Tales from SXSW – day 3
Saturday, March 18th, 2006 Posted in General Media / Stuff | No Comments »The word of the day: lines. Today was our logistical nightmare of the week; were all our best laid plans came crumbling down due to the convergence of the weekend, St. Patrick’s day and way too many bands we ...
Tales from SXSW – Part 2
Friday, March 17th, 2006 Posted in General Media / Stuff | 2 Comments »yawn oh man its noon and we are rushing to get cleaned up so we can get some grub on at Delaware subs. On Friday’s they make these killer sausage subs that are legend around here. I haven’t ...
Tales From SXSW – Day 1
Thursday, March 16th, 2006 Posted in General Media / Stuff | 2 Comments »Niki and I got up around 8am in the morning to get ready for the 3 hour drive down to Austin. After a quick bite to eat at this killer Mexican joint that made the best home-made tortillas, we ...
Tales from SXSW (pre-flight check)
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006 Posted in General Media / Stuff | No Comments »I am currently sitting at a bar in the Oakland Airport with a Jack and coke at my side and a lack of internet connection. They “claim†terminal-wide WiFi and I see a network but it won’t give me ...
Commercial Credit
Friday, March 10th, 2006 Posted in Distribution, General Media / Stuff, Music | No Comments »Recently I have been watching a lot more TV. I mean, a LOT more TV. It’s one of those things that happens to you after a long day on the hill and all you want to do is ...
Creative Commons Salon
Thursday, March 9th, 2006 Posted in Film, Games, General Media / Stuff | 4 Comments »Last night was the first monthly salon that the good folks over at Creative Commons (CC) are putting on. The idea is to gather people that are interested in CC to come and meet up to talk about issues ...
A Change in Focus
Friday, February 3rd, 2006 Posted in General Media / Stuff | 1 Comment »For the last 6 years I have been working full time at Macromedia (now Adobe) and three weeks ago I put in my resignation. As of last Tuesday I am now unemployed. Well, technically I am partner and ...
O’Reilly FooCast Podcast Posted
Monday, January 23rd, 2006 Posted in General Media / Stuff, Podcasts / Podcasting, producing | No Comments »About two months ago I got an email from my friend Jack Herrington asking if I wanted to join him for a podcast session. Since I am always down to work with Jack it was a no brainier. It ...
Technical questions and ramifications of DRM
Friday, January 13th, 2006 Posted in Distribution, General Media / Stuff | No Comments »Here is an interesting list of questions posed by the CEO of a software firm about the legal ramifications of Digital Rights Management (DRM) and how aggressive DRM can affect hardware and software security. Some of the questions may ...
Why does conference call audio suck?
Thursday, January 12th, 2006 Posted in General Media / Stuff | No Comments »I had a wonderful conversation at my day job today (FS is not my full time job, yet. More on that later this month). One of the things we deal with at the office is routine conference calls. ...
