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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

3 Keys to Startup Success by Twitter's creator, Jack Dorsey



Jack Dorsey outlines three core takeaways from his experiences building and launching Twitter – and more recently – Square, a simple payment utility.

1) Draw: get your idea out of your head and share it,
2) Luck: assess when the time (and the market) is right to execute your idea,
3) Iterate: take in the feedback, be a rigorous editor, and refine your idea.
4) (surprise) Knowing when to stop: how do you quickly move from an idea to a drawing to a Prototype to a position where you can say this is something I want to spend life doing.

About Jack Dorsey

Jack Dorsey is the Creator, Co-founder, and Chairman of Twitter, Inc. Originally from St. Louis, Jack's early fascination with mass-transit and how cities function led him to Manhattan and programming real-time messaging systems for couriers, taxis, and emergency vehicles.

Throughout this work Jack witnessed thousands of workers in the field constantly updating where they were and what they were doing; Twitter is a constrained simplification designed for general usage and extended by the millions of people who make it their own every day.

Jack is dedicated to creating public goods that foster approachability, immediacy, and transparency, and is starting a second company – Square – focused on bringing these concepts to commerce.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

More LFI Photos (6,7, and 8)

Three more photos at Leica Fotografie International, here.
My Gallery here



Here is the photograph I took using Leica X1, of Golden Rose at San Jose Rose Garden, which was chosen by Leica Fotografie International in the Master Shots section.

Q: What make this photo extraordinary ?
A: 6 Elements of Composition.

1. Center of Interest
2. Rule of Thirds
3. Details
4. Bright Color
5. Perspective (flower size)

That adds up to 60 in PhotoScore.



Second photograph I took using Leica X1, of blue spring flower in my front yard, which was chosen by Leica Fotografie International in the Master Shots section.

Q: What make this photo extraordinary ?
A: 6 Elements of Composition.

1. Center of Interest
2. Rule of Thirds
3. Repetitive pattern, flowers
4. Diagonal Lines with space toward the direction
5. Fill the Frame
6. Perspective (flower size)

That adds up to 60 in PhotoScore.




Leica X1, of light purple spring flower in my front yard, which was chosen by Leica Fotografie International in the Master Shots section.

Q: What make this photo extraordinary ?
A: 6 Elements of Composition.

1. Center of Interest
2. Rule of Thirds
3. Repetitive pattern, flowers
4. Spot of Color
5. Fill the Frame
6. Perspective (flower size)

That adds up to 60 in PhotoScore.

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Leica Fotografie International featured Master Shot (5th)


Here is the photograph I took using Leica V Lux, of light purple spring flower in my front yard, which was chosen by Leica Fotografie International in the Master Shots section. Here (Blue Spring Flower)

Q: What make this photo extraordinary ?
A: 6 Elements of Composition.

1. Center of Interest
2. Rule of Thirds
3. Repetitive pattern, flowers
4. Diagonal Lines with space toward the direction
5. Fill the Frame
6. Perspective (flower size)

That adds up to 60 in PhotoScore.


Here is my FlickR link and here are my other pictures at LFI.

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Friday, June 10, 2011

Few Photos: MeeGo Conference




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MeeGo Conference, a set on Flickr.

San Francisco, May 23-25, 2011, Hyatt Regency

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Leica Fotografie International featured Master Shots

Here are two photographs I took using Leica V Lux, of the 17th Mile and tiny spring flowers chosen by Leica Fotografie International in the Master Shots section.

1. 17th Mile Drive




Q: What make this photo extraordinary ?
A: 5 Elements of Composition.

1. Perspective
2. Direction
3. Depth
4. Unique Angle of View
5. Multiple Layers of interest

That adds up to 50 in PhotoScore.

2. Tiny Spring Flowers




Q: What make this photo extraordinary ?
A: 6 Elements of Composition.

1. Fill the Frame
2. Center of Interest
3. Bright Color Red
4. Rule of Thirds
5. Depth of Field
6. Spot of Color

That adds up to 60 in PhotoScore.

The first two pictures in the screenshot below



Here is my FlickR link and here are my other pictures at LFI.

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