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All posts by Jeff Carlson

Author, photographer, and late-nighter Jeff Carlson writes for outlets such as Popular Photography, DPReview, Creative Pro, and others, and is a contributing editor for TidBITS. He is the author of Take Control of Your Digital Photos; The Photographer's Guide to Luminar AI, Take Control of Apple Watch, and Take Control of Your Digital Storage, among many other titles.

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Terra Bite Cafe Has No Prices

Seen in today’s Seattle Times: A Kirkland cafe with no prices With its blood-red walls and black leather sofas, Kirkland’s Terra Bite Lounge looks like any other coffee shop — until you get to the menu. There are no prices listed. Terra Bite doesn’t have them. You read that right: No prices. Customers pay what ...

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The Egregious Incompetence of Palm

Great overview article of the history of Palm, and how mergers, corporate owners, and stagnation have crippled the Palm platform: The Egregious Incompetence of Palm.

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New Canon HV20 HDV Camcorder

Canon has just introduced a new 1080i HDV camcorder, the HV20, which improves upon the highly-praised HV10. The HV20 is a horizontal model, versus the vertical HV10, which some people aren’t keen on. From the press release: Among the new features within the Canon HV20 HD Camcorder is an Advanced Accessory Shoe capable of accommodating ...

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Top 10 Flickr Hacks

I’m a big fan of the photo-sharing site Flickr, where you can view my latest pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarlson/. Flickr has an open API, which means developers can create their own applications that tie into the Flickr service. One example is FlickrExport, which I use to upload photos directly from iPhoto to my Flickr stream. On the ...

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Take Control of Mac OS X Backups v2.0

You know you need to back up your Mac’s data, but how? I’m happy to announce that Joe Kissell’s ebook “Take Control of Mac OS X Backups 2.0” is now available. I edited this title, and it’s now bigger and better (making the $10 price even more of a steal). New coverage in the 2.0 ...

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Add Motion to Your Movies (excerpt)

Peachpit and InformIT have posted an excerpt of the book (iMovie HD 6 & iDVD 6: Visual QuickStart Guide): Don’t Move! How to Add Motion to Your Movies. This is from Chapter 3, “The Camera in Motion.”

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At the End of a Big Project

  The Promise of Escape    Originally uploaded by Jeff Carlson. Sleep-deprived, outrunning post-Macworld Expo colds, and with lots to do before a book deadline on Wednesday. But getting out of the car in Fremont this morning revealed this bright sight.

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New Hitachi Camcorders

More camcorders from CES, this time from Hitachi (that tip to Agen at Amazon): Hybrids aren’t just for the auto industry anymore. At CES, Hitachi unveiled four new camcorders for 2007: two standard DVD models and two hybrid models that record video to either DVD or a hard drive (30 GB on the D7HS500A and ...

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Stumptown Coming to Seattle!

  Removing Grounds During Cupping (BW)    Originally uploaded by Jeff Carlson. Portland’s best coffee roaster looks to be opening a shop in Seattle, according to Seattle Weekly. A few days ago I learned (and tasted) that Cafe Verité in Ballard is using Stumptown beans. I also see from the Weekly that Victrola’s second store ...

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Travel Coffee

I spent the weekend at my mom’s farm in California, visiting family and friends and getting ready to hit Macworld Expo for the rest of this week. I’ve spent most of my non-socializing time working on the presentations I’m giving, which means I’ve been up late working…and drinking coffee. Understand that the coffee situation here ...