So I updated our ArtAndTechnology Website today. I hadn't updated our portfolio pages for a while, as I wondered if I should or not any more. But if the page hasn't been updated for a while I get asked in emails do I still do the illustrations or not.
I decided to do "the last" gallery update with an image with a text overlay explaining the AI issue. The description also contains the same text. The images behind the text are new, but it says the 6 pages of illustrations already here should be enough to see what our stuff looks like.
I feel close to being really retired now. Had only 3 clients since 2024, doing some 11 illustrations, which isn't very much. As I saw previously, that seems the way Illustration has gone globally now due to Google search changes, the focus on advertisement delivery, and generative AI.
But that is okay. I am happy making my own music and comics.
In the website update, I also directly linked to some popular Blog posts I've done.
Freak Kitchen & Rikugo LIVE! Club Quattro Osaka 2025-9-16 Behind The Scenes.
The BOTS are Listening.
Mid 2025, and has AI changed it all? And Other Thoughts..
Car Comics: Pen on Ink, Black and White.
SQ Quadraphonic - A Dead Surround Audio Format.... or is it?.
The Naim Audio Game....
The views from the last 6 months are:
I have been paying for the website hosting and url since 2008. I will still be keeping the email addresses we use for some time to come but not so sure about the website itself, and doing freelance illustration. Google keeps on making up new excuses for why pages that have been indexed for 18 years don't comply any more. Heard the same thing from other site maintainers as well. Google would rather push sponsored content.
Will having a website be of any value in 12 months or 36 months? We will see and determine what to do then.
Other Things
IN EAR MONITORS (IEMs) were a custom fitted to the ear set of isolating earbuds for musicians, but I recently discovered that definition has changed in the last few years.
A zillion Chinese hi-fi wired earbud manufacturers use that term now too with a slightly different meaning. They aren't custom fitted or just for musicians. A more HiFi wired earbud. I have been using JBL ENDURANCE RUN 2 wired earbuds for a few years when out and about and have learnt, the slightly more expensive IEMs may offer a better sound, in a less durable package. Things like the USD$50 Linsoul Kiwi Ears Cadenza II.
And with the surveillance we are now constantly all under, I get nothing but IEM YouTube recommendations and advertisements! ðŸ˜
If I am not in a noisy environment, and need to hear what is happening around me out and about, I use my SHOKZ OPENFIT. I do wish they made a wired set though. All wireless earbuds are disposable in a few short years, with unreplaceable batteries. Having said that, the thin wires of wired earbuds don't last real long with a lot of travel time and being stuffed in bag pockets either.
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