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Google Glass review
A whole pile of thoughts about Google Glass, from a Mac-using Adobe Engineering Manager.
This review has more of a lifestyle slant to it, rather than a tech one. It actually sounds pretty cool. Now if they can get the cost down to around $300, I might actually buy a pair.
Assumptions, conjecture, and speculation – oh my!
The Wall Street Journal has shared an article that tells us what we all know already. Apple is doomed, profits are down, marketshare slipping, Foxconn moving on to bigger/better things, blah, blah, blah.
Six great Dropbox alternatives
You have Dropbox, right? C’mon, who hasn’t at least tried it? For those who haven’t, Dropbox is a simple way to sync files from one computer to others, and share files with family, friends, and co-workers.
Dropbox has cemented itself as a staple of any multi-Mac user’s toolbox. It works near flawlessly, and couldn’t be easier to use. But there are plenty of alternatives out there that offer similar services, if not exactly the same ones.
Here are a few that I’ve tried and really like. Most offer paid upgrades for more storage and features, but all are free to use if your syncing and storage needs are light.
Copy
Copy is named quite ironically, because it’s a virtual copy of Dropbox as far as how it works. A folder is created in your Home folder your Mac and everything you put in it gets synced through the cloud with your other Macs (or PCs). The Copy web app is nicer to work with than Dropbox’s website, IMO. I love the features Copy offers, like the ability to easily set up shared folders, notifications, and bandwidth restrictions for uploads and downloads.
Copy starts you off with 15GB of storage. Like Dropbox, Copy offers a referral bonus program which gives you 5GB of bonus storage for every friend who signs up with your personal link. Your friend also gets an extra 5GB when they sign up. So if you use the link above to sign up, you should get 20GB of storage right from the start. Pretty sweet! Copy is already fairly popular, and integration with other websites and iOS apps is popping up every day. The iOS app is really, really nice, too!
Hitler is pissed about Adobe Creative Cloud
CNN calls out Bloomberg on their completely made up anti-Apple bullshit
More anti-Apple (also known as “completely made up bullshit) from Bloomberg. CNN calls them out on it. Good for CNN.
Stocksy: A better stock photography resource
Photo by Micky Wiswedel
I’m always on the lookout for stock photography resources, and I tend to bookmark any stock photo site that shows any potential. But let’s be honest, client budgets aren’t what they used to be. Sites like Getty and Masterfile are just too expensive. At the other end, ThinkStock, Shutterstock and iStockPhoto are affordable but have a rather poor selection of images for high-end advertising use; they’re overloaded with cliché images with poor cropping and mediocre subject matter.
Enter Stocksy, a curated royalty free stock photo site run by the photographers themselves. By curated I mean that you can’t simply submit photos for inclusion on the site like you can at other sites. You have to be invited by the photographers that run the site. This ensures high-quality images, not high volume. (more…)