The Future of Media: Storify and the Curatorial Instinct

The Future of Media: Storify and the Curatorial Instinct: Tech News and Analysis . The explosion of real-time information through social networks and information services like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube has produced a never-ending firehose of content. It has also created an opportunity for tools such as Storify,the curation service that launched as an open […]

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Advanced Digital Services Appoints Thomas Engdahl President and CEO

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 20, 2011 -Advanced Digital Services (ADS) today announced the appointment of Thomas Engdahl as president and CEO. Engdahl, a 30-year veteran of telecommunications, cable, content and video delivery, will lead the company’s technology innovation and expansion as it seizes new opportunities in media distribution and management. ADS, which commands a significant market […]

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April 25-29, 2011: RJInnovation Week

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Reynolds Journalism Insitute presents RJInnovation Week April 25-29 in Columbia, Mo. RJI’s third annual end-of-the-year event will include a combination of symposiums, presentations and research from Randy Smith and the Center for the Digital Globe (CDiG), Roger Fidler and the Digital Publishing Alliance (DPA), Innovation Chair Mike Jenner and several of […]

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Ear Goo Founder Paul Goldman Partners With Matt Giulvezan, To Launch Multimedia Company The Goo

NEW YORK, NY — Paul Goldman, founder of Ear Goo, Inc. and the design studio Element, LLC, has partnered with Matt Giulvezan, formerly of MTV Networks, to launch The Goo, a new multimedia company with a primary focus on creating content for television, film, web, mobile and emerging media. The Goo consists of three divisions: […]

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Innovision Optics’ Spintec Rain Deflector is Double Award Winner at 2011 NAB

Innovision Optics announces that the Spintec Rain Deflector has been awarded both the Videography Magazine Vidy award (given for “Best of Show”) and the DV Magazine Black Diamond award (recognizing outstanding achievement in the advancement of the art and science of video technology) at the 2011 NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) convention and exhibition in […]

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NAB 2011 – Recorders

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Sound Devices PIX 240 main display with all data overlays enabled. If NAB had an unofficial theme this year, it was “the year of compact on-camera digital recorders.” And the subtext? Suddenly, silently: ProRes everywhere. I’ve got video coverage of two small camera-top recorders, the Sound Devices PIX and the Fast Forward Video Sidekick. The […]

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NAB 2011 – FilmLight

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FilmLight’s Blackboard 2 softkey control surface. UK company FilmLight is packaging their high-end color-grading system Baselight as an “under US$1000” plugin for Final Cut Pro. They’ve also announced the new Blackboard 2 soft-key control surface, and they’re now the non-US distributor for Visionary Archive. FilmLight at NAB: a black geodesic igloo. Scott Simmons has already […]

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Korg IMS-20 Tutorial 2A: Basics of Modular Analog Synthesis

More of a Big Picture than a Shortcut: Using the Korg IMS-20 on iPad as a playground, we delve into the basics of Modular Analog Synthesis. This video touches upon –Voltage oscillations, and how their shape affects how they are used as audio signals or as input to control various voltage-controlled thingummies. –We get a […]

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After Effects Apprentice Free Video: Behaviors

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As we mentioned earlier, we're creating a video training series based on our popular beginner's book After Effects Apprentice, which progresses from “I haven't used it before” through core skills including keyframing, masking, text animation, and 3D space to advanced techniques such as motion tracking, green screen, and expressions. Each new course has a selection […]

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