Archive for February, 2007
Testing out IMified
Just testing out a new service just launched this month called IMified (www.IMified.com). IMified lets your access a number of web applications and other tools via your favorite IM service. I’m actually writing this post through Adium to AIM to Typepad. Neat idea…but I’ll have to use it a bit more to determine its practicality.
TED 2007
Link > TED2007
It’s less than a month away and I’ve been waiting 12 months for it. What is it? TED – the technology, entertainment and design conference held in Monterey, CA since 1984. TED boasts a who’s-who of designers, technologists, entertainers, scientists and overall bright people.
The theme of TED this year is "Icons. Geniuses. Mavericks." and with it comes an incredible list of speakers. Rick and I will be attending this year for the first time…yes, we are TED Virgins (apparently there is a party held every year celebrating this coming of age.
For some more background on the event, check out the website – www.TED.com – or check out a recent CBS News video.
A Scanner Darkly (2006) – Neutral
Link: A Scanner Darkly (2006)
I finally caught this film last night (via a downloaded rental courtesy of MovieLink) and found myself a little disappointed. I had been waiting to see A Scanner Darkly ever since I first caught glimpse of a few exclusive stills in the Filmmaker Magazine Blog (Feb. ‘05). Really interesting animation (ground breaking perhaps?), an adaptation of a Philip K. Dick book, Richard Linklater directing, a future where 20% of the population are drug addicts? At first blush, the makings of what could have been a really wonderful sci-fi flick. But alas, this film does not deliver. Why? Simply put, the characters are thin and the acting is awful. It almost felt like so much attention was spent on the animation…or the fact that the animation could clean up the details, but that never happened.
