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Google: With .new, you can help people take action faster. We hope to see .new shortcuts for all the things people frequently do online. For instance, Playlist.new will create a new Spotify playlist for you. Docs.new will create a new Google Doc for you, etc. I don't think my younger self could have predicted that .new would be…
Microsoft: CaptionBot.ai is powered by machine learning technology that identifies and captions your photos. When you upload a photo, it is sent to Microsoft for image analysis to return a caption. We won’t store, publish, or let other people use your images. I uploaded a few images. It works pretty well. I'm unsure of this particular bot's purpose…
Nick Carver, in an interview by Cody Schultz in early 2018: Certain artworks I've seen throughout my life have had a powerful impact on me. When I look at a painting by Kenton Nelson or a sculpture by Michael Heizer, I feel something deep in my psyche that I can't put words to. I can't describe the feeling,…
Kentucky Bourbon Trail – October 2019 Earlier this month we visited Kentucky (just about 18-months since our last visit) with some friends to explore the Kentucky Bourbon Trail again. It was a fantastic week.
Colin Walker: Call it an inferiority complex, a belief that my life isn't interesting as I don't do that much. But, as Adam says, it's the ordinary lives, the "random glimpses into humanity" that pique your interest, not just the grand gestures. My favorite blogs tend to be those that are informal, unedited, and reflect the author's voice…
State Game Lands – October 2019 To get the story behind these photos, listen to the State Game Lands episode of Photowalking with Colin. Be sure to subscribe! I had an amazing evening capturing these photos.
Flying a drone at sunset – October 2019 This image is from my Flying a drone at sunset episode of Photowalking with Colin. You can listen to that episode above to get the whole story. Be sure to subscribe to the blog or the podcast to get future episodes delivered right to you.
I'm unsure of the best way to share the photos for each episode of my podcast. But for now, I'll create a post for each episode that I share photos from. Open to suggestions. Cow line Just one from this episode to share.
Prompton Lake – October 2019 I shot these photos while recording the Prompton Lake episode of my new podcast Photowalking with Colin. Be sure to find the podcast wherever you listen to them and subscribe. If you can’t find it, email me and I’ll send you the link. You can also listen to the episode right here on…
I'm pretty excited for Microsoft. I've been excited for what they've been doing as a company, on several fronts, for a few years now. I won't rehash all of the nice things I've been writing about them, but I can link to how I feel about Satya, the work they've been doing in open source and for developers,…
Alastair Humphreys, adventurer, blogger: I wrote my stories as I cycled around the world and updated my website intermittently whenever I found an internet connection stable enough to send a bunch of text. The screech of dial-up internet and being plunged into darkness by power cuts were regular accompaniments to my early days of blogging. I enjoyed two…
Recorded September 30, 2019 Have you already read the manual for a product you own? After you've used it for a while, I recommend reading it again.
Twitter recently released an updated UI that allows you to "pin" Lists you've created to your Home timeline view. This makes it possible to swipe between each List quickly. It is a nice feature – especially for those with only a few lists or for those just starting out with them*. Since this update was released I'm noticing…
This new logo for Sandwich Video was exactly what I needed to see this Friday.
Cape Cod – September 2019 Eliza, her mother, and I spent the very last few days of Summer in Cape Cod – whale watching, shopping, and barbecuing.
Just recovered 15GB of disk space after deleting the expired cache that is built by WP Fastest Cache. I'm starting to think this plugin isn't the best one to use.
iPadOS comes out tomorrow. It appears to be an incredible update. Here is an excellent video overview from Christopher Lawley.
As I've done in the past this time of year, I'm taking a social media break. I'm aiming for 60 days but it could be more or less based on my mood. Expect far less here on my blog. But I'll still be uploading to YouTube.
Colin Walker nails how I'm making decisions on what hardware I'm purchasing: I'm largely platform agnostic and have always been able to achieve what I wanted regardless of what device I was using. That doesn't mean, however, that I don't want to use the best tools for the task at hand. I too am platform agnostic. See this…
Some random banter about publishing on YouTube. Links: Random 60 on YouTube
In my Pixel 4 wish list I may have overstated my current position on my choosing Android or iOS in my next phone. I wrote: As my time to upgrade my phone comes around of course I’m left with a choice to go back to iOS or stick with Android. I’m sticking with Android. I really like my…
…or, if they were mentioned, they were mentioned only briefly, but I found them to be intriguing. 2x more height on panoramas (63MP image) water resistance is up to 12ft for 30 minutes (compared to 6ft with iPhone 11) AirDrop understands where people are in a room in relation to you Wide lens has 100% Focus Pixels audio…
Ben Schoon: The majority of Google apps support this system-wide toggle, but few third-party developers have followed the company’s lead. Here are some non-Google apps that support Android 10’s dark mode toggle. He lists a number of apps that support the OS-level option. Outlook claims to support it, but I have it installed and updated and cannot see…
Rickett's Glen Falls Trail – September 2019