Tim

Free Digital Clock is a nifty little app for the iPhone. It turns the iPhone into a bedside digital alarm clock. Colors are customizable and the app swivels smoothly from portrait to landscape mode. From its web site, Rock iPhone: A free version of the favorate nightstand appliction – Easy Clock. Turn your iphone/ipod...
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One of my photos was named Listener Submitted Picture of the Week by a program on our local public radio station: The State of Things on North Carolina Public Radio WUNC. This makes a fifth pick for me by the State of Things. In case this image looks familiar, it ran in the Chapel...
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Google Experimental Search has a great experiment for the visually impaired. Accessible View is one of several experimental ways to access Google search results. The first key feature of Accessible View is keyboard navigation. Second, the selected search result is magnified for easier viewing. There is automatic integration with your screen reader or talking...
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I am putting a team together to walk with me at this year’s VisionWalk here in the Triangle. VisionWalk raises money for the Foundation Fighting Blindness, which specializes in researching cures for retinal degenerative diseases. I have one of these conditions, Stargardt Disease, so you can see why I am doing this. The walk...
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Product manuals are frustrating. For, as my dad puts it, they are usually written in a language tantalizingly close to English. Just as irritating, manuals are often printed in tiny font sizes, making them very inaccessible. A few years ago, I was looking for a misplaced manual in vain. So I went on the...
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As I mentioned yesterday in tim in print | climbing the walls, I shot the Dixie Rock 20 indoor climbing event this past weekend here in Chapel Hill. From the two day event, which included both amateur and USAC competitions, I was there for a few hours at lunchtime, catching a lot of the...
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Spotted on Fred’s Head, a blind artist supports the fight against blindness: J D Lewis Wildlife Prints: A Unique Vision of Nature. “Hello. My name is John Lewis, owner of JD Lewis Wildlife Prints. Once a dedicated wildlife artist and graphic designer, I have long since set aside my paint brush to pursue other career...
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I shot the Dixie Rock 20 indoor climbing event this past weekend here in Chapel Hill. From the two day event, which included both amateur and USAC competitions, I was there for a few hours at lunchtime, catching a lot of the locals. These two shots from the assignment made into the paper with...
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The Cost of Ink or Why History Trumps Common Sense Open up Microsoft Word or most web sites and the type is laid out in black against a white background like most books or newspapers. Like most books or newspapers? Why? Dark ink on white pages made more sense than white ink on dyed...
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The Durham News printed two images form the tap dance asignment on Sunday in Tap is the tie that binds this ‘family’. CHAPEL HILL – On a recent sunny Saturday afternoon, the Ballet School of Chapel Hill is alive with activity as young dancers carrying tap shoes talk and laugh as they bound upstairs...
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Cool news. I have been invited to Maze Day at UNC tomorrow to talk about blind photography. Maze Day is for visually impaired and blind students in grades K-12, their parents and teachers. Your students will enjoy fun and educational computer applications developed especially for them. UNC students will learn how well their accessible...
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Call me crazy. I carry my own meteorologist around in my pocket. I check the temperature, outdoor conditions and the forecast several times a day. I guess I am crazy. But the iPhone’s Weather App is a great personal meteorologist. Well designed,, it lays out lots of information in a simple, easy to read...
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Bloggers come in all shepes, sizes and abilities. For the visually impeired and blind, blogs and blogging present unique challenges. To meet and discuss these issues, there is a online group of these bloggers. Visit Blind Bloggers to find out more. Blind Bloggers is a quiet, but very helpfrul, group of bloggers. Member range...
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The Chapel Hill News printed two of my photos yesterday with the story, Youth tap dance company prepares for season finale. As I talked about in an earlier post, Tap Dance Outtakes, a couple Saturdays ago, I shot a tap dance rehearsal. A difficult shoot, but a lot of fun. The assignment was to...
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The Blind Photographers web site is now official! Visit Blind Photographers at its new home:blindphotographers.org. From there you can visit the two halves of the new BP site. The Blind Photographers Blog Our Photography At The Blind Photographers Blog, you will find musings, news and articles about blind photography. You can also see our...
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