Digging through some old photos tonight. I can’t help but feel a little nostalgic for my days of being madly in love with photography. I tend to have a hot/cold relationship with this art-form. It’s never love/hate—I always love it—but we definitely go in phases.
Frankly, this Summer has been an “off” phase. Days that I used to spend shooting or sitting in front of a computer editing have been spent rock climbing and trail running and generally avoiding my computer as much as possible. I could probably count on one hand how many times I’ve picked up my Nikon. Shot a box of medium format on vacation, but haven’t processed any of the rolls yet!
Oh well.
I have learned to just sit tight when this happens. I’ll come back around. Winter will give me lots of scanning time.
Crowdsourced: Gold Rush 2.0: A Case Study of the Goldcorp Challenge [Excerpt, first draft] →
Crowdsourcing, a term coined by Wired magazine writer Jeff Howe in 2006 (Howe, 2008), is defined in two ways:
The White Paper Version: Crowdsourcing is the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large…
Emptyage: Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It →
Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going…
Three things about Marco Arment
(and a couple things about you, me, and a metaphorical horse)
Yes. Long. Again. Deal. Thanks.
If you could ask John Green anything, what would you ask? (Omnivoracious) →
Tell Amazon.com’s Omnivoracious blog! They’re filming a video with him today!
(Hurry. The interview is in like three hours.)
