Archive for December, 2007

MediaDex 2

IPTC has pretty well taken over my life now. This is akin to a religious conversion.

I’ve spent more time organizing and re-organizing files on my computer than any other single thing, except perhaps photo-editing, so it’s way past time to do it once and for all and move on. IPTC can do this.

For anyone needing a refresher course, IPTC is a standard for embedding information in photographs and other documents.

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Christmas Family Tree

Let’s say it’s about the middle of December and you haven’t been paying any attention to the fact that Christmas is coming. But you’re starting to think maybe you should. Except it’s cold outside, your car’s buried under two feet of snow, you’re broke and, frankly, you’d rather look up census records than shop anyway. What you really need about now is something to save you from yourself.

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Source Clipboard

Legacy Users, are you using the Source Clipboard? Legacy is full of labor-saving devices and this is one of the best.

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IPTC 2

It’s too early to know for sure if giving up would be a better plan, but I’m having a helluva time with this IPTC software. So, I thought I’d pass on a few comments.

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Photos 2

To address a few odds and ends about photographs that came up in the survey and other places.

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