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Links for video “Story in Slices” (Efecto Telenovela)

by David | Apr 18, 2009 | Digital Migration, Online Video, Video

I have learned the hard way not to dare to try to play video on the UT presentation system. So I’m using this blogpost as a way to put up the links to the examples that I want to use in tomorrow’s talk about how to tell complex stories using the...

John Battelle – Packaged Goods and $100 CPMs

by David | Apr 15, 2009 | advertising, new media, Online Video, Video

This is part 3 of John’s keynote at OMMA 2009. …and yes, I know, I don’t have the excerpts and such that made the other videos interesting to watch. But I figure if you’ve gotten this far, you’re probably already pretty interested in what...

“Newspapers deserve to die” – Jason Calacanis keynote at OMMA 2009

by David | Mar 26, 2009 | Digital Migration, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers, Video

Advertising, Riots, Twitter, Facebook and the Depression Curmudgeons skip directly to 7:50 or so, for the juicy bits. If you are in a crowded place, please allow at least 10 feet of safety space in all directions for when your head explodes. This is the first part of...

Why 4G Matters: 300Mbps Data Rate (well, almost)

by David | Mar 11, 2009 | Mobile commerce, Video

HD video demands – at pretty decent color depth & resolution – about 15-25 megs. (Well, unless you’re trying to deal with uncompressed 1080i HD, which calls for about 400 megs – but the only reason to do that is to capture/edit, rather than...

Ukrainian Version of Country & Western Tragic Love Songs

by David | Feb 13, 2009 | Amusing Nonsense, Online Video, Video

I was serenaded by this group last night on a riverboat restaurant here in Kiev. My friends here took us out for a big traditional Ukrainian dinner, and started plying me with this deadly local concoction made of vodka, honey and hot peppers.  It’s designed...

Enhancing Spacetime: New Video Process Uses High-Res Stills to Beef Up Low-Res Video

by David | Jan 26, 2009 | Video

Probably the best way to view this video is with the annoying voiceover turned down. Basically, what is going on here is that researchers at the University of Washington have come up with a way to use high-resolution still photos to provide detail to low-res...
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