• Understanding Camera Autofocus

  Quite a primer on camera auto-focus mechanisms

  tags: camera autofocus photography information

• 11 Surefire Landscape Photography Tips

  Food for thought

  tags: photography landscape tips

• Strategy Letter V – Joel on Software

  Interesting article on commoditization. Microsoft did it pretty well in the PC era, while Sun shot itself in the foot by trying to commoditize both hardware & software. Wonder what happens in the mobile computing (smartphone\tablet\netbook) era. Will the app marketplaces do the trick?

  tags: strategy economics joel software hardware management sun microsoft

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• 4 Walmart employees fired after disarming gunman caught shoplifting – ksl.com

  Bureaucracy at its best. Hopefully the armed forces & police don’t have such clauses.

  tags: walmart policy bureaucracy

• Camels and Rubber Duckies – Joel on Software

  How do you price software? Lots of theories ranging from basic macroeconomics to capitalism & the likes, but no definitive answer.

  tags: software pricing economics joel business

• City of Shadows – ALEXEY TITARENKO | PHOTOGRAPHY

  Time-lapse + Black & White + Busy city = Haunting photographs

  tags: photography photos art

• ExposurePlot (former Focalplot)

  A very handy tool to analyse the different parameters of your photograph.
  “ExposurePlot (former FocalPlot) is a new free utility that analyzes your usage of the focal length of your lenses (jpeg only), show charts for ISO, aperture and shutterspeed.Great to determine which lens you ‘really’ need, or which lens did you actually use on the trip to the mountains.”

  tags: photography software freeware camera exposure statistics

• Free minix-like kernel sources for 386-AT – comp.os.minix | Google Groups

  Linus Torvalds’ post evangelizing Linux way back in 1991

  tags: linux evangelism communication

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• Home – Coke Studio

  An interesting concept, plus the music is available for online viewing & download too right after the show is aired.

  tags: songs music pakistan

• (Less) Screwed-up Packaging – The Daily WTF

  Individual boxes & packets for each screw. Now that’s really green.

  tags: packaging dell wastage environment

• Why Letting Yourself Make Mistakes Means Making Fewer of Them | Psychology Today

  “We approach most of what we do with one of two types of goals: what I call be-good goals, where the focus is on proving that you have a lot of ability and already know what you’re doing, and get-better goals, where the focus is on developing your ability and learning a new skill.  It’s the difference between wanting to show that you are smart vs. wanting to get smarter.”

  tags: psychology mistakes goals advice

• The trouble with Steve – Mar. 4, 2008

  An interesting article on Steve Jobs from the pre-iPad era. Also sheds light on some of the rarely featured issues on Apple & Jobs like the back dated stock options & Jobs’ personal life.

  tags: tech apple stevejobs business innovation

• Paths of Innovation: Fountain Pens | Slideshows

  I wonder how many of my generation would have seen or even heard of any of these pens.

  tags: innovation pens list

• The 7 Most Innovative iPad Apps of 2010 | Slideshows

  A handy list with the following lineup:
  – Alice in Wonderland e-book
  – Flipboard
  – Air Display
  – Auryn Ink
  – Sound Note
  – iA Writer
  – Infinity Blade

  tags: ipad apps innovation list 2010 apple

• How to Hack Your Brain

  Pretty interesting article with a bunch of techniques ranging from priming to taking care of your health.

  tags: brain hack psychology lifehacker

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