Peter Berg » video

Visualizing Ten Dimensions

Peter — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:57:38 +0000

This video is mind-blowing and amazing. It describes how one might visualize ten dimensions.

A.P. Achieves New Depths of Cluelessness

Peter — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:03:40 +0000

You really couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried. The Associated Press is well on its way to becoming the RIAA of the news industry. Their latest stunt involves one of their VPs sending a cease and desist letter to a Tennessee radio station (WTNQ), asking them to remove an AP video they had embedded on WTNQ’s website from YouTube.

The source of the YouTube video content? None other than the AP’s own YouTube channel.

That’s right – the AP’s right hand doesn’t even know what it’s left hand is doing. I guess no one told their legal department that they actually have their own YouTube channel on which embedding is turned on… you know, to help videos spread virally across the web.

As funny as this all is, I mostly just find it frightening and depressing. That the Associated Press is so completely clueless when it comes to new media and how the Internet works is not a good sign. And draconian crackdown efforts which backfire so completely and publicly do way more harm than any embedded YouTube video ever could.

Awesomeness

Peter — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:04:31 +0000

This guy created an incredible original composition from a number of different YouTube songs & videos. If this doesn’t make a strong case in favor of Creative Commons, I don’t know what does.

HDTV Comes to the Internets

Peter — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:38:09 +0000

I recently discovered that video site Vimeo has added the ability to upload and view high-definition videos on its HD channel. The results are pretty incredible.

Not only does HD look amazing on the Internet, Vimeo’s FAQ page about their new HD feature claims that you can even play their videos on your HD TV and you’ll get the same quality. I have yet to try this, since I don’t own an HDTV myself, but I’m curious to know just how well it actually works.

One thing is clear, however. High definition video blows standard definition out of the water, both on the Internet as well as on TV. I’m very excited to see where this ends up going, because just as video was the future of the Internet back when everyone else was just posting static images, I’m convinced that high def is the new future of video.

Now if only the US could improve its broadband standards to be on par with those in Japan and western Europe, then we’d really have something.

Qik Demos Video on the iPhone

Peter — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:58:08 +0000

Streaming mobile video service, Qik, has demoed a version of their service which will work on the iPhone. As Mashable reports, they will be facing competition from Flixwagon, who will also be releasing such a service.

Here’s a video of their demo: