Category Archives: Video
NRA Hypnosis
Augmented Television
Watch a few minutes of this and tell me you don’t want one of these. This is clearly where things are headed. I can’t wait.
Keloid
“In a not too distant future, societies of all countries come to rely on an intricate network of artificial intelligence devices designed to bring efficacy to man’s life. Yet, man continues to devour himself in useless wars. A strong political hierarchy now divides all powers into three factions, and A. I. devices rapidly gain ground as efficiency becomes a priority.”
“As social revolts grow worse everyday, authorities seek ways to control their citizens. They decide to carry out a series of tests that will determine not only whether some crucial powers can be transferred to non human entities, but also whether man is ready to yield those powers.”
“The world has become a cell for all men and women, who withstand and endure their lives, rather than living them. Machines might have found a solution.”
“From now on, you are set free.”
The race to build a better business class
Probably my heightened awareness, but I’m seeing stories like this every time I log on. Airlines are racing to find a way to make business class seats more appealing. I found this NYT story especially interesting (and informative).
Lufthansa has a new business-class seat that can be yours for about $5,000 if you are traveling round trip from Frankfurt to New York. (Yeah, I think I’d pay that assuming I have the money)
Why so expensive? The story does a good job of explaining that, including:
“Each seat is hand-made and cost as much as a luxury car to produce. Business. First Class seats can cost between $250K and $500K.”
Animation about cell phone data mining
Network from Michael Rigley on Vimeo.
Jesus fucking christ! (VEEP)
TED Talk: The global power shift
This might send lots of Americans into a panic but I’ve reached a point where I trust “the world” more than I trust the people in Washington D.C.
“I share a destiny with my enemy.”
Occupy Wall Street
Right Here All Over (Occupy Wall St.) from Alex Mallis on Vimeo.
I assume someone is in the basement of the White House searching for the Internet Kill Switch (“No, that’s the laundry room, turn it back on.”) Might be hard to put that toothpaste back in the tube. Power to the people!
Learfield videographers
When I started messing around with putting video online, I was one of the few in our company doing so. Oh, there were lots of folks who knew more about video than I, but the crude tools and results in those days wasn’t worth the effort to most folks. Today, we have lots of talented young men and women doing video. I’m discovering more every day.
Here’s a nice one by Allison Blood, one of the new reporters in or Missourinet newsroom.
Slightly revised Gadekunst from Allison Blood on Vimeo.
It would be a sad thing if, after 15+ years of Internet, I was the go-to guy for putting a video clip on line. Which was the case for a while. But no more. I think I’ll use this post to link to the work of these talented men and women.