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The Whole Gamut
I have been saving up for an Apple G5 for quite some time now. Yes, they are expensive but given how intuitive they are when it comes to using graphical programs like Adobe's PhotoShop, it's worth the price. Plus, my handy Powerbook (Apple's laptop) is starting to show signs of wear. It's a little over 4 years old now (in Internet terms, it's a grand-daddy).
I have been doing some research. True to form, every six months or so, Apple releases a new version of either a machine or an operating system. There was Jaguar, which is what I use. Then came Panther (Apple wanted $129 for it and I said “let's see … let's see”). To be released in early part of next year is “Tiger”. Well, at this rate, they'll run out of big cats. But back to my G5 purchase. It will happen this year and I am sure of it. Unless of course Apple releases a G5 laptop. Then it will be back to the drawing board to see the pluses and minuses of each configuration. What joy!
As a photographer, I need the RAM and the disk space. But I also need to edit images in 16-bit color. According to Kevin Yank of Sitepoint.com, Adobe's PhotoShop CS works wonders in that regard.
Share And Show
David Pogue's article in today's New York Times promises to make it easy for us to share our images with our friends and family and even have them printed at a photo store of our choice.
Please let me know of your experiences, if any of you actually use the two services mentioned; OurPictures.com and ShareALot.com. From David's article I understand that OurPictures.com is a Window-only based program. ShareALot.com appears to be open to Windows and Macintosh platforms. It's not rocket science to figure out which one I'll be using.
Beyond Eye Candy
Much of what separates MSNBC.com from the online pack is its innovative and aggressive use of graphics – or “art” in the news-business parlance.
The article by Jon Friedman of CBS MarketWatch.com fails to mention Brian Storm (now a vice president at Corbis Images), a key player who made it possible for MSNBC.com to achieve such high standards in the use of images and graphics. Indeed for years, it was Storm's bold initiatives that garnered the website a steady stream of well-earned awards.
Seeing Art On The Radio
This is truly excellent news. On April 19, P.S. 1 Center for Contemporary Art in Long Island City, Queens will likely be the first museum space to host an online radio station.
“Two years in the making and billed as the world's first art radio station, WPS1 will present original talk and music shows with contemporary writers, artists and musicians as hosts. The station will also broadcast historical audio material from a variety of sources, like the sound archives of the Museum of Modern Art, with which P.S. 1 merged in 1999.”