Adobe Max – A great conference for visual creators
I’ll be headed to Los Angeles in mid-October for Adobe Max, my third time there. Over the last several years, the conference has grown like crazy, including the addition of
July 30, 2018
Blockchain for creators?
There have been a flurry of companies producing white papers on the way that blockchain applications can help to solve the challenges of independent creators. These range from new distribution
July 27, 2018
Report from SXSW #1
Once again it was a great festival: fun, exhausting, and thought-provoking. Our talk, Adding Meaning and Context to Visual Media was a packed house, turning people away at the door. As
March 20, 2017
Countdown to SXSW
In a little more than a week, I’ll be headed to SXSW for the fifth year in a row. I’ll be speaking again this year, discussing how to programmatically add
March 2, 2017
Lightroom *never* fully expires
Buried in the recent Adobe Creative Cloud rollout was a revolutionary change to the way Lightroom licensing functions. When the license expires, the program keeps on working.* This is a
July 10, 2014
Some of it is true
Paul Melcher @Melchp just wrote a piece entitled That Much is True about the value of the professional photographer. I started to write a response on Facebook, but decided it would be
May 29, 2014
Privacy, Rights and the EU
I’ve said recently that the extent of social media licenses will be probably tied to issues of privacy, and that it’s likely the EU will take the lead. In the
May 14, 2014
UGC and PGC
As I outlined previously in The Fire Hose, there is a flood of User Generated Content (UGC) being redirected for editorial and marketing purposes. The flood waters are rising constantly,
April 16, 2014
Life without a radio
Dateline SXSW – Attending SXSW without speaking Twitter is like living life without a radio – in a world where everyone else has one. There is an invisible layer of
March 27, 2014
Beyond Pixels Unfestival
Last April, I had the pleasure of attending the Beyond Pixels Unfestival, part of the Nordic Light International Festival of Photography in Christiansund, Norway. Our two day discussion on the
March 25, 2014