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Lucky Oliver, the Silicon Valley-based Microstock photo company, has announced that it’s throwing in the towel, apparently by May 15th, 2008.

On a personal note, I’m saddened by this news, as Lucky Oliver was the a company that spent a lot of time and energy on what I found to be a really effective and compelling layout and user experience. In fact, I found myself actually admiring the way that they did what must be mundane UI work, always with wit and style.

Not only that, but I was fortunate (okay, “lucky”) to have met Bryan, the CEO, and found him to be smart, witty, and engaging. One can’t live in Silicon Valley, though, for very long without seeing and feeling the wreckage and failures. Google gets a ton of press; The Lucky Olivers just sort of fade away. 

Our best to the Oliver team. We wish them–here it comes–Luck.

For discussion: how does this affect the MicroStock space in general? Is this an indication of some degree of saturation? Is this town not big enough for (pick your favorites)? Discuss.

Saladtopia is running an article that describes some of the details behind the reasoning to stop eating (as much) meat. Interesting read.

Microstock: Making Money from selling digital photos

The secret is out, and everybody wants in on the action. The last few years have seen a kind of boomtown vibe erupt in the world of Microstock photography. We’ve written elsewhere about the details; if you are interested in learning more about the mechanics and the specifics, then we’d encourage you to digest that material when you are able.

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It’s been a good year for Apple’s Aperture users, so far. Who knew that there would be two major upgraes, only weeks apart, that would change the complexion, functionality and prospects of the young application? Well, plenty of people knew, apparently.

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Omnifocus is freaking me out.
Actually, it’s not Omnifocus, per se, but rather what Omnifocus represents. Let’s back up, for a minute, though. The whole thing started with what the MBA types might refer to as an “emerging paradigm”. In this case, the paradigm is all about an alleged improvement in the centuries-old battle against sloth and procrastination.

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On the economic front, the news is bad, bad, bad. There are a lot of really smart people who’ve begun making noises about an impending recession, and then there are a few buzz-kills who have the audacity to use the “D” word: Depression. Continue reading →

It would appear that there are a huge number of people who, at the moment, have their panties all in a wad over the recent announcement by Adobe, that the next flavor of Photoshop will play nice with 64-bit systems, but only if they are Windows Vista 64-bit systems. Continue reading →

Pop Quiz: Okay, so what do all websites, brochures and ads have in common? Answer: they all have images, often photo images. And where do all these photo images come from? Answer: Some dude named “Rudy”. Just kidding. His real name is “Earl”.

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It’s been over a year, and I still get all warm and fuzzy over my Nikon D200. it’s one of those products that exceeds expectations (rare these days). Sure the D300 is out now, but the D200 is still shipping, and available at really, really good prices. Here’s the text that I’d written some time ago:
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Regular readers know that I have this semi-unhealthy, love-hate thing going on with Omnifocus. The application in question, which is based on the  buzzword-compliant GTD worldview,  is a really good example of how some programs can look good and be useful at the same time (think Pamela Anderson with HTML coding skills). Continue reading →