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Goodreads isn’t very good
Sarah Manavis: After numerous frustrated attempts to find a major new release, to like, comment on, or reply to messages and reviews, to add what they’ve read to their “shelf” or to…
What I saw somewhat recently #69: September 17, 2020
VSCO revives Kodachrome – To make a Kodachrome-inspired photo filter VSCO went to some pretty great lengths. #filmloadchallenge – A fun internet challenge thingy that I took part in. Some of the…
Architectural decay – July & September 2020
Architectural decay – July & September 2020 Photos of dilapidated buildings, like these two, can be stared at for hours figuring out their histories. What vehicle had that oil leak? Why the…
Repost: Scott Jehl on modern web dev
👉 Scott Jehl on Twitter: modern web dev is an extreme overreaction to not liking some php
Camerajunky on being crazy enough to shoot film
Camerajunky (whose real name I cannot find, so perhaps this is likely on purpose): Of course there is also the fact that to get from the decisive moment to a print or…
Jeremy Keith’s proposal for the Web Share API
Jeremy Keith: So that’s my modest proposal. Extend the list of possible values for the type attribute on the button element to include “share” (or something like that). In supporting browsers, it…
Austin Kleon reflects on 15 years of blogging
Austin Kleon: Every time I start a new post, I never know for sure where it’s going to go. This is what writing and making art is all about: not having something…
Let’s all adopt Maine’s light pollution ordinances
I can't remember where I first read or heard about Maine's light pollution ordinances but they are something that has been on my mind for many, many years. Successful designs do not…
Matt Webb’s 15 rules for blogging
Matt Webb finds himself on a bit of a tear on his personal blog: I’ve now been writing new posts for 24 consecutive weeks. Multiple posts a week. How on earth? I…
Photography blogs in OPML
Back in August I linked to Jim Grey's list of photography blogs. At the time I subscribed to nearly every single one with an RSS feed. He has since updated the list…
Jack Baty gives up on Lightroom
Jack Baty: I’m here to tell you that I can not make it work for me. There’s too much overhead in having to decide what to add to a synced collection and…
Through the winery window, Keuka Lake, New York – March 2020
35mm • Canon AE1-Program • Kodak Color Plus 200 Through the winery window, Keuka Lake, New York – March 2020 A quick snap on film through a winery window. I miss traveling…
Untappd hits 10
Untappd, the app that helps me track the beers I've had, liked, disliked, etc. is celebrating its 10th anniversary. I signed up to Untappd in 2014 and used it for a little…
What I saw somewhat recently #68: September 10, 2020
Don't forget, as of this writing there are 67 other lists like this one. Large Format Photography Podcast Flickr Group – I asked the hosts of the LFPP if they wouldn't mind…
Photography isn’t my job
Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life. That's the saying, right? What can also happen, though, is that by doing your hobby as work you can…
Reply links in RSS feed
Eric Meyer: Inspired by Jonnie Hallman, I’ve added a couple of links to the bottom of RSS items here on meyerweb: a link to the commenting form on the post, and a…
What I saw somewhat recently #67: September 3, 2020
September already. Wild times. Fly through Longwood Gardens – A great drone fly-through of the Conservatory in Longwood Gardens. Roman Emperor Project – Daniel Voshart creates realistic impressions of ancient dudes using…
16-inch MacBook Pro runs faster when closed?
Peter Steinberger: I found out that my MacBook Pro 2019 runs way faster if I close the lid when using an external screen – 2.7GHz (base 2.4+turbo) vs ~1.5 GHz due to…
Marcus Peddle on Flickr
Marcus Peddle: Creating portfolio pages is a hassle on WordPress even though there are a number of photography templates. Adding photos is time consuming and I am rarely happy with the layout….
Gabz on Instagram
Luis Gabriel Santiago Alvarado, aka Gabz: The main reason I keep Instagram is the same reason most people won’t quit Facebook, I have friends and family I want to stay in contact…
I do not like Reels
Instagram has been the place that Facebook jams all of its cloned-app-features into for the last few years. When it copied Snapchat it jammed all of the features into Instagram. And now,…
What I saw somewhat recently #66: August 18, 2020
Great list this week. See other lists. Vicariously – See what Twitter looks like for other users. James Sowerby Mineralogy – Exquisite digital collection of Sowerby's painstaking illustrations. Great work and website….
George R. R. Martin’s mountain cabin
George R. R. Martin about his time writing in his mountain cabin: My life up here is very boring, it must be said. Truth be told, I hardly can be said to…
Nick Clayton on his pandemic photography experience
Nick Clayton, in a beautifully written and photographed post on Casual Photophile: Walking with a camera is a moving meditation in which paramount importance is placed on being present in your surroundings….
Damage at Arecibo Observatory
Arecibo Observatory: One of the auxiliary cables that helps support a metal platform in place above the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, broke on Monday (Aug. 10) causing a 100-foot-long gash on…
My favorite #bisect photos from Micro.blog
This month Micro.blog is having a photo challenge to help spur some posts and creativity from the growing community there. When Jean asked for recommendations I threw bisect at her and she…
Joseph Irvin on blaming your photo gear
Joseph Irvin: Here’s a photo I took on a $3 roll of consumer film I picked up at my local grocery store, shot through a Pentax body that I paid $5 for…
Marcus Peddle on using film or digital
Marcus Peddle, remarking on making Jim Grey's aforementioned list of film photography blogs: I’m honoured, but slightly embarrassed because most of my photography these days is digital. Still, a photo is a…
A list of film photography blogs by Jim Grey
Jim Grey: It’s time for my annual list of film photography blogs! A great joy of film photography is the community of people who enjoy everything about it: the gear, the films,…