I hope you all are having a great evening with your families.
But looking at Twitter and at my feed reader I can tell that some of you are still up. Maybe wrapping presents. But probably trying to escape last-minute chores like me.
There are a few things, though, that came through my feed reader that’s interesting.
1. LeWeb3’s videos are now online. Right now I’m watching some sessions I missed including one by a Google employee talking about the Web’s impact on corporate culture.
2. Paul Stamatiou is wondering if it’s time to start an HD startup. Paul: be careful here. HD video is too hard to deal with from a workflow standpoint. It’s a lot time away from going mainstream and sites like SmugMug have the best idea — they charge their users to upload HD. Even then they only let 10 minutes be uploaded. There’s WAY too much competition in the video space, too. Did you miss all the funding spent on things like Kyte, Ustream, Operator 11, Justin.tv, Qik, and others? Think they aren’t watching HD trends? Not to mention the already-existing HD sites like stage6.divx.com. But that all said, HD will arrive sometime and if you do it right you might be the next YouTube.
4. Man, Google Reader’s new sharing features have people up in arms about their privacy. I told a friend “what part of “public” did they not understand when they started sharing feeds? He answered back that the feeds were obfuscated, so there was an expectation of privacy. Wow. This is going to be a debate in the industry over and over. I can see both sides and am itching to blog more about this issue.
5. LifeHacker shared a new tool that I’m trying out: Toodledo. It’s a list to organize your tasks. For those of you who want to get organized.
7. “You don’t know jack about how your eyes actually work.”That’s how this video, aimed at website designers and SEOs, starts out. I usually don’t pimp commercially-produced videos like this but I made an exception here for a few reasons:
a. Andy Edmonds is the guy behind this. He’s one of the smartest people I met at Microsoft and now is head of technology here.
b. Lots of my friends tell me that these guys helped them get more conversions.
c. They show off how people read web sites based on eyetrack research. I learned a lot and their new tool, called Scrutinizer, is an interesting one to use to look at your Website’s design to see if you’ve really thought things through. I’m not sure I like the corny videos, though. It’s my job to watch this stuff so you don’t have to. Dang, I thought my videos are long and boring. Well, the first one actually had some good info about how your Website is probably poorly designed. Their tool is only for people who do Website design, though. Ryan Stewart will be happy, though, cause Andy Edmonds used Adobe’s AIR technology to build it.
Anyway, that’s enough for the day today. I’m off to get some sleep before hanging out with family and then heading to Shel Israel’s house where, if he isn’t nice to me I’ll broadcast his little Christmas party on my Qik channel live. Damn, I live Qik — most of the videos I put up there are total wastes of time, but I’m having a ball. I’m not the only one, by the way. Steve Garfield was at a party with Dan Bricklin, inventor of the spreadsheet, today and put that live on his Qik channel.
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Why "the Fourth Transformation?"
Soon we will have phones and glasses that do full on augmented reality. Everything you look at will potentially be augmented. This world is coming in late 2017 with a new iPhone from Apple, amongst other products. Microsoft is betting everything on its HoloLens glasses that do mixed reality and the industry is spending many billions of dollars in R&D and funding new companies like Magic Leap.
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21 thoughts on “Merry Christmas 2007”
Thanks Robert! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
My son (12 years old) is now playing Guitar Hero III. Several of his friends got the game as a present – seems to be a massive hit this year. And next year, we’ll be giving a real guitar… Gibson et al prepare. 😉
Thanks Robert! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
My son (12 years old) is now playing Guitar Hero III. Several of his friends got the game as a present – seems to be a massive hit this year. And next year, we’ll be giving a real guitar… Gibson et al prepare. 😉
Heh you never take a break. 🙂 Merry Christmas to all.
Regarding HD, the question is.. what do I do with all the HD video I’m going to shoot from now until a real HD hosting service emerges? Put it up on Vimeo for now as they at least support HD viewing on their site?
Heh you never take a break. 🙂 Merry Christmas to all.
Regarding HD, the question is.. what do I do with all the HD video I’m going to shoot from now until a real HD hosting service emerges? Put it up on Vimeo for now as they at least support HD viewing on their site?
Merry Xmas to you and the family, Robert! I’m awake (8:30am) with a cracking hangover from going carol singing last night with family – the whole neighbourhood had shots ready for us when we arrived at their house.
It’s times like these that make me realise, it’s worth lifting our heads up from our laptop screens to enjoy real life and spending time with family.
Merry Xmas to you and the family, Robert! I’m awake (8:30am) with a cracking hangover from going carol singing last night with family – the whole neighbourhood had shots ready for us when we arrived at their house.
It’s times like these that make me realise, it’s worth lifting our heads up from our laptop screens to enjoy real life and spending time with family.
Is my mind going or am I seeing snowflakes floating through this blog? I went to another web site with a white background and didn’t see it. Thought maybe I’m seeing spots…. the mind is going! 🙂
Is my mind going or am I seeing snowflakes floating through this blog? I went to another web site with a white background and didn’t see it. Thought maybe I’m seeing spots…. the mind is going! 🙂
Thanks Robert! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
My son (12 years old) is now playing Guitar Hero III. Several of his friends got the game as a present – seems to be a massive hit this year. And next year, we’ll be giving a real guitar… Gibson et al prepare. 😉
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Thanks Robert! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
My son (12 years old) is now playing Guitar Hero III. Several of his friends got the game as a present – seems to be a massive hit this year. And next year, we’ll be giving a real guitar… Gibson et al prepare. 😉
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Heh you never take a break. 🙂 Merry Christmas to all.
Regarding HD, the question is.. what do I do with all the HD video I’m going to shoot from now until a real HD hosting service emerges? Put it up on Vimeo for now as they at least support HD viewing on their site?
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Heh you never take a break. 🙂 Merry Christmas to all.
Regarding HD, the question is.. what do I do with all the HD video I’m going to shoot from now until a real HD hosting service emerges? Put it up on Vimeo for now as they at least support HD viewing on their site?
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Merry Xmas to you and the family, Robert! I’m awake (8:30am) with a cracking hangover from going carol singing last night with family – the whole neighbourhood had shots ready for us when we arrived at their house.
It’s times like these that make me realise, it’s worth lifting our heads up from our laptop screens to enjoy real life and spending time with family.
Have a great Xmas day!
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Merry Xmas to you and the family, Robert! I’m awake (8:30am) with a cracking hangover from going carol singing last night with family – the whole neighbourhood had shots ready for us when we arrived at their house.
It’s times like these that make me realise, it’s worth lifting our heads up from our laptop screens to enjoy real life and spending time with family.
Have a great Xmas day!
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Robert, 2007 was sure interesting to say the least. I hope you and your family both give and get all you hoped for this Christmas.
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Robert, 2007 was sure interesting to say the least. I hope you and your family both give and get all you hoped for this Christmas.
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Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas!
gaj
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Marry X-mas !
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Marry X-mas !
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Merry Christmas Robert!
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Merry Christmas Robert!
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Here is a star of a different kind wishing us happy holidays.
http://ideaburger.blogspot.com/2007/12/happy-holidays-from-hills.html
Jay, from Bangalore
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Here is a star of a different kind wishing us happy holidays.
http://ideaburger.blogspot.com/2007/12/happy-holidays-from-hills.html
Jay, from Bangalore
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Is my mind going or am I seeing snowflakes floating through this blog? I went to another web site with a white background and didn’t see it. Thought maybe I’m seeing spots…. the mind is going! 🙂
Anyway Merry Christmas!
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Is my mind going or am I seeing snowflakes floating through this blog? I went to another web site with a white background and didn’t see it. Thought maybe I’m seeing spots…. the mind is going! 🙂
Anyway Merry Christmas!
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Orville: yes, you are seeing the snow correctly. That’s a script that I wrote about the other day.
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Orville: yes, you are seeing the snow correctly. That’s a script that I wrote about the other day.
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