Carson Entertainment Group has digitized all 3,300 hours of The Tonight Show footage to create an online database for producers and researchers. It’s fully searchable, and eventually something like 50 shows will be available on DVD, with rotating clips available for free on the website.
Not a day goes by that I don’t think about my hero, Johnny Carson.
Jesse Dodds on the process of creating Campaign Monitor’s new iOS icons. He starts with a pencil:
Even if you think you haven’t got a knack for it, practice makes all the difference. Don’t be scared to try. Even as early as a few months ago, I shied away from sketching out ideas because, to me, they looked mediocre at best, but as I kept pushing myself to practice, designing becomes a much more organic experience.
The end result is awesome, for sure, but to me, it’s the process that’s the most fascinating.
What kind of name is “Rogue Amoeba”? Strange? Definitely. Ill-advised? Probably. Either way, what it means is “Quality audio software”.
Take Airfoil, for instance. With it, you can send audio from your Mac or PC all around your home. Send to Airport Express and AppleTV units, and computers running Mac OS X, Windows or even Linux. And with our free Airfoil Speakers Touch, you can even send audio to iPhones, iPads, or iPods Touch.
Now Hivelogic readers can save 20% off any and all Rogue Amoeba products, with coupon code HIVELOGIC2010.
I love this new T-shirt celebrating the epic tension between Google and Apple.
Artist Chris Bishop goes behind the battle-lines, giving us a glimpse of Andy, Steve, and the war between Google and Apple.
The 100-percent cotton American Apparel T-shirts are printed with soft-hand ink.
The Talk Show, a podcast I co-host with my friend John Gruber of Daring Fireball is returning to the air on a weekly schedule. Watch, listen, and ask questions via the live-stream Wednesdays at 1pm ET.
If participating live doesn’t work with your schedule, just subscribe in iTunes and download the show later in podcast form.
In our return episode, we’ll be talking about the new Mac Pros, speed-bumped iMacs, the Magic Trackpad, the 16:9 27-inch Cinema Displays, and much more. There’s a lot of catching up to do.
Offices make less and less sense for smaller, agile businesses like the kind many of you work in. Every time I hear about a small company opening up an office with plans to have the employees spend most of their time there, I’m a bit dumbfounded.
What resources can an office bring to software developers, designers, sysadmins, phone support managers, or sales people that they could only get in an office, rather than at home, in their local coffee shop, or even on the road?
Many of you (or perhaps your boss) might respond by saying: We’re different. We have different needs. Our business needs an office. Really? Is there really only one way?
If we were starting this whole office thing today, it’s inconceivable we’d pay the rent/time/commuting cost to get what we get. […] When you need to have a meeting, have a meeting. When you need to collaborate, collaborate. The rest of the time, do the work, wherever you like.
When you want to go somewhere and meet and work together, do it. But like Seth says, it doesn’t have to be an office.
I’m really excited to announce that the 5by5 Membership Site has launched. If you enjoy the podcasts I produce, and if you’ve ever found any of my work here useful, now there’s a way for you to say thanks, get a cool T-shirt, and help me pay my bills at the same time.
Some background: When I founded 5by5 Studios last year, I had no idea if things would work out. I’m the sole supporter of my family, so going full-time with it was a big risk. But, thanks to listeners and Hivelogic readers like you, the network is off to a great start. The idea that I get to wake up every morning and make these shows really is like living a dream for me. It’s what I’ve wanted to do my entire life.
If you watch the live shows, you get a look at how things work behind the scenes: a one-man operation. I do most of the editing (with help from Jason Seifer and Ryan Irelan), all of the video work, run all of the live shows, plan and manage the content, schedule guests, maintain the hardware, handle the marketing and sponsorships, update the website, edit the code … phew! And although I love it, it’s a lot of work.
One of my goals has always been to create and grow the network, adding more frequent and more live shows, and hire somebody part-time to help with production. I want to put more great shows on the air, while preserving our high production value, personal feel, and non-intrusive advertising. This is where Memberships can really make a difference.
Of course all of the broadcasts we make at 5by5 will remain completely free, but if you enjoy the shows and if you want to help support me and the studio, now is your chance. Become a member. It really will make a difference in my ability to pay bills and help the studio grow.
Join me and a handful of special guests, including Jason Snell of Macworld and Derek Powazek of Fray, as we livestream a special live episode of The Conversation. We’ll bid farewell to LOST, talking about the ending, the answers (or lack thereof), and discussing the overall experience of the show the day after the finale.
An article about the current state of HTML5 video by Jeroen Wijering, creator of the JW Player:
One could argue that today’s tech industry is in a state of video tag euphoria. Although many high level discussions regarding online video are circulating through the blogosphere, the practical side of HTML5 video development has been overlooked. Therefore, when working hands-on with HTML5 for video development, it becomes clear the standard faces a major threat.
Proper introductions aren’t exactly a simple matter:
The younger person is always presented to the older or more distinguished, but a gentleman is always presented to a lady, even though he is an old gentleman of great distinction and the lady a mere slip of a girl […] No lady is ever, except to the President of the United States, a cardinal, or a reigning sovereign, presented to a man.
Also:
Do not say: “Mr. Jones, shake hands with Mr. Smith,” or “Mrs. Jones, I want to make you acquainted with Mrs. Smith.” Never say: “make you acquainted with” and do not, in introducing one person to another, call one of them “my friend.” You can say “my aunt,” or “my sister,” or “my cousin” — but to pick out a particular person as “my friend” is not only bad style but, unless you have only one friend, bad manners — as it implies Mrs. Smith is “my friend” and you are a stranger.
One has to be wary of inflection, and things get even more complicated when you have to actually shake hands.
In Episode 15 of The Pipeline, I talk with Jeffrey Veen, author, speaker, and founder of Typekit. We talk about the web, working for Google and Adaptive Path, Wired, WebMonkey and HotWired. We talk about where we’re headed as an online community, virtual offices, and more.
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