There was panic on her face. There was something that was not right. Pooh is doing her MS in Communication and I have mentored her. This time it was a big one. She had chosen to work on a documentary ‘The Influence of hoardings on people’s lives’ and I was helping her edit it. All that was left were the titles, background score and voice over and she needed to be taking the edit to the studio to complete it.
One of her woes was the software we worked on are advanced versions. I was watching her panicking but I knew I had it all set. I pulled out my iPod, copied the final edit which was on Power Director and Sound Forge.
“How the heck will it all fit in here and what about the darn software, more over they work on Windows Vista?” she screamed. So typical of a jumpy college kid but there was not a cringe on my face as I continued copying the files.
“Come on Zacko! I would be stumped if it does not open at the studio” said Pooh.
To get her more flustered, I continued giving her a deaf ear. She could not take it any longer. She stomped up and dragged me to the computer. Not in a mood to do the talking, I pulled a neatly creased paper and gave it to her. She looked at and read aloud “i-flapp Apps-D” her loud reading reduced to a murmur bringing sunshine back on her face.
“So your iPod is loaded with this?” she asked
“Yes!” was the only monosyllable I managed.
“Can I load it on to my
“Gosh…it’s all there Pooh…!” I bellowed. She was impatient and wanted to hear it all.
“Okay the Apps-D works on any top-tier
“Hey what fun…I can actually work on the same files using their system.” I could see for a moment she felt like a scientist and screamed even louder “so the storage is dependant on the application and data installed.” She was even more elated to tell me “Hey it works on Windows 2000/ XP home and Professional/2000 & 2003 server and BINGO…on Window Vista too!”
Thank God for user manuals.
“I don’t want to leave my edits around…this one’s made for the
“I wouldn’t mind taking away the Lion!” I replied jeering at her in the same spirit. I went on to explain how nothing remains on the host machine, nor does it cache private information in the host's browser history.
Another of those days when i-flapp played hero! I gave her my iPod and she left with those celluloid dreams of a Lion at
1 comment:
Oh man! Hahahah…I sympathize with pooh….I am a first year student in film making and I lost a documentary I had made. Two months of blood, sweat and tears and I lost it due to a system crash at the venue due to power fluctuation. So I can understand her stress. I wish someone had told me about I-Flapp then, atleast my work would have been saved. I will invest in this though, makes my life a lot simpler.
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