Oct
16th
Tue16th
Vimeo Showcases The Future Of HD Web Video (Wired) "Vimeo's HD player gives me some strange sense of hope for video on the web."
I am Jakob Lodwick, founder of Vimeo.
This site is on Tumblr, the blog service for busy people.
I maintain this site for people who are interested in my personal and professional life. It is not intended for a wider audience, though anyone is welcome to read it or write about it.
You can email me at [my first name dot my last name] @gmail. If I don't know you in real life, I would appreciate an attached photo.
Here are some of my friends who have good tumblogs:
Andrea Allen
Andrew Pile
Dalas verdugo
David Karp
Eric Lodwick
Josh Mohrer
Marco Arment
Patrick Moberg
Reggie Watts
William Cotton
I'm not listing friends with regular blogs, because there is a difference. A tumblog is so easy that the author usually posts little private mental details. Regular blogs are usually too thought-out to give you an intimate connection to the person.
quick mention from a Danish entrepreneur 'Being able to
“stream” HD-quality video using Flash, is very new to me. I had no clue
this was possible, but with the recent launch of HD at Vimeo, it seems
to be the case. I am flabbergasted by the quality in full screen mode,
not to talk about how fast it loads. It takes 2 or 3 second for a video
for begin, and then streams without much choking.'
Vimeo
doesn't make my videos look like shit.
— Kyle
Shank
Post Slobbers Over IAC's Vimeo. So It's Not Toast?
(Silicon Alley Insider)
"We groove on the concept, too, except from a business perspective: Streaming videos that are four times as sharp costs four times as much, and video companies are having a hard enough time making a living off of the crappy-definition stuff."
I don't think SAI is speaking from a 'business' perspective as much as a 'short-term cost perspective'. Our decision to add HD is part of a long-range business vision that has nothing to do with the current crop of video-sharing sites.
Vimeo Adds HD Video Offering - Is this a Monetization
Angle? (CenterNetworks) "It is great
to see a video sharing site innovate on technology outside the player
itself."
a film critic talks about videos I make with my [redacted] Jake indicates
that Julia is able to be much more “eloquent” about her side of the
argument when there’s a camera watching. A couple of days later, Jake
posts an intimate (and rather beautifully shot) video in which he
commends her for beginning to break down her on-camera persona. In that
video’s comment threads, Julia notes that she was wearing no make-up in
the clip. “Ever since I started doing TV,” Allison admits, “I’ve felt
like makeup is my protection against the world.”
Our
audience completely rejects the notion that Web video needs to be a
lower quality than television.
— me, in
The New York Post today! Now this is what I like getting
press for.
I got a haircut!
Thanks, Annamarie Tendler!
Oct
15th
Mon 15th
Tried to sit
through Borne Ultimatum; made it 2/3 through.
Reggie Watts is playing a solo show at Comix on Thursday
in NYC
I highly recommend this show, especially for someone who has never seen Reggie perform live before. This is a full hourlong set. If you have seen videos of him online, you don't know what you're missing; I will tell you, though. You're missing a lot.
That said, see his Vimeo Channel for some examples, such as his PopTech appearance.
Is there anything fucking dumber than a Sony Bravia ad in a
YouTube player?
scroll down to AudioThoughts on the right side and play
"Sex Instruction"It's an mp3,
not a video.
new version of The Hype Machine (great mp3 discovery
service) won't launch until 10,000 people are on at once As of writing,
it's at 3,026. Leave it open in a browser window and watch the number
climb.
It's incredible
that even big bands like The
Killers have MySpace pages that look like absolute shit. UPDATE: I
just looked a few others, and The Killers aren't the only ones that are
fucked up. This company, and its users, are complacency defined.
- Julia Allison: I am at the airport. They called you my boyfriend in print! Interesting. I've never had a relationship defined by other people before. Hmm.