I am not even sure this is a fair comparison, but LifeHacker points to a blog that pits GIMP, a free and open-source image editing software against Adobe's Photoshop.

Someone has cajones, I tell ya.

Hugh MacLeod's ChangeThis Manifesto called “How To Be Creative” is a quick download and a terrific read. MacLeod is the sardonic cartoon illustrator on GapingVoid.

I got this link off of Guy Kawasaki's wonderful marketing blog, How To Change The World.

Also read, Steve Pavlina‘s blog post on maximizing creative output. T'is the season to be creative!

Richard Koci Hernandez's new site Multimedia Shooter prompts a near-daily visit from me. When he posted a retrospective of his work at the San Jose Mercury News, and it included a piece about Vrindavan: The City Of Widows, I had to post it here.

Feel free to post your comments here after you have seen it.

Update: Photographer Tewfic El-Sawy wrote asking me to mention his multimedia project also on the widows of Vrindavan. Take a loot. Elegantly produced. Also take a look at his project on The Supplicants of Bahadur Shaheed, a Sufi shrine.

The Associated Press seeks a Photo Editor for its Photo Desk in New York City.

This photo editor monitors and edits the flow of photos transmitted to the New York Central Photo Desk by AP staff, freelance and member photographers and photo editors system-wide. This person reviews and edits photos for picture quality and caption accuracy before transmitting as appropriate. This photo editor works closely with staff photographers and member photo staffs to enhance the quality and quantity of the AP's photo report. This person might also deal with topic-specific photo coverage such as business and entertainment.

Candidates should have proven photo editing skills and broad experience in news photography, with a background in newspapers, news magazines and/or news services. Applicants should have strong organizational abilities and a willingness to take visual risks. Candidates should have the ability to work effectively and constructively with key editors and photographers in AP bureaus and at member newspapers, and with freelance photographers. Applicants should have excellent interpersonal skills to coordinate with editors and photographers, and to field member inquiries. Knowledge of PhotoShop, Netscape, Internet Explorer, Mac OS and Windows is a necessity.

For consideration, e-mail a cover letter, resume and clips to photoed@apjobs.org. The Associated Press is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Black Star Rising “is designed to educate professional photographers, amateur photographers and photography buyers alike.”

How to be a curious photographer?

The Visual Dictionary

Swami Safari “showcasing the style of great artists and eventually having a collage of many different styles and intepretations of the same core theme (i.e. Hindu spirituality and ancient mythology)”

I am using CiteBite more and more as I read more and more and quote more and more

John Loomis, who edits Blueeyes Magazine just sent me an email saying issue 14 is now out