Nikon Raw (NEF) Codec: fast, free new option
Earlier this year, I wrote about the where, why and how of Nikon Raw (NEF) Codecs for Vista and Windows 7. In the intervening months, my fellow photographers have introduced me to a shiny new...
View ArticleStandards are the Sands of Time (or, the Illusion of Preservation)
A special jpg: 2 monkeys, city, moonlight How many jpg images do you suppose are living on the internet? Probably quite a few. Among all those images, the jpg on the right is particularly special to...
View ArticleLegend of the Greasepole gets the Silverlight 4 + Analytics treatment
Legend of the Greasepole has been ported to Silverlight 4 and reincarnated on http://greasepole.net. Greasepole is the long-suffering game about multimedia tribute to the inexplicable Engineering...
View ArticleCycling Kalgoorlie
I must admit, at first I had my doubts about whether or not I’d be cycling Kalgoorlie. I visited the Museum of Western Australia and found this remarkable precursor to the modern Cervelo, built with...
View ArticleRobert Burke’s Photography on Flickr
My recent photography is all up on Flickr. Here’s the link. I used to do more writing related to photography; I’ve kept some of it below.
View ArticleNikon D90 – I need to learn how to shoot video now
Nikon D90 (link goes to nikon.ca) I recently picked up a Nikon D90 body, and have only just started to play with it. Although it hasn’t seen a real stress test yet, so far, 12.3 megapixels of rich...
View ArticleThe Unfolding of Language
Deutscher's The Unfolding of Language When Stephen Fry laments “it is a cause of some upset that more Anglophiles don’t enjoy language,” it’s as if Michael Phelps were to lament that not enough people...
View ArticleNikon Raw (NEF) Codecs for Vista and Windows 7
Two years ago, I mentioned in an article that Nikon’s Raw (NEF) Codec was an important part of my photo-processing pipeline. After many laptops, photos, and software updates, it still is. I now work...
View ArticleFour Perspectives on Delivering ‘Return on Experience’
Meeting, 16 sept, 6PM, Bloor East, Toronto (click) I’m looking forward to the conversation at this Metro Toronto .NET Users Group meeting: Four Perspectives on Delivering ‘Return on Experience’ We’ve...
View ArticleFour Perspectives on Delivering ‘Return on Experience’ Follow-up Notes
And now, as promised, the link-laced follow-up to this week’s “Four Perspectives on delivering ‘Return on Experience.'” Our UX Gurus on the panel were: Susan Greenfield, a Senior UX Designer at...
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