Archive for the ‘video’ Category

WordPress Screencast Tutorial: Post Edit Panel Hack

May 14th, 2008 by Miss604   7 Comments

Due to my frustration over missing a few categories in recent posts, I cried out on Twitter this morning about how I’m not too keen on the new placement of the Categories box in the latest version of WordPress. Kulpreet Singh (who presented at WordCamp) came to the rescue with his hack to the edit-form-advanced.php, [...]

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Flip Camera Giveway and Video Blogging in Vancouver

May 8th, 2008 by Miss604   5 Comments

A few months ago I was interviewed as a part of a video series by Reachd, a local firm that teaches and preaches the values of SEO. They are now offering video blogging seminars (learn how to make video, how to promote it etc.) and with the cost of signup comes a Flip Camera for [...]

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WordPress 2.5.1 Screencast Teaser for WordCamp Vancouver

April 29th, 2008 by Miss604   13 Comments

I just upgraded my WordPress to 2.5.1 and to celebrate as well as promote WordCamp Vancouver this week, I’ve recorded a quick little screencast.
This video has been edited for time on Flickr.
A full version it can be viewed on Viddler.
I just used my MacBook’s internal mic so I know some folks will be cringing at [...]

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Fun with Flickr Video

April 12th, 2008 by Miss604   7 Comments

You may have noticed a small triangle popping up in the corner of your Flickr contact’s images lately. Fear not, there is no small grey triangle conspiracy, it’s actually to indicate that the image you’re seeing is simply a thumbnail of a brand spankin’ new Flickr Video.
Video! Video! Video! The rumours are true and “soon” [...]

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Video Podcast Episode 1 Kinda

March 17th, 2008 by Miss604   13 Comments

Not up for writing a post this morning, or yesterday really for that matter, I sat down at our iMac and recorded a quick 17 minute video podcast. Basically I wanted to wrap up the SXSW series, give some shout outs and name drops, and show off a few new tshirts thanks to John Biehler. [...]

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Online Video Sharing Systems

March 6th, 2008 by Miss604   7 Comments

The first thing that probably comes to mind when thinking about online video is YouTube. It’s the most popular service and is pretty darn entertaining but for some of my “day job” needs I wanted something that looked a little more professional and that wouldn’t scrape the encoding quality down like sandpaper.
The alternative I [...]

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Deadliest Catch Stole My Heart

June 28th, 2007 by Miss604   2 Comments

When John first downloaded a couple episodes of Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch I was skeptical, but then it sucked me in and has grown to be one of my favourite shows on television. I’m finding myself drawn to those TV shows that make you laugh hysterically, cry, scream at the screen and be amazed all [...]

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More Cowbell at Podcasters Across Borders

June 24th, 2007 by Miss604   1 Comment

Yes, there’s a new media conference going on and John & I are *not* there, although we’d love to be. Podcasters Across Borders (PAB) is a weekend-long conference for podcasters to get together, eat, drink, network and talk about podcasting. This is the second annual international meeting of podcast veterans and rookies alike, coming together [...]

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Pearl the Landlord

June 13th, 2007 by Miss604   1 Comment

I think we should have invited her to drunkcamp01…

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Harvey, Ruby, Crackbook and Wordpress

June 13th, 2007 by Miss604   10 Comments

My boss sent me an IM on Skype the other day talking about how fun it would be to work with the following people - and I wholeheartedly have to agree. I mean my office is pretty fun, very relaxed, but this is just hilarious.

Lip Dub - Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger from amandalynferri on [...]

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