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 [...]

Want to publish a Kindle book?

Posted on 15. Oct, 2010 by in Tech, Writing

One of these days I’ll publish a Kindle book (or some sort of e-book). For now, I’ve got a column with tips on how to do this. It’s not all that hard, really. A lot of the challenge, it turns out, is in formatting the book properly for the Kindle (or for any other e-book [...]

Just helped fund a Kickstarter project for an iPhone tripod

Posted on 04. Oct, 2010 by in Writing

So I just dropped $20 on an iPhone tripod and “kickstand” that doesn’t even exist yet. Sounds sorta weird? Well, it’s actually part of a project at Kickstarter, a website that’s all about funding innovative and creative projects. The name of this product-to-be is the Glif, and here’s how it’s described: Glif is a simple [...]

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