I’ve mentioned the Open Call project several times in previous blog posts, and I thought I’d talk about it a bit more I refer to it as the “open call” because it’s open-ended (there is no deadline or specific end… Read more
The holidays can be a time to reconnect with old It’s also the time of year when I bring out dusty cardboard boxes of fragile glass ornaments nested in tissue paper, as well as awkwardly childish creations made from salt-dough… Read more
I think those of us who live in the Pacific Northwest may have a unique relationship with This is just conjecture, but I suspect that folks who live in Fargo, Fairbanks, Buffalo, or Boston don’t greet winter’s first snowfall with… Read more
Windows introduces some great new personalization One of my favorites is that now you can show your desktop background–adorned with your favorite theme or wallpaper–on your Start Here’s Open Taskbar and If you’re on the desktop, the easiest way to… Read more
Today’s Personalization Gallery blog post is brought to you by the letters A, B, C, and E, and the number A is for Animals, and I am thrilled to bring you a brand-new panoramic theme featuring dramatic portraits of many… Read more
A few months ago when I was researching images for other projects, I stumbled across some otherworldly photographs of salt formations in the Dead Sea and was immediately I wanted to find out more about these forbidding but strangely beautiful… Read more
I adore my Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone–in fact sometimes I wonder how I ever lived without a One of the many things I love about it is having the power of the web at my fingertips at all For… Read more
Maybe I shouldn’t admit this, but there are days when I envy my Every morning, I head out the door thinking about everything I need to get done at work that day, whereas the only item on their agenda is… Read more
Many years ago, I spent a week visiting my brother in At the time, he was working on a fishing boat out of Homer, and I spent several days on the boat enjoying the sights of Kachemak Bay and the… Read more
One of the things I love most about my job is that I get to see thousands of images submitted by artists and photographers from around the world, through the Open Call From sweeping landscapes and cityscapes to macro images… Read more
