Month: April 2010

Great HTML5 experience on iDevices with Sproutcore Touch http://bit.ly/aQB4Ih Fast Javascript interpreter. Who needs Flash? (ducking!) Javascript is what drives a lot of web interactivity outside Flash. Shadowbox image or movie displays, slide shows, etc. It also powers interfaces like Apple’s .me rendition of an image browser like iPhoto. Sproutcore is the Javascript engine inside…

3D at the movies, check. 3D in the home, not so much. http://bit.ly/cxmsfF Is 3D a fad or…. Comparatively, only 5 percent of those surveyed said they had watched a 3-D film on TV — and very few seemed to want to, with only about one in six respondents said they were likely to buy…

What will the browser look like in 5 years? http://oreil.ly/d5tLiK 5 years ago browser “just an app” now email, docs, maps – the Internet, in fact is the browser for most of us. But with faster javascript, the changes coming with HTML5, Canvas and Video tags, and the amazing power of CSS to style the…

Stroome builds community features to Kultura online editing app. http://bit.ly/akWGCb I don’t think Avid need be worried by this competition to the upcoming cloud editing effort (mentioned in my previous post). Stroome allows users to upload footage and mix these clips with photos, audio tracks and other video footage available online in a video editor…

Google may face challenges open-sourcing VP8. http://bit.ly/auBaEl Oh shoot! Google may not have license to open source. Sadness. Although Google has not yet officially announced that it will open-source the VP8 codec and push for its adoption in the HTML5 <video> tag, some sources think they may not have the right to do it. Modern…

Great NAB roundup from Oliver Peters. http://bit.ly/aADloT Saves me writing half my NAB roundup! Oliver’s Digital Films blog is one of my must-read blogs and his NAB roundup is spot on. I share his thinking about Apple and potential marketshare damage (limited) from no NAB 2010 announcements, and his skepticism about 3D. Beyond that it’s…

Is piracy killing the music industy? http://bit.ly/d2VLtf Not by any measure that is based on fact. Music is growing, CDs are shrinking. The music industry is growing quite nicely from every possible measure, except that the RIAA/Record Labels refuse to consider that there is any “music industry” that doesn’t include them. Recorded music on CD…

Swedish Band – out of contract with label – releases “CD” as magazine: free music, added value around it. http://bit.ly/cSNMKy

Head of “Independent” studio takes home $821,540 cash + $215, 192. http://bit.ly/dxtfla A real independent could make 2 movies for that! With a combined income of just over a million dollars, just what is the head of “The Film Departnent” thinking? The Film Department is a small independent studio, that so far has released one…