5 Best Point and Shoot Cameras for Travel Photographers

Summer is upon us, which often leads to taking some time off, relaxing, and taking a vacation or two. However, many photographers I know, including myself, don't have a great portable camera system that works well when vacationing. When I'm trying to relax on a beach on a tropic…

How the Scene Modes on Your Digicam Work

If you've got an old digicam, then you probably have a mode dial with tons of different options. These are designed for you to use when you encounter different situations. More importantly, they optimize the camera to do different things. Join me to take a quick look at what the…

This Week in the IndieWeb

July 11-18, 2025 Recent EventsFrom events.indieweb.org/archive: Front End Study Hall #032 Thursday, July 17 at 6:00pm Online! Zoom!Front End Study Hall is an HTML + CSS focused group meeting, held on Zoom to experiment and learn with the basic building blocks of the web. All s…

Replication Crisis

Support This Website for $25/Year

In 2025, we’re trying to get to a minimum of 2,000 subscribers! Capture One is discounted for members! The New Phoblographer membership is now based on our website. Yes, we moved away from the app. It was a bittersweet move — but what we’re offering you now is even better.…

CBS cancelled the Late Show with Stephen Colbert just days after he...

CBS cancelled the Late Show with Stephen Colbert just days after he criticized the $16 million bribe the network paid to Trump. Here’s why “Colbert’s cancellation is a dark warning”.

Gleann Cholm Cille

I had never been to Donegal before my trip to Glencolmcille to spend a week there learning Irish. I had heard it’s beautiful there. But pictures don’t really do it justice. When our bus was winding its way down into the valley, it looked breathtaking, laid out before us lik…

Fascism For First Time Founders. “Let’s have a little chat about why...

Fascism For First Time Founders. “Let’s have a little chat about why embracing fascism is probably the worst possible business strategy for anyone actually trying to build something innovative.” 💯

“The extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, famed for a record-breaking 2012 skydive...

“The extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, famed for a record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding accident.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

The 4 Best-Selling Mirrorless Cameras on Amazon Today

The best-selling camera title often goes to the most deserving candidate every year. But what happens when there is more than one device that earns the title? It can become hard to choose. But worry not, if you are someone looking for the best device for your endeavour, then thi…

Next year, “the average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will...

Next year, “the average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium” because of “the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits in the ACA markets”.

Back from Shenzhen, China, where I’m manufacturing Poem/1

I’ve been in Shenzhen the last few days visiting factories and suppliers for my Poem/1 AI clock. Remember that clock? It tells the time with a new rhyming couplet every minute. A half million poems per year which I believe is the highest poem velocity of any consumer gadget…

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: This is unacceptable. Burn it to the ground #Notification #Dot #Habr #Animation

What I Want From the Canon G1x Mk IV

Reports are circulating around the web that Canon might be coming out with something that we've all wanted for a very long time: the long awaited real successor to the Canon G1x Mk III. Yes folks, the Canon G1x Mk IV could be coming as soon as this year. We don't have any sort o…

Did Viltrox Manufacture The Rollei X8 Camera?

Rollei, once known as Rolleiflex, is known for its 35mm film cameras. While it is designed by MiNT (and not the original company, Rolleiflex), the cameras, nonetheless, have been quite popular. As it appears, Rollei has now announced a new camera, which features a lens on the re…