Devin Coldewey at CrunchGear:
Basically you just up the card ahead of time for Direct Mode, and it learns to use an ad-hoc wi-fi network to send your pictures directly to your iOS or Android device.
The IPS display on the iPads are one of the best displays you can find on any device. If you fancy the iPad as your monitor in your photo processing workflow it might be worth your time to check out this Eye-Fi X2 Mobile SD card.
Association of American Publishers:
According to the February results, once again e-Books have enjoyed triple-digit percentage growth, 202.3%, vs February 2010. Downloaded Audiobooks, which have also seen consistent monthly gains, increased 36.7% vs last February.
For February 2011, e-Books ranked as the #1 format among all categories of Trade publishing.
I get that e-books are growing like gangbusters, but I’m wondering what the price distribution is like. My guess is that a lot of e-books that get sold and downloaded are priced at 99 cents. If paper-based books were sold at 99 cents, we’d probably be seeing triple-digit percentage growth, too. The problem with that is no one would be making much money. The e-book format and distribution allows anyone the chance to write, publish, and make a profit.
The Ten Commandments of Design by Dieter Rams via VITSOE:
Good design is innovative.
Good design makes a product useful.
Good design is aesthetic.
Good design helps a product to be understood.
Good design is unobtrusive.
Good design is honest.
Good design is durable.
Good design is consistent to the last detail.
Good design is concerned with the environment.
Good design is as little design as possible.
The Flip was extremely simple to use and therefore was tremendously useful. Press the red button and you’re off shooting video. Run out of battery in the middle of a town? Run into a store and buy a couple of AA batteries. Better yet, just pack some rechargeable Eneloops.
The ID wasn’t drop-dead sexy, but it was utilitarian simple. There was almost nothing that could be misunderstood about the Flip precisely because there was almost nothing you needed to understand. Pick it up, press the red button to record, flip out the USB plug, stick it in your computer to store. The Flip was good design.
Terje Sorgjerd at Vimeo:
This was filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011. I had the pleasure of visiting El Teide. Spain’s highest mountain @(3718m) is one of the best places in the world to photograph the stars and is also the location of Teide Observatories, considered to be one of the world’s best observatories.
By Christy Oates, artist, furniture maker, with a manufacturing background.
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