April 2008
52 posts
Finally submitted my application for Cannes Film Festival press accreditation. Talk about waiting until the last minute!
The Dodgers won their home opener under Joe Torre. I guess today isn’t going to be so bad after all.
March 2008
47 posts
My dinner of ancho-chili rubbed filet mignon with Cuban espresso sauce, mashed potatoes and sauteed spinach with garlic was a huge hit.
SXSW 2008: South by Southwest : NPR Music →
NPR’s All Songs Considered coverage of the 2008 SxSW music festival.
Sorry everyone. Didn’t mean to send you a link to CNet’s Buzz Out Loud (though it is a good podcast). Meant to send to a friend via IM.
Darn you blip.tv! Stop crashing my browser.
Why is it so difficult to get an API out of a digital cinema server manufacturer? It’s like pulling healthy teeth.
Finding tons of new cool people to add on Twitter right now!
Three-year-old daughter got in trouble at preschool for trying to put teacher in “time out”. Guess I’m not the only one she is sassy with.
Emailing those who responded to a Craig’s List posting I submitted searching for a producer for a video podcast I’m putting together.
Passport check at Charles de Gaulle airport upon departing Paris is an hour long. The French must be taking lessons from U.S. Customs.
Having a beer at an overpriced restaurant on the Champs Elysees and just saw a mouse run across the floor. “Ratatouille” was a documentary!
I am walking down the Champs Elysees in Paris at night. For a guy from Los Angeles, that’s pretty awesome.
I love France if only for its tradition of serving wine with lunch. I can get used to that. It does make you a little sleepy though.
At L’Espace Cardin in Paris giving demonstrations of the DTS Theatre Management System at the Commission Superieure Technique trade show.
At the Paris offices of DTS Digital Cinema. They are way nicer than our offices back in Los Angeles.
The theatre techs chain smoke so much I can hardly breath. All this smoke can’t be good for the digital cinema severs and projectors.
From the airport to the hotel and finally to the Kinoton dealer in central Paris in under 90 minutes. Sweet!
The taxi I am taking into downtown Paris has a dog in the back seat. Very odd.
Landed in Paris half an hour late and now waiting for my bag. Wish I hadn’t packed my jacket in my checked luggage.
The 17-year-old seated next to me on the plane to London just said he can’t remember ever having been without the Internet for 10 hours.
Sitting in the airport on way to Paris, France. Last minute two-day trip to demo a theatre management system. Be back on Friday.
Three hour nap in middle of the day was not good for productivity but desperately needed after the sleep deprivation I acquired at ShoWest.
Out to breakfast at IHOP with my two kids. They want the green eggs and ham and the “who-cakes” that come with a lollipop. Darn movie promo!
Las Vegas airport is swarming with ShoWest attendees and thousands of people from some construction convention. Security line took an hour.
Seth Rogen just accepted the Comedy Star of the Year award at ShoWest. His thank you speech was hilarious.
Given the response Sarah Jessica Parker is getting at the ShoWest awards ceremony the “Sex and the City” movie should be a huge hit.
Sitting with Bill Mead of DCinemaToday.com at the DTS table at the ShoWest closing night awards ceremony.
At ShoWest the trade show is over, the meetings are over and it’s now time for the closing night awards dinner at the Paris Hotel.
Running product demos in the DTS suite at ShoWest. Getting annoyed at customers who show up an hour late for appointments.
Just saw “21” screening at ShoWest. Pretty solid movie. Now at the party which is at Planet Hollywood. It’s a wild party.
Saw “Kung Fu Panda” last night at ShoWest. Audience loved it. The movie is very funny. Hats off to @ori and the DreamWorks crew.
At the DTS Digital Cinema dealer breakfast at ShoWest. It looks like everyone was out late last night in Vegas.
Listening to Michael Karagosian review highlights from the new NATO D-Cinema spec at ShoWest. There is a huge turn out.
I am with a film buyer from Roskino, a small Russian exhibitor. She just pulled out a hacked iPhone. Says they are all the rage in Russia.
Oh no, they are playing Men At Work’s “Land Down Under” at the end of the Focus on Australia panel at ShoWest. How cliche.
During the Focus on Australia panel I learned that Australia is second only to China when it comes to movie piracy.
Attending international day at ShoWest. Millard Ochs of Warner Bros. says he saw 3D television in a Tokyo electronics store. Yikes!
Just got back from the Microspace cocktail party at Bellagio. Now off to the DTS Digital Cinema team dinner at Paris.
And so it begins… ShoWest 2008. At Burbank Airport boarding plane to Vegas now. Hope to make the Microspace cocktail party at 4 pm.
Based on all the tweets from last night I would say there are a ton of people at SxSW with hangovers this morning.
Finally completed the patent application for our film management system. Took 4 grueling weeks, but we are officially patent pending now!
Is it just me, or is everyone using Twitter headed to SxSW? I seem to be the only one not going.
Just got home from seeing Neil Labute’s play “Some Girls” at the Geffen Playhouse. Really good. He was there after to answer questions.
Gary Vaynerchuck Puts The Social in Social Media →
Brian Solis blogs about how Gary Vaynerchuck’s video blog has helped grow the family wine business to the tune of $50 million per year.
I have just been told my two-year-old has head lice, which means the one-year-old probably has it - the house is infested. Darn preschool!
I got a new BlackBerry (Curve) from work and was finally able to load Twitterberry on it, which in my book makes it a complete PDA.