As most of you guys know, I am a pretty big Apple product user. From my Mac Pro to Mac Book Pro to iPhone and AppleTV, I have made sure that everything I use for professional and entertainment purposes is Apple. One reason is simply because I am an Apple Fan and second because I like to keep everything including movies, bookmarks, music, trailers, calendar in sync.

In any case, I am here to briefly talk about Apple TV. What are it’s advantages. Well for starter, you can wireless connect your Apple TV to any of your Mac and simply throw in mpgs, mp3s on your ITunes and then it syncs to your ATV. You can also rent or buy movies and tv shows that are either new on DVD or something that aired on TV last night.

Now if you want to use it for more reasons, you can either install XMBC and Couchsurfer to watch everything from AVIs, DVDs, listen to music and even surf the web. Although, there are quite a few free hacks available, one of the best ones that has a little price tag attached to it is “aTV Flash”.

Basically, your ATV is built around Mac OS Tiger system. So all you have to do is install this “aTV Flash” for $49.95 and you can play everything. Let’s say your Apple TV is connected to your home theatre and all your mp3 files are on an external hard drive. Either you can upload those files to Apple TV by remotely connecting to it or hook it up to your Wireless Airport and you can listen to all your music in your living room while your computer is upstairs or in the basement.

You can even surf the web using Apple’s Safari either with a remote or by hooking up a keyboard or a mouse. Your choice. Not to mention, by default you can simply watch anything from YouTube on Apple TV. I am a huge fan of Apple TV especially, if I need to watch something on YouTube, I use it. Watching trailers, listening to music, watching movies and even surfing the web is something I love doing. Why should I use my DVDs all the time and scratch them when I really watch them through Apple TV.

Get your Apple TV at Apple’s Website and aTV Flash on their website.

A lot of times we waste our money on books and dvds to learn new softwares or techniques. Believe me, I am one of them. However, what I have come to realize that whatever kind of tutorial you are seeking, it’s on YouTube.

You want training on photoshop, illustrator or editing software or camera, believe me it’s all on YouTube. So don’t waste your money like me. YouTube it and 95% of the time you will find what you are looking for.

Back in 2004, when I was taking my final production course at Ryerson University, I wrote, produced, edited and directed a short film called ‘The Passion Of Jim’. At the time, I was very proud of it but now looking back at it 4 years later, I do wish I had done it a lot differently but I guess that’s the learning phase.

It’s a story about a aspiring filmmaker Jim who thinks he is the best but really, he is the worst. In any case, I figured I should share it with you.