iPodish Friday
June 16, 2006
My niece is here from North Carolina and she’s sporting an iPod supplied by her university. She’s in a dance program and her and other ‘arty’ types get the iPods free for the year as they integrate music with their art.
There is absolutely no connection between that bit of info and this next bit. Or is there ?
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Technology surpassed beer drinking as the most “in” thing among U.S. undergraduate college students. According to USA Today and Student Monitor’s Lifestyle & Media Study, iPods are more “in” than beer across American college campuses. full story here |
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This is a very sad state of affairs. And just when I’m thinking things are really going to crap, I see this story…
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A US firm has invented a new iPod accessory which combines the portable music player with a toilet roll holder. full story here. |
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Clearly, things are well past the ‘gone too far’ stage.
Loc at VidFest
June 15, 2006
Another recent escapee from the CBC, Loc Dao, president of Randomlink Interactive Inc. outside the partnering forum at VidFest 2006 in Vancouver.
EverythingCasting at Vidfest 2006
June 15, 2006
Roland Tanglao and I did a session on “EverythingCasting” (with thanks to Eric Rice for the title) at VidFest in Vancouver today.
The session was packed and thanks to everyone who came. You can get a PDF version of our slides here.
You’ll find a list of resources related to podcasting and videocasting at del.icio.us/tag/everythingcasting
Vistek knows great service
June 8, 2006
I’m so impressed with these guys.
I’ve bought stuff from Vistek.ca a few times. Although I always prefer to buy from local suppliers, these guys have great prices and quick service.
10 days ago I bought a new camera from them. They pay the shipping and it showed up a few days later as promised. Fantastic.
This morning, as I was looking for something online, I discovered that they just put the very same camera on sale, reducing it by 500 dollars.
Wow, that’s a big difference. I figured I’d get on the phone and see if I could get them to adjust my price, even though the deals been done.
Unlike a lot of online sales operations I’ve encountered, I was able to reach a sales person right away. I explained the situation, and without even a pause, he said he was pretty sure he could offer the savings, but had to check with his boss. A few minutes later, I got an email confirming that indeed they would give me the reduced price, and credit my account. Just like that.
I’ll say it again. Wow.
It doesn’t get much better than that, and they’ve got my business locked in, that’s for sure.
Bunny Hoppin
June 4, 2006
Cruising the neighbourhood after dinner.
Ozzie in High Def
June 4, 2006
Grabbing frames out of the high def video camera to see how they turn out as stills. A little PS tweaking and here’s the Ozzinator…
