A bit of whinge if you’ll allow…

I manage multiple blogs using Blogger, plus I use it to follow quite a few other blogs out there.  Google has decided that a new format would be “better” but now it means I have to change how I manage and view all of that.  (OBTW, I don’t use adsense or other moneymakers, I don’t agree with that ethic.)

This on top of changing how my photos were hosted, making the upload process vary laborious.  I’ve since altered that to be easier, but not as easy as it once was.  Grr.

The good news is that my blogs haven’t changed.  I suspect that will happen soon enough and I probably should find some “news” on Blogger from Google to get ahead of it.  It sometimes makes me want to spend the money and host my own photos and blogs.  Not expensive but it means actively managing servers, web code, security, et cetera and I prefer not to do that.  Alas, Blogger is free so I should sit quietly and accept it.

I’ve looked at Facebook as an alternative.  Yes it would work, but frankly I have less control over the look and posting photos is actually more difficult.  It works great and is easy if I used my smart phone for photography, but I don’t.  I use a DSLR on a tripod and have to take a SD card and transfer files to my Mac.  I can transition two of my blogs to Facebook, but until I find a way to photograph models better with my iPhone, not this one.

Of note, my Mac is in my office upstairs, but my modeling room is downstairs in the basement.  I do take my iPad to quickly check a reference or photo, but otherwise try to keep the distraction away from my modeling bench.

So am I becoming an old curmudgeon?  Maybe so, but I’d rather spend time fiddling with plastic and paint than figuring out a website or page or online process.

Thanks for listening, I now feel better…