Current TV story, You Can't Picture This, posted by OpenCircuit, Thousands of UK residents have signed a petition against a law preventing photography and filming in cert - Mark Allanson
Current TV story, You Can't Picture This, posted by OpenCircuit, Thousands of UK residents have signed a petition against a law preventing photography and filming in cert - Mark Allanson
There is a vast array of economic forces being unleashed on our industry today that mean we need to change how we create applications. From many core processors, low end datacenters through to the rise of 'Pervasive Intermittent Connectivity' and the re-d - Mark Allanson
There is a vast array of economic forces being unleashed on our industry today that mean we need to change how we create applications. From many core processors, low end datacenters through to the rise of 'Pervasive Intermittent Connectivity' and the re-d - Mark Allanson
did you received my demand about an interviewover Seesmic ? - damienvanachter via twhirl
DamienVanacheter can you resend on loic AT seesmic.com please - Loic Le Meur
well that is because friendfeed is so lightweight and easy to use... much more hastle leaving comments on a blog - Mark Allanson
@Ranjit That's totally what I was thinking... only not just for blogs but for everything. I wish I could take on that project. It'd be cool! - Dan Delphin via twhirl
Comments need time stamps and permalinks. - Steve Rubel
@Ranjit, @Dan someone raised a similar question a couple days ago http://tinyurl.com/5njfga. Basically wanting to tie the services that FF aggregates together. - John
Perhaps Google might index the links here as trackbacks. Now that would be interesting. - Todd Jordan
I agree with Michael.... generally, the one exception to Robert's opinion is the person who doesn't want to be bothered with the extra step of processing the RAW image before they can share it with others. My wife is often like that. When she's taking "snapshots" she doesn't want to process them, she just wants to email them to her friends and family (or, plug the CF card into the printer and directly print it). - Kenneth LeFebvre
Kenneth: I shoot in both JPEG and RAW (my Canon 5D does that) for just that reason. That way I can get stuff up on Flickr very quickly without doing any processing (almost none of my photos have been processed, but that'll start changing since I'm starting to care about my photography as an art form rather than just a way to capture what I'm seeing. - Robert Scoble
Just lets not start yet another debate. 100% RAW is obvious. - TranceMist
IGiven all the playdates & kids activites we do, I'm with your wife on that fron Ken but like Robert my 10 D does that too so the non kids stuff is always raw now. - Mrsth
If you are shoooting raw, what are you doing post processing with? - Todd Jordan
Yeah, she usually shoots JPG+RAW, too... but mostly her RAW is just wasted space for snapshots. On the other hand, when she's in "photographer" mode, she's all over the RAW... and she's really a very good photographer: http://www.photosbywendee.com/ (just didn't want to imply that she doesn't appreciate the value of RAW). :) - Kenneth LeFebvre
Todd: I organize with Lightroom and process with ACR. And I, personally, always shoot in RAW... don't even waste the space on JPEG (it usually ends up in PSD, anyway, before I get to Flickr... I usually crop and fiddle with my levels at a minimum). - Kenneth LeFebvre
Todd - yes, but in Aperture it's no different than JPEG, except you can do more. - TranceMist
ACR? and why do you need PSD again? (admits ignorance of some of the big name tools.) - Todd Jordan
PSD stores original, change history, etc... big bloated, but complete file - Philip Evans via twhirl
ah... ACR is "Adobe Camera RAW" which is essentially the wizard that processes RAW and converts it into the PSD that Photoshop uses. - Kenneth LeFebvre
Artistic photos - RAW, because I like spending time with each one. Snapshots - JPG + RAW for both convenience and a lossless archival copy. - Tom Harrison
Good point about the lossless archive - Todd Jordan
PNG is lossless too. I use that format sometimes when I scan in receipts and stuff. - Morton Fox
everything raw for a while, just changed strategy, shoot raw when I think I'm taking "Photographs" and need to use the extra data, shoot jpg when shooting snapshots at parties and or events - Bryan Thatcher via twhirl
I pretty much only shoot RAW. I prefer to make adjustments myself instead of leaving it to the camera. - jerry
Pretty much RAW is where it's at --- pros have no excuse to use JPG - Shey
I'd recommend that anyone interested in this reads this - www.f07.fh-koeln.de/.../md/content/personen/fischer_gregor/publikationen/submissioncompressionraw2print.pdf. The short version: JPEG has advantages over Raw in perceptual image quality because of its reduction of sensor noise. If your camera is giving significantly poorer quality in JPEG than Raw, it's because the quality of its JPEG compression isn't good enough, not because Raw is intrinsically superior. - Ian Betteridge
Secong point: Not all Raw is created equal. The NEF format used in Nikon's old D-70, for example, was effectively lossy (see http://www.majid.info/mylos/we... for the tech details). So check what "Raw" means in your camera, too. - Ian Betteridge
And finally... it's "Raw" not "RAW". It isn't an acronym, so all caps isn't correct. And technically, of course, there is no such thing as "Raw format". Apart from attempts at creating "digital negative" formats like Adobe's DNG, every camera maker has their own format - and quite often the formats vary according to model, too. - Ian Betteridge
And really, really finally... none of this means "don't bother with Raw". Having the Raw files is a good idea if you want to do exacting post-processing, because mostly you're working with a larger colour space. So shoot JPG + Raw - but be aware that Raw has limitations, and it's not the panacea for all photography issues. - Ian Betteridge
The original article Robert linked to is one of the better explanations of RAW vs JPG that I've seen (caps used to annoy Ian). Good job Michael Mistretta. - John Arnold
I usually keep my point-and-shoot (Canon Powershot Pro1) in RAW as well, mostly because I'm usually snatching it up for really quick shots I want to capture (like this one shared yesterday http://tinyurl.com/5cos3g, or bears walking through my yard, etc.). Most settings forgotten on the camera can then be rectified. - Jody Carbone
What I love about RAW is that I can often bring back highlights or shadows that would have otherwise been lost with in-camera JPEG conversion. - TranceMist
I do raw + large fine jpg - means that i can put them onto the appletv easier and get the flexability of raw for final edits. - Mark Allanson
thunderbird on OSX is good enough? When I tried a year ago it lacked many features - Loic Le Meur
im using a combination of outlook (work), gmail (mobile) and mail.app (at home) via imap and it works a bloody treat - Mark Allanson
Loic, I use Fluid to turn Gmail into a standalone app. I don't get too many emails from day to day but my archive is fairly big (about 50,000 messages). Yet, Gmail is always responsive and search is fast. I can't say the same about Mail.app with IMAP. - Ole Begemann
I use Thunderbird, and have one Gmail account in there. I used to have more Gmail accounts in Thunderbird, but whatever I tried, it kept acting rather buggy. Asking me for my passwords constantly, then not logging in anyway. - Rosana Kooymans
Loic, I have about 12,000 messages using Mail and Gmail IMAP: it definitely feels the burn. If I need to get to my archives, I wind up just logging into Gmail proper. - Mark Trapp
I just switched to Thunderbird from Outlook. My .pst corrupted for the last time. So far I have been pleased, but I miss my plugins (salesforce, xobni, etc...) - Alex C. Williams
Loic, have you considered Mailplane? I tried the Gmail IMAP thing on Apple Mail, and it's good, but if you use labeling at all or have lots of messages (and you have more than I do), the web interface is better. Using Mailplane makes Gmail work in a separate window and is really good - http://mailplaneapp.com/ - Stephen Collins
Although useful, I find Gmail's imap implementation a little too quirky for regular use with Mail.app. - Scott Jarkoff
Wow, Loic, why on earth are you getting so many messages? Something is really wrong with your workflow and communication practices. So many emails will render the medium useless. You need to meet with a communications consultant, I think! Good luck! - Christine Cavalier
I am still on a quest for the perfect email client. Christine, I will say that sometimes, that much email is unavoidable. I have an Outlook PST of about a year's communication with one client project clocking in at just over 26,000 messages. IMAP (which is good in concept) is still not the easiest to use when you have a lot of messages. - Jauder Ho
Have switched permanently to gmail. I'm using it's keyboard shortcuts and the extension GTDinbox for workflow etc. - David Smith
Loice: Advice - Put auto-responders with advice on how to get your attention for important messages (great subject liners). Don't respond to those that do now follow your rules ;) delete the rest ! - net
ARGH!!! Twhirl ate my comment. AGAIN! It has a really disconcerting way of discarding everything when a new post/comment comes in. One email trick that I have found useful is to aggressively filter incoming mail. Makes it easier to mark all as read without worrying about missing an important email. It would be great if there was a Bayesian filter creator that learns filtering based on communications patterns. Maybe Xobni... - Jauder Ho
Why not just use the web interface? Works really well for me - Benjamin Golub
Loïc, imagine if you were famous you'd get even more emails! Je rigoooole ;-P - JYS
@Benjamin that's what I ended up having to do. I prefer using a client as scrollback is easier. twhirl works well for twitter, just not so good for friendfeed. - Jauder Ho
mail.app is WAY better at spam catching than Google. I may move all my mail there instead of the web app. - Cyndy
@Cyndy: really? For me it's the opposite. Gmail's spam filter is almost perfect while Mail.app fails to catch about 5 spams a day, even after long training. - Ole Begemann
Jeez, Loic you have a long day ahead of you. - Andrew Dobrow
I'm back using the web over imap myself. gmail on the web is aces. - Jason Toney
Ole, today: mail.app caught 478 spam messages. 1 error, and it was an eBay phishing message. Two Gmail accounts: less than 50 spam caught, and at least 5 in each box I had to mark. - Cyndy
WHAAAAAAAA? 10603 e-mails? Select-All Delete. I wouldn't bother. - DAVE ID
How can you extract anything meaningful out of that many emails??? - Gerard van Schip
I've had it in Thunderbird via IMAP for months (Mail too, but I don't use it as often). Both are awesome! - TranceMist
Eh, a mere 10,609 emails. I have 51,708 emails in my Gmail and I can still find what I want in there. - Morton Fox
Anyone know how to make it so that more than 50 emails at a time appears on gmail? - Simon
nvm. just found it. too bad it only goes to 100. - Simon
wew can't believe I have so many comments here. Thanks. What's fun is that you don't agree at all between gmail web/ gmail with mailplane/ gmail with mail.app interesting... I have used Mailplane for months and I feel I go really faster with mail.app right now, will keep you posted. In any case, interesting that I get more comments on Friendfeed than my blog... thanks friends. Net, good suggestion! - Loic Le Meur
why the switch? Check out Xobni if organization is your problem. Its in closed beta (not hard to get a code) but I hear good things! - Zach Landes
For this week's release in our patterns & practices WCF Security Guidance project, we released our first version of our WCF Security Practices at a Glance . Practices At a Glance gives you a bird's-eye view of how to perform common tasks. They are - Mark Allanson
Free PDF Printer - Create PDF documents from Windows applications. Supports Citrix MetaFrame, Windows Terminal Server and Windows Vista, 2003, 2000, and NT 4.0. Works with 64 bit systems. - Mark Allanson
Some people have asked about this in the past on the wix-users mailing list, so I thought I'd just put it here so it's on the web searches. (We really need to do an overhaul on our WiX home page ). This is just copied verbatim from the Wix.chm file. [Edit - Mark Allanson
Buying a home is probably the biggest investment you will ever make: so arriving at the right figure to offer is an essential, if daunting, part of the process... - Mark Allanson
Not that it matters a tremendous lot but just because it is a big pet-peeve of mine I want to differentiate between a real memory-leak and high memory usage. A memory leak is when you used some memory and lost the pointer to the allocation so you can - Mark Allanson
This article provides a roadmap to introduce the .NET Framework namespaces and classes that you can use to programmatically execute Extensible Stylesheets Language Transformation (XSLT) transformations in .NET applications. Roadmap articles provide... - Mark Allanson
Using an XML Schema Definition file, this program uses code generation and CodeDom manipulation to edit XML data in the PropertyGrid.; Author: Michael Coyle; Section: Grid & Data Controls; Chapter: Desktop Development - Mark Allanson
