Posted in Humor, Social Software, Video on Mar 15th, 2010 No Comments »
If you don’t know what Chatroulette is, see this.
This guy is incredible, what a creative use of this medium. Cracks me up. Want to see more of it.
[via Gizmodo]
Posted in Music, People, Video on Mar 15th, 2010 3 Comments »
LOOSEWORLD x Waverly Films: Reggie Watts in F_CK SH_T STACK from LOOSEWORLD on Vimeo.
Holy shit, Reggie Watts is a genius, no two ways about it. Wow. Blow this up full screen with HD on for the full “stack.”
[via Boing Boing]
Posted in Video, iPad on Mar 10th, 2010 No Comments »
The iPad is a natural for these kinds of books and activities. This is a mock up of some ideas for interactive books and learning tools for the iPad. Great stuff.
[via Sanford Shapiro]
Posted in Ideas, People, Video on Feb 21st, 2010 No Comments »
Ways into Shakespeare’s Othello
English teacher Sabrina Broadbent leads a masterclass on Shakespeare, using her expertise to engage a group of Year 10 students.
Let me state up front, I’m a poor reader, was a poor student, hated Shakespeare, and at this point in my life I’m as cynical as ever about education.
But, I have to say, [...]
Posted in Ideas, People, Video on Feb 19th, 2010 10 Comments »
Bill Gates gives a well constructed and clear talk on how climate change and energy innovation fits into his work on global poverty and then goes further to discuss an idea he has for nuclear power. Fascinating, well worth watching.
Posted in Opinion, People, Tech Stuff, Video, iPad on Feb 6th, 2010 4 Comments »
Apple’s iPad
Michael Arrington, Walter Mossberg, and David Carr discuss Apple’s new iPad on the Charlie Rose show.
Mossberg is brilliant but all of them, including him, miss the idea that it’s not just the form factor that’s a game changer, it’s the simplicity. The iPad is may be the first computer appliance and while that’s not [...]
Posted in People, Video on Jan 30th, 2010 2 Comments »
Watch the entire 10 minute clip or fast forward to six minutes and watch the Nicholas brothers dance. Some of most amazing “flash” dancing you’ll ever see. Don’t forget, in those days this was all done in one take.
Watch it full screen and enjoy.
[via Boingboing]
Posted in Art and Design, Macintosh, People, Tech Stuff, Video, iPad, iPhone on Jan 29th, 2010 No Comments »
Apple’s head of marketing Phil Schiller demonstrates the new iWork application on iPad including the use of multi-touch gestures for getting things done without a mouse.
This is a clip from the iPad unveiling which can be watched in its entirety here.
Posted in Photographers, Tech Stuff, Video on Jan 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
Nick Veasey talks about his process for making X-ray photographs at TED.
Posted in Events, Photography, Time Lapse, Video on Jan 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
Exclusive unseen video footage of the Miracle on the Hudson, flight 1549 New York City from David Martin on Vimeo.
This is a wonderful time lapse piece by David Martin of the US Airways Airbus A320 that went down in the Hudson as it lay tied up waiting to be lifted to a barge.
Note that it [...]
Posted in Photographers, Places, Video on Jan 17th, 2010 No Comments »
Egypt / Lebanon Montage from Khalid Mohtaseb on Vimeo.
Beautiful video shot with Canon 5D MK II by Khalid Mohtaseb. I recommend zooming out to full screen, the quality is spectacular.
Posted in Photo Gear, Photographers, Video on Jan 17th, 2010 No Comments »
The tale of Lucasfilm, Skywalker Ranch, Red Tails, Star Wars and Canon DSLRs on a 40 foot screen!
Philip Bloom on shooting a very fine short documentary on George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch with Canon DSLR cameras, a variety of Canon lenses and some interesting gear for making it all work together.
More and more we’re seeing experienced [...]
Posted in Photographers, Video on Jan 5th, 2010 No Comments »
Hamburger Eyes from Nick Fogarty on Vimeo.
This brings me back to the days of mail art and “zines.” Very nicely produced; both magazine and documentary.
Highly recommend you zoom the movie out full screen. It’s worth it.
[via Edward McKeown]
Posted in Photo Gear, Photographers, Video on Dec 23rd, 2009 3 Comments »
Prague: Canon 1DMKIV from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.
This is quite an amazing video no matter what camera made it but it happens to have been made by Philip Bloom on a Canon 1D Mark IV DSLR on a cold winter day in Prague. Fantastic.
Zoom it out to full screen for best viewing.
[via Edward McKeown]
Posted in Photographers, Photojournalism, Stories, Video on Dec 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Ryan Lobo has traveled the world, taking photographs that tell stories of unusual human lives. In this haunting talk, he reframes controversial subjects with empathy, so that we see the pain of a Liberian war criminal, the quiet strength of UN women peacekeepers and the perseverance of Delhi’s under appreciated firefighters.
This is a wonderful TED [...]
Posted in Ideas, People, Video on Dec 16th, 2009 No Comments »
PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God
This is a beautifully produced short movie. Great idea, artfully shot and edited. There is also a blog: PostSecret.
It reminds me of something called The Apology Line which I heard about as a segment on This American Life. The Apology Line was a creation of the conceptual artist Allan [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Objects, Video on Dec 14th, 2009 No Comments »
This is a wonderful process documentary of various steps in the making of shell chairs that Charles and Ray Eames designed for Herman Miller. Great music too.
[via kottke.org]
Posted in Ideas, People, Photo Gear, Video on Dec 11th, 2009 9 Comments »
Olympus PEN ad with Kevin Spacey: “I don’t want to be the camera guy”
This is a new push to make the micro four thirds system a standard by positioning it as the small yet powerful camera system (the un-Leica) for people who don’t want to come off as gear heads or tourists. This ad works [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Creativity, Video on Dec 10th, 2009 3 Comments »
Between the Folds
The science and culture of origami.
[via Kottke.org]
Posted in Animation, Movies, Video on Dec 10th, 2009 3 Comments »
French Roast
Wonderful French animated short film. Check it out.
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