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Re: 1 Year of Freelancing

Kyle Slattery — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 16:18:56 -0000

Hey Barrett! I've been lucky enough to have found a few long-term clients who have kept me busy. They've mostly been found through referrals (former coworkers, etc.), but I did find a couple on online job boards. I'm really focusing on improving the marketing/sales side of the business in 2016, to try and bring in more leads that way. I'm going to be working on both content marketing, as well as trying to start speaking at local user groups.

So, unfortunately I don't have too much advice personally to give, since I haven't needed to actively search for work yet. However, I always recommend Brennan Dunn's stuff (http://doubleyourfreelancin...) to anyone who asks me stuff like this. His free material (articles and email courses) are really valuable, and his paid stuff is great too.

Re: Steve Jobs to announce iCloud and iOS 5 at WWDC

Kyle Slattery — Tue, 31 May 2011 12:23:57 -0000

To be fair, iOS doesn't really need the power control widget because it's far better at managing battery life that Android (at least in my experience). That being said, it is a pretty cool feature.

Re: How To Sync Facebook Events with your Google Calendar - HackCollege - Student-Powered Lifehacking

Kyle Slattery — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:01:29 -0000

This looks great, though I wasn't able to get it to display the titles of the events--anyone else come across this? http://cl.ly/3s2t3F2b1c0G2n...

Re: MacBook Pro review (early 2011)

Kyle Slattery — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 12:08:36 -0000

Yeah, I wasn't implying that Macbooks are the only ones that do that, just that the hard drive is pretty well protected in case of a drop

Re: MacBook Pro review (early 2011)

Kyle Slattery — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:24:59 -0000

Macbook Pros automatically park the drive heads if you drop it, so your hard drive won't necessarily crash.

Re: RunKeeper Class: Half Marathon Beginner

Kyle Slattery — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:33:46 -0000

Heh, well I think I'd start with a 5k one--I'm not much of a runner, so a shorter program with an easier goal might be best to start with :).

Re: RunKeeper Class: Half Marathon Beginner

Kyle Slattery — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:06:40 -0000

The fitness classes look pretty cool--maybe buying one would actually make me get started running :)

Re: What is the Fiesta Movement?

Kyle Slattery — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:31:15 -0000

I don't know, I'd strongly disagree with "current car technologies are outdated and manufacturers think it’s okay to charge people their live savings for a pile of metal". It's pretty amazing, I think, that I can buy a Honda Civic for $18,000 that can last upward of 200,000 miles with minimal maintenance, meanwhile getting 38 miles per gallon.

Cars have gotten much better since the days where once a car hit 50,000 miles, it was time to get rid of it.

Car companies certainly are trying to be more efficient, but alternate energy is very expensive, and gasoline is actually very efficient, power-wise, if you consider the amount of energy from each gallon. And it's cheap!

Clean cars certainly are coming, but it's not going to happen overnight.

Re: Vacation Time!

Kyle Slattery — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:53:43 -0000

Nice choice on the lens--I've read a lot of good things about that one. I've never had the chance to try out an L lens, but I hear once you do, you can never go back to normal ones :)

Re: Pics: Tee Ball Game

Kyle Slattery — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:56:47 -0000

Hahaha, that helmet is enormous!

Re: Spiders… attack!

Kyle Slattery — Sun, 24 May 2009 20:50:25 -0000

In general, the best ISO is the lowest you can get away with, because the higher you go, the grainier/noisier the photo will get. The way I usually shoot, is I choose an aperture in Av (aperture priority) mode, then I see what shutter speed the camera picks--if it's too slow to handhold without being blurry, I either decide to open up the aperture a bit more or up the ISO. If it's a good speed, I keep it as is.

To decide on the aperture, I generally stay around 8, since I've heard that's generally the "sweet spot" of the lens. If I'm taking a portrait, it's nice to open the aperture (lower f-stop), so the depth of field is a little less and the background is blurry. If I'm doing more of a landscape shot, I stop down (higher f-stop), to keep more in focus.

Also, if you're looking for a fun lens to get, try the Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens. It's only about $70 and is seriously my favorite lens I own. It's incredibly sharp, and photos just always seem to come out really nicely with it. Plus, you can use it in darker conditions without having to resort to using a flash, due to the low f-stop.