Notes from the field?

WIRED NEXTFEST: Brain Bowl - DO IT!!

People of Chicago - you need to check this out:

BEER & TRIVIA
At Wired NextFest

Wednesday, October 8
WIRED NextFest
Millennium Park

5:30 - 6:00 PM - HAPPY HOUR
Featuring free Beer, Snacks and Soft Drinks

6:00 - 8:00 PM - WIRED BRAIN BOWL
WIRED Editors pitted in mortal trivia combat against some of Chicago's very
best minds. Hosted by Chris Hardwick, Founder and CEO of nerdist.com

Please RSVP to brainbowl@wired.com. This event is free and open to the
public. Must be 21+ to drink beer. Pass it on.

Episode and Final Cut Server: Why do you hate me?

Well, after spending literally all day yesterday creating beautiful, Metadata subscriptions, watchers, responses, and Episode Input Monitors for all of my editors - Episode decided to take a complete shit.  This all happened at about 4:45pm (15 minutes after I was supposed to have left for CAP).  After spending about 15 minutes on the phone with Telestream support (the best phone support I've ever received) - we decided to rev Episode back to 5.0.1 from the "stable" beta release we had been running.

I have to admit, I am really surprised that they've released a product in this kind of state.  It basically requires constant monitoring to ensure it's working properly.  This thing does not just work - it is less like a refrigerator and more like a nuclear reactor (which require constant monitoring).

I believe that they will get it stabalized (I'm assured this by my helpful support tech) but until then, it's a real pain in the ass.  Not to mention the fact that it currently doesn't pass accurate timecode so for 75% of what we need it for here at Pixel, it's useless.

I want to be clear here - I'm not saying it's not eventually going to be a very worthwhile product - it's just not at the moment.