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Remember Photoblogging?

Best practices for newsletters, constraints improve your photos, and proving there’s no need to change your mind. It’s all in this week’s newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/remember-photoblogging].

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Best Practices for Newsletters

I've had a personal newsletter [https://www.cjchilvers.com/subscribe] since around 1999. I've found it to be the most effective means of communication the internet has yet to produce. It's portable, open, universal, and personal. I was asked recently to compile a list

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How to Not Die in the Next 10 Years

Photography is saving lives, speed still matters, and the most pathetic job. It’s all in this week’s newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/how-to-not-die-in-the-next-10-years].

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Speed Still Matters

At today’s An Event Apart Seattle 2018 [https://aneventapart.com/event/seattle-2018], Aaron Gustafson presented on why website performance is still so important. From attendee Jake Kronika [https://twitter.com/jkronika/status/981220371880906754]: > A 1s delay in page load can reduce conversions by 7%. Users are more concerned

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Artist or Imbecile?

The best of “Delete Facebook,” newsletters to the rescue again, and resources for creating your own book covers. It’s all in this week’s newsletter [http://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/artist-or-imbecile].

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Any Imbecile

“Photography is a marvelous discovery, a science that has attracted the greatest intellects, and art that excites the most astute minds—and one that can be practiced by any imbecile.” — Nadar (1910) via Andy Adams [https://twitter.com/PhotoHistorian/status/976454128271437825]

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Questions

“I would rather have questions I can’t answer than answers I can’t question.” — Max Tegmark [(https://overcast.fm/+Ic2hP3AZs/42:01]

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Destroy a Hotel, Blame It on Journey 🎸

The return of RSS, the freedom of discipline, and a productivity apology. It’s all in this week’s newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/destroy-a-hotel-blame-it-on-journey].

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Van Halen Destroys the 7th Floor of the Sheraton Inn

The VHND just posted [http://www.vhnd.com/2018/03/07/van_halen_sheraton_inn/] an account of one of rock's most infamous moments of pure destruction. On my "book tour" for The Van Halen Encyclopedia [https://www.cjchilvers.com/the-van-halen-encyclopedia] in 1999 I made a

Van Halen Destroys the 7th Floor of the Sheraton Inn
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Getting More from Your Calendar

Chris Bowler at The Sweet Setup [https://thesweetsetup.com/get-more-from-your-calendar/] writes this week about the benefits of using a calendar to manage your life: > “While most people still stick to the use of task or project management tools, there is a growing community of people who are turning to