Just had a nice email at work, so I saved it to my “praise” collection.
I’ve always felt conflicted about Bruce Guilden’s photography, but the interview with him by Magnum has made me appreciate him far more.
Another “urban sketching” experiment (I used a photo as it’s cold and I have a kid at home!) I made some mistakes with the first layer (too heavy paint in the sky not enough variation in the church) and I thought the foundation was terrible! But I think the end result is…okay. And I’ve learnt something so who cares.
One thing I wish was better with MB-hosted Micro.blogs...but then again
I really like MB-hosted micro.blog for the simplicity of publishing…but it’s not that easy to edit older posts. For example, if I wanted to write a list of authors I’m into right now, It would be tricky to find later. I could of course use a page — and that makes a lot of sense for this type of post…sorry, page. There are, however, occasions where I’d like more ways to revist old posts and update them. Then again, I never knew the best way to do this with WordPress: a new post, a note on the old post that it had been changed, just updating? Perhaps this is a bug which is a feature?
Podcast idea: Coffee conversation
No, it’s not a podcast about coffee…well not direclty. Here’s the pitch: I meet up with people I think are interesting and have a coffee with them, we record the conversation because maybe other people would like that.
But then again, it would probable be a bad podcast (noise of cups and sipping) and probably change the type of conversation…maybe I should just try and have a cup of coffee with interesting people.
I’m very excited about the possible Polish Micro Meetup this weekend in Warsaw.
Atomic Habits (Affiliate link) Is only 99p today in the UK kindle store. I just grabbed a copy even though I read it on paper last year.
Will the HomePod Ever Get an Update?
The HomePod is coming up on two years old, it had an A8 professor (5 years old) and there hasn’t been an update. I wonder if there’s something in the pipeline (maybe with a mini version?) or if Apple is just going to drop it.
The best way to notice a mistake is to call a file “Final” or publish something. Suddenly you notice way more mistakes. I swear it’s magic.
🎧 Dealing With Difficult People at Work - The Accidental Creative Podcast Unfortunately, this is what I needed to hear.
📸 A new Photo story: A trip to snowy Zakopane.
It’s take film to get developed day.
Updated and simplified my now page. It was growing and growing so I’ve cut it back. Which is funny as that’s quite like my life.
I don’t share many photos of my daughter but I’ll share this one. From our trip to Zakopane.
🎥 Why We Still Love Film: Analog Photography in the Digital Age | NBC Left Field
🎥 Why We Still Love Film: Analog Photography in the Digital Age | NBC Left Field
As someone who still shoots film (on multiple cameras) I loved this. The production is top-notch and features some of my favourite YouTubers. I also love the contrast with this week’s ATP where they said that downloading images off an SD card is too slow (although I kind of understand that frustration). Now I’d better take my last rolls of film to the local developer and get out a new one.
I discovered that I didn’t transfer any email subscribers to substack when I made a newsletter there…In other news, I’m thinking of moving back to buttondown as it’s so simple. If I were advising someone else in the same position I’d say that the tool doesn’t matter, there will always be some advantages and disadvantages and it’s more important to be consistent in publishing…and yet here I am. Still, when you’re “unprofessional”, you can ignore your “good advice”.
I got Pixelmator Photo for the iPad when it was on sales for free last year. I didn’t think I needed a new photo editing tool as the ones I had worked well. Pixelmator Photo, however, has replaced my other tools. It’s fantastic.
When you see an email from a blogger and you know that although it’s talking about something that’s “free”, this is the start of a new marketing funnel… (note to self: be generous and do stuff without a “now buy this” at the end).