cell phone + camera + dating site + internet = ?

By Charles Kiyanda, on May 24th, 2008%

I saw an ad for snap by lavalife while on the subway in New York this week and I was intrigued to say the least. Snap is actually a contest. Lavalife submit questions regularly along the lines of “Photograph your favorite or ideal pet” or “Photograph something with your favorite color”. It sounds cheezy, but I actually find it interesting.

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From amateur to amateur

By Charles Kiyanda, on May 1st, 2008%

I’ve heard and read the rant (from pro and semi-pro photographers) that the “rise of the amateurs” will destroy photography. Photographers complaining about how flickr will destroy photography. Mostly, the rant is about stock photographers’ loss of a business model. The argument I’ve heard goes like so:

“Amateurs and enthusiast will take millions of pictures. Every once . . . → Read More: From amateur to amateur

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The Cloud and the Dreamer

By Charles Kiyanda, on April 25th, 2008%

People have lately been talking about “computing in the cloud”. I hate that sentence. Nonetheless, what I’m guessing they’re referring to is “using the internet as an infrastructure design component in computing systems”. I’m not happy with that either. For one, as a scientist, the word “computing” has a rather precise definition which can’t be equated . . . → Read More: The Cloud and the Dreamer

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No good deed goes unpunished

By Charles Kiyanda, on September 8th, 2007%

I’m in the process of getting rid of some old crap I have laying around and no longer use. I’ve replaced it with some old, albeit younger crap. In any case, I posted stuff on craigslist some stuff for sale and some for free. One of those items was a small, roughly 1 cubic foot, microwave . . . → Read More: No good deed goes unpunished

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Last fm

By Charles Kiyanda, on July 27th, 2007%

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I’ve been discovering new social networks everyday. Here is one I find very interesting for discovering music. . . . → Read More: Last fm

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