Media Biz / Article
Tuesday, April 27th2010

MOFTB Hits Productions with Added $300 Fee

Up until now, no one has had to pay for a permit since the city established a film office in 1966.

Conferences / Article
Sunday, March 28th2010

Showbiz Expo-Gems among the Glitter

One problem with any of the smaller shows in town is that many are held in the same reliably cacophonous, claustrophobic warren of rooms, the second floor of the Hilton...

Media Biz / Article
Friday, March 26th2010

Fighting Job Loss with Cameras

Her useful tally appears in her article Fighting Job Loss with Cameras about the city's new production crafts training program...

Media Biz / Article
Wednesday, February 24th2010

NYC Business Express Offers Biz Tool for Entrepreneurs

Mayor Bloomberg and the Department of Small Business Services Commissioner Robert W. Walsh announced today a new online app that is aimed at helping entrepreneurs find the best way through the often-bewildering thicket of city government on up. NYC Business Express offers a one stop, interactive method for identifying and taking advantage of city, state [...]

Gear / Article
Friday, February 5th2010

NYC BigApps Winner does AR

Even the slick Wayfinder interface won’t keep you from looking silly waving your cellphone around. I cover AR (augmented reality) as it’s a new, useful technology that takes one aspect of VR—the generation of another, parallel world—and brings it down to earth. (And it’s cool.) Or maybe a little lower than down to earth, as [...]