Two great HD videos shot on a RED cam

August 19th, 2008

seeing this sort of quality online makes me thinks the future happened when I wasn’t looking!


test with red camera - paris from opus magnum prod. on Vimeo.


skate - shot on red - 120 fps from opus magnum prod. on Vimeo.

Sweet - the Swedish model

August 18th, 2008


Moto boy - Youtube concert from Pickybe on Vimeo.

I’ve got a lot of time for Martin Thörnkvist from Songs I Wish, in Malmo, great guy and really up for pushing the envelop to promote his artists, happy to see this cool review on a blog I enjoy Online Fandom, nice stuff!

Online Fandom » What to do when fans post live videos.

They got Mad Science

August 12th, 2008

Did I see Ehn rapping on that one?

via Joho the Blog » Geeks, nerds, or dorks?.

Merlin Speaks…Start Up Listens?

August 11th, 2008

Loving this picture

Great post from Merlin Mann which I think outlines a lot of what it takes to be a successful early stage start up (or at the very least one that makes it beyond early stage!)

# Ideas are like assholes and blogs; everyone has at least one. And the cost of ownership for an idea is nil.

# Who will this product delight? Why does it delight them more than any other thing in their world today?

# What stops Google from replicating your idea — at full scale and with a huge installed base — over a long weekend?

# Who is the auteur here? Who in your organization gets to tell everyone else to shut up and follow his or her quirky vision and ridiculous obsessions? These obsessions matter.

# Who’s the proven sergeant-at-arms in your group? Does this person have a demonstrated track record for ensuring that everyone else in the group is executing flawlessly on the auteur’s vision?

# What will everyone involved give up to become awesome? Alternately, how will you know when this project has failed and should be euthanized?

Ideas, Execution, and the Rare Auteur | 43 Folders.

What preset messages could your phone benefit from?

August 11th, 2008

Funny, isn’t it, the things you discover when you have nothing better to think about. My phone has a folder in it with a number of preset text message templates:

• I am late. I will be there at

• I’m at home. Please call

• I’m at work. Please call

• I’m in a meeting, call me later at

• I will be arriving at

• Meeting is cancelled.

• Please call

• See you at

• See you in

• Sorry, I can’t help you on this.

To my mind, basic politeness renders all of these completely unusable, but the last one is by far the rudest. Anyway, I’ve spent the last 30 minutes creating some rather more useful templates. I suggest Nokia pre-populate their next range of smartphones with them.

• Who is this? I must have deleted your number because I hate you, but I’m pretending that I lost my phone.

• It’s my birthday, so send me a text in order briefly reverse my feelings of self loathing, thanks.

• I’m sorry, I don’t remember anything, I started drinking at 3pm.

• Sorry I didn’t say goodbye, but I just couldn’t be arsed.

• I’m nearly there, by which I mean I’ll still be an hour because I haven’t left home yet.

• No.

• Lotto Lucky 2 Load 5

• I used to love you but I’ve not been 100% sure of my affection ever since The Incident.

• I will be unable to attend your gig this evening because your band is and always has been rubbish.

• Pint?

Do You Come Here Often? - Sorry, I Can’t Help You On This.

Being Creative

August 6th, 2008

Sometimes means looking at things a little differently, two great examples…

Telescopic Text and this old favourite.

Happy Wednesday!