After one day on the market, Kaskade’s Fire & Ice has an average rating of 5 stars from 732 ratings in iTunes. Ten bucks for twenty tracks. Can they really be that good?
Yes, they can. Fiery beats juxtaposed to chilled trance. Nice.
If you’re going to visit Disneyland any time soon, be sure to bring your brightest and boldest pair of shoes you own. Don’t worry, you won’t stick out. In fact, you’ll merely fit in with the rest of the masses.
What did I see during a recent visit to Mickey’s hood? Many Nike running shoes, primarily from the Lunar and the Free family. And like I mentioned, these were bright, but their vibe resonated with the Happiest Place on Earth theme. Of course, Michael Jordan’s jumpman silhouette was easily found from Jumpman-branded shoes to retro Jordans to contemporary Jordans. What surprised me was the plentiful presence of Reebok’s ZigTech. Creative colors combined with the telltale wavy sole make Zigs easy to spot. Bravo to Reebok!
So of course, inspired by these bright and bold kicks, I was in the game to pick up a new pair. And you know there’s a Nike Factory Outlet at the Block at Orange just a few minutes away from Disneyland right? So what do you think happened when I spied some Nike TR Vapor Trainers with Hyperfuse technology? Sure they’re half a size smaller than normal, but at only $50, it was a must buy!
After pruning of plugins and removing some javascript code, I still couldn’t stabilize Pulpconnection. I bumped the the allocated RAM even more as suggested by DreamHost techs.
Now to see if more memory (and a higher monthly bill) helps solve these site outages.
I was actually taking a “blind” picture of the sun and noticed the heart shape created by the clouds. Completely lucky.
Now this is cool. The Lytro is a camera that doesn’t care about focus when snapping a pic. You can focus your image after it’s captured. I don’t know how it works, but it is really a point and shoot camera. Check out the interactive sample below. Click on different parts of the image to change focus.
I attended the Social Media Summit Hawaii 2011 and gleaned the secret of social media success. Do you want to know what the secret is? Do you? Are you ready for it?
Okay, here goes. The secret of social media success is hard work.
What?! That’s it? That’s what you learned from a day-long seminar with social media elite you ask? Well, yes, but not in those exact words.
In this post, I am not going to recap topic sessions. You can harvest the power of Twitter for that by searching for the hashtag of #SMSHI (or #HISMS). Mari Smith taught the audience How to Build a Large, Loyal, and Profitable Network, Erin Blaskie explained how companies can outsource their social media, NEENZ provided her insights about building communities, Mike Prasad presented self-experienced case studies, and Yancy Unequivocally Jim convinced the audience to create viral presentations. These sessions I attended were filled with tips and insights, but one underlying lesson resonated from each speaker and each topic – you have to invest hard work to realize success.
Hard work includes discipline. Do you reach out to your social media communities every day, every week, every month? NEENZ does.
Hard work includes consistency. Are you consistently listening to your clients, customers, and audience and consistently using their feedback? Mari Smith implores you to do so.
Hard work includes organization. Do you use a project management system such as Basecamp to organize your social media replies and conversations? Erin Blaskie recommends it.
Hard work includes dedication of time. Do you spend 60-80 hours of work and research to create a one-hour presentation slide deck? Yancey Unequivocally Jim of Empowered Presentations does.
Hard work includes being methodical. Do you dissect your target audience into focused seed groups? That’s what Mike Prasad did for Kogi BBQ and sold over $2M of $2 fusion tacos.
So success doesn’t hinge upon the social media tools, tips, or resources. The differentiator is the hard work you bring, and that my friends is the secret of social media success.
Thanks to the Social Media Club Hawaii for organizing a great event!
About the tools and resources mentioned during the Summit? Here are a few I jotted down:
Here are just a few random shots taken from the event and venue.
No, this is not a comparison of the image quality of the new iPhone 4S and the superb Canon 5D. I mean there should be no comparison right? Well, other than the fact that most can afford an iPhone but not the 5D. But if you use either for video purposes, check out this side-by-side comparison.
iPhone 4S / Canon 5d MKII Side by Side Comparison from Robino Films on Vimeo.
I have a confession. This Dancing with the Stars junkie had not watched a single episode from Season 13. I barely even know who the contestants are. Heck, other than Ron Artest, I don’t know who’s been eliminated already.
So there I was in Week 4, watching my very first show, and I admit most of the stars were okay. The dances were serviceable, and the judges scores were forgiving. Then came the masterful mancrush known as Derek Hough with partner Ricki Lake. They danced a difficult tango set to the challenging theme music from Psycho.
From this performance, I remembered what attracted me to this show. From the setup to the dancing to the conclusion, this was all “wow!” And two scores of 10 this early in the season validates the excellence of this performance. The DWTS producers must be thankful Derek Hough is back on the ballroom floor. Now, only if he can endure his recent shoulder injury…
I forget how I got these posters, but here are two more pieces of Apple memorabilia.
Of all the Apple slogans over the years, the one that I love the most is “Think Different.” It’s short, powerful and makes you think about the short, powerful message of “think different.”
Along with this slogan, Apple printed posters of those in history who dared to think different. It was a very appropriate campaign highlighting how Apple was not just another computer company and further set the stage for Apple’s method of forthcoming success.
Here are a few Think Different posters I own along with the memorable message “to the crazy ones.”
Listen to Steve Jobs address the crazy ones.
And here’s a longer rendition of the message to the crazy ones.
Yes, I really did meet Steve Jobs in real life. Really. It was completely unexpected, but boom, there he was. Sadly, time has dulled the memory, but on Steve Jobs Day, here’s my story of when I met Steve Jobs.
It must have been 2002 during a visit to see Kim and Stewart in San Francisco. It was my first visit to the Apple Company Store on the Cupertino campus. This was the time before iPhones and Google Maps, and I think printed MapQuest directions brought my wife and me to 1 Infinite Loop. But, we got there too early, maybe around 8am. I think the store opened at 10am, maybe 9am.
We drove down the street, ate breakfast, and headed back. We were still early and waited outside the store’s glass doors. With a clear view of the outside parking lot, I noticed a car pull into one of the few empty stalls. I think it was a BMW. As the driver walked across the way, it looked like Apple’s iCEO himself.
This is what I was thinking – it’s odd that THE boss would park in an outdoor lot, not in the underground parking fronting the main building. So I had my doubts it was Mr. Jobs, and I don’t think he was wearing his signature black turtle neck and jeans. But as he approached, I recognized the Apple founder.
I told my wife that that was Steve Jobs, but she was unconvinced. We walked closer to get a better look, and I started to power up my newly bought Canon PowerShot S30 digital camera. Then I had second thoughts about snapping a picture remembering horror stories of Steve’s tirades. I didn’t want to get yelled at or booted off the campus on our first visit.
Instead, my wife calmly approaches Mr. Jobs and simply asks, “Are you Steve Jobs?”
“Yes,” he says.
In disbelief, we ask if he’d mind taking a picture with us.
“Sorry, I’m late for a meeting” was his cordial reply as he hurried off into the main building. And that was it, our short moment meeting Steve Jobs. Sure, at the time, I was disappointed not getting a picture, but now I know Steve had industries to revolutionize and insanely great products to create.
While I don’t have any pictures to show for this personal encounter, all I can offer is this blurry picture of me at 1 Infinite Loop with the EXIF timestamp of July 1, 2002.
The biggest addition to the iPhone 4S powered by iOS5 is the voice assistant Siri. Not only is Siri serious, it’s sewiusly full of surprises. Check out this Easter Egg in the Apple movie introducing the iPhone 4S.