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Premiere Pro Demo at Photoshop World

by David | Aug 31, 2010 | Online Video, Video

Great presentation today about the explosion in using DSLRs to shoot video. Learned some cool workflow stuff from the Adobe Premiere Pro product managers.

Tbilisi Journalist Training: Graduation Day

by David | Jul 6, 2010 | Digital Migration, journalism, new media, Online Video

Tbilisi Journalist Graduation, originally uploaded by Wordyeti. These are the journalists from the smaller cities & towns outside of Tbilisi, Georgia. They’re all grinning happily, because they’ve managed to survive my intense one-week course, where I...

Animated Movie: A Marxist’s Take on the Double-Dip Recession

by David | Jul 4, 2010 | Online Video, Video

Not sure if I agree with all the theses, but at least the intro really accurately runs down all the flak-catching targets for what was known as “The Subprime Mortgage Meltdown,” and is now about to be known as “The Great Depression II.” Man, I...

Hulu and Delve Networks: We Still <3 Flash

by David | May 19, 2010 | advertising, Digital Migration, Online Video, television

…HTML5? Not so much… In a move certain to cause much gleeful cackling and dry-washing of hands at Adobe HQ, Hulu and Delve announced that they are sticking with Flash, rather than making the Jobs-mandated move to HTML5. The money graf from Delve: Adobe...

The Music Video Is The Advertisement: Lady GaGa Goes Post-McCluhan On Us All

by David | Dec 16, 2009 | New Marketing, new media, Online Video, Video

Her “Bad Romance” music video features prominent product placement for stuff she designs & sells – and has garnered 38 million views. The song itself is kinda beside the point – it’s bubblegum synth-disco-pop, about as bland and...
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