June 2, 2023

The news you need to know. 6/3/23

My roundup of this week’s news.

Martinsville, Indiana. My photos available from Envato.

Presidential challenger Robert F. Kennedy Jr can talk with the dead. Then talk with your dad or uncles so they can tell you to back off on the goofy talk.

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May 27, 2023

Recipes for Pro Camera by Moment for iPhone.

Powerful presets for incredible images and video.

While Halide rules in iOS still photography and Filmic rules in iOS video, Pro Camera by Moment is probably the best pro-quality app for those who shoot as many stills as video. The added plus is that Pro Camera lets you save presets for various photo and video shooting functions and call them up with two taps. This article is a recipe book for how to create Pro Camera presets. While some are practical, others are wonderfully experimental.

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Photography
May 26, 2023

The news you need to know.

My roundup of this week’s news.

Raindrops of Leaf shot with iPhone 14 Pro. My photos available from Envato.

Instead of getting buried, get composted in a mushroom coffin.

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May 19, 2023

The news you need to know.

My roundup of this week’s news.

My photos available from Envato.

It’s a brawl world after all: Families fistfight over Disney photo op.

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May 15, 2023

Automating capitalism through AI.

My father’s warning about technology from 30 years ago.

Jim Wolfe running the Sylvis booth at Folklife 1972

In finally getting around to assembling my father’s memoirs 30 years after his death, I was surprised at his insight in emerging trends that are coming to pass today. In Memoirs of a Professional Letter Writer his views on technology apply to AI as much as they did to automation in his time. As he noted: as a society, we repeat our missteps with alarming regularity.

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Culture
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