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I’m a Memory Keeper, and so are You
I’m a Memory Keeper, and so are You

Of all the life skills we learn in school, there are two daily tasks that should be part of every curriculum, but generally aren’t. Money and photography. By comparison, the only time in years that I dredged my memory for chemistry facts was at last Tuesday’s trivia night.

Where I naturally spent money and took photos. Like every other day. Go figure.

Delete or Don’t Delete. There is no Try.
Delete or Don’t Delete. There is no Try.

If I hear one persistent complaint about Apple Photos and iCloud, it’s the ease with which you can unintentionally remove entire memories from your life. Precious photos deleted and gone.

But, ironically, it’s also what makes the Apple Photos experience so remarkably good.

Observations from the top of Photo Mountain
Observations from the top of Photo Mountain

Every parent has that moment, or will, when they notice that their kid has become an adult. You were so wrapped up in the journey that you missed the arrival. A few weeks ago I returned from the 2023 Photo Managers Conference in Orlando and felt smacked by the same discovery.

Paul Einarsen Paul Einarsen

Let me Level with You

There’s no better horizon line than the ocean itself, but my pictures tend to lean a tiny bit to the left. Occasionally, I deliberately add some tilt to the composition just for interest’s sake. But, mostly, I’d just as soon take a nice square image as not. Which brings me to the updated Camera App in iOS 17. That has a level!

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The End Of Photo Stream - Digital Darwinism At Work.

Software is not that different than dinosaur evolution theory except that the whole Mesozoic Era is about 20 years in digital time and we play the creators.

If you’re an Apple user, chances are that you got an alert recently about My Photo Stream being discontinued on Wednesday, July 26th.

Somehow the announcement recalled my childhood obsession with dinosaurs and their evolutionary trees that played out over eons, dooming some creatures to branch off into obscurity while others kept evolving and adapted into birds.

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