I’m surprising myself but it seems like that I watch videos on the net more frequently than I thought I do (if you follow my web recommendations you understand what I mean J).

Checkout this slow motion video:

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Here’s an old Steve Jobs speech from Stanford Commencement 2005. I recently saw it and it’s definitely worth listening to:

I originally reached the video through a post on Eitan Burcat blog.

The first 3 minutes were just presented in Com.Vention 2009 (Hebrew). a must see:

Hi everybody, I would like to use this opportunity to share some material which is not directly related to photography but I thought worth sharing (jump to the bottom for the photography links).

The following video shows the history of marketing. It’s kinda sums-up the marketing evolution from the 1940′s until today in 3 and a half minutes (I found it through a post in On Product Mangement blog).

If you haven’t heard of Apple new Wheel product, you must see this:

Someone on twitter recommended an interview of Julia Roberts @ The Late Show with David Letterman. I found it quite funny:

Going back to photography:

• Boston.com published some excellent photographs from the Festival of Colors in India.
• David duChemin blog (PixelatedImage) published an interesting post on Wedding photographers.
• If you’re a canonist, you would be interested reading Bob Atkins Guide to Canon EOS Speedlite Systems.

Some interesting photography related links from across the web (the two funny links at the bottom are a must see).

Interesting Photography Links:

• Welcome aboard Air Force One – Larry Downing, Reuters senior staff photographer assigned to the White House share information about his work together with some great photographs.
• Jen Davis lunched a new portfolio site. highly recommended.
• Alain Briot wrote an interesting article on Landscape Blurs photography technique.
• David duChemin released a video review of the new Think Tank Photo Shape Shifter bag.
• Rich Legg recently published  These Are Changing Times for the Magazine Industry. great portraits in the article.

Funny stuff (you must see both!):

• Everything’s amazing, nobody’s happy – Conan hosts the comedian Louis CK who is talking of the spoiled generation.
• Windows Vista Speech Recognition – a “great” demo of vista speed recognition, old but certainly worth mentioning.
  

• An industrial photographer named Stephen Mallon published great photographs of the salvage of flight 1549, which landed in the Hudson river – Link.
• DigitalPixels crazy post showing Nikon D3 camera cut in half photos.
• Scott kelby interviews Bryan O’Neil Hughes, Photoshop Product Manager – Link.
• Dave Cross “Finish the Sentence…” series with Neil van Niekerk – Link.
• Lighting Essential blog released a nice tutorial comparing Umbrella and Bounce Umbrella – Link.
• Epic Edits Weblog released a great set of tutorials explaining how to backup your photography archive – Link.
  

As of today I’m introducing a new blog corner called “Nir Recommends” in which I will recommend articles & photos from across the web which I enjoyed and thought you might too.

Comments with additional recommendations are highly welcomed.

Articles

• Joe McNally Blog – Can’t Get No Respect:-) – Funny article with great photos (as usual)
• 35 Fantastic HDR Pictures – Smashing Magazine – Really great HDR Photographs!
• London from above, at night – The Boston Globe – Interesting photographs of London from the Sky
  
• Luminous Landscape – Street Photography in China – Nice article with great street photography photos
• Beijing 2008 Olympics Photography Summary – The Boston Globe – A little old but excellent!

Photographs

• Lightning in sunset  – Sam Javanrouh
• Outta My Kitchen – LeggNet’s Digital Capture
• Twins Portrait – Kelly Ryden
• Hold back the night – lichtmaedel
• trees on fire – JayceG
• Jessica – House of Ben
• Update from Namibia – The Global Photographer
  
• Priceless Scotland – Nicolas Valentin

For more recommendations, you’re invited to visit:

• My feed @ FriendFeed
• My Flickr Favorites stream