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I have received several requests over the years to use my pictures (even though you don’t legally have to ask as long as you following the licensing) and I have always said something to the effect of, “Yes! Please use them! Thanks for letting me know! Let me know if you need help finding other photos as well!” I have never turned down someone from using a photo yet, even when the use is borderline commercial (they had my permission to continue, so it was all kosher).

In an effort to help education people, I have also taken to providing a very nicely worded text file on all the CD/DVD’s I produce or emails I send people with photos attached or linked to, stating the licensing terms and providing helpful information. I feel like I’ve done a lot to make my photos easily accessible while also making it easy to understand and comply with the licensing rules.

Here’s my question: Do you think I’m asking to much that in return for using my photos, users provide a simple attribution line? I’ve invested a lot of time, money, and energy into these photos. I hate having to play the role of enforcer (which is more time and energy). What would you do? I try to be nice about the whole thing, but I honestly feel like a dick sometimes for having to enforce these rules^[1]

Letter sent. And CC’d to legal and PR.

1. yes, I know it’s my legal right, etc, etc

I’m going to Ignite Seattle 9 tonight! And you should come! It’s going to be at the King Cat Theatre^[1] tonight, from 7-10pm. Admission is $5 at the door (you can’t buy tickets a head of time) and you must be at least 21, because like all good things in life, there will be C₂H₆O^[2] present.

What is this Ignite Seattle and why should I come? you ask? Easy: Ignite is a presentation format where each presenter gets a deck of 20 slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds. Five minutes later, you find that you are slightly more educated on topics ranging from The History of the Mustache, How to properly prepare for the Zombie Apocalypse, and the slightly more practical How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Counterfactuals. Sometimes serious, sometimes nerdy, always funny. There’s no reason not to come.

I went to my first Ignite in Boulder (Ignite Boulder 3), so this will be my second Ignite presentation and I’m thoroughly looking forward to going to this one. I’m also hoping to hang out with The Big Blog at the Burke Museum^[3] for their special 1st Thursday meetup with free admission to the Burke, plus special guest Julia Swan: 5 – 6:30 p.m.

Photo of Andrew Hyde © 2009 Stepan Mazurov, used with permission under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

1. 2130 6th Avenue,
   Seattle, Washington 98121
2. ethanol, aka beer
3. NE 45th Street & 17th Ave NE

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One of the things that they don’t teach you in engineering school is that things very frequently don’t turn out like you planned, and sometimes you have to improvise: this is what sets apart good engineers (those who merely get good grades in school) from great ones (those who understand adversity, appreciate elegant simplicity and know how to react when things go wrong. And they barely made it out of school).

It’s all true. Validation at last.

(emphasis mine)

Some change at work:

Several weeks ago (the day before I left for Haiti, actually), our division was renamed Boeing Defense, Space and Security. Interestingly enough, the TLA^[1] is only BDS. I, however, am going to call it BaDaSS.

I also moved cubicles. I’m now sitting almost directly with the rest of my group. I used to sit in a completely different bay across a hallway and through two doors. Now I’m within shouting (and launching) distance of everyone on my team.

1. three letter acronym, something Boeing is notorious for