From the monthly archives:

November 2009

IPTC: Nix on BreezeBrowser

30 November 2009

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Google Wave

30 November 2009

Google WaveAbout 1:30 this morning, I received an invitation to Google Wave. …[continued]

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FTC Guidelines

29 November 2009

I thought I’d get back last weekend with some notes about BreezeBrowser but I hadn’t even had time to download it, and here it is another week later and I still haven’t. This is the problem that comes with having a job and going to school and generally acting like a 20 year old at the age of 60. …[continued]

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Search Box Images

FREE ACCESS to Colonial and Revolutionary War databases until November 30th.

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Sharing IPTC: GPS

16 November 2009

I have to get back to work tomorrow, so this is the end of my weekend indulgence.

Before you get too excited about ACDSee Pro, it does not deal with GPS on tiff’s at all. Nada. Major strike against.

All the software being discussed here shares GPS on jpg’s. So, if you add GPS using Yahoo Maps in Adobe Elements or Google Maps in Picasa, they will import to each other as well as to ACDSee Pro, XnView and MediaDex. …[continued]

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Sharing IPTC: Captions

15 November 2009

Sometimes, it’s tempting to try to tell a long story under a photograph but after experimenting with 5 different programs, I would recommend limiting your IPTC Captions to one line. People’s names, for instance, and a date, if you must. Otherwise, you could run into printing problems. …[continued]

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Sharing IPTC

14 November 2009

I just got a newsletter from Marlo Schuldt saying that his Heritage Collector software is now able to embed IPTC metadata. My ears perk up whenever I hear IPTC. Good one, Marlo.

A long time ago, Marlo and I had a very long conversation about filing systems and family history and life’s quirky little moments and everything else under the sun … It went on for several months over hundreds of emails. I didn’t like his, then new, software. I thought it was too boxed in and heading for trouble. He thought I was flying too far out of the box. So, after enjoying our friendship, he went back to working on his software and I went on to become a rabid fan of IPTC. …[continued]

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GenealogyBank Special

12 November 2009

GenealogyBankFor returning members of GenealogyBank, an annual membership is now only $48.95 which means 30% off the regular price until November 30th. For anyone who hasn’t tried GenealogyBank yet, I highly recommend it. It’s my favorite place for looking up old records. …[continued]

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Ancestry.comThrough November 13th, in honor of Veteran’s Day, Ancestry.com is offering free access to the U. S. Military Records Collection. This includes recently scanned Navy cruise books. …[continued]

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Picasa Backup

7 November 2009

Awhile ago I recommended Picasa 3 to you. It’s fun and interesting and all that but there’s a little problem with backups. Picasa does offer the option of backing up your entire photo collection but that doesn’t solve the problem. If you’ve been paying any attention at all, you should already be keeping at least one up-to-date backup of your entire photo collection. The issue here is backing up the work you do in Picasa. …[continued]

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