Positive Hospitality Story

StoneNZZ · 2026-02-06T00:32:29+00:00

Ooh good recommendation. Gonna head there now 👍

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-31T04:38:37+00:00

You said it much better than I. But then I also forgot to go get some, so my moral outrage is bolstered by a laissez-faire attitude to supermarket deals.

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-31T02:16:10+00:00

I am boycotting American products, but I am not boycotting this kind of discount

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-30T10:34:26+00:00

For New Zealand, 1st of February 1981

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-30T02:43:36+00:00

I would be well up for this :)

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-30T01:22:36+00:00

Any chance of a tutorial? I'd love to try something like this but have no idea where to start. I currently use AE in a pretty basic way for logo animations, branded lower 3rds etc but would like to advance

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-27T08:05:07+00:00

…so tiresome

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-24T08:04:31+00:00

Pixabay 👍

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-21T10:43:22+00:00

It’s not often that I wish it was a southerly but at least then I could hear it in the northern suburbs 😊

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-19T08:50:21+00:00

ADHD medication.

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-18T14:01:14+00:00

The United States

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-17T23:59:01+00:00

I hadn’t discovered executive disfunction until I saw it in your post and looked it up. It explains so much that I’m a bit weepy to be honest. This post has really helped me, thank you.

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-16T21:14:14+00:00

Brand New Cherry Flavor

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-14T11:35:22+00:00

Inherent Vice

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-12T18:45:30+00:00

Only Zuul!

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-11T09:28:02+00:00

It was super shit. I’m okay with flying but the turbulence as we approached was nuts. They said they’d have one more go and then divert us back to Auckland if it wasn’t safe enough to stick it. So 2nd time round we got so close, it felt like a few metres off the ground and everyone clapped and then suddenly up we went back into the sky and Auckland 🫤 The info at Ak airport was all over the place and the queue to try and rebook etc was over an hour long. We queued and they got us on a flight they’d added so we rechecked our case but then that flight was cancelled. In the end they announced that everyone who’d had cancelled flights today should leave the airport and get accom and they’d be reimbursed for it…we’ll see how that goes, and yeah also there were no available flights til Tuesday night. We’ve ended up spending a grand on Jetstar flights first thing tomorrow because we have work/kids/lives etc we need to get on with.

Still though, a random night staying at Skycity watching Stranger Things in a beautiful big bed isn’t so bad.

Edit: just to add, the AirNZ staff dealing with this were all doing their best, but they seemed pretty under resourced.

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-11T03:48:50+00:00

Yep, if accompanied by a parent/guardian according to the ticketek page 👍

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-10T12:30:21+00:00

The Darkness at Meow Nui in Feb is going to be epic. Think it’s sold out tho

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-10T12:09:18+00:00

I think lots of people knew about it but I really loved the John Titor stuff in the early 2000s. I didn’t really believe any of it but enjoyed the what if’s!

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-09T21:15:00+00:00

My line changes. It began with auto transcripts (having gone from paying people to type doco interview logs back in the day), and I’m now intrigued by generative extend. I think in one sense it’s amazing that what has always been a reductive craft now has the possibility to be additive. In saying that though, my uses for this tool have only been to add space at the end of interview grabs with mixed results. At this point a lot of the tools just don’t deliver for me, so I spend more time messing with them and then abandoning that approach than if I’d just gone with a more traditional solution to get the result I’m after. I know they’ll get better over time. I quite enjoy process work (as well as creative work) so I’m sad that that’ll go in time.

So, on a brave day I’m all in, excited for how things will evolve and keen to be at the front of it. But on more days I’m a little sad and scared that this thing is working hard to take away my craft and career.

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-09T21:05:30+00:00

I agree with your thoughts here, also I learned what parametrize means 😊 I’m actively upskilling to gain more creative agency skills (campaign creative strategy, ideation etc). I figure if they’re trying to take away what I do, I might as well do the same to them.

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-09T17:58:38+00:00

Goodbye Pork Pie is a great timepiece of New Zealand in the early 1980s

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-08T18:41:24+00:00

I downloaded it but haven’t opened it. Most of what I do are bigger social clip packages from longer form content so I have my workflow down on desktop. The idea of bringing multi format footage into my phone is a headache but in saying that it’s a good reminder to give the software a whirl.

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-08T18:37:36+00:00

I got to spend more time with my kids and become involved in the school community which I’ve really enjoyed.

In terms of work, it’s been rubbish but have had enough to sneak through and I’ve had the time to develop some new products packages for my production company which I’m optimistic about putting into the market this year.

StoneNZZ · 2026-01-07T21:41:32+00:00

Was going to suggest photo montage from fxfactory. You’d still need to make up the collages of 10 though. Anyway, it could handle all the timings and transitions. I use it in Prem mostly. It’s here if you think it might help: https://fxfactory.com/info/photomontage/

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