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It was wicked sweet to hit a button on my iPhone and see a high quality LIVE stream of the Apple Keynote. Apple used a new technology called HTTP Live Streaming. This click and watch experience made me think about other uses for this technology, like maybe being able to buy tickets to a concert and watch it as it’s happening? I dunno, time will tell.

Anyways, Apple announced new iPods, an updated version of iTunes, and a new service built into iTunes called Ping. Ping is a social network that focuses on music, which sounds like a cool idea. It tracks what you buy, people can follow your comments, what concerts your attending, who you follow, etc. It also looks to have exclusive content from artists, pictures from backstage and video of them in the studio or on the road. Great, another place to check after Twitter and Facebook :\

New $99 Apple TV anyone? Hmmm,… Netflix integration and 99-cent TV shows? This is kind of cool, only because a DVR and a cable bill is much more expensive. Unfortunately though it’s only two cable networks, ABC and FOX, but I think it’s a sign of where things are headed. Hopefully we’ll all just rent TV shows that we want to watch instead of flipping through channels. I love my AppleTV, so I’m glad Apple isn’t letting it die.

Alex Lindsay streaming on the twitlive network, and Steve Jobs giving the Keynote live. Ahh, it doesn’t get any better than this.

This post isn’t so much about “bikes” as it is about how to pace a trailer properly. I kinda feel like there’s nothing more important than bikes after watching this trailer.

I came across some Scott Pilgrim remakes, just something fun to watch :)

for the old:

for the young:

This is ridiculous, and a sign of the times. MONSTERS, was shot with a EX1 and a letus adapter by the same guy who directed it. Phil Bloom once mocked me for using a 35mm adapter in the age of DSLR’s, well,… take this Phil ;)

here’s the featurette:

here’s the trailer:

I watch alot of wedding films online, and I mean alot! After a while I feel like I’m watching the same thing over and over again. Bride and Groom getting ready for the ceremony, exchange their vows, reception, bla bla bla. I feel bad saying it but I usually start watching wedding films on vimeo and skip through them to the end.

That said, I was blown away by a same day edit that wedding filmmaker Joe Simon put together. It has time-lapses, silhouettes, natural sounds mixed in, wipe transitions, a wonderful sound mix and a fast pace. On top of all that, he cut it right after the wedding and had it ready to show at their reception! That’s just insane to me, and the work is better than most that I’ve seen.