http://www.istoica.com/words Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:29:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en      | View | Upload your own This is an interesting slideshow I found at Tech Crunch of current internet trends by Morgan Stanley. It's no big surprise that mobile devices and social networks are the big winners, but it does lend some incite to how big companies are supporting smaller ... http://www.istoica.com/words/?p=20 Social Networking is really cool. Like- really really cool. Like- half a billion dollars cool. Like- 69 million people cool. Since it is certainly true that WhipperSnapper=cool and Social Networking=cool, WhipperSnapper=Social Networking? WhipperSnapper has developed a social networking site through Ning. Ning allows you to build a plug ... http://www.istoica.com/words/?p=16 SnapBack is a video commenting tool. As it exists right now, it's a touch screen interface that prompts you with a question, video records your answer and then automatically uploads to YouTube with specific tags. This tool was developed by Radek Zajkowski, and we tested it out at the ... http://www.istoica.com/words/?p=14 Flash in the Can is a technology conference held annually in Toronto aimed towards the Adobe Flash platform. It's a great opportunity to listen to some amazing minds speak about their work and the future of the flash in general. It's also the kind of environment that is perfect for ... http://www.istoica.com/words/?p=12 TED talks are so awesome, this one is especially great. Sir Ken Robinson is funny, charming and accurate in his presentation about education. http://www.istoica.com/words/?p=11 Colour is the Keyboard with Rachel Verbin from istoica on Vimeo. For the last week at WhipperSnapper we've had "Colour is the Keyboard" up on the walls and we are thrilled with the quality of the show and the turn out. Rachel Verbin was kind enough to do a quick ... http://www.istoica.com/words/?p=10 Disclaimer: This tutorial is hopefully helpful, it's a one take wonder- not a lot of no planning beforehand was done. In other words, forgive the screw-ups. This is also not the only way to make HDR (High Dynamic Range) images, just one of many. Some helpful things to know that weren't discussed ... http://www.istoica.com/words/?p=9 At WhipperSnapper Gallery we've been thinking a lot about how to properly represent a show in a short clip. I think this video get's it exactly right, we have: the work, the work in the context of the city, audience reaction, time passing and someone knowledgeable to tie it ... http://www.istoica.com/words/?p=8 Lately we've been really into covers. Hype Machine, and now Muxtape are fantastic sites for exploring new music. Also the program Peel (mac only) can take the blogs you discover (like this one) on Hype Machine and track them through RSS as they update. We've made a Muxtape to share ... http://www.istoica.com/words/?p=6 I've only recently found the photos of Slim Aarons. He was photographer who primarily shot rich and famous people throughout the 50's, 60's, 70's and 1980's. According to Wikipedia: Aarons never used a stylist, a makeup artist or anything but natural light for his photographs. This is something that astoundes me. The ... http://www.istoica.com/words/?p=1