John Roling
John Roling is an avid digital photographer, blogger and all-around techno-geek. He can be found online at http://greyhawk68.dominohosting.biz or emailed at jroling@gmail.com.
Published articles
The following 11 articles by John Roling have been published in ZATZ magazines.
Bringing your scans into focus using Hamrick's VueScan
Every once in awhile John Roling happens upon a piece of software that he didn't even know he needed, but after using, can't imagine ever being without it. Hamrick Software's VueScan is one of those programs. What does it do and why should you get it? Well, you'll have to read this article to find out. [Connected Photographer Magazine, December 2005]
Remove digital noise with Noiseware
Today's digital cameras allow photographers to take great photos in low-light conditions with a minimum of effort. To accomplish this, the camera boosts the light sensitivity, or ISO rating, for the photo. There is a penalty to pay for this. That that penalty is a noisy photo. Can Imagenomic's Noiseware Professional help out? Read John Roling's review to find out. [Connected Photographer Magazine, July 2005]
Searching for files in all the right places
How often have you gone nuts trying to find a file you need? How often have you had to dig through emails, Notes databases, servers, and more? If you're like the rest of us, far more often than you'd like. And, if you're like the rest of us, you might want to read John Roling's review of X1 Desktop Search for Lotus Notes to learn if it can help you find the files you seek. [DominoPower Magazine, July 2005]
A RAW deal: Using the RAW image format
If you own a mid to high-end digital camera, or pretty much any digital SLR, you can shoot in RAW format. RAW formats capture the raw data off of your digital camera's sensor and preserve it in a file for you to manipulate outside of the camera. Author John Roling gives us a lesson in RAW format, its benefits, shortcomings, and why it's the ideal shooting format. [Connected Photographer Magazine, May 2005]
Slicker photo sharing with flickr
With photography having moved into the digital realm, photo-sharing sites are popping up all over the Internet. Find out what author John Roling thinks of flickr, one of the newest online photo communities to pop up on the Net. [Connected Photographer Magazine, February 2005]
Why do people blog in the Domino community?
John Roling interviews three leaders in the Domino blogging community: Ed Brill, Carl Tyler, and Rocky Oliver. This is a must-read article. [DominoPower Magazine, January 2004]
Batch processing made simple with ReaConverter Pro
Batch processing takes the tedium of opening each image, making your adjustments and resaving, and then automates that entire process from beginning to end. It allows you to convert hundreds or thousands of images in a short amount of time. This is what ReaConverter Pro from ReaSoft does so well. In this helpful article, John Roling takes you through the steps needed for using ReaConverter Pro. [Connected Photographer Magazine, November 2003]
Hunting and gathering with IntelliPLAN
Since the dawn of time, hunters and gatherers have searched for a calendar system. Your company probably longs for one that can display appointments and meetings for all of your salespeople (hunters) and knowledge workers (gatherers) in one interface. John Roling reviews Cybernet Software Systems, Inc.'s IntelliPLAN, which plugs into Notes and allows calendars and schedules of numerous people to be rolled up into one GUI. [DominoPower Magazine, September 2001]
Give a hoot, don't reboot: better ways to recover after a crash
Should you zap Notes or call a medic? If you're constantly frustrated by data loss every time Notes crashes, you've got to check out this article. John Roling reviews two products designed to help you recover your work and get back on your feet faster after suffering a devastating Notes crash. [DominoPower Magazine, March 2001]
Something fishy at DevCon 2000
Intrigue, excitement, a large tuna. All this and more could be found at Lotus Devcon 2000. In his report from the convention floor, John Roling takes on the persona of a debonair superspy to bring you the latest in the world of Lotus. [DominoPower Magazine, July 2000]
How to choose and find low cost Domino hosting providers
While it's incredibly easy to find someplace to host your Web site if you're writing your own HTML, finding an ISP that'll host a Domino site is much more difficult. In this incredibly timely article, John Roling explains how to choose a low cost Domino hosting provider and provides you with pointers to some of the best. [DominoPower Magazine, April 1999]
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