Dec 22, 2008

Massify – Collaborative Film Making

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Well, I guess I can file this one under “Ideas I’ve Had” that was successfully executed. Meet Massify – a collaborative website that brings together writers, actors, producers, and directors into one central site for the creation of movies.

As stated in the ReadWriteWeb article, they are set to release their first feature length film – Perkins 14. It actually looks like a decent horror film (Which is hard to say nowadays) and it was fully created by this fantastic online community. Hopefully, this kick-starts a trend of films created with great content, and not just adaptations of popular literature and pop-culture icons with massive special effects budgets.

I am a little jealous that I didn’t create the idea first, but that is how the world works. So to the Massify team – kudos and good luck, I fully support your venture! To everyone else – check out Massify, you might see me on there in the future!

Nov 29, 2008

High Fives All Around – DailyChallenge.org

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Recently, I was approached by Verne from DailyChallenge to put together a video they had shot of themselves completing the challenge for November 28, 2008 – “Walk down the street with a sign that says, ‘Donate a High Five’”. Here’s the description and the result:

On November 28, 2008, the Daily Challenge team set out with the challenge to “Walk down the street with a sign that says ‘Donate a High Five’”. Naturally, we had to do it. Here’s how it went down.

Accept the challenge:
www.dailychallenge.org/challenge.php?id= 199

Join the movement:
www.dailychallenge.org

Join the movement!

Oct 28, 2008

ViddYou – Streaming HD Videos for Free!

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Recently, I’ve discovered that Vimeo has transitioned into a subscription-based revenue model, or as they call it – Vimeo Plus. I had briefly considered supporting the site that had been so good to me for so long, until I found out they only allow accounts from the US to upgrade. Fantastic, time to migrate to a new service!

Meet: ViddYou

Viddyou is a free and premium personal video service focused on offering the best quality in video, privacy control, and overall ease of use.

There are a few restrictions: HD conversion isn’t fantastic, 250MB limit per upload, and a max of 5 minutes recording time. For a free account, that’s not bad, and it’s only $34.95 per year if I wish to remove those limits.

Here’s a sample – and a free plug for LIVE Conference 2008:

Like it? Try it out! Let me know your experiences!

EDIT: Found a great new feature – under ‘Community’, you can start your own community to post specific videos to. We’ve separated some sensitive videos this way and it seems to be working quite well! Awesome feature!