Category Archives: Skippy’s Ideas

I think things. Sometimes I write ‘em down. I don’t claim they always make sense.

Five Sleazy Ways To Get People To Read Your Blog Post.

Posted on Friday, 16 September, 2011 by Skippy

I love it when people read my blog. Or at least look the the pictures. Or at least hit the URL with their browser. I don’t know if any one actually reads this word vomit or not. But I enjoy living in a fantasy world so let’s pretend they do read it. In fact I’m gonna pretend that you are not only reading this, but that you will actually read the whole thing. In order … Continue reading →

That’s called consulting and it costs money.

Posted on Tuesday, 30 August, 2011 by Skippy

That’s Called Consulting and It Costs Money. Some time ago I was at Cohere when Angel (our curator, madam and founder) came in with a story to tell. In a pizza shop today a customer came in and asked the owner if he could “pick his brain about how to own a pizza shop.” The owner, not looking up from rolling out pizza dough says, “that’s called consulting and it costs money.” We then discussed … Continue reading →

Posted in Skippy's Ideas | Tagged advice, business owners, cohere, consulting, creative professionals, experience, information, insulting people when asking for advice, money | Leave a comment

Networking Hurts My Soul

Posted on Tuesday, 5 April, 2011 by Skippy

I went to a networking event today and my soul hurts. This is all the more impressive when you consider that I don’t have a soul. You would think that by now I would have learned. Apparently I’m stupider that I think I am. Here is a brief summary of some of today’s occurrences and observations which illustrate why traditional networking is so useless to me. This event was held at a local rent-a-office space … Continue reading →

Posted in Life Lessons, Skippy's Ideas | Tagged lameness, networking | 4 Comments

Lightroom 3.3 – The Suckage Gets Worse

Posted on Friday, 18 March, 2011 by Skippy

Adobe Lightroom 3.3 - A toilet that doesn't work.

Lightroom 3.3 – The Suckage Gets Worse Edit: Lightroom 3.4.1 is out and I have a review (aka bug report) on that version posted here. I’ve been driving Adobe Lightroom 3.3 for a while now. You may have read my past reviews of LR 3.0 and 3.2. Or maybe you haven’t . . . and should that be the case you are slacking. I’m gonna heavily reference my Lightroom 3.2 review here so you might … Continue reading →

Posted in For Photographers, Skippy's Ideas | Tagged adobe, adobe lightroom 3.3, failed to export images, lightroom, lightroom review, out of memory, photo processing software | 3 Comments

Art or Shit? Your Opinion Counts.

Posted on Wednesday, 16 March, 2011 by Skippy

Why do we the art viewing public see so much shit being passed off as art? It’s because we the art viewing public allow others whom I shall refer to as the art elite to determine what is and is not art for us. Each person has their own sense of what is aesthetically pleasing to them. Certainly an individuals sense of aesthetics is influenced by environment and society in countless ways, still it remains … Continue reading →

Posted in Skippy's Ideas | Tagged aesthetics, art, art or shit?, display of art, esthetics, pissing people off, the art elite, what is art, who decided what is art, your opinion | Leave a comment

I Disagree

Posted on Thursday, 10 March, 2011 by Skippy

Angel Kwiatkowski – the founder and Madam of Cohere Coworking Community is down in Austin, Texas (yes I’m jealous) at SXSW (yes I’m jealous) and spoke Thursday night on a panel addressing the future of coworking. And she disagrees. And I agree with her. I mean I also disagree with what she disagrees with. I don’t mean I disagree with her disagreement. Make sense? No? Good. Edit: It occurred to me that I need to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Skippy's Ideas, Stuff I like | Tagged #coworkSXSW, Angel Kwiatkowski, business model, Cohere Community, Cohere Coworking, Coworking at SXSW, I Disagree | 1 Comment

Talking To Yourself Is Another Form Of Meditation

Posted on Saturday, 22 January, 2011 by Skippy

The Tao of Skippy: Book I Talking To Yourself Is Another Form Of Meditation This is going to be one of those series of blog post where I talk about personal & touchy-feely crap. So if that’s not your style you should leave now. Don’t worry, I will not hold it against you. I hate touchy-feely. I had a long conversation with myself one day and figured a few things out. Maybe some of these … Continue reading →

Posted in Life Lessons, Skippy's Ideas, The Tao of Skippy | Tagged acceptance, conversations with self, dying, expecting, giving, letting go, meditation, receiving, self awareness, talking to yourself, Tao of Skippy, what has been, what is coming | Leave a comment

Almost as good as free sex.

Posted on Saturday, 25 December, 2010 by Skippy

I did say “almost”. I use Lightroom for my photo editing now that I’ve joined the world of digital photography. I am not a fan of Photoshop mostly because of the cost and complexity. When I need to do Photoshop like modifications to my images I use GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) which is open source and free. I found GIMP and started using it when I moved to Linux as my primary operating system … Continue reading →

Posted in For Photographers, Skippy's Ideas | Tagged digital photography, dng, gimp, image editing, linux, open source software, raw, ufraw, windows | Leave a comment

Does your photographer suck?

Posted on Friday, 12 November, 2010 by Skippy

It’s a crude way of putting things I know but does your photographer suck? If you are paying a photographer you should be getting quality for your money. That quality is however dependent upon how much you are paying. If you are not paying much they you shouldn’t expect much – nor are you likely to get much. If you are paying a respectable fee then you need to expect and receive reasonable performance. What … Continue reading →

Posted in Selecting A Photographer, Skippy's Ideas | Tagged evaluating a photographer, paying for photography, photographer performance, the cost of photography, what should you expect when paying for a photographer | Comments Off

Wal-mart customer or Tiffany customer?

Posted on Tuesday, 9 November, 2010 by Skippy

Psssst. Hey buddy. Wanna buy some photography? What about that photographer who will take your photo and give you a disk for $60? Isn’t that a great deal? It might be, it might not. I’m going to change perspectives on you. I’m going to approach this by telling you what I would tell another photographer or another business owner. Here goes. Make sure you are sitting down. Some of this may be shocking to you. … Continue reading →