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Jury Clears Photographer Who Refused to Stop Photographing an Arrest
via Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection by Thomas Hawk on May 14, 2008
... of Adam's photos while they had him in custody which would have proved he was outside the perimeter established by the police. According to Evans' defense attorney, the digital index from his camera showed that these photos were deleted.Personally I'd like to see these cops punished for deleting someone's digital camera photos while he was in custody and for arresting him in t...
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Why Censorship is Bad for Community
via Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection by Thomas Hawk on May 18, 2008
About 2 and a half years ago I helped start the first "uncensored" group on Flickr. What is an "uncensored" group on Flickr? It's a group (or forum) where group participants are allowed to participate in and effectively say anything that they want without any fear of being censored, moderated, banned, booted, etc.The group that I helped start (Deleteme Uncensored) subsequently spawned...
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Why the Netflix Roku Will Fail
via Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection by (author unknown) on May 19, 2008
Shared by vanlandw f/ all my netflix users. I like the idea of Roku but really they should be working on OS X support, Wii Support, 360 Support, PS3 support, devices we already own support. And some of the content on there isn't bad but if setting up a media PC for most of us is a better optionNetflix and Roku today announced the $100 Netflix Roku. What's a Netflix Roku? It's a...
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He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died
via Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection by Thomas Hawk on May 20, 2008
Endurance is more important than truth. -- Charles Bukowskimental_floss Blog � He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died Came across this article today on photographer Jamie Livingston. Livingston took a Polaroid photograph every day of his life from from 1979 until he died on his 41st birthday on October 25, 1997. You can see the series of Polaroids here.If he didn't have a...
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The Future of Digital Photography, Geotagging Baked Inside the Camera
via Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection by Thomas Hawk on May 21, 2008
screenshot borrowed from Apple Insider.AppleInsider | Latest iPhone 2.0 beta adds geo-tagging to Camera photos Apple Insider has an interesting post out about the latest beta version of the iPhone software. According to the post, next gen iPhone software will allow you to plot your location on your iPhone map and then have your iPhone photos from that location geotagged.Now this isn't...
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Another PC User Switches to a Mac
via Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection by Thomas Hawk on May 21, 2008
I’m a switcher Rick Klau has a post out about recently making the jump from a PC to a Mac. What strikes me about his post is how such a deeply ingrained PC user could make the jump. In Rick's case his last Apple Computer was an Apple ][+ from 1982. He's been on PCs for *26 years* and on ThinkPads since 1999.Why did he make the switch?"The 11 minute reboot, increasingly sluggish...
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NYC Street Photographer Bruce Gilden
via Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection by (author unknown) on May 28, 2008
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StatBot Delivers Again: FriendFeed “Likes” Compatibility Index
via Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection by Thomas Hawk on May 28, 2008
FriendFeed “Likes” Compatibility Index Pre-Pre-Pre Alpha - The StatBot - Fun stats. Visualizations. Leaderboards. I know that I'm probably starting to sound like a broken record with regards to FriendFeed, but I think that they are doing some of the most interesting things on the internet right now. Yuvi Sense has yet another great StatBot report. This time he's analyzing "likes"...
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Fred Johnson Interviews Me About My Photography
via Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection by Thomas Hawk on June 03, 2008
Shooting with Thomas Hawk from Frederick Johnson on Vimeo.Fred Johnson, Senior Marketing Manager for Professional Photography at Adobe who I blogged about on Monday, blogged a short video conversation that we had Friday after lunch while out and about shooting a bit. The video was shot on the Canon G9 point and shoot camera which seems to be on of the most highly regarded point and shoots out...
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Seattle Police Department Issues Clarified Policy on How Police Should Deal With Photographers
via Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection by Thomas Hawk on June 03, 2008
Seattle Police Department issues new policy regarding photographers Carlos Miller has a post out on a newly issued policy by the Seattle Police Department reminding officers how they should treat and handle photographers out in the field.There have been many documented cases of police harassing photographers, taking their cameras, etc. over the course of the past few years. In the Seattle...
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