Author: Kris Krüg
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Streisand effect – The increase in popularity of an item due to interest driven by the publicized outrage over its existence.
Streisand effect – The increase in popularity of an item due to interest driven by the publicized outrage over its existence. Streisand Effect is a category of Internet phenomena in which a reckless attempt to censor or remove (in particular, by the means of cease-and-desist letters) a certain piece of information (such as photograph, file…
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Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection: Photowalking with Flickr’s Heather Champ
Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection: Photowalking with Flickr’s Heather Champ Robert Scoble and I spent some time hanging out with Heather Champ for Episode 4 of Scoble Show. Heather talked about her photographic style, the reincarnation of JPG Magazine, Flickr, how she shoots her Polaroids and more as we spent the morning in one o Part…
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Anyone Up for a DSLR Summit in San Francisco?
Anyone Up for a DSLR Summit in San Francisco? What about organizing an actual DSLR conference in San Francisco? They have Web 2.0 and CES and Gnomedex and SXSW and all these other tech sort of conferences, why not organize one around digital photography? As far as I know there is not a conference bas…
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Flickr Upload Limits Increased
Flickr Upload Limits Increased And it’s even better to give the gift of Flickr since now your recipients will get unlimited uploads — the two gigabyte monthly limit is no more (yep, pro users have no limits on how many photos they can upload)! At the same time, we’ve upped the limit Part of the…
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You Witness News
You Witness News Were You There When News Happened? Upload your photos and video here to have them considered for use in articles and features on Yahoo! News. Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling collection. See also: Embarking on a Media Revolution: My Participation in the Google News Initiative Pre-launch Lab.
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FLICKR PICKR / Morning do
FLICKR PICKR / Morning do Narcissism is a recurrent theme on Flickr. There is vast new potential to reveal yourself to the world. Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling collection. See also: Embarking on a Media Revolution: My Participation in the Google News Initiative Pre-launch Lab.
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Continuous Partial Attention (if you’re lucky)
Continuous Partial Attention (if you’re lucky) I just read an article at the Wall Street Journal that made me feel pretty depressed. It’s called “Blackberry Orphans” and describes a generation of parents who can’t/won’t/don’t give their full attention to their children and partners, so addicted are th Part of the Web and Early Blog archive…
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Lee and Sachi’s Rockin’ Panorama Photos
Lee and Sachi’s Rockin’ Panorama Photos As I’ve mentioned on many occasions, Lee and Sachi travelled around the world and blogged the heck out of it. Lee recently posted a schwack of his favourite panorama photos. Here are a couple: Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling collection. See also: Aerial Photography: Combining my loves…
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Community Wireless in Vancouver – FON, Meraki, Something Else? |
Community Wireless in Vancouver – FON, Meraki, Something Else? | So, in recent discussions with folks like Darren Barefoot as well as David Vogt of Mobile Muse (and, of course, kicking the idea around the Bryght offices), it’s become clear that community wireless in Vancouver is something that really should happen. Part of the Vancouver…
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MyBlogLog is Distributed Social Networking
MyBlogLog is Distributed Social Networking MyBlogLog is the closest to distributed social networking I’ve seen. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.
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Using open source software to design, develop, and deploy a collaborative Web site, Part 12: Hosting and deploying
Using open source software to design, develop, and deploy a collaborative Web site, Part 12: Hosting and deploying When you reach the final phase of development of your Drupal powered site, it’s time to start thinking about how you are going to deploy it for your client. Part of the AI for Creatives collection. See…
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NowPublic flirts with ABC News
NowPublic flirts with ABC News Last week, NowPublic redesigned once more. They just keep getting better! If you don’t know NowPublic, it is a Drupal website that is a combination of Slashdot, Digg and Flickr (albeit not as popular yet). Every user can help report the news, provide valu Part of the AI for Creatives…
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Happy Birthday from Mickipedia
Happy Birthday from Mickipedia I’m fucking 30! Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Hacking the Digital Ecosystem: Expert Insights from Jordan Behan.
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How to become a fashion photographer
How to become a fashion photographer A career in fashion photography doesn’t have to be an impossible dream. Three industry insiders tell Ben Widdicombe their tips for getting started. Part of the Photography and Visual Storytelling collection. See also: Embarking on a Media Revolution: My Participation in the Google News Initiative Pre-launch Lab.
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Organic Denim for the Sustainable Fashionista
Organic Denim for the Sustainable Fashionista Del Forte Denim is Tierra’s line of luxury denim made from 100% organic cotton entirely in the US. The jeans are extremely well-made and expertly fitted. Tierra created her line for people like her and her friends, “real women who care about style but Part of the Web and…
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How We Did It: Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake, Co-founders, Flickr, Buying a Business or Franchise Article
How We Did It: Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake, Co-founders, Flickr, Buying a Business or Franchise Article The original plan had been to create an online game. But they were just about out of money. And then Butterfield had this crazy vision of building a photo-sharing website, and before you knew it Flickr was a…
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Web Directions North
Web Directions North What makes a better combination than web geeks, snow and Canadian beer… that’s exactly what’s going on at Web Directions North. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.
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Vancouver Fashion Finds in Unexpected Places
Vancouver Fashion Finds in Unexpected Places Real Vancouverites know that shopping in Vancouver doesn’t mean “go to Robson and wander.” Part of the joy of living and shopping in Vancouver is finding the great deals in unexpected places. Part of the Vancouver AI Ecosystem collection. See also: Vancouver Tech Journal Isn’t Journalism.
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Photography Christmas Gift Ideas – Fotoclips
Photography Christmas Gift Ideas – Fotoclips Fotoclips are tiny clear plastic fasteners which serve one simple purpose in life: to help you build things with your photos. Each box comes with 110 clips: 100 “2D” clips that hold two photos together, and 10 “3D” clips that allow you to attach photos at Part of the…