Happy Wednesday everyone. Last night I had the pleasure of hanging out with Matt Kloskowski, our Creative Director Felix Nelson, and Sara Jane Todd, Ted Waitt & Scott Cowlin from Peachpit at our favorite local hangout – City Fish in Tampa, FL. We got into the conversation about Photography and art, and I thought it [...]

Win Cool Prizes and Be in This Magazine You know.. one of the things that I think a lot of people lose sight of is the fact that as wonderful as this website is (and not because of yours truly), the website is a companion to some really cool things that happen at Layers Magazine. [...]

Happy Monday everyone! So I am slowly getting through my copy of David Duchemin’s “Within The Frame” (Make sure you click on this link to check it out.. you can download a sample chapter from here!) and I have to say, I am thoroughly enjoying the book! This book not like many of the books [...]

I ran into someone yesterday who I started to talk to about a program called Tweetdeck, that was designed as an AIR app. I went on to talk about how AIR is really taking hold in the community and how I think this kind of development is really poised to do some great things. Confusingly, [...]

So it looks like the Kindle DX was just announced recently, and aside from it having a 2 1/2 time the size of the display, its pretty much the same. Now, don’t get me wrong, I think the entire size increase here is great for what I originally thought something like this would be good [...]

Hey everyone. This is one of those days where instead of actually saying something, I’d much rather let you read. You see, we have just posted the 100 Wicked Tips Article here from Layers Magazine, and if you havent gotten a chance to check it out, I would definitely recommend you doing so. From start [...]

Hey everyone. A couple of things to share, and then the contest: Phillip Bloom on the Panasonic Lumix GH1 Phillip Bloom got a pre-production Panasonic Lumix GH1, and has a pretty cool first impression of it. While it may not be a 35mm lens but the amount of controls available on the camera makes up [...]

Happy May Day everyone. I’m back in the office (for a little while anyway) after attending the Voices That Matter conference in San Francisco, and let me tell you, i’m Tired! Well.. i’m not just tired- I have a million ideas buzzing through my head – one of the great benefits of heading to a [...]

(THIS JUST IN: The folks @ Peachpit wanted to give us some extra savings on the books.. if you go to www.peachpit.com/store and buy a book.. enter in code VTMLAYERS at checkout, and they take 30% off!!! Thanks guys) Welcome back everyone. Things are jumping here at the second day of the Voices That Matter [...]

So I’m sitting here hanging out at the Voices That Matter conference in San Francisco – sitting in the crowd and listening to presenters for a change. Yesterday I attended two 3-hour pre-con sessions on building a website from scratch, and I had a blast doing it. I wanted to come to this conference and [...]

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