SteveBaron.com

5/20/2011

Aside from the completely craptacular soundtrack – this video is absolutely amazing.

It’s shot using a new 360 degree camera, so click around the video while it’s playing and you’ll be able to see exactly what I’m talking about.

Thanks to Gizmodo

Here are two recent Yelp reviews of mine:

Pho 777 up on Argyle

Del Seoul Korean Tacos on Clark south of Fullerton

Both restaurants are good – 4 stars – but very different.

A few weeks ago I bought the latest version of the “Camera+” app for my iPhone 4;  it’s a great (and cheap) upgrade to the standard “camera” app on the iPhone.

The temptation to go crazy with filters and effect is definitely there – the HDR feature in particular makes pictures blow up with color and definition, but it’s super-easy to go overboard with it so remember to use the slider to dial the effect back a bit if you use it!

I’m really liking the ability to crop, use the “Ansel” filter, and add a border to come up with images like the one below – taken a few days ago in downtown Chicago.

Really interesting to read this morning that Google is starting up Google Offers – after Google and Groupon just couldn’t make things work.

And the terms Google is offering to businesses are very business-friendly (80% payment 3 days after the deal closes)…which makes it even more interesting.

Plus – the folks over at Hacker News bring up a great point – if Google takes even 1 billion dollars of the 6 billion they would have spent on Groupon, they could put around 1 million dollars a day toward offering great deals to customers by covering some of the costs of doing deals like these .

You can see the full pitch by Google here:  Google Offers Document

After a few false starts over the years – it’s back to blogging in 2010 for me!

Stay tuned for more coming soon!