After yesterday’s crazy amount of snow, this photo is an uplifting glimpse of the future. o

As she should be. Note the worried eyes. She gets like that when I growl at her.

This is taken with a camera I got for Heather as a Mother’s Day gift; the Lumix GF1
(yes, it’s an affiliate link to Amazon.)

Very sweet little camera. Heather’s already shared a bunch of shots she’s taken with it and they are spectacular, especially for the size and money. o

One more from New Orleans taken December, 2009.

Feels good to be posting here again! o

One of the last good ones from my December, 2009 New Orleans trip.

It’s an orgasm of texture down there. o

Found this on the iPad. Not sure when/where it was taken. Looks kind of like LAX?

I know people are getting tired of Hipstamatic and the like, but I’m just getting started, freakers. o

Found this one I forgot to work on from early 2009.

Meta commentary: Yeah. Super crazy busy. I know. Ultimate blogger cop out. o

An actual photo!

Too bad it was taken in December, 2009. o

Over the past 10 years or so, as more women have made names for themselves online, becoming a bigger and better part of the ecosystem, I’ve noticed that the differences in how my daughter works and how boys her same age work are dramatically different. I’m aware that this notion a male-centric, loaded statement. However, from my ad hoc, anecdotal observations of parenthood and in observing online relationships, it’s clear that men and women “go online” in different ways.

Since November of 2009, I’ve been extraordinarily lucky in being up close to a largely female community, the one my wife and I launched and continue to be awed by. We’ve been amazed at how complete strangers have introduced themselves and interacted. The stories are incredible and uplifting. I’m not saying that men couldn’t do similar. But the way in which women have interacted is different. Without question. And it’s fantastic.

This morning I got this link in my inbox from a newsletter and thought to share it:

What Men And Women Are Doing On Facebook

of note:

However, women don’t just visit different sites from men, they use social media differently than men. Experts believe the difference between how men and women operate online mirror their motivations offline. While women often use online social networking tools to make connections and share items from their personal lives, men use them as means to gather information and increase their status.

And later:

On message boards and forums, Kahn says that both sexes seek information and advice, but women tend to get more personal. She says women want to learn about real people experiencing similar conflicts. “Women are online solving real-life issues. If I’m a mom who is about to start potty training, it’s important to me to hear how other real moms are doing it,” says Kahn.

Boom. o

This makes me sick:

WellPoint routinely targets breast cancer patients

Disgusting:

The women all paid their premiums on time. Before they fell ill, none had any problems with their insurance. Initially, they believed their policies had been canceled by mistake.

They had no idea that WellPoint was using a computer algorithm that automatically targeted them and every other policyholder recently diagnosed with breast cancer. The software triggered an immediate fraud investigation, as the company searched for some pretext to drop their policies, according to government regulators and investigators.

Once the women were singled out, they say, the insurer then canceled their policies based on either erroneous or flimsy information. WellPoint declined to comment on the women’s specific cases without a signed waiver from them, citing privacy laws.

Bastards. o

Hello remaining handful of readers!

The print experiment continues. I want to provide my photos inexpensively to those who are fans as well as a way to group collections. Since MagCloud started allowing one to use existing flickr sets as a way to publish, it’s relatively pain-free to sell magazines. The print quality is not fine art level, but for the cost, it’s damn good. I’d forgotten how cool it is to see work that has lived only as digital ephemera come to life in print form.

Hat tip to Derek, who has done a bunch of work with MagCloud to make this happen!

I present:

Phoney 02

click image to preview the whole magazine on MagCloud

If you’ve purchased my previous Phoney issue (Phoney.01) I’d love to hear from you about quality, feel, etc.

As always, thanks for your support! o