Hardie Tankersley

Bailing out on Elon’s kingdom. Come find me at @hardie@mastodon.online

Michel Suissa @hardie 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

All this has happened in just the last 30 days at @runwayml

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

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

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

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

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

Severance tease! Post-credits on the #AppleEvent.

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

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...

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

Hanging out on the virtual production stage at @siggraph

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

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. @NoLayingUp @AlanShipnuck

@SwiftOnSecurity I once changed my keyboard to Dvorak in and retrained my fingers and I was just flying. But every time I had to use someone else’s or a public keyboard it was like driving into a wall.

Driving a Premium gas car right now feels like setting your keyboard to Dvorak.

@degusta Maybe it goes faster because it’s louder? (active cooling)

So the new 13” MacBook “Pro” is nearly identical to the Air except that it’s heavier, louder, has a smaller screen, a worse camera, fewer ports, and it costs more. One of the more embarrassing products Apple has released - I’d love to hear a charitable defense of its existence.

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!”

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

@reckless @benfessler Sports advertising is kickbacks for keeping NFL on AWS and getting tickets and access for company executives. The actual TV spots are just a mechanism for payment.

@benfessler Maybe some but the AWS deal is all over the NFL

I am dying to know how IBM and AWS and other enterprise providers value the return on advertising heavily during things like the NFL draft. Do they get lots of incoming calls like… yes I was thinking about an open data hybrid cloud solution