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We Wrote the Book!
Scott’s Google Reader- Big data in the cloud
- I should like more money
- Data for the public good
- Ira Glass on the Secret of Success in Creative Work, Animated in Kinetic Typography
- What Can Siri do for you?
- Interpreting Black and White, Part I
- Data killed the HiPPO star
- How to take great looking portraits with your iPhone camera
- Apple revamps ‘Getting Started’ guide for iOS developers, makes it more useful and more elegant
- Mountain Fever
- Scott’s Instapaper
- Writing Wednesdays: Thinking in Metaphors
- Is Equity Value the Same as Cash?
- What Non-Profit News Orgs Can Learn From Yelp
- How to answer "What is your greatest weakness?"
- Instant messaging: Touchy typing | The Economist
- It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring Glyn Dewis! | Scott Kelby's Photoshop Insider
- How to Quit Your Job, Sell Your Stuff and Move to a Tropical Paradise
- Phys Ed: How Exercise Fuels the Brain - NYTimes.com
- A Brief History of Drones | The Nation
- Mobile payments becomes patent battleground | MobilePaymentsToday.com
Category Archives: Black and White
Walker Evans – from the Ideal to the Ordinary
Last Thursday, I attended a lecture on Walker Evans given by Jeff L. Rosenheim at Stanford’s Cantor Art Center. Rosenheim is Curator, Department of Photographs, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art – and a leading authority on Walker Evans. The … Continue reading
Those Escher Steps
Over on Google+, Doug Kaye shares his black and white capture of what he calls “Escher Steps” – in the Rodin Sculpture Gallery near the Cantor Art Center. I’ve written about those steps before – first pointed out to me … Continue reading
An Appreciation of Walker Evans
With my friend Doug Kaye today, I explored the Walker Evans exhibition currently running at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. As we explored Evans’ images, several themes came through, among them: His composition – with street shots that … Continue reading
Point Montara Light Station
Late this afternoon, I headed over to Half Moon Bay – specifically to Montara and the Point Montara Light Station – to join up with a small group of Google+ photographers. I tried several HDR shots – none of which … Continue reading
Coasting in 2012 – Pigeon Point Lighthouse
This morning I met up with Doug Kaye over on the coast – for a morning of shooting – of the photography kind. We started at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve and then headed south to Pigeon Point Lighthouse before heading … Continue reading
New Year’s Day 2012 at the Golden Gate
In what’s become sort of a tradition for me, on New Year’s Day I head for the Golden Gate and see what I can find to start the new year off right. Today, my favorite venue was blocked by construction … Continue reading
Time Together
Here’s one of my favorite images from last Saturday’s Rodeo Beach photo walk with Doug Kaye. Sort of like street shooting – except on the beach. We were heading down toward the dramatic rocks at the south end of Rodeo … Continue reading
A Beautiful Day at Rodeo Beach
My good friend Doug Kaye and I headed out today to the Marin Headlands – in particular, Battery Mendell up high on the cliffs and, down low, Rodeo Beach itself. I’ve yet to process most of the photos from this … Continue reading
In the Snow in Korea
Tonight, I’ve been going through my Lightroom catalog – attempting to do a better job of categorizing the almost 30,000 images I’ve got in my master catalog. Along the way, I’ve been marking a few photos that I thought might … Continue reading
Water Jugs Revisited
Back in September, I posted a black and white image of three water jugs that I took earlier at one of the restaurants at the Ferry Building in San Francisco using my tiny Canon PowerShot S95. I loved the black … Continue reading
