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Remember this Mother Goose rhyme? There was a little girl, and she had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead; When she was good, she was very, very good, But when she was bad, she was horrid. … Continue reading
Ever since I visited New Zealand for the first time, I have been obsessed with the night sky in the southern hemisphere. This video shows the winning entries in the 2013 The World at Night photo contest.
One of my favorite New Zealand Photographers, Mark Gee, got two honorable mentions, but didn’t win.
So what’s a video of photos of the night sky doing on a blog about marketing and technology? Mostly it’s here because it’s beautiful, and I wanted to share it.
But there is a lot of technology at work in these images — and even more patience and artistry. I hope that we don’t continue polluting the night sky with too many unnecessary lights — and I wish my neighbors in Dallas would turn off the security lights that aren’t needed.
After all, I live in the state known for “the stars at night…are big and bright…” but deep in the heart of Texas, there are all too many places where you can’t see the stars because of the light pollution.
And that makes me sad.
The Southern Cross, as seen from Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. I stayed up all night trying to get a decent night sky photo, and this is my best effort — which clearly demonstrates why I didn’t enter The World at Night contest! But it makes me smile!
Photo credit: I shot the photo of the Southern Cross with a Nikon D90. ©2009, Deb McAlister-Holland. All rights reserved. Do not repost or reproduce.
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This morning, I got a good lesson on how a business could have avoided a marketing disaster that was partly due to bad timing on marketing’s part, partly caused by a technical problem, and primarily caused by a poor customer service culture. … Continue reading
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If you’ve never experienced the uniquely creative and often surreal world of Internet fan fiction, then you’ve missed out on one of the most creative offshoots of the online revolution. Fan fiction, for the uninitiated, is just what it sounds … Continue reading
TechDirt blogger Leah Beadon wrote a brilliant analysis of the basic problem with intellectual property law titled, The Copyright Lobotomy: How Intellectual Property Makes Us Pretend to be Stupid. I’m not going to attempt to summarize her excellent article, because … Continue reading
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Our 11-year-old is reading a series of young adult fantasy novels called The Adventurer’s Wanted Series, by Utah-based author M.L. Forman. Kameron and I often read the stories aloud to each other — I read to him while he’s practicing juggling, … Continue reading
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My in-box is bursting with “job offers”. Well, at least “offers” for me or my 11-year-old to perform work. Here’s a list of the “offers” from just one week: A national magazine wanted to pick up a post from this … Continue reading
