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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…

The Social Media Morning

Feb 1, 2008

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in London, Post-university life, social media, social networking, twitter

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI went to the Social Media Coffee event this morning and met quite a few of the usual people including Deek, Sizemore, Londonfilmgeek and others. I got to know a few more twitter users a little better and that’s where I stayed for part of the morning. I’ve been networking a…

Chillout

Jan 25, 2008

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in London

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChilloutÂ® is an open source implementation of the DMP DRM software. The idea is to create a multiplatform toolkit that allows for the easy managment of rights for media files. Built with Java it has several levels of rights managment for a number of files. This includes encrytion software and more.…

Digitalshadowcaster (TM)

Jan 25, 2008

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in London, tech related

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs the rate of creation of content increases so does the challenge of following what was done by whom and that’s where digitalshadowcaster (TM). The idea is interesting to content producers.Â Thus, the life cycle of an object may â€œCastâ€ a â€œDigital Shadowâ€ (DS) that captures real time key information events…

The Seesmic Dinner

Jan 18, 2008

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in London, seesmic, social media, social networking, twitter

Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night I had the good fortune of attending the social media dinner at the Coach and horse in London. It was yet another opportunity to meet people like Lloyd, Sizemore, Phil Campbell, Deek, Rupert Howe, Jess and many other seesmic participants. It was also my opportunity to meet some new people.…

Blog Wars at the Frontline Club in London

Jan 16, 2008

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in London, Post-university life

Reading Time: 2 minutesBlog Wars is a documentary taking a look at how bloggers influenced the political debate in the state of Connecticut. It’s 58 minutes long and covers some interesting points but that’s not what I’m going to write about. For me what was interesting was seeing who was present. For a start I…

The week ahead: Blog Wars, Seesmic meetup and more

Jan 14, 2008

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in London, seesmic, social media, social networking

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis week should see me dropping by the Frontline Club in London for the first time in weeks. I want to see Blog Wars which could be quite interesting. “Blog Wars provides a sharp and funny look at the explosion of political blogs, which have become the loudspeakers for a new…

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