so, I was thinking about twitter… and social media in general… a mistake most so-called experts make is thinking of little updates as <span >broadcasting</span>, when really it’s <span >backchannel</span>. You have a hundred twitter followers that also follow you, you’re inside that circle of people, messaging them things that are irrelevant or unimportant to the rest of the world, but that they might find useful/entertaining/funny. Non-sequiturs. The useful information that you get from the chatter are the things you wouldn’t have found otherwise. Most importantly, it’s <span >behind the scenes</span>. <br /><br />That’s true for most twitter users, I’d bet. Then there are the “experts” who think of twitter as a place to sell stuff; it’s a free way to shout things about your product, after all. The problem is, when seen in the light of the above: all advertising on twitter is effectively noise. If your product is good, it will get word of mouth (actually, you’ll get more word of mouth if it’s bad or easy to make fun of; see snuggies, slap-chop, etc.).
Posted by matt on 2009-11-25T00:00:00Z GMT
I haven’t been posting. I have a shit ton of photos, and they’re all uploaded now, so my only excuse is that I’m usually pretty tired of the computer at the end of the day and don’t have the energy to write a whole lot or stare at the screen for an extra hour or two to put something together. <br /><br />Anyway, these rae from the beginning photo class I taught at OKCCoCo - I only had four people show up, so it was a little bit of a letdown, but at least I was able to answer some questions and maybe the people learned some things. I said a lot, I know that much.<br /><br /><span class=”caption” ></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/yeah,_yeah,_i_know…/1065/0006.jpg” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br /><span class=”caption” ></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/yeah,_yeah,_i_know…/1065/0009.jpg” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br /><span class=”caption” ></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/yeah,_yeah,_i_know…/1065/0010.jpg” alt=”Photos” /><br />
Posted by matt on 2009-11-23T00:00:00Z GMT
<br /><span class=”caption” >Random ass night at the hell house. </span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/not_cursing_in_the_title./1066/0011.jpg” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br /><span class=”caption” >More hell house, in the kitchen.</span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/not_cursing_in_the_title./1066/0012.jpg” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br /><span class=”caption” >The real hell cat?</span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/not_cursing_in_the_title./1066/0013.jpg” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br /><span class=”caption” >Yeah, alien spaceship shit, because I roll like that.</span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/not_cursing_in_the_title./1066/0014.jpg” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br /><span class=”caption” >Or just the inside of the concert hall. There were people inside speechifying and I was kind of embarassed that they are the good guys.</span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/not_cursing_in_the_title./1066/0015.jpg” alt=”Photos” /><br />
Posted by matt on 2009-11-23T00:00:00Z GMT
this is always on my mind. For a very long time, I’ve been casting about, trying to find my way through the world, and it’s been a ripping good time. I’ve got a good job now, one that will eventually afford me a great deal of freedom, assuming I don’t get tied down with a wife and kids and mortgage and all the trappings of modern life that are really just a trap. <br /><br />It’s a curve though. I’m starting at zero: zero knowledge of the stuff I’m doing, zero time to do anything but sleep and work, zero money, and zero photos taken since I started the job on tuesday. these will all help each other though: As I learn the job, I’ll have more time to get out and do things; as soon as I have a paycheck, I’ll have more money in hand than I’ve had in months; and of course, there will be more photos. (I just checked; there are a couple photos on the camera, but nothing of consequence). <br /><br />one thing, I guess: I’ve realized that you don’t have to be all one thing; that is, you can do a lot of different things, do them well, and it’s not that you’re letting go of one thing for another, it’s that you’re able to do both, and that all of your activities inform one another. It’s a good thing I’ve come to this realization, because it’s a really bad time to be trying to make money off of photography. (I’m not going to go into details, but someone was pissed at me recently because they thought I was putting out a certain photo for a profit, and it made me laugh. I’ve never made money off of what I consider my real work, the portraits, the documentary projects, etc).
Posted by matt on 2009-11-05T00:00:00Z GMT
