As I just posted to 43 Things [a site that is sadly now dead — Ed.], I finally shipped my first public iPhone app, so maybe it’s time to look back at this journey and see how it’s gone so far. It seems like there’s always more and better to learn, but I learned enough…
Category: geek
Attack of the Giant Amazon! Effects Breakdown
Remember that Amazon spec ad I produced a while back? Well, at the suggestion of my friend Jose, I’ve revisited it with this behind-the-scenes video that shows how each of the effects shots were built. Attack of the Giant Amazon: Behind the Scenes from Mark Boszko on Vimeo.
Clean Start with a New Mac
I finally got a new 17” MacBook Pro to replace both my aging 15” MBP and Mac Pro. Essentially, I see it as the MBP is my new desktop, and if I need to be truly portable, I’ve got the iPad — partially to help minimize the amount of physical possessions, and partially because my…
TomTom Support
Dear Mark, Thanks for your reply. Your receipt shows that your device was purchased over a year ago. Your GO 720 comes with a one year warranty. Your device is out of warranty and we do not have out of warranty repairs available. We are deeply sorry for any frustration this has caused you. Best…
Family Photo Archive, a.k.a. Scanning odd film formats
As I think I may have mentioned before, I’ve become my family’s Family Photo Archivist, scanning in decades and decades of prints, film negatives and slides, and trying to get them in a web-based solution where everyone else in the family who is so inclined can access them for viewing, printing, and also to assist…
Attack of the Giant Amazon!
This is the final version of a spec spot that we produced for the 2009 “Your Amazon Ad Contest”, and submitted on 28 July 2009. Sadly we did not make the final five, but I encourage you to go vote on the ones that did. (The contest has since long ended.) The vimeo version is…
Downloading Movies from Dropbox
When you upload a QuickTime or other movie file to Dropbox, and then get the “public link” to give to someone else, Dropbox does a really cool thing and redirects the original movie file link to deliver a very simple web page with the movie embedded in it instead. Which looks great in a browser…