June, 2009 Archive

Kodachrome was made by God and Man.

June 24th, 2009 | history, industry news, news coverage | No comments

Leopold Godowsky, Jr. and Leopold Mannes, two musicians, invented Kodachrome in the early thirties. God and Man. Eastman Kodak is stopping film production after 75 years. The news might be sad, but the media is having great fun with headlines thanks in large part to Paul Simon. He should get royalties for such liberal lyric [...]

Word of the Day: Transition

June 19th, 2009 | business, industry news, layoffs/cuts/buyouts, multimedia, web | No comments

As some of you may know, I am in the midst of the longest job search in the history of long job searches. We timed a move to Boston in 2008 to coincide with the stock market crash. With such pitch-perfect timing, rather than rent a car to move north I should have bought a [...]

War, Famine, Disease and Video Games.

June 10th, 2009 | industry news, news coverage, technology, web | No comments

Killzone, Comet Crash, Street Fighter, Red Faction: Guerrilla, God of War, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Modern Warfare, Assassin’s Creed. Slugs for the week’s news budget? Nope. Titles of the most popular video games on the market and showcased at E3 Expo. Games already use violence for entertainment. New York times Op-ed columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner [...]

New 20-year-old Tiananmen Square image.

June 4th, 2009 | history, news coverage | No comments

At some point, the historical negative from a box scenario will slide away into digital obscurity. And I am not entirely convinced a ‘found’ file from some forgotten external drive will carry the same intrigue and significance. To me, that would just seem like sloppy digital asset management. Today marks the twentieth anniversary of Tiananmen [...]