The Na’ never ceases to amaze:
And a photographer worth watching.
Anyone keeping track of PhotoNow will see his pics and should consider themselves damn lucky he’s given permission.
The Na’s blog seems to encompass his infatuations with the shiny, the green, and himself. I suspect his posts will be sporadic, but so will mine.
Welcome to my blogroll ‘Na.
Much Luv
This is a big week. We’ll be installing at Wayne State next week. So this is the calm before the storm and I’ve got a lot of details to sort out. Also came across Guy Kawasaki’s blog which got me psyched. This evening I’m going to do adapt his “9 Questions to Ask a Startup” into a type of report card. I already have most of the answers, but the VC perspective is a good one to ask from.
It can’t hurt to do a quick checkup under the hood.
A channel to program.
I’ve started posting on Craigslist. PhotoNow wants submissions from digital photographers,filmmakers, animators and anyone that would like to have their work shown in colleges.
I’ve just started receiving submissions. Is submissions the right word? We’re bringing the art to the audience. I don’t know what the audience will do with it.
Help to excite college students and help them share their photos and video. This is Commercial, but YOUR WorK will not be altered or distributed without your knowledge, freedom, and control. Output and submission must be digital and presentable in a public, all-ages space.
Your work–with your input–will be presented on a 15″ or larger LCD to 9,000+ students per day ,as well as, faculty and other visitors. Credits will be shown with your work, your licenses will be respected. I’ll list your website on my resource page if you are a regular contributor.
You will be seen more than 270,000 times per month, by a sleepless, hyperminded, wireless audience. You have an opportunity to shape culture. Tell your friends. Its also a growing opportunity that could put your work all over the country. Call me: Chris,
Thanks,
PhotoNow, Inc.
So in my first post I was going on about “consumer-driven” transactions.Forget that stuff.
I want to create more printing opportunities, and maximize the existing ones. I’ll give students a disk of open source editing and archiving software, a cool mini-tripod, and hopefully some photos by midwest photographers.{ Email me to show your work to over 250,000 people per month}.
My message is that pictures are a part of everyday life.I believe this
We can create a connection between discovery, technology, and self: use the software, find and extract great pictures, print them, and share.
Sounds cool.
How do we do it?
PhotoNow assumes you don’t want to wait. That “‘Now’ is much better than ‘later’”. Seem simple? Its supposed to be: this isn’t about a revolution, or, a singularly brilliant idea– though both may be in the making. You should have your pictures when, how, and where you want them. For photo-printing, the start is letting the customer decide how long to take reviewing, editing, and printing. We assure quality and delivery, ‘the business’ is the customer’s determination/definition/expectation.
I think the idea of a consumer-driven transaction isn’t new (”give the customer what they want”). The idea of a consumer-defined transaction (”give it to them how they want it”) isn’t either, but it needs work. Img Management is about working on that.
Here are some thoughts:
If we know a non-degraded product is distributable and preferable without 3rd-party handling or cost, then we (the producer, manufacturer, seller) may be better off just getting out the way. Of course, the internet represents this potential, yet we still do most transactions in person, and some are still ‘best’ done that way. Where do we apply the internet’s style to the world of flesh and blood? Can we?