Words of Wisdom by MrWes

Month: August 2009

  • Christmas is coming, be ready

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    Get Ready I hate to break it to you, but this year Christmas is coming in December.  It always seems to sneak up on us.  Everybody seems to forget about it until just before Thanksgiving.  That’s when most of the stores dress up their aisles with decorations and start playing Carols over the PA system. During the…

  • Which social networks should I join?

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    Wes Johnson
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    Decisions, Decisions You have been asked to join a social network.  Maybe you got a hot tip from a book or article that sings the praises of the next best social network to join.  But how do you know for sure?  How can you find out about the true popularity of a website?  How do you know if this…

  • Your camera date really does matter

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    Wes Johnson
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    Camera Timestamp In the past, I never bothered with setting the time and date on the camera.  I never printed out the timestamp of the camera on the pictures.  So what was the point?  It just seemed like a waste of time.  Today, I had a revelation, the date really does matter. Flickr cares I joined flickr…

  • Macro Photo Studio 1.0

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    Wes Johnson
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    While working on some of my future blogs, I decided I want to include some pictures of these items.  In the past when I’ve taken close-up pictures of objects, they’re usually outside; for instance flowers.  However, when I’ve taken inside pictures, they don’t look quite so nice.  Usually the lighting is off or too strong.  It never…

  • Mobile Family Album

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    Wes Johnson
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    Family Pictures How many times have you been to a dinner, social event or even a family reunion when someone asks if you have current pictures of the family?  This happened to me a while back.  I had to admit that I didn’t have any current pictures in my wallet. A bright idea I decided to take my…