Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Prepare ...

Kristen Lester's Siggraph award winner 'Purl' was inspired by her experience of being a female in animation. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Siggraph, the annual confab dedicated to computer graphics, ...

A new short film from Pixar’s SparkShorts program should be the new workplace sensitivity training video for certain startups and corporations. Purl follows a plucky ball of yarn on her first day at a ...

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“Purl,” a new short film from Pixar’s SparkShorts program, is a bittersweet eight minutes about anyone who has ever felt different at work. Upon introduction in the company elevator, Purl looks just ...

Pixar will officially unveil a new short, Purl, at the SIGGRAPH conference in Vancouver next month. The Purl screening and talk will take place at SIGGRAPH on Monday, August 13, with the participation ...

Serving as Head of Story at Pixar Animation Studios, Kristen Lester recently got to write and direct her first animated short with Purl, a timely and topical short inspired by Lester’s challenging ...

“An earnest ball of yarn named Purl gets a job in a fast-paced, high energy, bro-tastic start-up. Yarny hijinks ensue as she tries to fit in, but how far is she willing to go to get the acceptance she ...

Senior Editor - Games | Former Editor of Animation, Streaming Content |Author of "The Science of Breaking Bad" from MIT Press | Twitch Affiliate: twitch.tv/drclawmd | Co-host of the Saturday Mourning ...

Pixar has debuted its first short film under its nascent animation program SparkShorts, a new initiative at the studio aimed at cultivating independent projects from the company’s own artists and ...