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Somethings do change on new years eve. Its time for new projects, and to finally complete old ones. Love is better then ever, and my manifesto is finally completed. I have so many options for 2011, I just haven't pick one yet. Before i decide, lets ponder 2010, and make sure we didn't miss anything. I hope your 2010 was the best it could, but not as good as your 2011 will be. Love Peace  Best song of the year: Wir Sind Einstein by United Force vs. Digital Dynamite Best YouTube clip of the year: Why VHS will never die: Good mechanics. Album of the year: Tron soundtrack, the daft punky bits. Awesome video by Kim Pimmel Animation of the year: Summer wars, its like Miyazaki crossed with Masamune Best Documentary of the year: Exit Through The Gift Shop, It goes where you think it will, but then it doesn't. Best Interview of the year: Uncut 60 minutes interview with worker on the PB oil-rig. Long but might be the best thing you see on the Internet this year. Demo of the year: Agenda Circling Forth. Matt, you rule. Intro of the year: CDAK 4k intro, This is what TRON should have looked like. Best Photo of the year: Flood victims in Pakistan reaching for a helicopter, by Adrees Latif 
Best Photo Journalism of the year: Crisis in kyrgyzstan Best Twitter feed of the year: Stevie wonder curiously got banned... Hardware of the year: Microsofts canceled Courier tablet Science promiss of the year: Lawrence livermore laboratories Fast Ignition Project, Sorry large hadron collider and fake arsenic based lifeforms Best Sample of the year: Some one will sample this and make it the biggest hit of 2011. Flawed hero of the year: Julian Assange. The internet overcomes censorship: Hardware broken during the year: iPod, Laptop, PS3, Harddrive, networkadapter, Wii, Speekers, amplifyer, dreamcast. Its been a tough year... Best quote of the year: Ed Catmull at Siggraph answering the question: -How do Pixar decide what to show publicly and what to keep secret for competitive advantage? -Most of the things we keep secret, are not secret because of competitive advantage, but because we are so embarrassed about it. Best Torrent of the year: Geocities. Should give anyone who thinks they are kings of the internet pause. Best gift of the year: Letter from my players. 
Greatest loss of the year: Isse, We miss you so. Best of the year: All the places i got to visit: Pixar, ILM, Natural motion, Sony image works, Autodesk (Maya development group), Capybara, SideFX, THQ, LucasArts, Rhythm & Hues, That game company, the Windmill, Sony Santa Monica, Sony London, FotoKem. And Alexander cried because there were no more worlds to conquer. Accomplishments of the year: Love, and my manifesto. Have a great new year! Missed last year? Have a look back at 2009 |