I have found stuff on these discs that we didn’t have on any hard drive. There’s another box of these in the garage.

Scary. o

This time of year, vegetation amazes me. Stuff is still growing under the snow. Growing and waiting to attack. Zombie vegetation would probably be a better title. o

This was taken in December, 2008, during our one-day power trip to San Francisco.

In 1998, I did a kind of interview/portfolio share at what was then CKS. I was looking to move from publishing into design and advertising. I had a dream.

So I walk into the art director or creative director or whoever’s office (I can’t remember, it was over 10 years ago) and looked out her office window. I was blown away by the view of the Bay Bridge from her desk. Plus, at that time CKS did a ton of work for Apple. Later, CKS merged with another company and became marchfirst. About 90 days later, marchfirst imploded in one of the first of many dot com casualties.

Now the ad network we work with on the mothership has offices there. Spectacular views and great people.

This shot was taken with the Canon G9 during a break in meetings. Not bad for a point and shoot. Not bad. o

Because she’s a relatively happy dog. When there is snow and running.

As I’ve been undertaking a massive photo organization project the past few weeks, I’ve looked over the shots where she was new at our house and super fuzzy and soft.

We don’t always see eye-to-eye or even foot-to-foot, but she’s a damn fine dog and it’s been quite an adjustment to work with an actual dog. Chuck is not a dog. He’s a cat who did something bad in a past life and was tortured in this life by being put into a dog body. Coco provides spectrum. Spectrum can be infuriating. And fun. o

Happy Macworld keynote day!

p.s. Is that Todd Levin as the Apple rep? If that is Todd, that makes this video even specialer. o

Apple will release a Bluetooth®™ toothbrush with non-replaceable battery.

Apple will release a car that is powered by dreams and goats. It won’t drive on any road you know. It will look fantastic and get 32 miles per gallon.

Apple will introduce a new way of perceiving reality called iReal 09. It will be cheered until people realize they can’t share documents with Office or RIM’s popular Blackberry smartphone.

And finally, Apple will update the Mac Mini, the Mac Book Pro 17″ and Apple TV. They’ll also show off new versions of their iLife and iWork suites as well as a mention of their next OS revision. o

I’ve been a fan of orange for a long time. Orange is good. o

Playing with Camera Bag for iPhone. Took me awhile to jump on board. Digging on it. o

One of the things I did for myself in 2008 was to try to post a photo here every weekday. Watching Heather do her photos, I knew it would be more work than I initially thought. That was the point. I slacked off when work got busy, but I stuck it out for the whole year. This is a big deal for me. I’m usually a pretty good idea-generator/starter of projects and a poor finisher.

I’m really proud of these shots and I’ve uploaded them en masse to flickr as a way to see them together in one spot and a safety backup as well.

In slideshow format:

On flickr as a set.

I can’t thank you enough for your support over the years, but particularly this year as I’ve shared more of my photo work publicly than I ever had before. I’ve often chided other, more talented people for not putting their work out there. This year, I chided myself. Thank you, readers!

To the haters: Eat me (and thanks for the traffic!).

Baby steps, people.

Happy New Year and I’ll see you in 2009 with more stuff. o

Taken from the warmth of the kitchen after a major snow storm hit Christmas night. Oh the joys of winter are full upon us now.

Which means stories from snow thrower. I knew you’d be excited. o