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LOL: Apple iphone 4s

Posted 06.10.2011 @ 9.16AM

::Especially when every other phone company is putting out dozens of different models every year that are far more disposable.

::This.

It feels like a refinement process for the iPhone at this stage, rather than completely changing the look and feel. I currently have an iPhone 3g which is always temperamental, and generally screws up a bit. I even took it into the store to run diagnostics and the guy said that the phone just couldn't keep up with the iOS as well anymore, nothing was actually wrong with it. I guess the difference these days is it's not really just a phone anymore, I always think about it like a mini computer; and really with the speed of technology they are out of date within 3 years so why should this be any different?

@lorena out of curiosity what sort of technology were you hoping to see with this release?

Eskimo has a new website

Posted 09.02.2011 @ 2.30PM

Interesting article on the Princess dilemma
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/magazine/24princess.t.html?_r=1

@Lorena I get what you're saying about not really having a say once kids can talk back. My sister-in-law banned pink from the house when she had her two little girls, growing up their favourite colours were blue and green. Now the oldest is almost six and her favourite colour is hot pink and she loves Dora the Explorer - much to her mothers chagrin. I guess you can only do so much until they get cluey and think for themselves.

BTW I should have phrased one sentence better, I dislike princess outfits but I still smile when I see a little boy in a Spidey outfit in the supermarket. And my other half had to hold me back from buying a miniature Wonder Woman costume at Target last week (not for me personally ;p). For me being a super hero is better than being a damsel in distress.

People are strange when your Assange

Posted 09.12.2010 @ 8.04AM

Jesus Washington Post!

@Lorena I kept waiting even until the last line for some ironic, just kidding punchline. My only solace is the majority unsupportive comments this attracted. And he's Canadian go figure!

Oh Jamie

Posted 08.07.2010 @ 12.42AM

Well, I'd like to say a big thumbs up to fashion related posts.

When I joined the old site, I was fresh out of uni - purely graphic design focussed, I thought that was all I wanted to know about. Now, years later, the bulk of my work is as a fashion art director, going on shoots and setting out spreads for magazines, and LMFF.

Sure I'm still a total type nerd and illustrator is my best friend. But, that's not all I want to see. When I look at fashion (the actual garments) and fashion photography, I see lines, shapes, light and shadow - the composition and the objective. Its just another expression of form.

All creative fields go hand in hand, they all inspire and feed each other, nothing exists in a bubble.

@goaskalicia your points were beautifully made and @lorena I'm loving your work, keep up with the fashion posts, I'll be eagerly awaiting the next.

May 2012 Photo Thread

Posted 06.05.2012 @ 9.10AM

Thanks Justin and JubbJubb :)

Good luck with Soya JubJub - it's also nice to put a face to an avatar after all these years.

May 2012 Photo Thread

Posted 04.05.2012 @ 7.34PM

Fashion Week 2012:

(Admittedly I'm a terrible photographer but I literally took thousands of photographs and these are the best of the bunch. I have a tremendous amount of respect for photographers who specialise in catwalk. It truly takes a shitload of skill and some excellent equipment - which I obviously do not have)

Gail Sorronda:

Zimmermann

Toi Et Moi:

Magdalena Velevska (my favourite show):

LOL: Apple iphone 4s

Posted 06.10.2011 @ 10.28AM (Edited 06.10.2011 @ 10.30AM)

I bought a Samsung Galaxy S2 a couple of months ago that has an 8mp camera and 1080p HD video, with a 1 gig of ram and frankly I love it to bits. The best thing about it is how easy it is to modify the navigation so I essentially have 3 docks as opposed to the one home screen (and I'm not stuck with the clunky home button but I have a home, a back and an edit button). Also loving the mini usb which means I can easily transfer files between my macbook, our mac tower and pc's at work when I have to go to work and I don't have to worry about fiddling with settings because of synching issues with multiple libraries and across two platforms.
I was one of the many along with a bunch of other friends who have been holding out for the upgrade for most of this year since my contract expired. The thing that did it for me was that I could barely even make phone calls and send text messages - as you also struggle to do (although having said that I am impressed that you figured out how to open beer bottles with your iphone). I had the opportunity to try out the Sony Xperia for a fortnight and after realising how much more you can do with an android and how much better the battery life is, I was sold.
@Dittmar The thing I was looking for in this upgrade had I held on to my iphone aside from just being able to function without constantly crashing, was improved battery life and a better camera. A mini usb would have been amazing as I haven't bothered to buy another ipod since I got my iphone and I use it to store music files and I'm constantly losing flashdrives. To be honest had I not tried the Sony Xperia and the Samsung Galaxy, I wouldn't have known any better and would have been happy with the latest model.

The thing that most annoys me is that for years I was just happy to not even think about it but after realising how much more there is out there after test driving other phones I feel like I wasted months hanging out for an improvement that was already available - just not being provided by Apple.

Also - unrelated but still with regards to Apple; I'm really saddened to hear of Jobs' death. He was a visionary and changed an industry. Thoughts go out to his family.

LOL: Apple iphone 4s

Posted 05.10.2011 @ 11.59AM

Well I think that for any business to work, they have to develop some kind of emotional rapport with their customer base. Ads aren't there to make us think rationally, they're there to manipulate us into believing that businesses have our best interest at heart. Any person who thinks they're above being affected by advertising is probably full of it; we're bombarded by it in every way shape and form and it has nothing to do with being duped into believing that a company wants to get into bed with us and be best buddies. We continue to need a range of products to enhance our lives and every single business out there wants us to believe that they have the perfect product for us.

The fact remains that after ten years of being a loyal customer I've realised that the options out there are a lot more attractive than what Apple has to offer. I might be nothing in the big scheme of things, but I figure I'm probably not the only one that feels this way.
When I traded in my iphone for an android, there were three other people in the store all 'trading up' from iphone to android. I asked the sales rep about it and they said that most people coming in when their contract is up on an iphone are coming in and trading them in for androids or blackberry's. It might mean nothing in the greater scheme of Apple continuing to trade as a behemoth of technology, but it tells me in my teeny tiny circle, that people have started changing their attitude towards Apple products.

LOL: Apple iphone 4s

Posted 05.10.2011 @ 8.18AM

I don't hate Apple, I just feel that the way that they treat their customer base given how loyal it is is pretty disrespectful. Given how tight money is for people in the current economic climate, I think it's a pretty risky move to make.

Noone was expecting an upgrade to a iphone 5 model that could teleport people. But the reality is that they do have the technology to improve on the current model and release it to the public - they simply choose not to release it. Apple chooses to exist on a business model that requires people feel the need to have to upgrade so as to sucker as much money as they can out of their naiive customers.
Admittedly, I was one of those suckers for years and having a trusty old discount to Apple products always made me feel better about my choices and I was quite vocal also about defending my loyalty to their products.

With regards to upgrading, I'm not about to upgrade whenever a new model comes out simply because it's cool - I've simply had to upgrade whenever my old phone simply stopped working. I had the iphone 3g and I could barely even answer phone calls. When you have a phone that doesn't allow you to send txt messages and freezes whenever you receive a phone call - it's time to upgrade. Husband has the 4g and it's started freezing and crashing in the past few months also.
With respect to all of the people I know currently still holding on to their 3gs who are barely working, they're doing it because they're on a contract and have had faith in Apple delivering. I think people have been perfectly entitled to expect a new version and if I were one of those people who have been holding out for the iphone 5 upgrade, I would be annoyed.