Opinion - Sam Hardacre

Opinion

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Audiobooks on Spotify

A few months ago, Spotify rolled out audiobooks on their platform. I went to have a look at the selection and there were a few books I could get but most had an additional cost on top of my Premium account so I left those alone. A couple of weeks

Thoughts on AI

As an artist, I often get asked what my thoughts are on AI, specifically AI-generated images. The very short and straight-to-the-point answer is: I don't like it. And not just because it relies on stealing the work of artists the world over. One reason for me goes much

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Last week saw the release of what is said to be the final Indiana Jones film, at least with Harrison Ford playing the character (I think the jury's out on whether Disney/Lucasfilm will go ahead with some form of prequel series on Disney+). Understandably, the last outing

Build anticipation. Deflate.

My twitter stream has been going a bit wild with updates about the launch of, and subsequent delay in use, of the new Mailbox app [http://www.mailboxapp.com/] on iPhone. There seems to be a mix of anticipation and "meh" over their chosen roll-out method so I

Apple slumber?

Late last night I spotted a tweet mentioning Chrome for iPhone was now available. Since I use Chrome on my MacBook I couldn't resist downloading it straight away and having a play before I went to sleep. The overall design ties in with everything Google is doing, really

Capturing moments

In recent months I've been reflecting on my photography as a whole and I feel that I've reached a point where I'm beginning to understand what photography means to me. I think I've been struggling to figure it out ever since I

Movie poster colour palette

Earlier today Empire Magazine tweeted an update announcing the release of the latest movie poster for The Woman in Black, an upcoming film adaptation of the book of the same name, starring Harry Potter star, Daniel Radcliffe. Intrigued to see the new poster I went and had a look and

If I could change anything on the iPhone 3G...

...it would be the ability to flip between apps without returning to the homescreen. Today I was watching Cloverfield and got a text. I hit "Reply" which pulled up the keyboard. Once I'd sent the text, I had to return to the homepage, access the iPod