JoshPaul

• the { buckblogs :here }: Skinny Controller, Fat Model
  Yup, move your business logic to the model. Amazing how WebObjects enforces this almost naturally. Nevertheless, great post on MVC.
  (tags: rails mvc 37signals refactoring model development)
• WebObjects Direct to Web Guide: The Rule System
  Get D2x into Rails and things could get dangerous.
  (tags: webobjects d2w rules rbrad)
• WebWork
  Gotta look at this when I have more time.
  (tags: java framework web webwork opensource programming interesting webobjects development todo toread research)

• User-provided Web content soars
  “We don’t think the Internet is a threat to television anymore” and later “The report also found that hours spent online continues to grow.”
  (tags: hollywood hollywoodreporter nielsen television web video youtube statistics)

• Venture Capital Sources
  Hmm. A resource for sure, but I’m taking it with a grain of salt.
  (tags: business finance startup entrepreneurship vc antivc resource documents forms funding)
• Air Force working on “voice transformation” to fool the bad guys – Engadget
  For future reference. Get this going inside Second Life, along with celebrity skins, and Hollywood loses its mind.
  (tags: airforce voice transform technology secondlife fun ideas)
• Teresis and LMNO Announce Breakthrough for New Media Distribution
  Press Releases are a funny thing. It’s all about spin.
  (tags: teresis mfactory lmno video logging)
• Advertising Age – YouTube Grows Up — But What Does It Mean?
  Are there any real numbers out there?!?!?! Last time I read YouTube was gathering 35k uploads a day; here it’s 65k. WTF?!
  (tags: adage advertising business youtube video google numbers statistics financial investment comparison)
• How to Count Eyeballs on the Web – Newsweek Business – MSNBC.com
  “There’s close to 100 companies” battling it out to become the Nielsen of the Web, says Josh James, CEO of Omniture
  (tags: business ratings statistics traffic nielsen aweli advertising newsweek gregstewart)
• StreamerNet | The StreamerNet Solution | Service Plans and Pricing
  New term: Viewer Minute Unit (VMU)
  (tags: video advertising streaming streamernet pricing vmu)
• Blue Lithium – reinventing the ad network
  Is this the next ad network?
  (tags: advertising google bluelithium interesting davetoole adnetwork)
• Composite Media Group – Demos – Dynamic/Interactive
  MPEG-4 in Java, via IBM
  (tags: ibm java mpeg4 mpeg video interactive)
• Web 2.0: Buzz-Monitoring and Tracking | Smashing Magazine
  Good list of “buzz monitoring” tools
  (tags: buzz blog tools services web2.0)
• BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Online video ‘eroding TV viewing’
  Gee, yathink? Didn’t the “static” web eat into TV time, too? There’s only so much attention we have.
  (tags: future statistics television tv video web youtube bbc media)
• Cheat Sheet Round-Up: Ajax, CSS, LaTeX, Ruby… | Smashing Magazine
  Grand list of cheat sheets from around the web.
  (tags: cheatsheet reference programming CSS ajax ruby webdesign list resource shortcuts tips)
• Java Cheat Sheet (1.5)
  short cheat sheet for Java 1.5
  (tags: java cheatsheet reference programming)

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• Ads 2.0: Beyond the repurposed TV spot – page 2 | CNET News.com
  While video ad spending is predicted to reach $775 million next year
  (tags: advertising video aweli google cnet)
• Grouper: Web site ‘legitimate’
  This is going to be interesting…keep watching
  (tags: dmca copyright grouper youtube bolt legal court universal)

• Video Publishing Online: Where To Share Your Video Clips On The Web – Robin Good’s Latest News
  List and summary of video sharing sites
  (tags: video sharing hosting media reference links blip.tv vlog veoh google yahoo robingood)

• Media: The Characteristics Of The New Media Landscape – Robin Good’s Latest News
  The long-term consequences of this experiment in global cultural exchange are still being discovered. Some have argued that this expanded communication will bring about greater understanding; others see the return to fundamentalism as a reaction against t
  (tags: evolution internet media research robingood tv theory global insight understanding education newmedia)
• Nielsen study: video use on iPods very low
  Only 1 percent of the content items played on either an iPod or iTunes by iPod users was video content
  (tags: apple media nielsen aweli podcast video ipod ratings content itunes statistics)
• CBS and Youtube – What wasnt said – Blog Maverick
  “CPMs can be comparable to network. For now.” and “…why they used Youtubes public, and unquestionably inflated view numbers…”
  (tags: media television video youtube markcuban statistics advertising)
• YouTube – Broadcast Yourself.
  Question is, what’s a view?
  (tags: youtube media research cbs advertising aweli television video)
• THDL: QuillDriver Transcriptional Software
  Java video transcription tool: QuillDriver combines a simple XML editor with a video time-coding application
  (tags: java quilldriver xml video transcription mfactory opensource)
• MovieSafe – movie copy protection.
  interesting approach to DRM: a QuickTime video encapsulated in an applet
  (tags: quicktime java video drm applet)

• Tracker Video Analysis
  Features include object tracking with position, velocity and acceleration overlays and graphs, special effect filters, multiple reference frames, calibration points and line profiles for analysis of spectra and interference patterns.
  (tags: video java software quicktime opensource physics object tracking objecttracking motion)

• SI.com – NFL – Some cable operators balk at NFL Network – Tuesday November 21, 2006 6:00PM
  NFL charging “70 cents per customer per month”
  (tags: cable television nfl football costs network directv comcast dispute)

• Advertising Age – Want to Place a Product in a TV Show? Buy Airtime Too
  “…a little more than one-third of all viewers expressed high interest in the brands they were able to recognize.”
  (tags: advertising marketing adage nielsen commercials productplacement)