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Twitter- markevans: I've been doing a lot of messaging & usability work recently for start-ups. It's a nice change of pace from social media strategy & tactics
- markevans: The West Toronto Railpath is one of Toronto's new urban gems - http://bit.ly/byUfwG. It would be great to see something along Dupont.#bikes
- markevans: @delip You may want to make it easier to apply for the Twezr beta by putting a direct link on the home page. Right now, it's confusing.
- markevans: An interesting podcast on NPR about how technology and always being connected is affecting our brains and how we think: http://n.pr/cVScxF
- markevans: The problem with Apple's new Ping service, including the fact iTunes is not social via @techcrunch - http://tcrn.ch/bhc9Es #ping #apple
Category Archives: Video
The Power of the Corporate Demo Video
As an ex-journalist, words have power. They can deliver a wide variety of messages and stories that can resonate with readers across the spectrum of emotions. Despite my enthusiasm for wordsmithing, I’m also a huge fan of the demo video … Continue reading
Harmony One is the One
Somehow, the remote control devices for my TV and digital box disappeared. The silver lining was it gave me an excuse to test the Harmony One universal remote, which lets you control a wide variety of devices using a single … Continue reading
Five Questions with…Blip.TV CEO Mike Hudack
Earlier this week, Blip.TV raised an undisclosed amount of venture capital to expand its online television business, which now features more than 37,000 shows. Last month, Blip said it served more than 51 million video views, a 50% increase from … Continue reading
Common Craft Tackles Search
I’m a big fan of the Common Craft videos, which explain technology in plain English that anyone can understand – even my mother (aka The Luddite). The latest offering looking at doing effective Web searches. You have to love how … Continue reading
Video Comments: Huh?
Like Fred Wilson, I don’t get video comments on blogs. To me, it’s a technology (video) looking to solve a problem that doesn’t exist. It’s just not clear how video comments are better and/or different from text comments, or how … Continue reading
What's With All the Puppets?
Back in the height of the dot-com boom, the Pets.com socket puppet dog was extremely popular while Pets.com, the business, floundered despite raising gobs of venture capital. The puppet appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America, Nightline, Live with Regis and … Continue reading
A Simple Path to Success
(Update: The New York Times has a story (April 12) looking at older consumers want simple products as opposed to things with lots of bells and whistles.) David Pogue’s column this week in the NYT is about the surprising success … Continue reading
Garry Marr: Video Star
Hey look, the National Post has turned my friend, Garry Marr, into a video star. They’ve just launched a new series called Marred by Taxes that features Marr talking about taxes. The first video (below) has him talking about the … Continue reading
Me and Craigslist's Jim Buckmaster
Thanks to the folks at mDialogue, a video of my mesh keynote with Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster is now available. In watching it, it’s hard not to be impressed by Buckmaster’s stage presence. He’s comfortable, insight and funny – something … Continue reading
Everyone's Doing Video
I was walking along Queen St. in downtown Toronto yesterday afternoon and came across a film crew doing “streeters” for TV or the Web, which usually involve a pretty young girl asking people passing by what they think about something … Continue reading