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  • Video and You

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    Several people have encouraged me recently, since I have feet in both the video production and Mac & iOS development camps, to blog about video production for developers.

    On September 26, 2009, I gave a Blitz Talk at the C4[3] developer conference entitled Video and You, intended to give developers some quick guidelines and tips about developing promotional videos for their apps.

    A lot has changed since then, but please enjoy this PDF version of the talk and slides as something small to tide you over while I work up some more modern musings on the subject.

  • New Digs

    If you’re seeing this, it means you’re seeing my new, migrated site. I realized that I wasn’t really using any of the extra features that Squarespace was affording me, and while they have given me great service (and I love their stats package), it was time to minimize my outlay to my various service providers. […]

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  • Roger Ebert dead at 70

    He wrote reviews for The Chicago Sun-Times for 46 years. I grew up with him and Siskel on PBS. He was the critic I trusted the most. I will miss his passion for what he did. I will miss his writing, ever entertaining, even when he hated the film. I will miss his rice cooker recipes. He was my favourite.

  • Film-watching Plans

    I’m not announcing any plans, as such (trying to learn from my past mistakes of announcing good intentions, and almost uniformly failing them), but I’m working out a plan to be more serious about my movie watching this year. I’ve got movies that have probably been in the Netflix queue for a decade, and I’d […]

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  • NAB 2005

    Found this languishing in my drafts folder. Interesting look back, at least for those who lived it. I definitely need to do a drink/gambling Sin Log the next time I’m in Vegas. Here it is, unedited:

    In the morning, we talked to a number of folks from Apple about their new products and the Xsan, […]

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