Before I left for the UK, a reporter from Business Week interviewed me about my company’s use of The Rackspace Cloud. The reporter was writing a story about Cloud technology which is a form of web hosting that is growing exponentially (Amazon and Rackspace are the top two in the industry). My website is hosted using The Rackspace Cloud. The reporter wrote the article from the perspective of two companies, one of which is mine!! Sixth Seal has its first major publication!! Being an entrepreneur since I left the womb (literally….I had my first business car at the age of 7), having my name and company mentioned in this magazine is a DREAM.
June, 2009
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Sixth Seal in “Business Week” Magazine!!
Saturday, June 13th, 2009Interviews Timelapse
Thursday, June 4th, 2009Tomorrow, we film our twentieth and final interview for the Montagu documentary. Interviews are a very important part to telling a story because a nararator alone cannot tell the story effectively. It is more believable and more alive when told from the people who actually were there to experience it first hand. So, it’s just as equally important that the person being interviewed look and sound good on camera. Prior to this trip, I spent several months researching and planning how we could quickly transform a room into a well lit and great sounding set for an interview. Phillip and I put together this video to show a few of the many homes we transformed into a set. I also added in some images of the actual interviews themselves so you can see the results!!
The Honorable Ralph Douglas-Scott Montagu
London and back again
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Phillip and I arrived in London five days ago, we dropped off Jake at the tube (he has some other film work back in the states), began a whirlwind of filming and now we are down the home stretch back at Beulieu. A few highlights from London: We filmed Lord M at Parliament after obtaining exclusive permission. The next day we had a run-in with the UK police for filming…that’s a whole other story. I interviewed the former president of the Bank of England, and then Phillip and I wondered around his estate with our cameras….amazing. We also interviewed a man whose home served as a former embarcation point for British soldiers during D-Day. His house was on the coast of the Solent and had THE MOST breath-taking garden. He served Phillip and I a gin and tonic and his cook made us some tasty sandwiches. I also interviewed the former head of English Heritage which is the group created by Lord Montagu that maintains and protects all British historic houses and monuments (such as Stonehenge).
After just reading what I wrote, I realize it sounds like a lot more fun and play than actual work. However, I can tell you that’s not the case. A lot of detail and planning goes into every day….but it has been very very enjoyable to wake up and work every day!
I need to get some rest because tomorrow is a BIG DAY. I’ll be going up in a helicopter to do some filming over Beaulieu. This is the real deal. Imagine what you see in the movies when the camera glides above the sky scrapers in a big city or over the waves in an ocean…..that’s what I’ll be doing tomorrow. We have a special crew coming out and I’ll be directing the shots in the cockpit next to the camera man. It’s going to be sweet! I bought a flip cam and will be doing behind the scenes footage from the cockpit of the helicopter. Stay tuned…..
Parliament- where we filmed Lord M
Westminster Abbey
Oxford Street – Selfridges Store
Cabbin’ it
Piccadilly Circus
Lord Kingsdown – former pres of Bank of England
Filming in one of the many gardens
