Feeling creative...

Hello again,

I'm now officially calling myself a photographer.   Ok, ok... so I'm still a rookie in the field, but David has seen me fit enough to put a camera in my hands and send me off taking photos.  Sure, I've been on many shoots with him already but I'm now starting to feel the nitty-gritty of this occupation and I'm learning so much everyday.  It's very exciting to be apart of this unique industry.

Now I just have to get my hands on my own DSLR!   Hmmm.....

Also, I've had an idea for some new blog graphics that I hope to create soon.  Maybe even a mascot. >:)

S.

I don't think it will be called the iSlate....

Hello friends.

With all the rumors and speculations around the Apple event that's being held on January 27th to announce their "latest creation" I thought, heck, I'll throw my hat into the rumor ring and talk about what I think and what I hope Apple unleashes onto the public.

Yeah, it's going to be a tablet, but not in the same sense that we know tablets right now.  I'm pretty sure that it's going to do for the "tablet" what the iPhone did for cellphones.  It will be the same touchscreen that we see in the iPhone, supporting a finely calibrated touch sensitive imput method with pinch zoom, seamless scrolling and multitouch gestures.  Also, I'm confident that copy/paste will be there out of the box. (HA!)

Since this will be a first gen tablet, the offerings will be a little on the slim side.  Maybe just one version, say a 32 gig version to start off, with larger capacities to see later in product refreshes.  It will have wifi capabilities, but I don't think it will tap into cellular networks or 3G.  Of course it will have a version of Safari to browse the internet when wifi is available. It will have many of the same applets such as a calender, calculator, email and also be able to work with MobileMe just like you would on your Mac. Perhaps greater integration with word processors and even a great new system to recognize handwriting for taking quick notes.  It will only have the Home button similar to the iPhone and perhaps a side volume button as well.  It will also have a headphone jack.  Why a headphone jack on a tablet?  Well, cause it's going to have iTunes.   In fact, I'm expecting them to roll out a brand new iTunes along with this event.  An iTunes that will have a small list of popular newspapers and magazines ready for download.  One rumor that seems to be confirmed was that Apple were in talks with some major publishers so this is the logical step from such an arrangement.   iTunes is extremely successful, the App store is growing by leaps and bounds so it's almost a given that iTunes will become the next major outlet for newsstand type media.  I'm sure you can sync your magazine and newspaper subscriptions just like you do with your favorite podcasts.

If it's powerfull enough it might go to replacing laptops altogether.  People are already ditching laptops in favor of the iPhone to do a lot of mobile computing.   It's easy to see where a larger version would just strengthen the desire to drop a laptop in favor of a tablet when you really want to compute on the go.  Of course, power is nothing with out longevity and a tablet is going to be able to survive some time on it's battery for it to be of any serious use.  Hopefully Apple will give it a large enough battery where it can handle regular everyday use for a decent period of time...say at least a week before having to charge its battery.  Oh, and yeah...the battery will not be removable.  This is Apple we're talking about here.

With all the rumors and speculations my own imagination has been set into motion of the possibilities that this tablet could bring.   One idea which is already available on the iPhone is remote camera firing and viewing of images.  This could be of great use in the studio.  We can have the camera set up remotely, and we can be off to the side or even just out of frame making adjustments or previewing the images with the customer as we take them.  Maybe even a lite version of Lightroom so we could make adjustments on the fly right there with the customer instead of having to remove the card from the camera, load on a computer then viewing the shots in Photoshop.   The time savings alone make it worth it!

Another possibility, again already available in the iPhone and other tablets are textbooks.   Having all your schoolbooks, study papers, notes, lessons all on your tablet.  Heck, even with the handwriting ability you could do your homework right on your tablet and email it to your professor.  Gasp!   Umm, sorry professor...my dog ate my tablet.   >_<

Tune into your favorite tech blog on the 27th and lets see what Apple has in store for us.  Hopefully, we're not getting hyped up over another iPod redesign.   

S.

 

In the year 2010...

Happy New Year!   Wow, has in been that long since my last post?   Yeah, I can believe that.

So much has been happening with the holiday's and the years that are new and the stuff of the things...  Cripes!  There's so much stuff to cover I don't think I can remember it all.

First off.  Baby Dorsey has been identified as a boy.  It's amazing.  Everyone, including myself, had this feeling it was going to be a girl.   I'll be announcing it on FB soon.  Although the wifie and I are extremely excited about Baby Dorsey we've had a bit of bad news come our way about him.   A health set back that brough both myself and my wife to tears.   The doctors assure us that he is still healthy and strong and will live a normal live just like any other boy.   The docs will be doing some extra monitoring during the rest of the pregnancy to make sure everything will be as good as it can be. 

With our thoughts on our little guy we've neglected just about everything else except the daily routines of work and home and I can foresee this trend continuing for some time.   I know I've had all these projects on the stove lately, but I can honestly say that they will be postponed for awhile.   I'll of course try to keep this updated as much as possible and return to them as soon as I'm able.

Anyways, that's all for now.  

S.