March 28, 2008 Archive Entries: PhotoShop Express On-Line Edition

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Working from home

I could work from home all the time, except for when broken stuff needs repair. We've got construction at work (and it's a skeleton holiday staff) so there are carpeting (glue) and painting (paint) so many of us are working from home.

I could really handle this all the time. But I think I'd need something to track what I'm doing so at the end of the week I know if I'm working too much or not enough (I think it'd be the former). Obviously meeting rooms would need to be setup for video conferencing and a day a two a week would definitely be on site.

Pros (for my imaginary job):

I don't have a specific time to be there, just times to be available. Similar to college professors, but more hours (and I'd actually be there).

It'd make others plan ahead and be more self-sufficient. No last minute stuff since I wouldn't be there to swoop in and set up (what I probably shouldn't be spending time on anyways).

When I've got a block on something, I can do something else (like laundry). Or solve some personal concern that might actually be distracting me from working efficiently.

I'd save gas and time on the road. If I just stayed home 3 days a week, I'd probably save 2 hours on the road and 4 gallons of gas. And less gas/money on going out to lunch.

Cons:

I might not get out of the house at all. Unless I found some good restaurants/cafes/bars with decent internet access (and good lighting).

Not enough human interaction.

I'd need to buy more pajamas.

Ummm....

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Posted by Gary on Friday at 2:05 PM on March 28, 2008.
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PhotoShop Express On-Line Edition - Inital testing

So I'm using some Costa Rica photos to test the new free on-line edition of PhotoShop. It's very cool, does more than what most desktop packages do, but while limited, I don't need much more. They give you 2 GB of free storage. It's got cool slideshows (full-scren if you like) but I'm sure it breaks some browsers...

Costa Rica Dec 2007
These photos are from when I was in Costa Rica in December 2007 and left Montezuma and took the ferry from the Lower Nicoya Peninsula (Paquera?) to Puntarenaas.

Looks like you can even download your photos in their original size. They're still in beta so who knows what they'll charge for more storage (or features?).

They do give you a way to put thumbnails and links to photos with having to use their viewer. Although it seems to be a 2 step process (thumbnail then link) for each photo. But it's cheap, high-res and the flash interface is great.

If you love PhotoShop, I'm sure you'll hate it. It's pretty as spplications, but since I don't use any features past version 1, it's very nice and easy to use. Here's a link to the palette with all the main options on it. It's even easier to use than I need it to be (and it has more features to use too). It e-mails a really nice graphical html link to your friends too.