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
Sustainable Photography in a Disintermediated Era
Here’s a little more about our panel presentation on Saturday at SXSW. This is an extension of conversations I’ve been having with my three other panelists for years. It’s a dog-eat-dog
March 10, 2015
SXSW This Week!
It’s that time of year again: the annual convergence of tech, content, entertainment, music, film and general weirdness that is South by Southwest, or SXSW. I’ve been going for the
March 9, 2015
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
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
Live Second Display
Musings on the Semiotics of Connected Photography Dateline SXSW – Most people have heard of “Second Screen”. Typically, that refers to the practice of checking out Twitter or Facebook while
March 22, 2014
The Fire Hose
Dateline SXSW – I’ve written over the last year about how Instagram is creating a commercial service to supply photos for editorial and marketing purposes. The legal foundation was laid in
March 17, 2014
The Engagement Layer
I love the immersive experience of SXSW. Seeing, hearing, conversing, touching and tasting* a culture is essential to getting a real understanding of it. And this place, at least for
March 12, 2014
Form and Content
I read a post on boingboing recently that got me thinking. In it, Cory Doctorow takes a swipe at business models where the term Content is part of the core
January 7, 2014
CC Licenses, APIs and Content Stacks
I just read an article in Wired that pushed a lot of my buttons, and illustrates a number of the points in my talk at the PACA conference two weeks
November 5, 2013