Brick/Stickers

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Productivity Podcasts

Like many people, I spend too much time commuting to work – I’ve made a decision to focus on the quality of my family’s life, and that meant moving to a place where jobs in my field are over a hill. I choose to make the most of my time, and podcasts became my media of choice for those longer commutes. While entertainment podcasts make s I listen to several podcasts focused on productivity and wanted to share them with you:

Jocko Podcast – A no-nonsense primer to hard work and discipline as the key to getting what you want. Along with his co-host Echo Charles, Jocko Willink relates his time leading SEAL teams, working as a motivational speaker and organizational consultant with excerpts from books on warfare and leadership and interviews with great leaders and men. His own books, Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, and Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual summarize his leadership and motivational style.

Tim Ferriss – Tim Ferriss has been a net.personality for some time, starting with his 2009 book,The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, and following up with The 4-Hour Body in 2010 and The 4-Hour Chef in 2012. His most recent books, Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World, and Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers call on his podcast guests, ranging from Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Foxx, Edward Norton, Tony Robbins, Maria Popova, Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, Amanda Palmer, Malcolm Gladwell, Vince Vaughn, Rick Rubin, Reid Hoffman, Jon Favreau, Whitney Cummings, Mike Shinoda, and 200+ more.

Beyond the To-Do list – Beyond The To-Do List is another great podcast focusing on productivity, personal development and work-life balance. BTTDL has weekly guests discussing these topics and more.

Getting Things Done -The podcast from David Allen, the writer who changed my productivity strategy with his book, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. David’s ideas regarding workflow, capturing and getting things out of your head and into a system worked for me. The system works whether you capture information in a Hipster PDA, journal, 3-ring binder, tickler file, spiral notebook or electronic system.

The GaryVee Audio Experience – Gary Vaynerchuk is a phenomenom — part entrepreneur, part cultural/brand icon, and all hustle. He’s an inspiration to never give up, to change, adapt, and above all, hustle. He’s written two books and expanded his podcast.

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Lights

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Letters

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Colors

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FED 2

I’d wanted one of these for a while. I’m rediscovering film photography and wanted to shoot with a diopter adjustment on the viewfinder, so I could shoot without glasses. I thought it would be interesting to have the clear view be through the viewfinder and the view outside the camera be fuzzy.

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Evening Bocce

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Headz

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ICY

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Seating for one

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Umbrellas, strung lights

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Wood, Angles, Textures

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Depth of Field

Depth of field is easy with a film camera and a fast prime lens, and tricky to get with digital cameras – most have small image sensors, slow zoom lenses and image stabilization. One of the reasons I bought my Pentax MX-1 was that it has a large, relatively fast (f/2.8) zoom lens and a larger sensor than my trusty point-and-shoot digital camera. Shots like this show how close digital has come to film photography. I’m still not ready to get rid of the case of film in my freezer, though…

Posted on May 26th, 2017 in journal | No Comments »

Stanley Kubrick’s Vision

(Stanley Kubrick/Look/Museum of the City of New York)

Before Stanley Kubrick became a great director, he was an accomplished photographer. He sold his first photograph to Look magazine when he was 17, and sold 30 assignments to the magazine by 1951.

There’s a great article here regarding his early work.

[via timeline.com]

Posted on May 25th, 2017 in art | No Comments »