If I Had a Hammer
From LensRentals.com [http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/03/hammerforum-com]: > With the recent camera releases (or maybe Spring fever) I’ve been rather amazed watching various photography forums have major melt downs during the last few weeks. I said something about cameras and lenses just being tools,
"Why I Print"
David duChemin [http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2012/03/why-i-print/] seconds a sentiment I wrote about [http://www.alesserphotographer.com/post/16265202789/pass-along-your-best-stories] a little while ago: > “I encourage you, even if you never print at home, to print your work. The artist’
Your Best Work
From Havard Business Review [http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/03/choosing_between_making_money.html?awid=6239356729261291404-3271] (via Hugh McLeod [https://twitter.com/gapingvoid/status/185696297402118146]): > “Based on the research we did for our book, we’re convinced that when you’re heading into the unknown, desire
Lightroom 4 vs. Aperture 4
Lightroom 4 debuted recently and, since, I’ve read a glut of opinion on what Apple should do to play catchup in Aperture 4. Peppered throughout these pieces is a sense of entitlement along the lines of, “I’ll stop using Aperture altogether if Apple doesn’t implement the follow
"The Ongoing Sabotage of Art"
An interesting opinion piece from photographer Kirk Tuck [http://visualsciencelab.blogspot.it/2012/03/vital-role-of-critics-and-ongoing.html] (via Marco Dughera): > “What I’m arguing for is the idea that, before inflicting on our shared culture, another meaningless rectangle of bouncy color and vacuous content that
The World Is Full Of People Who Are Waiting For
> “The world is full of people who are waiting for someone to come along and motivate them to be the kind of people they wish they could be. These people are waiting for a bus on a street where no buses pass.” — Brian Tracy
The Hobbyist's Dilemma
The Online Photographer [http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2012/03/open-mike-hobbies-and-interests.html] on the trappings of a hobby (via Marco Dughera): > All hobbies and interests are beset with “received” models of how to go about participating in them: If you’re into boats,
Creativity Requires Time And Space Two Things
> “Creativity requires time and space. Two things the modern world likes to erode.” — Hugh MacLeod [https://twitter.com/#!/gapingvoid/status/181995358803595264]
I'm a HTMinimaList Nut
I’ve been struggling lately with redesign issues for one of my sites. I find myself coming back to my favorite kind of web design; a little-known school of web design popular for about a few months more than a decade ago: HTMinimaLism. The idea is: instead of covering
You Have Everything You Need
From Patrick Rhone [http://minimalmac.com/post/19346051323/what-are-you-waiting-for]: > “Nothing is stopping you from doing the work. You have everything you need. Right now. Today. You always have. So, what are you waiting for?”