Newsletter: week of 3/31

I'm coming in hot this week- I just spent an hour attempting to connect my laptop to a printer. I swear they have kept that difficult just so we still feel something about technology. The current feeling is hatred. How has your Friday been going? 😅

In other news, this week felt oddly calm for me. I spent most of my time up in the woods, where we are still getting snow(!!), with a quick 24 hours down in NYC, where it was 70 degrees and humid. I have been jamming on my Light Phone III edit all the while. I can't remember the last time a video took me this long, but I have really been enjoying getting more time to "play" in the edit. This includes employing a snap-zoom, some "swosh" sound effects, and shooting every shot with more intention. It feels really, really good to take time, and I can't help but wonder if using a phone that slows me down has prompted me to slow down in other areas of my life as well.

I should have this video out on Sunday night for Patreon subscribers and Monday morning for everyone else. And I can't wait for you to see this; it feels far more "Becca" and much less "Verge," which is something I have been endlessly working towards. At the Verge, hitting the specs and being a bit more professional, whatever that means, was very important. But with my work, I am trying to be more human and bring folks into my personal life, and this video brings you in, or at least I hope it does. Ok, enough hyping this review and onto everything else I was seeing and thinking about this week.

MagSafe + Light Phone III = <3

What I read:

Scientists Create Sound That Can Curve Through a Crowd and Reach Just One Person
"Researchers use two beams of ultrasound waves — the type used in medical imaging — which vibrate at a frequency way above human hearing as a "carrier for audible sound." That way as they travel, they're silent to human ears and only become audible when they reach their target." 🤯 I have so many more questions, which is always the sign that this could make a great video.

Study finds that kids with smartphones report higher well-being than those without
I read this on April 1st and absolutely thought it was a joke, but it turns out it's real.

Apple has finally rolled out a new AirPods Max firmware update, version 7E101, with lossless audio and ultra-low latency support
Do we have any AirPod Max users who can hear the difference?

What I watched:

Lady G at Steinway Piano <3

A wedding film? That's kinda inspiring?
There will be a 4:3 Becca video in the future. (To be clear, it will not a 4:3 Becca wedding film.)

Why John Wilson can’t stop filming
This led me to a Robert Frank deep dive, which I highly recommend.

Letting Our Boat Freeze In and Spending the Winter in Ice
I have now collectively spent over 1.5 hours watching content from these folks. Facinating!

And a shit ton of videos about connecting to the HP LaserJet Pro M203dw.

What I listened to:

half•alive - R.I.P. (Audio) feat. The Walters

S.G. Goodman - Fire Sign

Music To Refine To: A Remix Companion to Severance - ODESZA & Theodore Shapiro

Fred again.. - Boiler Room: London

Okay, I'm going to get back to my maximal edit about a minimal device now. I hope you have a great weekend, bud!

Appreciate ya,
Becca