Category: Blog News

Got E-Ink instead. Read about it here: FishBowlNY.

Hilarious. http://www.weirdomatic.com/creepy-ads.html

Via, VSL.

Lots of hype and people reporting on this (here) and (here) and (here). Rolling Stone did a Holographic cover for their big 40th anniversary and completely sold out. Best selling issue ever. I guess that makes it worth the cost.

Omaha World-Herald (here).

Via, Kenneth Jarecke.

“…by posting anything (via Chrome) to your blog(s), any forum, video site, myspace, itunes, or any other site that might happen to be supporting you, Google can use your work without paying you a dime.”

“And for the record, Microsoft tried this years ago with MSN messenger, where MS got an irrevocable perpetual license to all IP that passed through MSN messenger, and the net basically revolted.”

“There are some people who have claimed that this is standard legal jargon for every piece of software. Not only is that simply not true, no clause even close to that is in the Firefox terms of service.”

Read about it (here), Thanks Bart.

These two websites aim to educate visual artists:

No Spec (here)

Stop Work For Hire (here)

Go trend go. See it (here).

Via, PDN Pulse.

I’m editing the Aurora 15 this week (here) and it’s kind of a cool, innovative way to show off your agency and photographers.

A site created to bitch about Adobe products called Dear Adobe, is actually read and discussed by people who work at Adobe (reported at John Nack on Adobe). The Adobe VP Dave Story asked the site creator to make a top 25 list of complaints (here).

How can you not listen to the people?

TinEye is an image search engine built by Idée currently in beta. Give it an image and it will tell you where the image appears on the web. Try for yourself (here).

Description reads:

Escape from newspapers while you can! At this rate, everyone will be laid off. Did you leave on your own terms? Or did someone else make that decision for you? Were you “involuntarily separated?” Let’s help each other get through this!

Take your journalism skills to a new industry that appreciates and wants you. Post job listings, tips, resources and personal experiences. Rework that resume and cover letter. Get the skills you need. Try to stop reading Romenesko every day and let go of an industry that doesn’t care about or deserve you.

Journalism and the newspaper industry are two different things. We are still passionate about journalism and its role in our democracy. We can still do it in new and innovative ways. The newspaper industry is an abusive relationship. We keep getting beat up but we keep coming back because we love him. It’s time to leave.

See it (here).

David Burnett and Kenneth Jarecke are shooting and blogging from the Olympics.

Kenneth (here) and David (here).

I found this little tidbit from Kenneth to be interesting:
“… the people at Octagon (the sporting agency that represents Phelps) in my opinion really screwed up here. Not only did they try to sell the exclusive rights to pictures of Michael with all eight of his Beijing medals (rumor has it the highest offer was only $225,000, which I guess was not enough to tarnish the gold so no money changed hands), they really screwed the good people at VISA.”

The Wall Street Journal changes the name of it’s photo blog from Big Picture to Photo Journal (here). Honestly I don’t think the name change was necessary but obviously you people are in charge now. Feels good doesn’t it.

2009 grant application is now available online for The Aftermath Project (here). They are giving two grants in 2009, one for $25,000 and one for $15,000.

Via PictureStoryBlog.com

Photo-Eye has a new online magazine (here).

NYC nightlife photographer Patrick McMullan is launching a new iPhone only magazine to be available on iTunes for 99 cents an issue.

Read all about it at Folio.

See it (here).

Spread the word. The more photographers that are paid to produce work online the better, IMHO.

Interesting trend happening where magazines are holding contests to dole out assignments. At least everyone gets a fair shake instead of some photo ed handing out assignments to their friends ;).

The Grand Prize winner will receive a round-the-world ticket with a 10-page portfolio assignment covering your trip.

Enter (here).