Author Archives: jmlight

What will happen to us?

So there’s this new platform called Popcorn.js - check it out.  It basically gives you a little sidebar next to the videos so people can view other “things” associated with the video, while the video is playing. This article from Wired suggests that filmmakers and coders will want to join forces and – using tools like…

Oy, Philadelphia

As Philadelphia sports fans, it’s an unnatural order of things to expect to do well – this will lead to defeat. The only way for us to be satisfied in our teams is if we expect them to choke and lose and fail every season, and then be surprised when (or if) they don’t. Back…

Producing things with cameras and stuff

My 2¢: If you want to make things that have either audio and/or visual components, and you want these things to be good and quality and professional looking, and if you want the process of creating said audio/visual things to be fun and creative and lively and successful, then for the LOVE of GOD treat…

Stuck to Game of Thrones

It’s official. It began with The Sopranos, moved on to Friday Night Lights, and now it’s Game of Thrones. All are examples of reasons why I will probably fail at life. The time spent watching these things should be spent working or creating or running or reading or volunteering at a soup kitchen, but instead…

Un-knowledge

The great epidemic of our time. I’m coining this phrase to describe the ridiculous thoughts that spew from the stewing brain matter of some of our elected officials: evolution is “just a theory,” the government is unconstitutional, CO2 is good for you, guns make you safer, prayer works, gay people are evil, [insert any phrase…