January 21st
I just got a couple of nice features working in one of my projects at Raizlabs. These are both easy to implement, but difficult to find a good explanation of how to implement. Here I’ll show you how to:
Duck (lower the music volume underneath application sounds)
Resume playback after an interruption (a phone call [...]
Read more of Duck and Resume: a little love from the iPhone music player…
October 19th
The Law of Attraction was made famous recently by the movie “The Secret”, but the concept has been around for a long time. The concepts from The Secret came from a book written in 1910, so it is at least that old. It’s the basic idea that you attract what you think about. Here are [...]
September 29th
Once upon a time, there was a market controlled by supply and demand. Consumers acted in self-interest, buying products that were better or cheaper, and prices had to be set accordingly. Workers were simply another market; they were bought by businesses if they were better or cheaper. Natural resources were inputs, and the cheaper they [...]
September 2nd
moving to new house…
how can I own so much stuff?
thank gods for craigslist
In a desperate desire to escape the realm of boxes, I sally forth into my new neighborhood in search of the perfect workspace. A few years ago I was debating whether to rent a cubicle at a local co-working space, but realized that [...]
December 12th
A podcast of this article can be found here.
President-elect Obama has posted his latest weekly address where he lays out key parts of his economic recovery plan. While I agree with his ideas for greening government buildings, improving roads and schools, and modernizing our heath care system, and while these may be a necessary [...]
December 10th
Why do people have so much trouble changing? You resolve to be better with your finances, to lose weight, to work less, to be less cluttered, whatever it might be — but you don’t change. Why is this so common? One reason is pride. Often people see some aspect of their behavior as being indicative [...]
Read more of Pride and Identity as Factors in Resisting Growth…
November 13th
Welcome to Super Indie Film’s Indie News Headlines. This is Anna Callahan, and I’ll be bringing you news highlights from the independent film movement around the world. To listen to a podcast of these headlines, click here.
Today is November 13, 2008.
The American Film Market opened on November 5th in Santa Monica. Over 8,000 industry [...]
November 11th
Listen to the podcast of this article here.
Hi, this is Anna Callahan from Super Indie Films, and you’re reading the transcript of our fifth podcast for independent filmmakers. This podcast talks about getting your film to stand out from the crowd, what to look for in an online distributor, and the future of internet [...]
November 10th
You hear a lot of commentary these days about why Obama won the presidency. We had an economic crisis; George Bush is a very unpopular president; we’re in an unpopular war; Obama had more money to run his campaign. These are true, but most of these were true four years ago, too. While [...]
Read more of Fight Fire with Water: How Obama Won the Presidency…
November 7th
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Hi, this is Anna Callahan from Super Indie Films, and you’re reading the transcript of our fourth podcast for independent filmmakers. This podcast covers two questions indie filmmakers often have about distributing their film online: what’s up with download times, and how do tv monitors and [...]