Louis C.K. Interview at the AV Club
“Learning to do really great work is one thing, that’s just fun, that’s just drinking cream. But learning to get in a train wreck and then walk away from it, that’s way more valuable, that will get you further.”
How Apple became a monopsonist
In Case You Missed the Crazy Future Camera That’s Refocusable in Post, Here It Is
yup, I missed it – but it sounds fascinating. Contains 90,000+ “microlenses”.
What is wrong with this Bike Lane?
even motorists like the Jarvis bike lane. Except for one angry lady.
My Little Wu-Tang
(via)
REVISED: Finding your way through City Hall | Mez Dispenser
in short, a City Hall committee disregarded a staff report that essentially said the Jarvis bike lanes are working well, and recommended to remove said lanes without any public consultation or even consulting that ward’s councillor, at a projected cost of $68,000. Begun this Bike War has.
Where Did the Links Go?
Pinboard, the service I use to collect links and publish them here, had its server taken in an unrelated FBI raid. It’s working, but still at reduced capacity, so the RSS feeds this site slurps aren’t publishing. If you go to my pinboard page, however, you’ll find everything I’ve been liking this past week.
Professional Video Editors Weigh In on Final Cut Pro X
Pogue essentially has a FAQ for common ‘pro’ gripes about FCP X, with answers given by Apple reps.
Elzhi – Halftime Video
God damn. There’s also a video for It Ain’t Hard to Tell.
Conan Mocks Final Cut X
The Pitchfork Movie
Pitchfork Reviews Reviews about a movie pitch that butts up against the Duplass bros “Pitchfork” movie. Also, “First Dog”.
Final Cut Pro X
I haven’t bought it yet, but will at some point. The internets are aflame with upset Final Cut editors – “pros” who see FCPX as a dumbing-down of the program. It brings necessary updates (64-bit, background processing of renders etc.), but eliminates crucial pro workflow features (XML, EDL, tape support, dual monitor support, 3rd party hardware support etc).
Fair enough. But really? Since when do pros update on the first day?
Granted, the fact that it can’t even import old projects is pretty crazy. And the way the Mac App Store works isn’t helping, as people can’t try a demo or anything, so some must have paid $300 just to discover a crucial feature is missing. The obvious answer is that FCP 7 still works great, and the solution for now is to use both, whichever one works best for the project at hand. But Apple screwed up by pulling Final Cut Studio from their stores, making it hard for some to do just that.
I’m very happy with the new direction though. Even though the Final Cut we’ve all known and loved for over a decade brought lots of welcome innovations that Avid is still trying to copy, it was nonetheless based on a tape-to-tape / film editing metaphor. That metaphor needed to get chucked – the whole interface needed to be rethought. Who better to do that than Apple?
Sofia’s Monument Of Modern Icons
statue of Red Army soldiers transformed into Santa, Superman etc.
OECD Report Ranks Canada Among Most Expensive Broadband Countries
Scientists Create First Memory Expansion for Brain
Don't Play Games With Me! Promises and Pitfalls of Gameful Design
too bad there’s no video, only slides, but this is a great presentation about (among other things) the problems with gamification.
First Look: Final Cut Pro X
it’s out now! Compressor and Motion are separate apps, also available now, for $49 each.
Post-Artifact Books and Publishing
an essay on the post-physical future of books presented beautifully on the web (and also available for the Kindle)
The Clock in the Mountain
about The Long Now Foundation’s 10,000 Year Clock
Download Elzhi’s Elmatic Mixtape
Nas Illmatic tribute. (via)
FCPX 1.0 “It will not be ready for professional use” says Larry Jordan
strictly for the cutterz out there
Vancouver kiss couple 'were knocked down by riot police'
Photos of Vancouver rioting
the first photo is stunning
Kill Screen – Review: L.A. Noire
much better review than mine!