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The following articles should give you a general sense of how I write. I include two pieces that, while dated, show what I do with more technical information. They are Aardvark and the Semantic Web and How Green is Your Code.
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When we choose the code that runs our computers, web sites, gadgets and phones, one of the last things we think about is the environmental impact of that decision. But in a world where changes in Facebook’s underlying code base could reduce their carbon emissions by 49,000 tons, it’s about time we do so.
A meta-web is forming that connects the bits and bytes of our online social actions in new and startling ways.
Self-driving cars are only as smart as the artificial intelligence controlling them. A new study indicates that the darker your skin, the more likely you are to be hit by one. There’s a simple, and unfortunate, reason why.
As the Washington Post tries to create a near real-time fact checking system for political speeches, how might it work? And do we want it to?
Nature shows are awesome. But what are they? Because they’re not quite documentaries.
Listening to covers affects how I hear and understand music. Here’s one that helped me rediscover John Coltrane’s Giant Steps. And here are a dozen others to make a point.
I currently shoot landscape and architecture with some street and documentary thrown in for good measure. Below is an unthemed collection of a few images I’ve recently shot.
I grew up playing music (guitar, bass and keyboards) and as I started creating media it became natural to develop the jingles and soundscapes for the videos we were creating.
Note: As mentioned below, while songlike, these are not meant to be songs. Instead, they were used in part or in their modified entirety by editors using them in their videos. For example, while loosely mixed here, I’d deliver what are called stems to an editor (which was sometimes myself) so that they could mix, match and remix the various parts (bass, drums, synths, etc.) of the music I gave them.
Three Parts Kinky (Playing with the BBC)
A BBC editor asked me to create a lighthearted mashup of their radio programming for an event they were having. I obliged.
While songlike, the following aren’t really songs. Instead, they were created to be used in part – often under opening or closing credits – and then perhaps underneath dialogue or b-roll.
A Lot of Rum
Shapeshifters
Sleep Now Dream Later
Gramble
Dub Night
Hacking the Birth of My Mental
Dust Storms off Cerebrum
Video’s a collaborative effort usually pursued by teams. There are videographers and editors and directors and producers. Typically I produce and direct.
In the videos below, however, I wear various hats. For The Future Journalism project, I did everything. For WITNESS, I often shot and sometimes edited while also producing and directing. This was the same with the NYPD except in the video below, we were in such a rush to get our final package out the door, I edited as well.
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I began The Future Journalism Project by interviewing 60-70 thought leaders around the country.
I was basically a one-person production team, lugging cameras, lights and laptop wherever I went.
When I finished videos in a location, I’d make a postcard before moving on to the next. This one’s from New York City.
I spent two weeks in Cambodia running a media training for media activists while I was WITNESS’ digital director.
Besides running the training, I had to capture what we were doing – and how we were doing it – for our donors and general advocate network. Below are some of the videos I produced on that trip.
During my days at ScribeLabs I produced a video series on the NYPD covering different departments such as the bomb squad, search and rescue, etc.
One day my phone rang. A plane was in the Hudson River.
While normally the producer and director on the series, this time I also got behind the camera (among others) and did the edit from footage we shot, and surveillance and civilian footage that we located.
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I began The Future Journalism Project by interviewing 60-70 thought leaders around the country. I was basically a one-person production team, lugging cameras, lights and laptop wherever I went. When I finished videos in a location, I’d make a postcard before moving on to the next. This one’s from New York City.
I spent two weeks in Cambodia running a media training for media activists while I was WITNESS’ digital director. Besides running the training, I had to capture what we were doing – and how we were doing it – for our donors and general advocate network. Below are some of the videos I produced on that trip.
Note that there are tabs below the videos that explain my role in their creation.
Role: Film, Direct, Conduct Interview, Edit.
These videos were created from footage shot during a training mission to Cambodia while I was Digital Director at WITNESS, a human rights organization.
Role: Film, Conduct Interview and Direct. I used WITNESS’ in-house editor for editing.
These videos were created from footage shot during a training mission to Cambodia while I was Digital Director at WITNESS, a human rights organization.
Role: Film, Conduct Interview and Direct. I used a native speaker for final edits.
These videos were created from footage shot during a training mission to Cambodia while I was Digital Director at WITNESS, a human rights organization.
During my days at ScribeLabs I produced a video series on the NYPD covering different departments such as the bomb squad, search and rescue, etc. One day my phone rang. A plane was in the Hudson River. While normally the producer on the series, this time I also got behind the camera (among others) and did the edit from footage we shot, and surveillance and civilian footage that we located.
