The present and future of post production business and technology

Day: June 1, 2010

  • Seven hours from feature request to product update!

    Seven hours from feature request to updated application released: Sync-N-Link now uses log notes from video *or* audio. http://bit.ly/aqcxN7 I love being a small independent software developer: it’s great to be able to respond to customer requests promptly – and it makes the software better. Incidents like this one today make me also appreciative of…

  • Is Flash dead?

    Is Flash dead? The future of Adobe’s plug-in http://bit.ly/aitoRs Flash v the “open web” – from Tech Radar. For many reasons, Flash IS on the decline: from about 3 million Apple devices a month that don’t support it; fewer microsites being built for economic reasons and the rise of open standards. On each side, people…

  • Adobe Unveils Apple-Compliant Digital Publishing Platform

    Adobe Unveils Apple-Compliant ‘Digital Publishing Platform’ For iPad Media Apps http://bit.ly/c5mFgA Much better than complaining Adobe. A few days ago I posted a link under the title “Kudos to Adobe” noting that they created an Apple-compliant reader for Wired Magazine’s iPad edition. They’ve now announced an addition to CS5 for creating these magazines: Adobe announced…

  • Blu-ray misses int’l target due to high prices and low demand

    Blu-ray misses int’l target – Prices too high, demand too low http://bit.ly/968TdT Variety reports (sorry about the “paywall” at Variety, which limits free views). Screen Digest’s head of video Helen Davis Jayalath said, “The failure of the Blu-ray format to capture enough of the market in 2009 means this downward trend is now set to…

  • Steve Ballmer is not a ‘product guy’

    One Big Problem With Steve Ballmer Running Microsoft: He’s Not A Product Guy http://bit.ly/9b05Ga One thing that we’ve learnt since getting into the software business is that a product has to be made “for someone”. For First Cuts, the client was me. For Sequence Clip Reporter it started with the requirements of a close friend…