Amazon is brilliant
Ashot explains how he shops on Amazon. It’s a pretty good method and I’ve started to do the same. Here are some of the things he actually bought through his process:
The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
Nikon D40
Griffin Headphone Adapter for iPhone
Senseo Coffee Pod System
He, saddly, does not have the Hello Kitty Toaster
Paranoia aside Amazon is devilishly good at getting me to buy stuff by (1) holding things in my cart and (2) saving the things I looked at previously. I hate when I put things in my shopping cart, walk away for a few hours, and come back to an ‘expired session’. Usually I just give up on that site.
The video details
All the pictures are products from Amazon. I experimented with Pixelmator to compose the images used in this movie. (Some reviews if you’re interested) It’s a great application for general photo editing. In the past I’ve only used crop, resize and minor color tweaks.
While making these composites I found out that Pixelmator can’t make straight lines and the ‘glow’ feature didn’t work properly. I ended up finishing the last touches with Photoshop (Pixelmator can save as psd, which is pretty cool). For me, Pixelmator is not a Photoshop replacement, but I will continue to use Pixelmator since it loads faster than Photoshop.
Karen, I do the same thing. It’s especially good since Amazon informs you when the prices fluctuate. Also, If you setup an Amazon Profile like mine, it’s like a social network for Amazon shoppers. I’ve even had an author discover my profile and send me his book for a review. It pays to shop… ;P
March 7th, 2008 at 12:49 am
Karen, I love Amazon, too. Especially for access to very inexpensive used copies from Amazon partners. It is funny sometimes. One time I got the most hilarious recommendation ever based on my purchase of ANNA KARENINA. Here’s the story.
March 7th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Dude, stay away from the hello kitty toaster. My flatmates bought it and it couldn’t make toast to save itself! Was cute the first time though.. when it was done! ;)
March 17th, 2008 at 3:05 am
@Mikey I know what you mean. I’ve always wanted it but I used to work at the Hello Kitty store, and people always brought back the electronics. They were crap! Sooooo cute though.
March 18th, 2008 at 1:40 am