*This is an editorial piece. I am not a lawyer. Research this material before making decisions based upon it. * Creative Commons is a great concept; often misunderstood, employed incorrectly and as a result gives those employing it a false sense of security. A few days ago I posted a video titled How Creativity Is Being Strangled By The Law where Lawrence Lessig, founder of Creative Commons, spoke about the digital d
Tonight I attended the Fake Steve Jobs interview put together by LinkedIn at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. I went out of my way to leave my camera behind so as to enjoy the evenings festivities. Even still I took a few photos with my iPhone. I’ve always been an Apple / Mac geek so meeting Guy Kawasaki, who interviewed Fake Steve Jobs (AKA Daniel Lyons) was a highlight. I was also luc
Last week, November October 16th to be specific, Photo.net was acquired by NameMedia, Inc. It hasn’t taken long but changes are already in place including banner advertisements through out the site and a newly launched monthly email newsletter that went out this morning. Photo.net started out modestly as Philip Greenspun’s personal home page at MIT and developed into one of the largest photographer commun
For many in San Francisco Sutro Tower is nothing but an eyesore, but due to the tower’s central location and height its now being employed to help monitor greenhouse gases as part of the California’s aggressive environmental legislation AB 32. The California Greenhouse Gas Emissions Project, a pilot program known as CALGEM, is the brainchild of scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. They
In case you didn’t know today is “Blog Action Day“. In the theme of environmental awareness I’m posting two recent photos that exemplify our day-to-day impact on the environment. Nothing brings social issues to the forefront of thought more so than photography. My challenge to those that read this post… point me to your favorite social documentary photograph highlighting the impact we ha
A friend forwarded me a link to this video of Dave Story, Vice President Interactive Design at Adobe, demonstrating a 3D lens that captures 20 images simultaneously with a version of Photoshop software featuring a “focus brush”. The concept of creating a photograph with 3-D pixels and manipulating the display with a “focus brush” is quite a neat concept. In theory I think any technology that o
Serendipitously I happened to view the Photoshelter blog seconds after various videos of presentations at Photography 2.0 NY were added. I only got a chance to watch Chase Jarvis Turning Frowns Upside Down, but will be back to watch the others. Chase’s presentation was great. I highly recommend viewing it. On the note of Chase… I’ve recently been reading Chase Jarvis’ blog and have found it re
On July 17th I wrote “Two Coyotes Killed In Golden Gate Park, San Francisco – Why Care?” and since that time I’ve been working hard to connect with someone at the California State Department of Fish and Game to discuss the policies that shape these types of wildlife management decisions. Well after nearly two months I was finally able to talk with someone about the matter after persisting thro