You’ve made it through another week. To celebrate, unwind with some of our favorite reads and videos from the past week. All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm staff. Cheers!
Google just demoted your television set into a second screen, a slave to your phone or tablet or laptop. [BuzzMachine]
Despite new technology and the leveling of the creative playing field, video is still a prisoner inside the rectangle viewing window. Can it be freed? [Inside the Story]
Turns your iPad into a Mac control pad. [Macworld]
The production duo behind Beasts of the Southern Wild has a fellowship from NYU’s Cinema Research Institute to research grassroots audience outreach for films; here are the top takeways from their research so far. [Indiewire]
Is your work designed to stand the test of time? [Seth’s Blog]
Innovation happens when ideas intersect, so innovative people are at the intersection of fields. [Fast Company]
Steinway & Sons, the celebrated piano making company, recently produced this video of how their grand pianos are constructed. [Kotke]
Vice puts the Canon C300 through its paces. [News Shooter]
To illustrate this week’s cover story on the city of Detroit’s fight to survive, TIME turned to the work of photographer Dave Jordano. [TIME Lightbox]
On Thursday the people behind “Hollow” fully launched their interactive documentary site and the results are extraordinary. [Huffington Post]
Blog Throwback: Ten more ways to improve your work right now, no matter how challenging your original assets may be. [MediaStorm Blog]
And just for fun… Fake bungie jump [YouTube]