This was going to be a really long post about web office suites. but I found this video from common craft that really says it all and I do not want to exceed myself.

We have said before that there is no perfect camera. Not in all aspects anyway. But maybe we can get closer to it by dividing the field of action.

I want to talk about Tatoos and Tatoo Artists this time. If your business is related to under-the-skin-art, your picture needs are pretty different from de rest of us mortals.

First of all, you do need a camera. In this area, your art tends to walk away and you need to keep it with you someway. So, what should the tatooer’s cammera do to be right.

• You want good close ups. This is called macro function, and its main limitation is the minimun focal distance. Anything in the 5 to 15 cm. (2 to 6 in.) would be just fine.
• Good color range. This somewhat technical stuff, but you can always ask a friend. Cameras are not the same, and there are some that do not get the colors right.
• you don’t really need depth of field, (you’re taking pictures of skin after all!) but the body is always a challenging target to shot at, so if you can, try to get deeper fields of action.
• Pixels are not a first need here. You’re not looking for big pictures. so anything between 4 and 7 Mp would be just fine.

So, for all the above, I think the best camera right now if you’re starting your tatoo studio or maybe you’re thinking about changing your current camera is the L11 from Nikon, that you can buy for something like $100  if you’re willing to look.

Ok, a said it before but I’ll say it again, no camera is suitable for everything, there is no BEST CAMERA for all things to be done. So, as I anyway want to talk about it, I’ll narrow it down a little bit. So I decided I’m starting with what is the best camera for a Bar.

The best camera for a bar

I can hear people saying “What for?” Well, a camera is allways something you want around, the time allways comes (you never know when is a celebrity going to shhow up). Anyway, a camera that’s going to live in a bar needs to be really good at some specs and there are others that are not that important. So, now that you’re maybe thinking to buyone this things you should have in mind.

• good pictures with no light for obvius reasons
• Good to excelent battery life
• Space and the ability to stance is not something abundant in a bar, big focal apertures and good focus range is extremely important
• 4Mp today is the minimun out there, that should do it, you don’t need that much resolution in this field.
• Try not to choose a vanilla camera. Handeling the gadget can get very rough in a bar.
• Try to keep it cheap, run away from the costly adons (like memory stick)

Cameras improve every day, and this one I’m going to recomend it is not going to last as the best in the field, but if you cover the obove, I imagine your’re covered. For what it’s worth I think de Kodak EasyShare D6490 that you can get these days for around 140 bucks.

So I was wondering the other day how much cheaper can it be to talk via Skype instead of phone. It turns out a lot of people don’t consider the possibility not because of costs, but because of reliability. That’s that! When you don’t trust something is really not likely that you’re going to use it.

But in any case, I think people should give it a chance in the work field, as an alternative to communications of any other sort for a number of reasons and a number of uses, these are not all but are good ones.

• Suppose y need video conferencing, well Skype costs literally nothing and supports up to five lines.
• It is free and multi-platform
• Its really cool (and TV like) to be able to communicate with your coworkers and partners and see each other, it changes the dimension of things, obviously.
• It is a really practical in training programs, distance ones, like learning Spanish.
• It is great to monitoring the state of some remote project, AND ITS FREE!
• Oh! and maybe last but not least, international calls are really cheap.

So I recommend you give it a try, I can assure you’ll like it

Yesterday at the meet up (see this post) I saw a lot of people using their phones as cameras to document the event. I it after all, the typical use a camera phone has. To be a camera when there is none around.

I started thinking of the times, the really big number of occasion, that I was around some people I would like to have a picture for later, and my camera phone was there.

So. Take the shot. Take the shot and don’t make a fuss about it. It is always better to have your contacts with pictures than without.

I know what’s on your mind, “How does this help at all?!”. Well, this may be not for you, but there are businesses where image matters. Restaurants, Night Clubs, or anything PR related.

Taking ones pictures shows you care, shows you’re interested in the other person and ultimately it builds a solid contact.

I insist, maybe this is not for you, but give it a thought.

This issue always finds me arguing with people about it every time it arises in a conversation.
I think there are little to none businesses left that don’t need internet. And it doesn’t matter whether you have a jeans store a TV producer office or if you’re a dentist. If the governing idea is to deal with people, if they find out how, they will be coming to your place, and when they do they won’t like to feel “disconnected from the world”. Making people feel comfortable can never be a bad. Worst case scenario they won’t mind returning.
So, for when you install a hotspot, I think you should think about these things.

1. Buy a powerful and compatible wireless router (specially in big places). Vista does not work with every router out there.
2. Change the name of the network to your business name
3. Don’t encrypt the connection. You can always keep free riders outside by using a mac address filter.
4. Publicity. Place some stickers that let people know you have wifi enabled. If people don’t know, all this is pointless.