resistance to persistence

I coded up a quick java console application to convert del.icio.us bookmarks into a visual mindmap which can be viewed in Freemind, an open source mindmap tool. Mindmaps are graphical tree structures which have a bunch of uses.

Here’s an example of what your del.icio.us bookmarks could look like:

When you’re viewing your bookmarks in Freemind, you can even click on the each node and it will launch the bookmark into your browser. I find this to be a much easier way of visually sorting, viewing and remembering what you’ve bookmarked.

Read more about DeliciousMind and download it here.

28mm.org was accepting submissions for a coffeetable book of photography and I picked 4 of my best candidates for submission. It was one of those to-do tasks that sat in my list forever and on the final night before the deadline I stayed up really late and put together my submission. Today I got an email back and I got accepted. I’m ecstatic! So I’m going to be published! Getting published was one of my goals I set for myself with my photography and I feel very satisfied that I’ve completed the goal…now to set more goals.
It looks like the books will be published in the summer. I’ll definitely be picking up a couple of copies. I’m amazed I’ll be in the leagues of some great (IMO) photographers. I don’t know who all is included in the book, but I know the works of some of the regular contributors to 28mm.org and it’s a good crowd to have my photos shown with. I can’t show which photos I submitted as one of the rules for the submission is that the photos haven’t been posted to a blog or any other sites. You’ll just have to wait and pick up a copy of the book or take a look at my 10 copies.