XO Laptop delivered in Columbia

December 23 2008

I haven't mentioned the OLPC XO laptop for kids in a while. But, it's worth noting that Nicholas Negroponte has delivered XO laptops to Columbian children in an area that was once controlled by guerrillas. In this TED Video he discusses the project, on the road, and why laptops are… read more

John Adams Interviewed on KQED

December 23 2008

Michael Krasny gabs with John Adams on KQED's Forum about his music, book and life. A must listen. And don't forget to enjoy his opera "Doctor Atomic" about Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic bomb. Playing now on your local PBS station.... read more

SF Electronic Music Festival this week

September 02 2008

Tom Duff from the SF Electronic Music Festival committee reminds us of this week's agenda. - The festival is from Wed-Sat 8pm and Sunday 7pm. - Box Office and Installation open one hour before concert time. The 2008 San Francisco Electronic Music Festival Project Artaud Theater 450 Florida Street, San… read more

Revolutionary new Audio Product

March 23 2008

I don’t usually recommend audio products in this post. But I think you’ll agree, this is an important milestone. The press release says it works for Windows and Mac, but it'd probably work on Linux as well. INFINITUDE!™ 1.0 Dynamic Exaggeration Plug-in! Saratoga, CA - April 1, 2008 The Sound… read more

Audio Quality on the Web

November 15 2007

I just downloaded the new Miro player (formally Democracy Player). It's very nice, seems to organize videos reasonably well, is free, multi-platform, open source and includes features I believe all video players should provide. But, when I got to checking... read more

TV Ad Sound Designs

June 01 2007

Recent postings in a sound design group have posted some examples of great sound design in television commercials. Here are some of my favorites: ... read more

Pandora's Everywhere!

May 23 2007

If you're a frequent user of the free Pandora music service, as I am, you've noticed their powerful web interface has been updated. Along with the update are two new announcements providing users access to Pandora's large music database, and... read more

OLPC on ABC's 60 Minutes

May 21 2007

If you missed it, see 60 Minutes interview with Negroponte about the teams dreams and the origin of the laptop idea. Also in the news: Negroponte says Intel should be ashamed of itself... read more

OLPC - Easy as torte

May 09 2007

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Free Open-Source Multitrack Recorder - Ardour 2

May 04 2007

If you haven't heard, Paul Davis and friends have just released the second version of Ardour - a free open-source multitrack recorder for Linux and now for OSX. The intro on the site gives a good summary: "Ardour capabilities include:... read more

http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/2007/03/post_7.html

March 23 2007

The Linux Audio Conference is in full swing until March 25th in Berlin. If you can't make it, you can view the streams during the program. As in previous years, the streams will be archived and made available after the... read more

A Secure Virtual 3D Collaboration Environment

March 14 2007

Qwaq announced a secure virtual workspace product, called Qwaq Forums, yesterday. It runs on recent Linux, Windows and Mac computers. The product signifies an important milestone for the open-source Croquet project and Squeak. Although Squeak is already the foundation for many great applications (Etoys, Etoys on OLPC, Seaside web server,… read more

Audio Sessions of GDC 2007

March 06 2007

I have created a variety of views for the Audio sessions for this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco (much faster than waiting for GDC's site). Even if you are not a composer or sound designer, there are plenty... read more

Microsoft must pay in MP3 Lawsuit

February 28 2007

I'm sure you've heard the news that Microsoft must pay $1.5B as the result of a lawsuit brought by Alcatel-Lucent. You can read about it, but it sure is a good lesson. You better do your homework before licensing patents.... read more

Sophie: an Open-source Multimedia Tool

February 19 2007

Sophie, a project to create multimedia books, is now available in Alpha release. Based on Squeak, Sophie is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Sophie is not a tool to render traditional paper... read more