Most people are familiar with the term “surveillance,” essentially being watched over by someone or something, e.g., cameras. These days it’s quite common for organizations, shops, services, or even residents to have cameras for monitoring, tracking, or enhanced security. No…
Category: Digital Photos
Not Built for Deletion
A lot of apps that we use come equipped with default options to save everything. For example, removing the inbox label from an email in Gmail automatically results in the item being “archived.” Or with my iPad, when I delete…
Memories For You or Just Another Invasion of Privacy
Last night a new notification appeared on my iPad that a new photo something was ready for me. Curious, I unlocked my iPad and investigated. I scrolled through the newly noticed area of my Photos app in horror. The “For…
Vacation: The Digital Photo Aftermath
I recently returned from a fabulous trip to Iceland. Unpacking my suitcase was easy, but I can already tell “unpacking” the digital photos will probably take the same amount of time as the vacation itself. To complicate matters, this was…
Information Curation
Over the holiday I started working on my digital scrapbook projects. It felt nice to review pictures of warmer times while listening to the wind howl outside my windows. I flipped through photos of vacations taken to sunny climates. Swimming.…