thomasgerbe

You could probably get away with just:

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"Not that it directly involves this case of fair use, but that building is worth millions of dollars, so Jay was doing this for the sake of "artistic purity" or whatever you want to call it, not because he's a starving photographer..."

I could see it being a mix of both.

I don't think it makes him less of a good guy.

Did I really need to know their height?

"The processing can be done at any time after the fact. The primary image capture is just that, a raw image, same as any other camera."

I suppose that's the advantage. I could see myself changing the settings so that you preview the image right after the shot (fashion, portrait) or have no preview at all and keep processing power focused on shooting as many photos as possible (sports, wildlife, candid).

I'm a casual photographer too.

The advantage I see in the future is that you are 'guaranteed' a potentially sharp picture.

Even when I do portraits with a wide aperture (1.2/1.4) there are times when I miss the focus on a tiny detail that I wish was more in focus. And since I prefer doing candid poses, redoing a situation just isn't that preferable.

For sports or wildlife, I imagine it can be hard to focus too, sometimes just missing a shot of a bird because of a split second.

It does make me wonder how the motion blur on this would work.

I don't think they need to keep up with the middle-to-high end yet.

Given the choice of glass and bodies, I think most professionals would still keep with Nikon and Canon (especially for print).

But for entry-level, I could see it being a killer because of the ease.

I think it depends.

I can't speak for developers but almost all of the best designers or creatives I know experiment a lot outside of work. Myself, I do interactive side-projects all the time as I can execute sites that I would simply not be able to do in my full-time job.

Regarding medicine: My Dad is a doctor and spends a lot of time outside of work reading dense materials about certain diseases or findings, which is definitely not light reading nor recreational. I also have had friends who've volunteered their medical expertise to aid the homeless or less fortunate.

Not a developer, but this is related. I'm pretty surprised by how many companies in SV ask me to do design exercises for them.

I've won industry awards, built giant sites that millions of people use, endured some of the toughest board meetings on Wall Street, had to endure killer hours, won millions of dollars worth of work for my old company, shown you my portfolio, and you want me to do work for your funded company for free?

My old company in NY hired me at a competitive rate for three months before bringing me onboard full-time. How difficult is that? Just hire me for a day or a few days to get a glimpse and then make your judgement. Otherwise, it's just spec work and absolutely insulting. I don't get my mechanic to fix my car once for free to test his expertise, nor get free first-time haircuts from hair stylists.

Yep. Pretty hypocritical of them to be outraged by copy-cats.

Whoa, your sister created Baggu? Crazy. I love their bags.

I've used the 'high quality' upload option but the compression is still awful compared to say Flickr which also outputs images at different sizes.

What about ambiverts?

Designers live and die by their portfolio.

"Any great designer who works on the web can write HTML & CSS, else they're not a great designer."

Couldn't disagree more. I've worked with so many amazing interactive designers at agencies who didn't know much about coding but because of the division of labor managed to execute some killer sites.

I'm not arguing that designers like myself shouldn't know code but rather that amazing web designers who don't know code do exist.

Depends on if they have web design experience. Numerous agencies employ web designers with no coding experience who have a lot of experience with doing major site work.

Personally, I prefer hiring stellar web designers and stellar front-end devs than trying to find someone who can do both to same degree (since it's extremely hard to find).

It's a fashion website. Aesthetics (and brand) are usually prioritized over functionality.

Agree. I hear people on MacRumors saying the professional laptop should have the most features (thus, the optical drive) but for me, more USB ports and potentially a second HDD would do more for my day-to-day activities than an optical drive.

How is the battery life?

My point isn't that people aren't entitled to feel that one is better than the other. My point is that it's egregious to feel that one HAS to be better than the other.

It'd be like my brand of iced tea having the slogan, "Better than Nestea" or if my J.Crew shirt said, "better than Target."

Like I said in another comment, I love watching the Stanley Cup playoffs and watching Starcraft games narrated by HDStarcraft. But I don't need for a company to tell me explicitly that one is better than the other, because that doesn't matter to me and it just spurs fruitless fanboyism that I detest.

I did. I moved to the U.S. and started my own.

I watch Starcraft games narrated by HD and am definitely engrossed.

My point is not that it's boring but rather it's an annoying comparison. I like watching Starcraft games and the Stanley Cup playoffs. For a site to tell me that one is better than the other is unnecessary.

I like HackerNews better than Digg. Does HN need the slogan: Better than Digg?

Great news.

Now if only they just did away with the optical drives on MBP's. I have used mine about... twice in three years since owning my current laptop.

"Better than real sports"

rolls eyes

A week ago, I was at SFO and saw the TSA body-scanning children and elderly people.

Then one day I saw a long line of people on the street to get in... an Apple store.

That's when I decided San Francisco was lost.

Meh. Maybe Canadian companies should do a better job at retaining talent. I love my country (Canada) but so few startups and creative agencies are appealing. That's not to say they don't exist but there's just so much more opportunity and money down south.

Good points, but as a business, I would consider GroupOn before those other 1000 companies because of their reach.

Does the fact that they aren't turning a profit concern people that much? Didn't the Xbox division take years before profitting? I'm not a business guy so I'm genuinely asking this out of curiosity.

Makes sense really. I mean, artists have representatives who certainly look for appropriate buyers and largely have a better idea of market rates, not to mention more experience negotiating.

Aside from myself, most of my friends are creatives and through that I have found it EXTREMELY rare to find stellar designers who can also code just as quickly and proficiently as front-end developers who have dedicated themselves to the craft.

I love the way Good implemented the Twitter/Facebook sharing feature. Very minimal.