Sitting on Mountains of Video Archives and Don’t Know Where to Start? Clippn Can Help

Last month I helped announce a new service for video archives and news organizations called Clippn. Founded by industry veteran, Mick Reed, Clippn is a service designed to to help companies deal with the vast video archives they’ve been sitting on - not just wrangle them, but actually effectively curate, catalog, tag and even monetize …

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FiLMiC Firstlight: A New Level of Film Emulations for Digital Photographers

You may recall the recent launch of FiLMiC's still image photography app, Firstlight for iOS and Android. Today we're announcing a new update, but what's really interesting here is the significant investment the company is making into advanced film emulation - rivaling, if not exceeding emulation tech in the broader digital photo industry today. it's …

Smart Transcription is Here

Today is a big day for Digital Anarchy; the culmination of a couple of years of intense development and a lot of hard work. Today, Jim Tierney and his team are very excited to announce global availability of Transcriptive.com - the company's web-based , AI Natural Speech Processing Transcription Service! In a nutshell, Transcriptive.com is …

Welcome Back: Puget Systems

There are moments in your career that are truly gratifying. And today is one of those days. Because an old client - we had worked together around 10 years ago - called and asked if I’d be interested in working together again. I’ve always said that one of the best parts of running a consultancy …

BoxCast is Growing, Expanding into New Markets

BoxCast issued a statement today outlining some impressive new milestones, as well as highlighting some aggressive goals for new growth. I've included some excerpts below, but you can also visit them here www.boxcast.com to learn more. I'm very proud to be participating with the BoxCast team in their success to date. I was first drawn to …

Collaboration for Musicians: A Look at Melosity

I’ve been a guitar player most of my life, and even believed at one point that I would be on stage, touring the world with a band that would surely rival The Police, U2 or REM. But then the real world set in. Fast forward 35 years. I still play - I own two Stratocasters, …

What is HEVC and What Does it Mean for 4K Streaming?

This post originally appeared on the BoxCast Blog here. It wasn’t long ago that the discussion of 4K capture and delivery seemed like an elusive hypothetical. Debates abounded regarding the need for 4K versus its high cost and potentially slow rate of consumer adoption. Five years ago, you’d have to take out a second mortgage …

PR: You May Be Doing it Wrong

Public relations is one of the most misunderstood - and mystifying - disciplines out there. When done correctly, PR is highly valuable, effectively shaping your brand, sharing your story and driving your business forward. But since it is so misunderstood, and nearly impossible to measure, many are trying and failing. So what’s the problem? “Is …

Casey Neistat: The End of the Vlog as We Know It

Last week, YouTube sensation Casey Neistat announced - in a vlog - that he was ending his daily vlog. During his final episode, he cited many reasons; the creative challenge was no longer there; it had become too easy, too formulaic. Perhaps he was just losing enthusiasm for it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a …

Rampant Live + Film Riot’s Ryan Connolly = Awesome

While YouTube is exploding, and truly coming into its own as a premiere channel for amazing content, there are some creators who have been there from the beginning. These are the guys who set a standard, worked unbelievably hard,  continued to build their platforms, and with every piece of content, have elevated that standard to …