The Future of Video is 3D - Well Maybe Someday

3D is the current hot topic in hollywood and even within consumer electronics, but is the future now for 3D? I doubt it and just like HD I think it will take at least 3-5 years to reach any sort of critical mass if it ever does. What really is even more of a serious sea change going on right now is the shift to Internet-Enabled Televisions or IETV. According to a recent study by iSuppli while 3D will ship approximately 4.2 million sets this year IETV 27.7 million sets. As you see by the graph below the trend doesn't seem to be slowing down.

The true growth for the short term will be delivering your content to those 12' or lean back experiences. I am looking forward to the next couple of years!

My belief if you are interested is that 3D is a fad and a way to get more money out of us.

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In Case You Missed It - Get Your 15 Minutes of Fame

Yes you heard it we now can all get our 15 minutes of fame. YouTube has increased the 10 minute cap to 15 minutes. the reason:
> Well, we’ve spent significant resources on creating and improving our state-of-the-art Content ID system and many other powerful tools for copyright owners. Now, all of the major U.S. movie studios, music labels and over 1,000 other global partners use Content ID to manage their content on YouTube. Because of the success of these ongoing technological efforts, we are able to increase the upload limit today.

This actually is great news for those long form video providers. We now will be able to create content that is a bit more plot driven... OR we may see 15 minutes of lame video. I hope not! As a part of this announcement YouTube has said
> Tag your video with “yt15minutes,” upload it by Wednesday, August 4, and we’ll select a handful of people to truly gain their 15 minutes of fame by featuring them on the YouTube homepage in a future spotlight.

So let's go all get our 15 minutes of fame.

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On location today

Working on a great video for Camp Courage. This is an amazing program for youth dealing with grief.

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Useless Statistics

Maybe I am just getting older and now fall into this last age bracket, but age breakdowns like this are ridiculous.

While this new study by Microsoft for multi-screen consumer insights research is a very interesting read the final breakdown in the age bracket is almost useless.  Again maybe it is just that I now fall into that age range, but this is lumping me into how I experience multi-screens like my mother. I know that this is not the case. Why can't I get information in smaller age groups on the upper end just like the lower end. We owe it to proper analysis to do just that.

Now that I have gotten my rant out of the way this study from Microsoft shows that video is playing an even greater roll in advertising, but not in the traditional older variety. The study reveals that we are interested in the advertising if it is unique and possibly educational. Give us something other than hitting us on the head with it. 

Of note is the number of hours of watched any kind of video vs user-generater (YouTube). As consumers of video we are consuming more video and not less. While this study does not break out traditional television it shows that we are still watching a lot of video.

Good read if you are into facts and figures. 

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Amazing view!

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Here is a view from where I am at. Amazing day!

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A good take on Apple vs the Media

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/07/19/apple-toyota-and-the-great-media-piling-on/ Love the end of the post: "Apple did a lot wrong with this new design and they will have to fix it in the next iteration. But the piling-on is a lot less about Apple and more about a general malaise in the handset industry. A giant’s loss is everyone’s gain, no matter how much Apple’s competitors claim otherwise."

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A good take on Apple vs the Media

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/07/19/apple-toyota-and-the-great-media-piling-on/

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Great song and an amazing concept!

I am really beginning to fall in love with this project by NPR. NPR Music's Project Song challenges musicians to produce a song in just two days. Great song and some pretty great looking video also. Here is Moby and collaborator Kelli Scarr.

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Broken support form for Skype

For some reason I can't log into the website for skype. Yes I have tried it on multiple browsers. In order to contact support you do a search for your request and are greeted with your search query.

Okay none of those are what I am talking about. So I click the get more help and voila I am greeted by this:

This is so broken. Create help that actually helps! May not be using the website any time soon. Good thing I can still login via the application.

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iPhone has market share, but Android catching up quick.

Of note in this study by Millenial Media is an increase of primary Android developers. While I may be an Apple Fan Boy I think this form of competition is very good!

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Netflix on the rise while Hulu is on the decline

Netflix and their support of iPads and soon to be iPhone as well as computers, and game consoles is driving some pretty strong numbers to Netflix. Of an even more interesting note is how Netflix total minutes has been on a steady climb while Hulu had a very steep decline in June. The battle of the streaming services has begun.

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Google one ups Apple in the race for developers

Google really has done something amazing here. This may either create a race to the bottom with way to many crappy apps or a race to the top with everyone allowed to create the apps that empower their business. I really Think Apple will have to reinvent hypercard for the iOS platform.

For many people, their mobile phone—and access to the Internet—is always within reach. App Inventor for Android gives everyone, regardless of programming experience, the opportunity to control and reshape their communication experience. We’ve observed people take pride in becoming creators of mobile technology and not just consumers of it.

Their Launch Video - VERY CHEESY

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Younger people limiting sharing of personal information

A new report from Pew shows how younger aged adults understand about taking steps to lock down their information. The curious thing however is that this is still a decrease over the last study.

Also of interest in the same report is how many people search for their names. This is interesting watching year over year how we are fascinated with what may come up when we search for our name. I have to admit while I don't do this on a regular basis I use Google Alerts to automatically search everyday.

The study really is an interesting read.

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Facebook is boring to teens

According to eMarketer.

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We Rule for iPhone is getting iAds

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As you can see by the image below it should be showing up soon. Also as I was typing this I noticed that the spell correct on the iPad iAds corrects to aids but the iPhone running iOS 4 does not. Amazing what a generation of software does.

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Firefly trailer reinterpreted for the 80s

I love the 80s and I really enjoy the great work of this remake of one of my favorite sci-fi TV shows Firefly. If you haven't seen either Firefly or the movie Trinity take a look at these fantastic shows.

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30 Days of Mac Apps - Day 2 Evernote

For this installment I am going to highlight an app that let's me keep all of my notes and important links all in one place.This fantastic app is called Evernote.

Just like the logo represents the elephant never forgets and this app is critical to managing all of your notes. Evernote again like many of the apps I will be discussing is a combination of local application as well as a website/cloud service. Here is a great graphic from their website that highlights just a few of the things that can be done with this great app:

Both the desktop app and website make it amazingly simple to tag and add to specific notebooks.  The search makes it easy to search through all of the information in your notebooks and retrieve when your memory could not quite clear out the cobwebs. Evernote installs a great little clipper in most browsers to quickly store information from websites as well as capturing the URL at the same time. Included with the service is the ability to have your own email address that you can send notes to which allows quick note capturing from mobile devices. Speaking of mobile devices the iPad and iPhone apps are superb and very well thought out. They allow you to quickly capture an image and upload it while in the background it uses the geo location information so you now have a record of where you have been and what you want to remember. I think it would have been great for Hansel and Gretel to find their way back home. 

They do also offer a premium service that is only $45 a year and I believe is well worth it. 

This is a great application and when combined with the iPad or iPhone app you really have a way to quickly record information while knowing you can retrieve it at anypoint.

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30 Days of Mac Apps - Day 1 Dropbox

Welcome to the first in a 30 day series on applications that I find useful in everyday life. This list will include apps for the iPhone, iPad, as well as the Mac. While a lot of these applications are Mac based many are cloud based and have PC clients that work very similar to the Mac clients.

 

Day 1 Dropbox

 

This fantastic app is more of a service and one that I increasingly use everyday. The premise behind Dropbox is the ability to share your files with anyone through the internet the other great advantage is you are creating back up copies online. How Dropbox functions is really simple. You register for the service and install the application on your computer. Once you have completed the steps here is where the magic starts. Dropbox installs a series of folders that are duplicated online. This folder is located in your user folder.

 

My Computer:

Online:

Now anything you place in your Dropbox folder is uploaded to the internet. If you need to share a file place the file in the public folder.\

Each of the files placed in this folder will have a unique url that allows it to be shared with everyone. To find the URL command or right click on the file and chose Dropbox and then copy Public Link.

This will copy a link to your clipboard a link that can then be pasted into an email or any document and shared. These links never change so as long as you do not change the filename you can continue to save changes. From a distribution standpoint this allows you to keep a file updated and share the new version without sending out new links every time.

 

Another great feature is the ability to share folders with users. This becomes your private sandbox and each file is available to both users. Once you have shared a folder Dropbox even tracks changes for you. It is really enjoyable to change a file and someone know that you have changed it and they immediately (once the file has transferred through the internet) can open it.  You can also use this to distribute changes to a group of computers. How we use this is while handling the AV for BendFilm we install the application on all computers that we may need to update any videos on. We use the same login in credentials on all the boxes which Dropbox allows. This allows us to make a quick update to all computers that are connected to the internet by simply placing the file in the right folder and again once transferred through the internet all computers now have that change.

 

Dropbox also has great iPhone and iPad clients and have opened their API up to programmers and that integration has found its way into apps like GoodReader for the iPad. This is a great way to quickly transfer files to or from the iPad or iPhone. In the picture below you can see how you can place a file in a pictures folder on the iPad and transfer it to your Dropbox folder by clicking on the plus icon in the bottom left and choosing an existing photo or video. This is limited to posting to Dropbox of photos and videos due to the iPad architecture, but hopefully this will open up to additional files that may be stored.

 

 

For a complete list of features check out their website.

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Humane Society of Central Oregon

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A translation of Apple PR by Daring Fireball

Maybe NSFW but a good take by John Gruber. My favorite:

Apple: We have gone back to our labs and retested everything, and the results are the same — the iPhone 4’s wireless performance is the best we have ever shipped. For the vast majority of users who have not been troubled by this issue, this software update will only make your bars more accurate. For those who have had concerns, we apologize for any anxiety we may have caused.

John: Don’t f*$k this thing up for us. We mean, have you seen the Retina Display?

Read on for the whole translation

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Jack and final touches for tonight!

Jack working on the final edits for tonights presentation at Art Walk at tbd Loft.

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How did I miss this one last week?

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It looks like flash may be having another nail being put in it's coffin with the release of Hulu Plus. This will be available on the iPad as well as iPhone. Now I know it is $9.95 a month, but I think I may just give it a try for a couple of months and see what I think.

This is yet another way that we are continuing the transition to content when and were we want it, but this time it is delivered wirelessly instead of us downloading it.

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