I am in hipster coffee shop in LA that is so hip the playlist is classical guitar and violin performing Madonna’s “Material Girl”.

Our own Hardie Tankersley and Erik Smith will be speaking at IEEE Consultants’ Network of Silicon Valley on “The Art of Real-Time High-Resolution Visual Effects” April 12 @ 7pm PDT. More info and registration here: californiaconsultants.org/event/the-art-…

OK everybody, I guess it’s back to Facebook!

Snap just announced its long rumored selfie drone. It’s called Pixy. I used it and spoke with CEO Evan Spiegel about the company’s hardware strategy: theverge.com/2022/4/28/2304…

Here’s a tip. Don’t copy the person walking away from the roulette table carrying a huge pile of chips and offering this explanation: “I put it all on 17!”

Golf leaderboards on TV should show real time “adjusted to par” which would account for holes left and the average score to par on the remaining holes. No Laying Up Alan Shipnuck

VFX artists: reply with a shot you helped create that you’re proud of. Bonus if you talk about your contribution.

Hanging out on the virtual production stage at ACM SIGGRAPH

"If you think hiring a professional is expensive, wait until you hire an amateur."

This is your annual reminder that your choices for watching THE WIRE are: A. A ropey SD transfer from the early 2000s in 4x3. B. A nice HD transfer in 16x9. Now, one might conceivably say "but Devan! What if it looks better in 16x9? It's wider! More Baltimore!" Well...

Apple Event looks like the most expensive TV show we have seen.

Severance tease! Post-credits on the #AppleEvent.

#NABShowNY session announcement! We’re thrilled to welcome Komal Bhukhanwala, Senior Art Director at CBS Sports, and Hardie Tankersley, Principal at Reality Fabrication, to #NABShowNY to discuss “Broadcasting and the Metaverse.” See the Content Theater lineup: bddy.me/3cY1NoH

Make any idea real. Just write it. Text to video, coming soon to Runway. Sign up for early access: runwayml.com

Deep insight here as usual from Ben Thompson: Nvidia In the Valley stratechery.com/2022/nvidia-in… via Stratechery

Introducing AI Magic Tools Dozens of creative tools to edit and generate content like never before. New tools added every week. Available now: runwayml.com

Here I am contemplating the Metaverse with some of my favorite people.

All this has happened in just the last 30 days at Runway

Michel Suissa Hardie Tankersley Justin (CJ) Martin on the The Studio-B&H virtual production studio powered by Silverdraft ASSIMILATE Orbital Virtual Studios Alex Pearce. #nabshow2023 #silverdraft #studiobh #assimilate #livefx #orbitalvirtualstudio #lightsailvr #i…lnkd.in/dCwVkgXx

Bailing out on Elon’s kingdom. Come find me at @[email protected]