Far Too Many Shiny Things

Check it out. Me on the other side of the lens for...

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:10:30 -0700

Check it out. Me on the other side of the lens for REI.

Discover Urban Cycling with REI (by reifindout)

I had the pleasure of meeting The Lumineers yesterday, and I...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:31:40 -0700

I had the pleasure of meeting The Lumineers yesterday, and I really dig their sound. Check out this video and go buy their album.

Santa’s workshop. Wrapping station at least …

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:05:46 -0800

Santa’s workshop. Wrapping station at least …

Wonderful pre-sunrise this morning with the crescent moon above...

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:34:42 -0800

Wonderful pre-sunrise this morning with the crescent moon above Rainier. I had to pull over on my way to work and pop off a photo.

This is winter hammocking … 7 deg F.

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:03:33 -0800

This is winter hammocking … 7 deg F.

Cyclist Silhouette

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:19:10 -0800

Cyclist Silhouette

My good friend @jacobmyoung snapped this when I dropped him off at the airport …

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:54:20 -0700

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Work …

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:54:07 -0700

Work …

May is Bike to work month!

Sun, 01 May 2011 10:15:30 -0700

I’ve got a little guest post over on Chase’s Blog, that’s all about bikes! Now it’s time to go out and ride.

I think I always run through this in my head before posting...

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:17:59 -0700

I think I always run through this in my head before posting … [via WIRED]

Messing around with iPad photo editors

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:21:38 -0700

Messing around with iPad photo editors

A quintessential Seattle breakfast to celebrate my friend...

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:23:56 -0700

A quintessential Seattle breakfast to celebrate my friend Jake’s birthday. Early breakfast at Lowell’s of crab benny overlooking the ferries moving around under an overcast sky.

I’m sure everyone knows by now … I dig Brent Amaker...

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:09:56 -0800

I’m sure everyone knows by now … I dig Brent Amaker and the Rodeo.

"Mark My Words: Within 3 years, my iPhone will be able to recognize the pattern of me pulling into a..."

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:07:25 -0800

“Mark My Words: Within 3 years, my iPhone will be able to recognize the pattern of me pulling into a Starbucks parking lots, and then using the app. Allowing the Starbucks app to send me a push notification when it realizes that I have pulled into the parking lot of any Starbucks, and offer to place the order for my favorite [double tall americano], send it to the barista, and charge my Starbucks account, all before I step out of my car.”

- Dartanyon

Flying Machines of the past

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:55:46 -0800

[via The Flying Boat Forum, via Gizmodo]

I have a fascination with all sorts of people movers and in this case it is a plane that Boeing flew in the 40’s, the 314. There were 12 of these planes built and not a single one exists today. Boeing scrapped or sunk all of them. I can’t even begin to imagine flying in one of these, but it must have been amazing! A round trip to Hong Kong would set you back about the equivalent of $20 grand in today’s dollars, but still ….

The table is set …

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:05:17 -0800

The table is set …

This album is brilliant! I can’t say that I listened to...

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 09:54:00 -0800

This album is brilliant! I can’t say that I listened to Gang of Four back in the day [I was about 1 when their first album came out], but through listening to REM, Franz Ferdinand, and even The Killers [all bands that site Gang of Four as a major influence], I did come to listen to their older stuff. This new album Content, is just awesome.

Geeking out ... over socks.

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:21:53 -0800

Geeking out ... over socks.:

How some good socks can make a huge difference wether it be on photo shoots, or bike rides.

In the picture of your new mobile workstation, does your iPad have a front facing camera on it?! What's that dot at the top?!

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:04:00 -0800

Ahhhh and it’s white too … No, I wish, it’s just a hole in the sticker for the ambient light sensor.

How I Use Dropbox for Work

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:58:00 -0800

I posted a little props to Dropbox on Twitter earlier, and had few folks who wondered how I use it at work. Here’s my brief …

If you don’t know about Dropbox, you should really give it a look. It can become an invaluable asset the first time you need it. In short Dropbox is an online storage system that syncs with as many computers or devices that you want to install it on, and with it’s web interface. You can also share the contents of any or all of your folders with anyone else.

I use it in my work as a digital asset manager and all around tech guru @ Chase Jarvis Inc to store a whole bunch of handy files and folders that I may need when we are out on location.

It doesn’t happen often, but occasionally I need to work from a computer that is not my own. So I sit down to work and quickly realize that all sorts of tools that I need are not installed or available. It’s easy enough to grab a copy of Transmit [my favorite FTP app] or install an Aperture trial from Apple’s servers but what about all of my settings, my presets, my preferences?

That’s where Dropbox comes in. I can go to the dropbox site, or install the widget and suddenly I have a bunch of folders at my disposal … on my Dropbox, I keep a plethora of handy things. I actually set the preferences on my Studio Mac of Transmit, Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture, InDesign, and Coda [a bomb coding app] to write to the dropbox folder on that mac. Then anytime I make any changes or additions to those preferences and settings they are automatically synced to every other computer in my sphere. This means I have;

All of my various FTP addresses and passwords [and there are plenty]
All of my Aperture presets. Including Metadata and import tagging.
All of my presents & preferences & workspace settings for Photoshop, Final Cut, and Lightroom.

In addition I also keep;

An empty Aperture library there so that I can copy it down to a local drive and have all of the folder structure and everything laid out just how I like it.
A folder full of our most used fonts. [This has saved my butt a buch of time when we have been off the grid, but needed to mock up some ads for a client]
A folder full of Compressor codecs.
And not to be under estimated a copy of my current 100 favorite tunes.

So that’s what’s on my Dropbox for those that wanted to know … and for those that already have and love Dropbox? What are you keeping on there? Work? Just personal? A little of both?

Comment here … and if you have any questions ask them over @ formspring