SF Beta April

April 26, 6-9 PM @111 Minna Gallery

Full cash bar, gourmet catering by Sauce Restaurant, DJs spinning throughout the night, and a dozen startup demos.

Tickets: $10/20 Online, $15/$25 Door

www.sfbeta.com


UPDATE 05/03/07

Ehh, it was OK. I did enjoy countless free Hendrick's Gin & Ginger Ales, and a very good shoe shine... So I guess it was worth the 10 dollars... The food was non-existent tho, and the demos didn't thrill me. Many of them seemed dry and not too ingenious... I wasn't impressed. It is true tho, that amongst hundreds of software and web-app start-ups, only a hand full make it big, so I guess this provides the breeding grounds for innovation, which is well needed in this industry.

On My Desk

Creatives share with the world the environments they work in. Photos of desks, studios, drawing stations, inspiration dens, etc.... It's always fascinating to see how others work.

Here are two links dedicated to sharing views of work spaces:
On My Desk, Room to Work

Here is my old desk (wow, what a mess!):



Here is my current desk, at my home office:

RhythmSource Web Design

I have just completed the website re-design for RhythmSource, a company that develops tools for rhythmic study and performance. The site has not been launched yet as it is currently in development stage, but I just wanted to post some design files just so that you can get a sense of what it's going to look like. I have been working on this for 2-3 weeks and personally pretty happy with the results. Ideas, criticism, comments are warmly welcome!



Weird, I am writing as if I have an audience, although I never intended this blog to have one.... Well, if it does, so be it!

JumpCut!!

Awesome! Video editing on-the-fly & sharing has just gotten better. With all the experimenting in white lab coats being done these days you are bound to get new webalishious developments making old webalishious sites seem drab and stale...



JumpCut makes YouTube look like a little munchkin playing with pots and pans....

OK, I have experience to back me up here. I have used both, and found myself distraught with issues on YouTube such as:

1. Voice syncing not working
2. Uploads not being smooth
3. Approval process for my uploads took days!
4. Uploaded videos had awful compression pixellation...
5. Ehh, the site looks messy, badly designed
6. Cannot edit, cut, re-mix your videos.

Now, with JumpCut, you can:

1. Enjoy a smooth and informative upload process
2. Upload more than one video at a time
3. Upload photos and audio tracks as well
4. Splice and edit your clips
5. Combine audio, photos and video clips with text and effects
6. Save it in minutes and
7. Share it easily with all or only just your friends, at the click of a button.

Oh, and 8. Aesthetically the site is pleasing and 9. Footage is of rather good quality!

JumpCut clearly speaks for itself. Try it out!!