This year friends and family (and ourselves) have enough kids between us that we thought it a good investment to get a Santa Claus costume to use at Christmas parties and such. We recently put it to use to answer my neice and nephew on the side of the country’s letter to Santa. Santa is very social media savvy these days and used social video service Vimeo to deliver his response.
In the spirit of the season I… Read More
Ever wanted to use your own videos, or any video for that matter, as your screensaver in Mac OS X? Photo slideshows with the “Ken Burns” effect are all fine and good but sometimes you just want that funny video you shot of your kid greeting you when you return from lunch. After trying my hand a bit at making my own with Quartz Composer using this tutorial, I was unsatisfied with the results and lack of options. … Read More
Everyone is giving Will Ferrell kudos for embracing viral video with his short The Landlord, but honestly it looks like whoever is behind this from technical/marketing standpoint has missed the boat entirely. When you go to the originating site the video is slow and choppy at times, a poor enough experience that I just left after a short bit. They are well aware of this, the top of the page is emblazoned with the following message: “Way too… Read More
