3. February 2010 by Frank Goad.

Originally submitted at Adorama

Pantone MEU116 ColorMunki Create, Monitor Calibration Device and Software to Create, Manage, Search, Verify and Share Color Palettes

Pantone MEU116 ColorMunki Create, Monitor Calibration Device and Software to Create, Manage, Search, Verify and Share Color Palettes

More for design than photography

By Franky Gee from Lexington, KY on 2/3/2010

4out of 5

Pros: Reliable Performance, Small Footprint

Cons: Clunky software upgrades, Software install problems

Best Uses: Graphic Design, Monitor calibration

Describe Yourself: Pro photographer, Business User

Primary use: Business

That it’s made by X-Rite is a plus. Their stuff is solid (vs. the Huey I had - yuk) and well thought out. The Create version is aimed at designers with Pantone color charts, etc. For the money, though, it’s solid and almost a bargain.

On the downside, I installed and it immediately checked for upgrades. The new version wouldn’t recognize the device and wound up having to uninstall it all and use the downloaded upgrade as the program. Lost almost two hours figuring this out.

All is well now and its an important part of my workflow.

(legalese)

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3. August 2009 by Frank Goad.

This is a great little animation with music done on a whiteboard; or maybe it’s with a whiteboard and a computer (I haven’t figured that out). Whatever it is, it’s wonderfully creative. Why would I post this here vs. over at Frank’s Silicon Buffet? (This is supposed to be my thoughtful writing blog and FSB is supposed to be for blurbs and curiosities.) Because it shows how cool a whiteboard is to create and think. It’s not just for classrooms or meetings to record what was said or what you’re thinking - it’s a fluid space that gives you lots of room to create islands of thought and then connect them, or move them around like some cerebral tectonic plate shift.

I like to use a whiteboard to think, plan, create and develop. If I could, I’d have an office with two walls painted in whiteboard paint so that I could wander around and draw what I was thinking. I use lots and lots of paper and post-it notes to think and plan. I’ve tried using some computer programs to emulate that (for instance, working in PowerPoint and telling it the paper was 15′ x 15′), but I like to be able to see it all or walk close and see just a bit. The tactile part of it is so much better than a computer. Scrolling around the page that’s in the computer, well, the screen makes you feel like you’re trying to navigate a submarine - you get one little window to look out at everything and have to keep swiveling and turning to see everything. (Does that make sense?)

Just as cool is using post-its and a white board - maybe cooler. Anyway, that’s just me. Some folks don’t need paper at all. They just close their eyes and it all gets mapped out. Some folks get one letter-sized sheet and they can map the world. Not me.

Go check out the animation - it’s a great few minutes.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpjpd_whiteboard_creation

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