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April 27, 2007
technorati.jp BlogTV and the good setup.
I've been watching episodes of Technorati Japan's BlogTV all week after we ran their piece on Rinpa Eshidan on Rocketboom the other day. It's a fantastic show produced by Fumi and friends. I don't speak a word of Japanese but I still find the show completely mesmerizing.
Check out the first segment (about 3:20 in length) of this feature on the work of Hiroyuki Nakano. Yeah, his work is pretty cool, but it's the way BlogTV sets up the piece that makes the punchline of this segment so wonderful:
Posted by yatta at 6:16 PM
April 22, 2007
joe jumping.
Some photos are just meant to be blogged.
Posted by yatta at 3:35 AM
April 16, 2007
open all tabbed blogs.
Being stuck in San Diego for a couple more days allows me time to catch up on the stuff I haven't been twittering, like counting the calories I've consumed on my April 2007 SoCal Food Tour and figuring out how many times I can listen to the Daft Punk remix of Prince's 'Kiss' before Tricia gets sick of it. Here's a rundown of what's been on my mind lately:
Canon HV20 vs Sony HC7 - I've been in search of a small, 1-chip HDV camcorder for use on my own field reports for Rocketboom (yes, I'll be on camera. I used to do it all the time.) Although the image on the HC7 would probably match better with the HC1 we're currently using for production, I'm leaning towards the HV20 and its native 24p mode, especially with the release of FCP6 and its open format timeline support (although I'll have to upgrade my 12" Powerbook G4 to something that can at least play back a 1080 clip.)
Terra Plana's new Spring 2007 line is out. Terra Plana makes relatively eco-friendly shoes of mostly locally-sourced recycled materials and minimal glue. I like them because they have thin soles and weigh next to nothing. With the exception of an unnecessary pair of snow boots and my basketball kicks, I've been buying all of my shoes from Terra Plana for a couple years now. If like me you can't afford their regular prices, keep an eye out for their end of season sales. I'll usually stop by their NYC store twice a year to scoop up three or four pair at $50-$75 a pop.
The USC Annenberg Center is being shut down in July which is a low down dirty shame. I've also heard rumblings of a new IP policy regarding the stuff produced by game dev students (they won't own them, much like the cinema school does with student films) which concerns me to no end.
Speaking of games and USC, Justin's PMOG is brilliant (although I've only completed a couple of quests.)
Why is it that the only people I know who seem to be excited about Joost live in NY or LA?
Enjoying MTAA's Karaoke Death Match almost as much as Cory's live performance of his Glockenspiel Addendum for Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run.
Also enjoying Ethan Zuckerman's Draft paper on mobile phones and activism. Considering his how his ideas impact our Wizzy Digital project.
Watching NY1 via my Slingbox makes me giddy.
Blip's new Show Player is pretty slick.
Not as upset about the Knicks missing the playoffs as I thought I would be.
Taking a good hard look at the labor situation in Hollywood and thinking about its impact on the 2.0 space (and our potential impact on it.)
Some good folks I've had the great fortune to meet, hang, or catch up with in the past couple weeks: Mark, Meg, Alice, Bill, Karin, Drew, Steve & Zadi, Annie, Sandra, Anil.
Lastly, I've been working on several rboom Casual Friday episodes with Erin Greenwell and Sheila Callaghan. Here's a tease of the first:
(much respect to David for the title of this post, btw.)
Posted by yatta at 2:17 AM
April 2, 2007
the next generation in online video.
Okay, so there's Network2 which I've seen represented as N2.
And there's Next New Networks which I've seen represented as N3.
Which can only mean that the next next new next network that comes along will have to supercede all of that by calling itself network(network). (<-- that should be network to the network power. I think I just gave the next next new next network their tagline as well.)
Posted by yatta at 12:41 PM