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Painting in Sand

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Recently experienced at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum

Respecting the Snacker: Video Producer’s Perspective

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Audio is not video without pictures: respect the form and video
Respect the form: movement, rule of thirds, watch other's videos, adapt
Respect the time of the viewer: what is the story you are trying to convey?
When producing, have a time budget in mind.
Short form, editing is OK.

Thanks jjprojects for the ping.

Microsoft Popfly, Builderau Interview

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Want to be famous? Go large at Virtual TechEd 2007

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Virtual TechEd will be at TechEd Australia. This is a major coup as Microsoft continues to evolve the TechEd format.
As you can see from the existing content on Virtual TechEd, if you have something to say to the world: now is the time to stand up and be interviewed!
Comment here/send me an email and we'll [...]

AUReMIX07: The Movies

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Photo: delic8genius
Just before I depart for a holiday, I've pumped out three videos

Interviewing ReMIX attendees on WebJam
My Microsoft Popfly presentation
The Geek Stories, ReMIX

Alive at Pamplona

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Hey, Jeffa The Geek Stories has the scoop, before The New Inventors: watch the interview with the Alive Tec CEO Bruce Satchwell - that blue device attached to the patient is made on the Gold Coast!

Emailing Bruce last night, apart from complementing me on my sharp eyes and good memory - he also broke the news [...]

Beginning of Gonzo Video Journalism

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

A unique program on the ABC 10 years ago, John Safran ruled.
"Race Around the World" pitted amateur videographers against each other, as they traveled around the world getting stories.
Handicams, simple editing and excellent stories pre-dated the intraweb pseudo-stars doing long-form interviews or strapping a camera to their head.
Go have a look at John Safran's work:
In [...]

Don’t Stop Now - Crowded House

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

(Photo: Matt Sherrod, Neil Finn from video clip Don't Stop Now)
Neil Finn and Crowded House at their best. video: Watch the video now
Guitar weirdness at 2:20 and lyrical changes at 3:00 into the song. Love it.

Cookie Monster!

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

As I would have probably watched this on Australia's ABC as a young un', I now understand why I am a geek.

Be your own TV

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

Video camera, stream up, people watch your life. Obviously, this mechanism of publishing is old as the internet itself - but with bandwidth increasing and alpha-geeks / rock-stars emerging in recent years - we are seeing the new world being born.
The initial years of large company sponsored video-on-the web (think soapflakes sponsors in the 1950s) [...]

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