The Golden Road to Samarkand
Posted on 12 June , 2017 //
I heard about this poem play today by James Elroy Flecker and was delighted to read this. It strikes a chord with me. SCENE II At the Gate of the Moon, Bagdad. Blazing moonlight. MERCHANTS, CAMEL-DRIVERS and their beasts, PILGRIMS, JEWS, WOMEN, all manner of people. By the barred gate stands the WATCHMAN with a great key. […]
Adode Audition vs Logic Pro X – price wins
Posted on 19 July , 2013 //
On the podcast, Ethan uses Adobe Audition for editing and I’ve been using Apple Logic Pro 9. With the new release of Logic Pro X, I considered switching to Audition so we were compatible. I’m not a fan of Adobe as a company who have a history of doing what’s best for Adobe and not […]
Listening to Your own Podcasts
Posted on 4 July , 2013 //
I record podcasts regularly – typically once a week at the Packet Pushers Podcast. One of the less obvious problems of podcasting is that I have to listen to my own voice during the edit process (which Ethan & I do ourselves). Even after 170 shows published to date, I still cringe when listening to […]
IPv6 Podcast Recording at Cisco Live 2013 #CLUS
Posted on 26 June , 2013 //
Recording a Podcast on IPv6 with Kumar Reddy, Andrew Yourchentko, Patrick Warichet and Alain Fiocco
Video: Deshake A Star Trek Battle Scene
Posted on 15 June , 2013 //
If you take a battle scene in Star Trek and “deshake” using a video editor, it looks rather silly. Note Riker holding onto the chair to move himself around. Awkard.
Small Talk Is a Time Waster for Introverts
Posted on 11 June , 2013 //
“Let’s clear one thing up: Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate small talk because we hate the barrier it creates between people.” Laurie Helgoe
Video: History of Typography
Posted on 5 May , 2013 //
As I continue to develop skills in using Mac OS X to produce better quality documentation, I’ve become more and more aware of fonts as part of the documentation process. Currently, I most aware of choosing fonts for diagrams. I found this video on the history of typography to be very illuminating insight in the […]