Colin Devroe - Podcast Details

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Happy Subscribers Blogger Resilience and How to Keep Going with Colin Devroe of NerdPressEpisode Summary: Being a publisher is HARD WORK. There are ways to make it easier, but the reality is: Your to-do list will never be done Your content will never be perfect A new social platform will pop up (will you join it?!) But it's also WORTH IT. In this episode, I'm joined by Colin Devroe of NerdPress for the permission slip you didn't know you needed to embrace the ever-changing landscape of the online space. To keep showing up. To differentiate yourself. And to and to enjoy the journey, even when t...

2025-09-0952 min

The PublishPress Podcast Blogging is Still Very Big Business, With Colin DevroeColin Devroe has been a blogger since the 1990's. He currently runs Hubbub, a social sharing and website growth plugin for WordPress. He is passionate about helping bloggers succeed. And in 2025, that means owning your audience.On this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, Colin shares his vast experience in the blogging industry. He talks about how social networks are swinging back towards with human curation with bloggers seeing a lot of success on platforms like Flipboard. And to really own your audience, you need them to follow you on a platform you control. That can be a...

2025-03-2447 min

The Food Blogger Pro Podcast Future-Proofing Your Content with Andrew Wilder and Colin DevroeDiversifying your traffic sources, building your email list, and the tools to help you build your audience with Andrew Wilder and Colin Devroe ----- Welcome to episode 473 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Andrew Wilder and Colin Devroe from NerdPress. Future-Proofing Your Content with Andrew Wilder and Colin Devroe We were so thrilled to have Bjork sit down with Andrew Wilder and Colin Devroe for this episode! Andrew is the CEO of NerdPress and one of our Food...

2024-08-0657 min

The Large Format Photography Podcast #67 Intended Art At Negative ThinkingIt has been far too long between shows and hopefully we can now get back to some kind of regular output. For this show our last guest Nick Davis (The 120ist on the YouTube) makes a visit to community darkroom / darkroom community that is “Negative Thinking” in Bristol where he gets to interview Tim Pearse about the space, the community he is helping to build, his love of the darkroom as a means of expression and creating unique works of art. Things we chatted about on the show: Negative Thinki...

2024-04-131h 52

The Large Format Photography Podcast #62 Sammy, The Afghan Camera Lady#62 Sammy the Afghan Camera Lady Erik and Andrew are joined by the force of nature known as the Afghan Camera Lady for an enjoyable natter. Sammy has a background in commercial photography but with the help of her local analogue photography group Leicester LoFi became obsessed with the Afghan box camera. Currently Sammy takes her huge “portable darkroom and studio” camera to festivals and weddings to make unique “instant” portraits. Bursting with enthusiasm and ideas for how she might develop her work Sammy made our lif...

2022-10-021h 24

The Large Format Photography Podcast #61 Alys Tomlinson - Vera, Lost Proms and Gli IsolaniAlys was first on the show in 2019 following the hugely successful launch of her 5 year “Ex Voto” project researching modern day pilgrimages across Europe and photographing the relics/offerings left in the landscape (the ex votos) and the people she met along the way. Since then she has published “Lost Summer” photographing teenagers who lost their summer prom due to covid, winning first prize in the 2020 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait competition. In 2022 Alys completed her second Kickstarter for her new book Gli Isolani (The Islanders) – link below to pre order the book from GOST books.

2022-07-061h 52

The Large Format Photography Podcast #60 Frank Thorp V, Capitol ChapFrank is an NBC producer and off air reporter who uses his access to the USA Capitol building to explore his film obsession. Using a Speed Graphic camera and Aero Ektar lens he made a moving photo essay 100 days after the January 2020 storming of the Capitol building. “After the Riot” is a series of portraits of 12 individuals who work in the building, made in locations that resonated with each person (from the day of the storming) and aims to bring a sense of closure to the subjects and indeed to Frank who wa...

2022-05-131h 43

Photowalking With Colin New Canon 90D, Back button focusing, and a sleeping porcupine - April 2022Yes, I bought a new digital camera. No, I'm not giving up on film. I explain in this episode. Show notes: https://cdevroe.com/2022/04/22/podcast-new-canon90d/

2022-04-2216 min

The Large Format Photography Podcast #59 The Nomadic Photo Ark#59 The Nomadic Photo Ark Monica Jane Frisell and Adam Scher travel the USA with their mobile darkroom, studio and office telling the stories, in recordings and 8x10 portraits of people they meet on their way. Both were clearly fated to meet and undertake this life-changing adventure. Living the dream? We think so….. Project links. The website is the place to go to for all things Nomadic Ark. Travel blog, links to Twitter a...

2022-03-091h 38

The Large Format Photography Podcast #56 Erik & The Tubers#56 Erik & The Tubers Just over twelve months ago, Andrew and Simon were joined by the wonderful Jenny Sampson after being spotted on the front page of the relatively obscure BBC.co.uk website with a striking wet plate image. During an excellent discussion of Jenny's work, we touched upon and fell over Jenny's description of her collaboration with the Rolls & Tubes Collective; a group of photographers taking the inexplicable Covid related toilet roll shortage and recreating some of photography's greatest moments with bog roll. An excellent body of work was created and now J...

2021-09-061h 28

The Large Format Photography Podcast #53 Dave Shrimpton, Live Plate! Live Plate!Simon, Andrew and Yevgeni venture out on their first LFPP outside broadcast. Unfortunately Erik couldn’t get a ticket across the Atlantic so we had to use a naked female shop dummy as an able replacement. After two previous attempts we arrive at the wonderful imaginarium where Dave eats, sleeps and breathes creative photography. For part 2 we are mostly in the darkroom where the magic is revealed and the Tintypes of Dave come out pretty darn well. What a brilliant day we had and both of us are hooked.

2021-07-121h 50

The Large Format Photography Podcast #52 LFPP On Tour With Dave ShrimptonSimon, Andrew and Yevgeni venture out on their first LFPP outside broadcast. Unfortunately Erik couldn’t get a ticket across the Atlantic so we had to use a naked female shop dummy as an able replacement. After two previous attempts we arrive at the wonderful imaginarium where Dave eats, sleeps and breathes creative photography. For part 1 we chat to Dave over coffee and Kit Kats as he shows us his various go to 4x5 cameras. Venturing into his photographic imaginarium that is his studio and we are like kiddies in a swee...

2021-06-282h 12

The Large Format Photography Podcast #51 Todd Korol, Live and Breathe PhotographyLiving and working in and out of Calgary Canada, Todd is all about photography, if ever someone lived and breathed their passion it’s Todd. That passion shines through in this week’s chat and we hope you all enjoy it as much as we did. Things we chatted about on the show: Loads of photographers came up in conversation and here are some links: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ralph-Gibson https://helmut-newton-foundation.org/en/helmut-newton/ http://www.maryellenmark.com/ https://www.magnumphotos.com/pho...

2021-05-091h 54

The Large Format Photography Podcast #50 Deborah Parkin's Family Snaps#50 Deborah Parkin An introduction from Deborah’s website. “I live with my family & animals in the beautifully wild North Pennines. My work is rooted in family life & my environment - past & present. I have been photographing for many years & use a variety of mediums - from large format to digital & processes such as Wet Plate Collodion, bromoil, albumen, cyantotype & silver gelatin. My work has been exhibited & published worldwide - including Japan, U.S. U.K, Bulgaria, Iran & China & is held in many private collections from individual collectors (U.S, U.K, Europe, Ja...

2021-04-261h 34

The Large Format Photography Podcast #48 (Nico's) Large Format Photography PodcastAlthough not as cool as David Burnett (according to Greg Obst), nevertheless we thoroughly enjoyed chatting with the unique (if not cool) Nico Llasera. Nico has been bringing us the weekly film photography photo news since 2015 and alongside his spin off “Super film support” channel they are must watch You Tube shows. Things we chatted about on the show: How the channel came about (episode 1 from November 2015 is an interesting watch to see how the show has evolved over the years). Nico will...

2021-03-301h 32

The Large Format Photography Podcast #47 Nicole Small: Vision/ExperimentationSelf-portrait artist, studio portrait photographer, pinhole enthusiast, camera builder and enthusiastically inquisitive about all things photographic sums up today’s guest. Based in Montreal, Canada Nicole loves nothing more than to be out making (usually) large format pinhole self-portraits with cameras she builds herself, usually from foam core and tape – it’s all about the love of creating the image. Things we chatted about on the show: Using a pinhole camera for portraits with a longer “focal length” triggered an interesting conversation. There are some excellent resources including the...

2021-03-161h 49

Photowalking With Colin Snow dunes on the culm piles - February 2021I take out the new Mamiya 645 Pro TL for a spin. More notes and photos: http://cdevroe.com/2021/03/11/snow-dunes-mamiya

2021-03-121h 15

The Large Format Photography Podcast #46 Jarob Ortiz; Ansel Did Not Do My Job!When the USA National Park Service advertised for a large format photographer to come and work for them there were 4,500 applicants. Jarob Ortiz sent in his resume and, along with 18 others got through to interview stage and landed the dream job. Things we chatted about on the show: Before landing the job Jarob was already photographing historic buildings for his personal work – the town of Gary in Indiana for example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary,_Indiana#National_Register_of_Historic_Places We discussed the lates...

2021-02-281h 42

The Large Format Photography Podcast #44 David Johnson – “A dream begun so long ago”We were honoured to spend time with David and his wife Jackie for this show. What a life! Read and see more here: https://www.apogeephoto.com/octogenarian-photographer-extraordinaire-david-johnson/?fbclid=IwAR2gPD4veOTjGF_HJn3NVMY19cEH7gppmsBnZIxPVh4FJZgZLnDu4Igian8 Things we chatted about on the show: Erik kicked things off by updating everyone on the progress he has made constructing the wooden barrelled lens for Alana Airitam (see show #39). David grew up in segregated Jacksonville and then after a stint in the Navy ended up in se...

2021-01-301h 44

Photowalking With Colin Mistakes have been made - January 2021In this special episode of Photowalking with Colin I cover some recent mistakes I’ve made with film and in the darkroom. It seems we (the collective we) mainly share our victories online. I wanted to be sure to share the losses as well.

2021-01-2821 min

The Large Format Photography Podcast #43 Unfinished BusinessEric, Andrew and Simon together for the first proper podcast of the New Year, a time for reflection and looking ahead. Things we chatted about on the show: Andrew got a bit philosophical about the addictive nature of social media and to post or not to post and why. Eric thanked folks for showing up to his world premier (in the LFPP FB group) of his slow riding picture taking film. “Amish” Gill and 35mmc came up somewhere and Simon talked about lens mounts for large f...

2021-01-151h 02

The Large Format Photography Podcast #42 Goodbye Cruel YearAndrew and Simon were all set to see out the year in peace and quiet but a voice from across the pond just wouldn’t let us rest. Kicking and screaming we were dragged from our respective bunkers to record one more show. Erik and Andrew were “on camera” but Simon chose to be the all seeing “Eye of Sauron” , and why not. Things we chatted about on the show: Although we had planned to spend some time discussing the future direction of the Show Andrew and Eric took up so much time a...

2020-12-221h 03

Accidental Tech Podcast A Bomb on Your Home Screen Follow-up: Fast resolution switching on M1 Macs Apple engineer weighs in Demo video What about external monitors? Mac-optimized TensorFlow 2.4 fork makes things fly M1 Mac 8K render test Running iOS apps with IPAs iOS App Store Package CrossOver runs Windows apps/games on M1 Macs — including 32-bit games! Cult of Mac coverage WINE VMWare Fusion Parallels Boot Camp Jeremy White’s explainer Brendan Shanks’s thoughts iOS 14.3 no longer opens the shortcuts app when launching apps from custom icons Widgetsmith (App Store link) HealthView Apple Configurator GitHub’s ICE relationship is indirect De-duplicating Contacts Card → Look for Duplicates... It’s been ≈10 year...

2020-11-252h 36

The Large Format Photography Podcast #40 Jim Fitzgerald's Depth Of Carbon“A traditional photographer, Jim specialises in monochrome Carbon Transfer Contact Printing from in camera negatives. Carbon Transfer printing, a process perfected by Joseph Swan in 1864, is a highly labour intensive process that yields prints of the finest quality. The artist has total control of the image tonality due to the creative blending of pigments used to manufacture the carbon tissue which is used to complete his vision. From this tissue the image is born. Carbon prints require a minimum of four or more days work to produce one finished print. Truly a labor of love and passion. Jim teaches ca...

2020-11-062h 20

The Large Format Photography Podcast #39 Wayne Martin Belger; Skulls On TripodsA student of linguistics and comparative religion led Wayne to follow a path to investigate the roots of beliefs, passions and truths as told through alternative and historic forms of communication. “Wayne is an unconventional fine art photographer that uses historical artifacts and processes as his medium to build intricate functional analogue cameras that are hand-tooled from blocks of metal, and used to engage with underservices communities, highlighting current social and humanitarian issues” Today Wayne lives and works in a converted 1940s diaper washing factory in the dusty border town of Tuscon Arizona.

2020-10-232h 20

Photowalking With Colin Abandoned Silk Mill - Scranton, PA - September 2020No, I didn't get arrested. For more show notes and images, visit: http://cdevroe.com/2020/10/01/pwwc-silk-mill/

2020-10-0125 min

Photowalking With Colin Photographing Mic & Nics - January 2020Recorded on January 15, 2020. I use a shutter release on a film camera for the first time. Photo and more info here: http://cdevroe.com/2020/04/27/mic-nic-jan-2020/

2020-04-2714 min

Photowalking With Colin Seven Tubs in winter on 35mmFor more information and photos visit the blog: http://cdevroe.com/2020/04/08/seven-tubs-35mm/

2020-04-0936 min

Photowalking With Colin Talking gear and settings for shooting film - December 2019For more information: http://cdevroe.com/2020/03/25/photowalking-gear/

2020-03-2627 min

Photowalking With Colin My first day of shooting only film - December 2019Background info and photos here: http://cdevroe.com/2020/03/20/photowalking-first-film-day/

2020-03-2025 min

Photowalking With Colin Discussing film photography - December 2019In this episode of the podcast I discuss buying film cameras and my plan to plunge headlong into that world. Photos here: https://cdevroe.com/2020/01/22/photowalking-film-dec2019/

2020-01-2223 min

Streamlined Solopreneur: Tips to Help Small Business Owners Grow Without Burnout Advice Roundup: Things You Wish You Knew Before You Start Your BusinessIf you've been freelancing or running a small business for any amount of time, you've learned a few things you probably wish you knew from the start. In this episode, I've asked a few of my freelancing friends (as well as Twitter), "What's one thing you wish you knew when you started freelancing?" There's lots of great advice, so let's get to it! Show NotesThe original Twitter ThreadJean Perpillant | TwitterSal Ferrarello | TwitterTopher DeRosia | TwitterBirgit Pauli-Haack | TwitterJonathan Bossenger | TwitterGetting Back to Blogging with Colin DevroeCheck out the memberships over at Creator CoursesS...

2020-01-2131 min

Photowalking With Colin A snowy photowalk - December 2019In this episode I just ramble on about how snow impacts photography and what advantages fresh snow can bring. Photos here: http://cdevroe.com/2020/01/18/snowy-photowalk/

2020-01-1810 min

Photowalking With Colin Downy woodpecker - November 2019In this episode of the podcast I cover the fact that photo gear really does matter. That doesn't mean that you can't start learning photography with any gear you have on hand. It simply means that in certain situations gear can mean getting the shot or not. Find the photos here: http://cdevroe.com/2020/01/15/downy-woodpecker-november-2019/

2020-01-1509 min

Streamlined Solopreneur: Tips to Help Small Business Owners Grow Without Burnout Getting Back to Basics and Blogging with Colin DevroeI was excited to reconnect with my friend Colin Devroe on this episode. We met through the WordPress community in Scranton and I just the co-working space he and his business part Kyle created. In this conversation, we get back to basics, and talk blogging. With the ever changing landscape of the web and social media, how important is it to have your own blog? Let’s find out! Show NotesColin DevroeJujamaBarleyWriting is How I ThinkBad Reasons to Not BlogColin's personal blogging tipsZeldmanSeth GodinMicro.blogRepurposing Your Content with Jaclyn SchiffIndieWebChris Lema and Managed WooCommerce HostingThe Fut...

2019-11-2655 min

Photowalking With Colin Lackawanna River Fisher Weasel - November 2019I set out to find a weasel and did! Photos: http://cdevroe.com/2019/11/fisher Morten Hilmer: https://www.youtube.com/user/MortenHilmer

2019-11-1537 min

Photowalking With Colin Seelyville Dam - November 2019In this episode I visit a dam that isn't very far from where I live, though this is the first time I've ever seen it. Just above the dam were a ton of birds. Be sure to follow the link to the photos. Thanks for listening! Photos: http://cdevroe.com/2019/11/11/seelyville/ Find me @cdevroe on Twitter and Instagram.

2019-11-1124 min

Photowalking With Colin Testing the iPhone 11 Pro MaxIn this episode I test the iPhone 11 Pro Max while taking a walk at lunch. Photos: http://cdevroe.com/2019/11/06/photowalking-honesdale/

2019-11-0618 min

Photowalking With Colin Culm dunes - October 28, 2019Photos: http://cdevroe.com/2019/10/29/photowalking-culm Nick Carver: https://www.nickcarverphotography.com/ 22mm ∙ f/22 ∙ 1/15s ∙ ISO 100 I'd been wanting to use the Monochrome picture style in my Canon camera but hadn't found the right subject. Until this day, when the sun was still relatively high in the sky, and I remembered how Nick Carver took advantage of these less than stellar photographic conditions to make black and white photos in the desert. I don't have sand dunes or cacti available to me so I thought of using these anthracite culm piles as my sand dunes...

2019-10-2928 min

Photowalking With Colin State Game Lands - Oct. 21, 2019I hike deep into a nearby preserve and talk a little bit about how I crowd my subjects too much. Photos: http://cdevroe.com/2019/10/22/photos-from-the-state-game-lands-episode-of-photowalking-with-colin/

2019-10-2220 min

Photowalking With Colin Flying a drone at sunset - Oct. 15, 2019I had a run-in with a farmer and also fly my drone at sunset. See the photos.

2019-10-1814 min

Photowalking With Colin Off to the pub - Oct. 15, 2019In this episode I ramble on about composition of digital photography and also mention Nick Carver. Links: Nick Carver on YouTube Photos from this episode

2019-10-1613 min

Photowalking With Colin Prompton Lake - Oct. 14, 2019Thinking photography and meeting up with my friend Ben. Photos: http://cdevroe.com/2019/10/14/photowalk-prompton/

2019-10-1421 min

Photowalking With Colin Greenfield Road - October 1, 2019 - Photowalking with ColinIn this episode I head north up Greenfield Road, take a few photos of a heron eating, speak to Walt and ask him if for permission to shoot on his property and genuinely have a great time. Forgive the audio. It's worth it.

2019-10-0214 min

Accidental Tech Podcast Ketchup Momentum John's cheese-grater update NiCad battery NiCad battery example Hunt's 100% Natural Tomato Ketchup Heinz Ketchups More on Apple Card Opting out of arbitration for Apple Card Apple Card has no web interface Follow-up: JSON streaming Length-prefixed JSON Line-delimited JSON Upgrade bets on Marco and John buying the Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR Overcast timestamp link Apple at Black Hat Announcement summary Apple laptops can turn on by any key or track pad press New LG UltraFine 5K Display #askatp: What non-Apple tech makes us happy/excited? (via Colin Devroe) BMW i3 BMW i8 Nissan Leaf Zoom F6 Sound Devices DJI...

2019-08-152h 03

Systematic Systematic #89: Colin Devroe on developing in the openColin Devroe of Plain talks about developing in the open versus siloed creation. Rounded out by kayaking, watercolors and the Top 3 Picks.

2014-03-2545 min