Author Archives: Joe_Williams

The End of the Adobe Era: Reclaiming My Creative Life with Vintage Macs

After three decades with Photoshop — from floppy disks and beige Macs to monthly subscriptions — I finally hit cancel. Here’s why I’m happily back to my old software running on old hardware, and how I reclaimed my creative life. Continue reading

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Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!

I’ve been playing around with this scanned negative in the free, cross platform, Photoshop alternative GIMP!

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Caturday

Photos of Felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading

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Caturday

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Digital Doodles

I’ve mostly set aside my real world drawing tools as an obsession with old computers has been burning through me since around Halloween. I’m trying to frugally future-proof my family’s digital life by gutting and re-configuring computers that have long … Continue reading

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Caturday

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Caturday

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Forward to the PAST!

When tech giants rely on subscription software and planned obsolescence, the only direction I can go in is Forward to the Past! Continue reading

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It Lives Again!

Wherein I rummage through the graveyard of my old computers and try to cobble together a monster that will serve me in this modern age. Continue reading

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