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 [...]
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 [...]
Pano of the Vehicle Assembly Building
I shot this neat pano in less than 5 minutes on the new Photosynth app for iPhone:
Astronaut Ron Garan Begins His Journey to the Space Station
Astronaut Ron Garan had some advice for the 150 would-be space explorers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center launch Tweetup in November: Don’t look up when arriving back to Earth. “Your whole body wants to keep going,” Garan said of his experience returning to Earth after only two weeks on orbit, “once you get into space [...]
Nikon D7000 Vastly Improves Video over the D300s - Less Rolling Shutter
I picked up a Nikon D7000 just after the holidays and have found it to be a vast improvement over the D300s – at least as far as video is concerned. For stills the D300s still feels a bit more “pro” level, with a faster mechanism, larger frame, and a bit heavier feel. The D7000 [...]
Tips for #nasatweetup Participants
So somehow you beat the odds and got picked for one of only 150 spots for the next #nasatweetup. Congratulations! It’s a tremendous honor, especially given we are just two launches away from the end of the program. And yes, by the end of the two days you’ll be ready to quit your job and [...]