Non Linear Editing Travails

Quote from an ad for a new piece of "editing software." "You simply give the program your video, choose any piece of music (MP3 or WAV) you like, select an editing style and it does the rest. From one piece of raw video you can create a dozen different productions in a few minutes - each one in a radically different style, each one a polished production with a finished, professional feel." So a computer can now do my job... I knew the day was coming...

tonight we are editing a story about Robert Kiyosaki, who claims to be a self-made millionaire. I cannot verify this, but he seems genuine. He says the only way to get wealthy is to make your money work while you are otherwise occupied with your profession. and the easiest way is real estate that earns an income (ie. that you don't live in, but charge rent for.) It seems quite straightforward, because the bank will lend you money to buy property - unlike shares or commodities. So why not get another mortgage and buy a place and charge some sucker rent? that's how to get your money working for you. 5 years ago i was doing this. 5 years from now i plan to be not doing this. I will be house-hunting next week, and in 5 years time i plan to have at least 5 income-generating properties. And I'm not going to worry about CGT because I'll buy places I don't need to sell. Simple? I thinks so. It's worth a shot.

It's Thursday night, and another deadline looms I sit here alone in the flick'ring gloom I digitize, I log, I analyse, I blog, Just to keep me from going out of my mind, I have to put thoughts out that are mine.