How To Be An Instant Celebrity?

You do what Stefanie Gordon did yesterday on her Delta flight from New York City (LGA) to West Palm Beach (PBI) and takes several photos of the Space Shuttle Endeavor’s last lift off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC). That single action did not gain Stefanie her celebrity status but what she did when she got to West Palm Beach did.

After getting onto the Delta flight in LaGuardia (LGA) she sent her last tweet and turned off her iPhone 3GS, because she decided not to pay for in-flight WiFi, and then proceed to sleep through most of it. Until the plane began its decent to Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) and the pilot came on announcing the Space Shuttle Endeavor has just lifted off KSC.

Continue reading “How To Be An Instant Celebrity?”

Review: TimeSqueeze on iPhone

I was made aware of InfoXenter‘s recent released iPhone application called “TimeSqueeze”. It is a simple app; like any iPhone app should that focuses on performing one task and do it well, in this case the task is creating time-lapsed videos/photography on the iPhone 3G or 3GS running OS 3.1.2 or later. At the moment it does not support the iPod Touch.

After displaying its title page the user is brought into the Main screen of the application where it awaits the creation of a time-lapsed video.

On the Main screen you will find several controls in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen. The first icon will begin the recording of the video, before the second icon is a bar that controls digital zooming that is enabled during video recording. The second icon will bring up a Project List containing the recorded time-lapsed videos. Lastly is the Setting icon that brings up the speed up slider, which allows the adjustment of the amount the resulting time-lapsed video is sped up.

Continue reading “Review: TimeSqueeze on iPhone”

Review: AutoStich on iPhone

AutoStich LogoI was introduced to this cool little iPhone application, AutoStich, that enables easy creation of panorama (pano) photos on the go.

AutoStich Select PhotosMost pano maker applications on the Mac or on the iPhone (like PanoLab Pro) require the user to painstakingly aligns the different photos that make up the final pano image, including skewing any photos to adjust for the distortion (parallax), a side effect of not rotating the iPhone on the pano pivot point of the lens.

Amazingly, AutoStich does not require any assistance from the user, plus it is able to reorder the set of photos to their correct order, to ensure a smooth alignment of the final pano image.

At the price of FREE this little iPhone application is definitely worth more than its developer is asking for.

AutoStich Panorama Photo

Helmsley Park Lane Hotel


I was informed today that my photo was chosen for inclusion in the newly released fourth edition of the “Schmap New York Guide”.

Although, this is not the first time one of my photos had been chosen for publication, it is always nice to know that someone appreciate my visual expression.

Helmsley Park Lane Hotel
Originally uploaded by Vinko
Schmap New York Guide

Helmsley Park Lane Hotel


I was informed today that my photo was chosen for inclusion in the newly released fourth edition of the “Schmap New York Guide”.

Although, this is not the first time one of my photos had been chosen for publication, it is always nice to know that someone appreciate my visual expression.

Helmsley Park Lane Hotel
Originally uploaded by Vinko
Schmap New York Guide

Window Dressing

DSC00062 DSC00061

It is about time that Hong Kong advertiser; or to be more exact window dressers, come up with some original ideas.

It is rare that any retail stores in Hong Kong takes the time to create a window display that is original, attractive and able to draw the passer-by into the store or at least stop and look.

This particular retailer used the pictured window display to set up two XBox game station for visitors to try a racing game that contains ads of the products that the store carries.