This week’s best blog posts (as judged by me):
You have only so much time in each day, and your phone and computer waste more of it than you probably realize. Michael Lopp, who writes under the pen name Rands, shares his ruthless and effective techniques for making his electronic gear suck down less of his time. Read Rands Information Practices
As the number of film photographers grows, counter-intuitively so does the backlash against Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS). I’m part of that backlash: I’ve owned hundreds of cameras in my lifetime but am currently thinning my herd. So is James Tocchio, who shares his excellent lessons learned along the way of collecting cameras. Read Five Lessons I’ve Learned In Five Years Of Shooting A Different Camera Every Week
Seth Godin reminds us how much of our society has changed in 58 years (tl;dr: hugely), and to expect at least the same amount of change in the next 58. (Why 58? I don’t know!) Read 58 years ago
Is there a perfect camera? Nope, says Pekka: they all have quirks. We can just learn to live with some of them, and not with others. Read Camera quirks
David Heinemeier Hansson, writing for Signal v. Noise, on why open offices suck. Read The open-plan office is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea
Camera reviews and experience reports:
- Olympus OM-4 (Pekka)
- Zeiss Ikon Contina Matic II (Michael Epstein)
- Minolta SR-T 202 (Kevin Lane)
- Lomography Diana Instant Square (Simeon Smith)
- Canon EOS 700 QD (Peggy Anne)
- Zeiss Ikon Nettar II 517/16 (David Hume)
- Lomo La Sardina (Paul Lovell)
- Mamiya Auto XTL (Mike Eckman)
- Kodak Brownie 127 (Nicholas Middleton)
- Minolta Alpha Sweet S/Dynax 404si/Maxxum STsi (Peggy Anne)
- Voigtländer Prominent (SilverFox)
- Ars Arcon 35 Model II (John Margetts)
