A Simpler iPad Photo Workflow
Following up on my previous post about editing photos with the iPad and VSCO workflow, I wanted to add some even more simple tools. The iPad and it’s Photos app have some very basic editing tools and help simplify your…

Following up on my previous post about editing photos with the iPad and VSCO workflow, I wanted to add some even more simple tools. The iPad and it’s Photos app have some very basic editing tools and help simplify your…
The advancement in digital photographic technology has come a long way, baby. When I acquired my first digital camera 18 years ago the post processing was minimal and the software was expensive. More recently, I’ve converted from a Nikon and…
“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough, and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were…
“ I wanted to start over. I wanted a new life. The trouble was, I brought myself with me.” - Dean Ford
I’m learning much more than anticipated when I am researching, preparing a novel and other short stories (still in progress). I have such an appreciation for those who are already published. Something we readers take for granted is the research…
Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future.
Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? Bruce Banner or Hulk? Harvey Dent or Two-Face? Or in my situation, the Free Spirit or the Recluse. All of us have at least two distinctive personalities inside of us. Mine is the free spirit…
Now that I have completed my reading goal of fifty books this year, I am already making plans on next year’s goals. It won’t be fifty. It may be less than half that, I am not sure. The reasons are…
GET OVER IT When I am in a mood or uninspired, I know myself well enough on how to change improve it. These aren’t revelations, just simple reminders. Thankfulness: You’ve had worse. Try recalling those worse moments and then remember…
Music: Classic big bands, swing and jazz. Re-discovered thanks to a local radio station and Spotify Reading: Oath of Office, the next in Tom Clancy’s long running series Podcast: Short Stuff. Bite-sized at 15 minutes or less of varying interests.…
And like what you do.
And live for it.
This is the final check in of the year where I evaluate the progress on my Groundhog Resolutions. This is the 10th annual attempt at creating life-long habits for myself. I’ve discovered that right after the end of the year…
I’ve recently re-discovered the app MindNode, an app that helps diagram ideas and thoughts in a visual way. Here’s an example of what a basic mind map structure looks like: Just a simple diagram I generated about mind-mapping and why…
This is a great blend of both budget and premium features. A $1200 phone for a $750 price. This has almost everything I want into an iPhone like a big, end-to-end screen, the A12 Bionic chip, dual sim card capability,…