Posts Tagged ‘podcast’
JPG Podcast – The Land Before I Understood Time Part Three
My calendar says our last episode was in August. Last week I pushed out a new episode.
It’s kind of special in that it’s the first one from Hong Kong, second I’m joined in person by my good friend Jack Barker. Jack helped me get set up in Hong Kong when I first arrived. Jack’s been here for over two years now so I thought it was a good idea have him join me and stay on topic as much as possible about this special region of China.
We discuss how a little about this area’s history, difference between here and the UK and why HK for the most part is seemingly better for us both. We go off track with some mention of the new James Bond film – Skyfall and we argue the difference between land reclamation and building an artificial island (turns out, there is no difference).
There are no real show notes, other than to check out this wiki article on Hong Kong.
The audio quality takes a hit with this one because it’s being recorded straight off the laptop’s mic. I’ll be looking into getting a better setup before my next guest.
The Land Before I Understood Time Part 3 a) and b).
Parts one and two are in the form of blogs posts which can be found further down this site.
Thoughts on Instagram
Alex and myself are going to discuss this tonight on the podcast (and some other aspects of Instagram as a force in the world of photography), but I want to share some thoughts now. Just some very quick bullet points in reaction to the take over.
- Facebook says both services will remain separate. That’s fine. But the back end? All that juicy location information? I doubt it.
- I haven’t been critical of Facebook for buying, I just don’t want to use their service and restrictive terms. But some people wonder why Facebook just didn’t make their own app instead of buying Instagram. Those people miss the point entirely, it’s not the app, it’s the brand value, its user base and its value for monetization from that segment of the mobile phone market. Facebook can build the app no doubt about it, but the mindshare and trust? That’s the hardest part. That’s why Mark Z was so upfront to point out the app won’t change.
- Instagram lets a photographer keep the rights to their photography, Facebook doesn’t, they demand a perpetual license to freely use your images. At some point there has to be a change in the terms and conditions with Instagram
- Already there are worrying straw man arguments springing up. Those like me who are quitting Instagram are considered hipsters, (doesn’t this mean ‘poser’ on some level? Who is posing exactly?) the issue of privacy hasn’t been an issue for those not quitting, instead I’ve seen on forum boards, people directly being critical of users of the app who are trying to quit.
- If you still want to use those filters, but don’t want to share your photography on the Facebook network (and that is what it is now). You have two options: 1) Don’t delete your account, keep it, but turn off internet access while using it. Images that you attempt to upload are still saved to the photo library. Oh and just in case, don’t update the app in case this behaviour changes. 2) I’ve been using GifRus for a while, it seems to do the same thing, apart from sharing.
That’s what’s important; sharing your work, but ultimately Instagram isn’t the only place to share your work.
The podcast should be online tomorrow for those interested.
Introducing JPG Podcast
I’d like to introduce my very own podcast. Set up with two friends of mine, Alex and Adam (Alex can be found online here and here).
‘JPG’, which stands for journalism, photography and geek, is meant to be an extension of this website’s narrative; covering the same topics that I’m mostly interested. I’m getting to the point where I haven’t felt I should write about everything I come across and it is in my mind more engaging when two photographers discuss something like photography apps on the iPad/iPhone. Bringing Alex onboard helps in that sense.
We will be having irregularly timed podcasts, probably one or two a month (bandwidth permitting). Our aim isn’t to be an up-to-the-minute news show, there are enough of them (and better ones) out there. Again the style of the podcast will be much in the vain of this website, longer analysis, reviews of photography apps and sometimes just a bit of geek discussion. My aim is to get the balance of serious discussion and light hearted discussion right. Overall I want all the topics to be fun, but to be informative at the same time.
The Podcast’s art work is still being worked up. Later today I will create some sort of Podcast page s well.
If you download and listen I hope you stick around as this podcast idea expands, the first show is a bit raw and unplanned (as the title alludes to), but I thank you for listening.
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The first episode is titled – ‘The One Where Alex Didn’t Use a Mic‘ (iTunes link). (Non-iTunes link here)
An irregular podcast featuring your host Jonathan, with alternating guests Alex and Adam. In each podcast we’ll talk about what’s happening in the world of journalism, photography, mixed in with plenty of geek; where geek can bring almost literally anything to the discussion table.
In our first episode we get to grips with podcasting while at the same time discussing what is probably the best iOS Photography Magazine on the Apple App Store in the form of ‘Once Magazine’(but most definitely the best magazine overall), Apple’s 25 Billion Apps promo, a slew of iOS photography Apps for the iPhone and iPad, a curious iPhone case, a music recommendation and a year’s break to Canada.
Show Notes:
iOS App - Once Magazine (iPad Only)
iOS App - F8 Magazine (iPad Only)
iOS App - 360 Panorama
iOS App - PhotoSynth
iOS App - Nostalgio
iOS App - PicStitch
iOS App - KinoTopic
4×5 Kodachrome Images from the 1940′s (photographs by Alfred Palmer) and also www.shorpy.com.
The Collarbone (iPad only) (Tumblr Page)
‘Maybe it’s My Fault’ (Jordan Commercial, Youtube Link)
iPhone RangeFinder Case (Photojojo)
Help to set up this podcast came from Donald Sinatra, podcast hosting by Libsyn.
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Alrik Swagerman of Viewbook Interviewed
The twelfth interview from a series of interviews with Photographers and iOS Developers alike. All of them develop portfolio Apps for Apple’s iPad and iPhone in some way. This interview is with Alrik Swagerman based in Rotterdam. Co-founder of the online portfolio service Viewbook.com.
Viewbook can be found at any of the links below:
Website, iTunes, Podcast, Twitter, Facebook,
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Tack Sharp Podcast
James Duncan Davidson (also on my blog roll) along with Dan Benjamin have released the first episode of their new podcast series about Photography. This first episode discusses the age old topic of Canon vs Nikon gear, Nikon’s 14-24 wide angle zoom lens and prime lenses. You can subscribe to it via iTunes here.
History of Photography Enhanced Podcast
I’ve listened to every single one of these and they are an excellent resource if you want to know about the origins and the history of photography. Starting with photography’s relationship with painting then Camera Obscura and then onto the invention of the Calotype and the Daguerreotype, also highlighting other breakthroughs in photography and then focusing on artists who have shaped the media.
Lectured by Jeff Curto at the College of Dupage, he has put all his lectures online for free and a blog to accompany it providing accompanying resources. Very interesting and informative but while you can find this information scattered elsewhere on the net, I think it is far more beneficial downloading these because it is all contained in a single enhanced podcast.
Also link to iTunes.
