakes fist* - Cyvros/fyc
I'm not a huge fan of the redesign but the bigger problem to me is that ever since the new design launched I find that random pages fail inexplicably. - Jauder Ho
Frankly I wouldn't use Facebook if it weren't for the iPhone interface. Removes unnecessary cruft from the UI and makes the damn thing useable. - Anthony Baker
Wow! just this evening I went back to the old facebook and it felt all cramped.. the new facebook feels more functional with its nice ajaxy feel... im surprised - James Cooper
“Attention FriendFeed: DO NOT "Fake Follow" me. I don't care if you choose not to reciprocate. Even though I will never know you did, I will still be deeply offended if you try to patronize me. Thank You :)”
I read that FriendFeed Beta allows you to Fake Follow somebody. They will think you subscribe to them, but you won't have to see any of their feed. Basically, so you can perpetrate like you're interested in their crap when you're really not. - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)
I haven't seen that, but you could do that anyway by hiding everything from that person. Though I don't much see the point... - Shannon Jiménez
no no, guys - basically you can add someone as a friend then essentially not have them in any of your lists. Or just create a list called "not interested" where you put people you add but are not interested in reading their shared content...THAT is fake following, it's going to happen a sh*t load no matter what anyway says...and yep, it's not good. - Zee at WeDoCreative
Some people really feel that they will offend someone if they don't reciprocate every subscribe. Like it's Twitter or something - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)
no need to fake follow me either. i already know i'm not interesting. you won't hurt my feelings :) - Matt Musgrave
Good grief. If me not subscribing to someone who subscribes to me is somehow offensive, then I have offended many, many people (no offense). - Akiva Moskovitz
interesting feature ... hmm this will be great for the elite A-Lister types. Now, they can appear to be interested in their "followers" but not have to pay the huge "noise" price associated with following a gazillion followers. This is really a streamlined "follow" feature that only associates the two users, no feed...hmm - Susan Beebe
is *that* what's going on? i wondered how i had so many followers who never commented on or liked anything i shared. that makes more sense ... - idnan
LOL. Every time someone starts following me, I am kind of shocked. I'm pretty picky myself and don't have any problem with the people I follow being equally picky and not following me. The idea of 'fake follow' is pretty horrible - kind of like RSVPing and then not showing up :). - mattpovey
@Susan: I wouldn't expect Scoble to do this, though. The man's addicted to noise. :D Unfortunately, I can see a lot of other people doing this. - Cyvros/fyc
Nope: it's new. But we're paying attention. :-) - Chris Baskind
Now that I think about it....I hope FriendFeed REMOVES this feature. I mean...WTF were they thinking? - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)
Seriously . . . I don't want fake follows. Just don't even bother. - Lindsey Smith
It's amazing what some people will do for numbers. Just like Myspace. :( - Helen Is SOOO Not Of Troy
Agreed with 'Sheed... follow me if I'm worth your time, and don't bother otherwise. If I'm following you, it ain't just to make you feel good. - Roger Benningfield
But that's not just beta right? You can already subscribe then just hide all of someone's feeds, right? - stammers a lot
You could do that before, so what is the difference, they just made it easier. It has crossed my mind when I thought rather than 'unsubscribe' that I could just hide that persons noise. - Roger Kondrat
Now it's just openly available for the masses, though. Most people wouldn't have thought to subscribe+hide. Although I still don't see the point of either method. - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)
Yeah Roger makes a good point - you could do it before. There's just another way to do it now. - Zee at WeDoCreative
niecerobot and Roger - yes, you can already subscribe and then turn right around and hid
