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YouTube enables Captions!
Youtube recently announced automatic captions for YouTube videos. While the technology is imperfect, the system will analyze videos and make best guesses about the script. This is beneficial to Google of course, in analyzing the videos to deliver better ads, and eventually, translate videos into a multitude of languages. The core benefit to me is [...]
Oscar Animated
I don’t care too much for the Oscars. I think their sole saving grace is to bring attention to the films that weren’t as noticed this year. So, I prefer the less popular categories. This year, let’s say it’s the Oscar-nominated Animated Short Films. I’ve gathered them here for you, as best I could. I’ll [...]
TED
I’m very excited to have been invited at attend TEDxUSC this year in April. For those of you who haven’t heard of TED conferences, it’s a series of talks, no longer than 18 minutes from people who are passionate or inspired about their ideas. Although sometimes, I don’t have a particular interest in the topic, [...]
Millenials Rely On Technology To Stay Productive
Two new reports from Accenture Consulting shed some light on the growing influence of “Millennials” aged 18-27 in the workplace who already account for one third the working population. This generation is having a profound impact on the work culture by quickly adopting new technologies, regardless of corporate policy, and reshaping the expectations of work/life [...]
SayNow Makes Voicemail Social
Social-media savvy entertainers are bypassing traditional media channels and reaching fans through an innovative Web-based voice messaging system called SayNow.com. The service lets them speak directly to fans through the socially-connected system, while inviting followers to leave messages for them. So far over 172 million calls, voice mails and live sessions have been made. Singer [...]
“The Man In Me”
I created a music video using Final Cut and wayyyy too many special FX and transitions. It’s silly, so feel free to laugh – I did!
LinkedIn Preps Online “Rolodex” Features
LinkedIn’s mantra is “Relationships Matter” and now the company is making it even easier for users to find, organize and stay in touch with the relationships that matter most to them. Over the next few weeks, LinkedIn will enhance their address book feature in a bid to improve personal productivity and make the site more [...]
Getting on the Map with Google
As more and more devices ship with location-sensing features, consumers increasingly seek information based on their proximity. Search is becoming more location-aware, too, with apps like Google Maps for Mobile that serve up localized results based on your location in the world at any given time. Marketers now have a new way to build their [...]
Cryptic Campaign Raises Awareness for Breast Cancer
Orange, pink polka dots, and black. Last week, Facebook statuses of women all over the world began changing, cryptically, to colors. Without explanation, “color status on Facebook” was a top Twitter and Google trending topic. The secret behind the mysterious updates turned out to be an organic viral campaign with no clear organizer, centered around [...]
Govt of the People?
I have an idea, a seed, of a solution: Ban all non-private political campaign donations. If I am the CEO of a multinational corporation, I may very well vote and contribute in the same way, with a large sum of money, but I believe that the political interests of corporations and organizations are inherently against the interests of the people in general.
