Articles Written by:    THOMAS HAWK     

« Previous  |  Next »

New Faster 5 Bay Drobo S Released for $800

Data Robotics today announced the release of two new Drobo models, a new consumer type Drobo (the Drobo S at an $800 price point) and a new enterprise type Drobo (the Drobo Elite at $3,500). The main difference between the Drobo S and the previous ...

From THOMAS HAWK, Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: FriendFeed

Is Ripping Off Someone’s Idea a Copyright Violation? Where Do You Stand on Idea Appropriation?

“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, ...

From THOMAS HAWK, Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Jean-Luc Godard,  FriendFeed,  Flickr

Andertho Loves His Olympus E-P1 Pen Compact Digital Camera

Retro beauty, modern function. This is the sweetest, nicest, awesomest, prettiest digital camera I have ever seen. The form factor is amazing. The build quality is just superb. The fit and finish are masterfully done. The camera has a satisfying heft ...

From THOMAS HAWK, Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Cartier,  FriendFeed,  Flickr

Powerful Photo Essay by Phillip Toledano About His Father

Phillip Toledano has a powerful and touching photo essay about the death of his 98 year old father. It’s an honest photographic examination of family, life, and death. It shows how much more powerful photographs can be when you put yourself into them ...

From THOMAS HAWK, Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection,  18 Nov 2009

Adobe Announces New Camera Raw, Lightroom and DNG Converter Release Candidates

The updates add raw file support for 19 new popular camera models, including the Canon EOS 7D and Nikon D3s, with additional DNG support added for the Leica M9 camera model. The Release Candidates also provide a fix for an issue affecting PowerPC ...

From THOMAS HAWK, Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Leica,  Sony

Flickr Pushes Photo Printing With Snapfish, Blocks Competitors From the Flickr API?

From the Photobox blog: “At PhotoBox we passionately believe in the values of the open web and consumer choice; if you do as well then please join us in our mini effort to encourage the mighty ‘community driven’ flickr to play fair. So put your hands ...

From THOMAS HAWK, Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Flickr,  Snapfish,  CA Inc.,  Amazon.com,  Ford Motor Company

LASD Officer Richard Gylfie, Photography is Not a Crime

More than anything I was disappointed in how Gylfie bullies Nee and especially how he threatens to turn his name over to the FBI to have him detained and inconvenienced in the future simply because the officer has the power to put his name on a list. ...

From THOMAS HAWK, Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection,  8 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Getty Images Launches “Call for Artists” on Flickr

Basically, Getty is asking photographers who might be interested in this program to put together a portfolio of 10 photographs (no more, no less) to submit to the group pool. Getty wants you to upload them all at once and then there editors will review ...

From THOMAS HAWK, Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection,  5 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Flickr,  FriendFeed

Girafa Arrested?

“It amazes me that someone could be charged with 10 felonies for sharing their art with the world and making the world a more beautiful place.” I enjoy looking at “some” graffiti that is actually art, but the unfortunate fact is that most of it is gang ...

From THOMAS HAWK, Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection,  30 Oct 2009

A Small Tweak Puts Truth In Yahoo’s Ads

DeleteMe Uncensored was a thriving online community of 3000 photographers and critics hosted by Flickr, the Yahoo-owned photo-sharing platform. The group, which had called Yahoo home for years, was a popular, user-governed hub of free speech. But then ...

From THOMAS HAWK, Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection,  30 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Yahoo!,  Flickr

« Previous  |  Next »

Who is This?

Help us add to our database, by linking this writer their entry in Wikipedia or Source Watch, or by suggesting that we remove it from our index.

Suggest an Entry

Enter a url from sourcewatch.org or wikipedia.org:


recommend removal

close