Category: Free

Marcus Zarra:

The first thing we should do, as responsible people who have the willingness to share information is to ask ourselves, should this information be shared?

Over at my “day job” we are creating one hell of a game. I know nothing about how these games are made, but Jeff LaMarche wrote a huge post showing you how to disintegrate bad guys. Amazing stuff to see the level of work that goes into just one thing like this.

It's more of a tutorial, so if you aren't a game developer you likely just appreciate some of the videos and screenshots.

I’ve had the privilege of testing this game for a while now, and I really love it. The visuals are stunning and it is good fun. Dusk mode is nearly impossible, as I always have trouble seeing in dusk times — but man, good game.

It’s on the App Store.

Since you can’t see the archived issues (for now) here’s the first one to give you a taste.

I created a newsletter on Revue, because Revue looked really cool to use. Also, here’s the thing, I read about a lot of stuff and try a lot of stuff, but don’t have the time, or enough words, to post about it here.

So that’s what this newsletter is: the stuff I didn’t get to throughout the week. Lots of links, really short commentary.

Hit the link and sign up.

See issue one here.

I’ve been beta testing this app for a while and it’s my favorite way to edit photos on my iPhone. Less filters than VSCO, but a much better workflow and much easier to use. Go download it.

My wife:

They allow an outsider to see with the same eyes as the photographer, to live in her shoes, feel what she feels, for just a snippet of time. It’s romantic. It’s pure. Film photos have a life, realness, grittiness, and emotion to them.

I wrote up a review of the perfect GORUCK GR1 over on Tools and Toys. Turned out pretty well.

I've been ranting about this on Twitter, but Gabe did the work to find some sources. Outlook for iOS does re-route your email. For that reason I'd run away from it.

I wrote this interview a while back for Ryan, but I just read through it again and yeah — enjoy!

Speaking of my wife, she penned a review of the Parental Unit for Tools and Toys. I think it turned out great, and the model — he’s quite good.

I’ve been helping my wife setup a new blog the past week. She published her first post last night and it’s a great one. ((Though bias alert!)) My wife is an excellent photographer, and 99% of the time she uses just her iPhone for everything from image capture to editing.

So she wrote about it, and it’s amazing to see the before and after on some of her pictures. Do go and check it out. ((She’s got a lot more great posts in the pipeline.))

Really stellar new app from Built by Snowman. In my prior career I was looking for something just like this for some staff, and I wish we had Shifts.

I put together an Ona Bowery review for Tools and Toys. It expands on the one I had written for this site. Shawn added some photos of his bag so you get to see the leather version too.

Speaking of my photoblog, I posted a little thing about photo stitching without Photoshop.

For 2015 I have started a photo a day project over on my photography site/blog. Follow along if you want, subscribe to the RSS if that's your thing.

Tom Bihn interviewed my wife and me about parenthood and all the craziness that surrounds it.

John Carey was kind enough to let me have a guest desktop over on his site. That’s one thing off my bucket list right there — very honored.