July 2026 Links List

Below I present links to things that have caught my attention over the last month or so, across a whole range of subjects.

Photography

Daniel Milnor

• Film is holding you back (YouTube)
• Film follow-up (YouTube)

Paul Sanders

• The Imposter in the Room (Substack)

Tatiana Hopper

• Four Japanese ideas that will change your photography (YouTube)

Deep Work / Focus / Attention

Kelly Nolan

• Bright Method

Mia’s Digital Diary

• why can’t we stop scrolling?? (YouTube)

Steph | Budget Friendly Life

• Before you buy a Brick device, watch this | free alternative (iOS) (YouTube)

New Normal with Katty Kay (BBC Global)

• First we paid to get online. Now we’re paying to log off (YouTube)

Christine Rosen

• The Extinction of Experience (book)

Zack Rowlands

• How (and why) I use pocket notebooks

Daniel Milnor

• Creative: Pixel to Pulp (blog)

Mark Ragland

• How to Set Up a Pocket Notebook You’ll Use Every Day (Substack)

Mindfulness / Mental Wellbeing

Paul Sanders

• Still (book)
• Website

Henry Shukman

• One Blade of Grass (book)
• Website

David Ulrich

• The Mindful Photographer (book)
• Website

Guy Tal

• More Than a Rock (book)
• Website

Sophie Howarth

• The Mindful Photographer (book)
• Website

John Teasdale / Zindel Segal / Mark Williams / Jon Kabat-Zinn

• The Mindful Way through Depression (book)
• Supplementary materials (audio files)

Ethan Kross

• Chatter (book)
• Shift (book)
• Website

Wikipedia

• Sati (Buddhism)

Artificial Intelligence

Hemit Tech

• AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making (blog)

IEEE Spectrum

• Why AI Needs a “Genie Coefficient” | Barath Raghavan and Bruce Schneier

The Guardian

• Should you use AI for a task? Here’s a simple way to decide | Bruce Schneier

Miscellaneous

Hello Data Science

• Website