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Thursday, 03 June 2010 ■

“Today, modern information processing machines resemble easily manageable living room sets or massive cabinets.”

Knaurs Buch der Denkmaschinen (1968)
a.k.a. Cybernetics for the modern mind (1971)

Progress. Now on iPad.



Works quite nicely — Nikon D300 NEF raw images imported into the iPad, using the iPad Camera Connection Kit. The actual import speed is not blazingly fast, but the quality of the image presented on the iPad is quite good. The iPad is nice for traveling, e.g., to show around the photos shot during the day. Without external storage, it may not be the best solution to actually store all your images while traveling (depends on your iPads amount of RAM). Just get more CF cards…

The image above is a page shot from the following book:

Knaurs Buch der Denkmaschinen
Informationstheorie und Kybernetik
Walter R. Fuchs. Geleitwort von Prof. Dr. Yehoshua Bar-Hillel
Verlag Knaur, Lizenzausgabe für die Buchgemeinschaft Donauland Kremayr & Scheriau, Wien (1968)

a.k.a.

Cybernetics for the modern mind
Walter R. Fuchs. With a foreword by Yehoshua Bar-Hillel. Translated from the German by K. Kellner
New York, Macmillan Co. (1971)
Translation of "Knaurs Buch der Denkmaschinen"

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Recommended reading – David duChemin

Sunday, 09 May 2010 ■
I like David duChemin’s blog on pixelatedimage.com a lot. I actually got interested in his blog through his book “Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision“. For me, his book is probably one of the best photo books released in the last year or two. In contrast to so many books getting lost in the technicalities of photography and photo gear, this book actually sheds light on a photographers mindset and shares his thoughts behind his creative process.

That said, much of what makes this particular book so interesting can be found in Davids blog articles as well. One of the most notable blog entry this year was “Confessions of a So-Called PRO”, which got quite an audience on the web in a very short time. Like so many others, I can relate to that post wholeheartedly. In a sense, it gives me peace of mind that others — even the ones being called “Pro” — make the same mistakes I do...

David duChemin has published a collection of the 50 most popular articles he has written for the Pixelated Image blog as a $5 eBook titled “VISION IS BETTER”. For me, as someone having discovered his blog only recently, this is a great collection for a reasonable price. Its layout is beautiful and it saves a lot of time hunting for the gold nuggets in an exceptional blog. Get this and other great eBooks about photography in the Craft&Vision store.

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