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Jack-of-all-trades machinations behind a restless mind

Welcome to the workshop of my mind! As a lifelong entrepreneur who has spent over three decades quietly making a living online, I constantly muse on all things business, technology & internet. Herein lies the relief valve where my questionable brain farts out these random musings...

Time to ditch Unsplash photos?

April 1, 2021 5 Comments Workshop

It happened again — the Big Guy (Getty) bought out the little guy (Unsplash). And as in the majority of the case, the Big Guy will ruin the little guy.

Getty Images has an notorious reputation among photographers (low pay, lousy service) and is a copyright law tyrant (charges for public domain images, buys popular existing images and ex-post-facto goes after folks for using ’em).

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Bookwyrm — a Goodreads alternative?

February 26, 2021 0 Comment Workshop

Has anyone checked out bookwyrm.social? It’s a really intriguing alternative to Goodreads that’s also open source and federated. Worth looking into what with Goodreads essentially being depreciated by Amazon.