I relish any opportunity to lighten the load of my suitcase. Today when browsing the new, fabulous tech site, The Verge, I came across the PlugBug from Twelvesouth. An ingenious device that plugs onto the top part of your MacBook power plug and provides a powered USB port for charging your iPad or iPhone. Have a look at the pitch by Guy Kawasaki below.
The Washington Post launched their iPad app today. What peaked my interest about this news is the video promoting the app. The spot has high production value and is well written. Definitely worth a few minutes of your day. It is also the first spot I’ve seen about an iPad anything that made me want to race out and get an iPad. The spot does a fabulous job of keeping the iPad out of the geek celebrity cloud and reveals how the news is still going to be reported with the same verve that it always has at The Post, but the delivery and consumption of it are evolving. … Continue Reading
We have a new iPad at our house. Sure, it’s technically my wife’s birthday present but that hasn’t stopped me from starting to load it up with filmmaking apps. You can just feel the potential when you’re holding this little technological wonder. That’s why I was very interested to find this article about how the iPad is being used on the set of a major motion picture. … Continue Reading
Gizmodo posted about this really cool iPad app that lets you perform sophisticated 3D light painting. Check out the video and make sure to watch the machine shop animation short after the behind the scenes stuff.
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I’ve been watching the development of iPhone and iPad apps that aid in filmmaking for a while now with the intention of writing an article about the best of breed for each category. I have a collection of clapper apps that I’ve been testing to see which one I preferred and I’ve been looking closely at story board, teleprompter and clip editing apps. This morning in my inbox was an article from Ryan Koos talking about his intention of writing the same article for NoFilmSchool and pointing instead to a couple of good articles already written.
FilmmakerIQ posted 22 Filmmaking Apps for the iPad & iPhone. Their list is pretty comprehensive and even had one or two apps that weren’t on my radar yet. … Continue Reading
In what will undoubtedly be the hit read of the week, Steve Jobs has written a fantastic piece on why Apple has not included Adobe Flash in their mobile devices. One thing that resonated with me the most as it applies to PhotoCine News readers is his comment on H.264 and how web browsing via an Apple mobile device does not hinder a users access to the web as Adobe suggests.
