I’m not against e-readers. I’ve read a handful of novels on my iPhone. There are times and places where an e-book makes sense. Given the choice, however, I will almost always opt for the Real Thing. A living, breathing, musty book with yellowed pages and gnarled corners always makes me feel better. My sister was...
However late to the game I may be, I’m starting to appreciate what can be done with the iPhone’s camera. It beats lugging around my Canon G11, and the auto-focus may be (read as “certainly is”) even better. If only I can kick my addiction to adding a cross process filter to every single photo…
Fact: police officers in borderline tactical gear do not like people taking pictures of empty Metra train platforms. Not that I blame them for finding it “peculiar”. But the strange ambiance of the oversized architectural scale and eerie tungsten lights have always had me wanting to shoot photos at Ogilvie. So I took out my...
I bought these records back in 2007 at a thrift shop in Paris because they were so ridiculously great. I’m still kind of surprised that I then schlepped them with me to Germany, and eventually back to Chicago – I don’t know the artists at all, and I don’t even own a record player. But...
Brilliant quote from a design legend. Why can’t things always be so simple? Do check out the work of the designer who posits the above quote as his “process” – Alvin Diec. Amazing stuff. Via my favorite blog – iso50.
