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ShakeItPhoto + Posterous

I downloaded the ShakeItPhoto iPhone app the other day, and I’m totally hooked! For only $o.99, you can experience the pleasure of taking/processing a Polaroid with your iPhone. You can either take a new photo or “develop” an existing photo, and then you simply “shake it like a Polaroid picture.” The faster you shake, the [...]

CameraBag for iPhone

I downloaded a new app for my iPhone after reading this post and looking at this photographer’s Web site. I got CameraBag, and so far it seems pretty cool. 
The app is $2.99 — and this is the first iPhone app that I’ve paid for. CameraBag allows you to take a photo or select an image [...]

Where’s Rossini?

Where’s the opera? Where’s Rossini?

Picturesque

Playing with Picturesque from the MacHeist bundle. Awesome and simple. In just seconds you can take an image and add a cool stroke, neat corner effects, and even a reflection.

Snicklefritz

I watched Pineapple Express almost two weeks ago, and I’m still laughing. “Shine shoes?”
One of my favorite scenes…
Red: Why don’t you follow his lead and just chill out, man? 
Dale Denton: I’m chill. I’m chill as a cucumber, man. 
Red: You don’t seem chill. 
Dale Denton: I’m more chill than you. 
Red: You’re more chill than me? 
Dale Denton: Yeah. 
Red: [...]

Snaplog and Daily Mugshot

 

I just bought myself an iPhone (because I’m addicted to tech), and I’ve been downloading apps every night. I’m hooked on the productivity tools, like Remember the Milk and Box (perfect for my design work), but tonight I discovered GAMES! FREE GAMES! I downloaded Tap Tap Revenge, which is like Guitar Hero for the iPhone. I [...]

Girl Talk at the Valarium

Girl Talk at the Valarium (Knoxville, TN) from Lia Ballentine on Vimeo.
Saw Girl Talk Wednesday night at the Valarium, and I’m still recovering! I danced so hard, I left the venue stinky, sweaty, and wobbly. Check out the short clips to see how much fun was had at the concert! (By the way, I love [...]

Box.net Makes Sharing Fun

I thought I had it all figured out when I started doing independent creative work. Project inquiries were filling up my e-mail inbox, but I was confident that I could take on the new work because I knew that my tools were in order. I had my Mac, my Wacom tablet, all the geeky tech [...]