A new Mac Blog posting on software for handling FTP chores on the Mac is posted here...

Tags: Macintosh

A new Photo Blog posting is available on the real cost of digital images...

Tags: Photography

BitDepth#633, a hands-on look at Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader is posted here...

Tags: Technology

The stock photography galleries have been revamped significantly. The collection is far from complete, but images will be updated over the next few weeks. View the samples that are available right now here...

Tags: Photography

Phillip Emeagwali is an African scientist who has done pioneering work with parallel computing. Read more here...

Tags: Technology

Macintosh blog moved to here...

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Decided to move my ruminations about photography to a new blog. The first few entries consolidate information about my photojournalism projects and contemplate an egg. Read more here...

Tags: Photography

BitDepth 631, a look at the magic of the double feature is posted here...

Tags: Movies

Flash has been a boon to designers who wanted predictable glitz on their websites, but it may also have become something of a bit in the teeth of web development. Read more here...

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BitDepth 629, a look at Vista's adoption is posted here...

Tags: Microsoft

You could just scan a photo or you could digitize your analog images with the utmost fidelity. Read more here.

Tags: Photography

On my Mac blog, the inside story on two software tools I've used for years in preparing my writing for publication.

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Flow's broadband is fast and affordable. The tech support needs some improving though.

Tags: Broadband

Derren Joseph believes that he has the right mix of hands-on and virtual for Trinidad and Tobago's credit card shy society. The story behind his cellphone driven ticketing system is here.

Tags: Technology

BitDepth 625, a memoriam for software that's gone the way of old code is posted here.

Tags: Software

A look at current options for managing images at a reasonable price is posted here.

Tags: Macintosh

BitDepth 624, a look at the success of the fan continuation of the Star Trek TOS story is posted here.

Tags: Star Trek

BitDepth 623, an overview of current versions of image browsing and editing software is posted here...

Tags: Photography

A new note on my experiences with the MacBook Air has been posted here...

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New images of actors and presenters for Gayelle TV have been posted here...

Tags: Photography

BitDepth 622, a look at two online image editing applications is posted here...

Tags: Photoshop

After a hiatus of almost a year, my photoessay project Local Lives returned this Sunday to the Guardian with a profile of a the Ramrick Sadhoo Chowtal Group.

To mark the occasion, I've revamped the web presence for Local Lives, with extended galleries of the first four installments and "The Return of Ramrick Sadhoo."

The other three installments will be posted over the next week.
View the new web presence for Local Lives here...

Tags: Photography

A new section on the Macintosh begins here...

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BitDepth 621, a look at how musicians are taking more direct paths to their customers, is posted here...

BitDepth 620, a look at online options for wordprocessing software is posted here...

Tags: Web

Windows Server 2008 features virtualisation. Here's why that might be important for you to think about...

Tags: Microsoft

BitDepth#618 a report on the launch of Windows Server 2008 is posted here.

Tags: Microsoft

Taping television has gone digital. You can buy a box from your provider or create your own solution. Read more here.

Tags: TV

BitDepth#616, an overview of Microsoft's new Office Communicator product and Unified Communications concept is posted here.

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BitDepth 615 which examines service issues related to the recent broadband push by Flow and TSTT is posted here. Read More...

Tags: Broadband

BitDepth 614, my final rumination on the state of the Carnival in 2008 is posted here.

Tags: Carnival

Making Mas is just about finished. I've added a new page, Made Mas that's linked from here. This new page shows some of the costumes and band covered by the series on the road at Carnival. You can find new images and outtakes from the entire series here , the stories are extracted here and PDFs of all the published pages are here. I've also posted for download iPod friendly video clips of an interview (here) I did with GayelleTV's Cock a Doodle Do and a smaller version of the supporting video (here) that I prepared for the broadcast.

Tags: Carnival

BitDepth 613 explores what I've found in the fields of mas making and what it means for Carnival's future. The Making Mas series is found here.

Tags: Carnival

BitDepth#612 a report on calypsonian Crazy's first attempt at online sales of his music is posted here.

Tags: Carnival

BitDepth #611, about my experiences with social network sites and Facebook in particular is posted here.

Tags: Facebook

New entry on Trini Revellers and Brian Mac Farlane in the Making Mas series here. I've also added the stories on a new page, so you can view downloadable PDF files of the pages as published, the full take of selects that I worked from in developing the layout and the stories.

Tags: Carnival

Updated the Blog page with a new design from Gary at RapidWeaver Themes called Headliner.
This new theme demands a monitor with a resolution of at least 1024 pixels (pretty much any modern monitor sold in the last four years). My test run using OpenTracker, a pricey but powerful visitor tracking tool reveals that just three percent of you use a smaller monitor that will require some scrolling to view the whole page.
I get to pack a bit more information in to a new left side column, which may make accessing information about page a little easier for folks who don't scroll down very far.
I plan to develop this a bit more as I go along.

How does Carnival get made?
Making Mas, a new photoessay series that I'm working on for the Trinidad Guardian is a celebration of the unsung heroes of Carnival, the hundreds of people who build thousands of costumes for the annual festival.
The introduction page is here. Galleries of published and unpublished photos are here. Downloadable PDFs of the published Guardian stories are here.

Tags: Carnival

BitDepth #610 a contemplation of the state of Carnival is posted here.

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BitDepth#609 a report on the TrinidadMusic.com download service is posted here.

Tags: Music

A big-up for my visitors.
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About the website updates.
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The publication of BitDepth has been postponed for one week. The Guardian has the column, but the thinner New Year's day paper allowed no space for the column this week.
Happy New Year, though!

BitDepth #608, an overview of how to calculate broadband speeds is posted here.

Tags: Broadband

BitDepth 607, covering an interview with TSTT's VP for Broadband and my first experiences with Flow's broadband service is posted here...

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BitDepth 606, a report on a recent SAP "awareness" meeting is posted here.

Tags: Technology

BitDepth #605, a behind the scenes look at how Tribe manages a massive group of masqueraders with technology is posted here.

Tags: Carnival

BitDepth 604, a look behind the scenes at how bpTT is using technology to bring group knowledge to its high risk offshore platforms is posted here.

Tags: Technology

BitDepth 603, a report on a introduction to McGhee Productivity Solutions hosted by Microsoft is posted here.

BitDepth #602 an account of my first experience with an install of Leopard on my working Mac is here.

BitDepth 601, a report from the frontlines of the Leopard launch is posted...

Tags: Apple

BitDepth 600, a report on the keynote of David Pogue at PhotoPlus Expo 2007 is posted here...

BitDepth 599, a report on the first day keynote and showfloor of PhotoPlus Expo 2007 in New York is posted here.

A survey of broadband options in Trinidad and Tobago is posted here.

Tags: dsl

BitDepth 597, a recounting of my experiences with Amazon's new MP3 music store is posted here...

Tags: Music

A review of the fourth San Fernando Jazz Festival, starring Aaron Neville, Carol Addison and Ray Holman is posted here...

Tags: Music

BitDepth 596, examining the ramifications of Nikon's new foray into full-frame capture is posted here...

Tags: Photography

Added Lightshow capability to the BitDepth archive pages with #595. Lightshow is similar to Lightbox, which I added to the blog page recently as well to make viewing larger images more user friendly.
New BitDepth instalments as well as older images that are added to the archive will have the feature first and then I'll have a look at how to improve currently archived columns.

BitDepth 595 a report on the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society's third celebration of Software Freedom Day is posted here...

BitDepth 594, a look at Apple's new versions of its iWork and iLife application suites is posted here...

Tags: Apple

BitDepth 593, a record of the superhuman restraint I exercised after witnessing the gap between governmental intent and execution, has been posted here...

Tags: Government, Internet

There's a bit more than a new page design going on here... Read More...

Looking for a way to remain connected to the Internet? If you don't need fast download speeds and need IM, e-mail and basic web browsing on a web enabled cellphone or your laptop you might find this solution useful...

A new piece has been added to the Other Writing section. The Hardest Knock is a futuring piece that looks at the way technology may change mass media dissemination in the future.

Tags: Media

A report from the battlefront as I engage the shiny toys with fervour. Reports on Sony's new line of mobile phones and HP's new business laptops posted here...

BitDepth 590, a contemplation of the way movies get made from fondly remembered television series is posted here...

BitDepth 589, a report on three weeks spent watching entirely too much television is posted here...

BitDepth 588, a report on a presentation by specialist hand surgeon Dr Alejandro Badia is posted here...

BitDepth 587 about a version of the TIFF format that supports images larger than 4GB is posted here...

BitDepth 586, an evaluation of Lightroom after 100 days is posted here...

BitDepth 585, a report on Columbus' Flow upgrade of its broadband network is posted here...

BitDepth 584, a report on Microsoft's Genuine Advantage and the first 100 days of Vista is posted here...

BitDepth 583 on how I use Windows on a Macintosh has been posted here...

BitDepth 582 about options for running Windows on a Macintosh has been posted here. Added unpublished piece on Alex Smailes' photography done for his book here and on Noel Norton on the occasion of his honorary degree from UTT here,

BitDepth 581 a collection of hardwon advice on composing e-mails from the digital communication frontlines is online.

BitDepth 580, a contemplation of e-mail in-box strategies has been posted here...

BitDepth 579, a contemplation of the ways that digital photography has changed the world of the pro shooter has been posted here...

BitDepth #578, an obituary for my oldest e-mail address is posted here...

BitDepth 577 on the changing face of reporting as information is recorded and transmitted has ben posted here...

BitDepth 576, on how I managed to shove a laptop and a digital camera into a single bag has been posted here...

BitDepth 575, detailing my adventures in staying on the Getting Things Done wagon has been posted here, along with a blast from the past, "Wet wired for the wrong world" a piece that led off one of the three millennium supplements published by the Guardian on the first day of the year 2000.

BitDepth 574, an examination of the way technology turned a bad wining competition at Club Zen into a national scandal has been posted here...

BitDepth 573, reporting on a UTT seminar on Virtual Design and Construction has been posted here...

BitDepth 572, an examination of how Adobe Photoshop Lightroom compares with Bridge, Adobe's earlier attempt at a photo organising database is posted here...

BitDepth 571, a rant about the state of TSTT's broadband customer service has been posted here, and a new section, Other Writing has been created to accomodate my other writing projects over the years. It is launched this week with reporting on Microsoft's Convergence 2007 carried in the Business Guardian last week and an October 15, 2006 story on the Special Anti-Crime Unit.

BitDepth 570, a rant about the inadvertent reintroduction of VAT on computer peripherals has been posted here...

BitDepth 568, a memoir of George John has been posted here...

BitDepth 568, reporting on new Microsoft Customer Relations Management software has been posted here...

BitDepth 567, an overview of free software for photo management has been posted here...

BitDepth 566, a rumination on my decision not to buy the fastest laptop Apple has to offer has been posted here.

BitDepth 565, covering technology related efforts at bringing aid to underdeveloped countries has been posted here.