In this week’s TWiT #243, Kara Swisher of AllThingsD.com talks about how Google has often missed the mark in their social networking because they hold off releasing products form the Labs until they are completely satisfied that it can be automated 100%. Whereas, most of the successful social networking start-ups have heavily focused and even relied on what essentially makes up a social network: The Human Factor. When there is a key piece missing, newcomers like Foursquare and Twitter through some new bodies on the problem and in some cases even open up the front door, create some Super Users from folks on the street and roll with it.
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So we made the leap. Our HP Pavilion A1211N, which admittedly was bought off the shelf because it was at the right price-point, finally died a sudden and graceless death after three years of faithful (ok two good years, one not so good) service. Note: both the author and all members of the household have been cleared of all suspicions of foul play. The Hardware As our PC was the only computer in the house, other than our work laptops, we were quick to respond. I had been lobbying for well over a year for an Apple. So although we were leaning towards the Macbook Pro, we considered all Apple models. We finally settled on a 15” Macbook Pro, whose specs are as follows:
We opted to add the iWork suite, both for the feature set and the simplified requirements for our home computer. So far we have not found any feature lacking, and the MS Office compatibility has proven adequate to date.
If you are a pro photographer, you should probably stop reading now, unless you really need a good laugh. I finally plonked down the required fundage to buy myself some street cred in the camera department. Of course this means that all my photography skills are yet to come. For a bit of back ground, up to now, my two most sophisticated cameras have been my trusted Pentax K1000 fully manual all metal body and the Fuji s5000 which we bought for it’s faster shutter and SLR-like feel. Five years ago digital SLR cameras were rather expensive. So the art of photography is not completely lost on me, however it is rather funny that the best pictures I’ve taken in the last few months have been with camera phones and point & shoots. |
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claurin : @JohnnyCanuck The Hymus will be added to the tour schedule.
JohnnyCanuck : @claurin lol Sure but we can't leave the Hymus off of the community centre tour. Maybe we can even get @scorbett22 to sit on a bouclier
schultzter : I just had to "break up a fight" between my daughter's two feet - she insists it was not her fault but they're keeping her awake!
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