I love books. If I were to have only one regret this life, it would be that there wasn’t enough time to read all the books that I want to. My reading list is a long one, and so often, new books have to fight hard to cut the line. I also collect books, and … Read more
When, several years ago, I was assisting a friend in getting his first Capitol Hill press pass, as we arrived to proceed into the building, I handed him one my disposable razors I keep in my car, and in said “you need to run this over your face.” “Why?” he asked? “It’s a simple matter … Read more
Below you will find formal notice about DRR’s suitor – Newscom – recinding it’s interest. Of particular interest is the following:“The creditor will have all information erased from the storage devices and then sell the equipment at auction.”The concern is that someone will simply do a simple erase, and anyone with recovery tools can recover … Read more
My good friend and colleague, David Burnett, who wrote this really great piece about his experience “in the buffer” covering election night in Chicago – History In The Buffer – and which is a remarkable diary of his election night experience, and well worth a read, has put together a really interesting piece about his … Read more
One of my daily reads is Seth Godin’s blog. He has a lot of good things to say, and I know that others, including Leslie Burns Dell’Acqua reads him daily as well, and she too highlighted his message for the day about mediocrity. I’ll take a similar tact.When you are not paying attention to the … Read more
Thanks to a reader of the previous post on StockShop, who alerted me to the fact that Pixish has ceased to exist. We wrote rather critically – Pixish, Stupid is, as Stupid Does (2/12/08), about their business model, because, well, it was a bad idea.(Continued after the Jump)So, we tried to visit their site, and … Read more
Don’t people learn? When we wrote “nOnRequest – This is Not Your Father’s “Agency” (6/20/07), we quoted Daryl Lang over at PDN, who wrote in his article “Revolutions That Never Happened“, “Sometimes bad ideas take care of themselves. OnRequest Images never backed down from custom stock, but the idea was hard to explain and held … Read more
Photo editors often get a bad rap. They’re often (incorrectly) blamed for the bad contracts they are required to foist upon us. Sometimes, it’s their idea, but usually, it’s not. It’s usually the legal department making things harder for them to get talented work to sign things like work-for-hire, and so forth.Thus, when a photo … Read more
Newscom, reportedly the company that submitted their letter of intent to acquire the assets of Digital Railroad (From Bad to Better – Likely Acquisition of DRR Assets By Newscom A Good Thing, 11/1/08), has taken themselves out of play as a party interested in the final disposition of those assets. “We looked at it long … Read more
So, how do you go about marketing yourself when you want a ready-made solution that you can implement in a brief period of time, with maximum impact? You outsource.You are a specialist in your field – photography. So too, was your wet-lab technician in processing your film. So too, are you struggling with mastering photoshop/lightroom/etc … Read more
