I ve been thinking about this photo a lot recently. I don t think it s a particularly interesting nor beautiful photo — nothing interesting is happening in the left half of the image — but it naturally splits into quadrants of its frame. This was totally accidental on my part, but it made me realize how under-practiced Continue reading Pre-Visualizing the Whole Frame
If I take 10,000 photos of my neighborhood, surely I’ll end up with 10 spectacular photos, right? Like statistically the chance that all those photos would be terrible would approach 0%. Over time taking these photos, surely I’d change my process, hone my eye, practice my timing, practice my route. I’d take photos of the Continue reading 10,000 photos
My engagement with Arabic and the Middle East hasn’t been updated for 10 years, though things filter into my streams occasionally on Twitter and YouTube. I started seeing this a year ago, people would use “content” to refer to media they create, much like we do in English. It’s a direct translation. But it sounds Continue reading “Content” Creators in Arabic
I have a habit of brute forcing through challenges. I did this recently when rock climbing for the first time in years and yesterday in the darkroom. The photo I was printing had some bright highlights that were not coming through into the print, and I spent the evening and 3 sheets of paper futzing Continue reading Struggling to slow down and operate with structure
I just got the Glove80 keyboard unboxed. Coming into it from an Advantage 360 Pro. Decided it was time to change when I realized my pinky was getting sore (though that’s likely due to the 15 Pro Max than the keyboard). Initial impression is super positive. It’s way lower profile than the 360, which makes Continue reading Glove80 Keyboard
Lots of people are familiar with Noah’s videos and persona, but his YouTube channel is my favorite new subscribe. I get excited when I get the notification that he posted a new video. You should watch it too. One video that resonated is this one: https://youtu.be/MRNlOLNIEUA?si=yAvd4d1rky-KRgmj I’ve been thinking about this recently as I looked Continue reading Noah Kalina’s YouTube channel
Taking off the Vision Pro after a session of work is a depressing experience. The world shrinks to the 14 display on my laptop, and I lost my spatial headphones, my multiple windows, and my large display. It feels sadder to use the laptop on its own. What makes this particularly frustrating are all the Continue reading Working on the Vision Pro
I m going to ignore the many failed attempts at blogging over the past few years. I m also going to ignore the urge to be overly verbose or profound. I m going to keep these short. I haven t been posting to social media much, so I ll redirect my thoughts here. You should subscribe. I ll post whenever I Continue reading Restarting the blog
Today is my 28th birthday. I’m on a Greek island where 6 weeks ago thousands of people were arriving daily. It was an overwhelming experience and we’re back here to profile the locals. It’s a village of dreams and fantasies, and I’m thankful to spend my birthday here among a fantastic array of friends and friendly faces.
I was ready to get out of Portland. It had be a few days and on the one hand, I was starting to feel a lot of the same anxiety and stress that caused me to leave SF in the first place. On the other hand, I felt like I may not get the chance to visit the Pacific Northwest with Sierra again, but I can fly and Uber around Portland whenever I want. Alright, we passed by the maps section at Powell’s…