One of the coolest events at the South by Southwest Music Festival came on March 15 during a mash-up event sponsored by Outhink and IODA, the Independent Online Distribution Alliance. (By the way, regular readers know that I don’t subscribe to the common blogger propensity for ignoring any event older than 24 or 48 hours […]
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Interviewing Elisabeth Shue
I’ve been a huge fan of actress Elisabeth Shue for the past 20 years, so it was a big personal thrill to speak with her at length Friday night during the special screening of her director-husband’s film "Teach" at a Creative Commons event in San Francisco. We chatted about the third child she’s expecting (at […]
‘Vlogging, TV, and the New War for Eyeballs’
Under the Radar, an evening conference showcasing bleeding-edge Internet video technology, tonight presents “Vlogging, TV, and the New War for Eyeballs.” I’ll be one of three judges, along with Larry Marcus, General Partner, WaldenVC, and Duncan Davidson of VantagePoint Venture Partners. Rubbing shoulders with a lot of venture capitalists lately as we’re trying to create […]
Odds, ends & photos from CES
Here are 14 photos I took yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Some brief impressions: – I heard on the radio that this week’s Consumer electronics Show is the largest convention, anytime, anywhere, ever held. Estimates ranged from 120,000 to 160,000 people pouring into Las Vegas, bringing $175 million into the local […]
New at Google Video
Lots of improvements to Google Video over the past few months, including (as they point out in an email): – A flash-based video player – A brand new home page (http://video.google.com/) – A larger format playback/viewing window with standard user controls – “More videos” tab on playback page along with “Related” and “Popular” videos links […]