If You Put That Picture On The Internet I’ll Call My Lawyer

I was reading a blog post from Jeremy Brooks
about a man who threaten legal action because his photo was taken. I have had some issues doing video work a few years back of a lady who said she was in witness protection and that she wanted the tape back.

Its important to know your rights, there is a good article at Photojojo on The Ten Legal Commandments of Photography. Read thought it, and make sure you are abiding by the Law.
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Back of the Bus

I took this shot shortly after i bought my 50mm f/1.8 lens and was playing with depth of field.

Google Gears: Offline Web Applications

Google has come out with Google Gears that will allow developers to create Off line Web Applications, that means a plug in to install to allow your computer to support this feature.

It will be interesting to see how people take advantage of these new tools, i could see some one using the client or users computer to do the muscle work for complex commands. Not to mention the ability for a developer who is on a business trip finishing up some changes last moment on the flight over to deliver the project to the client.
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Google Analytics New Beta Interface

To my suppress when i opened my e-mail there was a notice from Google telling me about there new Beta Version of Google Analytics. I was just on the site this morning and must say the changes are welcome. I had a quick glance at it and could barely contain my self.

The visual changes a appealing to the eyes, the sleek flash interface. Jeff Veen is running Google user experience design and has been working on the project. Since Google bought Measure Map they have been busy working on this new version.

I’m always one to enjoy were my viewers are coming from and now by clicking on geographic locations you can drill down to State or Provence, Very cool.

Take a tour and see the changes.

Related Sites:

• Google Analytics Is Re-Launched: Do These Five Things First In V2
• Google Analytics
• Read a Case Study

Dell UltraSharp 2007WFP LCD Monitor

I have needed to replace my monitor for a while now. I’m still using my close to 5 year old ViewSonic GS790 monitor, it’s getting a little fuzzy around the edges and could use some more brightness. When i started at nForm they treated me to a Dell UltraSharp 2007WFP monitor. At first i was exited because it was so large, then i turned it on at was instantly amazed at how bright and crisp it was. My eyes were pleased, this was the first time i have really spent any time on an LCD and i must say i love this monitor.

The monitor also has 15-pin D-Sub, DVI-D, S-Video and Composite Connectors, and will allow you to change your inputs with a bush of a button. lets say you are working on two computers. then switch it over to say your mac. maybe you are watching tv and need to do some work, no problem the monitor has picture in picture.

How much could this monitor cost? well i wondered the same thing after using it. i took a stroll over to the Dell website and had a look turns out its only a measly $399 us.

Web 2.0?

I was reading this article on how web 2.0 is “The Killer of Design” and the confusion that surrounds it. No one really knows what it is. If you search for it in Google you will get a few pages containing links to supposed Web 2.0 sites, but none of them seam to meet what i thought was Web 2.0 (colourfull, larger text, user friends, standards based).

With the increase of all these “user friendly” sites that offer easy creation of content were people can pick and chooses what they wish. creating works of “art” that can be something to be desired.

Bellow is an excerpt from the article.

We now have myriads of users actively publishing content on the internet; but when it’s so easy to do it and all the barriers have been removed, what will the user do with this absolute freedom, especially considering his general lack of whatever publishing skills were necessary before? Too much freedom can be dangerous and the user will eventually abuse it. Just take a look at MySpace or other similar sites to see what I’m talking about. The designer’s nightmare is upon us – users are given the power to choose layout, colors, fonts, and all the flashy gimmicks they want.

Maybe some day the whole web 2.0 thing will be explained and every one will be at peace until web 3.0 comes out and everything gets murky.

Wikipedia: web 2.0
badboy.ro: The Killer of Design

More updates

So much has been going on! were to start.. Ok my brother in law and his wife are expecting a baby next week, thats great news! soon there will be one more in the family. To top things off Kristi and i are also expecting a baby in November. Thats right im going to be a daddy!! :)

On to other news as you probably know i have updated my Addressbook and Spoke Calculator. I found something called CakePHP.

Cake is a rapid development framework for PHP which uses commonly known design patterns like ActiveRecord, Association Data Mapping, Front Controller and MVC. Our primary goal is to provide a structured framework that enables PHP users at all levels to rapidly develop robust web applications, without any loss to flexibility.

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Ignite Realtime

Ignite Realtime has come out with 2 very cool products. Yes they are Open Source. The first program is called WildFire and is a Real time collaboration (RTC) server. It allows you to create a IM server for Spark to run on. The program is a Cross-platform real-time collaboration server based on the XMPP (Jabber) protocol. So no matter what Os you are bootin you can install Wildfire and set up your Server to support there IM client Spark.

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