This is one of the highlights of what seemed like a very long teaching year. And now it’s time for a sabbatical. Phew.

Sight & Sound (aka Men & Movies)

April 22, 2009

Letter to the Editor:
Reading the most recent issue of Sight & Sound (’Seeing the Light’, April ‘09) made me wonder if your magazine shouldn’t be renamed Movies & Men. Your article ‘Talking Shop’ features thirteen (white) cinematographers, only one of whom is a woman. Representative? Perhaps not. Your list of Contributors features fifteen names – [...]

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Goodbye John Martyn: May You Never.

January 30, 2009
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Korsakow System redevelopment

November 29, 2008

In October we began planning out the complete redevelopment of the Korsakow System, a software application for creating database narratives. Korsakow was originally created by Florian Thalhofer in 2000. The timelapse video, above, shows Florian hard at work in the CINERG office in downtown Montréal, creating an elaborate paper prototype of the new version. Reprogramming [...]

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Net Neutrality: Vote with your wallets.

September 10, 2008

Dear Friend,
I just donated to the Free Press Action Fund and stood up for fast, affordable, neutral, Internet. The Federal Communications Commission voted to punish Comcast for violating Net Neutrality and blocking our right to do what we want on the Internet. This is a great start, but Comcast is sending in their lawyers. Please [...]

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