Standing Still in a Moving World

5 minutes reading time When I write about open-source software, about moving away from familiar tools like Lightroom, about scripting or changing workflows, I sometimes get the same reaction from readers: “Easy for you to say - you’re an IT guy.”That assumption is comforting, but it’s also wrong. Being “an IT person” does not mean...

A MacBook, a Paint Studio, and a Reminder That “Simple” Is Relative

6 minutes reading time Confessions from Outside My Comfort Zone: On Macs, Studios, and the Lie of “Simple” The Setup I spent last friday on my daughter’s MacBook, doing a “small” project that turned out to be surprisingly serious: making proper studio photographs of my daughter’s paintings. Yes, she doesn’t just sing, she paints too...