100 camera and photo apps in 100 days

Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by in Photography

Over at my What I See Now blog, which is all about iPhone photography, I’ve got a new project: 100 Photo Apps. The idea is pretty simple: Over 100 days, I’ll post 100 images from 100 different iPhone camera and photography apps. I’m thinking of the project as a way to showcase the best photo [...]

Why do I have three (yes, three) photoblogs?

Posted on 19. Dec, 2010 by in Photography, Writing

OK, so maybe you haven’t really been wondering this, but it’s the truth. I now have three separate photography blogs. Not long ago, I wasn’t even blogging, and now I feel like I’m something of a blogging maniac, in part because of the ease of creating and managing a blog with Tumblr. So what are [...]

David Ulin on the lost art of reading

Posted on 29. Nov, 2010 by in Distracted Living, Writing

Back in 2009, David Ulin of “The Los Angeles Times” wrote a short essay, “The Lost Art of Reading.” The premise was simple: Our lives make it increasingly difficult to focus on reading. (And reading, in this context, doesn’t mean reading your Twitter feed.) Why is this? It’s because our lives are filled with noise, [...]

My new photoblog, Really Great iPhone Photos

Posted on 19. Nov, 2010 by in Photography

I’ve got another photoblog: Really Great iPhone Photos. It doesn’t take much to figure out the subject of the blog, but I’ll explain, briefly. I’ve got one photoblog, What I See Now, that’s all about iPhone photography—news about apps, info about iPhoneography contests, and also my own iPhone photos (now and then). Really Great iPhone [...]

10 ideas from the backwards world of photographer Chase Jarvis

Posted on 28. Oct, 2010 by in Photography

I learned about Chase Jarvis from his book of iPhone photography, “The Best Camera,” but he’s about a lot more than that. He’s a professional photographer, a filmmaker, and a sort of creativity and social media guru. I heard him speak at the PDN PhotoPlus expo and conference at the Javits center in New York. [...]

My anti-Facebook rant in the Star-Ledger

Posted on 22. Oct, 2010 by in Writing

Here’s how I open today’s column in the Star-Ledger: “Facebook is a big, sprawling mess, and there’s no saving it.” Yes, this is something of a rant, and it was a lot of fun to write. The column was based on a simple idea: Could I figure out Facebook’s privacy settings and other options in [...]

The iPhone is my new favorite writing tool

Posted on 20. Oct, 2010 by in Writing

I know this will sound crazy to a lot of people, but I’m really into using my iPhone for writing. Now, this doesn’t mean I’ve developed some fancy method to use my fingers and thumbs with the virtual keyboard. For writing on my iPhone, I use Apple’s wireless Bluetooth keyboard — my favorite keyboard, ever [...]

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