I really believe SoundCloud have got it right at the moment. You should check it out once the next version becomes more widely available.

Have fun at the Singapore #scmeetup !!

Best,
Natalie

You’re probably aware of my affection for lightbox.com? Well, as of last night the owners announced they were going to work for Facebook and were closing the site 15th June. Probably the strongest aspect was the social side – out of many thousand photographers, only a few hundred were producing good work – and many have experienced a real sense of loss.

There has been a mass migration to other sites, but none have the social side of things well sorted. 500px (where a number of others including myself will move to) is rather competitive and a bit too ‘professional’ feeling. Streamzoo, the obvious alternative for all the phone-cam users is like a kind of photographic popularity Olympics, with a ‘winner’ shown on the front page. Interestingly almost no-one wanted to move to Instagram, possibly out of ‘dislike’ for Facebook.

So I like the sound (pardon the pun) of SoundCloud’s approach. Maybe it’s time to explore a little further from Soundclick’s rather unfriendly interface.

A question I’m starting to ask myself is why am I doing some of the things I am right now: actively developing followers on lightbox, adding parts to others (fairly terrible) recordings and trying to improve them. These activities are presently of zero financial interest, but as much as anything I guess I’m doing it for interest, enjoyment and personal development.

Maybe you’ll find that Music Matters will collect those types of people too, who aren’t so fussed about the commercial side, but still want to see what’s happening.

Cheers
Ajay

I was a bit disappointed that there was no Chinese or Singaporean jokes too! People should really not be so uptight with his jokes. What a waste indeed. Would have been better but still a great show!

That said – I like cake.

Sad though there were no Singapore jokes…..non whatsover…..very very telling isnt it….

There is a book called Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace, by Joseph M. Williams, which has really helped me. Williams shows how the structuring, word order, length of sentences and style of punctuation can shape the clarity and impact of our writing. Style is a book I re-read every two to three years. In fact, it’s sitting on my “to-read” pile right now.

Technically, shooting with an IR filter on is much like shooting in near darkness. In my latest trips I’ve been taking a tripod along, to allow for lower ISO settings and longer exposures.

A real shame he didn’t do his great Chinese/English accent and it would be awful to hear that he was advised to steer clear. If one can’t laugh at oneself…..

Like Ajay above me i’ll be glad if you can spare some infos ^^

great job

I have kept the design of the theme I chose back in that time, but I think some changes would be good in coming months. What I have done is try to organize better the categories and tags, before I had too many, and still have, in order to make more clear access to the information contained in the blog.

Good to see the new face in your blog. And thanks for sharing your tips.

There aren’t many opportunities like blogging for everyday folks, and I’d encourage anyone to give it a try, stay with a while and see where it leads. You really never know. Guest blogging on established sites is how I got my start, and I’d never written anything that had ever been published before! Now they pay me to do it.

But apart from money, I really enjoy the feeling of making a difference. When your writing stirs people to make comments in response, you know you’re getting somewhere.

I expect to be blogging for the rest of my life. And that’s another factor–every phase of life creates new subject matter…I guess you can say that blogging is as dynamic as life itself.

I love the way you write. Wish I could write half as well. There’s a rhythm to your style. Must be because you’re a musician

Nice work