💻 Mark Evanier is a television writer mostly known for his work in animation. He wrote an interesting article this week about how voice actors learn that they’re not right for a part. Or don’t, as the case usually is. Read ASK me: Not Right for the Part
💻 I quit Instagram a couple years ago when it was clearly becoming more a general-purpose social media site. Om Malik says that transition is complete, and it’s not a great place for photographers anymore. Read Instagram is dead
💻 As an introvert in the Christian church in the United States, I often feel like I don’t fit. It’s become a place that embraces, even celebrates, extroverted behavior, as if that’s the “right” way to be a Christian. I don’t even try to mimic it because it’s just exhausting. Joe Forrest tells why the church needs introverts, and exhorts it to include them. Read The Quiet Ones: How (and Why) Introverts Will Help Save the Church From Itself
💻 Sarcasm, for the most part, is not helpful and may be actively harmful to our ability to change things that need changed. So says Andrew Bosworth in a short essay. Read On Sarcasm
📷 Alex Luyckx reviews the humble Nikon 50mm f/1.8 AI-s Nikkor, a manual-focus “nifty fifty” that punches way above its class. It’s also a compact lens, and an easy companion for your Nikon SLR bodies. Read Optical Review Blog No. 31 – Nikon AI-S Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8
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I think I use irony more than sarcasm. I need to study the matter further.
I like irony. I’m not good at it myself, but I like it when others do it.
Nice selection this week Jim! The quiet one’s is quite relevant to me, and of course anything about Nikon lens is a good read.
You’re welcome! You know, when I started doing this weekly roundup I had no idea if it would go over, and now I find that it’s usually the thing I do every week that people like best!
I’m on zero social media, having years ago during their development, been scratching my head and wondering why people are so sociologically “needy”. Once again, I am too late to the photographic party; first Flickr, and now Instagram, turned into money making advertising shills, before I can even investigate them enough to see if I want to belong? ! Whata world!
I’m on some social media, but the longer I go the less enthralled I become.
I do more FB than Instagram, although it is becoming obvious that advertising is the sole reason for the existence of both platforms. The older I get, the less I like advertising. The Quiet Ones hits the nail right on the head!
Advertising powers the commercial Internet. It’s not awesome for us.