Who is Shawn Olson?
Shawn Olson is a photojournalist and web designer.
Moonlit Travel
A painting of a moonlit countryside painted with Corel PHOTO-PAINT 11.
MP4 files in Flex VideoDisplay
Here is a solution to your problem if you are building an application in Flex 3 that uses the VideoDisplay component and the results fail to work in Internet Explorer and Chrome but mysteriously work in Firefox.
The Anguished Mind
"The Anguished Mind" image... from sketch to graphic.
Photographing People
Tips on portrait photography and the challenges of photographing human subjects.
2004 Election. No one wins.
Why the Mandate is anything but.
Search Engine Optimization
Search engine optimization that can be done in-house, as well as advice for higher rankings.
Going bald like a man
An amusing editorial by Shawn Olson, originally published as a Chalkboard column in the Messenger.