Do you know how current your web browser is at work? If it’s not the latest release of Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera or Internet Explorer, you may be putting your organization at risk. The ONline Trust Alliance (OTA) says more than 10% of all computers in the United States are infected by robots (bots). A [...]
March 20th started out as a lovely day in southern Mexico. By mid-afternoon, the southern end of the country was reacting to a devastating 7.4 earthquake and aftershocks. The quake’s epicenter was about 15 miles (25 kilometers) east of Ometepec, Guerrero. In 1985, an 8.0 quake in Mexico City left approximately 10,000 people dead. At [...]
Everywhere except in Southern (Gotta Have It) California, people lined up to be the first on their block (for at least five seconds) to own the latest release of the Apple iPad. Apple is magic at getting people to give up all reason when it comes to purchasing the latest gizmo from them. For me [...]
Formula One is known as the most technologically advanced form of motorsport. While people will argue over the type of racing they enjoy, F1 has a remarkable history of making specialized technology common ground. And now, they’re making good use of Twitter. What? Twitter? When was the last time you scrolled through your Twitter feed [...]
YouTube has changed the world of video. Sixty minutes of video are uploaded every minute. More than four billion videos are watched every day. 700 videos are shared via Twitter every minute. The statistics blow the previous set away every week. As a distribution outlet, you can make money as a film producer. Create a [...]
The introduction of the new Apple iPad (no name version) is now history. As we look forward to the initial shipments next week, there are some important issues for business users, and they are without question resolutionary. Apple has proven time and time again that they “get it” relative to what the average person needs [...]
As we push forward with our new pilot project, Auto Obsession, one of the elements is the gathering of a group of like-minded people. People who love their cars. People who have an obsession. So, we filled a MiniCooper Countryman S up with our gear and headed up to Malibu, California for a Saturday morning [...]
The rule is: Never miss an opportunity to shoot when producing a documentary or reality piece. I broke that rule, and I am sooo sorry about it. My team is working on a documentary about the Los Angeles Fire Department. The project is called “Smoke Eaters” and is about the evolution of a large department [...]
I can remember when nobody knew what Final Cut Pro was. In fact, I can remember when Randy Ubillos and Tim Meyers were working to move an unnamed video project from a company called SuperMac to Adobe. Those were really interesting times. One reason was that as software and hardware evolved, the process we then [...]
When we first acquired our first DSLR about 18 months ago, it was done as an experiment. Could what looks totally like a still photographer’s tool be used for video production? How would this new style of camera integrate into our existing selection of HD cameras? As you know from reading various publications, watching the [...]
