Posts tagged media

Autoweek Mag comes to iPad / iPhone

My favorite auto magazine comes to iPad … for years I’ve subscribed to AutoWeek and Road & Track. Both are now available for iPad users — both have content plus videos and other interactive content you don’t get in the magazine. (Tip: I also still subscribe to the printed versions!)

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Crowdsourcing? It’s what’s next …

crowdsourcingThere’s a lot of emerging interest these days in crowdsourcing.
Some hate it, some love it … one thing is for sure — it is not going away!
Just a few ‘hits’ …
[] Savvy Grads Bring Extra Edge to Intense Entry-Level Job Market
[] Sony – engaging untapped audience through crowdsourcing
[] Crowdsourcing Continues to Aid in Solving Crimes
[] What If Everyone on Twitter Read the Same Book?
[] 2011 NFL Mock Draft Grades to be Crowdsourced
[] Can Crowdsourcing Make Any Dream Come True?
[] Practical Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding
[] DARPA UAVforge Crowdsourcing Challenge
[] Looking to the Crowd for Answers
[] Welcome to the mobile age. . .
Is crowdsourcing the next wave?

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Mastering HD Video with Your DSLR

Uwe SteinmuellerMany of the newest DSLRs include HD video capability, and while the interest from the photography community was initially cool, we have seen a recent shift.

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Mac Mini Media Center

Matt Russell’s article called “The Ultimate Mac Mini Media Center” really lists everything you need at the date it was written. Today’s Mac Mini can actually be purchased as a server with two 500 Gig hard drives and no optical drive with Snow Leopard Server software.

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VLC 1.0

I had given up hope that VLC would ever get out of beta. But it has and TidBITS pointed me to the 1.0 version. Continue reading »

BoinxTV 1.2

Boinx Software announced the release last week, of BoinxTV 1.2, a free update to its live production software that turns a Mac into a TV studio. With improved stability, performance and many new features, the free update is strongly recommended for all BoinxTV users. Continue reading »

Plex

All Macs come with a video program called Front Row which is very similar to the Apple TV interface. However Front Row doesn’t support a number of video formats and doesn’t handle a number of video web sites, such as Hulu. Continue reading »

Boxee

Boxee adds a number of formats to your viewing pleasure. Jim Rossman of the Dallas Morning News wrote this review. Continue reading »

DiskLibrary 1.7.3

DiskLibrary is a fun and easy to use media cataloging application for Mac OS X. DiskLibrary is indispensable if you have a lot of media to keep track of. DiskLibrary catalogs not just your complete file structure, it also creates thumbnails, and stores metadata, for most popular media formats. Continue reading »

Everyman’s McLuhan

I had a friend in the shop the other day who commented on the cover of this book. I was SHOCKED he had never heard of Marshall McLuhan. It’s time to learn… NOW… Continue reading »