First off, I’ve read Dan Heller for awhile but I can’t believe I missed his treatise Stock Photography, the Consumer, and the Future until a day ago. His article is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding industry dynamics and the future for stock photography. Stock photography isn’t a focus of my broader [...]
Tag Archives: context
Thoughts: Metadata, Conversations and Creating Businesses
Two weeks ago I realized I was using the wrong hashtag to follow the Twitter conversation at SocialDevCamp, thus completely missing out on the backchannel conversation.
(If I haven’t lost you yet just hold on, hopefully I’ll explain what I mean in non-tech terms.)
What is metadata? In my admittingly loose use of the term, metadata [...]
Importing and Exporting Ideas
Lately I’ve been asked a lot: “What do you do?”
It’s a tough question to answer. My job title, my current project, my current employer, my website all display parts of me and my interest, unaggregated over time, experiences and contexts.
So, what do I do?
I solve user and business problems by connecting ideas [...]

