Tidying your photos

Tidying your photos

Marie Kondo’s name is on everyone’s lips. She is the decluttering expert who helps her clients learn to enthusiastically part with anything that doesn’t spark joy.   I love her book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Her process has helped me to finally get a...
When your hard drive dies

When your hard drive dies

I keep all of my personal and client files on an external 4TB hard drive. In a matter of minutes it stopped responding. It was working fine, then it wasn’t. This is the stuff of nightmares.   Last week I experienced what would have been a catastrophic data loss....
You can insure your family photos

You can insure your family photos

What is your favorite photograph? Close your eyes and think hard about what it looks like. Who is in it? What is happening? Is it an event you experienced or a favorite picture from your parents’ life? Is it an achievement of your child? Is it your favorite pet? Do...
A Love Letter to the Past

A Love Letter to the Past

Because I’m often late to find out about the very coolest projects out there, you may have heard of Dear Photograph long before I did. Dear Photograph, My parents still live in the same house where, as a young boy, I posed for a photo with my mom on the front steps....
What the heck is a legacy contact anyway

What the heck is a legacy contact anyway

This week Facebook announced that users can now designate a legacy contact—an authorized user who can access your account and carry out your wishes with your profile after your death. Is this nonsense or a peek at the future?   Unfortunately it seems that many...