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ISO is the new home for my photographs and photography projects. Powered by Koken, the engine provides a seamless and user-friendly back-end system for a photo gallery platform—possibly the best I’ve ever seen and used so far…

I came up with a solution about 10 days or so ago, which is to have the photographs I have shot since my early days in photography up until now, handpicked and uploaded on an exclusive site. What I am trying to basically do is distinguish my passions between writing (here) and photography by having them separated. I’m in the process of embracing the notion of “one-in-all” rather than “all-in-one”…

With the innovation of the camera since the iPhone makes people take more creative, quality photo—myself included. At one point I feel that I wouldn’t be needing standalone cameras (digital, compact, etc.) anymore because the iPhone could take photos as good. But does it make better photographers?

In photography, I’m hoping to find a genuine passion in this hobby. No, not those ones that are empowered by views, likes and favourites—as how Zack Arias neatly put it, “noise”—but the kind of photography where it seeks no attention that it didn’t deserve…

I’m not sure whether I’m pursuing my passion or simply a hobbyist when it comes to photography, but I promised myself that I would start something out of passion this year, 2013. Photography isn’t exactly new as I already started when I purchased my first DSLR well over 5 years ago which never really took off. Not that I’m any better than when I first started but this time, it’s different…

One of my main goals when I started The Syndrome last August is to experiment, learn and discover ways I could increase my productivity in my daily workflow. Let’s just be straight, I have issues dealing with procrastination (not that all procrastination is bad) but…

Design is a thought process to come up with creative ideas, techniques or methods to present something beautifully, elegantly, yet effectively. There’s more to design than just good looks though…

I want to interact with real people with real opinions and feelings, face to face over the coffee table. Not over some multiple chat windows. I’d love to have a real conversation where I’m not distracted by the notifications on my phone, or replying messages, e-mail or posting up status updates. Just normal people having normal conversations…

For the past 24 hours I have been poking the default theme, shift things around and tweak a few codes, and Voila! What you see here is the result…