Lawrence Ripsher

A favourite from last weekend’s trip to the Oregon Coast....

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:14:30 -0400

A favourite from last weekend’s trip to the Oregon Coast. Akuri with Rio, looking out over a Cannon Beach sunset.

Another shot from last weekend. This time, just south of Cannon...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:16:03 -0400

Another shot from last weekend. This time, just south of Cannon Beach in a place called Gearhart. An American Bald Eagle - with lunch in tow

From Cannon Beach last weekend. Two similar shots - the main...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:14:20 -0400

From Cannon Beach last weekend. Two similar shots - the main difference being shutter speed. The first was handheld at a fast(ish) shutter. The second was with a BW 110 ND filter which reduces the light hitting the sensor by 1000x. As a result, I get to use a 30 second shutter speed in good daylight which has the effect of dramatically slowing down the clouds. Couldn’t decide which one I like the most so posting both. I think the first one is more dramatic, but the second is more dreamy. I’d prob go with that one in a decision.

Bing Rises Above 17% Search Market Share As Google Slips [comScore]

Thu, 16 May 2013 02:27:00 -0400

Bing Rises Above 17% Search Market Share As Google Slips [comScore]:

Bing’s U.S. search market share has hit another all-time high, passing 17 percent for the first time. It gained at Google’s expense, as the search giant slipped six-tenths of a percentage point last month. That’s from comScore’s April 2013 qSearch report, just out today. For the month, comScore says there were slightly more than 20 […]

If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking. ~Buddhist Saying

Today we released an exciting new twist to the Bing homepage in conjunction with Star Trek Into...

Thu, 16 May 2013 02:02:00 -0400

Today we released an exciting new twist to the Bing homepage in conjunction with Star Trek Into Darkness. Sage Kitamorn from my team introduced it on the Bing Blog:

On the Bing homepage, our mission over the past 5 years has been to help you explore the world around you, to seek out new views and new angles. Today, we’re boldly going where no homepage has gone before. Visit Bing today and enter one of our secret phrases in the search box to be transported to the Final Frontier.

To see all of the fun things we have going on around Star Trek, check out yesterday’s post. More importantly get out and go see the movie!

Live long and prosper.

Seeing as it’s been out for a few hours now, you should know how to trigger the new experience. Simply search for beam it on and enjoy! This experience picked up a lot of press. My favorite quote was from a Mashable article:

“Let it be known that today was the day Bing beat Google.”

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:55:16 -0400

Beyond Scorekeeping: Klout’s New Plan to Become a Social Network

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:36:00 -0400

Our partners at Klout announced an important new direction today. I gave a few comments too. Excited about what we have planned together http://www.wired.com/business/2013/05/klout-moves-beyond-scores/

Seems like my post yesterday on Feature Creep was well received....

Sun, 05 May 2013 22:48:59 -0400

Seems like my post yesterday on Feature Creep was well received. Maybe there’s something to combining photography and advice in technology. So here’s another attempt. This is also from a presentation I gave which borrowed from an excellent quote by Jeff Bezos about being “stubborn on the vision, flexible on the details”. So often in technology (and in life), we’re under confident in our vision and over confident in our initial implementation. It leads to a sub optimal first attempt, or worse, giving up too easily. Here, my dog Rio is certainly demonstrating stubbornness - I’ll let you decide whether it’s on the vision or implementation :)

As part of a talk yesterday, I used one of my photos from...

Sat, 04 May 2013 20:36:00 -0400

As part of a talk yesterday, I used one of my photos from Singapore to help demonstrate the problem with Feature Creep. These are air conditioning units on an ice cream factory.

“Feature creep, creeping featurism or featuritis is the ongoing expansion or addition of new features in a product, such as in computer software. Extra features go beyond the basic function of the product and so can result in over-complication rather than simple design.” (source: Wikipedia.com)

Rio vs sakura

Sat, 04 May 2013 20:32:32 -0400

Rio vs sakura

A little spring cuteness overload

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:57:09 -0400

A little spring cuteness overload

"A British study of more than 3,000 people found that 88% of New Year’s resolutions are broken,..."

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:23:04 -0400

“A British study of more than 3,000 people found that 88% of New Year’s resolutions are broken, including 68% of resolutions merely to “enjoy life more”.”

- Quote from a book called “Decisive” I just started reading (by the brilliant Heath brothers). This quote is sad, funny and true at the same time :)

Awesome video on Wisdom 2.0 from friend & amazing...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:16:33 -0400

Awesome video on Wisdom 2.0 from friend & amazing photographer Rishio (who was the official photog at the conference)

A beautiful evening last night at Discovery Park. I often forget...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:52:00 -0400

A beautiful evening last night at Discovery Park. I often forget how lucky we are living so close to the water. Last night was a nice reminder.

Extreme Leadership

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:48:01 -0400

Listening to a talk on Extreme Leadership by Steve Farber at the Hyatt, Bellevue.

Finding Flow

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:59:49 -0400

Gave a talk ystd at Claremont to the positive psychology dept. Topic was finding Flow and doing what you love. Met some smart and passionate students. Good day

I’m officially a tumblr user. I made an animated gif of...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:48:27 -0400

I’m officially a tumblr user. I made an animated gif of rio in the snow

The case for writing

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:29:57 -0400

“Writing doesn’t just communicate ideas; it generates them. If you’re bad at writing and don’t like to do it, you’ll miss out on most of the ideas writing would have generated.”, Paul Graham

I’ve never seen ducks on the beach before. These guys were...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 02:55:03 -0400

I’ve never seen ducks on the beach before. These guys were hanging out at discovery park before we walked by and they all took off into the water

A view of the puget sound today from Discovery Park, Seattle.

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:38:29 -0400

A view of the puget sound today from Discovery Park, Seattle.