Comments on: Great deal on Digital SLR http://flaxfamily.com/post/great-deal-on-digital-slr/ The online home of Elina & Avi Flax Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:39:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Avi http://flaxfamily.com/post/great-deal-on-digital-slr/comment-page-1/#comment-930 Avi Tue, 06 Sep 2005 21:39:53 +0000 http://flaxfamily.com/post/great-deal-on-digital-slr/#comment-930 Yeah, and that's a Good Thing. It means a correction to the elitist divide between "professionals" and "amateurs" and boils the quality of a publication down to - like you said - good or bad! That's what really matters, and that's what should determine the value of published media - it's quality, not the credentials or "professionalism" of the producers. This development, the lowering of barriers to publishing, is one of the greatest things about the web. For some examples, see: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.dpreview.com" rel="nofollow">dpreview.com</a> - a digital photography review website that has become one of the top two definitive digital photography equipment review sources - started by an amateur who successfully managed its growth to make it what it is today.</li> <li><a href="http://wikipedia.org" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> - an increasingly definitive and reliable reference that is volunteer-written and edited. Anyone can contribute, and their contribution is judged by its merit, not by whether the writer is an amateur or professional. This egalitarian approach means that Wikipedia may actually accomplish their goal: <strong>Imagine a world in which every single person is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.</strong> <a>The Wikimedia Foundation</a> also hosts other <a href="http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects" rel="nofollow">important projects</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.dangillmor.com/" rel="nofollow">Dan Gillmor's</a> book <a href="http://wethemedia.oreilly.com/" rel="nofollow">We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People</a> has led to his current grassroots media project: <a href="http://bayosphere.com/" rel="nofollow">Bayosphere.com</a>.</li> </ul> Yeah, and that’s a Good Thing. It means a correction to the elitist divide between “professionals” and “amateurs” and boils the quality of a publication down to – like you said – good or bad! That’s what really matters, and that’s what should determine the value of published media – it’s quality, not the credentials or “professionalism” of the producers. This development, the lowering of barriers to publishing, is one of the greatest things about the web.

For some examples, see:

  • dpreview.com – a digital photography review website that has become one of the top two definitive digital photography equipment review sources – started by an amateur who successfully managed its growth to make it what it is today.
  • Wikipedia – an increasingly definitive and reliable reference that is volunteer-written and edited. Anyone can contribute, and their contribution is judged by its merit, not by whether the writer is an amateur or professional. This egalitarian approach means that Wikipedia may actually accomplish their goal: Imagine a world in which every single person is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. The Wikimedia Foundation also hosts other important projects.
  • Dan Gillmor’s book We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People has led to his current grassroots media project: Bayosphere.com.
]]> By: Steve http://flaxfamily.com/post/great-deal-on-digital-slr/comment-page-1/#comment-929 Steve Tue, 06 Sep 2005 21:25:35 +0000 http://flaxfamily.com/post/great-deal-on-digital-slr/#comment-929 They should send you samples to test. The thing with the Web, it is hard to tell the difference betwen amateur and Professional sites. It is easy to tell the didfference between good and bad. They should send you samples to test.
The thing with the Web, it is hard to tell the difference betwen amateur and Professional sites. It is easy to tell the didfference between good and bad.

]]> By: Avi http://flaxfamily.com/post/great-deal-on-digital-slr/comment-page-1/#comment-928 Avi Tue, 06 Sep 2005 21:19:17 +0000 http://flaxfamily.com/post/great-deal-on-digital-slr/#comment-928 I totally agree! I totally agree!

]]> By: diana katz http://flaxfamily.com/post/great-deal-on-digital-slr/comment-page-1/#comment-927 diana katz Tue, 06 Sep 2005 20:44:01 +0000 http://flaxfamily.com/post/great-deal-on-digital-slr/#comment-927 Hi Avi, Just looked on your site. You should get paid for your product promotions! Hi Avi,

Just looked on your site. You should get paid for your product promotions!

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