Kill Your To Do List
Here’s what’s always bothered me about task management systems: it’s not what Presidents use. Crazy thought, right? But hear me out. Who has more projects to manage; more people demanding their time; more riding on their decisions than a head of state? Yet, they don’t manage
Empty Reading
If you subscribe to popular photography blogs, unsubscribe from just one today. I guarantee you won’t even realize it’s gone by next week.
Photomediations: An Open Book
Photomediations an attempt at a coffee table photo book in digital form. You can view the free book as a website [http://photomediationsopenbook.net/] or in part as a PDF [http://openhumanitiespress.org/books/download/Kuc-Zylinska_2016_Photomediations-A-Reader.pdf] . I'll always prefer the physical form of a photography
How We See Art
This is a small, eye-tracking study from Frontiers in Human Neuroscience [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170918/] that found some unusual variables in how we view art (via Andy Adams [https://twitter.com/FlakPhoto/status/757960810501058560]): > "We found some common principles in the way people
A Note about Notes
Notes are the center of a nerd's life. They're a repository for knowledge and possibly for work. They're a personal library more important to its owner than the Library of Alexandria was to the world. Notes distill what you believe. Notes can determine your
There is Less to Life
Every business failure I've ever had has come down to one problem: overthinking. It accounts for most failures in the rest of my life as well. Of course, a total lack of thinking can lead to ruin. But, I think we tend to overcomplicate life in general. Most
The Lost Art of the Print Envelope
I never knew I'd miss them until they were gone. Photos used to come in envelopes. The envelopes gave you hints about the time and place of the photos before you even opened them. They had personality. I don't miss a lot about the old print
Print Publishers Should Learn from the Photobook
Print publishers still think they're in the information delivery business. This is probably only half true. Publishers need to look to re-surging popularity of photobooks for the future of print books in general. You can get information anywhere now. That's not what's scarce. Photobooks
The Benefits of Anonymity
From Dave Lawrence on Steven Pressfield's new book Nobody Wants to Read Your Shit [http://davelawrencephoto.tumblr.com/post/148122703157/people-dont-take-the-time-to-read-says-steven] : > "Think about that. All the hard work we put into creative projects, or blog entries, or advertising campaigns – nobody really cares. They have better things
The Slow Death of Tumblr (and Medium)
I started moving all my legacy blog posts from Tumblr last week. I took down my personal blog there entirely (all the posts can now be found on this blog) and A Lesser Photographer will be transferred this week. I decided I wanted to own the experience from now on.