keoshi.com™

Today's my birthday and decided to make something to celebrate a quarter of a century. wow, said like that seems quite heavy.

It's time for a facelift, wouldn't you agree? Well, I've been working on a re-design for quite a while now... The color scheme is the same and so is the logo — that's branding after all, right?

Ever since I had problems with TXP's database backups and whatnot I'm more eager than ever to launch the new version.

In the next couple of weeks I'm going to start from scratch on my server. Delete all files and DBs, install everything again and put keoshi.com back up online.

As for the re-design itself, it's going to be more organized, more usable and simpler.
Stay tuned.

Photography has the power to capture a moment forever. Whether you are aware of the context or not, a photo always tells a story.
The following links are not photoblogs or random photos; instead, each diary is about a specific subject. They differ greatly among each other in terms of approach to that subject, but all of them have the human condition as the starting point.

Some Photos of That Day

This one is the oldest and most known photo diary throughout the internet.
The web site itself doesn't contain any information on the photos or the story, but they were taken by photographer Jamie Livingstone with a Polaroid SX-70 for 18 (yes, eighteen) years - from 1979 to 1997.
There are 6,697 photos that portrait Jamie's life from his youth, through his adulthood, to the day of his death.
For more details on this diary, make sure to check this CBC Podcast
Link: photooftheday.hughcrawford.com

Days with My Father

Captured by Phillip Toledano, this diary shows the struggle of his father with a short term memory condition, or as Phillips says 'living in the twilight of half memories'.
It's truly one of the most moving set of photos I've ever seen. This is the only photo diary that's still active.
Link: dayswithmyfather.com

Love Diary

To finish this article with a more positive note, this one is about love (not that the other weren't).
Chinese photographer Madi Ju tells us her love story with photos and letters - the imagery is absolutely stunning, the style is very casual and very intimate.
A beautiful story in a really sad way.
Link: madiju.com/love_diary.html

I hope you find them touching and they make you think. Enjoy.

I got my MacBook Pro!
It's the most perfect gadget I've laid my hands on.

Now I understand, using a Mac as a tool in your work is a natural choice - whether you are a designer, an architect, an artist or even a writer. Mainly because everything just works.

It's a disco, it's a party, it's International Dance Party!

This is by far the most amazing thing I've seen in the last few months. The IDP is a complete plug 'n' play party in a box, as stated in the official web page; it can lead a party indefinitely, playing tunes on loop, based on its' audience behavior.
The IDP contains a computer running Max/MSP that controls every bit of technology inside the flightcase: music, lights, sensors, LED panel, smoke machine, etc.

It's not only a great concept, it also works perfectly and it was developed by a bunch of funny people.
Don't believe me? Check the video below.

Make sure you also read the manual, so you can have a better ideia of what's behind the shell.