Absolutely amazing marketing
I can't even explain how genius I think this advertisment is. It barely talks about the product but at the end you will absolutely wish you had it.
The Future
There are always a few devices that are always used in books, images, and movies to tell us it is the future. From flying cars to jet packs, they all give us the idea that when we see these things we have made it to the mythical land know as Futuria. Today I saw a working prototype of what can only be described as one of those devices...
An Interview
This morning I interviewed for a new job. I think it went pretty well, but I should know something next week. I wasn't nervous in the first half with a one on one interview, but the second half with 5 people was a bit nerve wracking. I wish everyone who interviews for this job the best of luck.
A rough month
I have tried really hard to stay away from negative posts. For that reason my blog has been a bit quiet lately. A lot of things have been going on and in reality it is a mix of good and bad. The biggest of the good news is Ripley Templeman has joined the world. I won't get into it too much as the Templeman blog pretty much covers it. I haven't had the chance to meet her yet, but look forward to it. This past weekend I was really sick and I was not going to risk making her sick.
Debye, my boss, also has left on retirement. She officially doesn't retire until the 30th, but is on vacation from now until then. It is a bitter sweet time. She has been the person guiding and directing the HUB since its inception in 1997. Not only the HUB, but she has also been a big influence on my life. I am so very happy for her and look forward to the change that we now face.
In Battle!
We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down.
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round.
We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind.
It a Gala and You’re Invited
This past week was a crazy week for me at work, but I did get a chance to play with one new technology. Gala, the Flash 10.1 beta from Adobe that has hardware accelerated video playback. Flash has been the bane of my Mac experience and it has really led me to believe Jobs & Co have made the right choice excluding it from iPhone OS. I disagree to the extent, but that is another story. Gala is starting to change my mind.
For the first time Flash video no longer pegs my CPU to 100%. This is a major piece of awesome. I can now have a flash video playing while also working in InDesign, Photoshop and Aperture. I think this increased performance has also helped Flash itself to crash less. I loose more browser windows to Flash than anything else. All I have to say is thank goodness for Chrome. Since installing Gala however, I haven't had a crash because of Flash. Maybe it was just a good week, but overal it seems to be a major improvement.
If you run a Mac, I would have to say that this is going to be a major improvement for you. A couple small caveats at the moment however. First, it is a beta application at the moment, so use at your own risk. While in beta, there will be a small white box in the upper left corner whenever hardware acceleration is taking place. This is to test what videos can take advantage of the acceleration. In my testing everything on Hulu and Vimeo showed the box, and most things on youtube did as well. Some of the older videos on youtube did not, but that was to be expected. For the first time in a long time I am looking forward to a new release of the flash player for Mac.