Lizard
A detail on a wall in the Mission district of San Francisco.
Beach Sunset
A sunset near Half Moon Bay, in California. I was coming down from a hike and caught the sun just as it dropped below the clouds.
It’s been too long
It’s really been too long since I last posted on this blog. An intense new project, a wonderful girlfriend and the return of ski season have meant less time to post here.
However, I fully intend to resume posting again, starting slowly with a photoblog shot a week. I’ll get back to posting interesting links too, but before that I need to rework my posting flow to make it more efficient.
In the meantime, thanks for sticking around!
-Nick
Sunset Buoy
A buoy at sunset near our house in Sweden, straight from my old point & shoot.
Double Decker
A double-decker bus passing by in London (color corrected). Am I the only one who thinks these should only exist in London?
Street pixels
Reflection in a road-work sign in New York, just sharpened.
Feedback loops
Wired magazine has an interesting article about using Ambient Orbs to help people conserve energy:
Martinez realized he could use Orbs to signal changes in electrical rates, programming them to glow green when the grid was underused — and, thus, electricity cheaper — and red during peak hours when customers were paying more for power.
The result? Peak period use was reduced by 40%. It’s amazing how much easier it is for people to change their behavior if you make them aware of it.
We implemented some simple feedback loops in Google Reader in the form of the trends feature, which lets users track their data consumption and see which feeds they should unsubscribe from.
The Shoe Project
Ellen Ugelstad takes pictures of people and their shoes. Such a simple idea, such nice execution.
