Chapter . Interview with a Compressionist
Name: Ben Waggoner |
Location: Portland, OR |
Title/role: Principal Video Strategist, Silverlight |
Company: Microsoft |
How did you get involved in video compression?
I was oddly obsessed with compression for many years before it occurred to me to make a profession of it. I was taking a 3D animation class at UMass Amherst in the fall of 1989. This was back in the days of 1.4 MB floppies, and we needed to figure out a way to move our renders from machine to machine. I slacked off on the 3D part of the class and spent a huge amount of time playing around with Macromind Director ...
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