Jekyll2026-01-07T15:29:37+00:00http://mikewoodworth.com/feed.xmlStuffA community plugin directory2023-02-17T05:10:00+00:002023-02-17T05:10:00+00:00http://mikewoodworth.com/2023/02/17/plugin-directory-manifestoI’ve been toying with the idea of a publicly maintained listing of all plugins for the major non linear editors. There are a few sites online that sell plugins, but they only list those they stand to profit from. The NLE vendors do some advertising of third party plugins, but their lists tend to be heavily curated and only mention plugins supporting their ecosystem.

Ideally, others will take an interest and together we can make a definitive clearing house for plugins/ generators/ extensions/ panels, making it easy to see what plugins are available for each category and NLE.

My plan is to start simple - I’ve created a google doc spreadsheet. I’m going to contact plugin creators to enter their own plugins first. Hopefully they’ll make a dent in the workload. In the meantime, I can start filling in the gaps to make the list more extensive.

Here’s my initial thoughts of what to track:

  • Name
  • Vendor
  • Description
  • Images
  • Videos tutorials / demos
  • Supported NLEs
  • An email for someone who can maintain the entry as we change the site and possibly add tracked info
  • System requirements / supported hardware
  • Website link

Once the list is feeling useful, I’ll throw it up on a website.

If this project appeals to you, please reach out. If you can think of anything else we should be tracking, let me know. Also, please pass this along to folks you know in the industry who might be able to help.

]]>Hello (again) world.2023-02-10T07:23:00+00:002023-02-10T07:23:00+00:00http://mikewoodworth.com/2023/02/10/welcome-to-jekyllThis is not my first blog. It’s not my second, and maybe not even my third. Everytime I start one of these they meet the same ignobel end - good intentions, brief interest, and a quick decline. But that nagging itch has returned. Maybe I do have things to say. Maybe I do need a place to collect my thoughts, a place to be more public and accountable about my projects. Which is why you and I find ourselves here right now.

I’m self aware enough to know some of the pitfalls that doomed earlier attempts. I worried too much about the tooling, the design, even the words. Especially the words. I dropped out of college in part because of the stress of pinning down my thoughts in words. And to have more time to watch Hogan’s Heros reruns.

This time I’m starting simple. I’m pulling a template off the shelf. I’m limiting myself to plain text in a dumb text editor. And I’m not going to overthink things.

After all, it’s just you and me here.

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