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Your iPhone has one button on its front. Pressing this button may perform different actions in different circumstances. This simple visual guide shows you how it works.
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About
Homage to M.C.Escher.
This is my first post of an image made with e-fxg, a piece of software that I've written myself to do image manipulation, e-fxg is short for Erroba's effects generator ;-)
In the future I will upload many images created with the aid of e-fxg, to show the endless possibilities of this effects generator.
° e-fxg is entirely based on mathematical functions, each effect is pure mathematics, nothing more.
° e-fxg supports complex numbers.
° e-fxg is plugin based and has no notion what so ever of the actual formulas being applied, all a plugin does is provide the mathematical formulas to be used as an effect on the image.
° A plugin can expose properties to e-fxg, which automatically generates a user interface for these properties, so that parameters that influence the calculation can be tuned by the user to alter the effects.
The shot
The shot used to produce this image can be found here Gerechtshof.
Effect applied : Holomorphic transform
The formula of the holomorphic transform :
Pixel defined by x,y :
Complex number z = x+iy;
z=z+ (0.01 -.1i ) / z;
New pixel value taken from 'pixel' :
x = real part of z
y = imaginary part of z
Formula applied for 1 frame.
Photoshop
Nothing.
You
If you are interested in e-fxg as a user, please let me know and also give me an idea of what you would pay for a copy ( in US$ or € please ).
If you are a company and are interested to buy e-fxg to commercialize it, you can contact me through my profile.
All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are ( as always ) welcome.
Music
Western Willow Spreadwing (Lestes viridis), at the nature reserve, Hof ter Saksen, Beveren, Belgium
Blog: How Flickr Works: Commenting in Groups. Could you make the User-Interface any more tedious?
You can learn more about GestureWorks at: www.gestureworks.com
The GestureWorks software package is included with Ideum touch tables and multitouch displays. To learn more visit: www.ideum.com
The Five Planes of User Experience
When working with a user interface designer, or a UI designer is working with a client, there are 5 levels of looking at the UI design:
• 5: Surface Plane: web pages made up of images and text.
• 4: Skeleton Plane: the placement of buttons, tabs, images, and blocks of text.
• 3: Structure Plane: abstract structure of the site.
• 2: Scope Plane: features and functionality.
• 1: Strategy Plane: what the owners and users of the site want to achieve.
The five planes build from bottom to top.
The planes have slight nuances, depending on whether the (part of the) web site under design is task- oriented or information-oriented.
Stagger Work on Planes
Do not wait for work on one plane to finish before starting on the next. There must be some degree of iteration (feedback loop).
Work on a particular plane cannot finish before work on lower planes has finished.
Prof. Dr. Keith Andrews
courses.iicm.tugraz.at/iaweb/iaweb.pdf
Information Architecture and Web Usability
706.041 Information Architecture and Web Usability WS 2007/2008 3VU
Graz University of Technology
Inffeldgasse Austria
This is the cab interior of the 1965 Crown Firecoach used in the first season of the television series, Emergency! I believe the pump is rated at 1,250 gallons per minute at draft. Power for the pump, and to move this heavy pile of steel down the road, was developed by a Hall-Scott 6-cylinder gasoline engine. Gossip about a rebuilt Hall-Scott six in a different 1949 fire engine claimed it reached 1,000 cubic inches (16.3 liters) after having the cylinders bored. I believe this would've come from the Hall-Scott factory with about 850 cubic inches (14 liters). Hall-Scott enthusiasts should say whether this is correct or otherwise by posting a comment. The choke control confirms it has not been re-powered with a diesel.
Many heavy trucks have mindbendingly loud buzzers to warn the driver when the vehicle has no oil pressure. My guess is the red light above the toggle switches lights for low oil pressure. (It should be labeled, shouldn't it?) Note the dual starters and dual ignition. Before diesels, this was common. I've heard it was tough for a novice mechanic to get both distributors synchronized.
This looks like a good user interface. I've never driven or pumped a Crown. In 1965, these were designed to be driven by someone wearing turnout or bunker boots. That's why the throttle and brake pedals have large, flat surface areas. I always liked how the switches for everything on school buses and Firecoaches were in a row within easy reach of the driver. In service, the long bat handles on the toggle switches were probably attached to the warning light switches. This allowed the operator to flip all of the emergency lights on without hunting for them.
I believe the blue air valve is for the emergency air system. These were popular in the 1960s. Trucks with air brake systems rely on air pressure to stop the vehicle. Consequently, they have large, 60-pound springs on the rear axle. The vehicle can't move unless there is 60 pounds of air pressure in the system, the minimum to move safely. Under 60 pounds, the rear brakes are locked. If the engine had been sitting for a week, the air system may have zero pressure. While your CPR patient waits, you have to sit and watch the air pressure pump up. Hit the blue valve with your palm and air from a backup tank quickly charges the system. You're almost instantly on your way to the call. There was also a time when "quick buildup" air compressors were used to prevent this. Newer air systems have very low leak rates and don't need the extra hardware.
This has a Federal Interceptor electronic siren although the foley for the TV show used the sound of a mechanical siren. There's a classic open-cab feature out of view at the top of the windshield: windshield wipers. Because rain could and did get into the cab, there's a second set of wipers on the inside of the windshield. This has air-operated wipers. A spring pulls them one way and air pressure the other. They make a spitting sound when the air is drained out at one end of travel. Imagine wet steering wheel, wet pedals, wet hands.
The shift pattern is missing but you could probably figure it out by fondling the shift. I was told this has a five-speed, square-tooth transmission. Los Angeles is mostly, but not entirely, flat ground. First gear is "compound low" for crawling up steep grades. At a traffic signal, you shift into second to start out. When the engine makes a certain sound, it's telling you to shift. Push the clutch to the floor, pull the shift out of gear, release the clutch. Press the clutch to the floor again, push or pull the shift into the desired gear (gate), then let the clutch out.
There are dual radios. The bottom is a custom built, eight channel VHF General Electric MASTR Professional. It looks like this had channels for responding into City of Los Angeles, Angeles National Forest, and the statewide OES Fire net. The top is a UHF Motorola Micor (470-512 MHz) which I believe was used for Los Angeles County Fire's system. There should be a third microphone somewhere. There's one for each radio and one for the siren.
The cab floor is steel diamond plate. Newer vehicles use aluminum diamond plate.
…all these people who are anti-government depend on the government when something happens. Fires, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes and tornadoes: I need you government but I don't want you the rest of the time.
— Errol Southers Ph.D.
Journalism grade images.
Source: 4200x2800 16-bit TIF file.
Please do not copy this image for any purpose.
Mecabricks works properly on mobile devices like tablets. On the other hand, mobile phone screens are often too small which messes up the user interface.
I did this little project on my iPad in my bed yesterday night. That is definitely something I couldn't imagine would be one day possible when I started Mecabricks years ago.
This room is the Combat Information Center, and about 30 people would be very calmly working in it when the ship was in action. Very calm is important, the scenery chewing and loud voices from "Top Gun" are not how success looks.
The retired officer leading our tour told how he learned this valuable lesson. In his first watch as the officer in charge of a CIC on a different ship, he got excited and got his team excited too. And in 9 minutes, timed, they were unable to work out what the course or speed of the unknown contact was.
Fortunately, it didn't matter, but since situational awareness of the ship's environment is the single and only job of a Combat Information Center, the young officer gave it deep thought. And concluded that the calm, deliberate, never a raised voice behavior he'd seen when other officers were in charge was a requirement for him to succeed, too. And it was.
The CIC is a "Graphic User Interface" for the officer standing watch. All the transparent panels in front of the walls are written on, backward, in dayglo grease pen, which makes glowing, colored, letters on the black background. There is a sailor with headphones and a microphone behind every clear panel, communicating with one or more people who give them the latest information, and they put it up for the CIC officer.
The big circle on the left is the up to date location of all the ships near the Hornet, which is at the middle. Course and speed for every one of them, and Hornet too. What you'd need to know if you had to turn for some reason, like the launch or recover aircraft, or avoid something in the water, or in the air.
The bigger circle on the right shows Haiphong and Hanoi, and the coast to the south of them. The red diagonal lines are dry land. Plots of aircraft and/or ship positions over time are written in white.
The square text panel on the left appears to show call signs, commander's names, aircraft type, etc. for airplanes Hornet needs to know about. The square text panel on the right appears to show more detail about a smaller number of aircraft- the column names ?, ALT, ?, ?, CUS, SPD, TOH, IFF and REMARKS. ALT could be Altitude, SPD could be Speed, IFF is almost certainly Indetification Friend or Foe code, or perhaps, channel. CUS? TOH? No idea. Google CIC CUS TOH!
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This is a very special artifact, the original Apollo Guidance computer display and keyboard (DSKY) unit removed from the primary Command Module simulator at the Johnson Space Center. Neil Armstrong and every Apollo astronaut used this DSKY in training for their mission.
This is the user interface to the Apollo Guidance Computer. Two-digit verb-noun pairs were entered in succession to control the computer’s operation. It's direct assembly programming with 1.1K FLOPS of processing power.
The DSKY provided the astronauts with critical burn times for engine firings, course corrections, trajectories, and other key calculations vital in getting a crew to and from the moon. It was also the DSKY that almost caused an abort of the Apollo 11 mission, as it was blaring a Program Alarm as Armstrong was trying to land the LM on the lunar surface.
One amazing historical footnote: “When production of onboard computers for the Apollo programme was at its peak, it consumed fully half of the world’s output of integrated circuits, yet only 75 units were constructed between 1963 and 1969. This is not because they were all used in the final machines [three DSKYs per flight], but because NASA bought vast numbers of the tiny devices from the manufacturers and hammered them with a barrage of tests to force ever higher quality control.”
– How Apollo Flew to the Moon, 2nd Ed., p.166.
This DSKY is accompanied by a 1984 letter of provenance from Ron Baker of NASA’s Technology Utilization Support Section which reads: “This specific number has some history behind it. Based upon the I.D. Number from the back of the unit (#186372), I was able to confirm that it had been removed from the Apollo CM trainer that was originally located in Building 5 here at JSC. I was part of the team that disassembled the simulator several years ago... this computer unit was fully functional when it was in the simulator.”
An artifact in the Future Ventures’ 🚀 Space Collection. More images and background below.
The HTC One max is the Taiwanese firm’s first foray into the phablet arena, where it will go up against the super-sized elite, including the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Sony Xperia Z Ultra.
blog.pre-pay-as-you-go.co.uk/2013/10/18/htc-one-max-hands...
HemeshGui is a graphical user interface I made for the excellent Hemesh library by Frederik Vanhoutte. HemeshGui can render shapes directly in Sunflow via Christopher Warnow's SunflowApiApi. These are some of the first things I made with it! ;-)
Blogpost: CreativeApplications
Source Code: Google Code
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Review EOS 7D MARK I ● Schaun mer mal
Smartphone 13mm, 26mm, 52 mm
und digital bis 3.0x 78 mm
DSLR 7D Tamron 70 - 300mm, aka 112 - 480 mm
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Canon_EOS_7D
The Canon EOS 7D Mark I, is a mid-range digital SLR (DSLR) camera.
Made to be the tool of choice for serious photographers and semi-professionals.
Review
2009 - Canon EOS 7D $1700
The Canon EOS 7D Digital SLR Camera features a magnesium alloy body that is dust- and weather-resistant and shutter durability of up to 150,000 cycles.
Conclusion - Pros
■ Class-leading detail and resolution at base ISO, good per-pixel sharpness
■ Very good low-light performance, low noise levels and good retention of detail
■ 8 frames per second continuous shooting speed
■ Thanks to Dual Digic 4 processors very quick and responsive performance
■ Excellent build quality with magnesium body and environmental sealing
■ Good ergonomics, well shaped and comfortable hand grip
■ Improved button and control layout over 50D/5D Mark II
■ Highly customizable user interface
■ On-screen Q-Menu offers good alternative for access to shooting settings
■ Large and bright viewfinder with 1.0x magnification and 100% coverage
■ Highly flexible new AF system with 19 cross-type sensors
(Relatively) quick contrast detect AF in live view
■ Good quality 1080/720p video output with a range of frame rates
■ Easy switch between stills mode, movie mode and live view
■ External microphone socket
■ Useful highlight tone priority mode
■ Reliable flash exposures
■ Wireless flash control
■ Optional wireless and battery grips
■ Dual axis electronic level
■ Good battery life
Good for: Pretty much anything from landscapes to sports to HD movies
Canon EOS 7D Overview
Its eight frames per second continuous shooting speed and highly flexible AF system, coupled with an 18Mp CMOS sensor with formidable high ISO capabilities* make the Canon EOS 7D one of the finest APS-C DSLRs that money can buy.
*Of course at higher sensitivities it's always going to be a compromise between detail and noise but when you are shooting RAW you have much more control over the application of noise reduction.
If you can justify the price tag (2019 used Body + kit about 400€) it's hard to fault Canon's new APS-C flagship. With class-leading image quality, fast operation and excellent handling the EOS 7D is everything a semi-pro model should be--and the excellent movie mode will be a welcome bonus to those that like their pictures to move.
Arguably the best APS-C SLR on the market today.
1.0x magnification and 100% coverage viewfinder
Wireless flash control
Environmental sealing
AF illuminator
• Metering sensor• 63 zone sensor
• 1 - 20 EV working range
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Natural Color reproduction
- with Canon's traditionally pleasant JPEG color rendition.
In terms of default tone curve and color response the 7D delivers the usual Canon look.
The EOS 7D delivers pretty much the same color response across the various Picture Styles as other more recent Canon DSLRs.
This is useful for anyone moving from one model to another. As we've seen in other reviews the standard hues are also very similar to most other SLRs in this class, with minor saturation and brightness differences but essentially the same color response.
Noise
At higher ISOs the 7D does, especially considering its high nominal resolution, a very decent job and manages to maintain a good balance between image detail and noise reduction up to very high sensitivities. Low light results are unsurprisingly not quite as good as the full-frame EOS 5D Mark II
RAW ?
Shooting in RAW format and processing with Adobe ACR 5.6 Beta squeezes some extra detail out of both cameras' output compared to the JPEG output, but the difference is only really noticeable at a pixel-level.
In some respects the 7D is even a better camera than the EOS 5D Mark II and a viable alternative for all those who do not want or need a camera with a full-frame sensor.
Its eight frames per second continuous shooting speed and highly flexible AF system might even make it a consideration for credit-crunch battered sports photographers on a budget.
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The 7D looks and feels like a quality product. It's solidly built, comes with a weather-sealed magnesium body and has a very pleasant quality feel to it when you hold it in your hands. The chunky grip is well-shaped and comes with a rubberized surface.
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Another advantage of the 7D is its customizability. The function of almost every button can be changed which should satisfy even the most eccentric and specialist photographic requirements. The same is true for the new AF system which offers an abundance of AF point selection and focusing options.
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Metering & focus accuracy 7D Mark I is far better than Canon EOS 7D Mark II .
Canon empfiehlt ISO 200
Min 100 - 6400
birding
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Back Button focus - via AF-on
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With Live View it doesn't not work because you can't see the AF points in the LCD. Only in the viewfinder.
AI Servo AF for continuous tracking of the subject.
Canon EOS 7D Mark II Auto Focus Guide - Basics of Bird in Flight Photography
7D Mark I and 7D Mark II:
both 84% total Gold AWARD
ps
Canon EOS 90D Review
: 85% total SILVER AWARD
The 7D II is Canon's best APS-C camera, and while focus subject tracking and Raw dynamic range aren't class-leading, the top-notch build quality,
up to 10 fps shooting and class-leading video AF make for a compelling package.
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7D Mark I
The EOS 7D features a Canon-designed 18.0 Megapixel APS-C size CMOS sensor that captures such a high level of resolution it’s easy to crop images for enlargement without concern of losing detail. A major factor in reducing noise, the CMOS sensor assures that images shot at highest sensitivity will be remarkably smooth.
(2009)
Manual and more
specs
EOS 7D Firmware Version 2.0.3 is available for download at the Canon website.
www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support/details...
8.0 fps continuous shooting up to 130*/** JPEG Large/Fine and 25*/** RAW images
Capable of shooting up to 130*/** JPEG Large/Fine and 25*/** RAW images at 8.0 fps, the EOS 7D is a perfect camera for action. Canon’s remarkable shutter, combined with speedy, sophisticated electronics, ensures instant response and performance. A rapidly-occurring scene can be captured moment by moment, second by second, so that even the briefest of opportunities are captured in perfect clarity.
**Firmware upgrade (Version 2.0.X) is required.
With Firmware Version 2.0.X, the EOS 7D gains a multitude of feature enhancements for higher performance befitting the flagship APS-C EOS. These improvements include a higher maximum burst rate (130* for JPEG Large/Fine and 25* RAW images) for continuous shooting, definable maximum limit for ISO Auto, compatibility with the GPS Receiver GP-E2, and manual audio level adjustment. Additional upgrades also include faster scrolling of magnified images, quick control during playback, in-camera RAW image processing, JPEG image resizing and ratings, plus customization of file names and time zone settings.
Good for:
Those who prefer viewfinder shooting, want a relatively compact system camera without sacrificing external controls of a DSLR.
I absolutely love my 7D :)
2009 statement
The EOS 7D is an excellent addition to Canon's range of APS-C DSLRs that is, in terms of build quality, speed of operation, ergonomics and image quality,
a cut above Canon's previous APS-C flagship, the EOS 50D.
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The EOS 7D's Intelligent Viewfinder, an entirely newly-designed technology, provides 100% coverage and displays user-selected AF modes as well as a spot metering circle and on demand grid lines.
New iFCL Metering with 63-zone dual-layer metering system uses both focus and color information
to provide accurate exposure even in difficult lighting.
SENSOR
Image Format
22.3 x 14.9 mm (APS-C size)
Full specs
downloads.canon.com/nw/camera/products/eos/7d/SETUP/Updat...
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Country of Origin
JAPAN
I finally got a bigger bookcase for my office. I still have books on the floor and double stacked on the bottom row (and even books behind them)... time to start giving them away.
For the basic library (many of the books shown here): www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=jsonin
My desktop robot
Update: Featured in this post about the future of UI (User Interfaces), to illustrate the virtual assistant concept in a post by Six Revisions sixrevisions.com/user-interface/the-future-of-user-interf...
And in this Slate post about jobs that robots will not replace humans in www.slate.fr/lien/58107/les-dix-jobs-que-les-robots-nauro...
Featured photo in this eduation website's post about organizing your desk at work www.uniteduc.org/revision-tips-how-to-organise-your-time-...
Used in this blog post about ad exchanges edu.taipeiads.com/2013/06/ad-exchange-win/
And seen in this post about using a virtual assistant www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/07/24/using-a-virtu...
Featured photo in this blog post about robots replacing office workers readwrite.com/2014/11/20/robot-jobs-white-collar
Featured in these blog posts about investing in real estate www.browardrealestate.org/2014/11/23/real-estate-and-what... and www.browardrealestate.org/2014/12/14/real-investing-tips-...
Used in this blog post about workers and managing robots
www.techtimes.com/articles/13956/20140825/workers-prefer-...
Featured photo in this designer's post about good UI design for websites gori.me/design/45657
As seen in this blog post about how to best use summer interns media.dailydot.com/blog/5-ways-to-best-utilize-your-interns/
Featured in this Monster blog post about how to protect your job from automation www.monster.com/blog/b/how-to-robot-proof-your-job-0416
As seen in this blog post about jobs of the future www.impactlab.net/2015/08/24/top-10-jobs-that-dont-exist-...
Used in this Chinese blog post about working better with UI designers punnode.com/archives/34014
As seen in this blog about the worst parts of working as an intern berlinternblog.wordpress.com/2015/10/18/worst-things-abou...
Featured in this blog post about how robots may someday replace writers landt.co/2015/11/robots-replace-writers/
And seen in this blog post about why we shouldn't worry about robots stealing jobs motherboard.vice.com/read/robot-companies-robots-wont-ste...
An edited version of this photo appeared in this Fast Company blog post about how automation and AI might replace some white collar jobs www.fastcoexist.com/3055680/watch-your-back-technology-is...
Featured photo in this blog post about why Artificial Intelligence may take over parts of the legal profession dataconomy.com/ai-future-law-lawyers-know/
As seen in this blog post about how chatbots might change PR and measurement www.cyberalert.com/blog/index.php/chatbots-will-pr-again-...
Used in this spanish language blog post about the first film script generated by Artificial Intelligence www.malavida.com/noticias/la-primera-peli-escrita-por-int...
Featured in Oreilly's email newsletter about using bots to manage business cdn.oreillystatic.com/oreilly/email/share/nl-econ-2016060...
As seen in this essay about artificial intelligence www.sramanamitra.com/2016/07/06/future-of-artificial-inte...
Featured in this Wired post (in Italian) about chat bots and messanger apps www.wired.it/internet/web/2016/07/06/11mila-messenger-com...
Used in this blog post about chat bots as the future of PR www.cyberalert.com/blog/index.php/chatbots-will-pr-again-...
In this blog post about Brexit, Trump voters, and how automation chnaged the global economy www.sillustrated.com/business/admin/the-future-of-artific...
Featured in this blog article about what decisions go into web design gori.me/design/45657
As seen in this Italian blog post about the development of chatbots for marketing informatica.uniurb.it/convcomp2016-1-la-piattaforma-dei-bot/
Included in this German blog post about chatbots growing in use for marketers www.konsultori.com/chatbot-mashup-54/
Used in this blog post about what marketers should ask website visitors www.skyword.com/contentstandard/marketing/6-content-strat...
Featured in this French blog post about computer writers www.sebastien-bailly.com/ordinateur-ecrivain/1949
Used in this blog post about machine learning shift.newco.co/bringing-up-machine-baby-bcaeb2bf6367
Featured photo in this PRI story about the future of automation at work www.pri.org/stories/2017-01-28/almost-half-what-we-do-wor... and on syndicated sites like MSN www.msn.com/en-au/money/technology/almost-half-of-what-we... and many more!
As seen in this Buisness Insider post about why small businesses should us virtual assistants nordic.businessinsider.com/expert-says-an-ai-business-boo...
Featured photo in this German blog post about chatbots and automation www.marconomy.de/digital/articles/582997/
Used in this page about SEO copywriting services brandnewcopy.com/whatwedo/seo-copywriting-services/
As seen in this AlleyWatch post about how chatbots are changing marketing www.alleywatch.com/2017/04/chatbots-will-change-marketing...
Featured photo in this blog post about AI blogs.plos.org/neuro/2017/04/11/on-intelligence-by-nauree...
As seen in this blog post about AI driven search engines www.cmswire.com/digital-workplace/how-ai-driven-search-co...
Included in this blog post about brands chatting with customers through WeChat ventureburn.com/2017/03/brandchat-message-brands/
Featured photo in this UK blog post about upgrading lawyers www.infolaw.co.uk/newsletter/2016/11/upgrading-law-regrad...
Used in this Spanish language post about Artificial Intelligence and shaping the human experience www.torresburriel.com/weblog/2017/08/09/inteligencia-arti...
As seen in this article debating the benefits and drawbacks of AI and automation www.spur.org/events/2017-11-13/ai-automation-displacement...
Used in this published slideshow about the internet of things www.slideshare.net/AndreasNeumeier/ieee-day-speech-networ...
Featured in this article about this history of technology replacing labor www.worldcrunch.com/opinion-analysis/technology-killing-j...
As seen in this German blog post about messaging apps like WeChat paymentandbanking.com/ich-will-endlich-wechat/
Featured in this Fast Company article about countries with the highest number of robot workers www.fastcompany.com/40565053/these-countries-have-the-hig...
Used in this group discussion about AI and job replacements www.groupdiscussionideas.com/will-artificial-intelligence...
As seen in this German blog post about which industries and job types will be impacted by the rise of automation www.heise.de/tr/artikel/Welche-Jobs-bleiben-werden-402853...
Used in this case study about bringing a law firm into the 21st century postshift.com/project/innovative-law-firm-task-force-mobi...
Featured in this blog post about chatbots and customer service www.linkedin.com/pulse/chat-failing-customers-amit-shanka...
Used in this Spanish meetup about chatbots and brands www.meetup.com/es/VoiceXMeetUp/events/260563196/
Featured photo in this blog post about why business management needs to be more adaptive to changes in the market www.worldcrunch.com/business-finance/flexibility-first-ti...
As seen in this blog post about how AI is already being used for marketing and copywriting by big businesses capertongillett.com/blog/2019/09/30/chase-got-an-ai-copyw...
Used in this blog post about business opportunities in digital marketing for Mozambique www.moztrends.com/19-ideias-de-negocios-mais-lucrativas-e...
Featured in this blog post asking when AI personal assistants will become a reality www.cmswire.com/digital-workplace/when-can-we-expect-our-...
Cover image in this blog post about teaching using technology wiobyrne.com/teaching-learning-assessing-with-technology/
Meme'd in this blog post about copywriting www.robswystun.com/post/how-to-create-the-perfect-copywri...
As seen in this Russian blog post about cloud computing www.computerra.ru/231619/oblachnye-professii-budushhego-c...
Featured in this blog post about using AI to help solve design problems www.aalto.fi/en/news/next-gen-ai-designers-wont-crush-hum...
Used in this Finish AI blog about the impact of AI on creativity fcai.fi/news/2023/3/6/next-gen-ai-designers-wont-crush-hu...
As seen in this blog post about artificial intelligence in the 1950s historictech.com/the-state-of-artificial-intelligence-in-...
I've also used this photo in my blog post explaining public relations and communications www.matthewhurst.com/2013/06/what-is-public-relations/ and also used in my popular "twitter internship" post www.matthewhurst.com/2009/03/the-twitter-internship/
You can follow this crazed Hulk Scobleizer on FriendFeed here.
What does this photo of Robert Scoble have to do wth the new FriendFeed UI? Well, not much, but they do have a pair of Hulk gloves at the FriendFeed office and since I didn't have any photo manipulations of Scoble as the Hulk already, I thought now was as good a time as any to make one.
Earlier this evening FriendFeed gathered a small group of journalists, bloggers and users at their headquarters in Mountain View, California to demo a new beta user interface that they plan on releasing very shortly. The details of the new user interface are still private with an embargo on the news. According to FriendFeed Co-founder Bret Taylor, the embargo is put in place to make sure that when people write reviews about the new interface that it will coincide with the actual launch of the beta enabling FriendFeed users to try the new site out for themselves.
I've been a big fan of FriendFeed for the past six months or so. I've been a pretty heavy user and at least for me FriendFeed has replaced both my former RSS Reader, as well as Twitter for the most part. I'm also finding that I'm browsing a large chunk of my Flickr views through FriendFeed as well.
Specifically with regards to photography I've found FriendFeed amazing. I'm consistently finding really great photography related content to blog from FriendFeed as well as am seeing some of the best new work on the web today. If you'd like to check out some of FriendFeed's photography I'd recommend this filter of posts mentioning photography with 5 or more likes. You also might be interested in the previous article I've written on how to use FriendFeed with Flickr here.
This was my first trip to their Mountain View offices and when I arrived I was surprised at how small their offices and staff are. Presently the FriendFeed team consists of 11 employees, most coming from Google. It was nice finally being able to put names and faces together
As part of my visit I was able to take quite a few photographs of both the FriendFeed staff, their offices and some of the other press/bloggers being briefed on the upcoming launch. If you'd like to see my photos from yesterday's briefing you can click through here.
I can't really get into details about what is in the new release, but at least at first glance I liked it alot. I'll be writing a more formal review on the new release once the embargo is lifted.
If you haven't signed up for FriendFeed yet you definitely should. If you'd like to follow me on FriendFeed you can find me here.
Facebook has often been regarded as one of the best places to work in the tech industry.
Its interns make $25,000 more than the average citizen. And famously, employees on Glassdoor voted Facebook the No. 1 company to work for overall.
But in order to get a job there, you’ll have to answer some tricky questions first.
We’ve compiled some of the toughest Facebook interview questions available on Glassdoor. Whether you’re looking for a programming job or a position doing marketing, Facebook’s interview questions will give you a run for your money.
1. “There is a building with 100 floors. You are given 2 identical eggs. How do you use 2 eggs to find the threshold floor, where the egg will definitely break from any floor above floor N, including floor N itself.” — Data Scientist candidate
2. “If you were going to redesign an ATM machine, how would you do it?” — Product Designer candidate
3. “How many birthday posts occur on Facebook on a given day?” — Data Scientist candidate
4. “Do you think that Facebook should be available to China?” — User Operations Analyst candidate
5. “How much do you charge to wash every window in Seattle?” — Online Sales operations candidate
6. “Describe how the website works. (That’s the whole question, with no context.)” — Technical Project Manager candidate
7. “How much money is spent on the Internet?” — Account Manager candidate
8. “How would you design a simpler TV remote control?” — Product Designer candidate
9. “How do you deal with communicating less than favorable information?” — Training candidate
10. “You’re at a casino with two dice, if you roll a 5 you win, and get paid $10. What is your expected payout? If you play until you win (however long that takes) then stop, what is your expected payout?” — Data Scientist candidate
11. “You have two light bulbs and a 100-story building. You want to find the floor at which the bulbs will break when dropped. Find the floor using the least number of drops.” — Software Engineer candidate
12. “How would you set up an interview in this room?” — Content Producer candidate
13. “How many vacuums are there in the U.S.A.?” — Risk Analyst candidate
14. “What options do you have, nefarious or otherwise, to stop people on a wireless network you are also on (but have no admin rights to) from hogging bandwidth by streaming videos?” — Production Engineer candidate
15. “How many Big Macs does McDonald’s sell each year in the U.S.?” — Data Scientist candidate
16. “How would you build Facebook for blind people?” — Product Manager candidate
17. “Tell me your plan of action if you saw that photo uploads suddenly dropped by 50%.” — Operations Associate User Intelligence candidate
18. “A Russian gangster kidnaps you. He puts two bullets in consecutive order in an empty six-round revolver, spins it, points it at your head and shoots. *click* You’re still alive. He then asks you, do you want me to spin it again and fire or pull the trigger again. For each option, what is the probability that you’ll be shot?” — Internet Marketing Analyst candidate
19. “Should Facebook continue to add features or rely on third party apps?” — Product Designer candidate
20. “If you were an animal what kind would you be and why?” — User Operations Analyst candidate
21. “I was asked what I was least proud of on my resume.” — Media Solutions Specialist candidate
22. “Given access to all the data Facebook collects, what would you do with it?” — Product Analytics candidate
23. “Pre-IPO, they asked me to write a paper on the valuation of Facebook. They also asked me what I thought the greatest technological advancement was in the past 20 years.” — Software Engineer candidate
24. “If you have 100 credit card numbers (and all info) how would you make as much money possible in 24 hours using only online transactions? (Many follow up questions of how to get around certain fraud deterrents.)” — Ads Risk Associate candidate
25. “You are trying to rob houses on a street. Each house has some amount of cash. Your goal is to rob houses such that you maximize the total robbed amount. The constraint is once you rob a house you cannot rob a house adjacent to that house.” — Software Engineer candidate
26. “The most difficult question was the 8-hour test, which involved deriving a novel and fairly-involved algorithm, significant CSS/HTML/JS coding, and plenty of opportunities to get something subtly wrong.” — User Interface Engineer candidate
27. “25 racehorses, no stopwatch. 5 tracks. Figure out the top three fastest horses in the fewest number of races.” — Software Engineering Summer Intern candidate
28. “What is the process you would go about in spotting a fake profile?” — User Operations Analyst candidate
29. “You’re about to get on a plane to Seattle. You want to know if you should bring an umbrella. You call 3 random friends of yours who live there and ask each independently if it’s raining. Each of your friends has a 2/3 chance of telling you the truth and a 1/3 chance of messing with you by lying. All 3 friends tell you that ‘Yes’ it is raining. What is the probability that it’s actually raining in Seattle?” — Data Scientist candidate
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Paris Vélib Service (Vélib is short for “Velo Liberte” or “Bike Freedom”) is a city-wide bike rental service. With plans for 20,600 bicycles available on 1,451 stations, it is the largest bicycle rental project in the world.
See more info at www.en.velib.paris.fr/
I place my notes, tips, tricks on Velib on my Veliblog: velibobsession.blogspot.com
Renting a Velib bike
These bikes are fun to rent and ride but, depending on how long you are in Paris, you may just want to buy a bike and lock it up outside where you are staying. I love the Velib system but it is more appropriate for short-term point-to-point transportation. If you're in Paris for more than a few weeks it may be more useful to buy a 100 euro bike at Decathalon (along with a good lock). Buying a bike is also better if you plan to ride more than just 30 minutes each time. Having said that I still like this system and use it often to get from place to place more quickly.
UPDATE (25 October 2007): The system now accepts American Express and JCB cards that do not have the EU smart chips! Good news for visitors that do not have an EU bank card.
UPDATE (28 October 2007): Be VERY careful out there... I'm sad to write that the the first fatility involving a Velib bicycle occurred on 18 October in the 13th arrondissement. This is first fatility since the service started July 15 2007. Marthe Coppel-Batsch, 59, a prominent Psychologist and Psychoanalyst, was struck by a truck near the corner of Boulevard de la Bastille and quai de la Rapée. The accident was caused when the driver of the truck could not see the bicyclist due to the "blind spot".
While the majority of Paris bike lanes are dedicated to bikes, there remains many that are shared between bikes, taxis, and buses. Riding in these shared lanes is tricky and I've found myself having to compete for space with very large vehicles that do not always see the bike riders well if at all. Bike helmets are not required nor used in Paris and perhaps they may catch on as there have 4 fatalities now involving bicyclists each year. www.liberation.fr/actualite/societe/285982.FR.php
UPDATE: With the transit strike over, bikes are now being repaired more quickly...
The French transit strike increased ridership but conversely resulted in many bikes not getting repaired. Twice while going to rent a Velib I found many bikes in the stands that were broken. The strike made transporting the bikes to the repair depots difficult resulting in many broken bikes being left in the stands.
So, WATCH OUT for flat tires, broken chains, bent wheels, etc.
The interface is a bit confusing... but it works (eventually) and you can rent a nice bike very cheaply.
Paris Vélib Service (Vélib is short for “Velo Liberte” or “Bike Freedom”) is a city-wide bike rental service. With plans for 20,600 bicycles available on 1,451 stations, it is the largest bicycle rental project in the world.
THE BIKES
The sturdy grey bikes come with a metal basket on the handlebars and are heavier than standard bicycles, built to withstand heavy use. In line with the program's green image, Vélib‘ maintenance staff get around town on 130 electrically assisted bicycles. A barge with 12 stops along the Seine will pick up bikes in need of major repairs. Cleaning staff drive electric vehicles and use rain collected on the roofs of JCDecaux offices
Shimano (brake systems)
Prowheel (core hardware)
Nexus (gear shifts, cables, etc)
The bikes are 3 speed “roadster”-type bikes.
I had some luck as when I arrived at the Jaures station as there was a ratp truck unloading new bikes. I spoke to the RATP employees and found out there are currently about 13,000 bikes in place right now with plans to have 20,600 by the end of the summer in 1,451 stations. The bikes just arrived a few days ago (on the 15th of July – right after bastille).
I walked down to the Jaures Vélib station and rented one! It’s a pretty cool bike; a bit particular looking but no one seems to mind riding them. I road it about 30 minutes and it did well. It’s not meant for comfort so watch out for bumps in the road and cobblestones. It has 3 speeds so is fairly flexible. It also has lots of illumination so seems fairly safe at night (I’ll try it tonight and see how it goes).
You have to buy a Vélib pass first:
Daily card is 1 euro
Weekly card is 7 euros
1 YEAR is 29 euros
To get the 1 year card you have to go online and sign up and get an “abonnement”. Most people visiting Paris will probably want to just get a bike for 7 days then check it in/out as needed over the 7 days.
UPDATE: I've found that I can get the Velib yearlong form online and link it to my metro pass by mailing in the form (along with a check for 29 euros and an authorization for 150 euros) to the Velib HQ outside Paris. Once this is done I can much more easily get a bike by just passing my navigo card over the sensor! The process to get the Navigo metro card linked to the Velib system is lengthy and requires several forms to be filled out (very very French).
The three choices do involve a 150 Euro “deposit”. That is, if you don’t return the bike within a certain amount of time you will be charged 150 euros.
There is a 13 point legal summary that you must accept to obtain a Vélib pass (one of the annoying features is having to read through the entire legal acceptance form on a small screen) NOTE: I have since found that you can "skip" the entire text. Another issue is that when you pay with a bank card you have to switch to a different interface screen. The Main interface (a color plasma screen) for the details of the bike pass then the smaller LCD screen for the details of your bank card. But, it’s very similar to the RATP and SNCF machines used to get metro and train tickets (at least in the complexity of the user interface).
To get the 1 year card you have to go online and sign up and get an “abonnement”. Most people visiting Paris will probably want to just get a bike for 7 days then check it in/out as needed over the 7 days.
Either of the three choices do involve a 150 Euro “deposit”. That is, if you don’t return the bike within a certain amount of time you will be charged 150 euros.
The first two options can be done right at the Vélib station. There’s not a person there so you have to use the interface.
Payment:
You can use French bank card and it looks like most ATM cards will work as well. I tried using my navigo and it worked great! I also used my Bank Card and it worked also. You can also use your navigo card (your metro pass which you can obtain free from www.navigo.fr/ - you’ll need to upload a photo and provide a French address – use the address you will be staying at even if it’s a hotel; the navigo card will arrive in a few days so do this before you leave)
UPDATE: The Velib system now accepts American Express and JCB cards that do not have smart chips! Good news for foreign visitors who don't have an EU smart card...
Language:
The interface says it’s in French, German, English but these languages don’t work yet (I guess they have not translated the interface so these buttons don’t do anything). So, you’ll need to read French but it’s not that hard and there are always people around willing to help. The RATP employees say there are plans to include other languages (up to 8) but right now there are only 3 (and only French is actually working right now!).
UPDATE: During the 2nd week the interface was updated and is now working in English, Spanish, and French.
Once you receive an abonnement card you will have to select a PIN (code secret) that will allow you to use your card in other stations.
Once you process a payment, you select the stall number, then go push the button on the stall corresponding to the bike you selected. Then you just go ride off into the sunset! Then return the bike at any other station.
Once you have the pass and bike you are charged based on how long you ride it – simple. If you check out a bike and ride it for less than an hour and a half it’s free! But if you ride it longer you have to pay - A supplement of 1 euro will be charged for an additional half-hour, 2 euros for another 30-minutes and 4 euros for every addition half-hour after that.
Don’t forget to push the button on the stall to get your bike! I don’t know how many people I’ve seen try to “swipe” the paper bike ticket on the navigo interface!
SECURITY
The bikes come with a cable lock. This is passed around a pole or other object then connects into the frame of the bike. There is a small key that will release once the cable lock is snapped into place. I've had a little bit of trouble at first then realized that after clicking one end of the cable in place, to unlock it, you must also push the cable connector in a bit further to get the key to release. It's not the thickest cable and so I prefer to keep the bike in sight when locked (if possible). Theft is not yet a serious problem for the program but it does happen. If you happen to lose the key, call the emergency number listed on the bike (01 30 79 79 30) and someone will come unlock the bike for you.
RETURN
To return the bike just put it into one of the stalls. Make sure the slot is engaged. It will "click" into the slot, the light will go "yellow" then to "green" about 5 seconds later when the RFID system recognizes your bike as being returned.
If there are problems you can call Vélib’s emergency number: 01 30 79 79 30. This number is also printed on the bike's handle-bar.
JCDecaux
JCDecaux sponsors the project in exchange for advertising rights in Paris. JCDecaux is Europe’s largest outdoor advertising company. Like a similar scheme in Lyon, where 10 percent of the city's population has a subscription to the local sharing scheme, Vélib is operated by outdoor advertising giant JCDecaux, which is footing the bill in exchange for exclusive rights to 1,628 Paris billboards.
UPDATE: I've been renting one 2 or 3 times a week and it seems to work well so far. Theft has not been a huge problem so far but it does happen. The bikes come with a lock but it is not a substantial one and is easily cut. When I stop to eat somewhere I lock it up but keep it in sight. Right now they program is regarded with some pride by parisians so it seems including the appropriate marketing and presentation has some benefits. For example, the program was marketed outside of normal medial channels (outside of France). The support infrastructure is also highly visible with specialized electric vehicles, boats, and even uniforms for the maintenance personnel. This makes sense though given that the company financing it is JCDecaux (Europe's largest outdoor advertising firm).
The UI terminals: These are two-sided. One side is the main UI for renting a bike, the other is a map and a smaller interface for obtaining the balance on your bike by entering the ticket number.
There have been glitches:
1. Terminal's are sometimes offline so no way to get a bike
2. There are bikes available but the terminal doesn't know this (RFID system goes down sometimes) so it sends you to an interface to find another Velib station.
3. Sometimes the terminals will be rebooted remotely and will be unavailable for about 5 minutes while it reboots.
The UI is based on windows VB script and runs on the Windows XP embedded OS. The BIOS is Phoenix 1.14. The hardware is a 1.3Ghz Pentium III with 500MB memory.
Produced by Digimind and the Cité des Sciences Museum, in partnership with Pikko and Intactil Design www.digimind.com
Living in Asia and traveling frequently makes it desirable for one to be able to take one's lifestyle "on the road" with them. Of course, the flatscreen TV and stereo are still at home, but unlike the times when I still lived in the US, I spend more time listening to music here while traveling rather than sitting at home.
Even in the ancient days of cassettes, I had always been a stickler for quality music. Why listen to music if the sound quality is crap? Therefore, I have acquired a travel kit of premium musical gear.
PMP
Believe me, I would love to use an IPOD Touch. The design and the quality of the physical device is the cutting-edge standard. However, two things keep me from using the IPOD/iPhone. Number one is the sound quality. Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch have always been cutting-edge in terms of the user interface, materials, and video quality. However, the sound quality of the IPOD and iPhones is only average to below-average. Just Google the topic and you will see users bitching about the sound quality (but being Apple fanboys, they also apologize for Apple - "oh, maybe they will fix it in the next release").
The IPOD does not even have a graphic equalizer....just presets for ROCK, JAZZ, etc. The DSP chips are old and the sound quality shows it.
The other reason for passing on the IPOD is that piece of horrid software known as iTunes. I have thousands of CDs so I don't need to download crappy 128K music from the iTunes store, and I don't want to have to use this software every time I want to update the music in my player. With almost any other device, one can copy music and any other files back and forth from the device as if it was an external disk.
As an IT professional, I disdain the "control freakism" of Apple and its products. I know that their products are popular, but so is Hepatitis B. Sorry.
Thus, I have been using Korean PMPs from iRiver and lately, Cowon. The Cowon D3 (shown here) is an Android-based media player. Firmware updates are available on the Internet and are easily installable. And unlike the IPOD, I don't have to ask Mr.Steve Jobs for permission to use the product that I just purchased.
The interface is slow and terrible. The screen is AMOLED and is superb. Built-in memory is 32GB and I add a 32GB Class10 microSD card to bring total memory up to 64GB.
The sound quality is just stunning. The D3 has a parametric equalizer (this is a pro feature that audiophiles lust after) but to be honest, I have been using the presets. The Cowon has its own digital enhancement called "BBE" which comes in several "flavors", including 3 for headphone use. Using my Phillips earbuds, I have bass frequencies rocking in my head as if I was wearing full-sized headphones. With my Grado's, I hear new details in songs that I have listened to for 10 years....I can hear Springsteen taking a breath in the beginning of "Candy's room".
I rip CD's or FLAC files at 320Kbps.
When in the hotel, the new flat screen TVs that are in most Asian hotels that I stay (seems like Samsung has provided new TVs to hotels throughout SE Asia !) have USB and HDMI ports so that I can connect the D3 directly to the TV and listen to music in my room using the TV's sound system. Typically, there is an application in the TV for playing music, with the menu and album cover art displayed on the TV screen.
I also store movies on the D3 for playback on the long plane flights. I rip movies from DVD's at 2 Mbps into MP4 files or download files in the new MKV container format. The typical movie file is 1.5 to 2 GB in size. I can watch the movie on the player, or connect the player to a flat screen TV using the HDMI interface. The quality on the TV screen looks almost the same as DVD quality.
HEADPHONES
Headphones are the next link in the audio chain. The crappy white earbuds that typically come with an MP3 device should be donated to the garbage can ASAP.
Most of the time I use a set of Phillips SHE9800 earbuds. I discovered these by accident after reading glowing reviews on the Internet. I've never been a fan of Phillips, but these are great. I had been using IEM (in-ear monitors) from Shure and Ultimate Ears (used by Madonna, Bono, etc...who cares?) but I grew to dislike the fact that these phones have to be jammed into your ear canal in order to get the proper sound isolation. The SHE9800's also "close up" your ear canal to external noise, but they are not sitting 2mm from your eardrums like the IEM's. They consist of two parts: A high-frequency driver that sits inside your ear, and a low-frequency driver that resides outside the ear canal. You get tons of bass compared to typical earbuds, and less chance of hearing damage. They retail here in Bangkok for about US $90...probably cheaper elsewhere. Sony makes a version that has a similar design, and sounds about the same. Unfortunately, Phillips has discontinued this model. Like most things today, something good is replaced by something cheaper, of less quality and performance, but higher in "trendyness" that is attractive to brainless fashion-conscious consumers. Think: white colored devices.
The 9800's seem to put the music inside your head, between your ears. It is an amazing effect that audiophiles call the "sound stage inside your head".
On the flight, I use a Sony noise-reduction headset of the earbud type. It runs off an AAA battery, and completely eliminates the noise of the engines and wind in the cabin (unless your are in an A340 which is so quiet that you can hear a pin drop!). I've had these for almost 10 years.
I've noticed that some fellow travelers have started using full-sized Bluetooth noise-reduction headsets in the cabin. It just looks too big and dorky for me.
The downside of in-flight noise reduction is that the plane noise is completely removed, allowing you to clearly hear the screaming brat behind you, or the drunk "you-know-from-where" male tourist, who progressively adds more and more f-words (as the number of brews he has consumed increases) to his rambling drival about "what f**ing pubs he's gonna visit in the f**ing short time he's got in f**ing FOOO-KET". No worries !
HEADPHONE AMPS
Lately I have started using an add-on headphone amplifier from FIIO. This Chinese company makes portable headphone amps for a little as $10 ! I recently bought their E11 model which gives a 300 mw output. The effect is dramatic ... you get lots of bass without having to use lots of volume. I use this mostly when i'm home (with the Grado's) but even with the SHE9800s, the bass is like using full-sized headphones. The E11 runs for many days on one charge and uses a common cell phone battery (easily replaced). I bought one in Central World for about US $60 (same price as on Amazon). It has switchable impedance and bass boost.
For home use (meaning not walking around), I use a pair of Grado 225i phones. Grado is an American company (Brooklyn) that makes handmade headphones. Their cheapest model (the 60) has been a legend for more than 10 years and retails for only US $69. It looks like cheap Radio-Shack plastic crap but it is not. Four steps up from the SR60 is the SR 225i, which goes for about US $200. It is typically compared to $1000 headphones by audio nuts. I wanted to have a pair of really nice phones to chill with, and with the D3 and the FIIO amp, it's just bliss ! I replaced the stock (and uncomfortable) earpads with the aftermarket yellow ones. Much more comfortable, but .... yellow?
Was working on a complicated interface with lots of different scenarios and it was beginning to do my head in. So I took over an entire room and started connecting up each of my wireframes to create one massive flow chart. The result was spectacular (and immensely useful).
Shot in December 2017. Uploaded July 2019.
I LOVE my D3s and its performance far exceeds my level of photography, however, I miss the user interface and rendering of the sensor in the D700. I got rid of my D700 shortly after this, however, I miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight have to buy one again, because every photographer "needs" a backup camera (or 5) right?
-- Jobs, on Mac OS X's Aqua user interface (Fortune, Jan. 24, 2000)
:) I have hidden all the buttons so you won't lick the screen!
Nikon D700. Lens: Nikon 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor. ISO 400. Aperture f/6.3 AWB
Strobist Info
SB600 fired from Camera left shoot through umbrella. Manual Power 1/100.
SB600 fired from Camera right blue gelled. From 2ft away. Manual Power 1/128.
On board flash as commander.
The background is white, darkened due to quick light fall.
This shot shows the lens of the Petri Color 35 extended and ready for action.
The Petri Color 35 has been described (most notably by Stephen Gandy of cameraquest.com fame) as the camera that Rollei should have made instead of their Rollei 35 series of cameras.
It certainly has a unique and extremely useable user interface, perhaps the best user interface of all the super compact 35mm cameras that became increasingly popular during the 60s, 70s and 80s.
All the main controls user controls (aperture, shutter speed and focus are located on the top plate and are easily operable with your eye to the viewfinder. The viewfinder itself has a match need system for the completely manual exposure and a focus scale.
The exposure meter is coupled to both shutter speed and aperture which makes it easy to set your exposure in either a shutter speed or aperture priority fashion.
Focusing is guesstimate scale focusing. The thing that always puts me off scale focusing cameras is that without any reminder to focus in the viewfinder I usually just forget! But the focusing scale in the viewfinder of the Petri make this far less likely to happen, and the depth of field of a 40mm f2.8 lens mean super accurate focusing isn't necessary.
There are lots of really stylish and/or thoughtful touches like the beautiful rewind crank and the four little metal 'feet' on the baseplate which makes it unlikely to get scratched.
There are a couple of things I don't like: the metering system is turned on when you wind on, and off when you take a picture. The is a bit of a problem if you habitually wind on after every exposure to make sure you're ready for the next shot, because if you shoot like this the exposure meter is always on! But this is just a matter of retraining your muscle memory so you habitually wind on just before taking a shot rather than after.
The focusing dial also extends the collapsable lens, which is a bit time consuming to extend, but this doesn't really matter: you just alway leave the lens extended most of the time... you only collapse the lens for storage while travelling (and even then only if you really want to.
I also don't like the fact that you have to open the camera back in order to change the battery... tough luck if the battery runs out with a film in the camera!
But despite these minor issues, this is a genuinely likeable and usable small camera.
This is the later "Petri Color 35 D" model... but the only different between this and the earlier "Petri Color 35" model is the very slightly faster top shutter speed (1/300th compared to 1/250th) which in practice make no difference.
Ok, this history work is a strange hobby. If there’s anything unethical or dumb, please comment below so it can be corrected. In the 1840s, it was a common practice to name areas for the ethnic groups who occupied them. For example, places along a creek might be named “Italian Bar” or “Chinese Bar.” Some of these names persist on maps today. This is a database I cooked up to enter data. The user interface is terrible.
My idea was to create a map that would show travels of a group of people during California’s Gold Rush. I planned to donate the finished product to a university that had done some work with the miners. The end product would be a set of PDF maps, each plotting their travels during a two-week period — unless they were stationary. This data would overlay a present-day USGS data layer with terrain and roads. I had some books with historic text describing where they traveled. I was partly inspired by someone who had done historic maps of communities in Scotland going back to about the 13th century, I think.
The original process started with a passage from text. It would say something like, “Thursday afternoon: went to Schmidt General Store and exchanged [amount] ounces of gold dust for a pick and shovel.” Easy, right? So I figure you just establish a latitude and longitude for Schmidt General Store and type that, a date, and the place name label into ArcMap. Typing data into a spreadsheet-like table: I can handle that.
Pretty quickly I figure out it’s not so easy to find the location of a store in 1850. Maybe the store was initially a tent and then it moved when they built a permanent structure. I’m digging around in old USGS maps.
I had to start referring to 19th-century newspapers to figure out things like variant names. Say, for example, the general store was located in Placerville, California. During one visit they call it, “Schmidt General Store.” They also misspell location names, for example, “Smit’s Store.” Other texts, or other entries in the same text, they call it “Placerville,” “P-ville,” or “Hangtown.” So now I need a “simple” database with two tables, one table showing all variant names which describe the same coordinates. I need a homemade gazetteer. I wind up looking at all of this stuff about gazetteers on the UC Santa Barbara web site.
Now, I read a passage “Proceeded west along Dingweed Creek until we reached Negro Bar.” The first time this name occurs, I wind up digging through all sorts of data trying to determine the exact latitude and longitude of Negro Bar. Of course, I discover there are two dozen Negro Bars. Thankfully, they’ve told me it’s somewhere along Dingweed Creek. A month later they return and camp overnight at Negro Bar. All I need to do is enter the date and click the radio button for that location. I’ve realized it will be years before this is finished.
Speaking of bars, apologies if reading this triggers an impulse to visit your local bar.
Some of the above place names are examples for illustration purposes and not from any historic text.
There are several screens. For example, I don’t need to see latitude and longitude on this screen. I just need to get the correct place name from the list. It’s a mess but I can find my way around because I wrote the mess.
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Game of the Year EDITION The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Game of the Year edition brings together the base game and all the additional content released to date. Includes the Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine expansions, which offer a massive 50 hours of additional storytelling as well as new features and new areas that expand the explorable world by over a third! Affords access to all additional content released so far, including weapons, armor, side quests, game modes and new GWENT cards! Features all technical and visual updates as well as a new user interface completely redesigned on the basis of feedback from members of the Witcher Community. Become a professional monster slayer and embark on an adventure of epic proportions! Upon its release, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt became an instant classic, claiming over 250 Game of the Year awards. Now you can enjoy this huge, over 100-hour long, open-world adventure along with both its story-driven expansions worth an extra 50 hours of gameplay. This edition includes all additional content - new weapons, armor, companion outfits, new game mode and side quests. Play as a Highly Trained Monster Slayer for Hire Trained from early childhood and mutated to gain superhuman skills, strength and reflexes, witchers are a distrusted counterbalance to the monster-infested world in which they live. Gruesomely destroy foes as a professional monster hunter armed with a range of upgradeable weapons, mutating potions, and combat magic. Hunt down a wide variety of exotic monsters, from savage beasts prowling mountain passes to cunning supernatural predators lurking in the shadowy back alleys of densely populated cities. Invest your rewards to upgrade your weaponry and buy custom armor, or spend them on horse races, card games, fist fighting and other pleasures life brings. Track Down the Child of Prophecy in a Morally Ambiguous Fantasy Open World Built for endless adventure, the massive open world of The Witcher sets new standards in terms of size, depth and complexity. Traverse a fantastical open world: explore forgotten ruins, caves and shipwrecks, trade with merchants and dwarven smiths in cities, and hunt across open plains, amidst mountains and at sea. In a time of war, track down the child of prophecy, a living weapon of great power whose coming was foretold in ancient elven legends. Make choices that go beyond good and evil and face their far-reaching consequences. Title: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition Genre: RPG Developer: CD PROJEKT RED Publisher: CD PROJEKT RED Release Date: 30 Aug, 2016 Languages : English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Arabic, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese-Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese Items included in this package The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Buy It Here: store.steampowered.com/sub/124923/