Seth Godin on Why He Keeps Blogging and Creating Books
Seth Godin appeared on the Design Matters podcast [http://designobserver.com/feature/seth-godin/39502] and got a little more personal than usual about his work and life before he became THE Seth Godin. I recommend listening to the whole thing, but I transcribed a few gems for my own notes:
Home Screens as Therapy
I have nothing against technology. I do have a problem with using technology as a crutch to keep you from being creative. I have a big problem with my natural, sometimes destructive, tendency to consume a lot of information. Batching time to consume helps, but sometimes it's more
Schedule Your Thinking
Tom Kelley and David Kelley in Harvard Business Review [https://hbr.org/2012/12/reclaim-your-creative-confidence]: > “Schedule daily 'white space' in your calendar, where your only task is to think or take a walk and daydream. When you try to generate ideas, shoot for 100 instead of 10.
Where the Herd Is
Dave Winer [http://scripting.com/2017/01/14/pngwriterUpdate.html] (co-creator of podcasting and the father of blogging): > "I'm feeling very Fuck You about controlling motherfuckers. Twitter can't help its users communicate. Facebook breaks the web by not letting writers link to other websites
No Worries
Via Jack Hollingsworth [https://twitter.com/photojack/status/821803627111206917] : > "Amateurs worry about equipment. Professionals worry about time. Masters worry about light." - Anonymous I disagree. Every photographer should consider their time, equipment and lighting. No photographer needs to worry about it. Also, why wouldn't the
Focus on Done
Personal blogs are fertile ground for posts about what a person is going to do. This bores the reader and provides the blogger with the self licensing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-licensing] to not do what they said they were going to do. If you announce it before you
My Rules for Publishing (2017 Edition)
Back in 2015, I wrote a post called My Rules for Publishing [https://www.cjchilvers.com/my-rules-of-publishing-for-2015/], which was got pretty popular (in the circles I hang out in at least). I figured it was time for an update. My updates are in red. 1. The blog is the most
Finding Deeper Meaning in Photography
Another question I’m frequently asked is about how to find deeper meaning in photography, specifically in a hobbyist’s body of work, which usually consist mostly of snapshots and a few attempts at "big projects." First, I think it’s great we’re even asking that question.
The Biggest Regret of My Career
Last week, I attempted to explain why it’s not always a great idea to put your work out there in any old form towards the goal of “being noticed.” Of course, this was written from my usual pro-hobbyist bias, as the great majority of my readers are hobbyist photographers