I don't usually read a lot of books. Don't have a lot of time for fiction and non-fiction books are usually dated info but from time-to-time I will get a 'how to' book on computer programs etc. I actually prefer periodicals over books because the information is usually more recent, brief, and well illustrated with art or photos. It appeals more to my artistic visual side I guess.

Why shouldn't you trust solicitors? Because usually they don't have your best interest in mind. Most often, they have only their interest in mind... which is only to make money or some other benefit.

If we look around and think about it, this is something many of us have learned over time dealing with car dealers, telemarketers, door-to-door sales and services, junk mail sent to our postal box, and with new technology such as email we are learning not to trust what's sent to our inboxes unless we asked for it as well.

Yours, truly has gone exclusive with my photo sales. Its a bit of a reverse of my original plan which included branching out to other micro stock photo agencies. Dreamstime.com just made more sense when I looked at payout, traffic, and overall user experience for contributors. So I applied for the exclusive contract and it was approved after a week. You can see my portfolio here

So what does this mean really? Well, in a nutshell, I cannot use any other company or agency as a representative or reseller of my photography. I can however, sell to clients directly. So, I will still be opening my photo store on this site in 2010 as soon as I can dedicate some time to getting all the content in place and details worked out.

Do you use Twitter? Why or why not? First, let me say that I used to be one of those that dismissed it as pointless. In fact, I was late to the whole social media thing because it just didn't seem like something I needed to get into. Afterall, in real life, I am quite the introverted artist that is often considered shy and likes a bit of privacy. Dare to read on, "for the rest of the story".

I had been using this look for about a year now and while its clean and served its purpose, I have decided to work on a new look to keep things fresh. The new look features my Flickr photostream at the very top to replace the picture gallery. I am currently putting a lot of focus on Flickr to hande my photo sharing now. I am growing fond of Flickr despite their lack luster use of groups and communities which could use a serious revamp to make user interaction a smoother and easier by taking tips from the newer portal and forum designers.

So, my thoughts are to utilize Flickr to the max and simplify my photo sharing to save time. I will be ditching my PixelPost photoblog using DarkMatters attractive theme. This was a great option for a photoblog and I recommend it to anyone who is not afraid of installing and configuring PHP software on their servers. It does have a few issues however and updates are much slower and fewer than compared to say Joomla or WordPress updates. It still can serve as a fine way to share photos. I am mostly eliminating it just to minimize places I must upload photos too and thus, save time in return.