Abner Ballardo » Hobbies http://www.modlost.net/home Thoughts about software development & productivity Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:50:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 My hobby: Photography http://www.modlost.net/home/blog/my-hobby-photography.html http://www.modlost.net/home/blog/my-hobby-photography.html#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:05:42 +0000 Abner http://www.modlost.net/home/?p=672 Since I was a child I wanted to learn about photography but I didn’t have the opportunity to do something about that. Hopefully, everything changes the last year when I decided to buy a Nikon D90 (an amazing camera!) and started my new hobby: Photography!

It’s a complete new subject so I have a lot of to learn and practice,.. that is challenging and I like that!

This is my first post about photography and I want to share some of my best shots over the last year. Visit my Flickr account and have fun!

Kissing Sailor Sculpture

Green

San Diego Bay Sunset

Bob Hope and The Military

Coca infusion

Rose

Creativity in my hands

Growing up

Kissing Sailor Sculpture
Butterfly Natural Sex
Boats in San Diego
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How to start a movement





Weird, or just different?

]]> http://www.modlost.net/home/blog/presentations-in-less-than-6-minutes.html/feed 0 Modlost music: ThinkingTime http://www.modlost.net/home/blog/modlost-music-thinkingtime.html http://www.modlost.net/home/blog/modlost-music-thinkingtime.html#comments Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:08:01 +0000 Abner http://www.modlost.net/home/?p=641 I like playing guitar, it’s relaxing and helps me a lot to think. From time to time I do guitar improvisation because it is a good way to free my mind and show my feelings with music.

Warning: I’m not a professional guitarist!

ThinkingTime by Abner Ballardo

]]> http://www.modlost.net/home/blog/modlost-music-thinkingtime.html/feed 0 Dance videos on TED http://www.modlost.net/home/blog/dance-videos-on-ted.html http://www.modlost.net/home/blog/dance-videos-on-ted.html#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:26:07 +0000 Abner http://www.modlost.net/home/?p=596 I’m a huge fun of TED, great so great conferences, topics, etc. This time, I’m want to share the most interesting videos about dance for me.

The LXD: In the Internet age, dance evolves …

Kenichi Ebina’s magic moves

]]> http://www.modlost.net/home/blog/dance-videos-on-ted.html/feed 0 Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation http://www.modlost.net/home/blog/dan-pink-on-the-surprising-science-of-motivation.html http://www.modlost.net/home/blog/dan-pink-on-the-surprising-science-of-motivation.html#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:36:31 +0000 Abner http://www.modlost.net/home/?p=423 This is the first video where I saw Daniel Pink talking about motivation (The candle problems is a really interesting experiment). This video is highly recommended for managers that want to motivate their company, team, etc.

]]> http://www.modlost.net/home/blog/dan-pink-on-the-surprising-science-of-motivation.html/feed 0 Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale http://www.modlost.net/home/blog/bobby-mcferrin-demonstrates-the-power-of-the-pentatonic-scale.html http://www.modlost.net/home/blog/bobby-mcferrin-demonstrates-the-power-of-the-pentatonic-scale.html#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:22:09 +0000 Abner http://www.modlost.net/home/?p=415 This video is from World Science Festival 2009. I’ve found it in TED as Bobby McFerrin hacks your brain with music.

Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale

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