Thursday May 26, 2005

Next killer app: comic-book software. (Pow!)

Every now and then you come across that magical app that keeps you up late, playing around when you should be sleeping as you tinker away in the den, studio or hotel room when you really should be sleeping. Maybe it's iMovie. Or Garage Band. Or whatever -- if you've got a drop of creativity in you, then you know what I'm talking about.

Well, I've found some new creative crack: it's called Comic Life. It's an honest-to-goodness WYSIWYG comic-book creation tool, and it's amazing. (Mac OS X only.) Snapshot below.

Comics, you say? Heck no. Business tool, foo. We all need to tell stories in our daily lives, some of them as scenarios, often with pictures. I can't think of an easier way to replace short-form video in a business environment (cognitive walkthrogh? customer feedback? product-requirements scenarios?) than with a simple tool like this. Granted, it's not something for reporting deep analysis, but rather for telling a summarized story quickly and easily in a narrative, visual form.

I've got to get some sleep. I mean play around some more. I mean get some sleep. Nonetheless, I'm looking forward to seeing what some of the more creative ones among ya do with this...

( May 26 2005, 12:51:23 AM PDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

You're flunked!

Announcing the cast for the upcoming season of Entourage.

Source: Yahoo News/AP news

Reality TV aside -- and I wish that were possible here -- you tell me what's wrong with this picture, er, business venture: Harvard Business School...Princeton...Columbia... Northwestern...Trump?

I smell money. Lots and lots and lots and lots of money.

( May 26 2005, 12:25:40 AM PDT ) Permalink Comments [0]