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The Myth of the Corn Palace
For any of those who follow musical acts such as the Oakridge Boys, Blood Sweat and Tears and Weird Al Yanovic, you may have heard of the famous Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota. Despite the corny name, the Corn Palace is sort of a cultural destination for folks in the Southeast part of South…
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Agents of Change – Innovative Systems' 2007 Users Group Meeting
Brought to you by Innovative Systems Roger Musick, CEO of Innovative Systems, implored the 230 attendees to the Innovative Systems Users’ Group meeting to be, “agents of change,” within their organizations. David Saxby of Measure-X emphasized the importance of individuals in creating dynamic sales-driven organizations. Richard Frankland of OpenTV gave their perspective on the worldwide…
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High Quality Productions on a Shoestring – A Soundbite from Producer Jessica Kizorek
Click to Learn More About the Fall Summit Jessica Kizorek of Two Parrot Productions is an experienced producer having traveled the world to create content ranging from marketing pieces to documentaries. In this brief video from the Web Video Summit in San Jose, she provides tips on how to create high quality productions on a…
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Not a Flash in the Pan; Killer of Windows Media Player?
There are so many big announcements these days with respect to how technology is quickly changing the production, distribution and consumption of entertainment, informational and educational content that is difficult to pick which ones are the true game-changers. The announcement from Adobe about its latest Flash player, which integrates MPEG-4 decoding, may be the biggest announcement…
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Pick Up a Wii and Drop Cable TV?
Nintendo’s Wii made a big splash last year as a gaming device that spans generations. Now, thanks to a new service from a company called moowee.tv, the Wii promises to span the gap between User Generated Content (UGC) sites, like YouTube, and the Television. Launched around two months ago, moowee.tv aggregates content from sites like…
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Grazin' moowee.tv
This brief video shows the current capabilities of the moowee.tv service as enabled by the Wii. As Kris Harikrishnan, co-founder of moowee.tv, points out, moowee is about social networking, search and channels. It just happens to use the generation-spanning and uber-popular Wii as the first platform for bringing user generated content to the TV. …
