Screenwriting Guru Syd Field Dies

Wow! I just saw this posted on FaceBook. You can find the story over at “Screen Daily“. This guy was a legend in the screenwriting business. I think most regarded him as the Master Teacher on the subject. Me and Hollywood will miss him. Thank goodness that he published a lot of material, so his

Will Art Bell Be Back On The Air Soon?

If you are an Art Bell fan, you know that he returned to the Airwaves on September 16th of this year (about 7 weeks ago) on SiriusXM Indie 104. If you visited his site ArtBell.com on Monday, you saw that the scheduled guest was replaced with a “Best of…” episode. Over the past 7 weeks,

iOS 7 GM and XCode 5 GM released to Developers

Shortly after their 10am (PST) media event, announcing new iPhones, Apple has released the iOS 7 GM (Golden Master) to their developer community. Additionally, they have released the GM for the new XCode 5. The version of Apple’s developer tools that supports iOS 7 and OSX Mavericks development.   If you are a developer or

Microsoft acquires Nokia’s devices & services business

Here’s a bit of interesting news. Microsoft is purchasing, effectively, most of Nokia’s devices and services business. The purchase includes licensing of patents and trademarks, etc. It seems that the Microsoft board is showing it’s hand on how a post Ballmer Microsoft will proceed. They seem to be taking a page from Apple’s book, to

Ballmer Is On His Way Out…

In case you live in a tent and haven’t heard, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, has announced that he’s retiring in the next 12 months. This is big news in the tech world and apparently Wall Street likes it. Microsoft shares were up 8% in pre-trading, after the press release, which can be read here: