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Book Recommendation – The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Mark Manson has an entertaining writing style and enough insight to make this book a fun and interesting read. In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be positive all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people. For decades we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. “Fck positivity,” Mark Manson says.
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You are always wrong. Via: Mark Manson – The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

I'm a contributor at Pixelfondue now

My first post over at Pixelfondue is online. Pixelfondue aims to be your resource for anything related to creating art with the help of modo, Nuke, Adobe apps and the likes and I’m am honored to have been asked to contribute. The roster of writers is excellent and you really should check it out. More articles from me to come. I’m open to topic requests. Link: www.pixelfondue.com/blog/2016…

Best Sound Effects Archive

I usually find the sound I need in that compilation. Highly recommended. (youtube:www.youtube.com/watch width: 500 height: 375) Link: www.youtube.com/watch

Interview with Lawrence Kasdan

Great interview with a great screenwriter. John and Craig sit down with screenwriting legend Lawrence Kasdan to discuss Star Wars, Raiders, The Bodyguard and how he’s shaped some of the most iconic big-screen stories and characters of our lifetime. This 90-minute interview comes as part of WGFestival 2016 Craft Day, and features audience questions as well. Our thanks to the Writers Guild Foundation and the Academy for hosting us. Link: johnaugust.
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Too many secrets

This is very cool. Insanely geeky, but very cool. Brian Barto should be nominated for some sort of award. He’s recreated the “hacking” effect from one of my favorite movies of all times, 1992’s Sneakers1 as a command line program. Link: medium.com/@bartobri… Via: Six Colors

Pro Tip: If all your requests for app A are “add/change feature & make it work like in app B”, maybe you should be using app B instead.

FMX 2016

Next week is this year’s FMX in Stuttgart. I’ll be there as every year reporting for Professional Production Magazine, but I’ll also write daily session summaries for this blog. So if you can’t make it and want to read about any specific presentation let me know and I’ll try to watch and write about it for you.