The present and future of post production business and technology

Day: June 4, 2010

  • I’m blown away!

    I’m blown away! Just heard my TV Academy Pro Dev presentation Jun 18 has 300 signups in first week! http://bit.ly/9WoyNi Exactly a week and there’s still a week and a half to go before the event. Even though a lot of people register and don’t turn up, that’ll be a very big crowd for this…

  • Traditional computer users “stick shift drivers”

    Traditional computer users “stick shifters”; iPad users “Automatic” drivers??? http://bit.ly/b7rqMs Interesting conceptualizing and worth the read. The iPad experience is like driving the computing experience without the manual hassle. You don’t have to know how to install the engine to start out (install an OS), nor deal with (and worry endlessly about) the workings. In…

  • NextNew Networks evolves – changing business models.

    NextNew Networks evolves – changing business models http://bit.ly/d6w8jh NextNew has been a leader in web video series production. NextNew Networks is evolving from producing its own content to contracting with the producer to use their facilities and share revenue with them. Instead of producing video on its own, NNN CEO Lance Podell said in an…

  • Realtime Raytracing with Javascript

    Realtime Raytracing with Javascript in a browser http://bit.ly/9C4HmW Open standards rule! The debate over HTML5 really doesn’t do the question justice. It’s not just HTML5 and the Video Tag, it’s that plus the Canvas tag (allows all sorts of manipulations of the screen, including images and video), CSS (for styling and animation as well) and…

  • Upcoming seminars in San Francisco

    RT @SFCutters: June 5 Early Bird Pricing deadline for Philip Hodgetts’ “Build your Business” “Monetize your Audience” http://bit.ly/aHKbo7 “Build you production of post-production business in any type of economic conditions” in the morning and “Build and Monetize an audience for your independent project” in the afternoon. Early bird pricing (save some $$$) runs until Jun…