FotoBridge | Digitizing Photos Blog

As folks familiar with us know, we seek out and devour any and all new writings about our ever expanding digital lifestyles.  So we were pleased that the team at National Geographic decided to tackle the tough task of presenting practical ways to organize and manage your precious personal digital assets.  This no-nonsense, straight forward text provides tips for anyone overwhelmed with getting their arms around collections of photographs, film, video and music.  Are your treasured memories and prized keepsakes still locked in yesterday's mediums?  Not to worry, this book details the best and most cost effective ways to digitize everything.  From vinyl to old photo prints, author Aimee Baldridge cuts through the clutter to identify and explain today's tools for preserving and organizing all of your personal media, both new and old. According to  the publisher, Organize Your Digital Life is the ideal resource for teens who thrive on the technical, families with overflowing photo albums, and seniors who'd love to collate a lifetime of letters and photos.  With this first-ever, easy-to-use guide, you'll acquire the confidence and skills to master your digital universe."  

Our thoughts on the book?  4 stars (out of 5) for it's concise, practical advise and useful data tables and resources.

Does today's economic turmoil spell the end for Eastman Kodak?  A perfect storm about to swallow the 130-year-old venrated tall-ship of all things photography and popular imaging?  No doubt, Kodak's business is deteriorating - crippled in the last few years by a slow move to digital and declining traditional film markets, now Kodak's critics are asking where the value lies.  Last week, CEO Antonio Perez acknowledged the ongoing problematic transitions but held up hope for digital.  Mr. Perez said he was "very happy with the perfomance of digital" in the first 3 quarters if 2008.  In an abrupt turnabout, the consumer sales swooned in Q4 - causing Kodak to rethink it's strategy and prepare to eliminate up to 4,500 jobs.

Well, we ceratinly hope and pray better days are on the horizon for Kodak.  Why?  We are hard-pressed to think of another company that has devised and popularized so many products that strike at the heart of our collective American experience - our memories, our lives, our families, our history in images.  Kodak's legacy is a trillion slices of life - fiercely guarded, treasured, preserved and shared among the national family that is us.

We stumbled upon this Kodak video clip, its strikes a chord for us and captures our sense of wonder and gratitude for the legacy that is Kodak.