New video interview! Torrants #1: Much ado about doing

Posted on: April 1, 2008

After my first video interview and that hand-twisty thing, I've decided to turn this into a series. Let's have some fun and see where it goes. Contained within:

  • what was your childhood like?
  • if you made a movie (no budget limits, total creative control), what would it be?
  • what's next for Torley?
  • photobook of super wicked awesome high quality snapshots?
  • when's your birthday?
  • what do you think of Super Smash Bros. Brawl?
  • could you do a quick impression of Walton Simons?
  • I like No-Face from Spirited Away
  • Philip K. Dick's Ubik is kewl
  • misc. unraveling
  • "followup" is one of my fave words

And OH if you have questions you'd like me to answer, please leave them in this blog post's comments, not the YouTube ones — altho I did read them and appreciate them + the nice ratings! — so I can easier keep track. Also keep in mind I'm not answering any official work/policy stuff unless it's about video tutorials and my opinions on the art + science of video tutorial/screencast making (yes, I have a lot). :)

I'm also mulling over doing YouTube video responses to stuff that cracks me up, but I don't have a lot of time right now. So maybe later.

HAVE AT IT.

10 Responses to “New video interview! Torrants #1: Much ado about doing”

  1. Sabastian Westland Says:
    April 1st, 2008 at 9:33 PM PDT

    Torley, I am sorry I have to say it….

    "TORLEY FOR CEO!"

    -S

  2. Thattagen Says:
    April 1st, 2008 at 9:37 PM PDT

    Question: We all know that watermelon is your favorite fruit. What's your second favorite?

  3. Val Suisei Says:
    April 2nd, 2008 at 1:45 PM PDT

    Ooh, thanks so much for responding to my questions, Torley. It made me very happy to see you do the Walton Simons impression! ^^

  4. Cerulean Capalini Says:
    April 2nd, 2008 at 3:11 PM PDT

    Are you an Elvis man or a Beatles man? :D

  5. Alec Paragon Says:
    April 2nd, 2008 at 5:31 PM PDT

    Hi Torley:)

    I am really interested in the techno side of things of your musical exploration. It would be great if you are able to list some of your influences, and what you listen to now if you get the time. Thanks!

  6. Amphithetre Andalso Says:
    April 3rd, 2008 at 10:43 AM PDT

    Thanks for the insightfully Torley-esque responses to my questions!
    If you were maybe wondering about my name, it's a misspelling of an old word for dragon:

    http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&q=amphiptere&btnG=Search

  7. Gigs Says:
    April 4th, 2008 at 11:39 AM PDT

    http://www.gigstaggart.com/pics/poster1-small.png

    I made this for SLCC last year.

    About your Flickr issue, should be possible write a FlickrAPI program that will get everything…. I looked into it briefly but then I got distracted.

  8. Gigs Says:
    April 4th, 2008 at 11:40 AM PDT

    http://www.gigstaggart.com/pics/poster1.png

    Here's the big version… 58 megs but you can see the cells much better :)

    Oh I almost forgot, those are all screenshots from SL and I think you are in there somewhere… I know there's lots of stuff in there Torley related. :)

  9. Lhynnan (Lee-nan) McDonnell Says:
    April 6th, 2008 at 8:19 AM PDT

    When I grow up I want to be Torley Linden XD

    What I would love to ask (obviously you have the job of all of our dreams but…) What did you want to be as a child??

    Also - kudos on the mention about uncool geek - to cool geek dom (Its SO true)

    and fish eyes .. really? yik

    ~Lhynnan

  10. Torley Says:
    April 6th, 2008 at 12:03 PM PDT

    @Sabastian: Sounds nice, but I don't want to get bogged down in meetings! Thanks for the vote of confidence! =^_^=

    @Thattagen, Cerulean, and Alec… I answered yours in Torrants #2, with my lovely wife as special assistant! http://youtube.com/watch?v=XGbBrMoWyBE I'll blog about it soon.

    @Val: You're welcome, I have a newer version of the firmware. ;)
    @Amphithetre: Kewl, I like hearing about the origins of stuff.

    @Gigs: Big image! Whoa, coolness. I like zooming in really close.

    @Lhynnan: That's a great question for the next episode… *makes a note* stay tuned! Re: fish eyes, don't knock 'em unless you've tried 'em… I like eating them with the rest of the fish. I haven't had 'em in a long time, tho.

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