Thursday, June 26, 2008
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Rampenfest and the Sportka I've been reading coverage here and here as well as elsewhere about a supposed PR blunder that BMW made with the "Rampenfest" viral video campaign. I'm pretty certain this analysis by all these mainstream sites (as well as many of the blogs) are just an excuse to run embeds of the video itself.
Here's why. (see native blog post for embedded video)
Enjoy. MP4 link here. RSS feeds coming later tonight. Check back.
/rizzn
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Rampenfest and the Sportka I've been reading coverage here and here as well as elsewhere about a supposed PR blunder that BMW made with the "Rampenfest" viral video campaign. I'm pretty certain this analysis by all these mainstream sites (as well as many of the blogs) are just an excuse to run embeds of the video itself.
Here's why. (see native blog post for embedded video)
Enjoy. MP4 link here. RSS feeds coming later tonight. Check back.
/rizzn
Labels: bmw, ford, rampenfest, sportka
posted by Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins at 5:58 PM[Blog] | [Home]
A Quick Camera Test This is a ridiculously short video of me and my son, and I know it looks silly sandwiched between my bumpers, but I've got the new video platform more or less configured, and I wanted to know what it looked like on the site as a published file.
I'll have more details about the platform in an announcement video some time tomorrow. In the meantime, enjoy!
Grab the MP4 link here.
Labels: jacob li hopkins
posted by Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins at 3:36 AM Tuesday, June 24, 2008[Blog] | [Home]
Logitech's Mac Tax Hey folks.
You look around the blogosphere today, and it's apparent that Logitech finally decided to cash in on this whole "Apple Craze." They have suddenly realized that labeling all their web cameras as "PC Only" cut out a significant share of the market. Even I, a PC guy, have to acknowlege that a lot of the target market for web camera users are Mac users. That Logitech didn't see this until recently is a bit silly.
The thing is, Logitech also figures that Mac users are dumb, too. They've "created" the new Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro and released it at a Mac user premium price.
Watch the video below for the full scoop.
Also, in other news, this will (hopefully) be my last video on a non-professional video platform. I'm speaking with my platform guy this evening, and he'll be setting me up with my new feeds tonight, which should allow me to start broadcasting Wednesday with a better look. Exciting!
/rizzn
Update: changed embed to the DailyMotion embed. Just noticed none of my stats on MySpace are registering for some reason.
Labels: Apple, gadgets, Logitech, Mac, webcams
posted by Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins at 4:23 PM Monday, June 23, 2008[Blog] | [Home]
Soliciting Your Suggestions I spoke with a brand new video platform provider today, and based on our conversation, my new podcast should be launching here in the next day or two. Maybe three. It all depends on how quickly I can get my act together.
For me to do that, I need to crowdsource my research a bit. I've been combing through the net for good PR blogs - I've got a very large list already. I've also pretty much pegged down my social media sources.
AI and semantic resources are a good deal harder to find. Do you read blogs on semantics, AI, and robots? If so, in the comments, can you list them? I'd like to put together a well rounded list of sources as fodder for for inspiration on my new video series.
Thanks.
/rizzn
Labels: ai, artificial intelligence, robots, semantic web
posted by Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins at 3:18 PM[Blog] | [Home]
Seven Words You Can't Say On This Blog George Carlin died at the age of 71.
There are four things I wanted to show you that you need to see from Carlin. First of all, I want to apologize that the last clip is plastered with Ron Paul stuff, and I don't necessarily recommend the organization that edited the video together, but it shows some of the latest works from Carlin that I've heard published, and I think reflects a bit of where his head was at recently.
There's of course this one, the most famous speech of his of all time.
There's this, which reflected his thoughts on technology (he was a bit of Luddite).
There is this, which is why we can't blame Carlin for the state of our nation.
And there's this, a monologue after he's apparently had a little more time to think about it.
Labels: cocksucker, cunt, fuck, motherfucker, piss, Shit, tits
posted by Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins at 12:11 AM Sunday, June 22, 2008[Blog] | [Home]
Been Busy This Weekend First of all: congrats to Louis and his family. I know how amazing it is to see your children appear before your very eyes. It's lifechanging, amazing, and can reduce an otherwise stoic man to tears. I know it did that for me.
In other news, I've been building video elements for my new video podcast. Instead of saying some sage things here, I'll point you to some hopping conversations elsewhere:
- Steve started a topic I really like here, and continued it here.
- Chris Brogan talks about Liz Strauss and business for bloggers.
- I started this at Mashable, but it's a topic that I've been talking about for ages: Veg-Factor.
- Both Sean Kennedy and I are against gun control. Here's why.
- There aren't many left in the Rat Pack who haven't been absorbed by the big boys. Congrats Frederic (and Corvida!)
Labels: chris brogan, frederic lardinois, liz strauss, louis gray, steven hodson, veg-factor
posted by Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins at 2:06 AM
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