This month's #WE35 expedition is ‘The Contact Sheet’. Apparently back in the day[^1], film photographers would make a print of all the images they had shot on a roll of film. The images would be printed, thumbnail size, on a single sheet of photographic paper. The photographer could then review the images and pick the…
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Getting picked (need to vs. want to)
It's easier than ever to imagine a successful project or career or organization that isn't dependent on being picked by those with power.Seth Godin
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This is one of a series of HDR images I processed earlier this week. I wanted to test out a project a very geeky HDR project1 I had completed. I find that the early morning light is sometimes ideal for HDR so I hopped in my car thinking I would head over to the old…
Click To Read Full Postminimalmac: What if a little site you love doesn’t have a business model?
What if a little site you love doesn't have a business model? Yell at the developers! Explain that you are tired of good projects folding and are willing to pay cash American dollar to prevent that from happening. It doesn't take prohibitive per-user revenue to put a project in the black. It just requires a…
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In my opinion, this is a load of bullcrap! "Open source is different than a community-driven project," Rubin said, in which a broad collection of people collectively determine the software's future. "Android is light on the community-driven side and heavy on open source." That's on purpose: "When we add new APIs, typically, in my opinion,…
Click To Read Full PostThe Need to Code | jacquesmattheij.com
That process, the act of programming, is something that I need to do. Whether to make a living or to be fooling around with some idea, the bug is in my system and I highly doubt that it will ever leave me permanently. I can see myself taking a break, but I can't see myself…
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Writer and photographer C.J. Chilvers describes why he started his photography realted blog, A Lesser Photographer, over a year ago. An entire generation is being led to believe that the features on their cameras are more important than the photos they produce. This is a blog for the rest of us; for the ones not…
Click To Read Full PostExport from Lightroom to Gallery 2
I'm participating in a group 365 photography project with members of the PHOTO-FUSION meetup. The 2011 Journey 365 — Daily Visions is a challenge for the group to have fun and learn over the year. We are being challenged by the meetup organiser to take one photo each and every day and post it to…
Click To Read Full PostWho gets the interview?
There are fifty people applying for a job. Forty nine have great credentials and beautifully standard layouts on their resumes. One resume was hand delivered to the CEO by his best friend, together with a glowing recommendation about a project the applicant did for the friend’s non-profit. Who gets the interview?Seth’s Blog: The ubiquity of…
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A nerd needs a project because a nerd builds stuff. All the time. Those lulls in the conversation over dinner? That’s the nerd working on his project in his head. The Nerd Handbook
Click To Read Full PostI gave the Wall Street Journal a finger - not really
Hey. I'm famous. 🙂 Not really. Got a note from the Wall Street Journal that they used my photo in a story on diabetes. The photo was one of many that I submitted to the Diebetes 365 project on Flickr.
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I have volunteered to work with a group of open source coders and artist to develop a web site to promote the skills of open source web developers and designers. I have not been accepted as a team member but I have been exchanging emails with the project sponsors Christopher (teacoz) and James (squarebottle). All…
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