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Doc Searls Weblog (Feed)
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Watts Up
Book them now Early bird tickets are on sale for the 42nd IIW, which began on a Gillmor Gang podcast the last day of 2004. In my biased but correct opinion, IIW is the most leveraged tech conference on Earth. This one will happen on April 28th to 30th, Tuesday to Thursday. But f…
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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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Xposure is the Festival for All of Us Who Are Sick of Gear
When compared to its far more glitzy neighbor, Dubai, or the oil-rich capital, Abu Dhabi, the tiny emirate of Sharjah is often missed out when cities of the United Arab Emirates are discussed. But Sharjah is often the most recognized city in the Gulf for being a beacon of cultur…
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kottke.org (Feed)
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The GOP goal of destroying the post office is coming...
The GOP goal of destroying the post office is coming along: the USPS is now so unreliable that newspaper delivery is delayed across the country. (My mail delivery is currently one bundle every week or two.)
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Some Site Goings-On
Hey gang. I took a couple of days off at the beginning of the week to visit some colleges with my daughter. She found a potential contender, one that was just fine, and a school that isn’t going to work for her — we both independently zoned out listening to the presentation…
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Everyone’s living a life you know nothing about ....
Everyone’s living a life you know nothing about. Be kind.
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“We will not achieve any of our ultimate goals...
“We will not achieve any of our ultimate goals without exercising state power, and the most effective way to take state power is through nonviolent but confrontational resistance.”
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A recommendation for a recent episode of the Heavyweight...
A recommendation for a recent episode of the Heavyweight podcast on the Trump regime’s occupation of Minneapolis.
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Nikon May Be Building the Ultimate Street Photography Camera
Nikon has adapted to the mirrorless world with some interesting cameras over the years. For instance, the Z9, Z7 II, Z6 III, and Zf are cameras that have catered to the varying needs of creators around the world. While the company promised to not launch much in 2025, it appears…
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OM System Will Do Anything Else But Make the Pen F2. So Here’s What You Do
After yesterday's announcement of the OM System OM3 Astro edition, something became really evident: this company will do literally anything else but make the Pen F2. The Olympus Pen F is, without a doubt, the single most beloved digital camera that the company (in all its iterat…
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Mirrorless Cameras are Doing Too Much of the Thinking for Us
For a while now, I've been thinking something: mirrorless cameras are doing too much of the work for us. I thought this about cameras when the Sony a9 III was announced and even when the A1 was announced. On the phone with a Fujifilm rep speaking about it, he stated that the cam…
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The Canon R5 is a Workhorse that You Still Don’t Need to Upgrade
Canon cameras have evolved spectacularly over the decades, offering high-end specifications to the masses at a considerable price. They achieved this with models such as the AE-1, the 5D Mark II, and the Canon R. In the mirrorless race, they challenged Sony on multiple occasions…
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It’s 2026. And I Bought the Nikon D850. Here’s Why.
My email signature has said for a very long time, "Make Art, Not Content." And it's something that I still think about and adhere to every time that I pick up a camera. In 2024, I had two eye surgeries that stabilized my vision well enough so that I could get contact lenses that…
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Dues Day
Currently I have three of them. Do you have a principle? I hadn't thought about that before reading Justin Mikolay's Inventing on Principle: A Distillation of Bret Victor's Extraordinary Talk About How To Live Your Life. And that's just one of many things that have been written…
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The Go Blog (Feed)
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Go 1.26 is released
The Go Blog Go 1.26 is released Carlos Amedee, on behalf of the Go team 10 February 2026 Today the Go team is pleased to release Go 1.26. You can find its binary archives and installers on the download page. Language changes Go 1.26 intr…
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caines.ca (Feed)
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Agentically Ambitious
One thing I've noticed when working with others while coding with agents is that many people are still working at too low of a level by default. Level 0: Line-by-line dictation Obviously if you're telling it line by line what to type (and no one is -- this is a straw man), you'…
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Adactio: Journal (Feed)
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Concertina
I watched a good film last night. Tornado from the same writer and director of the also-excellent Slow West. Tornado is a Scottish Samurai Western set in the 1790s. Although it’s not likely that many Samurai would’ve been in Scotland during the sakoku period, I was willingl…
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The OM SYSTEM OM-3 ASTRO Helps You Reach For The Stars
Last Updated on 02/10/2026 by Chris Gampat Astrophotography is something we all love, but many of us struggle with this challenging genre. Camera brands don’t often bring out specialized astrophotography camera models. The two of note from the last decade that come to my mind…
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In 2025, We Did Something No One Else Did
So last year, I, as the Phoblographer's publisher, sold no ads to the big camera manufacturers. Instead, I took the plunge into just telling an even more authentic truth. Can any of the other big photography websites say the same and that they weren't at all affected by those ad…
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VSCO Revives Its Iconic Film Presets for Lightroom
Over the past decade, VSCO has introduced a range of film packs for digital photographers. The company, which has been pushing photographers to get a distinct look, is now back with a new set of film presets for Adobe Lightroom. As vintage image quality gains popularity, this mo…
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Viltrox 50mm f1.4 Review Update: Nikon’s Best 50mm Lens?
With everything going on right now amidst the Nikon and Viltrox lawsuit, Viltrox is still producing lenses for the Nikon Z mount. Today, they’re announcing their 50mm f1.4 being available. I reviewed this lens for Sony E mount in 2025, and found it to be really nice. In fact,…
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Viltrox Gave Nikon Users The One Lens They’ll Really Love
Not many companies introduce 50mm f1.4 autofocusing lenses with weather sealing for only $549 -- but that's what Viltrox is doing for Nikon today. Previously released as a Sony E mount variant that we reviewed and loved, this Viltrox 50mm f1.4 isn't exactly challenging Nikon's o…
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The Nikon Picture Control Profile Bringing Lots of Joy
Nikon cameras currently bring me a sense of joy that many other camera systems, except for LUMIX and Fujifilm, are capable of doing. And part of that comes from how the cameras work along with the customization of how your images look in-camera. Ideally, I want to shoot a photo…
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3 Reasons Why This Lens is Nikon’s Most Versatile Option
Nikon has some spectacular lenses in its Z system. From the 35mm f1.4 to the Z 70-200mm f2.8, the company has introduced a wide range of lenses, each catering to photographers' varying needs. While there are multiple options out there, one lens has changed the way we look at the…
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