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View from the vineyards – Fun little trip

Jul 4, 2008

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteEveryone’s always sitting in an office or at least in cities. I’m breaking away from that to stream the countryside. Remind people that it also exists.

Mountain streams

May 11, 2008

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in mobile streaming, N95, Swiss walks

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhilst some people are perfectly happy sitting at a desk chatting to others via webcams I prefer to be out and about streaming daily life. Today was one example of what I like to do. I went up to La Dole for a walk with the n95 and streamed a few…

Nokia and the Sportstracker

May 3, 2008

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in mobile streaming, N95, social media, travel

Reading Time: 2 minutesA few weeks ago I was in Paris and when someone pulled out the iphone I commented that it’s a bureaucratic tool but wasn’t sure why. The n95 is a flexible fun phone to play with especially when looking at Sportstracker. It’s an application I use every time I walk around. I’m…

Twitter as a way of life

Apr 14, 2008

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in London, mobile streaming, observation, social media, social networking, tech related, twitter

Reading Time: 2 minutesTwitter is not a social network, rather it’s a way of life. The more you use Twitter the further it gets into your way of life. It allows you to follow current affairs, geek out about social media and keep in touch with friends that uses the social network. What’s more it’s…

Parisian moments

Apr 6, 2008

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in travel

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere is more video to come but I need to wait for seesmic to recognise and promote the files before I link to them.

The Paris Seesmic meetup

Mar 29, 2008

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in seesmic, social media, social networking, travel

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNext Saturday I’ll be catching the TGV to Paris to meet with a few friends from the Seesmic community. I had planned to do this for over two months but never got the opportunity due to various events. It’s fun to go to meet people who you know via online social…

The drive home – My 400th post

Mar 5, 2008

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in London, Post-university life, travel, university, work

Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night’s drive was amazing. It’s just the type of drive you want to have. It starts in the middle of the afternoon as a friend helps you load the car and you set off for a 900 kilometer drive. At the beginning you have to deal with London traffic/congestion. After this…

Valentine’s – a social media perspective

Feb 15, 2008

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richard

in fun, Holidays, social media, social networking, warzabidul

Reading Time: 2 minutesValentine’s day is a day both dreaded and feared by most for two reasons, as a couple because of the pressure you’re under and as a single because you’re single. In the social media though it can be one of the most amusing times. My social media valentine consisted in two parts.…

the tapeless workflow – Videoforum

Feb 8, 2008

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in London, Post-university life, tech related, videoforum

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe tapeless workflow is a term used to describe video production without the use of tapes. That is to say that from the point the material is recorded in camera to the point it is distributed it never changes from being data. In other words television production has become a profession of…

The Tricaster – Videoforum

Feb 5, 2008

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in editing, London, videoforum

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Tricaster is a Multimedia portable switcher. In other words it’s an OB van in a box. It’s a vision mixing deck on the light. They range from having two sources to six depending on your needs. Rather than have racks and racks of expensive gear to lug around for low…

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