Here is the January 2007 edition of my photography shooting stats. I shot a lot of cricket for the first time this month, which makes up the high number of shots I didn’t keep and therefore deleted.
Images Taken: 1,312
Images Kept: 465
HD Space Used: 3.78GB
Average Shots Kept Daily: 15
Shots With 18-55 Lens: 223
Shots With 75-300 Lens: [...]

The latest trend on the internet is Twitter. Twitter is a new web application used for staying in touch and keeping up with friends - no matter where you are or what you’re doing. Invite your friends to Twitter, send updates to your account, and decide how connected you want you to be.
Personally, this service [...]

I’m an avid user of Yojimbo to manage my digital clutter and keep my desktop clean, but I like the idea of making the most of my full screen resolution. This is where John Hicks Yojimbo widescreen view hack comes into play.

The Yojimbo widescreen view hack will turn your copy of Yojimbo into an application [...]

Each and every Friday I post a desktop wallpaper for all the Mac users out there. The image is taken using my Canon 350D DSLR. Photography really interests me and this gives me a nice way to showcase some work, while giving readers something for nothing.
The wallpaper is sized at a resoultion of 2560×1600 pixels, [...]

Reading blogs is a fun and time consuming hobby, which with a few tips, can become even more enjoyable whilst taking half the time.

1. RSS Groups By Importance
Love reading TUAW posts? Find some of the Engadget posts a waste of time? Create a few groups in your RSS reader - Very Important, Important, Less Important, [...]

It’s been a while since we last did this, so I decided to take a few moments to post and request all the lurkers to show their faces so I can get to know you all.
I know many of you just read (yes, thats you), but never participate in discussion under the articles in the [...]

Screenshots can help explain a process so much easier than words, screenshots can help capture readers and reel them in to read more, and they can make articles look stylish and pretty. But screenshots are at times a hassle to capture, it’s a time consuming task many of you dont want to have anything to [...]

This week my goal is to find my blogging voice, you can help me do this by telling me what you like reading about.
After a quick brainstorming session I’ve decided to keep my main focus on Apple, Productivity, Blogging, and Photography. In that order.
What topics do you enjoy reading, what topics do you dislike reading, [...]

Each and every Friday I post a desktop wallpaper for all the readers out there. The image is taken using my Canon 350D DSLR. Photography really interests me and this gives me a nice way to showcase some work, while giving readers something for nothing.
The wallpaper is sized at a resoultion of 2560×1600 pixels, big [...]

As I have received a few email queries recently, this is just a quick post reminding readers that this blog does have an RSS feed - it’s located at the bottom of the page a little out of sight.
I will be moving the feed image toward the top of the page when the blog [...]

Presently, I am using KGTD + OmniOutliner Professional (I’ll soon use OmniFocus) to keep track of my to-do list. But there is one other thing I do each and every day, to make sure I’m on track to knock things off the un-nerving to-do list.
In the morning, before I do anything else (including waking the [...]

Keeping focused in the 21st century is not an easy thing. For one, we have the internet which is full of distractions. Think about all the time you spend pointlessly and aimlessly browsing the web, chatting to friends, sending emails, and browsing your RSS reader daily. I for one know the time begins to add [...]

Dan Messing of Stunt Software has released version 2 of the application Snapshot (previously PhotoBooth). Snapshot brings the power of a photo lab to you computer. Printing your digital images has never been easier, it gives you full control over the print size and how you want to crop and frame your picture. You [...]

Do you have a large collection of movies, TV shows, YouTube clips, and various Apple commercials on your Mac like me? If you do, you will know the awful feeling when you venture to your movie folder and you have files scattered all around the place - even if they are in a tidy folder [...]

Each and every Friday I post a desktop wallpaper for all the Mac and PC users out there. The image is taken using my Canon 350D DSLR. Photography really interests me and this gives me a nice way to showcase some work, while giving readers something for nothing.
The wallpaper is sized at a resoultion of [...]

The list of Web 2.0 sites is so extensive, there are now hundreds of sites labeled with the “Web 2.0″ tag out there now, and that number is growing by the day.

Go2Web20 is an awesome little Web 2.0 directory. They have listings of all the different sites and services currently out there, and allow you [...]

Most of the regular readers should know by now I’m an avid user and follower of the application Cha-Ching. Having written about every single release to date, today will be no exception, as Midnight Software have released version 0.5 of their finance tracking application Cha-Ching.

0.5 brings along a slew of bug fixes and interface enhancements [...]

The Macworld Keynote concluded almost 12 hours ago, and I’ve had time to parse the information and new products to give my views on todays announcements.
I wont bore you with the specs and feature sets of either the Apple TV, Airport Extreme, or the iPhone, if you want specs just click the links to go [...]

The Apple Macworld 07 keynote address is just under 10 hours away and many Mac sites will be covering the keynote updates live. Here’s a large list of all the sites covering the keynote address for you to pick from.
Personally I will be following from MacRumors, Macteens, and Engadget.
AppleGazette
AppleMatters
ArsTechnica
Daily Tech Talk
Gadgetell
Engadget
LoopRumors
MacBlog
MacUser
MacRumors
MacScoop
Macteens
POMCast
Schwarz Tech
Share MacWorld
Stuff
The Mac Mind
The [...]

Flickr in inhabited with thousands of superb photographers, Jon “JD” Dysangco is one of them. I recently had some time to sit down an interview him about all aspects of photography.
Check out his Flickr photostream here.

Are you in favor of RAW or JPEG?
I used to shoot in JPEG up until about 2 months ago after [...]

Macworld is only 3 days away now and the rumor mill is running like mad. Like every other Mac addict I have my own expectations for this years Macworld, and already have a couple of purchases planned. These are all wishes, not a list of what I think will be released.

iLife 07 is one product [...]

Many feel that tracking your stats is the best way to see how you are progressing with your blogging. Whilst I semi-agree with this, I believe a blogs success is shown in how readers are getting involved in the comments, and your RSS subscriber count.
Stats are very important though. I love to see where visitors [...]

Each and every Friday I post a desktop wallpaper for all the Mac users out there. The image is taken using my Canon 350D DSLR. Photography really interests me and this gives me a nice way to showcase some work, while giving readers something for nothing.
The wallpaper is sized at a resoultion of 2560×1600 pixels, [...]

Once you have decided on which theme you are going to use for your blog, you can start customizing it and making it your own by installing plugins. Here are a few I recommend you check out.
Akismet
This is the first and primary plugin you should install once WordPress is setup. Akismet is a collaborative effort [...]

Although content should be your number one priority, a nicely designed blog is import to keep readers clicking and exploring through your archives. A good design, especially if you constructed it from scratch should generate a lot of buzz and conversation.
If you dont have any design or coding experience, no problem. There are thousands of [...]

You have decided on your topic, your target audience, and the frequency you will post, but what platform should you use to blog and reach the world with your words? Wordpress, Movable Type, Symphony or Textpattern? There are so many options, but which is the right one?

Personally I use WordPress, and wouldn’t go with any [...]

You have decided you want to start your own blog, but dont know where to begin. In this series I am going to teach you how to get a blog started, from the planning stages, right through to picking a good stat tracking application and announcing your blog to the world. Let’s get started!

The first [...]

New Year Resolutions, I have never bothered with them in the past - but today I’m changing that. Instead of resolutions, here’s a group of 5 goals I would like to fulfill in 2007.

Learn, and have fun in the process
I want to start learning because I enjoy it, and have fun in the process. No [...]