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Revolutionary new Audio Product
March 22 2008
I don’t usually recommend audio products in this post. But I think you’ll agree, this is an important milestone. The press release says it works for Windows and Mac, but it'd probably work on Linux as well. INFINITUDE!™ 1.0 Dynamic Exaggeration Plug-in! Saratoga, CA - April 1, 2008 The Sound… read moreNovember 14 2007
I just downloaded the new Miro player (formally Democracy Player). It's very nice, seems to organize videos reasonably well, is free, multi-platform, open source and includes features I believe all video players should provide. But, when I got to checking... read moreMay 31 2007
Recent postings in a sound design group have posted some examples of great sound design in television commercials. Here are some of my favorites: ... read moreMay 23 2007
If you're a frequent user of the free Pandora music service, as I am, you've noticed their powerful web interface has been updated. Along with the update are two new announcements providing users access to Pandora's large music database, and... read moreMay 21 2007
If you missed it, see 60 Minutes interview with Negroponte about the teams dreams and the origin of the laptop idea. Also in the news: Negroponte says Intel should be ashamed of itself... read moreFree Open-Source Multitrack Recorder - Ardour 2
May 03 2007
If you haven't heard, Paul Davis and friends have just released the second version of Ardour - a free open-source multitrack recorder for Linux and now for OSX. The intro on the site gives a good summary: "Ardour capabilities include:... read moreApril 11 2007
Jessica Dolcourt posted a great article on the One Laptop Per Child initiative in Nigeria on CNET news. We are finally seeing the beginning of the first deployments of the laptop. I think we're going to be impressed with what... read moreNigerian school kids use Linux
April 11 2007
Probably their first use with Linux not least their first look at a real computer. While these young African children will be interfacing with the computer using Sugar (pictured above) and applications such as Etoys, the underlying OS is Linux. Jessica Dolcourt posted a great article on the One Laptop… read moreNigerian school kids use Linux
April 11 2007
Probably their first use with Linux not least their first look at a real computer. While these young African children will be interfacing with the computer using Sugar (pictured above) and applications such as Etoys, the underlying OS is Linux. Jessica Dolcourt posted a great article on the One Laptop… read moreApril 11 2007
Jessica Dolcourt posted a great article on the One Laptop Per Child initiative in Nigeria on CNET news. We are finally seeing the beginning of the first deployments of the laptop. I think we're going to be impressed with what... read morehttp://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/2007/03/post_7.html
March 23 2007
The Linux Audio Conference is in full swing until March 25th in Berlin. If you can't make it, you can view the streams during the program. As in previous years, the streams will be archived and made available after the... read moreA Secure Virtual 3D Collaboration Environment
March 14 2007
Qwaq announced a secure virtual workspace product, called Qwaq Forums, yesterday. It runs on recent Linux, Windows and Mac computers. The product signifies an important milestone for the open-source Croquet project and Squeak. Although Squeak is already the foundation for many great applications (Etoys, Etoys on OLPC, Seaside web server,… read moreMarch 06 2007
I have created a variety of views for the Audio sessions for this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco (much faster than waiting for GDC's site). Even if you are not a composer or sound designer, there are plenty... read moreMicrosoft must pay in MP3 Lawsuit
February 28 2007
I'm sure you've heard the news that Microsoft must pay $1.5B as the result of a lawsuit brought by Alcatel-Lucent. You can read about it, but it sure is a good lesson. You better do your homework before licensing patents.... read more
