http://www.digital-motion.net Digital Media Production Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:00:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When Google turned off Google video, they gave their users credits for the videos that they had purchased. Sure, a lot of them were annoyed, but there weren't that many paying customers in the first place (hence the shuttering). Now MS is following suit, but has no "upgrade" path for ... http://www.digital-motion.net/2008/04/27/how-to-turn-user-indifference-into-user-anger/ Tronby freres-hueon [via wired] http://www.digital-motion.net/2008/03/30/tron-cycle-race-low-tech-stop-motion-style/ Music Tax Details From Source: “Pay Us Not To Sue You” (TechCrunch) We learned yesterday that Warner Music, the third largest music label, is gunning for a $5/month music tax on U.S. residents. The death throes of an industry that hasn't figured out how to adapt. One thing that I never ... http://www.digital-motion.net/2008/03/29/music-tax-details-from-source-%e2%80%9cpay-us-not-to-sue-you%e2%80%9d/ As one of many artists who has made more money over the years from live performance than from selling records, the argument that we might be moving to a system where music would be free in order to draw people to live performances has resonated with me. I just came ... http://www.digital-motion.net/2008/03/28/recorded-music-should-be-free/ electro-music.com :: View topic - Nomad 0.3 pre-release available for DL The Nord Modular was the first major synth hardware with required software for programming it. It was extremely powerful. I own two! It was also the gear that soured me on the whole idea. Why?  Because, Clavia never upgraded the ... http://www.digital-motion.net/2008/03/10/new-life-for-nord-modulars/ Conveying data that spans more than 2 dimensions is classically difficult. In fact, successful representations like the map of Napoleon's march from CJ Minard are celebrated. I saw this Flash thing from the New York Times representing box office returns from Hollywood films and I was really impressed how nice ... http://www.digital-motion.net/2008/03/05/nice-visualization-from-the-nyt/ After his previous experiment with Saul Williams was not quite a rousing success, I figured that Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor was done toying with the music business model. Turns out that he was just getting started. The new Nine Inch Nails album is now available in multiple forms. ... http://www.digital-motion.net/2008/03/05/trent-reznor-walks-the-walk/ [Via Slashdot: Apple QuickTime DRM Disables Video Editing Apps] According to numerous posts on Apples discussion forums several threads of which have been deleted by Apple, as well as a number of popular video editing blogs, Apples recent QT 7.4 update does more than just enable iTunes video rentals — it ... http://www.digital-motion.net/2008/01/23/dont-install-qt-74-on-your-production-machines/ [via Stu Maschwitz] http://www.digital-motion.net/2008/01/14/recreating-omaha-beach-with-3-people/ The Mac Pro line has been ignored for a while, but today Apple has announced the new towers features dual quad-core penryn chips and new high-end graphics cards including the ATI 2600 and NVidia 8800 GT. I'm wondering why not the 8800 GTX or Ultra, but they are certainly long ... http://www.digital-motion.net/2008/01/08/new-mac-pros-finally/