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LinkedIn</description><title>Vizual Graphix "Vizualog"</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @vizualgraphix)</generator><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>http://live.twit.tv</title><description>&lt;a href="http://live.twit.tv"&gt;http://live.twit.tv&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Live video (and some recorded after hours) of the TWIT network shows by Leo Laporte&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/252771917</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/252771917</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:52:24 -0800</pubDate><category>Leo Lapporte</category><category>twit</category><category>video</category><category>mac</category></item><item><title>Kremalicious · Design &amp; Photography	</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.kremalicious.com/"&gt;Kremalicious · Design &amp; Photography	&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;A very cool WordPress blog about design, photography and mac.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/230629816</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/230629816</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:55:13 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Organize Files on a Mac | eHow.com</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_5084465_organize-files-mac.html"&gt;How to Organize Files on a Mac | eHow.com&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;While I personally have a different approach to organizing on my Macs, this article will help those without a starting point.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/230600244</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/230600244</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:31 -0800</pubDate></item><item><title>New Keyboard Shortcuts for Screenflow 2.0</title><description>&lt;a href="http://blogs.telestream.net/screenflow/2009/10/keyboard-shortcuts/"&gt;New Keyboard Shortcuts for Screenflow 2.0&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/225379491</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/225379491</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:48:17 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>12 Mac OS X Address Book Tips</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/index_files/address-book-tips.html"&gt;12 Mac OS X Address Book Tips&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;The Mac OS X Address Book is a neat little application that is often under-appreciated. As a seemingly boring application it has loads of features that are overlooked by most users. While useful on its own for organising your contacts, Address Book’s real power is that it works with so many other applications. Here are a few tips to save you time and let you make the most of Address Book.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/223904526</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/223904526</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:43:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>DropDMG – Simple drag-n-drop images for Macs</title><description>&lt;a href="http://c-command.com/dropdmg/"&gt;DropDMG – Simple drag-n-drop images for Macs&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="128" width="128" alt="DropDMG logo" src="http://c-command.com/dropdmg/images/dropdmg-icon.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Create and burn disk images and archives with a simple drag and drop.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;What Is DropDMG?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;DropDMG is the easiest way to create Mac OS X disk images. Just drag and drop a folder or file, and DropDMG will create an image in .dmg, .img, or .smi format—or a Tar, Zip, or StuffIt archive. Or, you can drag an existing image or archive file onto DropDMG to easily convert it to any of the other supported formats. DropDMG supports encryption, segmented images, and custom icons, and it can create images with rich-text license agreements in multiple languages. There are many time-saving features such as temporary preferences when you hold down Option, remembering recent folders, configurations to keep track of popular combinations of settings, and the ability to create more than one image or archive at a time. All the options are available from &lt;a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/automator/" target="_blank"&gt;Automator&lt;/a&gt;, AppleScript, and from the dropdmg command-line tool.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/223903583</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/223903583</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:42:06 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>ROLLTOP – WOW, wouldn’t this be cool?!</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7H0K1k54t6A&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7H0K1k54t6A&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;ROLLTOP – WOW, wouldn’t this be cool?!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/206095511</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/206095511</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:32:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Gilbert Consulting - Adobe Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac &amp; PC</title><description>&lt;a href="http://gilbertconsulting.com/resources-misc.html"&gt;Gilbert Consulting - Adobe Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac &amp; PC&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/206059111</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/206059111</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:31:34 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo Rental Sites</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I get asked often by local photographers if they can rent my gear. While I’m usually willing to talk about it, I’ve more often been referring them to great places online to rent their gear. Here are a few to look into if you’re in need of DSLR bodies, lenses or other accessories (batteries, filters, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lensrentals.com" target="_blank"&gt;http://lensrentals.com&lt;/a&gt; — they also rent bodies, batteries, accessories. Awesome equip and prices. I hear nothing but great things about them from photographers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://glazerscamera.com" target="_blank"&gt;http://glazerscamera.com&lt;/a&gt; — good place in Seattle that i’ve rented from before. Nice to have someone in the Northwest to deal with for speedy shipping at cheaper prices.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://rentglass.com" target="_blank"&gt;http://rentglass.com&lt;/a&gt; — I have not used them but they look similar to lensrentals.com&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/160641084</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/160641084</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:25:27 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Procrastination Hack by Merlin Mann - GTD ((10+2)*5)</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.43folders.com/2005/10/11/procrastination-hack-1025"&gt;Procrastination Hack by Merlin Mann - GTD ((10+2)*5)&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;possibly the best GTD blog post&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/155492816</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/155492816</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:23:15 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>What is Social Media and why should you care?</title><description>&lt;object style="margin:0px" width="400" height="334"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=wtfissocialmedia5-090716070117-phpapp01&amp;stripped_title=what-the-fk-is-social-media-one-year-later" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=wtfissocialmedia5-090716070117-phpapp01&amp;stripped_title=what-the-fk-is-social-media-one-year-later" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="334"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is Social Media and why should you care?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/155461030</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/155461030</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:18:44 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>http://www.ringtonefeeder.com   great alarm pack and other...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MN9CFyrN6aQ&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MN9CFyrN6aQ&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ringtonefeeder.com" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.ringtonefeeder.com&lt;/a&gt;   great alarm pack and other ringtones! Featured on the MacBreak Weekly podcast.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/133580640</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/133580640</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:39:00 -0700</pubDate><category>alarm</category><category>iphone</category><category>mp3</category><category>ringtone</category><category>macbreakweekly</category><category>Featured</category></item><item><title>a great video by Kevin Ames, showing how to color-correct by the...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="322"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x6fk0g" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x6fk0g" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="322" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;a great video by Kevin Ames, showing how to color-correct by the number in Photoshop. I’ve been doing something similar for years and have noticed a much higher consistency rate than correcting “by eye”. Take a look!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/125228904</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/125228904</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:48:07 -0700</pubDate><category>kevin ames</category><category>photoshop</category><category>color-correct</category><category>levels</category><category>color</category></item><item><title>Traveling Missionaries - A Tale of Two Wanderers</title><description>&lt;a href="http://travelingmissionaries.blogspot.com"&gt;Traveling Missionaries - A Tale of Two Wanderers&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/123781060</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/123781060</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:23:55 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Amazon releases new, larger Kindle - 9.7 inch screen</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015TCML0?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thisweekinpho-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0015TCML0"&gt;Amazon releases new, larger Kindle - 9.7 inch screen&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Standard Kindle Basic Specs&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;6” diagonal e-ink screen&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1,500 books&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;PDF support via conversion&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1.4GB flash memory&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Battery:  4 days (wifi on), 2 weeks (wifi off)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;3G Wireless&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Text-to-Speech&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Price: $359&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kindle DX Basic Specs&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;9.7” diagonal e-ink screen (1200x824px @ 150ppi, 16-level grayscale)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;3,500 books&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;native PDF reader&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;rotating display&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;3.3GB flash memory&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Battery:  4 days (wifi on), 2 weeks (wifi off)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;3G Wireless&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Text-to-Speech&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Price: $489&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;hmmm…if it had a color screen and could play video or picture feeds from Flickr or my website, &amp; better touch screen, then it might interest me… I don’t read many books…mostly blogs or listen to audiobooks, podcasts and music.  Guess I’ll just wait until Apple releases (praying) a Mac Tablet this year… But those who read a lot I can see this being a joy to use. Great replacement for magazines, newspapers, and books.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The larger screen would be helpful, compared to the smaller one on the standard model. I’m not sure the prices should be so high on either of these models. It does include an unlimited monthly internet plan over 3G or Wifi, but that doesn’t justify the price to me, as 3G isn’t available in my city. And if I rely on wifi, then I might as well use my computer’s 24” screen and internet connection. I’m not convinced but will be anxious to see some reviews on the Kindle DX.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/104260437</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/104260437</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 12:01:48 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Google's Logo In Morse Code</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/"&gt;Google's Logo In Morse Code&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/logos/samuelmorse09.gif" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="110" width="300" alt="Google Logo - Samuel Morse (code)" src="http://www.google.com/logos/samuelmorse09.gif"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Today’s logo on Google’s homepage is a unique one… in fact I couldn’t read it, so I clicked the logo to find out more information about today’s image. Apparently it’s in honor of Samuel Morse, the inventor of “morse code.” For more info visit the wiki here, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_F._B._Morse" target="_blank"&gt;Samuel F. B. Morse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/100795839</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/100795839</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:46:59 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Windows 7 starter upgrade free cost netbook | The Tech News Blog</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/2009/04/20/windows-7-pay-up-or-be-limited-to-3-apps/"&gt;Windows 7 starter upgrade free cost netbook | The Tech News Blog&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;I know, you’re asking, why am I posting a Windows article on a Mac fan boy’s site? Well, it’s simple. The latest marketing “plan” of Microsoft 7 is ridiculous. Why buy a netbook with Windows 7 Starter on it, and be stuck with a limited machine that can only run 3 apps at once?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;This just screams SWITCH TO MAC, more than anything…as the Mac OS comes with everything you need and nothing you don’t. One price for the OS with everything… $129 from Apple, but you can find discounts on Amazon under $100.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/99374701</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/99374701</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:07:36 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Professional Photographers - Profitable Pricing Strategy « Photofocus</title><description>&lt;a href="http://photofocus.com/2009/04/11/profitable-pricing-strategy/#more-4106"&gt;Professional Photographers - Profitable Pricing Strategy « Photofocus&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Another great article worth reading.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/95578385</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/95578385</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:19:24 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>10 Reasons Professional Photographers Charge What They Do</title><description>&lt;a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/10-Reasons-Professional-Photographers-Charge-What-They-Do"&gt;10 Reasons Professional Photographers Charge What They Do&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;A great article that everyone should read, amateur or professional. It has great insight into who professional photographers are and what goes into their pricing. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/95577865</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/95577865</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:17:12 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Town Hall For Hope with Dave Ramsey, April 23, 2009 @ 8pm EST</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.townhallforhope.com/"&gt;Town Hall For Hope with Dave Ramsey, April 23, 2009 @ 8pm EST&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;this is a MUST see! be there&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/94769693</link><guid>http://vizualgraphix.tumblr.com/post/94769693</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:05:28 -0700</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
