Social
The more time spent on social media the more boring you are, just like everyone else. I prefer hanging out in the real world with real people having real conversations. Share your brilliant ideas and incorporate theirs.
THE WRITTEN RECORD
Technology
#deletesocialmedia
I just finished the monumental task of deleting all of my accounts. On purpose. Why should you care about this? No idea. But for me, it is refreshing and liberating. I admit it was rewarding to receive online praise for…
#deletegoogle Part II
So this just happened. After making the decision to close both of my Google accounts back in April it is finally finished. I am no longer a Google user.
#deletegoogle
I first mentioned I was migrating off of Google way back in April. Well, it has taken me just that long to do it. Every photo, video and document I shared with them has been downloaded finally. I deleted my…
Untitled post
This is a great blend of both budget and premium features. A $1200 phone for a $750 price. This has almost everything I want into an iPhone like a big, end-to-end screen, the A12 Bionic chip, dual sim card capability,…
Untitled post
I am decommissioning my Misadventures.me website and coming back here to ChrisDenbow.com. It was an attempt at a fresh start but then I realized I didn’t want to go that direction. The web domain expires soon and I am not…
Goodbye Google
Previously I mentioned I was in the process of dropping all products made by Google but it was half-hearted. The amount of data they have on me for the past thirteen is overwhelming. I recently requested my data delivered to…
Untitled post
I picked up this handy little tool yesterday to help manage the images on my iPhone and iPad. This is the SanDisk iXpand 128gb Flash Drive. Once it was done copying over all 10gb of images off my phone I…
Physical vs Digital
Inspired by the time-tested practice of marginalia, the art of note-taking inside of books, I wanted to explore note taking in digital books. In most apps like Amazon’s Kindle, I can highlight, notate and save until next time I open…
Anti-Social
“If you have good experiences with social media, nothing in this book invalidates those experiences. In fact, my hope is that we—meaning both the industry and all of us—will find a way to keep and improve on what we love…
Untitled post
Instagram sucks. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it. VSCO has a great business model. They make and sell digital products to help enhance your photography and provide a social platform to host too. VSCO desktop presets for…
It’s Not Relevant
Instagram sucks. It used to be a great way to network with great photographers and friends. It has evolved from a creative community into an abomination of memes, unoriginal work and advertisements. When Facebook purchased Instagram everyone knew that it…
iA Writer
After several free trials, beta tests and tribulations I have chosen iA Writer as my tool to help me create stories I want to tell (not calling myself a writer or author yet). The software for me had to pass…
Progress
Time to get serious and disciplined regarding digital asset management (DAM). As I type, I am transferring files off of the various external hard drives to a master file on my computer. Then I will use Lightroom to remove the…
Photo Archeology
My very first digital photograph back in November 2001. When I was away at college I borrowed my father’s Olympus C2100. I loved the zoom and bokeh it produced. This had helped solidify my photography enthusiasm. I discovered this when…