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A handy little tool for exporting GreenSock animations as videos, with a wealth of customisation options. Perfect for sharing animation work on social media or dropping examples into case studies …

What a clever idea: a video editor that works by transcribing your content and then syncing the waveform with the text. Edit one, edit both. I haven't given it a whirl (no relevant need right now) …

Astrofox looks like a really clever video editor, developed specifically with the aim of creating videos for music playlists and personal tracks. Nothing too fancy, but lots of options to animate …

I mean damn the latest Nike video is astonishingly well …

I'm not sure why this feature is as deeply hidden as it is, but despite what most people think you can see your recent watchlist on Amazon's Prime Video service. It's a feature I use quite a bit to …

On the face of it, Lbry is a YouTube competitor based on privacy and community. You can tip creators directly, but otherwise it basically works as you'd expect, only with fewer features (no …

How to hang a painting from two points, where removing either point causes the hanging to fail. Weird puzzle, excellent explanation of the fundamentals of knot theory in …

A wonderful recap of why you should just never try to support timezones in any program ever. And that's before you even get into calendar fallacies …

Y'know that thing where Spotify is on shuffle but refuses to play certain songs in your playlist? And you can shuffle the same playlist several times over the course of a week and it'll seem to have …

Blurryface, Twenty One Pilots' latest, is genuinely enjoyable, but it's no …

I'm currently in the Outer Hebrides (actually, I'm currently somewhere on my way back from them, but that's where I have been for the last two weeks). As a result, I'm dipping into my archive of …

10 years ago today the Harry Potter series came to a close. With the publishing of The Deathly Hallows a large part of my, and many others, childhood came to an end. I find it …

I have been taking part in Google Rewards for over a year now. For the most part, I complete the various surveys to feed an ongoing habit without feeling like I'm being too indulgent or wasting …

Currently, both myself and my partner are looking into replacing our mobile phones (her slightly more urgently). As a result, we're both quite deep in the mire of tech reviews, contract comparisons …

Some thoughts on Code Institute's "5 Day Coding Challenge", having just completed it.

An exhaustive guide to image optimisation, compression, formats, and quality on the …

It's July, which means it should be time for the annual Walthamstow Garden Party festival. As the Garden Party is funded and run by the Barbican and Guild Hall groups, who are also heavily …

I've been playing Pokémon Go for a little while now (as has Alison) so when it was announced that a real-world event would finally be coming to London this year I was quite excited. …

A great overview of the state of the modern web from a UX and environmental perspective. Gerry notes the impact of image and videos (and JavaScript) on websites …

The Daft Punk track Around the World performed on Tesla coils. Somehow this manages to be even more awesome than the summary, too (I still slightly think it's fake... somehow …

Following on from the success of last year's pandemic event (and the follow-up at Christmas) it looks like Go Fest will likely be an annual, worldwide, ticketed event 🎉 Honestly, whilst …

An inciteful, well written, and intensely interesting (and important) look at media trends within modern white, liberal culture, focused around Bo Burnham's Inside but touching on a much …

100 words a day, for 100 days. That's the challenge that Jeremy Keith has just completed, inspiring my own …

100 words for 100 days: that is my challenge! Well, sort of. In reality, though I like the 100 word restriction, I'm not so sure about it as a …

When does play become work? Personally, I definitely empathise with Sisyphus in relation to modern media. Whether it be video games, books, TV or even my RSS feed, as soon as I get close to …

Today contained dull, "adult" stuff regarding accounts and filing. Not very inspiring, but a good excuse to test Spotify's latest feature: Discover …

Time, and specifically timing, is a very hard thing to judge and something which is largely overlooked in our day-to-day lives. That's probably fine for common household chores, such as …

I am a huge fan of the ever insightful talk show Last Week Tonight, hosted by John Oliver. I love the directness of the opinion pieces, agree with many of the stances taken and largely find the …

So... it's been a …

Month in media is an archived project, now with a permanent home in the Reviews section. Films, TV shows, books, video games, and other media watched, read, or played in November 2016.