Electronic music innovator Bob Moog died yesterday.
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Transcriva makes transcribing (almost) fun

Several weeks ago I transcribed an hour-long interview in a hurry (working on an article deadline) and started wondering, is there not something better than a word processor for doing this? Someone, somewhere must have thought of writing an application designed specially for transcribing interviews. After a little research I came across Transcriva. I downloaded the free trial and took it for a spin and was immediately impressed. After spending some time working with it, I deicided to make the purchase.

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Machinima goes mainstream

It’s nothing new to video game fans, however, in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine there’s an interesting article by Clive Thompson titled “Xbox Auteurs,” discussing the success of Rooster Teeth and their “Red vs Blue” series. Read more

John Stimpson

On July 21st I spoke with writer/director John Stimpson about his new film, The Legend of Lucy Keyes, currently in post production. The film is a contemporary thriller that draws on the true story of the disappearance of a young girl from the woods of Wachusett Mountain in 1755, and the stories told by townspeople to this day of the roaming spirits of the lost child and her grief stricken mother. I spoke with Stimpson about the process of bringing the story to the screen, shooting in High Definition, casting Julie Delpy, and working with actors. The interview appears in the August issue of NEFilm.com.

iPod and a trademark change

Back on July 18th the Wall Street Journal speculated that Apple will be adding video capability to it’s iPod device. And Robert Cringely wrote back in May 5, 2005 that “Looking at the unused iTunes icons that shipped with your new version of 10.4, you’ll notice icons for […] a variety of video formats.” Now that’s interesting. Which leads me to a recent search…
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