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Built to Spill

nospam@example.com (Admin - It's broken blog) — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:20:38 -0500

Graphic designer Justin LaFontaine created this witty concert poster to promote a show of indie rock band Built To Spill at Sled Island 2010 in Calgary.

HT: Alltop

How to fix your digital camera so you can take better pictures

nospam@example.com (Admin - It's broken blog) — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:58:09 -0500

In 1888, an inventor named George Eastman designed, manufactured and marketed a camera that forever changed photography, and also consumer products as a whole. Had Eastman taken a typical engineering approach to designing his roll-film camera, he would have copied the complexity of the camera that came before, which required the photographer to understand 19 separate elements to use. Instead, he focused on the experience he wanted to deliver, an experience captured in his advertising slogan, "You press the button, we do the rest."

(Source: Subject To Change: Creating Great Products & Services for an Uncertain World: Adaptive Path on Design.)

Well! Apparently Eastman's way isn't enough for taking nice digital pictures after all. In this guest post, Marlene Hielema, specialist in digital photography, explains to the laymen among us how to use other buttons to take better pictures.

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What really motivates people

nospam@example.com (Admin - It's broken blog) — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:53:06 -0500

1. Pay enough so people so they are not thinking about the money, they are thinking about the work.
2. Give people autonomy, mastery, and purpose.

This lively RSA Animate, adapted from Dan Pink's talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace.

theRSA.org

Looking for a trustable and effective organization to help victims of the Haiti quake?

nospam@example.com (Adriana Beal) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:26:10 -0600

The TED community has chosen Partners in Health, an organization that has operated medical facilities in Haiti for more than 2 decades and have numerous people on the ground. Among other activities, PIH has helped coordinate efforts to bring the largest hospital in Haiti back into a functional facility.

You can make a donation here, and rest assured that your money is going where it can do the most.

To donate by mail, send a check made out to Partners In Health to:

Partners In Health | P.O. Box 845578 | Boston, MA 02284-5578

Photo: Dr. Evan Lyon has been a volunteer physician with Partners in Health for over a decade,
and participated in PIH's initial response to the earthquake on January 12, 2010.