January 2010
9 posts
Thoughts on Must-Carry →
It appears I do these updates in batches. I’ve been settling into my new semester, which has left me quiet of late, but I saw some news today I simply couldn’t ignore.
Cablevision, a cable…
Creating an Editing Environment, Part 2 →
In this installment of Creating an Editing Environment, I’m going to focus on the area immediately surrounding the monitor you spend your working time staring at. In particular, we’re going to…
Creating an Editing Environment, Part 2 →
The second installment of the series, this time focusing on the color of the area surrounding your editing station and how it affects your editing.
Know the Basics, Part 2 →
It’s been a while since I hit on the Know the Basics series that I started with my first rule of cutting. Now seemed like a good time to revisit it. This rule usually has to be followed while a…
Creating an Editing Enviroment, Pt. 1 →
Despite what you may hear, you can’t just edit anywhere. You may be able to throw a rough cut together just about anywhere you can set up your computer, but if you’re going to make that…
My biggest pet peeve at work? People just not showing up for appointments. It’s incredibly rude to me and the other people who would have liked that appointment. If you’re not going to come, at least cancel in advance and make all our lives a little more pleasant.
About 2 weeks until the start of my 2 Media Management classes this semester. Work continues slowly on setting up my company. My quiet risks do not appear to be paying off, but it’s too soon to really tell. Work on the next project seems to me to be stalled, but that may be because we’re not working on the next step I see as necessary. Hope to be able to talk about it soon....
Had a crazy lady at the tech. service counter tonight. Nothing wrongnwith her computer, except that she doesn’t know how to work it. We agreed to replace it early on, yet she kept arguing with us. This delayed the process of getting her computer set up. She expected us to do about 2 hours of set-up in 40 minutes so she could take the computer home with her. Refused a private courier service,...
Quietly taking some calculated risks. The payoff is a big reward. The odds are long. I’m trying to stack them in my favor. Today was full of doubting myself, sure that I had messed up my life to the point getting back to that perfect course was impossible. Doesn’t seem to be so much any more, but three years after leaving college, I’m still trying to undo the damage I did by...