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Been Busy Streaming

Michael Ashby — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:26:43 +0000

Recently Dan and I have been doing some video streaming gigs with a buddy of ours Nic Dugger. I came across the on demand links on uStream, so I thought I’d share.

Pre-Show: Carrie Underwood at the Grand Ole Opry

Carrie Underwood at the Grand Ole Opry

Jimmy Wayne Live Chat and Performance

Too Cute For Words

Michael Ashby — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:37:41 +0000

Seinfeld’s Take On Mobile Devices

Michael Ashby — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:12:49 +0000

There’s been a lot of chatter in my world regarding mobile devices recently, what with the new Palm Prè (and no, I’m not creating another Palm User Group) and the new iPhone 3 GS. With all the focus on specs and how-it-all-works kind of stuff, it was nice with I came across this video, where Seinfeld talks about what it’s like to be on the receiving end of a Crackberry, or iPhone nut.

Thanks Charlie for the link!

Bathtub IV Video

Michael Ashby — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:27:06 +0000

I was going through my tweets after lunch and found a comment by Merlin Mann. He was replying to Graham Linehan, the creator of The IT Crowd so naturally I had to follow him (@Glinner if you’re interested).

As I scrolled through page-after-page of videos and links of utter hilarity, I came across this video that I just had to share. Bathtub IV is one in a series of videos from Keith Loutit’s “Little Sydney” project and it’s just brilliant.

Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Note: this is not stop motion, and these are not models. I showed this to Dan and we talked about it and how Keith created this fantastic video. Seems that he’s shooting HD and combing tilt-shift and time-lapse. Incredible.

Jim Cramer On The Daily Show

Michael Ashby — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:01:42 +0000

I didn’t see it on TV when it occurred, but apparently Jim Cramer made an appearance on “The Daily Show with John Stewart” and didn’t fare so well, to put it mildly. There’s a lot of buzz about this on the Internet and after watching the un-edited video, I can see why.

Jim Cramer really comes off like a schmuck and an apologist. Clearly John is on his game, is firing on all cylinders and controls the conversation expertly. It reminds me of his appearance Crossfire and well worth the watch. On Crossfire, John took CNN to task and in this interview he takes CNBC to the same task. To quote Stewart, the issue is about “… what CNBC advertisers itself as and what it actually is.”

The impression that I’m left with after watching the videos is that the credibility of CNBC and more specifically Cramer’s show “Mad Money” has been flushed. It was after Stewart’s appearance on “Crossfire” that the show was cancelled. I can’t help but think that we could be seeing a repeat.

Lastly, there’s one thing that Cramer says towards the end that really sticks out and will be my take away sound bite.

“I’m a guy doing an entertainment show about business.”