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12 Jun 2018

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The Creativity Bubble

It’s never been easier to find better system for solving our problems. What we should be doing is finding better problems to solve. Anything requiring intense thought and risk is naturally avoided for easy answers, safe bets, and “clever” strategies. “Clever” doesn’t change things. It’s a pat

7 Jun 2018

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Seth Godin to the World: You’re Still Not Blogging Daily?!

Seth Godin has moved to Wordpress, which has prompted him once again to tell us about the importance of blogging daily on his podcast [https://art19.com/shows/akimbo/episodes/3313d002-186c-46f9-9afa-646889bd57ef]. > “I’m encouraging each one of you to have (a blog). Not to have a blog to make

6 Jun 2018

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My Home Screen

Last week I was on vacation when the chance to write something for Club MacStories [https://club.macstories.net/] popped up. Needless to say, I left my wife and son at the beach and found a suitable office to write 1400 words about the most hallowed ground for any geek,

18 May 2018

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New newsletter: Make useless things

You’re probably not a visual learner, artists being entrepreneurs, and photo book designers on creating stories from images. It’s all in the latest newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/make-useless-things].

27 Apr 2018

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Remember Photoblogging?

Best practices for newsletters, constraints improve your photos, and proving there’s no need to change your mind. It’s all in this week’s newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/remember-photoblogging].

24 Apr 2018

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Best Practices for Newsletters

I've had a personal newsletter [https://www.cjchilvers.com/subscribe] since around 1999. I've found it to be the most effective means of communication the internet has yet to produce. It's portable, open, universal, and personal. I was asked recently to compile a list

12 Apr 2018

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How to Not Die in the Next 10 Years

Photography is saving lives, speed still matters, and the most pathetic job. It’s all in this week’s newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/how-to-not-die-in-the-next-10-years].

3 Apr 2018

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Speed Still Matters

At today’s An Event Apart Seattle 2018 [https://aneventapart.com/event/seattle-2018], Aaron Gustafson presented on why website performance is still so important. From attendee Jake Kronika [https://twitter.com/jkronika/status/981220371880906754]: > A 1s delay in page load can reduce conversions by 7%. Users are more concerned

25 Mar 2018

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Artist or Imbecile?

The best of “Delete Facebook,” newsletters to the rescue again, and resources for creating your own book covers. It’s all in this week’s newsletter [http://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/artist-or-imbecile].

22 Mar 2018

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Any Imbecile

“Photography is a marvelous discovery, a science that has attracted the greatest intellects, and art that excites the most astute minds—and one that can be practiced by any imbecile.” — Nadar (1910) via Andy Adams [https://twitter.com/PhotoHistorian/status/976454128271437825]