eager to write.

Posted on 4, 2011 by Linus

So this is not my last post and not my first. this blog, column, magazine have seen many different shades of white. When I started back in 2006 i was not sure if I even where able to make it thru 1 week. But here I’am 5 years later, 1000 articles plus.

There are so many things that i’ve missed during the years but there are also so many things that i covered. So where do I want this little baby to go in the future? Frankly I don’t know. There are still a good bunch of you readers comming back every week, and there are still no new posts…

A couple of months ago Me and a friend started http://copygr.am a great service that lets you enjoy Instagram on your computer or iPad. My friend also runs the blog http://www.thecubetheory.com – and we also started http://danjan.se

So what are we doing right now? Well we are planning our move on version 2 of Copygram, it’s going to be awesome. We are also working some state of the art concepts for new online services.

Bare with me… I don’t know where we are going but I know one thing, I’ll always love design, architecture, music, videos, photography and cultural awareness.

see you soon / Linus

Happy Birthday Linus Ekenstam + We’re looking for a Contributer

Posted on 28, 2011 by Linus

I’m not too excited over this blogish stop I got going right now. I’m working really hard on some projects I got going, and work takes up a lot of the time. And the WASF™ team is also divided into smaller projects and doings. So I’m looking for one or two talented and internet trendy faces. It dosen’t matter if you are in China or in Argentina. If you feel like you would suite for this please contact me at Linus.Ekenstam@kreativt.se, you’ll be able to write about what ever you like that fits under the already nisch we got going, your words will reach 30/45000 readers a month. Together we can make a better platform for WASF™. There is no pay right now, if we get the ad’s going there will of course be payment based on the articles you write and deploy.

So don’t hesitate to send me some articles and link to something you written before, or if you got a blog or similar with reference work.

Open letter to Steve Jobs, Thoughts on iPhone 4

Posted on 9, 2010 by Linus

So, Steve released thoughts on Flash… So i thought why don’t I release thoughts on iPhone 4. Well it’s very hard for me to be constructive in my critics when it comes to Apple. Because they are the number one company in the world when it comes to design consumer products. The level of detail and quality in finish isn’t found anywhere else, maybe if you compare to a Leica camera or and old Braun product from the 60′s. The build quality is always down to the micrometer. Almost at atom level. So what will be different with the iPhone 4? Well not much when it comes to the iOS4, we have had video calls in sweden since the beginning of the 00′s. And Face Time seems cool but not like revolution, and it builds on that everyone has an iPhone 4, very good unique selling point, but thats it really. And we have some gorgeous new features like multitasking, folders, unified inboxes. We also sure knows that Apple and Adobe are friends, and the only reason Flash is not supported is, “It’s simply not running fast enough” – Steve Jobs D8. I love that quote, and I so agree with Steve, HTML5 and CSS3 is the open standard we all should live and develop in, I still know people building sites with tables… So simply go learn HTML5 and CSS3, it’s worth the effort. Because it’s the future.

So what about the hardware? Well here it’s starts to get interesting, first of we got this new beautiful housing, with stainless steel and glass enclosure on both the front and the back. We have this stainless steel frame to also with the help of great engineering works as both an antenna for the GPS, WiFi and bluetooth and the other part works as GSM and HSDPA antenna. Thats just shows how far Apple has come in terms of designing and building great products. So now you think… Whats the downside of this? Well first of, how many do you know that hasn’t broken their screen on their iPhone? Mine never got destroyed, touch wood… But i know plenty of people that has dropped their phone from various heights, with vary outcomes. So if this thing is on both the front and the back, will i have shattered glass allover the apartment if i drop it? And will it be all greasy? Or is it scratch/grease resistant? Just thoughts on that, I just love the design more than ever, but my thoughts this time are trying to be objective.

More on hardware, lets look inside, well they gone with a right decision when they boosted the battery, and when they made the iPhone 24% thinner. They also made an amazing thing when they decided to put in the A4 chip in that little magical device. If we look a bit deeper, we see that they change to 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz only). This is way better, the still got the Assisted GPS, and Digital Compass. Now they also introduce a gyroscope, this simply means gaming is going to be awesome. Do dig a bit deeper on the Gyro, they combine all the sensors on the device and generate a 6-axis motion tracking device. Position, Gravity & Velocity. Still got that gnarly Bluetooth EDR system, you can now pair your bluetooth keyboard.

What do we got left Steve… Thoughts on the iPhone… Ohhh snap, the Retina Display, wow, really, Retina? I mean in the print industry 300 dpi is somewhat standard for magazines. For you people that don’t understand thats the amount of dots being printed per square inch. PPI is the same but comes in handy when you talk about screens. To compare 326 PPI, the exact number of the Retina Display, to print should be just the same, so it should be like looking at a really nice magazine. And a regular computer screen, like the one you get in a Dell or HP first it was 76 PPI then someone decided to change that to 96, and now we have screens like the one on the iMac with 126 ppi… Pretty higres if you ask me but 326?! Thats really insane, and i can’t wait to see that pixel density on larger screens, when that time comes we will talk SPR 8 HD MEGA CHANNEL QUALITY. The branding wont even fit on TV stickers any more, we’ll need to make the screens bigger to fit the stickers.

Well thats the thing I’m most exited about, the Retina Display, however i think the name is bodacious, like what?! A Retina Display? Do you scan your eyes with it? But thats the only downside.

So thats it, my thoughts on iPhone 4. Whats yours? Please comment or share this post. It’s beautiful journalism.
Send steve an email: sjobs@apple.com
Check out the awesome new iPhone site: www.apple.com/iphone
Just want to get HTML5 into your brain: www.apple.com/HTML5

Linus – Editor in Chief

Photography and Photoshop, Fabulös & Korthuggen.

Posted on 16, 2010 by Linus

So if you haven’t noticed I take loads of photos, and I work in photoshop almost everyday. But I don’t get to play around with photoshop so when I do the result vary. This is my submission for this weeks photo in the group Fabulös & Korthuggen on flickr. Every week we post a new photo, so it’s sort of a 52 week group with a new theme every week. Please visit the group and see the other entries.

Fabulös & Korthuggen “Bokeh”

Posted on 7, 2009 by Linus

This weeks addition to the flickr pool F&K (Fabulös & Korthuggen). The theme was Bokeh and I went out for a little photo session with Tessan and Mimmi, both members of the group. I got a bunch of great Bokeh photos, but something told me this was the one to use, so I went with it. What do you think?

Canon Eos 7D – Review

Posted on 30, 2009 by Linus

Hey, 4 weeks until christmas and I updated my Photo setup. Went from Nikon to Canon… Got my self the Canon Eos 7D, together with a prime lens, Sigma EX 30mm f1.4 and a wide-angle zoom lens Tokina PRO 16-55mm f2.8. Got a reflector with sunlight and white side. Also equipped the 7D with a battery grip and extra battery.

So why did i go from Nikon to Canon? First the ability to record 1080p video with so big variety when it comes to lenses, and second the price range, the 7D is from 1899$ and compared to the Nikon d300s the Canon seemed like the better option. Why not the Canon Eos 5D mark ll?! Well i like to shot action photography and the 5D does 3 bps… the 7D does 8. And that’s the only reason for me. i would love that big sexy 1:1 sensor in the 5D, but however I don’t work as a photographer and feel no need of a 1:1 camera.

VIDEO:
This is a little something I just tried out, first video i shot with the Canon 7D it’s in 720p and 50bps.

Verdict:
So after shooting with this beauty for a weekend, I feel like I’ve done a good decision. I might want to get one or two more lenses, but so far I enjoy the Sigma 30mm f1.4. The build of the 7D is great, as a High End consumer gadget, it’s just amazing, makes my Nikon d40 feel like plastic junk. You have so many add-ons on the Canon, if you shoot video you can build on with external mics, you can rig it on a shoulder mount. If you shoot studio the flash unit controls external flashes to, new for the 7D. The 18mpx APS sensor is great to, there are some noise trouble on the higher ISOs BIG BUT I don’t care, there is a little less noise in the 5D mark ll, but not enough to make me consider it instead.

Hope this was good reading.
Check out my flickr for more shots with the 7D. www.flickr.com/linusekenstam

F&K Photo theme “saying’s”

Posted on 24, 2009 by Linus

This weeks submission to the flickr group F&K, the theme was “sayings”, i wanted to do something rad, but it was raining the entire sunday… The saying i worked on was “As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.”?! right me if I’m wrong.

Check out, Åsa, Mimmi, Magnus and Tessan. This week holds a new theme…

We Are 100% International

Posted on 18, 2009 by Linus

Let’s start with a simple and powerful thank you! We just checked our 3rd quater stats, and we are covered by 100% of the worlds countries. We consider that being 100% international. I have a lot of bloggish friends big thanks to you, i tried really hard not making this just another blog, but many times it’s just that we are just another blog. We need to step out, become something more, without getting destroyed.

Do you have any thoughts? Ideas? comments? Please let us know, we are working on a re-make, but we want to keep the simple and clean layout, maybe get some nice new features, let us know your thoughts, you make this site possible not us.

/ We Are 100% International

Fabulös & Korthuggen BULB v.46

Posted on 16, 2009 by Linus

This weeks submission to the group Fabulös & Korthuggen, this weeks theme was BULB ( – - ). The shot is taken with 21 second shutter and aperture on f.22 no artificial lighting.
Make sure you check out, Åsa, Mimmi & Tessan submissions.

There was another idea from the beginning, but we had some wine so i couldn’t drive to the place i wanted to take the shots. But i got great results.

Equipment.
Nikon D40
17-55 kit lens.
Tripod.

Fabulös & Korthuggen v.45

Posted on 8, 2009 by Linus

This is my weeks contribute to the flickr group Fabulös & Korthuggen. This weeks theme was UpsideDown. Shot taken on the roof of my Golf Cab Gl. Blossa 09 Glögg, taken thru a sphere of glass, makes this an very impulse shot. No planning, just an idéa i got when i was in the apartment on my way to my dad to celebrate Fathers day.

Photo on flickr.com