Life is still busy/crazy in the Global Household™, and so -- rather that my actually putting some time and effort into creating a real blog post -- I'm going to let other bloggers and commentators do the heavy lifting for me.
Below, you'll see a listing of blog articles and websites that have caught my eye this past week. I'm also going to toss in a little bit of gratuitous self-promotion, but I only do it because -- well -- because I can...
First up, Seth Godin has a truly great article up on his site that -- though it's geared more towards recent college graduates -- can be equally well applied to anyone with more free time in their lives than they know what to do with...
Secondly, Greg Christensen has a graphic posted on his blogsite which clearly illustrates the differences between marketing, PR, advertising, and branding. Funny stuff, and oh so true...
Thirdly, the folks over at Alexx Henry have really been getting the word out about their recently shot Living Movie Poster video. Yes, this has already been posted all over the web, but it's still kinda' cool, and it points towards one of the directions in which imaging technology is headed. Shot on a RED One, and then massively post-processed, edited, sliced, diced, etc, etc...
Fourthly, the TiltShiftMaker site is a quick and easy way for anyone to create a fake "tilt-shift miniature" image on their computer. Myself, I can do a better job in Photoshop (i.e: duplicate layer, gaussian blur, layer mask, gradient, merge layers, adjust saturation, apply contrast curve, etc...), but the TiltShift website is quick and easy.
Below is a half-way decent fake miniature of the Portland waterfront that I did via the TiltShiftMaker site. Not great. But not too bad either...
Best when viewed large.
Fifthly (and this is a gratuitous piece of self-promotion), the good folks at Nasty Clamps have been tweaking their website, and it's really starting to come together. The shopping cart and check-out system has become a bit more streamlined, and there is now the option for doing international purchasing and shipping. Unfortunately, due to customs, duties, VAT, etc, etc, the amount of international purchasing and shipping that can be done is a bit restricted, though I know for a fact (cuz' I'm one of the guys who's trying to figure it out) that Nasty Clamps is looking at an overseas retailer or two.
Lastly (and this is still a gratuitous piece of self-promotion), Nasty Clamps is on Twitter. You can check in on the Twitter feed by going here.
More later...
Matt
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