Clinton Stark
Clinton shoots videos for Stark Insider. San Francisco Bay Area arts, Ingmar Bergman and French New Wave, and chasing the perfect home espresso shot 25 seconds at a time (and failing). Peloton: ClintTheMint. Camera: Video Gear
Trendspotting: Smartphone sales drop for first time (Gartner Report)
Gartner reports 5.6% year-over-year decline for global smartphone sales.
Camera Deal Alert: Panasonic GH5 now on sale
UPDATE 02.24.2018: This GH5 bundle from Focus Camera is a sweetheart and definitely worth considering. It's the same price as body deal below, but you get a bunch of useful goodies: extra batteries, a durable hard case for lugging it around, and a 64GB SD card. Nice deal! Click here to...
Is the Kodak Super 8 movie camera an amazing idea, or flat out kooky?
Every few months or so I once again see promos for the upcoming -- it's been coming soon for what seems like years -- Kodak Super 8 camera.
In case you missed it, essentially this is the rebirth of 1960s/70s era Kodak cameras that used film (Brownie, Instamatic, Super 8)....
Trendspotting: “2018 will be a good year for the wine industry” – Top 10 takeaways from annual SVB wine report
"2018 will be a good year for the wine industry..."
Rob McMillan, founder of Silicon Valley Bank's wine division, should know. He's been heading up these annual reports that dig deep into trends, sales, and markets to forecast what's to come for as long as I can remember.
The "State of...
Watch: Short film ‘3 Days in Sonoma’ an unexpected take on the wine country experience
5 years of footage. 9 cameras. And 1 overzealous cameraman who forgets to push record.
Stark Insider Presents: A special wine country ESCape (Video)
Because she wanted to get out of town.
A love letter to Sonoma wine country 2.14.2018 (Video)
New short film chronicles Sonoma wine country as experienced by Loni Stark.
Magic’s ‘Reel to Reel’ an engaging exploration of sound and memory (Review)
Chances are many of your favorite childhood memories are triggered by a certain smell or sound. In my case, like Mom's homemade chocolate chip cookies, perfect for a stormy winter night in Ottawa. Or, my grandfather filling the night sky in the backyard with a whimsical solo on his...
Report: Apple Watch shipments jump 54% y/y, 18 million sold in 2017
When it comes to wearables it seems Apple is just about the only game in town. At least, if we're talking about market share.
Analyst firm Canalys estimates 18 million Apple Watches were shipped in 2017, beating expectations. That represents a 54% year-over-year increase. Which is to say: very impressive.
Apple...
Amazon soars, Alphabet & Apple falter – Are earnings an indication of Alexa’s momentum?
"Alexa, take a victory lap."
Amazon stock (NASDAQ: AMZN) soared today in after-hours trading thanks to Q4 results that blew away expectations. Short of it: $60B revenue; $2.1B operating income. For a company as big as Amazon -- it's hard to fathom.
Meanwhile, Google's parent company Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) missed its...
