Comments for SpringerPhotoGraphicsSpringerPhotoGraphics | SpringerPhotoGraphics http://springerphotographics.com Art, Design, Technology, Ideas Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Deer Axe Sheath by Marcus Riedner http://springerphotographics.com/2011/12/28/deer-axe-sheath/#comment-1238 Marcus Riedner Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:39:47 +0000 http://springerphotographics.com/?p=567#comment-1238 The cover looks fantastic, and the axe looks grand refinished! This axe sees a lot of abuse, and has since we got it about five years ago. A bunch of that mess on the haft (and butt end damage) was from the first camping trip we took the axe on in Manning Park. The wood there was very very knotty and very green. Sap got all over my gloves, hands, pants. Everything. I have just continued a pattern of poor usage since then, which may be why the axe decided to give me a warning scar. Thanks for cleaning it up! If the axe head lasts long enough I'd consider re-handling it or even just stripping and re-treating the handle. I use linseed oil to treat most of my martial arts tools so don't mind the occasional treatments. It may be better to just keep it as a teaching tool for what not to do to or with an axe. The cover looks fantastic, and the axe looks grand refinished!

This axe sees a lot of abuse, and has since we got it about five years ago. A bunch of that mess on the haft (and butt end damage) was from the first camping trip we took the axe on in Manning Park. The wood there was very very knotty and very green. Sap got all over my gloves, hands, pants. Everything. I have just continued a pattern of poor usage since then, which may be why the axe decided to give me a warning scar. Thanks for cleaning it up!

If the axe head lasts long enough I’d consider re-handling it or even just stripping and re-treating the handle. I use linseed oil to treat most of my martial arts tools so don’t mind the occasional treatments. It may be better to just keep it as a teaching tool for what not to do to or with an axe.

]]> Comment on Zen and the Art of T-shirts by asphotographics http://springerphotographics.com/2011/10/20/zen-and-the-art-of-t-shirts/#comment-1216 asphotographics Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:46:02 +0000 http://springerphotographics.com/?p=219#comment-1216 Discovered a wonderful t-shirt site/concept today: http://www.tpostmag.com/ sells subscriptions to their magazine printed inside a t-shirt. Each month you get a cool t-shirt and thought provoking article. I’d subscribe, but I guy at work already gets these shirts and wearing the same shirt as someone else you know is just not cool. Discovered a wonderful t-shirt site/concept today: http://www.tpostmag.com/ sells subscriptions to their magazine printed inside a t-shirt. Each month you get a cool t-shirt and thought provoking article. I’d subscribe, but I guy at work already gets these shirts and wearing the same shirt as someone else you know is just not cool.

]]> Comment on Zen and the Art of T-shirts by Sarah http://springerphotographics.com/2011/10/20/zen-and-the-art-of-t-shirts/#comment-1162 Sarah Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:42:50 +0000 http://springerphotographics.com/?p=219#comment-1162 OMG! I hadn't seen your Pink Elephant BMX t-shirt before. Very nice! We might need to get a few of these designs on little baby onesies for your niece/nephew. Gotta pass down the graphic tee tradition ;-) OMG! I hadn’t seen your Pink Elephant BMX t-shirt before. Very nice! We might need to get a few of these designs on little baby onesies for your niece/nephew. Gotta pass down the graphic tee tradition ;-)

]]> Comment on Tom Waits vs The Internet by Debbie http://springerphotographics.com/2011/01/22/tom-waits-vs-the-internet/#comment-918 Debbie Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:42:28 +0000 http://springerphotographics.com/?p=176#comment-918 Fascinating article, and so true. It's sad how we are quietly slipping away from the analog world. At a recent Christmas party, I was comparing notes with a friend of mine who is also a writer. I was excited to show her the callous on my finger from writing at such a frenzied pace lately. She stared at me like I was insane and said: "You use a PEN? Don't you write at your computer?" Um....no. For me, writing is as much physical activity and performance art as it is intellectual process.I sprawl out across the bed surrounded by notebooks, dictionary, thesaurus, other reference materials, and possibly a novel or two in case I need a break. (Barbaric, I know, but I still use an actual, tangible dictionary even though it means reciting the alphabet in my head several dozen times a day to remember if I should be flipping forwards or backwards ~ good thing I have a three-year-old to keep me on track, hey?) I like to cavort in the digital world as much as the next person (or maybe only as much as the last person) but some things are sacred. One of the most satisfying sensory delights in my experience is the tangy scent of ink on aged paper. Writing ~ and also reading, for that matter ~ just isn't the same without it. I have yet to read a book on an ipad or laptop, so why would I want to write one that way? (Blogs are another matter.) Truthfully, even this comment I wrote out on paper first. Because that's how I roll. Another good reason not to write at the computer: WAY too distracting. This morning, for instance, I was supposed to be composing a cover letter. *sigh* Oh, well. Thanks anyway for the very interesting and informative distraction. Fascinating article, and so true. It’s sad how we are quietly slipping away from the analog world. At a recent Christmas party, I was comparing notes with a friend of mine who is also a writer. I was excited to show her the callous on my finger from writing at such a frenzied pace lately. She stared at me like I was insane and said: “You use a PEN? Don’t you write at your computer?” Um….no.
For me, writing is as much physical activity and performance art as it is intellectual process.I sprawl out across the bed surrounded by notebooks, dictionary, thesaurus, other reference materials, and possibly a novel or two in case I need a break. (Barbaric, I know, but I still use an actual, tangible dictionary even though it means reciting the alphabet in my head several dozen times a day to remember if I should be flipping forwards or backwards ~ good thing I have a three-year-old to keep me on track, hey?)
I like to cavort in the digital world as much as the next person (or maybe only as much as the last person) but some things are sacred. One of the most satisfying sensory delights in my experience is the tangy scent of ink on aged paper. Writing ~ and also reading, for that matter ~ just isn’t the same without it. I have yet to read a book on an ipad or laptop, so why would I want to write one that way? (Blogs are another matter.) Truthfully, even this comment I wrote out on paper first. Because that’s how I roll.
Another good reason not to write at the computer: WAY too distracting. This morning, for instance, I was supposed to be composing a cover letter. *sigh* Oh, well.
Thanks anyway for the very interesting and informative distraction.

]]> Comment on Digital is the new film [re-published] by Debbie James Gillund http://springerphotographics.com/2010/12/04/digital-is-the-new-film-re-published/#comment-689 Debbie James Gillund Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:49:34 +0000 http://springerphotographics.com/?p=42#comment-689 You never cease to amaze me, Aaron. This is a brilliantly crafted piece of insight. I love the notion of the ubiquitous digital image in the wild ~ so spot-on. You never cease to amaze me, Aaron. This is a brilliantly crafted piece of insight. I love the notion of the ubiquitous digital image in the wild ~ so spot-on.

]]> Comment on Tom Waits vs The Internet by Sarah http://springerphotographics.com/2011/01/22/tom-waits-vs-the-internet/#comment-656 Sarah Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:17:20 +0000 http://springerphotographics.com/?p=176#comment-656 One man's escape into nature (or Tom Waits) is another woman's escape into crafting. I have kept a post-it at my desk (now in the sewing room) with the following quote from John Naisbitt in Megatrends: "The more high tech our jobs become, the more high touch we will want our leisure activities to be." The greatest therapy for getting back to ourselves and the roots of life seems to be in detaching ourselves from technology (if only for a brief moment). Love reading your thoughts on this. Poetic and true as usual. One man’s escape into nature (or Tom Waits) is another woman’s escape into crafting. I have kept a post-it at my desk (now in the sewing room) with the following quote from John Naisbitt in Megatrends: “The more high tech our jobs become, the more high touch we will want our leisure activities to be.” The greatest therapy for getting back to ourselves and the roots of life seems to be in detaching ourselves from technology (if only for a brief moment). Love reading your thoughts on this. Poetic and true as usual.

]]> Comment on Supply and Demand by asphotographics http://springerphotographics.com/2011/01/25/supply-and-demand/#comment-406 asphotographics Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:44:44 +0000 http://springerphotographics.com/?p=187#comment-406 This just in from the “I Told You So” department. MacRumors has reported on Apple having cornered over 60% of the global 2011 touchscreen supply market: “…tablet PC makers also pointed out that the component shortage is causing their shipment volumes to be unable to catch up with their orders, especially for second-tier players. Touch panels are currently suffering the most serious shortage due to Apple holding control over the capacity of major touch panel makers…” http://www.macrumors.com/2011/02/17/apple-buying-up-touch-screens-with-over-60-of-global-supply-in-2011/ This just in from the “I Told You So” department. MacRumors has reported on Apple having cornered over 60% of the global 2011 touchscreen supply market:

“…tablet PC makers also pointed out that the component shortage is causing their shipment volumes to be unable to catch up with their orders, especially for second-tier players. Touch panels are currently suffering the most serious shortage due to Apple holding control over the capacity of major touch panel makers…”

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/02/17/apple-buying-up-touch-screens-with-over-60-of-global-supply-in-2011/

]]> Comment on Design Is Not A Product by asphotographics http://springerphotographics.com/2011/01/30/design-is-not-a-product/#comment-168 asphotographics Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:29:45 +0000 http://springerphotographics.com/?p=203#comment-168 It's official. The world's largest irrelevant smartphone manufacturer has teamed up with the world's largest irrelevant software manufacturer: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/02/11/nokia-and-microsoft-team-up-in-smartphone-battle/ It’s official. The world’s largest irrelevant smartphone manufacturer has teamed up with the world’s largest irrelevant software manufacturer:

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/02/11/nokia-and-microsoft-team-up-in-smartphone-battle/

]]> Comment on Design Is Not A Product by asphotographics http://springerphotographics.com/2011/01/30/design-is-not-a-product/#comment-135 asphotographics Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:10:00 +0000 http://springerphotographics.com/?p=203#comment-135 As reported on MacRumors, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop recently published a memo to his staff in which he all but admits defeat in the high-end smartphone market. He attributes dominance of Apple’s iPhone not to the fact that it is a better piece of hardware, but because it supports a vast ecosystem of communication that Nokia has not replicated. “The battle of devices has now become a war of ecosystems, where ecosystems include not only the hardware and software of the device, but developers, applications, ecommerce, advertising, search, social applications, location-based services, unified communications and many other things. Our competitors aren't taking our market share with devices; they are taking our market share with an entire ecosystem.” http://www.macrumors.com/2011/02/08/nokia-ceo-memo-on-their-burning-platform/ As reported on MacRumors, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop recently published a memo to his staff in which he all but admits defeat in the high-end smartphone market. He attributes dominance of Apple’s iPhone not to the fact that it is a better piece of hardware, but because it supports a vast ecosystem of communication that Nokia has not replicated.

“The battle of devices has now become a war of ecosystems, where ecosystems include not only the hardware and software of the device, but developers, applications, ecommerce, advertising, search, social applications, location-based services, unified communications and many other things. Our competitors aren’t taking our market share with devices; they are taking our market share with an entire ecosystem.”

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/02/08/nokia-ceo-memo-on-their-burning-platform/

]]> Comment on I Wish My Computer Could Do What My Phone Does by asphotographics http://springerphotographics.com/2011/01/21/i-wish-my-computer-could-do-what-my-phone-does/#comment-11 asphotographics Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:16:24 +0000 http://springerphotographics.com/?p=168#comment-11 Just a few hours after I posted this article I was having lunch in a pub, reading some blogs on my iPad. The older gentleman at the table across from me gently cleared his throat and asked, “Are those things full-blown computers, or are they just for browsing the internet.” His wife sat by patiently. I let him know that the iPad is somewhere in between, that you can do almost everything a desktop or laptop computer can do. I wonder how long it will be before he owns one? Just a few hours after I posted this article I was having lunch in a pub, reading some blogs on my iPad. The older gentleman at the table across from me gently cleared his throat and asked, “Are those things full-blown computers, or are they just for browsing the internet.” His wife sat by patiently. I let him know that the iPad is somewhere in between, that you can do almost everything a desktop or laptop computer can do. I wonder how long it will be before he owns one?

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