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The Thoughts Behind My Thinking

A blog for the things I don't talk about.

Category: Design

Delete the App, Use the Browser

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023 — Posted inBrowser, Design, Photography, Software, Technology — 2 min read

My Love And Hate With Social Media. If, like me, you don’t want to give up social media, because it’s not going away, but you do need a way to seriously cut back, the best way I have found is go off the usual […]

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All Of Us Are Different, Yet Together

September 16, 2022 — Posted inDesign, Photography, Productivity — 1 min read

I’m always intrigued with the juxtaposition of new and old in cityscapes. What struck me about this view of Chicago architecture was the Illumination from the morning sunlight. Then what came into view is how these structures are from decades apart of each other. […]

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Email Lists and Tracking

January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 — Posted inBrowser, Design, Personal, Photography, Privacy, Technology — 2 min read

The branches of the tree in this picture reminds me of the winding of the information on the internet. I can only imagine all the directions our emails are going back and forth. And how keeping track of it all might be confusing if […]

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Privacy, Security, and the Web

October 16, 2021October 17, 2021 — Posted inBrowser, Design, Family, Personal, Photography, Privacy, Technology — 2 min read

There is much talk these days with digital communications about privacy and security, because there seems to be much confusion mostly on what Big Tech is doing with it. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, known for inventing the internet navigation system known as the World Wide […]

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I Make a Case for Writing My Blog on Vivaldi

August 24, 2020March 11, 2021 — Posted inDesign, Gadgets, Literature, Personal, Photography, Productivity, Technology — 3 min read

I just read a book by Glenn Reynolds, “The Social Media Upheaveal”. He says that we are deep reading less, and learning from headlines more. He also says that many of us share on social media articles that we have not read, more so […]

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How Do You Get The Talent That You Pay for?

June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 — Posted inDesign, Family, Personal, Photography, Productivity, Software, Technology — 2 min read

There is this argument among freelancers and contractors, that when you pay for their services that you’re not paying for the service time as much as you pay for the years of experience that brought them to providing their service. I think you pay […]

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True Inclusion and Diversity

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 — Posted inDesign, Family, Productivity, Technology — 1 min read

If you look around at websites and social media profiles, some businesses, and the social media platforms themselves, seem to be bowing to the culture wars, especially here in the United States. They design their logos to highlight the cause, and use the hashtags […]

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The Simple Things Are Profound

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 — Posted inDesign, Literature, Personal, Productivity, Technology — 1 min read

I spend much time reading blog posts and, more often than not, many bloggers seem to try to be profound rather than just being themselves. By profound I mean to be far reaching in your thinking, or having great insight or understanding on a […]

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I'm Frank J Casella, American, freelance photographer, and independent artist. I'm also co-founder of a Catholic Men's Apostolate. My life mission is to share hope and God's love in the world.

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