I just discovered Tumult’s Hype – an excellent Mac application that allows for rapid development of HTML5 based animations. It works a lot like Apple’s Keynote and allowed me to put together a simple banner advertisement in all of 10 minutes. Check it out: The only challenge is how to attach a Hype produced ad [...]
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Review of the Black Magic Design ATEM Television Studio
First things first: the Black Magic Design ATEM Television Studio switcher is a breakthrough. Never before has it been possible to do this kind of video switching at this price point. Although completely digital the ATEM feels like analog in its ease of configuration. Cameras pop up instantly the moment they’re plugged in, and the [...]
What CL&P Needs to Do Right Now
CL&P continues their downward spiral of self destruction. It’s one thing to have nature deal an unexpected blow, it’s another to have a lack of attention to maintenance issues make the impact worse than it should have been. As Connecticut residents continue to lose confidence in their electric utility monopoly, the company’s messaging isn’t helping [...]
CL&P's Lack of Customer Focus Leads to Disaster
Following Tropical Storm Irene, hundreds of thousands of Connecticut residents were without power for over a week. I was one of the early voices criticizing the company’s response, leading to an article that ran in most of the Journal Register Company’s Connecticut newspapers. My argument was that the company wasn’t customer focused. They communicated completely [...]
What did a Space Shuttle launch really sound like?
Many have asked me what does a Space Shuttle launch really sound like? As I was going through my flash cards from the last Space Shuttle launch I found this incredible audio file that I recorded on my Zoom recorder. Put on some headphones or fire up your home theater system to really experience it. [...]
Review of the New Apple Thunderbolt Display
My reason for purchasing the new Apple Thunderbolt display was for the image quality which is definitely worth every one of the 5 stars I’m rating it. Like all Apple products the Thunderbolt display is exceptionally well built and designed, offering the same display components as the beautiful 27″ iMac. Read my complete review at [...]
Update on the Kagi / Visual Hub Story with Response form Kagi's CEO and Tyler Loch, Visual Hub Author
You can see my original post on the Kagi / VisualHub saga here: here. I’m running out to a meeting but wanted to get a quick update in. Kagi CEO Kee Nethery reached out to me via telephone a few minutes ago. Kagi was the payment processor for Visualhub when it was being sold as [...]
Kagi's Unofficial Visualhub Upgrade Prompts Response from Original Author
UPDATE: See Kagi’s response in this post. I’m a huge fan of VisualHub. The video conversion application, a “swiss army knife” of video codec goodness, was one of the first pieces of software I bought when I switched to the Mac in 2006. It was sadly discontinued a few years ago by its author Tyler [...]
Enough of the Final Cut Pro X Whining!
As expected pro video editors are freaking out over the new Final Cut Pro X released this past Tuesday. While I don’t blame them given their livelihoods depend on the software tool, I do think people need to calm down a bit. After all, it’s not like the current version will stop working now that [...]