Mark Jardine on making simple things
Mark Jardine: I’ve noticed that when I successfully create something simple, I want to make more things as opposed to failing at something complicated. Since January I've been spending little bits of…
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Jerome Carter on the price of film
Jerome Carter: Film is expensive, and I readily admit that it is a self-indulgent exploration for no purpose other than the sheer existential joy it brings. That sounds about right.
Jordan McChesney on impressing others
Jordan McChesney, writing for PetaPixel: Then, around June of 2020, something changed. I decided to focus less on what my fellow photographers thought, and decided to focus more of my attention on…
What I saw somewhat recently #73: March 31, 2021
If you can believe it, this is my first WIS post from in 2021. I've been keeping a small backlog of links that I've wanted to share but mostly I've shared links…
James Gurney on NFTs
James Gurney, in a reasoned post explaining NFTs to his rather large art-focused audience: Does it make sense for every artist to leap into NFTs right now? I don't think it make…
A few quick notes about building Micro.blog themes
It took me just a few days to convert the Cypress WordPress theme for use on Micro.blog. Since the layout, design, and styling for most elements was already done – the main…
Seth Godin on NFTs and my background
Seth Godin: The more time and passion that creators devote to chasing the NFT, the more time they’ll spend trying to create the appearance of scarcity and hustling people to believe that…
Christian McGregor on blogging our choices
Christian McGregor, in response to my photo library management workflow post: I appreciate the effort people take to post things like this. Every post adds to the pool of knowledge to help…
Iris Photos for macOS
Iris: Iris is pragmatic and does not impose a certain workflow on you. Just point the app at your photo library on disk, and Iris will take it from there. We also…
Look at less photos
Look at less photos, but look at each one with more intent. Given the accessibility of photography I can quickly look at 1,000 images from other photographers in a single sitting and…
My current photo library management solution
In this post I'm going to detail out how I manage my photo library. I have changed my workflow countless times over the years and I have the deep battle scars to…
Eesel
Eesel: Stop wasting time finding your work – eesel brings together all your work in one place. It’s free, works with pretty much any tool you use, and doesn’t compromise on privacy….
Cypress is now available for free on Micro.blog
If you're a member of Micro.blog you can now choose to use Cypress as your theme for free. Log in and click on your Design settings page, and choose the theme. That's…
Chia
Chia, from the creator of BitTorrent: A new blockchain and smart transaction platform that is easier to use, more efficient, and secure. Told ya. You can say you heard about Chia here…
Johnny•Decimal
Johnny•Decimal: When we kept everything on paper, organised people had these things called filing cabinets. They stored all of their documents in them in a structured way so that they could find…
thiscodeWorks.com
Over the weekend I was reading an interview with Patrick Collison of Stripe (who had a big weekend) and he linked to this YouTube video interview with Mishka Orakzai the founder of…
Micro.blog launches Discourse help center
Manton Reece: The idea is to use the web forums software Discourse and combine it with all the content from our original help site. This looks like it will be very helpful….
Greg Avola steps down as Untappd CEO
Greg Avola: As this continued, I started to feel symptoms of depression, anger and sadness. I kept all these emotions inside. I struggled to disconnect. That pushed me down toward the rabbit…
Jarob Ortiz on how to apply for a job
Jarob Ortiz, large format photographer for the National Park Service, on the latest LFPP: Read the whole job description, look exactly at what they were looking for. Then I spent 9 days,…
NFTs and energy use
There has been an enormous flood of information regarding NFTs — in general — and the amount of energy needed to facilitate the creation of them and their transfer. I've kept my…
Cypress – A premium portfolio theme for WordPress is now available
Cypress on WordPress Cypress is a simple way to create an online portfolio using the world's leading website builder WordPress. Artists from all mediums; painters, photographers, designers, sculptures – all need a…
Using Docker to build a WordPress theme
If you have no idea what Docker is or how it works, this blog post won't help you too much. For that, I recommend Julia Evans' Zine How Containers Work! I recently…
Olli Thomson’s dos and don’ts of photography
Olli Thomson: As a photographer, what do I do now that I did not do when I was starting out? Or, to put it the other way round, what do I no…
Total Cookie Protection
Mozilla: Total Cookie Protection makes a limited exception for cross-site cookies when they are needed for non-tracking purposes, such as those used by popular third-party login providers. Only when Total Cookie Protection…
Craig Mod on using social networks for their strengths
Craig Mod, in a footnote of the post announcing his newsletter Huh: So my general philosophy of these social networks is to lean into what they do well — a bit of…
Flim: search for objects in movies
Flim: Flim is the best tool for iconographic search If you'll recall, back in January I linked to Mike Eckman's post re: cameras in movies. He mentioned someone on Reddit making their own…
James Michie’s tips for blogging
James Michie, 10 years ago, wrote a post about what he had learned after a year of blogging. Then, this year, he wrote a very short post to revisit and update that…
No more boring apps
Andy Allen: The world of apps—once an exciting canvas for creative exploration—has become repetitive, predictable, and… boring. If this isn't a rallying cry, I don't know what is. I downloaded his apps,…
Any Distance
Luke Beard: I was frustrated that there was no simple and beautiful way to share a run that was story first, looked great, and was photo-focused. I was thinking about it like…
Creatively bored
Filmosaur*: Sure, I took a few photos here and there, but there’s no real creativity, no real meaning. Perhaps an occasional photo managed to capture something more than an utterly prosaic image,…