If there’s any broader issue I have with the Valley,” Karp says, it’s that “you’d have to be out of your mind to live in Palo Alto. By Design | David Karp Is Tumblr’s Reluctant Technologist – NYTimes.com I love David.
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How do you honor your users?
Yesterday I saw this great Steve Jobs quote over on MG’s Tumblr: “Nike sells a commodity, they sell shoes. And yet when you think of Nike you feel something different than a shoe company. In their ads, as you know, they don’t ever talk about the product, they don’t ever talk about their air soles, […]
Continue reading "How do you honor your users?"Peter Vidani, Tumblr’s Creative Director. Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Continue readingPhotography: input vs output ?
John Gruber recently linked to this story by Craig Mod in the New Yorker, “Goodbye, Cameras”. Craig’s story walks us through his personal journey of photography, from film to digital SLR to digital mirrorless to the iPhone. And it’s clear he’s passionate about his work and his art. You can also feel his joy and […]
Continue reading "Photography: input vs output ?"Goodbye 2013
What a year. In many ways it was a blur. I’m kinda shocked this year is done. Feels like yesterday I was running around with the kids over Labor Day weekend. But it wasn’t yesterday and so many things happened this year Two portfolio companies that I spent the most time with since becoming a […]
Continue reading "Goodbye 2013"Fun little mobile shortcuts
Some of my favorite mobile apps have these little gems tucked inside. For example, in Tumblr’s iOS app, you can swipe up from the new post button and automatically get into camera mode. It’s a brilliant, fast way to take a new photo and post to Tumblr. In Twitter’s iOS app, you can swipe up […]
Continue reading "Fun little mobile shortcuts"Tumblr Photoset
On Tumblr, you can post a variety of different things. A text post, or a quote, or a song, or a video. And of course you can post a photo. On any given day, I post at least one of those things right here on bijansabet.com which is on Tumblr. Awhile back, Tumblr introduced photosets as […]
Continue reading "Tumblr Photoset"Random stuff
I haven’t done one of these random thoughts in awhile so I thought I would write down a few things. Maybe I’ll pick up one of these topics in the future and expand on them in the near future. Ok, in no particular order. 1. I’m on this wonderful music email chain list at the […]
Continue reading "Random stuff"What kind of camera should I buy?
I get this question frequently since I wrote this post. It’s nice to see fellow enthusiasts wanting to push their photography skills farther along their journey. Right now, there are so many fine cameras it is hard to go wrong. But since I’ve written this down for a number of friends lately, I thought I […]
Continue reading "What kind of camera should I buy?"Early adopters: so right at first and then so wrong later on ?
It’s likely this post is going to upset a few folks. That is not my intention. If you follow this blog at all its fairly obvious I’m not the best writer and I enjoy making photographs more than making essays. But sometimes I like to air out my thoughts so here goes nothing. I love […]
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