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Indie Filmmakers and Web Series Producers Rejoice: RED Scarlet Coming This Spring


This camera will be huge for indie filmmakers and web series producers.  Here's the RED rep showing the Engadget peeps a prototype at CES.  The camera body will be $2750, with a complete camera for under $5000.

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Posted 1 month ago

Twitter's Retweet Rollout


As a serial retweeter, I like Twitter's new approach, which is
basically akin to Facebook's and Friendfeed's "like". Instead of the
well-known "RT" prefacing a retweet, a neat little retweet symbol
takes its place. Plus, the original tweeter who has been retweeted
appears in the Twitterstream, which makes more sense. My favorite
part of this update is the new retweet section, which lists your
tweets that have been retweeted by others, as well as the tweets of
others that you've decided to retweet.

There are, of course, many ways to use Twitter. For instance, one of
the ways I like to use it is as a searchable bookmarking service for
anything I find interesting through those I follow, as well as my RSS
feeds (yes, I'm still using my non-real time RSS reader). As such, I
retweet *a lot* probably at a detriment to some who follow me because
I may clog up their streams. But now, there's a way to turn off the
retweets from individual users, which is a very nice touch!
Conversation potential remains, while trimming some of the broadcast
tendencies of some tweeters.

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Posted 3 months ago

Emerging Addiction: GPS Games Foursquare and Gowalla

Gaming has never been my forte. In fact, with the exception of iChess, I don't have any games on my iPhone... until now!  With the introduction of two GPS games, Foursquare and Gowalla, I find myself itching to collect badges, pins, and become Mayor.  I've only recently started playing these games, but I think I've found myself a new pastime!  There are some differences between the two though...

Foursquare is a location-based game that lets you check in when you're out.  Doing so, will earn you points and badges. The game has weekly leader-boards. Points on the leader-board can quickly multiply for things like checking in at multiple places on the same day.  It's packed with relevant, city-specific data that lets you get up and running quickly. Checking in more times than anyone else, at a particular venue, earns a promotion to Mayor status.

Pros:
Available for multiple platforms (iPhone, Android, and SMS)
User-submitted to-do's serve as a guidebook for each city
Businesses are offering Mayors free drinks or discounts when visiting
iPhone app lets you know when you're near a Foursquare-enabled venue with a promotion
Updates to Twitter and Facebook

Cons:
Only available for 38 cities

Gowalla is a travel game that also rewards for checking into places while out-and-about. Similar to traveling abroad, Gowalla passport stamps iPhones upon check-in. The application also lets you gather icons (virtual souvenirs) that can be traded with other Gowalla friends or hidden for others to find.

Pros:
Not limited to specific cities
Crowdsourced venue listings
Completed "trips" allow players to fully discover a specific locale
Ability to check-in off the beaten path
GPS-reliance makes it difficult to "fudge"
Sexy UI
Updates to Twitter and Facebook

Cons:
Only available for iPhone

Since I've just started playing both, neither one has emerged better than the other... yet.  I'm sure that as I get into both, that will change.  Are you playing these? Which one do you prefer? Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments.

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Posted 4 months ago

Using Wordpress? Watch out for these users

After resuming one of my blogs that was idle, I found some error 400 messages from the video links.  Turns out I was hacked with these usernames.  I'm just glad there wasn't a whole lot of content on there, yet.  Yikes!

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Posted 5 months ago