A thought while using the new Gutenberg “blocks”interface for WordPress.org:
The future of photography publishing is photography blogging.
In praise of tiled galleries
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My favorite new function is the WordPress jetpack “tiled gallery” function. This takes the notion of layout in a fresh, simple, and fun new way.
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This makes creating layouts super simple, fast, and fun! At this point in my photography I’m not so interested in single images. I’m more interested in how I can combine many different photos to make different image collages.
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Furthermore, you can adjust the width of these tiled galleries. Below is a “wide” gallery.
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Or maximum width:
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Digital Marxism
Until you own the means of production and distribution (without a middle man or censorship), you don’t own yourself.
To own yourself is to own your platform. This means make your own website-blog with a provider like 1and1.com or bluehost.com, then install the open source WordPress.org platform.
The simple way to know whether you own whatever you create with:
Do you pay for it?
If you’re using a “free”social media platform like Facebook, Instagram (or even YouTube)— you’re being suckered somewhere.
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Get started.
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Start your own website-blog now. Not tomorrow. Right now. We spend thousands of dollars on camera equipment — why are we so averse to spending money on our own website or platform, which is probably 1000x more important than our gear?
ERIC