Posted in Ideas, Opinion, People, Video on Jan 26th, 2012 No Comments »
Interview with Michio Kaku December 23, 2010 on the evolution of civilizations Micho Kaku is a theoretical physicist who’s incredibly articulate, funny, and fascinating. His site contains numerous interviews and lectures. Dig around after listening to the one linked to above, he’s quite an amazing person.
Posted in Ideas, Movies, Opinion on Dec 29th, 2011 4 Comments »
Let me preface this by saying I love the Netflix service and have for years. Even with the price increase it’s worthwhile and both the DVD rental part of it and the streaming part of it work like clockwork for me. However, I was really put off by their recent failed attempt to split the [...]
Posted in Apple, Opinion, People, Video on Dec 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
Steve Jobs talking about how he sees the world and the amazing thing is, his life and accomplishments are a testament to what he says here. He really did it. [via PetaPixel]
Posted in Apple, Opinion, People, Video on Nov 12th, 2011 No Comments »
Fascinating panel discussion at The Churchill Club with Bill Atkinson, Jean-Louis Gassée, Andy Hertzfeld, Regis McKenna, Deborah Stapleton, and Larry Tesler moderated by Paul Freiberger. Jean-Louis is incredible (as always). [via Richard Koch]
Posted in iPad, iPhone, Opinion, Reading, Tools on Oct 29th, 2011 2 Comments »
Informal e-reader library comparison Marco Arment (creator of Instapaper) has done a very nice comparison of the Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and iBooks on the iPad. He’s comparing availability of content (books and periodicals) less usability of the various tools. By the way, Instapaper on the iPad is an incredible way to read articles that you’ve [...]
Posted in Ideas, Movies, Opinion, Process, Social Software on Sep 21st, 2011 3 Comments »
I wrote my first post on the Netflix fiasco (Netflix has made a big mistake and it’s not only in pricing) the morning I got Reed Hastings’ poorly written email about their upcoming changes. Since then I’ve calmed down and thought more about it. I’ve also read dozens of posts about it, many of them [...]
Posted in Movies, Opinion, Process, Social Software on Sep 19th, 2011 15 Comments »
I want to preface this with the fact that I was a late comer to Netflix but thanks to my stepdaughter Jessica I’ve used and loved it for three years now. Given that I watch a lot of movies, both on DVD from Netflix and streaming from them through an AppleTV their recent price increase, [...]
Posted in Humor, Opinion, Social Software, Video on Aug 23rd, 2011 2 Comments »
This video pretty much sums up social networking for me. And, I’m not sure if these are made up or real but they made me laugh pretty hard last night: Do you have a Facebook? More here.
Posted in Opinion, Politics, Process, Social Software on Aug 23rd, 2011 2 Comments »
Americans Elect There was an interesting piece on The PBS NewsHour last night on Americans Elect, a group attempting to use the web to offer Americans a different way of becoming involved in the political process: ‘Americans Elect’ Group Challenges U.S. Presidential Primary Process. While I was interested in the concept neither guest made clear [...]
Posted in Opinion, Process, Travel on Jul 14th, 2011 15 Comments »
I’ve been traveling a lot for over twenty years, both domestic and international. Repeat business travel gets old and those of us who have and still do do it know that flow is the best way through. I have over a million air miles on a single airline plus plenty on others. Early on post [...]
Posted in Ideas, Opinion, Process on Jun 29th, 2011 2 Comments »
I can rationalize either but I’m embedding this excellent info-graphic so you can ponder this important question. [via Greg Newman and Engineering Degree]
Posted in Opinion, Photographers, Process, Video on Jun 10th, 2011 No Comments »
Jim Richardson is a well known and beloved National Geographic photographer. The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library did this interview. A few Richardson gems from the interview: “The world is a very rich place.” “There are commonalities in human life.” “Think about taking useful pictures instead of good pictures.” “Use your camera to explore.” [...]
Posted in Opinion, Politics on Jun 7th, 2011 No Comments »
Grading Schools: How to Determine the ‘Good’ From the ‘Bad’? The PBS NewsHour’s John Merrow and his production team did an excellent job of tackling this tough issue. For anyone attempting to figure out how we dig out of our national literacy problem, this is worth watching.
Posted in Opinion, Photographers, Video on Jun 5th, 2011 2 Comments »
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON – Decisive Moment, The from bt465 on Vimeo. This is a wonderful short documentary narrated by Cartier-Bresson about his photographic technique. It’s not technical, more social/philosophical. Some of his most iconic photographs are used to illustrate the narration. Spectacular. [via A Photo Editor]
Posted in Ideas, Opinion, Photo Editing Software, Photojournalism, Studio Photography on Jun 5th, 2011 No Comments »
Supermodel’s Photoshop Horror A former Sports Illustrated cover model is suing an Estee Lauder company for allegedly damaging her career with a fake promo using a Photoshopped picture of her. The suit is the latest wrinkle in the global phenomenon of photo retouching. An interesting example of this type of photo retouching is this Dove [...]
Posted in Ideas, Learning Disabilities, Opinion, Tools on Jun 2nd, 2011 2 Comments »
Despite Spell Check, Interest in Spelling Bees Is Way Up I always thought that a spell checker on a computer would affect spelling in a good way by showing us in real time the correct spelling of a word and maybe reinforcing that correct spelling. Many thought spell checkers would do so much thinking for [...]
Posted in Humor, Opinion, Social Software on May 30th, 2011 No Comments »
A new Facebook app is coming out that will remind users exactly what they were doing a year ago from that day. Nine times out of 10, the answer will be ‘wasting your time on Facebook.’ – Conan O’Brien Had to post this, it’s so right on the money. [via Political Irony]
Posted in Opinion, Photo Sites, Social Software on May 27th, 2011 No Comments »
Your photos and data on Flickr flickr is a popular online photo sharing community which millions of people the world over use. I’ve been using flickr to host images I embed in this site as well as as a community to meet and connect with other photographers since 2004. Flickr was one of the first [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Humor, Opinion, People, Video on May 25th, 2011 No Comments »
Colbert Report: Is it art? This is a fantastic piece with Colbert at his best. Colbert attempts to convince Steve Martin (a noted art collector) that a portrait of Colbert is “art.” In the process, he pulls out Frank Stella, Shepard Fairey, and Andres Serrano to help them figure it out. Hilarious. [via On Point]
Posted in Opinion, Photo Printing, Tech Stuff on May 23rd, 2011 9 Comments »
I’ve been thinking about upgrading the printing end of my workflow for years but I’ve had such great results with my older Canon Pixma Pro 9000 printers that I didn’t want to mess with a good thing. I find it interesting that many of my online photographer friends don’t print their work or if they [...]
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