I stumbled across this piece entitled “How to be productive when everyone you work with is in a different time zone,” and found it an interesting read. Here’s an excerpt: … Continue reading Getting things done across time zones
The camera and lens combination for this experiential review is my Sony A6500 mated to a Contax G 45mm f/2.0 rangefinder lens. Unlike other vintage lenses, this combination requires the … Continue reading Perspective: Contax G 45mm + Sony A6500
On December 30, 2019, I found this piece entitled “This 4k Video Shows What A Backdraft Looks Like In Slow Motion” an interesting read. Here’s an excerpt: If you stop … Continue reading A Backdraft in Slowmo
A while ago, I completed an intensive technical certification program. The quality instructor guided a wide range of participants from recent college grads to seasoned folks like me through the … Continue reading Value, return and the liberal arts
Each year I build a monthly calendar of my favorite travel/place-related photographs. This is the photo I selected last year to reflect this month, so in essence a look back … Continue reading Remembering Southern California, 2019 #lookback
The camera and lens combination for this experiential review is my Sony A6500 mated to a Zeiss Touit 32mm f/1.8 lens with a native E-mount. I am not a pixel-peeper; … Continue reading Perspective: Zeiss Touit 32mm + Sony A6500
North Dakota, 1980s. Chuck Klosterman and I were both in high school on the high plains (and a little over 110 miles apart). Mitch Gallagher had just graduated a few … Continue reading Vintage synth journey
Each year I build a monthly calendar of my favorite travel/place-related photographs. This is the photo I selected last year to reflect this month, so in essence a look back … Continue reading For December, remembering Chicago 2018 #lookback
If you’ve ever seen my office (shown in the photo above), you’ll find that it is filled with gizmos, toys, musical instruments, gadgets, books and a variety of odd and … Continue reading Has my office gone Hollywood?
About a year or so ago, I stumbled across a blog post by Dan Bieler, Principal Analyst at Forrester, who resurfaced an often missed truth: “innovation requires a culture of … Continue reading Natural Triad: Innovation, Diversity & Inclusion
Don’t know what to do with an old lava lamp? How about several? A while back I found this piece entitled “Fluid Dynamics: How a Wall of Lava Lamps Helps … Continue reading Lava Lamps & Encryption
I own a Fotodiox Pro Fusion mk II autofocus adapter and use it with a handful of compatible Nikon autofocus lenses. The adaptor has developed an dark history that is … Continue reading Fixing a bricked Sony A6500
Back in 2008, I authored a set of cloud/SaaS-focused articles for the higher education online magazine, The Greentree Gazette. In the four-part series, I explored the potential shift of a broad range … Continue reading All that matters is getting things done.
The “look” of anamorphic video and photography intrigues me. There’s just something about distorted out of focus areas and ultrawide panoramas that creatively draws my attention (and interest). Ever since … Continue reading Anamorphic “Moment” on an iPhoneX
Picture an intimate performance venue like the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Lights down low and in the summer; a bit warm because the air conditioner and fans can’t keep up. … Continue reading Dream Engineer: Cee Lo Green and “Bright Lights Bigger City”
We’ve amassed a little collection of vintage computing hardware over the years — some owned and some acquired. On the shelf behind my desk sat an ailing Atari 800 that … Continue reading Resurrecting an Atari 800
Back in the days of film (“in the long, long ago”), every photographer talked camera systems. I learned to shoot on my dad’s Minolta system using his SRT-201 and stayed … Continue reading Used camera gear, different creative path
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Since the late 1990s, I’ve been in a bad relationship with DEN (Denver International Airport). I’m probably the only person who laments the loss of Stapleton to redevelopment, thinks it … Continue reading DEN, a wacky airport of misery