Alright guys, looking for some help/advice on a new project im getting into, need lots of info on whats the best/industry standard to do HD video for the internet.
I need camera ideas, editing ideas, as well as any people that have industry experience
i wanna learn people!! lets hope the #empathyday kindness of twitter bleeds over to here
Follow me on twitter at @stay_calm, and like always friends, stay calm
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Pork Fried Tshirts
Alright guys, so it looks like its going to be Pork Fried Tshirts, unless someone writes in at the last minute and proposes something even better than our awesomely awesome name.
So we're hoping to have the first tshirts up for sale in select locations in the next few months, stay tuned here for up to the minute updates and all the news you can handle about this super exciting new company.
By the way, if you are interested in being a vendor or investor for Pork Fried Tshirts, or have any other questions or comments, please let us know!!
...And as always, if your not already, follow me on Twitter @stay_calm, and please friends, remember, stay calm.
So we're hoping to have the first tshirts up for sale in select locations in the next few months, stay tuned here for up to the minute updates and all the news you can handle about this super exciting new company.
By the way, if you are interested in being a vendor or investor for Pork Fried Tshirts, or have any other questions or comments, please let us know!!
...And as always, if your not already, follow me on Twitter @stay_calm, and please friends, remember, stay calm.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Update!!
Ok, so as my sister so kindly pointed out, Dead Bird Studios and Six Shot Studios have already been taken...looks like Pork Fried Tshirts is winning...do you really want my new company to be called that?
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Start ups and Tshirts
Alright guys, so as some of you may know, i'm starting a new company partnered with my friend Rissa. Currently, we are trying (desperatly) to figure out a name for this venture!!
You, yes you my friend, can help us out, by going to the survey to the right of this post, and choosing which name YOU want on the back of your tshirts!!
if you have any better ideas than the half baked, inspired by things around my apartment, names we came up with, PLEASE, leave them as comments on this post!!
We are counting on the kindness and generosity of the internets to finally give us some direction for this business!!
If youre not already, follow me on Twitter @stay_calm, and please friends, stay calm.
You, yes you my friend, can help us out, by going to the survey to the right of this post, and choosing which name YOU want on the back of your tshirts!!
if you have any better ideas than the half baked, inspired by things around my apartment, names we came up with, PLEASE, leave them as comments on this post!!
We are counting on the kindness and generosity of the internets to finally give us some direction for this business!!
If youre not already, follow me on Twitter @stay_calm, and please friends, stay calm.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Review of Valkyrie, and an update on my Bonsai tree
Last night my friend Alex and I went to see Valkyrie the local Rave Theater.
We went to a 9:50 showing, and surprisingly, we were the only people in the theater.
It was actually really nice, we talked, we lounged, we texted, it was a great time.
And we weren't disappointed with the movie, either.
Valkyrie is based on the final assassination attempt on Hitler, about 9 months before he committed suicide in his bunker.
It was a great movie, I feel that the cinematography and filming techniques were top notch, defiantly happy with that section.
All the acting was great as well, simply wonderful performances delivered from everyone. I was very happy with the actors chosen, they were all perfectly suited for their roles.
The only problem i have with the entire movie, was that non of them, not one, had a German accent. They tried to pull off the "Hunt for Red October" style start-in-a-foreign-language-and-fade-to-english, but it just wasn't working for me.
Over all though, I was very happy on spending 9 dollars to see this. The plot flowed perfectly, it was accurate, and the drama was approching Hitchcock levels.
In other new, my bonsai tree still hasn't sprouted, I'm getting kinda worried, and yes, I am watering it
If your not already, follow me on twitter @stay_calm, and as always remember my friends, stay calm.
We went to a 9:50 showing, and surprisingly, we were the only people in the theater.
It was actually really nice, we talked, we lounged, we texted, it was a great time.
And we weren't disappointed with the movie, either.
Valkyrie is based on the final assassination attempt on Hitler, about 9 months before he committed suicide in his bunker.
It was a great movie, I feel that the cinematography and filming techniques were top notch, defiantly happy with that section.
All the acting was great as well, simply wonderful performances delivered from everyone. I was very happy with the actors chosen, they were all perfectly suited for their roles.
The only problem i have with the entire movie, was that non of them, not one, had a German accent. They tried to pull off the "Hunt for Red October" style start-in-a-foreign-language-and-fade-to-english, but it just wasn't working for me.
Over all though, I was very happy on spending 9 dollars to see this. The plot flowed perfectly, it was accurate, and the drama was approching Hitchcock levels.
In other new, my bonsai tree still hasn't sprouted, I'm getting kinda worried, and yes, I am watering it
If your not already, follow me on twitter @stay_calm, and as always remember my friends, stay calm.
Friday, January 9, 2009
A Scary World: The Cons
The Collective. Borg. The Fat People from Wall-e.
It has a lot of names, but what happens when technology takes over our lives?
The idea of advanced technology heavily integrated in our lives has many scary implications. We’ve all seen 2001: A Space Odyssey, and hence all have the same dreams and nightmares about a computer losing it and trying to eradicate our presence from its world.
What’s scary is most of us don’t know that Google’s goal is to be able to answer any question about our lives we may have, going so far as to be able to answer “what should I do tomorrow?”
Then of course there’s the ever classic Terminator idea, which especially hits home with my generation, growing up with the movies on TV. With the ridiculous amounts of weapons at almost any countries disposal, (just the ones we know about, too) what if a computer program was made smart enough to control all of them and decide whether or not they should be deployed? Non of these weapons have any physical overrides anymore, at least non that a intelligent computer program couldn’t circumvent.
But what about us? If, you know, we aren’t concerned about the world.
What happens when we can get all we need from our computer, netbook, phone, or even watch?
As the prominence of social networking sites increases, it is less and less necessary to actually have to meet a person to be friends with them. Personally I have many friendships all over the US that I have never met in person.
Same with the news, I get everything I need from Twitter, and I generally get it faster and more accurately that if I listened to the news on TV. God forbid I have to wait for the paper Sunday edition.
I’m even able to order anything I need, from clothing to electronics to groceries, on my phone. Scary, huh?
As a society the world is getting to the point where we don’t have to leave the comfort of our apartment to interact is a “personal” way with whole communities.
And if technology keeps advancing in the same way it does, soon we won’t even have to think. We’ll be able to ask a website what we should wear that day, what kind of date we should go on, and what kind of food we should eat that day. Then we’ll be able to order those clothes, have them sent to us, go on a virtual date, and have the food delivered to us, ready to heat up.
The fact that many companies are independently developing very intuitive devices to control applications and programs with our minds means we wont even have to use a mouse, keyboard, or touchpad. And what’s the next step after a wearable mind control device? That’s right, implanted ones.
In my next piece I plan on taking a look at what technology will help us avoid these problems, and what I feel the human race needs to do to walk as one into the new electronic world, in a healthy way.
If you’re not already, follow me on Twitter @stay_calm, and as always friends, please stay calm.
It has a lot of names, but what happens when technology takes over our lives?
The idea of advanced technology heavily integrated in our lives has many scary implications. We’ve all seen 2001: A Space Odyssey, and hence all have the same dreams and nightmares about a computer losing it and trying to eradicate our presence from its world.
What’s scary is most of us don’t know that Google’s goal is to be able to answer any question about our lives we may have, going so far as to be able to answer “what should I do tomorrow?”
Then of course there’s the ever classic Terminator idea, which especially hits home with my generation, growing up with the movies on TV. With the ridiculous amounts of weapons at almost any countries disposal, (just the ones we know about, too) what if a computer program was made smart enough to control all of them and decide whether or not they should be deployed? Non of these weapons have any physical overrides anymore, at least non that a intelligent computer program couldn’t circumvent.
But what about us? If, you know, we aren’t concerned about the world.
What happens when we can get all we need from our computer, netbook, phone, or even watch?
As the prominence of social networking sites increases, it is less and less necessary to actually have to meet a person to be friends with them. Personally I have many friendships all over the US that I have never met in person.
Same with the news, I get everything I need from Twitter, and I generally get it faster and more accurately that if I listened to the news on TV. God forbid I have to wait for the paper Sunday edition.
I’m even able to order anything I need, from clothing to electronics to groceries, on my phone. Scary, huh?
As a society the world is getting to the point where we don’t have to leave the comfort of our apartment to interact is a “personal” way with whole communities.
And if technology keeps advancing in the same way it does, soon we won’t even have to think. We’ll be able to ask a website what we should wear that day, what kind of date we should go on, and what kind of food we should eat that day. Then we’ll be able to order those clothes, have them sent to us, go on a virtual date, and have the food delivered to us, ready to heat up.
The fact that many companies are independently developing very intuitive devices to control applications and programs with our minds means we wont even have to use a mouse, keyboard, or touchpad. And what’s the next step after a wearable mind control device? That’s right, implanted ones.
In my next piece I plan on taking a look at what technology will help us avoid these problems, and what I feel the human race needs to do to walk as one into the new electronic world, in a healthy way.
If you’re not already, follow me on Twitter @stay_calm, and as always friends, please stay calm.
Monday, January 5, 2009
A Brave New Wonderful World
Alright guys, lets start this multipost piece off with the Pros, shall we?
Picture living in a world where no matter where you are in the physical realm, you have every single thing you need right with you.
The Apple iPhone is making huge leaps and bounds with this. Through their App Store you can get almost anything you need, as long as your connected. The Android OS is bringing a whole new realm to this, and I feel will effectively separate the technically skilled from the plain and simple consumers. But that's a subject for another post.
You understand every language as its spoken to you.
There are already multiple sites, including Google Translator that let you translate almost anything instantly as you need it. I can even have this blog translated as i post it into any language i want. (Even Hindi)
You have no need for physical money, and there's no such thing as a "national currency"
There are pioneering bussiness professionals in Africa and other developing nations that are developing ways to transfer large amounts of money, securely via text message. Revolutionary.
Seems like a utopia, right? all because of a magical world that's even more advanced that the internet is today.
Picture living in a world where no matter where you are in the physical realm, you have every single thing you need right with you.
The Apple iPhone is making huge leaps and bounds with this. Through their App Store you can get almost anything you need, as long as your connected. The Android OS is bringing a whole new realm to this, and I feel will effectively separate the technically skilled from the plain and simple consumers. But that's a subject for another post.
You understand every language as its spoken to you.
There are already multiple sites, including Google Translator that let you translate almost anything instantly as you need it. I can even have this blog translated as i post it into any language i want. (Even Hindi)
You have no need for physical money, and there's no such thing as a "national currency"
There are pioneering bussiness professionals in Africa and other developing nations that are developing ways to transfer large amounts of money, securely via text message. Revolutionary.
Seems like a utopia, right? all because of a magical world that's even more advanced that the internet is today.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
The New Country
So, last night, sitting on my couch drunk with my friend Glenn, we started talking about how Web 2.0 is revolutionizing the world.
Now, it may have been the large amounts of Guinness flowing through me, or the vodka for him, but we both envisioned a world where Web 2.0 essentially becomes its own country. Having is own economy, population, companies, even laws.
We called it Web 3.0 (I know, unimaginative, but we were drunk)
Think about it, there are already web only television networks, radio broadcasts, and a whole myriad of social platforms to go and “hang out”.
Not to mention entire companies that exist only on the web, services that wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for this amazing time.
While we are in the midst of Web 2.0, where the vast majority of the public is just finding out how much the internet can really do, I believe we are setting the stage for the future, where we will live our lives plugged into the net, where we will be able to live two lives, one on the net, and one in the real world.
My next few posts are going to explore the pros and cons of these ideas, how it could help our world immensely, but also take away that which makes us human.
If you’re not already, follow me on Twitter @stay_calm, and please friends, remember to stay calm.
Now, it may have been the large amounts of Guinness flowing through me, or the vodka for him, but we both envisioned a world where Web 2.0 essentially becomes its own country. Having is own economy, population, companies, even laws.
We called it Web 3.0 (I know, unimaginative, but we were drunk)
Think about it, there are already web only television networks, radio broadcasts, and a whole myriad of social platforms to go and “hang out”.
Not to mention entire companies that exist only on the web, services that wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for this amazing time.
While we are in the midst of Web 2.0, where the vast majority of the public is just finding out how much the internet can really do, I believe we are setting the stage for the future, where we will live our lives plugged into the net, where we will be able to live two lives, one on the net, and one in the real world.
My next few posts are going to explore the pros and cons of these ideas, how it could help our world immensely, but also take away that which makes us human.
If you’re not already, follow me on Twitter @stay_calm, and please friends, remember to stay calm.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
This year, for once, I am actually going to make some resolutions, and resolve to keep them, unlike years past. I always saw this tradition as interesting, because people will wait for the new year to do something, when in reality its just another day. Anyway, here are some of my resolutions:
1. Cut back on smoking.
2. Get in shape.
3. Manage my money even better.
4. Get at least two start up ideas into revenue generating businesses.
5. Get more tattoos.
So, in the end, while 3 of them are actually good for me, one is a bit unrealistic, and the last I would be doing anyway, I guess it’s actually more of a to-do list, than things I want to change about myself…but that’s ok, right?
Tell me some of your resolutions, and let me know what you think of mine…if you’re not already, follow me on Twitter @Stay_Calm, and remember my friends, please just stay calm.
1. Cut back on smoking.
2. Get in shape.
3. Manage my money even better.
4. Get at least two start up ideas into revenue generating businesses.
5. Get more tattoos.
So, in the end, while 3 of them are actually good for me, one is a bit unrealistic, and the last I would be doing anyway, I guess it’s actually more of a to-do list, than things I want to change about myself…but that’s ok, right?
Tell me some of your resolutions, and let me know what you think of mine…if you’re not already, follow me on Twitter @Stay_Calm, and remember my friends, please just stay calm.
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