Posted in Travel, Video on Jan 17th, 2012 3 Comments »
Roderigo, a Brazilian Pilot has put together a nice collection of videos shot from the cockpit of an Airbus 319 he’s flying. Looks like he might have used a GoPro Camera. [via Zapong]
Posted in Tech Stuff, Travel on Jan 13th, 2012 No Comments »
Lifehacker has a useful info graphic up: The Best Tech-Friendly Airports and Airlines. Click on the long info graphic to make it larger.
Posted in Animation, Travel, Video on Jan 12th, 2012 3 Comments »
DVF from Luis Aguirre on Vimeo. Diane von Furstenberg’s narration makes this. If you can figure out your suitcase, it’s pretty much you can figure out your life. [via The Kid Should See This]
Posted in Adventure, Photographers, Stories, Travel on Oct 6th, 2011 No Comments »
Road Trip: Night Skies and Long Days National Geographic Photographer Jim Richardson takes a long road trip across the USA in search of examples of “light pollution.” Next day I would be driving on with thousands of miles ahead of me. I had a trunk full of gear and my iPod loaded with music and [...]
Posted in Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM, Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM, Canon EOS 5D, Canon PowerShot S95, Travel on Sep 24th, 2011 9 Comments »
For the past year I’ve been using this Rubbermaid Handi-box Snap Case to pack my Canon 5D, Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L lens, Canon 100mm f/2.8 L macro lens or a Canon 135mm f/2 lens (either/or), a pouch with extra batteries and CF cards, a blower, and a strap. The only part of the kit that [...]
Posted in Apple, iPad, Travel on Sep 16th, 2011 No Comments »
More iPads Take to the Sky With Qantas In-Flight Trial A new Qantas trial pilot program will see one of the airline’s Boeing 767-300 jets outfitted with one iPad 2 for each passenger, according to the Australian Business Traveller. Each of the aircraft’s 254 seats will have its own iPad 2, and there will also [...]
Posted in Photo Resources, Politics, Travel on Sep 9th, 2011 No Comments »
Know Your Rights: Photographers The American Civil Liberties Union overview of your rights as a photographer in the United States.
Posted in iPad, Travel on Aug 23rd, 2011 No Comments »
United Airlines Deploying 11,000 iPads to Pilots as Electronic Flight Bags Fantastic. I’ll be doing tech support on my cross country United PS flights. Cool.
Posted in Opinion, Process, Travel on Jul 14th, 2011 15 Comments »
I’ve been traveling a lot for over twenty years, both domestic and international. Repeat business travel gets old and those of us who have and still do do it know that flow is the best way through. I have over a million air miles on a single airline plus plenty on others. Early on post [...]
Posted in Canon Powershot S90, Photography, Social Software, Tools, Travel on Jul 10th, 2011 6 Comments »
My friend Steve, his wife Cathy and daughter Kristen who live in Oregon recently went on a three week trip to Spain. They wanted snapshots of the trip and wanted to be able to communicate with the outside world as they travelled (email, upload pictures, etc.). These folks like to travel light so no taking [...]
Posted in Hiking, Photo Gear, Photographers, Travel on Jul 2nd, 2011 7 Comments »
A few years ago I had a revelation: carrying a big DSLR kit on a hike doesn’t work for me. It’s a lot of extra weight, dealing with setting up shots is rude to other hikers with me who just want to hike and not stop every few minutes, and the kinds of images I [...]
Posted in Process, Stop Action, Travel, Video on Jun 11th, 2011 No Comments »
A Boeing 777 going together. What an amazing and complex machine a modern large airliner is. I wonder what the Wright brothers would think of a film like this. Boeing Creative Services put this together. It’s a bit fast for my taste but it does the job. I had no idea the fuselage was made [...]
Posted in Audio, NPR, Tech Stuff, Travel on Jun 8th, 2011 No Comments »
Leading The Charge To Make Better Electric Cars Fresh Air interviews science writer Seth Fletcher on electric cars, battery technology, lithium mining, and more. This is one of the best pieces on the electric vehicle movement I’ve ever heard. Seth is knowledgeable and articulate. Great stuff.
Posted in iPad, Macintosh, Photo Gear, Photography, Travel on Jun 7th, 2011 2 Comments »
On the road with a camera, an iPad, and a Hyperdrive Ben Long at Macworld does a nice job of framing the various issues of traveling (in Turkey) on a photo assignment with what sounds like a Canon 5D MK II (large RAW files), an iPad, and other tools for working with his images on [...]
Posted in Social Software, Tech Stuff, Travel on Jun 6th, 2011 No Comments »
In-flight Internet: the view from 35,000 feet and three years Glenn Fleishman has put together an excellent overview of the history, what’s available now, and the future of wifi and internet access on planes. I regularly fly a United PS 757 from JFK to LAX and use the Gogo wifi internet service on my iPad. [...]
Posted in Process, Tools, Travel on May 31st, 2011 3 Comments »
Carryology From backpacks and messengers, to wallets and pocket design, we help you keep the things that are most precious to you close by when you go out to conquer the world. And we can do it all without straps cutting into us, bulk weighing us down, or weirdly placed pockets hiding our keys. For [...]
Posted in iPad, iPhone, Organization, Social Software, Travel on May 30th, 2011 10 Comments »
I recently returned from Los Angeles, to Connecticut by plane. The routing was LAX to JFK. I was chatting with my friend Gary the morning I left and he wanted my flight number so he could track the flight (UAL 431). I gave him the flight number and he searched and found the free FlightView [...]
Posted in Process, Social Software, Travel on May 30th, 2011 No Comments »
Google flight schedule search takes off, helps you figure out when to get aboard This is interesting although only really in trip planning, not really great (yet) as a travel aid. Here are flights from New York’s JFK to Los Angeles’ LAX Click the + Schedule of non-stop flights and you have a nice list [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Macintosh, Tech Stuff, Travel, Video on May 25th, 2011 2 Comments »
Min Kyu Choi’s folding plug for traveling Britons This is a brilliant idea. Apple needs to hire this guy immediately. Watch the end of the video to see how he stacks them. Brilliant. I love creative design like this. [via core77]
Posted in Social Software, Tools, Travel on Mar 23rd, 2011 No Comments »
United Continental Holdings to Expand Wi-Fi Service to More Than 200 Aircraft The downside is it doesn’t look like they’re using the same gogo inflight internet service United is using on their PS flights. Bummer. One would think that a newly merged company would consider making it easier for its customers to use either legacy [...]
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