CJD
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Why Ask Why
“Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don’t. But you listen to them anyway.” Pablo Picasso Picasso, when asked what his paintings meant. Sometimes we create for the sake of creating and seeing what happens. There are times where I go out…
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Own Your Domain
“Lastly, if there’s anything I can convince you of: you should build a personal site, you should obsess over it, you should meticulously document it, and you should have quite a bit of fun doing so. (It’s worth it.)” Justin Duke
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Makes Little Difference
iPhone? Sony Alpha camera? The difference is almost indistinguishable when comparing portraits from a $900 mobile phone or a $2,500 mirrorless camera. Cameras are losing turf as mobile phones are closing the gap in technology and usability.
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Unsubscribe
The future of goods and services are subscription-based. The latest BS is that BMW has built-in seat warmers behind an $18 monthly paywall. What a nightmare. There is something fundamentally wrong with how companies no longer feel they are able to sell products at a…
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GASAAS
Forget about SAAS (software as a service), I am more interested in GASAAS (Giving A Shit as a Service.) I can buy products anywhere, but I require someone to give a shit. Someone who works hard, cares about their customer and provides the most basic…
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Map Quest Revisited
After amassing about a thousand images of neon, murals and geocaches it is past time that I curate them into a searchable database. This is one of those “shoulda done it sooner” moments but who knew my latest photographic passion would have carried on this…
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The Romance of the Unusual
Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the Romance of the unusual. Ernest Hemingway
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The Romance of the Unusual
Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the Romance of the unusual. Ernest Hemingway
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Digital Contact Sheet
One of my favorite tools on the iPad is importing my images to the Photos app. The simple act of sorting, organizing these photos like I used to do on a contact sheet of film negatives. Find the keepers and then develop them in the…
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I Love My iPad Pro
I’ve had the privilege of handling and owning a lot of personal computing and tech devices over the past couple of decades. My all-time favorite is hands-down the M1 iPad Pro and it’s companion, the Magic Keyboard. The iPad has so much processing power and…