Addiction!
At what cost? I am reading Nial Ferguson’s excellent book Empire: The Rise and Demise of The British World Order. As the little island nation of St. Kitts & Nevis is one of my clients, I was astonished to...
Read moreA Whole New World for Video
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/6861129[/vimeo] The really interesting stuff is comes about half-way into this video Professional photographer Alexx Henry does some great work. But he is catching the leading wave of a new technology that promises to be a real game-changer in...
Read moreHere Comes Facebook – Video
What’s on? Facebook, the killer online social networking site announced yesterday that they were now the number 3 video streaming site on the web, with no signs of turning back. While Youtube is still the giant online source, with...
Read moreIs Nothing Sacred?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6HfLQOw_DE[/youtube] We just came back from running two Video Bootcamps, back-to-back in DC. One of the core lectures at the bootcamps is about rights and releases. We are fastidious about them. Personal appearance releases, location releases, music releases and...
Read moreHow Alexander of Villedieu Changed the World..and what does this have to do with video?
Wait…here comes the good part… Alexander of Villedieu lived in France in the Middle Ages and wrote a book called Doctrinale, which was not only a Medieval best-seller, but also changed not only his world, but ours. Confused? You...
Read moreBillions Served
Watch this space… US Internet viewers watched a staggering 8.9 billion videos last month. Last month! 99% of these were on Youtube. So reports 247wallst.com. This number is simply astonishing. On Youtube, the average number of videos watched per...
Read moreAny Idiot Can Do This
Which way to the unemployment line? Yesterday, I was quoted in an interview with Randy Dotinga of The Voice of San Diego talking about video saying “any idiot can shoot good basic video”. Over at b-roll.net, ‘chestfever’ responded by...
Read moreA Voice From The Past
 In Europe until the 5th of September, but I am still getting contacts from home. Particularly nice are emails from old friends I have not seen in a long time. It’s funny how just a few lines can...
Read moreWe Take NOAA VJ
Don’t move the camera! Today we are at the first day of VJ Bootcamp with the NOAA. That is the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. A branch of the US Government. The NOAA is the part of the US...
Read moreiPhone Future
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvCo6-KhZT4&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2F2009%2F06%2F14%2Fiphone-os-macbook-pro-24-multitouch-screen%2F&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Sweden on the cutting edge again… The Swedish site Dremfeld.se has posted a video pushing an iPhone through a Mac with a touchscreen. The idea is intriguing and it opens a door to what the next generation of...
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