Archive for June, 2008

Content Recognition Software: What You Need To Know

Gordon White June 27th, 2008

First of all, read this article over at Business Week. Then also read the comments on it -particularly those from the article’s author. Obviously this article refers particularly to bloggers. But the technology they are discussing has particular emphasis for anyone who tells stories with moving pictures. Basically, content recognition is how producers, networks and other publishers [...]

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Unlimited Free Storage For Your Media

Gordon White June 24th, 2008

Services like Gspace have been around for a while, but they have finally become easy/moronic enough for the “rest of us” to use. One of the things I am most paranoid about, given that I use laptops and travel often (we’re moving to London if you didn’t know) is what happens if my Mac gets stolen, [...]

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New Version of Celtx Released

Gordon White June 22nd, 2008

And, like the others, it’s free. Get it here.     This really is the only writing software you should be using. The biggest change -at least as far as my interests are concerned- is that is has a comic script tool as well as all the others. If you are wondering what sort of format your podcast (audio) [...]

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Day 3 Matters The Most For Audience Numbers

Gordon White June 21st, 2008

This one will be brief. There is a fascinating article over at newteevee about whether online TV programs have a shelf life. This is because typically day 3 is when a video will get the most views. According to the study, Day 3 delivers 11% of all views. It is definitely food for thought. The trouble is, [...]

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Get Better Friends: Screenwriters Need To Mix In New Circles

Gordon White June 17th, 2008

Further to last week’s rant, I see the Wall Street Journal is running an article about Sony’s new series that will be released via the web and DVD . If you can’t see how this article dovetails nicely with the last blog post then I will explain in a roundabout way. Typically, screen writers tend to hang [...]

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Screenwriters Do Not Listen

Gordon White June 7th, 2008

It has been a long time since my last post and that was deliberate. In the ensuing six months:   The writers’ strike has been and gone Writers are no better off and had to wrangle a fake victory to save face YouTube is officially the biggest television station in the history of technology Microsoft walked away from a merger with [...]

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