PhotographyExperience with Tamron 70-300mmI used this lens and jotted down some thoughts a couple years ago but did not have much experience with telephoto lenses as a basis of…
PhotographyReturn to the SurfThis is a short series of images to capture my experience throughout this summer. I was finally able to get some surfing in and it was…
PhotographyWhy Shoot Prime?Shooting on a prime lens offers some technical benefits but I believe the creative benefits to be most important. Put simply I feel that…
ProductivityCloud Backup Trials and TribulationsAs all of our creative work lives on a computer which can fail we need some peace of mind. One way to do that is to have multiple copies of…
PhotographyPhotography 101 Learning SessionEvery Friday at Spies & Assassins someone leads a learning session we call Spies Junction. This can be on any wide array of topics from…
WebPingdom Free MonitoringThis is just a super quick note that you can add a very basic level of monitoring for you website through a free pingdom account. This…
WebFirst Try at a Chrome Extension (working with Plug.dj)Some Background So I’ve been discovering a lot of new music using Plug.dj . It is a site that is very similar to turntable.fm. For those not…
WebReview of "Getting Started with Grunt" eBookSo I recently read Getting Started with Grunt: The JavaScript Task Runner which I think lives up to it’s title very well. If you have any…
WebUsing Custom Icon Fonts - An IcoMoon QuickstartI highly recommend using and icon font for as many assets as possible. They are handled in and have all the same benefits as Webfonts. They…
WebHTML Templating - Moustache vs Handlebars vs DIYAlright so lately templating has been carrying a lot of motion. To my surprise though jQuery has stopped active development of their…
DesignHoefler & Frere-Jones's cloud.typographyAlright so web fonts from Hoefler & Frere-Jones Web Fonts are finally here with their TypeKit like cloud service: cloud.typography. However…
WebToDo List Using HTML5 Content Editable & Local StorageI have been wanting to showcase some of the very easy to implement HTML5 features. This example will be building what seems to be the…