I spent two hours last night and a half hour this morning at widgebox.com.. not really looking for anything but looking for something.
Labels: 2.0, google, javascript, web
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Get Lost! Go to Widgetbox.com
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
BIG GAINS = BIG MOTIVATION
How do we motivate ourselves, how do we motivate others? I'm pretty sure the top way to motivate anyone, to do anything, is when the person 'doing the do' can visualize 'a big gain" in it for them. So how do we find our own big gains and become motivated? Take a look at your task list. What improvements are you making in your life that will bring you a "Big Gain?" Congratulations, you have now found your motivation - Now get to it! P.S. Using affirmations doesn't hurt either: Use Them Daily or any others you have written yourself or found elsewhere. A little focus should help too: Your Focus of Attention is Your Key to Happiness
Labels: motivation, success
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Widespread PIXEL Misconception
Did you know that a pixel is NOT the shape of a square? This misconception is fueled by photo printing technologies and what computer monitors produce during close-up image rendering.
"Magnified screen pixels that look like little squares have been
shown to be a quick and dirty trick (pixel replication) by graphics boards designers...To do a true zoom requires a resampling operation and is much slower
than a video card can comfortably support in realtime today." Source
You may have heard abut the DPI of an image. That's DOTS per inch, yah? This should be sufficient evidence enough (since the developers didn't called it SPI or SQUARES per inch -haha) but our mind continues to be deceived through our eyes by the inability of our technology to produce what is inherent to our logical and creative mind.
Considering this paper was published in 1995, WHY does this misconception still exist? ..Don't ask me, I just learned about it today. So tell your friends! Blog about it. I'm sure you will shock more than a few people.
Labels: photography, pixel
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Want to Remember Something? ..Sniff This
Heighten your memory recall through smell? Yes, it's true; olfactory and memory are integrally linked.
is called a "Proustian Memory", after novelist Marcel Proust.
"When nothing else subsists from the past, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered...the smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls...bearing resiliently, on tiny and almost impalpable drops of their essence, the immense edifice of memory." -Marcel Proust, The Remembrance of Things Past
How do I use this?:
Here's a scenario: You have a hard time remembering peoples name when you first meet them. Most people have difficulty with this. It takes practice, skill and effort to remember them later. Now enter smell.. Would you be willing to put a carnation in your pocket (or some other scented object) and then sniff it before/during/after you are meeting someone for the first time? (think of Peter in 'the Monkees' episode introduction) - Sure sure, you can also be discreet about it.. but studies have shown there is a strong connection between scent and memory, so you may just want to flaunt it.
Here's a brief synopsis on how it works:
"Sensory memory is a short-lived persistence of a sensory stimulus in the nervous system, such as iconic memory in the visual system." Source | Electrical signals from smells are generated to receptor cells in the brain through the nose into the olfactory bulb. In addition to receiving nural transmissions in the frontal cortex, which is responsible for your smell perception, signals are also sent to the limbic area of the brain. Source Source Source | "The primary olfactory cortex, in which higher-level processing of olfactory information takes place, forms a direct link with the amygdala and the hippocampus." Source | The amygdala and the hippocampus which support "a variety of functions including emotion, behavior and long term memory" are both in the limbic system. | Studies have shown: "When an odor is paired with an emotional event, perception of that odor was altered to fit that association." Source and "..odor hedonic
perception and odor-related behavior result from a learned association between an odor and the emotional context in which the odor was first encountered. Source
Now for the 'Readers Digest' version:
Thank God for Teacher Workshops and Online Classroom Explanations.
What does all this mean?
If you are sniffing and the person you are meeting is unpleasant.. you may wind up not liking the smell and also the later events associated with that smell. This is so powerful it may just be dangerous. Good Luck!
The original inspiration for this article was spawned by the CNN Source listed at the bottom of this post.
The Sunday Funnies Vol 1.3
This may become one of my favorite websites: Comics.com
What a terrible waste of resources! I personally think everyone should buy clothes in a store -- or -- online retailers should have VERY DESCRIPTIVE measurements of articles for sale. So sorry to be editorializing here... Sunday is supposed to be funny! (please refer to comic.. heh.)
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Ugh. Blogger's FTP Cloud is Down
Sad but true -- only 7 days on my website and Google has to make some blogger programming undercover work mess with my new dynamic cloud. Whatever code was making it work is now gone -- vanished -- deleted -- on vacation... ugh. I checked with our trusty developer phydeaux to make sure I wasn't going crazy!
See what he had to say: phydeaux's comment.
I asked him to give us the content and location of his correspondence to blogger so we could all also make them aware we are waiting for our cloud to come back... soon I hope.
Labels: blogger, javascript, web, Web Development
Friday, January 25, 2008
Change Your Cause, Change Your Effect
Until today, getting to the root of your problems probably was a guessing game. The Four M's (Manpower, Methods, Machines and Materials) Chart on the Quality Tools Website is your ticket to isolate cause area's of your problem which if improved will change your future outcomes. Of course in the case of a popped tire (or similar effect) the damage is done but you can learn from your mistakes.
This graph illustrates the cause and effect for this situation in customer service:
"The managing director of a weighing machine company received a number of irate letters, complaining of slow service and a constantly engaged telephone."
Once you dissect the causes and their sub-causes (verbs), with the Fours M's (nouns), you can begin treatment. Often times we get lost in treating a symptom where we are really looking for the combination of known, suspected and/or other causes.
You are now ready to attack and win! So the next time a customer complains, your boss fires his cannon, or anyone else comes to you with a challenge/problem/situation, you have the tool to work it out effectively and efficiently. -- Good Luck! --
Labels: success
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Mind Tools
I am successful. I want to be more successful. I want to continue my success. I imagine you must too since you are on my website and reading my evangelisms. On a daily basis, I work to get things done effectively - and very often I do a VERY good job. There are time though where Time Management in my world is synonymous with Power Struggle. I wish to deter that thought to eternity...
One essential tool to being successful is Time Management. Currently I am battling (in my mind) to what task (if any) deserves the most attention. Maybe you can relate?
Situation : Lets say you want to write your next blog post but you have to pick up tools for your office presentation tomorrow... Sure, You could stay and write the blog, or go the the office supply store now and get up early and write that post tomorrow.
Hmmm, if the situation was mine, how do I decide? Lets say they are equally important, now the task delves into my subconscious and the battle begins. I find myself with four choices:
Four Choices when faced with the Situation
How did you choose? What is your solution? Are you stuck in a self defeating loop or have you taken the Time Management bull by the horns and said "Woo-Ha!"?
- Write the blog post now, go to office supply store in the morning.
- Go to office supply store now, write post in the morning.
- Do something else completely unrelated.
- Do whatever I have to to stay out of trouble with the 'boss' - if 'the boss' is me: go home, relax and watch tv.
If you have not yelled Woo-Ha! in a while, I suggest you visit this site more, and also check out www.mindtools.com, specifically this page: Learn Time Management - Learn how to manage your workload and maximize your effectiveness., and began reading.
I have found it to be very inspiring with a lot of positive, helpful suggestions to poise me for continued and greater success - and help me battle my subconscious into submission... because I want to flip the current during my self-defeating ways! Because I am not always self-defeating.. No, I am not - it is the time which I am that I want to turn that locomotive around.
To begin to understand your subconscious, go here: All About Motivation : Child Mind, Subconscious Mind.
Labels: success
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Blogger.com FTP User's Rejoice! You're Label 'Cloud' is now available...
Finally... At last... It has arrived! Although it is not a true cloud.. maybe that will soon come also.
phydeaux3 of phydeaux3.blogspot.com has created a tasty bit of javascript to enhance my lonely sidebar - and yours too :-)
his code (please ignore the *'s):
<*div id="labelList"><*/div> <*script type="text/javascript">
//<*![CDATA[
function listLabels(root){
var baseURL = '/search/label/';
var baseHeading = "Labels";
var isFTP = false;
var llDiv = document.getElementById('labelList');
var entry = root.entry;
var h2 = document.createElement('h2');
h2.className = 'sidebar-title';
var h2t = document.createTextNode(baseHeading);
h2.appendChild(h2t);
llDiv.appendChild(h2);
var ul = document.createElement('ul');
ul.id = 'label-list';
var category = entry.category;
labelSort = new Array();
for(p in category){
labelSort[labelSort.length] = [category[p].term];
}
labelSort.sort();
for (var r=0; r < labelSort.length; r++){
var li = document.createElement('li');
var a = document.createElement('a');
if(isFTP){
a.href = baseURL
+ encodeURIComponent(labelSort[r])+'.html';
}
else {
a.href = baseURL + encodeURIComponent(labelSort[r]);
}
a.innerHTML = labelSort[r] + ' ';
li.appendChild(a);
ul.appendChild(li);
abnk = document.createTextNode(' ');
ul.appendChild(abnk);
}
llDiv.appendChild(ul);
}
//]]>
<*/script>
<*script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/
USERID/blogs/BLOGID?alt=json-in-script&callback=listLabels" >
<*/script>Here I will thank phydeaux3 for all his wisdom to figure out how to do this for all the rest of us.
Labels: blogger, javascript, web, Web Development
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Photographers! Beware of Facebook and Google's Picasa!
Or should I be saying: User's beware! ?
What an alarming afternoon... Without being too confusing let me explain how we arrived at here. I was researching a web-developers website for what I thought would be tomorrows blog post when...
- I got sidetracked from my research for a 'Google Blogger web-cloud'; I thought, "Fascinating... a flash widget for Google's Picasa" - [Yeh..you can say it, A.D.D.] which led me to:
- The Developers widget explanation page; "Oh, I need to use my uploaded Picasa pictures?" - which led to:
- The Picasa login page. "Hmmm, I wonder, have I installed and started this before?" - so I sign in to:
- Google services and WHAM! - "What's this?
- Picasa's TOS.
Whatever internalized beacon started flashing to red and whatever siren hailed deafening into my cerebrum both stopped me dead in my tracks. Apparently, I had not been here before. Better follow my instincts a read those TOS, just in case. I value my rights as a photographer and as it turns out: I was dead-right.
Somewhere 3/4 down into the terms I start reading this:
...by submitting, posting or displaying Content which is intended to be available to the general public, you grant Google a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, adapt, distribute and publish such Content for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting Google services.
Now am I the only one thinking rape+pillage thoughts? Surely there must be another soul out there like me who is equally shocked so I (albeit still remaining the google-search-engine-loving-fanatic) throw my search terms (Picassa [yes I spelled it wrong] - discussion - copyright - usage - photographer - license) into the Google algorithm and OMG.. the first hit on the top of the list and I get exactly what I am looking for. I know I am skilled with my search terms - but I even surprised myself with this search.
The blogger from my Google search, Greg Reinacker, hit the nail on the head in his great article written on August 30th, 2006 entitled: Why I can't try Picasa Web Albums. It is perfect in every way so I will not paraphrase him at all. I'd suggest reading his well written article yourself. But - to put the icing on the cake, Greg Reinacker's Facebook post from yesterday is an undeniable track through destiny. Whenever I find a useful blog entry from any of my web searches, I always take a look to see what the webmaster is doing today. 'Technically' it was yesterday, but it (is) was his most recent blog post (when I hit his homepage), so the Facebook post was headlining - and most relevant to today's discussion.
Note: Even if you are reading this yourself sometime later, you have found (as I did) a signal from the universe. [..it feels like I've found a mummy in an Egyptian tomb.] - Never confuse coincidence with destiny. ..Awesome.
Labels: consulting, facebook, google, photography, web
When inspiration hits, jump!
I love trees. I started loving trees when Farrah Fawcett (Pamela, in The Cannonball Run movie) announced to Mr. A F Foyt (played by George Furth) and a small set or arborday groupies that she loved trees.
I don't know but that could possibly be why I almost caused an accident trying to pull over and find a place to park while driving in Washington, DC last year to take this and several other pictures like it. I'm not suggesting that you cause an accident - I actually rode around the block, twice, to find a suitable pull-over spot.
I jumped out with my camera, the light was incredible, and the shots came off one after another.. dare I say compare/explain as so monumental that the moment was "a-sign-from-god"?
This is one of my Ansel Adams prints; maybe my first. It is definitely the first I feel worthy of my archive in memory of Ansel Adams. He spent a great deal of time making his moments - or should I say waiting for his moments. I don't have time to wait - at least not yet so for now I'll listen to my instinct and jump when inspiration hits. You can bet on that.
Labels: Inspired-by-Ansel-Adams, Nikon, photo-techniques, photography, success
Monday, January 14, 2008
Plain text e-mail (signatures) bypass most spam-filters
I read recently that to bypass most all of the spam filters out there you should send plain text messages only and without images. How boring!
Luckily, right about the same time I learned that, I also learned about a little ascii generator. Now we're talking... !
What do you think of my new signature?
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...only because it wasn't quite 'logo-ie' enough.. but now I think I'm being downright nerdy. Plus, will I really use this? I doubt it. Next distraction please!
Check out the text to ascii translator which created that logo -- maybe you'll have some fun for a little while (like me) checking out all the different ascii text creations. Use 'em in your CSS!
Sunday, January 13, 2008
The Sunday Funnies Vol 1.2
As a webmaster, I learned about ascii distractions almost immediately during my education. There are many sites out there which I'm sure a quick Google search could provide to you but I'm not google so I'd like to share just one with you right now which I found recently. t.y.p.o.r.g.a.n.i.s.m : ASCII-O-Matic
There is one pitiful downfall: Your image has to be a perfect 60 pixels wide x 50 pixels high for it to translate. Other than that, it's pretty cool.
I uploaded my favorite cartoon character for todays funnie.
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Also, do check out the page where I found the graphic for today's translation: Today in Disney History : January 4th or go direct to their home page: Today in Disney History. Very interesting!
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Ligit Search Widget
Every Website should have a search function. I mean it. EVERY WEBSITE (with loads of content) SHOULD HAVE A SEARCH FUNCTION. Yes yes, it was on my list of things to do for a REALLY long time: Implement a search function. It's not like I haven't tried to integrate them before; prior to my most recent attempt to add one to my site - I had failed, or should I say, web-developers had failed me. Too much code, too much to understand and some too egocentric: Honestly...if I think you deserve a kudos -- I'll be the one to add it on the page!
So. Legit does a number of things beyond the typical website spidering/showing you the results functionalities; here is a short list which should Wow! you:
- Tracks your site-hits and where they are hitting from.
- Tracks the words which your visitors are searching.
- Tracks the clicks from search results.
- Adds search results found from major sites where you add content. ie: Ligit searches not only your blog posts but also anything you post to You Tube, flickr, linked in, MySpace, live journal etc etc etc...
- Supports RSS, OPML and any URL you specify.
- Optional Networking Searches.
Awesome right? So do check out the ligit website and get yourself a dynamite search widget for your website. You'll be glad you did.
Labels: search-engine, web
Friday, January 11, 2008
It pays to be nice
I'm a long time addict of flirting, but did you know flirting is a great resource for business? Check this :Google Search for 'Business Flirting' .. and what about 'flirting business classes'?
So go on... be nice and flirt! You can start with with me..
Labels: success
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Edit your CSS in IE and Firefox simultaneously
Beta Tool CSSVista is a free application which allows you to edit your website CSS for style and compatibility on the two most used browsers, IE and FF, at the same time.
The only other live CSS editor I know of is the Mozilla Add-On by Chris Pederick called Web Developer - which I have used with great frequency and find exceptionally useful.
Litmus is the first I've heard which lets you do both together (sounds awesome!) so I am anxious to get started testing.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Kick-start your creativity
I have a new friend who referred me to an online stock photo house. The picture profits are not very high at all - some images sell for as little as .12 cents/download - but I think we are going for quantity and portfolio exposure so...what-the-hey, I'm seriously considering giving it a whirl.
The stock website is not the subject of this post - (it will be soon) - but some content I read while surfing there jumped into my minds collective as PRIORITY. Let me now quote the inspiration:
..in one word her best advice to anyone needing a kick in the creative pants. She answered, "Oh, that's easy. My word is play." I remembered then that she had been giving away buttons that just said "play" at a trade conference a year or so ago.
That's it? OMG. Right! So... are you too working too hard? Over-thinking? Over-analyzing? It's a sef-defeating pattern and congratulations, you and I are now on the path of rightousness! It's time to play. Not to get carried away but: *wheeeeeee!*
All this time and I've known it all along. Sometimes, you just need a friend to remind you. Thank you Jack.
Labels: photography, success, web
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
How to calculate for the best quality print on your printer
The resource for this post has an exceptional explanation on pixels, resolution, dpi, ppi and printing. I like to think I know a lot about the digital imaging field, but a seasoned pro like me found this page to be most enlightening. I'll share with you what I learned about printing here, but when you can I'd highly recommend reading the entire tutorial on fotofinish.com.
First, obtain your printers line per inch (lpi) resolution. Then, "multiply the LPI by about 1.5 to obtain the ideal pixels/dots per inch (ppi/dpi) figure for your image." (The term pixels per inch (ppi) and dots per inch (dpi) are interchangeable; Use whichever term you prefer.)
Now an average printer will print at 150 lpi (I'd suggest purchasing a better printer but we are just using this number for this argument). Multiply 150 dpi x 1.5 and equal 225 dpi. With this example, you would print your picture at/around 225 dots per inch.
You may have to resize in your image editing software to get your desired results, depending on your image and it's native resolution, but with this formula - you can receive optimum results for your own printer.
Labels: photography
Monday, January 7, 2008
How to make your own Apache custom 404
Do you love 404 messages as much as I do? Sure, when they pop up and that's not what you had in mind it's quite a bother. But after yesterday's post, you should well be on your way to handling those user input errors with the best of us.
Here is the link to one of Apache's Server Manuals which will get you started on making your own custom 404s: Apache Server Documentation: Custom 404 Page - and here is a simple how to explanation: Simple 404 Instructions - Of course if you have another type of server, please check your own servers documentation.
Labels: web, web-architecture
Sunday, January 6, 2008
The Sunday Funnies Vol 1.1
Today is the first edition of 'The Sunday Funnies'. Check every Sunday for more humor :-D - I think everyone deserves a day off, and, something to laugh about. Today we will look at some funny, interesting, silly, crazy, insulting, weird and wonderful custom 404 pages.
I LOVE custom 404 pages. When a webmaster has taken the time to add a custom 404 to his/her website I am truly impressed.
Maybe along the way you've hit a 404 page or two, and did not know exactly what happened. It's very seamless when it's done right. However, webmasters have a fun streak -- we tend to get very impressed ourselves and with what we can do, and lets face it - it's fun to mock your fellow webmaster!
So take mine for example: The Robin-Ann.com custom 404 prior to 2008 is a bit rude and I let you know you've made an inaccurate input. 2006-2008 RA 404 -- I had my reasons for my actions.. I make no qualm about enjoying it for the year or two that's it's been working.. Certainly tho', there will be a new custom 404 soon to match our current level of expertise. *heh* (more webmaster humor, did you get it?)
Here is a large list. Enjoy!
Lots of links to many custom 404's at the 404 Lounge: 404 Lounge
Plinko gives us the research lab: plinko.net 404
The 404 Ring: 404 Ring, [ 404 Ring random ]
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Plinko gives us the research lab: plinko.net 404
The 404 Ring: 404 Ring, [ 404 Ring random ]
And here's a bunch I handpicked myself:
The last one is my favorite.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Blogger Power Search
This is a website which has an API to power search Google's already mighty search capabilities. Think Google on Steroids. Yummy.
Labels: search-engine, web
Friday, January 4, 2008
Flashy picture players
Here's a website that lets you get silly with your pictures : slide.com BONUS! There's a place to upload pictures with no limit to hosting.
Labels: photography, web
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Love RSS?
I do too. Now you'll really love this:
FeedBlendr takes the feeds you give it, pulls the individual entries from each of them, attempts to sort them in date order (combined across all feeds) and then provides you with a new, blended feed of all entries.
...awesome.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
"STING" method v. procrastination
For those unruly tasks:
S - Select one task.
T - Time yourself.
I - Ignore everything else.
N - No breaks.
G - Give yourself a reward.
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Tuesday, January 1, 2008
'JUST SAY NO' to procrastination
Five Steps to Accomplish Any Task (Project Planning)
1. defining purpose and principles
2. outcome visioning
3. brainstorming
4. organizing
5. identifying next actions
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