Decorative paint strokes with faint image of man writing at a desk

Ryan Johnson

digital work / analog life

  • Aug 17, 2018

    Another new, old film camera

    My Nikon FE had to take a week off for repair. Luckily, I recently bought yet another film camera.

  • Jul 26, 2018

    Edward Tufte’s Presenting Data and Information course recap

    “The da Vinci of data” was in Portland for a one-day course on data visualization, cartography, statistics, presentations, and more. I had high expectations; Tufte surpassed them.

  • Jun 30, 2018

    Tarkovsky’s Andrei Rublev

    This film, unlike many that receive the title, is truly epic. It’s one of the few films I own, and I’ve been lucky enough to see it once on the big screen at the Portland Film Festival. A restored version is about to be released to both theaters and video.

  • Jun 25, 2018

    Tooling: it’s a buffet now

    I have my favorite tools, and they can be a crutch. We have an absurd range of options now, and my eyes are wandering.

  • May 24, 2018

    Confab 2018 recap

    This was my second Confab conference, and it felt (once again) unique among conferences. Confab is special, because Confab is thoughtful.

  • Dec 31, 2017

    Content that writes itself

    There’s no replacing a content editor, but maintainability sometimes requires a content architecture wherein content can update itself.

  • Oct 1, 2017

    Slowing down with analog photography

    Life’s been coming at us fast. I’m trying to slow down by going back to analog.

  • Sep 8, 2017

    Why I’m going to work for the federal government

    I’m leaving my job in county government to join the Department of the Interior

  • Jun 17, 2017

    A visit to Working Library

    A library and studio for letterpress and bookbinding.

  • Jun 4, 2017

    Tarkovsky’s Stalker

    Tarkovsky’s brilliant and immersive film gets a digital restoration and a new audience.

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