Spin Your Disks

Spin Your Disks

Hard Disk Warning! OK, that caught my attention, and probably yours as well. So what gives? Why the alarm? According to research and conversations with several hard drive experts conducted by Final Cut Pro whiz Larry Jordan, there is every reason to be more cognizant...
The Fast Lane. Comcast 50 Mbps Internet.

The Fast Lane. Comcast 50 Mbps Internet.

I, Jeremy Wilker, have been a very satisfied DSL customer since it came out and I signed up as the ~200th customer (or so I was told) here in the Twin Cities. But recently I’ve been itching for more speed, both in downloading and uploading. Working with large...

Context, or Don’t Delete Those Photos

Elvis may have left the building… but he should still be lurking around the archives. With the ever increasing capacity and falling price of storage, is there a good reason to delete unused digital images from a photo shoot? Take a look at what happens when...

iView, er, Expression Media v2

The beta of v2 of Microsoft’s iView ExpressionMedia is now available for you to check out. It will run for a few months and give you a chance to kick the tires of the new version that claims improved speed, network sharing and other improvements. I’ll...

Third Thursday DAM Seminar

I know this is late late notice but I’m joining up with The Foundation to present a seminar on Digital Asset Management (DAM) for their Third Thursday session. You may have seen the emails from them or from Apple about this event and I certainly encourage you to...