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On Location
By Nick Hodge | August 5, 2007
The above is the sunset-view from my room. To the left is the hinterland, and to the right is the beach itself.
On Location, at the Gold Coast preparing for a busy, educational week at Microsoft TechEd. Being my first TechEd, anything could and probably will happen. I do know I will leave more educated than I arrive.
Whilst I watched the SBS TV series on the making of the Crowded House album, Woodface, there were much revels going on around me. It seemed to be a beer bash-come-stag party. So I turned up the TV with Neil Finn hopefully calming the din. Neil gets the impact of his music. The mercurial Finn brothers.
Up at 9am this morning thanks to a fire alarm. I could smell the smoke, but thought it was someone smoking on a non-smoking floor. By the time I got my important items (pair of pants on, room key, wallet, camera, phone - in that order) ready to stroll out -- the firemen were looking around for the smoking culprit. No one seemed ultra alarmed, so stayed put.
Today, it's about planning. To quote Uncle Mike: "Piss Poor Planning Precedes Poor Performance". Checking the camera equipment comes first.
Having installed the new Adobe Production Premium Suite, I tried out OnLocation. And this piece of technology Adobe purchased rocks. It essentially turns your Firewire/Laptop into a hard disk recorder and monitoring station. No more capturing slowly in post-production. Straight into Premiere, encode and you're outta there.
Tomorrow it starts: danah boyd in Brisbane.
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Topics: adobe, danahboyd, teched, technology |
