Zooomr vs. Flickr: Who’s Better To You?

I assume everyone knows about Flickr and how it works so, I’ll skip to the meaty chunk, ok?

So, I signed up for another online photo community site called Zooomr (yes, three O’s). Now, i never heard of this site until i noticed Thomas Hawk had uploaded some photos. As usual, I joined it just to see what’s doing.

If you’re used to Flickr, then you’ll quickly adapt to Zooomr.
It’s the same method: upload photos and share them. The do have PRO accounts but compared to Flickr, I like it. Why?

Check-out some of these great Pro-Only features:

* Zipline Complete: Is page 1 just not enough? Zipline Complete gives you the ability to view all of your friend’s Zipline messages.
* Social Stream: Find tons of up-to-date social information from your Photos and Social Circle, all at-a-glance!
* Discover Pro: Want better exposure for your photos, Discover Pro shows the world photos from our Pro Users
* Better Support: While we help everyone as best we can, being a Pro will escalate your issues to the top of our lists.
* Ad-Free Layout: View Zooomr without the advertisements!

Most of the stuff listed here I don’t really mind but, you’re telling me I don’t have to pay for “Unlimited Photo Storage” and “Unlimited Sets/Collections”?
Already, I may switch to Zooomr for my photos.

OH! and Zoomer actually detects my Sony Handycam whereas Flickr only detects my Cybershot.

Sorry Flickr but… Zooomer is my new favorite.

Help Me Win A HP Dragon And Vote For Outsanity

video - http://youtube.com/watch?v=B73FhxYYf9U
website - notebooks.com

Join the new forums and vote for me, please.
I REALLY need this notebook.

Free E-book

Free Photoshop e-Book (PDF) from SitePoint.com - http://photoshop.aws.sitepoint.com/

Splash Attack

I could watch this all day… And, I had at one time.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/377178

Twitter Vs. Pownce

Everyone is on the new iCrack that is called Twitter. I assume people use Pownce. So, what is the difference in the two?

Twitter is described as a “micro-blog”, status update, and a social network. Think of as a MySpace/Facebook minus all the crap.
Pownce is almost the same except you get options to upload files, post an image, and share an event on their calendar. Both sites are free except (I saw that coming), Pownce has a pro account feature. As far as I can tell, Pownce’s pro account only lets you customize your page with CSS. Are they serious?

My judgement: Twitter wins this one. Fuck a “pro” account to just use CSS.

SmugMug Vs. Flickr

I’m going to make this kind of short.

I’m a Flickr user. I was told in the chatroom at live.pirillo.com by someone (i forgot the name since it happened yesterday) that SmugMug is actually better than Flickr.

Let me say that I’m sure SmugMug is mighty fine from what I saw but, I will admit I didn’t like that you can’t get a free account. Oh, they offer you one… for a trial for 14 days and then (this is the hook) YOU HAVE TO PAY!
Flickr does have a “pro” account that you pay but at least they give you a free account.

My judgement: Flickr wins this battle. That is, unless you want to say otherwise.

Photos

Check out my Flickr page already and tell me what you think.
My example.

I Want To See This

NIИ (Nine Inch Nails) is doing a tour to, I assume, promote their new album.. I mean, halo called “Ghosts I-IV” For me, this is where they’ll be at:

8/3/08 Chicago, IL [Grant Park - Lollapalooza Festival]
On Sale: NOW

I don’t care how, I know I have to see NIN at least once in my life.
Legally, of course.

As Seen On TV.com

Just so you know, I don’t mean the actual “TV.com” website in the title. It was supposed to be like a play on words kind of thing.

Anyway, on to the post.

Remember the good old days when we used to watch tv shows on that box called a “television”?
And, who could forget that addon that allowed you to record a show on a cassette tape?
Well, sorry to break your 97 year old hearts but, we don’t use those items anymore. They went out like dinosaurs. And, no, not the tv show. That was a funny show.

We all know the “wave of the future” for everything in life will revolve around high-tech methods such as computers and/or the internet. It wasn’t until the begining of YouTube people started watching tv on the net. Now, let’s not confuse streaming episodes and movies with downloading them (I don’t plan to go into details). Of course, what stopped that was all the lawsuits.

We have HD/DTV, Blu-ray DVD, TVio & DVR cable boxes and the rest of the crap that’s out. So, as I once asked before, if we can get our tv/movie content off the web off sites like Hulu and network sites and even file sharing, why bother even having a tv set? Why have a DVD player? What point is it to have cable, DVR’s, and TVio if we can just do all that in one box: the computer?

I can honestly say I only look at the tv for WWE’s Raw and some anime on [adult swim] (yay Inuyasha!).

Twitter Is The New iCrack

hey Twitterites! do you follow people because they are popular, you need people to follow you, or you’re really interested in others doings?

That quote is from my Twitter I posted. I don’t expect anyone to reply but, I do wonder just how do people use their Twitter.

Most people I’ve seen use it to send updates like blog entries, project statuses and mini reviews.
Others actually micro-blog and use it almost as a 140 character IM.

Twitter is really neet to use either way.
So, how do you Twit?