From Our Dysfunctional Family to Yours

ByNalts December 24, 2010

Happy Christmas!

nalty family — Charlie, Kevin, Grant, Katie, Jo and Patrick Nalty

What Happens with Linear (Scheduled) Television Programming

ByNalts June 25, 2006December 20, 2009

In this 4-minute video from CNet, Jeremy Allaire (Brightcove founder and president) discusses the future of videos on the Internet. CNET's Neha Tiwari interviewed Allaire at Supernova 2006. Scheduled television content isn't dead, according to Brightcove who is working on services for smaller firms to syndicate content. P.S. Getting that video to serve will require you…

Online Video

Thanks for Helping Jack Up Votes on Video Contest

ByNalts September 28, 2009September 28, 2009

It’s the kind of thing that drives semi-pro creators insane (see Jared’s VideoContestKing post). A video contest based not on the quality of the entries but the “popularity” of the creators. I entered Great Wolf Lodge’s contest, but was amazed that despite family & friend e-mail campaigns that we couldn’t get beyond 2% of votes….

Don’t Buy YouTube: Bloggers Debate

ByNalts August 25, 2006December 20, 2009

Interesting article by ZDNet’s Digital Micro-Markets (DMM) that outlines the “top 5 reasons not to buy YouTube.” Here are DMM’s reasons, and WillVideoForFood (WVFF) responses. I wanted to post this on the comments section of the ZDNet blog, but it wasn’t working for me. Watch out- WillVideoforFood (WVFF) is actually standing up for YouTube on…

YouTube Uploader Raises File-Size Limit to One Gig

ByNalts November 9, 2007December 20, 2009

Inside Online Video reports: With the explosion of HD online video, YouTube is… raising (its) maximum file size (from 100 mb) to one gigabyte with (its) new multi-video uploader. Download the software here so you can upload multiple videos here. P.S. This is PC only. Jerks.

What Will YouTube Do When Paris Hilton Doesn’t Save Them?

ByNalts August 22, 2006December 20, 2009

TechCrunch’s Marshall Kirpatrick reports that YouTube tomorrow will unveil a number of branded commercial channels– including a Paris Hilton channel being featured on the homepage. This is a surprising and encouraging move from a video site that hasn’t shown any other interesting way to profit from its incredible appeal. Fox has paid an undisclosed sum…

Online Video

Helicam: Epic Footage Using RC Helicopter & Canon 7D Camera

ByNalts July 21, 2011

Eat your hearts out dollys, pushes, tracks and follows. Check out this beautiful footage taken from a Canon 7D attached to a remote-controlled helicopter. The footage is so still and majestic, and the song and subject bring this to life… thanks for CBS News’ Viral Video post for alerting us to this. See the full-sized clip by…