Getty did what?
Getty images are now free. Okay, so I’m trolling. They are not “free.” But editorial and academic uses of unwatermarked images on blogs can now be done for free, as
March 5, 2014
NGS Seminar
35 years ago, as a high school senior, I was invited to the National Geographic photographers’ yearly seminar (thanks to Clark Mishler, who was working in the Photographic Department at
January 10, 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
TWiT TV – Triangulation with Leo Laporte
Here is yet another in my recent spate of webcast interviews. The latest one I have for you is done by the great Leo Laporte on his show Triangulation. If
January 6, 2014
Smart Cameras
The most interesting thing I saw at PhotoPlus Expo was being shown at the Samsung booth. They were showing off their new lines of what I’m calling (for now) Smart
November 2, 2013
David Byrne and the Independent Creator
I’m peeling this post off of a discussion I’m having on Facebook with Leora Kornfeld, who writes about Disintermediation as a Harvard Research Associate. I think this message is an
October 16, 2013
The other shoe dropping
Late breaking news: Facebook has delayed the implementation of the new policy. Send your comments to Facebook today. Link at the bottom of this post. Facebook has just claimed the
August 30, 2013
The Instagram Papers
DAM Useful Publishing and ASMP have just released The Instagram Papers, a collection of essays about the current Instagram Terms of Use, and the rights that they give the company.
August 15, 2013
Smart Web Images
We’re starting to see some interesting new technologies for adding connected intelligence to images published on the web. It’s now possible to attach information and other links to images that
May 30, 2013
Instagram Terms – Still Terrible
Instagram made a big deal of backpedaling through the PR storm it created with the proposed Terms of Service (TOS) changes. They claim to be really sorry, and that they
January 2, 2013