My roommate gave me some constructive criticism about my video blogging. This is how I coped with it.
Archive for April, 2008
For some of us they were neighbors, for some of us they were imaginary. For this man, childhood friendships were about art — big bronze statues of artsy death action, that is.
This is an example of a video blog genre called the 5 x 5 Vignette. It consists in stringing together 5 shots that are 5 seconds long — hence the 5 x 5. With 5×5s, there’s usually some underlying theme that ties the five shots together — like a particularly day in the video blogger’s life.
What I like about this genre is it’s the video equivalent of what a weblog first started out as: an online diary of an individual’s life. Well, here’s my 5×5 weblog entry of a day out of my life from sometime last week when I used public transit to ride all over the city of Montreal. You can find more 5×5s from much more seasoned 5×5ers on the Vimeo FiveByFive Channel.
As much as digital photography has brought video within the grasp of average consumers, something was lost in translation from its analog predecessor. This is why…
Why Super 8 from CT Moore on Vimeo.
This is yesterday’s episode of MobLogic, an online news digest that describes itself as “a running conversation about the news that affects you and a reality check on mainstream media.” This episode is all about being a US government contractor. Apparently the private sector isn’t more profitable than the public sector after all. Maybe I’ll make a career switch.
Here’s an interview someone who has one of the coolest job titles I’ve ever heard: Analytics Evangelist, Google. His name is Avinash Kaushik and he’s also the author of the book Web Analytics: An Hour A Day, as well as the blog Occam’s Razor. I had the honor of meeting Avinash at the most recent Geek Dinner Montreal
It all comes down to how economics influences user behavior and how consumers consume time.
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