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Whither Flickr?
So I ran into an issue of Flickr that I’ve run into in the past, but this time, at a time when it annoyed me enough to not let slide. I ran into one too many of these: A bit of research indicates...
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Moving beyond flickr
My post last week on Whither Flickr? got picked up by some other blogs and generated some interesting feedback and comments. Almost all of the feedback I got boiled down to a couple of key points: It’s...
View ArticleChange of plan on flickr
I just got the following email from the nice folks at flickr. Hi chuqui, (URL to one of my images edited) In joining Flickr, you agreed to abide by the Terms of Service and Community Guidelines. Flickr...
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Thinking about the blog and site in 2012
One of the things I’ve been putting a lot of thought into the last couple of months is the blog, my website on chuqui.com, and the various pieces that connect into my online presence. The underlying...
View Articleturning off the twitter feed posts…
I’ve just disabled the daily twitter feed posts. Since Google dropped the sharing option out of Google Reader I’ve been experimenting with that as an alternative, and honesty, I just don’t like it....
View Articlebuilding a new web gallery
So, a few weeks ago, I started doing some serious thinking about revamping my web sites (again). For the last few iterations, I’ve always done the “some day, I need to do this all RIGHT, but for now…”...
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Unwrapping photos.chuqui.com, my new photo gallery
It’s time to unwrap my new photo gallery: welcome to photos.chuqui.com. If you follow me on twitter you may have seen a few sneak peeks that I sent out along the way, but now, I think it’s as ready as...
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Working on the web site…
It’s been a bit quiet on the blog recently, partly because work’s kept me pretty busy (in very good, but you-can’t-see-it-yet ways) and partly because I’ve been digging more into the guts of a few...
View ArticleAnd I’m back…
And I’m back…. And the blog has been upgraded with a new look, based on a new theme, and the underlying infrastructure has been updated. The last week has been about working down in the basement,...
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What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been…
I’ve been working on this site redesign for a couple of months now. I keep finding myself muttering “but it’s just my personal site” under my breath, because the scope and complexity keeps growing, and...
View ArticleTo Brand, or Not to Brand. That is the Question
One of the decisions I spent a lot of time thinking about was the question of branding. I knew the “Chuqui 3.0″ concept had run its course. When I was leaving Apple I was in process of making...
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Seaching for discoverability: Finding Stuff on Blogs sucks
One thing I’ve found in researching how to improve my own blog is this: discoverability on a blog generally sucks, big time. Once a blog entry leaves the front page and retires from the RSS feed, how...
View ArticleWhy i love prototypes….
I sort of apologize for the relative quiet on the blog the last week or so. I’ve been off geeking my way through a project, and it’s borrowed most of my free time attention. What I’ve been working on...
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Don’t forget to question your toolchain!
A few days ago I posted a note on why I love prototypes, where I talked a bit about a part of the site I’ve been trying to figure out for a while, the “For Your Consideration” categories. That note was...
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Finding the right Solution…
Don’t forget to question your toolchain! | Chuq Von Rospach, Photographer and Author: In this case, building everything in WordPress massively simplifies the project. I think. I’m off to find out for...
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Thinking about Blog Content – and asking what you want more (and less) of.
One of the things I’ve been doing the last couple of weeks has been trying to figure out exactly what I want this blog to be about, and what has value in the greater scheme of things. The thing is,...
View ArticleSome notes on disconnecting from Feedburner
I got into a twitter discussion yesterday with some people about turning off Feedburner on their blogs, since the rumors are Feedburner is going away (and even if it’s not, it’s been unreliable and is...
View ArticleWhat I’d like to see added to the Photocrati theme….
When I did my last redesign of the blog, I made a decision to base it on the Photocrati theme. As you might guess from the name, it’s a photography-centric WordPress theme. I’ve used a number of themes...
View ArticleLooking back at 2012: the blog in review
I’m doing some end of year evaluation and taking stock of what worked and what didn’t this year, so I can finalize plans for 2013. Despite my recent “blog vacation” (and I thank you all for your...
View ArticleI’ve shifted “Things You’ll Find Interesting” to Tumblr (here’s why)
I have been investigating ways to improve the Things you’ll find interesting links that I’ve been posting for a while, and I’ve finally pulled the trigger on a big change. They’re now hosted on on...
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