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Archive for August, 2008

Time: Operating Systems Becoming “Irrelevant” to Anyone Under 21

Posted in Apple, Vista, Web 2.0, cloud computing, cloud-centric computers on Saturday, 23 August 2008, 10:04 am | 1 Comment »

So you’ve heard Seinfeld is plugging Microsoft Vista. Past-prime star for past-prime OS. But Time Magazine, in Seinfeld: The Right Man for Microsoft, writes that it doesn’t even matter cuz the cloud is coming and OSs are soon irrelevant: Still, online and elsewhere, the news was met with derision. Why, the armchair analysts wonder, would [...]

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Ryz Gets Good Coverage on National Public Radio (U.S.)

Posted in Portland, Ryz, Web 2.0, crowd sourcing, design, ecommerce, footwear, open sourcing, wisdom of crowds on Wednesday, 20 August 2008, 10:57 pm | Leave a Comment »

NPR has a good 4-minute story on “wisdom of crowds” footwear startup Ryz, which explains community-based design and has interview with Ryz CEO Rob Langstaff and CIO Scott Tanaka. In the story, MIT professor Eric von Hippel, an expert in innovation management, says online design is becoming a substitute for in-house research and development while [...]

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Great Wired Article: “Analog Film Meets Its Match in Red Digital Cinema’s Ultrahigh-Res Camera”

Posted in Indie filmmaking, Red Camera, Red digital cinema, Wired, article, cameras on Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 7:47 am | Leave a Comment »

Check out this good article in Wired magazine, “Analog Film Meets Its Match in Red Digital Cinema’s Ultrahigh-Res Camera”. They got an interview with Jim Jannard, explain the importance of the Red camera in layman’s terms and give interesting history and background on the genesis of the Red. They also have a cool graphic, “Why [...]

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Free Apple Color Grades/Pre-sets: From Wisdom of Crowds

Posted in Apple Color, Indie filmmaking, Web 2.0, cinematography, color correction, post-production, wisdom of crowds on Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 7:24 am | Leave a Comment »

Check out coloruser.net, a site by and for Apple Color users, with forums and color grades that people have posted up for free.

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Mike Curtis’ Review of Final Cut Server

Posted in Apple, Final Cut, Indie filmmaking, film editing, post-production on Monday, 4 August 2008, 7:17 am | 2 Comments »

Apple has released recently a new piece of server software that can be run from a Mac Pro to allow organization of tens of thousands of video clips and thousands of video projects: Final Cut Server. Check out the Final Cut Server review by Mike Curtis (of hdforindies) at MacWorld, where he gives it 3 [...]

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Music Video shot on Red #1304 now live on Vimeo

Posted in 4K, Red Camera, Vimeo, high-definition, music video on Sunday, 3 August 2008, 9:37 am | 2 Comments »

The edited version of “Blind Generation”, a music video I produced and shot a month ago, is now live on the web on Vimeo in high-def, for your viewing pleasure! Check it out! To read more about the making of “Blind Generation”, check out my earlier post on it.

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