Not only is visual media becoming easier to watch on the go, it is also becoming significantly easier to make on the go these days. Before the advent of the camcorder, making movies meant carrying around a cumbersome set of filming equipment, which relegated the job to big companies with the resources and manpower to buy/keep/use such tools. After the camcorder, in the mid 200X's came the proliferation camera-phones with motion-capture capabilities.

This coming monday, January 11th 2010, the submission period for the SIGGRAPH 2010Computer Animation Festival will begin.  This five day event has been going on for the past 36 years, and it showcases the latest and greatest in everything computer generated.  From animation to special effects, to digital rendering; they've got it all, and they're looking for digital animation professionals to showcase their best work. If you've got a knack for digital animation, and can make it to the Los Angeles area this coming July, this competition might be worth looking into.

There is no doubt that money is tight right now for a lot of us. Many photographers are turning to stock photography to supplement their income, and a few even do it full time. There are a number of sites out there that make it easy to make the leap... and here's how.

Now that Sotomayor has been confirmed, we are all asking the same question: where does she stand on issues that matter to me?

Well it is shaping up to be a plagiarism filled day here on the Amvona blog. Not that I'm misappropriating content (check out my sweet citation below!), but it looks like everyone else is!