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Pressured into Productivity – Facebook Actually Pushes Progress

by Kayla on July 30, 2010

Your to-do list is full. There are emails coming at you from all directions. You’re at home and hungry, but all you can do is eat a few pieces of cheese because your fridge is nearly bare. You get back to the computer and suddenly think of something funny or come across a link you want to share. But then panic strikes – if you post this, Person A and Person B will probably think you are ignoring them. What are you to do? Well you can’t do anything but get all of your obligations covered so you can be free to socially sparkle once again.

It is widely thought that social networks just waste time. But I think they offer more positive things. How about you? Do social networks give you an extra incentive to actually get work done faster? Maybe it’s the possibility of offending those you are friends with who are waiting on you for something. Or maybe you would like to get something done, especially something visual, so you can share your final work with everyone.

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New Orlando photographer on the scene!

by Kayla on May 17, 2010

I haven’t posted here recently because I’ve been very busy. Not much has happened to post about besides the big Facebook hoopla over privacy concerns. I thought it about it so much I couldn’t bare to post about it. It made me crazy to read all of the articles and comments. Plus I’ve been trying to free my mind from the usual social and tech buzz to do something very important for me. This month marks the start of me becoming an Orlando photographer doing portraits and engagement sessions! This has always been my dream. UPS brings my camera upgrade tomorrow and I have to be at home to sign for it. The pure feeling of bliss is overwhelming and sometimes makes me a little too anxious. I can’t imagine what I’ll feel like tomorrow during the wait but I’ll hang in there! :)

I’ve spent a lot of time looking at sites of photographers in my area and I already have a few favorites. One photographer in Sanford is truly amazing and if I met her one day, it would feel like meeting a celebrity. That’s just how I feel about photographers – they are my kind of stars. Everyone has their unique style and story about how they became a photographer. I’ve noticed many of them have a similar story to mine. They always loved taking photos and people would tell them that they had such an eye for it. But other duties in life called and photography was not number one. Then one day, we all have our epiphany and send our dream out onto a comet of fire and spark.

I am happy.

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First They Snub Flash, Now Apple Shuts Lala Down

by Kayla on April 30, 2010

In a previous article I wrote about iTunes, Lala and Pandora, I was trying to figure out why Apple purchased Lala.com. Posts like mine across the web pointed to the possibility of new iTunes features and rounding up the talent of Lala developers. This could all still be true to some extent, but today it is clear there was a much bigger reason.

Visit Lala.com and you’ll see nothing but a big shut down message. Apple has decided to nuke one of their number one competitors completely. Perhaps some of their developers are now with Apple to work on iTunes.

For now, searching Google for music artists still shows the same Lala gadget that has been up since December. Soon, this feature will disappear. [Click to continue reading...]

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IRC for Mac OS X, Simplify with Irssi

by Kayla on April 14, 2010

Too much time has passed since I made a post, so here is a short one on the best way to use IRC on a Mac: Irssi. This client allows you to use IRC via Terminal and it’s super easy to do. Why install something called IRC Duck or ChatWaffle and bloat your system with more apps? You’re not on an iPhone. Let’s keep something holy.

Irssi is a very configurable client and can be adapted to your needs using a wide variety of Perl scripts. Irssi calls their product “the client of the future” which doesn’t make sense to me, honestly. I just think of them as the client. But their slogan might make sense if you think all of the current application bloat will disappear eventually and everyone will go back to their turtle roots of being happy with shells. So with Irssi the future is constant. You could say the transformation is happening already, albeit very slowly. [Click to continue reading...]

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