America likes to pretend it is run by “free markets,” but of course, free markets do not and will not ever exist. Either there are laws in place to regulate people so they are less likely to control the market, keeping it “free” or moneyed interests buy the laws they need to stay in power–enslaving the markets for their own gain. This reality is the reason net neutrality is to critical to the future of technology, the future economy and even the world. Continue reading
My boss decided to get off the web and get on TV. After working out deals with both NBC 4 and the CW here in Columbus, Wake Up America is moving to the air waves. Working on a full-blown half hour TV program is rough – especially with only a couple of people putting it together. The majority of my 7 person team still has to keep the Economy In Crisis website going. But getting a show out a week is doable and if anyone can do it, it’s the team I working with now. Continue reading
I just found out that a YouTube page, Economic Roundup, is taking Economy In Crisis videos, tweaking them and putting them up on their YouTube page. Well, that’s fine. In fact, I’m flattered! Continue reading
Building an animated studio for a local TV show is much easier than it could be. I still have to worry about camera tracking, but I’ll deal with that when the time comes. Here’s a video of the process from Blender to After Effects. Continue reading
Economy In Crisis needed a few new animations for their 30 minute podcast. The background is based on something I saw on Video Copilot, with my own tweaks to fill all the clients needs. If you’d like to know how to make the background I used for this, go to VideoCopilot.net and check out their tutorials section. Continue reading
