September 2008
dear facebook, it seems the new website has been working up until recently where i get unknown errors and other things breaking safari. =(
recovered most of my files. at least i have the ones i wanted to keep the most, i think?
getting ready to check out the water towers at volunteer park. so this is what it’s like to have a calm sunday afternoon….
sadly formatted my card, believing i had them saved on my computer. need to get files from diana’s computer. gah!
looking forward to a well rested, productive sunday. this ain’t yo father’s uncle’s roommate’s son in laws lazy sunday.
August 2008
tired and hungry,. time to make food and go to bed for a long night rest. photo shoot saturday what!?
Hello long weekend. Lots to do, let’s get crackin!
editing photos very slowly. not feeling 100% yet. keep making stupid mistakes. frustrating…
setting up a printing service because it seems like it’s time to make that next step!
everyone seems to be uploading bainbridge photos. time to put mine up. skidoosh.
Memo From A "Mad Man" →
When “Mad Men’s” characters arrived on the scene the program’s creators moved to have the “unofficial effort” shut down. After thinking about how to analyze this latest example of how…
might be coming down with something. it makes me feel slow and tired.
boy, uninstalling at&t pogo took longer than installing it. not a fan.
ProofHQ: Designers finally get our own web-based... →
Other than with graphics and modeling programs, is rare that a piece of software gets designed specifically with the needs of designers in mind, but UK-based ProofHQ looks to be bucking…
Generative book covers →
A British company called Faber & Faber is doing print on demand books with a wrinkle: each book has its own distinct cover that’s generated at print time. Generating the borders was just one,…
Digital Journalist photo blog →
The Digital Journalist has launched a photo blog modeled after The Big Picture. Well done. I’ve followed this site on and off for years but always found it too difficult to navigate through to…
How to be a good intern →
How to be a good intern (PDF). By Number17.
How to be a good client →
How to be a good client (PDF). By Number17.
25 tools for capturing ideas anywhere →
The popular LifeDev blog recently posted a fascinating list of 25 tools for capturing ideas, any time, anywhere. Here are several of my favorites, which I’m now using.
WatchInspirational Photography Video | Nice - a mostly positive look at the world of creative photography
it’s no longer august, it’s aug-tober and it smells like none sense on the bus. it’s not a complaint, just fact.
the bachelors life: eating gourmet food that comes in plastic bags and tin cans. sounds fancy right?
oh snap, canon just dropped the 50d. sounds hot. digic 3 was already great, digic 4 can only be better!
Pic: We’re Cheap Too →
Here’s a sign that’s sat outside Wholefoods on Union Square, NYC. Price matters in today’s economy - and we get the impression that retailers that have spent a long time developing an…
Social Networks & The Customer Experience →
Upon arriving back home from a week-long vacation, I was unpleasantly surprised to return to a house with no cable, internet or phone service. This came at especially bad timing as my…
Felted Wool Stones →
Renowned South African textile designer Ronel Jordaan takes her inspiration from nature, and uses felt to give free rein to her imagination. Socially conscious as well as gifted, Jordaan has…
Technology and the bottom of the pyramid →
A lot of posts by Niti Bhan on mobile devices and the bottom of the pyramid in emerging markets. A quick roundup:
Access is empowering
16 August
A reflection on the GSM…
The future of the desktop →
Nova Spivack, founder and CEO of Twine, reflects in an smart foresight article on ReadWriteWeb on the future of the desktop, now that everything is moving to “the cloud”. Here…
Mobile telephony makes a difference in livelihoods →
MobileActive reports on how farmers in emerging markets are using mobile phones to improve their livelihoods:
Agriculture is what keeps economies in most developing countries…
Felted Wool Stones →
Renowned South African textile designer Ronel Jordaan takes her inspiration from nature, and uses felt to give free rein to her imagination. Socially conscious as well as gifted, Jordaan has…
Apple’s Newest Strategy: Influential Bundling →
Last week I went with my family to an Apple store, mostly because my daughter needed a new computer for school. There was no question that we were going to buy a Mac; she wouldn’t consider…
YouTube Comment Snob →
Firefox extension that filters YouTube comments based on grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. Via Andy Baio, who has a screenshot demonstrating the results.
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The rise and rise of 'anti-design' →
Martyn Perks, a UK design consultant, and a writer and speaker on design, IT and business, is going after the current design and sustainability trend, which he calls “anti-design”, arguing…
Externalist, internalists and contextualists →
The general attitude wrt to technologies when you read press or overhear café du commerce conversations is that cell phones, the information super-highway, the Wikipedia or the invention of the…
How cell phones hurt communities →
Benjamin Dangl of AlterNet reflects on how cell phone use has crept into every aspect of daily life, ironically weakening the basic human communication that is the fabric of…
Donald Norman’s new book on sociable design →
Donald Norman has just posted a few excerpts from his draft book manuscript tentatively entitled “Sociable Design” for comments and reactions.
Introduction
Whether…
More on interactive advertising: Better be careful... →
I wish I had it in me to resist plunking down cash on things like eVolo’s Skyscraper for the XXI Century. The New Titles racks at Stout and Urban Center are generally piled high with…
Social Ice Breakers →
Events that trigger conversations with strangers: mens Olympic baseball - Japan versus USA for the bronze medal. The social tipping point where the interest is sufficiently shared.
45 Beautiful Motion Blur Photos [PICS] →
Motion blur is frequently used to show a sense of speed. You can artificially achieve this effect in a usual scene using cameras with a slow shutter speed. This article presents 45 beautiful examples…
sorry facebook, my status updater of choice is still twitter. but what you could do is make uploading photos less of a chore.
how i can justify clogging everyone’s mini feed with 4 albums for a wedding: because weddings are rad. kthxbye.
watching professional wedding videos. my mind is being blown frame by frame.
exhausted. thank goodness for sundays.
lasagna night, with wine and friends. funny thing is, all we talk about it photography stuff. rad.
Portage bay cafe. Bainbridge. Lasagna. Warroom. Happy Saturday!
using lightroom on a mac pro with two 24s is spoiling. i’ll never feel fast on my home machine. ever. =(
if you asked me what i do for my day to day right now, it would be making people pretty and sipping a martini. they call me the surgeon.
