Hot on the heels of PhotoSynth – more on that in a later post – comes AutoCollage from Microsoft Research!
Download the software and point the application to a folder of photos and it auto-generates a collage which you save, email or make your desktop!
The above concoction saves me terrorising you with a picture a week of me and Dixon on our travels around the search world!
Well worth £19.99!
I was at The Oval on Friday for South Africa’s drubbing at the hands of England’s cricket team.
As Flintoff’s been saying, Pietersen’s confidence is rubbing off on the team and it certainly looked like it as they thwacked the Saffers all over the park and again yesterday at
At the end of one over, after Patel got one of his five wickets, Kevin ran about 70 yards to shake his bowler’s hand and thank him for his contribution.
I, like many others, was worried that Pietersen’s confidence and imperious nature would have a detrimental effect on the team and that he couldn’t captain anyone else but himself.
So far he’s proved us wrong and has been nothing less than impressive both on the field and when interviewed.
I love the quote from him about being under the South African cosh after the test series:
“Pressure is a privilege!”
Anyway these photos we taken with my HTC TYTNII using the Panorama setting.
I think the lens is screwed up because they add the blue haze but in fact they’ve turned out ok!
The one above is of Freddie fielding right in front of us!
Satya Nadella’s Keynote Speech
Avinash & Jim Sterne’s Visuals
Danny Sullivan & That Ubiquitous Diet Coke
Bryan Eisenberg – “How many more books do I have to sign?”
Bryan’s Publisher – “Erm…….at least this many Bryan!”
A light lunch! Not in a box this year – more of a compartmentalized tub!
Mike Grehan’s crash course in Brit-speak ‘n’ spell!
Virginia and Jeremiah partying for charity!
Kevin and Matt leaving early to get ready for Satya’s keynote in the morning 🙂
My mate Dixon Jones won’t be at SES San Jose this year 🙁
Dixon and I go way back to about 2002 when I was working at Looksmart. It was Dixon who got of the phone with my boss Rob Pearson and let the world know on WebmasterWorld that we were about to close.
When I surfaced at Microsoft in 2005, the SES London panel where I made my speaking debut on behalf of adCenter was where Dixon gifted me some comments during his opening address which enabled my presentation to begin with the immortal line:
“Microsoft…….Sexy……..I bet you’ve never heard those words uttered together in the same sentence before!”
Since then we’ve become great friends and always have a picture taken of the two of us where ever we are in the world!
I’ve got so many I thought I’d publish one a week until they run out!
First up is us at Kristjan’s Icelandic Internet Marketing Conference in November 2006
It was very dark in Reykjavik that week, which must explain why Dixon got dressed in that shirt!
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