Is this how Apple News is supposed to work? I make an active decision to not engage with content from a certain brand, and in its place I just get a full page notice that I’ve chosen to not engage with that brand?

I don’t know who need to hear this, but the young male voice that says “Welcome to McDonalds, we’ll be with you in a moment” as you pull up at a McDonalds drive through is a pre-recorded message.

You don’t need to say “thanks” like I do each time.

“Most people in life want one-of-a-kind outcomes.

The problem is, in the quest to get there, most people follow the same path as everyone else.

Lesson: If you want an n-of-1 result, don’t take the 1-of-n road.”

– @RomeenSheth

You need to know about, and install the Shortcut for, 12ft.io if you browse the webs and don't want to have a subscription to every flipping news website on the planet.

Presenting the Hard Fizz HQ Gold Coast toilets … shot for zero 9.

Taking expressions of interest in a Slightly Interested Koalas Yacht Club from any of you that have too much money.

“Over the last couple of years, governments have been telling Australians what to do, now there has been a need for that as we have gone through the pandemic, but the time is now to start rolling all of that back.”

– Prime Minister Scott Morrison

If you’re waiting for a sign …

“I realised that anything I did long enough to master was no longer useful to me.”

– Designer, Milton Glasser

A mate mentioned pirating software and it took me right back to 20 years ago where we had a keygen or a hack or serial number for ecverything.

They really were the good ol days, access to the world's software, entertainment, and media, the only cost was time, so much time waiting for the painfully slow internet to bring you the goods.

It’s a hard position to advocate for - piracy - but letting kids have free access to software created a generation of modern creatives and tech professionals. Back then, to learn Photoshop or CAD or programming we’d pirate it, now you’ve got to pony up dollars every month. How do kids today learn this stuff without paying thousands of dollars they don’t havre for it?

This thread on antivaxx rings so true right now in my own life 🧵

"Rich people need it. Poor people have it. If you eat it, you die. And when you die, you take it with you. What is it?”

From: The Nothingness of Money, By Lawrence Yeo

Have you heard the one about how they bought the US constitution in a DAO?

The “Simple Sabotage Field Manual,” declassified in 2008 and available on the CIA’s website, provided instructions for how everyday people could help the Allies weaken their country by reducing productivity.

Sounds like a regular office.

“Divorce does funny things to people.”

Introducing Luna to the great Australian tradition of running through sprinklers naked in summer

I’m not an anti-vaxxer I just enjoy typing those five words to trigger you.

Currently reading: Inside Steve's Brain by Leander Kahney 📚

The awkward story of my first photo

Will driverless cars do burnouts?

It’s cool that there’s a Catwoman, Batman, and Spider-Man, but where’s all the stories about Possumperson, Koalaman, and Wombatwoman?

Reminder today of the best coffee I’ve ever drink in the whole planet, two years ago in Tokyo: Sarutahiko Coffee, outside a train station. Their classic French blend will forever be my gold standard for coffee.

Seven years ago since Kim Kardashian broke the internet. Hopefully they'll start fixing it soon.

Is this like climate change? How long have they been recording it? And by what measure do they define it being good or bad? I have so many questions.

1991 tech ad from Brashs

What's the best New York street?

If I can be real for a bit, I find it extremely disconcerting that the unvaccinated are being treated like this. Seriously. It's scary how a society and government can decide to ostracise like this. Imagine if it was the same thing on a different vector.

“Doing small things with love is the atom of bravery.”

— Mark Nepo

Listening to radio on the Sunshine Coast and the announcer plays three grabs of three songs then says “find out which one we’re going to play after the break” so it’s good to know they’ve not invented any new ideas for daytime radio.

Proposal: Reclassify the Logan Hyperdome to a Logan Dome.

"Most people optimise for the day ahead. A few people optimise for 1-2 years ahead. Almost nobody optimises for 3-4 years ahead (or longer).

The person who is willing to delay gratification longer than most reduces competition and gains a decisive advantage.

Patience is power."

– James Clear

Something no-one talks about is how if you’re really cool in the metaverse, you’re actually not really cool in real life.

Just minted an NFT of the current vibe in my house after I’ve sole-parented all day. Critics are calling it a “hollowed out tree trunk of a man”, others are saying “I would not spend 1eth on that.”

Available now on OpenSea.

I don’t want to be Elon Musk Rich, I just want to be Extra Guac Even If I’m Not Sure Rich. I

Cool story

The year is 2051. All of us but the elite are working for below minimum wage in the Farmville metaverse tending to digital crops and feeding metaverse animals in overseas countries so we have a metaverse visa to access a different metaverse than the one our parents were in.

Local barista wrapped up our conversation saying “see you next week!”

Am I allowed back tomorrow because I assume she works on a Sunday to Saturday calendar where I personally see Monday as the first day of the week?

It was an overcast morning for shooting the build of the new restaurant at Kirra Pavilion but they wanted it to look bright and sunny.

Lightroom is evil, and its new sky selection tool is even naughtier.

Editing the image in three screenshots …

In the metaverse there are no clothes. Just pixels.

Proud of you Scotty, you’ve now written 100% more books than most other people on the planet. You join the ranks of Seth Godin, the Apostle Paul, John Green, Stephen King, and of course Nick Earls. Party on, Wayne 🤘🏻

Sharing a little highlight gallery from a property I'm documenting for Zero 9 Constructions. We're a few weeks away from handover at this stage.

I’m kind of in love with this Japanese style soaking tub.

If our parents disown us in real life do they disown us in the metaverse?

Shoot day for a bunch of Gold Coast businesses today

Please do not worship me, but I just wound up a dish cloth tightly and whipped a fly to its death.

Age groupings

Imagine being on the Q train from Brooklyn into Manhattan, a regular Tuesday morning in September 2001, the train comes above ground and the World Trade Towers are just on fire then it sinks underground again and you don’t know what’s going on.

Snapper Rocks

One of my earliest memories - and there's only a few from this traumatic time in my life - is watching my new step-mother, Selena, pile up all of our childhood photos, memories of my mother, and the family before Selena arrived, and burn them in the backyard. It was quite ceremonial and I imagine it must have felt quite nice for her. But I've always wondered what the significance was.

Burning the photos didn't make my mother burn, despite her absence at the time, but it wasn't until later in life that I recognised what she was burning: my story.

My first camera was a Nokia 7600 with an almighty 0.3 megapixel sensor and the magic of capturing photos overcame me.

Which leads me to today.

I make photos today, they're ok, but I'm really interested in discovering how photos matter to people, how my photos can matter to people, and if they would.

My plan

The plan is to document these learnings, what I've experienced and learned so far, dive into equipment, techniques, and talk about money, in an email/blog called "Shudder Speed" and you can subscribe, all free, shudderspeed.co

I'll share what I've learned, ask questions of my friends that are practising photographers, and reach out to strangers to ask the same questions.

Sometime in the next decade or so maybe I'll figure out how to make photos that matter to people other than me, and I'd love to drag you along for the ride.

I've been lucky enough to create weddings all over the globe and I've been trying to make photos that matter that entire time. Generally speaking I've been mostly unsuccessful at reaching this goal, but the few times one of my photos has mattered to someone will be documented in upcoming emails.

I'm still creating weddings and elopements, and intend to continue until people stop asking me to.

How do floorboards work?

Like, if your toddler vomits and there’s vomit between the floorboards, is that no longer my responsibility now that it’s out of my paper towel’s reach?

What are the floorboard rules?