C’mon Microsoft, don’t do a Dr Kevorkian on this application!

C’mon Microsoft, don’t do a Dr Kevorkian on this application! A random Weblog. A few years ago, iViewMediaPro was the preferred choice for those handling large catalogs of media files – it proved especially handy for managing digital photo files. It was quick, stable, and easy enough to use. There were numerous ways to find […]

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User Interface Design for Hollywood

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We’ve all noticed the really bad “you’ve got mail” computer and data display screens that pop up in Hollywood movies. What we tend to miss are the really good ones, which are realistic. (Fun fact: Stanley Kubrick insisted that all of the displays shown in 2001 be plausible, including reflecting the correct state of the […]

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iPad SchmiPad

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It’s not even been a week since Apple introduced the iPad, and there have already been literally volumes penned about this new device. These opinions are generally polarized, there seems to be either love or hate, with rarely someone falling in between the two. I’ll spare you my long-winded personal opinions, this post is simply […]

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Apple approves voice & video over iPhone’s 3G/Fring + iCall beat Skype

Apple approves voice & video over iPhone's 3G/Fring + iCall beat Skype 4

Apple recently approved voice over iPhone’s 3G data connection, and now Fring and iCall have beaten both Skype and Truphone in updating their respective iPhone applications to take advantage of the newly approved feature. The other two possible voice conduits -which already existed for the iPhone and some other smartphones- are GSM and WiFi. In […]

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iPad Follow-up Thoughts – thoughts on v2 hardware and v1.5 software

OK, it has been a couple of days to thunk on it. First off – wrong on GPS – it DOES appear to have assisted GPS, not guessed-at GPS – I thought they were referring to using WiFi and 3G to guess at location rather than augment it – this is actually better than plain […]

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What’s the big deal about DAM SaaS?

Why SaaS Digital Asset Management is the Most Cost-Effective Deployment Option for Marketers. A recent Forrester ECM (Enterprise Content Management) report by analyst Stephen Powers shows that more interest was seen in SaaS products (than on-premise or open source), with 43% of the respondents expressing interest in SaaS WCM and 39% in SaaS DAM. “Because […]

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A Marketer’s Introduction to Social Network Analysis

A Marketer’s Introduction to Social Network Analysis | Digital Tonto. For many, Social Networks begin and end with Social Media, but network analysis is about much more than tweeting. As the tools improve, Social Network Analysis will become as important to marketing as target group analysis was a generation ago. Understanding networks will help us […]

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A thumbnail is worth about one hundred words

Official Google Docs Blog: A thumbnail is worth about one hundred words. Earlier today, we added a new view option to your Documents List: thumbnail view. While the standard “list view” displays the item title and information like sharing state, the thumbnail view displays small previews of your files. We generate thumbnails for all Google […]

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Color Matching in Motion

Motion graphics artists frequently need to match colors of design elements to colors of imported graphics, such as corporate logos. If you’ve tried to do this in Motion, you may have discovered a slight mismatch in the colors, which is frankly unacceptable. Here’s a short video demonstrating the issue and a way to fix it. […]

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The 6 hidden costs of running a DAM system

The 6 hidden costs of running a DAM system – TWEAK Digital. Paul Boag wrote an article a while back entitled “The 5 hidden costs of running a CMS” over on Vitamin/Carsonified and I really thought it was a useful item to ponder over as a CMS user. Then I thought, “This totally applies to […]

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