Richard Bernabe on Twitter
Richard Bernabe, in an otherwise good interview on his photography, says this about Twitter: I like Twitter, even if it does represent both the best and worst the Internet has to offer….
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To someone that may not know the context, “Google Open Sources Cardboard” must be a head-scratching headline.
Podcast: Testing the iPhone 11 Pro Max – November 2019
Testing the iPhone 11 Pro Max – November 2019 For behind-the-scenes audio of these photos please subscribe to Photowalking with Colin. In this post I was testing the iPhone 11 Pro Max's…
Following my watching of the Elsa Dorfman doc, I watched Seeing Daylight, which is about Dorothy Bohm. So much inspiration to be found in bodies of work rather than singular images.
Watched The B-Side, Errol Morris’ doc about Elsa Dorfman and her excellent Polaroid portraits on Netflix. Be sure to see her website.
CaptionBot
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…
.new
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…
Podcast: Culm dunes – October 2019
22mm ∙ f/22 ∙ 1/15s ∙ ISO 100 22mm ∙ f/20 ∙ 1/40s ∙ ISO 100 22mm ∙ f/20 ∙ 1/50s ∙ ISO 100 Culm dunes – October 2019 You can listen…
I have several blog posts that get thousands of pageviews per week for years running. For the first time, my podcast page is in the top spot. Thanks to all those that have subscribed. More episodes coming. And improved audio too.
Colin Walker on personal blogging
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…
Kentucky Bourbon Trail – October 2019
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…
Nick Carver on his photographs
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…
Podcast: State Game Lands – October 2019
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…
My podcast has propagated to Overcast – which is likely many iOS users podcatcher of choice. It is interesting how many different ways to consume a podcast there are now and how you sort of have to support them all.
My podcast is now available on Apple Podcasts! I updated the list of places you can subscribe. More to come this week.
Podcast: Flying a drone at sunset – October 2019
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…
Photos from the Off to the pub episode of Photowalking with Colin
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…
Podcast: Prompton Lake – October 2019
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…
Alastair Humphreys on blogging for 18 years
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…
Thoughts on the Microsoft Surface event
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…
Today’s Microsoft Surface event was fantastic. I have lots and lots of thoughts but I’ll wait until they refresh their site with more information.
Audio: Read the manual (again)
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 Lists are having a moment
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…
This new logo for Sandwich Video was exactly what I needed to see this Friday.
Auto Draft
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.
Cape Cod – September 2019
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.
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….
Colin Walker on choosing the best devices
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…
Audio: Publishing to YouTube
Some random banter about publishing on YouTube. Links: Random 60 on YouTube