Behind the scenes (and in front of them) at 5min
Posted in 5min, Software, Technology, iPhone, mobile on Nov 10th, 2009
As an aspiring filmmaker/technophile, I have fantasized about wonderful iPhone apps that could help me accomplish whatever wild-hair idea I dreamt up from week to week. There are plenty of movie slate apps available, useful during film production, but I’ve been searching for an app to facilitate the preproduction brain storming stages.
Enter the Hitchcock app, [...]
Posted in Software, Technology, web on Jun 1st, 2009
Unless you’ve been living under an Oprah-proof rock for the past few months, you’ve probably heard a thing or two about Twitter, the micro-blogging service that’s managed to rock the web and stir up a craze, from its early adopters to the latest celebs who are signing on and tweeting their hearts out.
While using the [...]
Posted in 5min, Software, Technology on Mar 2nd, 2009
Picture this: you’re skipping merrily down the street, making the dreamlike trek from the Apple store nearest to your home, clutching your new Mac. You are in a state of utter bliss. You envision the painless setup process and the ease of transferring your data and synching your army of devices to the new member [...]
Posted in Entertainment, News, Software, Technology on Feb 16th, 2009
As a dedicated albeit newbie MacHead, I’ve decided to greet each Monday here at 5min with some goodies your Mac desperately needs. Whether you’re a fledgling Mac user or a full-on groupie with life-size cardboard cutouts of Steve Jobs under your bed, I’m hoping this will bring you use, save you time, and above all [...]
Posted in 5min, Software, Technology on Oct 15th, 2008
When I watch videos such as Sarah Palin CHOSE Not To Be Gay, I understand why Alice Pieszecki makes podcasts. I wouldn’t go as far as she goes – outing NBA players – but I would definitely try to always speak my mind.
Because that’s why podcasts exist: to make statements, to spread the voice, to [...]
Posted in 5min, Arts, Software, Technology on Oct 5th, 2008
Long ago, in the nearly pre-historic past and as a part of my studies at a design and engineering college, I was planted down in a tiny, stuffy computer lab and forced to master Macromedia FreeHand, a geometric modeling application allowing the creation and editing of vector graphic files for print and the Web, while [...]
