The Internet is vast and the mind boggles about how big it will be in ten years time. It’ very easy to think, after toiling away for weeks, that when you launch a website, it’s gonna take the Internet by storm (Or maybe that’s just me?). Anyway, 99.9% of the time, it will not. It’s just a very small little grain of sand in an ever expanding desert.
In ten years time, will there be any point in making and adding new websites to the Internet? After all, domain names are already running out, where will we put stuff? How will anyone find it? Will the Internet be superseded by a new platform where all essential services are provided and the Internet as we know it becomes a graveyard of archives that people did in the nineties and noughties? Hmm.
Some think the answers lie in semantics, watch this great little doc to find out more…
I’m a big fan of Lost and am very much anticipating the return of the final season in Feburary on Sky 1.
However, a shitload has happened in the first five seasons and you could forgiven for feeling a little lost yourself. So, if you haven’t time to watch the first 120 episodes, here’s a nice little condensed version for your viewing pleasure.
I’m getting a little bored of the cold now but to have snow over Christmas was very nice indeed. Much merriment and tomfoolery. However, I was equally glad I didn’t have to go anywhere near an airport or train station as every single one of them seemed to be barred up with a chain on the door. However, a little dusting of snow didn’t stop them in 1963, when men were real men! They just all got a shovel and cleared the tracks, or failing that, got a little help from a juggernaut of a steam train, very cool indeed.
October 18, 2009 at 15:14 ·
Filed under BBC, Video
I recently attended a comedy night called Popcorn Comedy, organised by king of puns -Trevor Klein. It was slightly unique in that it involved short form video sketches interspersed with live stand up. The compere for the night was also a chain smoking animated box of popcorn.
There were many hilarious vids on display including one of a horse dancing to german techno which I must find, but I particularly liked a video from BBC Comedy about the adventures of an unfortunate teddy bear, which I have republished for your amusement.
The live stand up was provided by Angelos Epithemiou off of Shooting Stars who was somehow managed to make the mundane hilarious – “Tea is my bestseller by a country mile, tea.”
The next Popcorn Comedy night is on the 5th of November at Roxy Bar & Screen near London Bridge , I strongly advise you to check it out for shits and giggles.
I do love when a creative agency gets an unlimited budget and told to go do what they want. However, sometimes I can’t help but think the creatives had a little help when storyboarding ideas.. check out this ad for Adobe CS4 to see what I mean…
At BBC Switch this Christmas we have launched a very special Chris Mass appeal, as you can see from the video, it’s a very worthy cause so if you know anyone named Chris, then please let them know so they can make a difference. Maybe.
You can keep up with the progress of Chris Mass Appeal every day at 5:19pm on The 5:19 Show.
November 26, 2008 at 22:52 ·
Filed under BBC, Other, Video
It was recently announced that BBC One & BBC Two will now be simulcast online from tomorrow, the 27th November. This follows a similar move by BBC Three and BBC Four earlier this year. With ITV also offering live streaming for their 4 channels, plus an extensive catch up service offered by the 3 main terrestrial services, I’m wondering if I really need my TV anymore?
It’s also worth pointing out that (if you’re a student) you will need a TV licence in order to watch a live stream although I’m not sure how a TV licence inspector could argue that you need a licence if you have a laptop/computer in the house even though technically if you have equipment capable of recieving live TV, you need a licence. To enforce this they would need to persuade ISPs to hand over user data, however two of the UK’s biggest ISPs, BT and Tiscali have already pledged their resistance with Tiscali stating “Handing over that volume of customer information could be considered legally and morally unacceptable”. This argument is set to go and remains a grey area if ever I heard one…
I know my personal consumption of TV has changed dramitically over the last 18 months. I used to regularly tune in to watch programmes at the time of broadcast, scanning the TV listings in early evening to see if anything interesting cropped up if I was spending the night indoors.
If I happened to notice that two equally appealing programmes were on at the same time, I might have been even tempted to break out a blank VHS and set the video recorder. However, in later years when DVD (Recorder) players took over, it just seemed like a lot of hassle.
But, this is no longer the case, I can’t remember the last time I sat down at a specific time to watch something on TV. Why would I when I know I can catch it again on the iPlayer, ITV Catch-Up, 4OD or Sky Player?
I no longer succumb to the hype of a certain TV show only to be disappointed when it turns out to be lack lustre at best, I just wait and see what bobs to the top of the most popular lists. I no longer have to interrupt my life to sit down to watch a TV show as i know it’s a watch it or miss it experience, (almost) everything is now on the Internet..
I say almost everything, because I am of course forgetting to mention that not all channels broadcast on TV are online although I would argue that the ones worth watching are. Freeview has been around for a while now and I still struggle to find anything decent worth watching whenever I flick through it. Also not everyone wants to watch their favourite show on a computer/laptop although I don’t mind in the slightest.
One area i think the TV will always have the edge is the family focal point, where the whole family can gather around, when you have one eye on the TV and the other on your Dad asking about your day. Where you are having a quick meal on your lap after a long day and are happy to just stare at whatever is staring back at you for 15 minutes.. Despite the conveniene of on-demand catch up, it requires a little more effort that just an on button.
Alot of supporters on both sides have embraced the internet to push their message, but the majority are hashed together by video amateurs using Windows Movie Maker and although get the job done, they are quick and dirty.
However, I did spot this diamond among the rough on Digg, very pretty indeed;
