A Dutch city is giving money away to test the “basic income” theory
"We think that more people will be a little bit happier and find a job anyway."
inessential: Love
Brent Simmons writes about the generally unfavourable state of the iOS App Store for indie developers:
Yes, there are strategies for making a living, and nobody’s entitled to anything. But it’s also true that the economics of a thing may be generally favorable or generally unfavorable — and the iOS App Store is, to understate the case, generally unfavorable. Indies don’t have a fighting chance.
The platform is awesome. We love writing iOS apps. It’s fun and massively rewarding in every way except monetarily. As a craft — as a budding art form, perhaps — it’s juicy.
MacUpdate - 8 Developer Apps for $59.99
MacUpdate - 8 Developer Apps for $59.99
Looks like a great deal! I’m currently only using Dash out of this bunch, so I’ll certainly have a look at this.
The Full-Time Job Is Dead
Who wants to work 40 hours a week for a single employer? In the future, perhaps nobody.
Now, I see that I’m very much priviliged in this regard. But that this 40-hours-per-week-at-an-office mentality is still the norm – and also considered “normal” – in our modern societies is one of their rather absurd characteristics.
WWF-Studie: Deutsche werfen 313 Kilo Lebensmittel weg - pro Sekunde - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Die Deutschen verschwenden jedes Jahr Millionen Tonnen Lebensmittel. Trotz jahrelanger Warnungen ist laut einer neuen WWF-Studie keine Trendwende zu erkennen. Das Hauptproblem ist der Verbraucher.
Uns geht’s zu gut!
Interview - Matt Stuart - Blog | LFI - Leica Fotografie International
A photo safari in London – this is Matt Stuart’s hunting ground. He prowls the streets of the British capital, stalking his prey, searching for the perfect moment. Senses on alert, he waits patiently, then emerges from undercover with his camera poised to shoot. He does not give up till he has bagged his prize – unique images full of colour, humour and the scent of the big city.
Film for the Digital Photographer - Techniques by Dan K - Japan Camera Hunter
In the latest installment of the series, Dan K shares with us some technique tips that will help you find your way around the world of film photography.
Some great tips. This one regarding exposure is something I wasn’t so aware of, and probably explains why some of my recent film-photos not always turned out that great:
In practice, having lots of exposure latitude means you don’t need to be spot on with your exposure. As you over-expose, you will lose highlight detail. Conversely, as you under-expose, you may start to lose shadow detail. It’s best to get it right, but when I am working with high-latitude print film in a meterless camera, I tend to err on the side of over-exposure and give an extra stop of exposure for good measure. This is Old timers would say “Expose for the shadows”.
In fact, you are supposed to be using something called “The Zone System” to balance shadows and highlights. Read up on it if you want to learn more. As a general rule of thumb, if the scene has a high dynamic range and your key subject is not the brightest part of the image, then expose to keep shadow detail. Let the emulsion’s greater over-exposure latitude handle the tricky highlights. This is the opposite of the way you’d do it with a digital camera, where you might try to avoid blowing out the highlights. Try it and once you have the hang of it, it will make a lot of sense.
The 10 Commandments of Good Form Design on the Web – Mono
1. Thou shalt provide clear, always visible labels for each field 2. Thou shalt use a big enough font size 3. Thou shalt provide easily 4. Thou shalt size the input fields according to their expected input 5. Thou shalt not customize checkboxes and radio buttons 6. Thou shalt provide both a general error message and a field specific one 7. Thou shalt make it clear what is optional and what is not 8. Thou shalt hide what is not needed until it is needed 9. Thou shalt minimize user input 10. Thou shalt be clear what type of input is expected
The Selfie Stick
Martin Parr on the Selfie Stick.
D Randall Blythe - "Show Me What You're Made Of" | www.sacredgallerynyc.com
Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe currently exhibits his photos in New York. Bookmarked!
iOS App Marketing For Small Developers - Marco Arment on Vimeo
IndieWebCamp in Düsseldorf
A short summary of IndieWebCamp 2015 in Düsseldorf
And one more IndieWebCamp review by Johannes Dachsel.
Indie Web
Another great IndieWebCamp summary by Bastian Allgeier.
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Day forty nine.
Here’s Jeremy’s summary of day 2 of IndieWebCamp Germany 2015.