Monday Aug 27, 2007

A few videos that might inspire you

Here are a few videos that I really enjoyed watching. Hopefully you will too. Steve Jobs commencement speech is one the best, Noah even references it in his video below. If these are not enough here are some others via Seth Godins Blog.

What inspires you? 


Noah Kegan of OkDork.com had some great insight into working in the web industry. Very funny guy.



Steve Jobs Commencement Speech 2005

TedTalks 2004: Ze Frank

TedTalks 2007: James Nachtwey



 

What inspires you?

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Posted on: Aug 27, 2007

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Tuesday Aug 14, 2007

A quick test of new video delivery service

This is LiveRail should show ads that related to this video below while it plays. If you decide to watch them I make some mola.

 

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Monday Aug 06, 2007

Online Video Resources

General overview of online video and the different ways it is encoded. Talks about encoded for youtube using different types of software.
http://www.squidoo.com/youtuberight/

If you use final cut pro and compressor this has a great step by step tutorial as well as the youtube presets available for downloaded.
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/youtube_compressor_gary.html

Alternative to youtube with the ability for user tagging and inline video response and comments
http://www.viddler.com/

iTunes U article and list of schools using it.
http://devel2.njit.edu/serendipity/index.php?archvies/249-Go-ing-Public-itunes-u.html
http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu/

Allow people to provide subtitles for you video in other languages
http://www.dotsub.com/

Storyboards templates and other tools for video
http://www.selfreliantfilm.com/?page_id=39

150 online tools and resources for video via Mashable.com
http://mashable.com/2007/06/27/video-toolbox/




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Posted on: Aug 06, 2007

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Category: Web 2.0

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Today's Top 4




Web2.0 and Business - Read/WriteWeb had a great article on web 2.0 tools for business. Guess what? IM wins!




Faceball - A new game I need to find someone to play with.

Job of the Future - Seth Godin's blog post on profile of a Online Community Organizer

Apple's New iPhone tool

 





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Wednesday Jul 25, 2007

Yesterday's Top 5

Problem: I need a invite to try the lates web 2.0 app. Solution A: Sign up at website and wait for who knows how long to get one. Solution B: Ask for one on InviteShare and with in 5 minutes I am in. What a great idea, people want in but no connection to an get an invite and other people have invites and no one to give them too. For me it offer more then just a place to get invites it offers a place to find out what I want to get invited too, a great resource for finding the next up and coming web app. Also came across two great Mac apps via tbeseda on twitter. 

  1. InviteShare - Great place to give and recieve invites for private beta's. (Great idea!)
  2. 8apps - social networking with a productivity twist. Orchestrate, Brainstorm with Blueprint, and network with Handshake. 
  3. Natuba- Gives your friends one place to track your twitter, youtube and blog's RSS feed
  4. Dashalytics - Dashboard Widget for Google Analytics
  5. Journler - Desktop Journal App that is free. Has iLife integration, recored videos, snap photos, and exports to your iPod


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Monday Jul 23, 2007

Stuff around the web

http://www.revfad.com/flip.html - uʍop ǝpısdn ʇxǝʇ dılɟ

http://www.hictu.com - Hictu is your Web tool to share presence information and stay in touch with your contacts.

http://www.ted.com/talks - Always good stuff

http://www.slidez.net/ - Great way to show photos or and still image elegantly

http://web20.tangler.com/ - This is a group of Web 2.0 startups and users who are using Tangler as their discussion forum. Ask questions get feedback.

Inspiration Package: 60+ Usable& Elegant Designs - Very Web 2.0



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Thursday Jul 12, 2007

iPhone Magic



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Tuesday Jul 10, 2007

My iPhone Post


Will it Blend?




How will it live up the hype?




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Video Storytelling

So when I first started interning at Sun one of the things I remember most was being told that we wanted to produce videos that communicate information by telling stories, not video tutorials or traditional howto videos. This was our main goal for both the Tagging for Fun and Profit  and our RSS Unleased video, both set out to solve a problem. For the RSS Unleashed the problem was that many people didn't understand what or how RSS could be used. (and still 2 months later this is still widely the case)  So we created a fictional situation where the main character could benefit from using RSS in their life. How does it compare to lets say RSS in Plain English? Is it like comparing apples and oranges? All I know that it feels like we are headed in the right direction, and I can be happier trying to improve from one video to the next. :)


Below Ira Glass host of This Ameraica Life and by far in my opinion one of the best storytellers out there. In the 4 videos below he has some great insights and tips. For me, I can really relate to the 3rd video, I want to produce content that is the best but it really takes time and loads of experience to get to that level. For some this might happen overnight but for most it might take a lot longer. Not to say that we haven't produced good videos so far just that when you compare yourself to the "pros" it is sometimes important to think of how far you have come.


Basic storytelling...



On finding great stories...



Because you love it...



The problems we all make...



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Tuesday Jun 26, 2007

Open ID and some twitter stuff

So if you were like me a keep hearing about OpenID and could figure out how to get one, well here is the answer.

Goto: https://www.myopenid.com

More info on OpenID

Also came across a few cool twitter related things today.

http://twitterfeed.com (how to get your blog, RSS or Atom feed twittering)

http://www.twitterlit.com (A site that serves up literary teasers twice daily.) via http://twitterfeed.wordpress.com/



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Monday Jun 25, 2007

Mark Zuckerberg Q&A

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Friday Jun 22, 2007

Narcoeptic Chicken Sandwich...Yum



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Posted on: Jun 22, 2007

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Free flash app for showing your photos

SimpleViewer




Was pointed this free tool for building flash photo galleries. Here is an example

http://www.airtightinteractive.com/simpleviewer/

again via Brandon





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Posted on: Jun 22, 2007

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What is behind all thoes lovely google apps and services

Love how google does things, I don't know why, but it just works.

Google’s three rules by ZDNet's Robin Harris -- They roll out new applications for millions of users with surprising speed, especially compared to corporate IT. They build data centers with hundreds of thousands of servers - and millions of disk drives - and run it all on free software. Costly corporate kit, like RAID arrays and 15k FC drives, aren’t used. Yet they [...]



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Truly panoramic?

via Brandon




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