About

This a little about me, Mike McCarthy, the author of this blog.  I work for a number of smaller media production companies in Hollywood, and my experience in those environments will be the basis for what I post here.  I am very experienced in the Windows OS, and I avoid Macs like the plague.  (I know, I am in the only industry that puts me in the pioneering minority as a Windows user)  I am not going to claim that Windows is perfect, but it gives you a high level of control if you know what you are doing, and supports the widest range of applications.  I do quite a bit of beta testing, primarily with Adobe products and their accompanying plugins and extensions.

These endeavors are primarily motivated by my fascination with high end computers.  I like using the fastest systems available, and finding new ways to utilize their performance.  I used to build my own systems, but now I usually just reconfigure and upgrade systems from large companies due to “certified hardware configuration” type issues.  I am also a fan of large high resolution monitors and am very pleased with my recently acquired 24″ and 30″ LCDs.  I highly recommend them for media produciton work.

I try to keep up with the most recent developments in the technology industry, epecially as they relate to post-production.  I keep pretty busy at a number of jobs, but I am always interested in an opportunity to help work with or troubleshoot the newest bits and pieces of technology.  Feel free to contact me at mikemccarthy@hd4pc.com with questions, requests, offers, or suggestions.

Thanks,

Mike McCarthy