Pretty neat article about Katana. I think the CG industry is slowly moving towards Katana, Nuke, Alembic and raytracing (Arnold/Renderman) and those are here to stay, at least for a while. Time will tell.
My good friend and uber talented artist Enrique Fernandez has decided to use crowd funding to produce his next comic book. If you like his work and you would like to contribute to make this project happen do not hesitate to order your copy now. There are many options fitting all the budgets.
I have created a new portfolio at Behance with some of the panoramas that I have taken during the last few years in different parts of the world. I am still organizing them and I have a lot yet to stitch from the last trip to Utah so more of them coming soon.