Consulting

Remembering The Christmas Truce

In many places, beginning on Christmas Eve, enemies and combatants stopped fighting. It is now historically referred to as, “The Christmas Truce.” … Read More

Panasonic Broadcast Field Recorder = BAD?

This box is $16,000. What can you buy with $16K these days? Well, let’s see: A laptop with real editing software (this box does cuts-only), connectivity to P2, AVCHD, etc. formats, cards, not to mention mobile storage and high-speed connectivity can easily be had for $5,000. That would leave $11 grand for, um… whatever! … Read More

R|com Unveils New AutoPacific Website

The new website was developed using our WebManager Pro content management system (CMS). WebManager Pro is a fully functional, multi-dimensional content driven web publishing application. AutoPacific staff may create their own content, edit, publish, archive, etc., all without asking for any assistance from a web designer or engineer. … Read More

Ready, Set, Go Now in Production

Ready, Set, Go! as an initiative is being supported by a wide array of Southern California emergency services agencies. The Los Angeles Fire Department’s position is clear: If there is a wildfire, prepare your home and family, get set to evacuate if required, and when asked, or even before that, leave the area. Your home can be saved. Once you die, coming back is apparently problematic. … Read More

Summer Break is Over!

Okay, so we took a few weeks off. Everyone needs a chance to catch up on things, even our team. … Read More

R|com Earns Three Telly Awards for 2009

The 30th Annual Telly Awards have been announced and R|com Creative has earned three separate awards in this year’s competition. We are honored that the Telly Awards have seen fit to honor us for our film and video endeavors. … Read More

Is Social Media the “New Socialism?”

Whereas socialism traditionally is about centralized authority, property owned in common, Government controlled information, and limited resources made available by the State, social media is quite the opposite: Shared use, but protetion via Creative Commons licensing, unlimited resources (cloud computing), real-time opinions, and real-time worldwide sharing of ideas, ideals, and communication. … Read More

Can Social Media Help Save Ford?

But Ford is truly using the downturn in the economy and the drama with its Detroit cousins to get up and deliver. While quality may have been their long-term mantra, Social Media may now be at the top of their marketing agenda. … Read More

Good Footage Comes in All Shapes and Sizes.

I have kept this camera for this exact purpose – when not expecting something, be prepared to get the unexpected. So, at the end of the day, I got some big shots from a small camera. … Read More

From Failure Comes Success

A year before, I had sat at lunch with the Japanese President of the computer company I worked for, and he explained to me that as far as he was concerned, there was no opportunity for success without failure. He praised me for trying new things relative to the job I had been given to promote a new operating system on a personal computer. … Read More