My name is Daniel J. Donovan. Welcome to my blog.
I write about digital marketing, technology, online strategy, communications and photography.


Makers

November 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · what I am reading

Cory Doctorow’s latest novel is called “Makers.” It is available here, serialized.

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Strobist Boot Camp 4

September 20th, 2009 · No Comments · photography

I am happy to say that I completed all 4 Strobist assignments — my first attempts at off-camera flash — and learned a great deal. (My other posts in the series are here: -1- |  -2- |   -3- ). The final assignment was to take a picture of a vehicle and “get creative” with it. So […]

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Twitter: pointless babble?

August 20th, 2009 · No Comments · online marketing, social media

A study by Pear Analytics concluded that 40.5% of messages published on Twitter is “pointless babble”. The company found that only 8.7% of messages could be said to have “value.” Learn what categories the rest of the Tweets fall under here: http://mashable.com/2009/08/12/twitter-analysis/

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Strobist Boot Camp 3

August 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · photography

Definitely the toughest of the assignments so far. First and most obviously, lighting a room is *much* harder than it looks. But beyond that, I had a very hard time finding a room that was worth photographing at all. Frankly, I had never even given any thought to taking a picture of a room whatsoever.

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Strobist Boot Camp 2

July 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment · photography

Finished the second boot camp assignment yesterday. As with the first assignment, I learned a lot. Details after the jump.

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Pacman on Twitter

July 6th, 2009 · Comments Off on Pacman on Twitter · online marketing, social media

Game over man! Game over!

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Strobist Boot Camp 1

June 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · photography

I have owned a Nikon D70 dSLR now for almost two years but haven’t been serious about using it until recently. What got me excited a few weeks ago is strobist.com.

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