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Photography and Web Discoveries of the Week – 28 May 2010

Photography and Web Discoveries of the Week - 28 May 2010

Continuing our “Photography and Web Discoveries of the Week” series, we have Photoshop and Canon 5D firmware updates, the Photographer’s Ephemeris solar angle calculators, and more. News Alamy changes submission size – Stock agency Alamy has reduced the uncompressed minimum file size requirement from 48MB  to 24MB. Software Updates Canon 5D firmware update – Newly [...]


Discoveries of the Week – 21 May 2010

Travelling quite a bit over the last couple of months, I have been slack at updating my blog. In an effort to get back to regular entries I am starting a “Discoveries of the Week” series, which is aimed at sharing the gems of information, apps, articles, etc I have found while trying to improve [...]


Lynda.com Releases iPhone App

Lynda.com has released a FREE iPhone app providing access to award-winning training videos that teach digital photography, graphic design, web and interactive design, business, applications, 3D, audio and much more. Lynda.com members have access to their existing accounts. Once logged in, you’ll see the most recent video you watched, whether you watched it on your [...]


Adobe Releases Connect Pro Mobile for iPhone

Adobe has released an Acrobat Connect Pro iPhone app to so you can attend meetings using your iPhone or iPod touch. The FREE Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Mobile application allows immediate access to meetings anytime, anywhere. You can Watch and listen to live presentations including real-time presenter webcam video and screen sharing demonstrations. // Share|


Its an “Achieving Little Things” Friday

Its an "Achieving Little Things" Friday

It’s Friday with a long holiday weekend coming up and a cyclone heading our way, so motivation to do any work is low. I hate sitting around doing nothing so it’s a day to do little things and try to achieve something. Well its Friday….. and motivation to do any work is low.  When I [...]


The Internet on a Slow Connection – Less is More

The Internet on a Slow Connection - Less is More

The internet is a very different experience on a slow connection, as I was reminded when I ran over my wireless data allowance recently and was limited to 64 kbps. The art of optimizing page download speed seems to have been lost, but there is hope on the horizon. The usage indicator on my BigPond [...]


Australian Government to Continue with Net Filtering Law

The Australian government has announced it will press on with its controversial plan to implement mandatory ISP-level internet filtering, after declaring the pilot trial a success. Obviously there’s a lot of outrage at the government’s decision to plough ahead with its plans. Some limits, like child pornography are obvious, but moving to a mandatory ISP [...]


Facebook Privacy Changes Go Live, Beware of “Everyone” setting

Facebook Privacy Changes Go Live; Beware of “Everyone” – PCWorld Business Center As promised, Facebook has begun rolling out new privacy options to its 350 million users. Watch out for the “Everyone” setting. After Criticism, Facebook Tweaks Friends List Privacy Options Is your “Friends List” really secure? When Facebook began rolling out its new privacy [...]