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
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
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
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
Instagram creates terrible new user agreement
I’m generally not alarmist about web rights boilerplate, since there is often a lot of ambiguity. Nothing ambiguous about this. (Item 2 in Rights, emphasis added.) Some or all of the
December 18, 2012
You’re going to need a bigger boat…
I got my D800 today, and I feel a bit like Roy Scheider in Jaws after he saw the size of the shark. The files that come out of this
March 30, 2012