Kevin B.

Happy New Years, readers, SJ, followers and followed. Canon, while they produce some pretty cool gadgets I find the site misleading. I guess to me it's a case of whats needed what performs and whats not needed, I'm talking about advertising hype over capability. My canon kit cost me just over 2k, it's totally adequate for what i use it for (screen resolution) now I'm not looking to blow my works up or produce large commercial prints because if i did I'd need a top line model from the "mark series" and yes they take great photos pixels depth and amazing reproduction for miles. But canon calls this PRO, where does that leave my kit? Somewhere between enthusiast and "the serious photographer"/beginner. Surely my knowledge and eye for the shot, composition, light, puts me up higher in the rank? All i'm trying to say is. Skill is in the holder of the cam not the cam, the stove didn't make dinner it was a utensil. So if canon or anyone else is saying you need 15k to be good at what you do, ignore it, it's just advertising and they know it. So while i'm a big fan canon don't spoil it by saying i need to spend 15k to be a "photographer" thats bollocks. Just be clear about what you need then upgrade later, which i'll be doing soon, lens wise, the 500D body is totally capable of capturing madness so will not be buying another body for a while. Thanks for reading.

Hi welcome to my latest review, today we're looking at a company called xtend-life.com. The offer an anti ageing skin care line, now I think it's fair to say we've heard it all and frankly a little tired of products promising the world and delivering nothing more than whats known as the placebo effect. Do these products fall into that category? Yes as in they do claim to have the answer to wrinkles, age spots, inflammation, lines circles and bags around the eyes. Do the products live up to it's promise? Thats what we're going to find out.

Before we go further, the site it's self is decent user friendly and thorough which i found helpful. Is the site transparent? Yes everything you want to know about them and their products are there for consumers to really get an overall idea of what there about? Their methodology, ingredients and ultimately why we should be using their products, it even shows you lab results. Preliminary things like this.

They offer products for men and woman. I'd just like to say going of subject for a bit that if your under 23 and you use anti ageing skin care products your going to be disappointed simply because you have no business using them your 23 making your review irrelevant, a person in their 30's is a more suitable candidate agree? The same goes for supplements and going back to the placebo effect well if a product preforms one day and not the next you probably don't need it as the body has a sufficient supply and therefore your problem may lie elsewhere, deficiency in some other area, Well thats my opinion on the matter. I'd also like to add that age is inevitable and all products are most likely to only have a subtle effect on your skin or problem area.

I wrote to extend-life explaining that as part of my research for an article on anti ageing skin care products It's paramount that i sample 2 of their most recommended products. The replied offering 2 of their most recommended products thanking me for my enquiry and asking for a delivery address. I'm excited to say the least. Stay tuned in the coming weeks to see how their products rate on a scale of? They work? Or don't work, it's as simple as that. Thanks for reading.

Rains.
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I love apple my house is filled with apple i'm writing from one i'm surrounded by apple products i don't think they like me tho cause i express my opinions rather critically and they answer sometimes I will keep expressing my views on products and policies as i spend a hell of a lot of money on apple it almost defines part of my life, are you listening steve jobs! Loyal to end just don't burn me i will find youuuuu

Absolutely love this site, if your male and want style at a fair price but at the same time want something different not the norm then this site is for you actually and her, they have what everyone else has, just different. And as i said at a fair price, I've not once had a bad experience, very nice bunch of people. Always a positive experience, tones of savings, shipping is fast ish. 6 stars for you lot.

(Shipping is FREE) And when it's free I don't mind the wait.

This site enables anyone who doesn't live in the United States of America to purchase products from companies who only ship to a U. S address, by giving you an address and phone number which you can then use to have products sent to from there they are then shipped by myusa.com to your actual location. Um so while the prices on shipping can be a bit much for somethings they are offering ah a, very nice service which for me makes life easier. I've used them with Ebay and Amazon. With Success. Thanks for reading.

I'm only using eBay as an example because it has one of the largest networks swarming with consumers and merchants. Security isn't that tight, the user buys and bids at their own risk, thousands upon thousands of people get ripped off this i have experienced, consumers always check for signs.

Image quality and origin
Pricing
Communication with merchant
Feed back and rating
Location
Product info

Observe all the above when looking to buy, if a merchant is 100% honest they should pass all signs of illegal or dishonest dealings.

I bought a jacket from china my first mistake second mistake not checking origin general sizing chart third mistake they didn't really answer my questions in depth and had language difficulties of course these aren't dead give aways but they are a concern which i should of noticed, the jacket arrived, the jacket was gigantic not the jacket they had advertised in the photo not even close and the merchant cancelled the account straight after the deal was closed. EBays a great place still you just gotta be aware i feel my greatest reason for being on sitejabber is to offer advice and inform. Lest we forget. Common sense.

Common sense isn't seen as a viable code of truth because the government have done well to associate it with confusion, miss guided judgement and paranoia, used by governments for years to cover up or keep secrets that blind the public from the truth, issues like war and WMD missions UFO sightings. Did you see it? Yes i saw it! No you didn't your crazy ok i must be crazy. Tainting the concept of common sense.

Your probably asking yourself right now whats this guy on. Nothing.

I visit CNN on a regular basis i like to stay current congratulations to me i know. The top reason I visit is extremely reliable information on almost everything and you can be sure of this by cross referencing their content and then making an educated decision but thats not necessary as i'm sure you'll find. I'm a ranter usually but that pretty much sums it up i read their front page or latest almost everyday. I don't believe everything i read it just gives me an indication or perspective on things especially on the market and tech.

Amazon own a swarm of traffic with the busiest intersections, they probably have the largest inventory online boasting a stupid number of products, a stupid number. Sales and their threshold on the market is an iron fist, their prices and range alone do this as well as brand awareness, So to have an affiliate programme offering very little is understandable, it does make a nice training ground for new comers.

Where i can't help but give them an evil grin, the affiliate tools and options? In my opinion are designed to fail, their cookie policy is a slap in the face, visually? There isn't a lot freedom as to what you can do? How you choose to integrate amazon with your site? If i came across a site with an amazon link and maybe had something i thought was interesting i'd go straight to amazon by passing there affiliate link simply cause it's straight ugly I did however discover amazon through no doubt an affiliate but i never bought anything, in my experience i found no way at all to integrate them into my sites as the tools are limiting at least with google ads you are able to customise them completely, at best a square banner that was high res and clear from amazon maybe maybe i'd use it. So yeah my guess is the affiliate programme is indeed set to fail pushing more and more consumers to visit direct.

Thirdly merchants are or can be unreliable so if you are with amazon be sure to check merchant outlets, make sure there direct outlets not third party shipping, but thats a whole new conversation

Who doesn't ref wiki, i use it a lot like a lot a lot LOL it's content and ability to be accurate has of lately come under question. Thats not good. We need wiki to be top notch. Long live wiki.

If you like your news or just an interesting read in a kinda artful package as appose to straight news type sites where every things corporate feeling then you might enjoy Tonic. I think the names tight it has weight to it, fresh, pristine, sparkle yet colourful when i hear tonic i think fresh lime? Anyone else get that? LOL. The tag line for the site is Good News, the focus is about the good that happens around the world. A digital media company they share the stories of people and organizations that are making a difference by inspiring good in themselves and others. It definitely has a positive vibe about it, they have a large Green section which is big for me personally, conservation and sustainability it's on my mind a lot these days, i eat a lot of fish and i don't want mercury in my food and so forth anyway don't get me started, check it out there's a pet section all kinds of cool stuff and your usual like business, science, sport, lifestyle, all from a positive stand point, also i'd like to note it has a large Microsoft logo at the bottom highly stylised very tidy i thought to myself well done guys cause i've never liked you maybe we can still be friends so for a fun inspiring read choose Tonic. It's fresh and so clean clean;-) i'm all over this one.

This is an edit I mentioned the microsoft logo above which is incorrect Good.Is has this logo not Tonic i had both sites open when i reviewed Tonic, funny that. I recommend Good.Is as well though, I'd also like to mention i found Tonic while browsing Entrepreneur.com it's like my online home. Thanks for reading.

I was on worldhealth.net which i found on here, read a great article on insulin, no carb vs healthy carb whole grain how to spot good grain vs advertising gimmicks, they know people know whats healthy so they try to confuse us or seem within the health boundaries like "whole wheat or grain" advertising gimmick > "contains whole wheat" and after that i did a separate search on HDL, insulin and healthy carbs which led me to www.hsph.harvard.edu being the one that seemed "reliable" the most out of all the search results as harvard is mentioned on worldhealth.net and read up more on what i learned from world health on all i've mentioned above i. E insulin great site quality read, Harvard has a better layout it's tidier but both sites are important their research compliments one another and both sites have a variety of diverse qualities. And that about wraps it up. I'm now going to throw all of bread out and cereal and buy whole grain with the certified label ahh yes theres a label that tells you if the product is wholegrain it's yellow and black and says 100% and below that it should say what % mg of whole grain it contains per serve i think but look out for it. If it hasn't got the label they didn't get accepted so don't buy it no matter what the incentive is. Discount, coupon, who cares. Is there a coupon for health bills ahh i think not.

So like a week ago i ordered some stuff from swansonsvitamins.com it arrived yesterday so big ups for the speedy arrival and in mint condition um i'm still waiting for packages from a company called xtend-life.com i think um whom i've reviewed, point being there in new zealand which is closer than the states haha like way closer like neyo closer, so anyway swansons if you haven't been to there site check it out it's well layed out i've reviewed them before and i gave it lots of love and now i'm giving it more, 3 products/supplements came to 36 bucks i saved loads ordering from them, i guess i'll call back in soon to let you know if these products work or not. Thank for reading.

Well found this site while on the hunt for articles or interviews involving Mark Zuckerberg. I think for me the reading environment is important the site has a vent i think it's busy but didn't feel cluttered my eye wasn't being pulled away so an enjoyable read, some pages lag on the load as there's a lot of video but overall great content easy to nav and yeah so for the latest scoop on Silicon Valley/Alley check it out. Thanks for reading.

Hi,

Welcome to my latest review, I'd like to bring you to the attention of this man. Matt Cutts.

About Me
Hi, my name is Matt Cutts and I joined Google as a software engineer in January 2000. I'm currently the head of Google's Webspam team.

Before Google, I worked on my Ph. D. in computer graphics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I have an M. S. from UNC-Chapel Hill, and B. S. degrees in both mathematics and computer science from the University of Kentucky.

I wrote the first version of SafeSearch, which is Google's family filter, and I've worked on search quality and webspam at Google for the last several years.

His blog is worth a read every now and then if you want the latest scoop on anything google specifically SEO and lots more, this just might be the place, what i like most is there's already so many people asking him questions and he has made available in depth answers to those questions, what i don't like or what you need to remember is he has googles best interests at heart so you can't entirely take his word as Gospel.

Hi,

Welcome to my latest review, I'll make this one short as I'm cut for time. I have a feeling this site needs no introduction it's straight class, but here's one example of why i'm a regular.

http://www.gq.com/news-politics/big-issues/*******/viral-me-silicon-valley-social-networking-devin-friedman?printable=true

Thanks for reading,

Rains

Hi,

Welcome to my latest review i felt like talking about BBC, because it's well highly regarded isn't it. It really is the bench mark, I've never really paid much attention to them online but in saying that it's the one news channel that i will watch on tv i don't watch tv much but if i do I like a bit of BBC and the likes of Nat Geo, Green peace campaigns, I'm an avid fan and supporter, polluting the sea and over fishing gets on my nerves seriously, I eat a lot of fish and it's crucial that the quality of fish stays high which is not the case but anyway back to BBC why is it worth a bookmark? Well i hate to swing one way on this one but it just has that quality about it they have a standard and like most things english they do it better than anyone else. Some 3 years ago they switched all their hardware and software over to apple now if thats not a statement i don't know what is, a progressive news channel that address's relevant issues, there organic in the way that they choose to evolve and it speaks to an evolving society, Now the site has all that you'd expect from a modern day news site thats not why i'm reviewing them a site design and UI these days is hardly a reason to rate something so high anymore as there everywhere a jacket so to speak. I know i sound bias but understand a news report and all news stations still need to be looked at with an open eye theres a certain sense of propaganda in all news formats syntax comes into play so be weary of the superficial. Thanks for reading.

Rains

I was wondering if entrepreneur was on here. Hands down best site for start up, small business, big business, tips, warnings, market insight, online culture it's a valuable site to have.

A remarkable concept for one, it gives artists and designers an outlet a chance at being seen and experienced by the mass's if thats what your after as a designer, i would imagine so, some designers prefer to make one offs or limited editions.

Ikea is essentially a place where some of the worlds best designers young and veteran alike can exhibit and make a living off their works. It isn't a gallery or auction house it's a super large mega store i refer to as the Bat cave but without Bats because everything looks and feels amazing and foreign, reminiscent of high art, the brand or rather the stores embody and convey a concept and that is " a design for life" living defined by design, your living experience dictated by how you interact with your living space.

Aesthetic Marvel this aspect of Ikea is present throughout their entire brand and usually built to last, because of the demand and i guess mass production approach a lot of there furniture comes down packed but not to frown you can order and have it delivered permanently assembled it is costly but worth it. Other items don't last that long if not looked after but that is the case with most things. The stores are amazing and as i mentioned this is seen throughout, in their online presence and highly popular catalogue which they have printed and updated every so often.

They have stores all over the world, based in sweden and is swedish owned. Their entire catalogue boats an impressive some 50,000 products from beds to entire feature walls, lighting, dinning tables, kids bed room sets the list goes on, every season there is something new sexy innovative and practical Ideas for life.

I got this site from a friend it's not bad at all I tend to use itunes store just cause it's a better site and offers way more and purchases go on my apple account but Beemp3 has got it goin on most deftly.

I know i've already reviewed you guys but i just wanted to say that by your existence and our input we boost consumer awareness and that creates a standard a bar and that bar represents quality honest, reliable and it should be in the form of a sticker or sign and eventually that will become industry standard consumer sites need to conform if they don't they should be labeled unreliable. Conforming means sound policies across the board. If they want sales they need that sticker. It's big i know but it will flush out the junk and frankly i'm sick of sites trying to insult my intelligence. The take over. I couldn't care less who gets mad at this idea. Probably won't happen but worth a shot.