Engadget on the newly released Nikon D3S
“the camera truly delivers the goods when it comes to high ISO shooting — something that’s particularly evident in the stunning wildlife video shot by Vincent Munier…”
It’s a new day for low light shooting… video or still.
via Nikon D3S shows its high ISO prowess in two sample videos.
Well, that was quick! We have word this morning that the iPhone 3GS is indeed coming to telus. There are no hard dates but it would be most likely to coincide with the launch of the new HSPA+ network.
Here’s proof: http://promotions.telus.com/registration/ will take you to a page to sign up to be contacted when the iPhone 3GS is available.
iPhone 3GS coming soon to telus
Good news indeed!
Today’s Globe and Mail article has telus and Bell iPhone envy-ers all in a tizzy, because it seems that the next generation HSPA+ network is ready to go and will be launched in November.
So what does that mean? Implied in the announcement is that the iPhone will be able to be offered by telus and Bell, running on the new HSPA+ network. Previously telus and Bell had only the CDMA network, and unlike BlackBerry devices which come in both GSM and CDMA versions, there is no CDMA version of the iPhone, only GSM versions. With this announcement telus and Bell are bypassing the need for a GSM network altogether, opting instead to develop a faster next generation network.
Competition can’t come soon enough, in my mind. Let’s hope the rates we’re paying can get more reasonable as well!
Bell’s 21Mbps HSPA+ due in Nov.; iPhone imminent? | Electronista.
In his article on Mashable “Did Michael Beasley Twitter His Way Into Rehab” writer Ben Parr details the twitter posts of Miami Heat forward Michael Beasley, who was admitted to rehab this past weekend.
Sending out a series of tweets that said things like “Feelin like it’s not worth livin!” and “Y do I feel like the whole world is against me!” raised concern among those that follow Beasley, and a number of people replied to check in on him and to offer encouragement.
Social Media Is an Open Platform. To Good and to Bad.
Twitter has given us a very open looking glass into the lives of our friends and the celebrities we like to talk about. For the most part, it’s been a great benefit to celebrities who have been able to connect with fans in a way not before possible.
However, there have been times where it’s given us a look into disturbing thoughts and events. For example, a tweet from Demi Moore is credited with preventing the suicide of a middle-aged woman who tweeted that she was going to cut herself.
Beasley is another case of this phenomenon. He’s had a history of immature behavior and has been fined by the NBA before for being in the vicinity of marijuana. Sending those tweets and that picture only drew scrutiny to him. It may have been the thing that even got him into rehab.
So far, I can agree with everything that Parr has said. Twitter is open, and we see everything that’s out there, whatever people want to write. Sometimes its guarded and filtered before it’s written, but more often than not, it’s off the cuff. It feels authentic, real, immediate, and people feel that they are hearing thoughts directly from the person writing. Celebrities become more real, and a barrier is broken between the fan and the celeb.
But here’s where Parr gets it wrong:
Just remember that with an open social web, you’re not only going to get the good, but sometimes the bad. Addressing psychological issues before tweeting or blogging is a sensible idea, because this type of thing could happen to anyone.
What is “this type of thing” referring to, exactly? If a person needs help, they need help. Better that he goes to rehab because his tweets got noticed, than he end up killing himself or worse because he didn’t get any help.
When you say things like “Twittered his way into rehab” it sounds like you’re saying that if he had just kept his mouth shut he wouldn’t have been ‘put’ into rehab.
Everything I’ve ever read or heard about counseling people says that if someone talks about killing themselves, that it needs to be taken seriously. I think it’s good that he came under “scrutiny” because of what he wrote, not bad.
We can’t always “address psychological issues” by ourselves. Most often, serious problems require others to help us. Telling us to deal with our issues before tweeting or blogging is equivalent to saying “watch what you say or you’ll get thrown into rehab”. It minimizes the seriousness of Beasley’s cry for help, and minimizes the serious good that counselors and others do, whether in a rehab clinic or elsewhere.
Perhaps Mashable ought to rethink its opinion of rehab before writing.
NIMH – Suicide Prevention
Centre For Suicide Prevention
IASP
Rabbids don’t go home, go to Leipzig.
Oh, those Rabbids. The Rabbids try to break in to GamesCom, but don’t quite make it there.
