Abu Soma

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Had a great trip to Egypt couple of weeks ago. I started tolearnto kite surf which was loads of fun – but looks like completing my training in the UK might be a bit more chilly. Tom completed his RYA 2 and we are now looking for a local sailing club down here in Devon so he can carry on next summer.

Advertising Insertion Technology

MirriAd are developing a interesting proposition in the video advertising space. They are doing analysis of video and then digital insertion of branding and product placement. I met Mark Popkiewicz the CEO at the BBC and I’ll follow up to learn more. Here in the UK the product placement market has been getting some confusing messages from the government about if, and how it could be acceptable. From my point of view some of this has to be feasible and infact for production companies could be quite desirable. Perhaps the bigger issue here is the distribution platforms – If we could combine high quality IPTV with these insertion technologies we could provide global content to local audiences with local product placement.

Treeless Systems (Digital Newspapers)

Len Edgerly, podcaster talks to Dave Lester about his Newspaper 2.0 Platform

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Amazon Web Services train keeps rolling

Amazon has just announced a CDN in the AWS family:

“Amazon CloudFront, a new web service for content delivery. With CloudFront, you can distribute content using a worldwide network of edge locations that provide low latency and high data transfer speeds.”

Its an interesting and needed development – and a great additional building block in the rich media development toolbox.

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Deja Vu

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Going back to the days when I was a runner and video tape operator, I commuted from Longfield in Kent to Covent Garden in London everyday. using a combination of the coach, train and the occasional drive into London. If I went by road I’d usually come through Blackheath and Greenwich. Anyhow fast forward to today (20+ years later) and I’m staying at my good pal Darryl’s flat in Greenwich which is 100 yards from the main road I passed everyday at 7 am. It seems slightly strange.

That said the last couple of weeks have been odd, we have now moved out of our home in Tufnell Park down to Devon. This morning the children started at a new school, and I came up to London on the train to start my 3-4 days a week in London regime. I’m really hopeful that it all works out – It’s a major new chapter for us. More later…

London (harder, better, faster, stronger)

Love this London photo montage video. I just used some of this track in a teaser for a project and really liked it.

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extreme funny

…..funny

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oblong industries, inc.

You have to watch this video – I can see some cool application for this in some TV meets social networking ideas.

g-speak overview 1828121108 from john underkoffler on Vimeo.