My new ordering system at work. Based on a blog post I read weeks ago, I bought a bunch if cheap "guest checks" like wait-staff use in restaurants. The post suggested using them to take ALL your notes, but at the office I only use them to write down equipment and supply requests for the day. Then, every day at about 4:00, I can just grab my pad and place my order. So far, it's worked great! (And, if it continues to work well, I may expand my use of the guest check pads!)
No, not mine.
I got nothing this week.
I'm out of creative ideas and pretty much feel like a spent shell casing.
But, I have a good excuse. In just over a week, I'll be getting married. So, this is the last Friday post you'll see from me for a little bit. Just kind of how that goes. Next week, I'll be busy with family and last minute details for the wedding. The week after, I plan to be still recovering from the...
Read More
So, yeah, I've got pretty much nothing this week.
Pretty much every bit of time and energy is going into either getting married (in just over two weeks!) or getting my fiance's business, The Organizing Decorator, more customers. So, that means I have little left to come up with too much that's interesting here. As it turns out, that's okay because Haje and Daniela over at Photocritic have plenty to keep you amused, at least if you're a photographer. In particular,...
Read More
You know what I'd like to do?
I like being free and independent.
I like the idea behind Instagram, but not the proprietary nature of it.
I don't like giving up my rights to work I create. Even when it's just a little photo of a little moment captured with my iPhone. I dislike, as Nicholas Carr called it on his blog, "digital sharecropping". And, of course, now the ads have finally started on Instagram, solidifying my discomfort with it. Why should I let them profit from even the smallest amount of my work without compensation?
My favorite new tech toy!
Recently, I cleaned up my office (by hiring my fiancé), and found a lot of older hard drives that needed to be wiped before I could dispose of them. [amazon_link id="B003WV5DLA" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]This little guy from Startech.com[/amazon_link] has really done the trick! I just pop a drive in, hit the power button for that slot, and I have a fresh, new drive available on my machine to format clean! Just that easy!
By now, dear readers, you both should know that I'm "into" photography.
Now, I'm not really into collecting cameras, though, I will admit that I have several. And, I only shoot digital, because, frankly, film is kind of a hassle these days and I just never really had the time, patience or money all at once to learn enough about film to develop my own. And, let's face it, if I'm not developing my own photos, it seems like a waste...Read More
I'm obsessed with photography lately, mainly because I feel so stymied by it.
It used to flow so much easier for me. I had even gotten to the point that I could go a shoot anonymous portraits on the street or at a fair or carnival and be comfortable doing that. But, lately, it's been problematic for me. Of course, I have no one to blame by myself.
Still, as a result, I find myself quietly obsessed with photography as a medium...
Read More
And becomes completely irrelevant.
