invites to 12seconds.tv
I have nine more invites to the private alpha of 12seconds.tv. Send an email to kliannestewart at gmail with the subject “fyrp 12 seconds” and if you’re in the first nine, I’ll send you one. Woot!
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I have nine more invites to the private alpha of 12seconds.tv. Send an email to kliannestewart at gmail with the subject “fyrp 12 seconds” and if you’re in the first nine, I’ll send you one. Woot!
It’s time for some links to help pass the day as you wait for the weekend to begin. Remember: when you’re reviewing this stuff, you’re still working because it’s all in the name of research.
Create a monster with Spore. This is the precursor to an EA game that’s expected to arrive shortly. The “create a spore” has been out for a while, but geez it’s fun and impressive. My monster’s name is Not-Lianimal and I’ve watched her dance, ask scared and even bite (bad monster).
Have a Flickr account? Now you can see your images full-screen without losing any resolution thanks to new site: BlowUp
And now there’s a Twitter for those who don’t write well. 12 Second TV records, well, 12 second videos. This might be a good way to practice your pitches. If you can’t encompass your idea in 12 seconds, you’re out! As the site says: “Why 12seconds? Because anything longer is boring.”
The service is still in private alpha, so you’ll need an invite to join for now. The creators have listed ways to get in on the alpha test.
Short tidbits…
Amazon launched a VOD service last week, Amazon Unbox. It streams over 40,000 television and movie titles, but only for US subscribers. Sigh.
Does this mean TV and film fans will leave their cable companies en masse to download programming on Amazon? Maybe – but there’s a lot of speculation these same cablecos will stop this in its tracks with tiered broadband. We don’t even have this service yet in Canada and we might not soon, not only because of convoluted digital TV rights, but throttled broadband is already happening in this country.
Onto cooler news*, Radiohead filmed a new video for their House of Cards song without cameras, partnering with Google Code. It’s really coooool (*full disclosure, I’m a Radiohead nerd).
Finally, today I watched a woman who is technically a senior (by age only) seriously get into a game of Wii tennis. She’s part of a growing trend: Female gamers are making a mark… 40% of all gamers in the U.S. are ladies, and of that, 26% are over the age of 50. Is that only via the casual gaming market?
All I know is I’m playing as a team in Resident Evil, and I’d play better if my hand didn’t hurt from gripping the controller so tightly when I’m blasting away zombies. I don’t have that problem with casual games. I’m such a girl.
A recent study from Netpop research shows 36% of all entertainment is now consumed on the computer. The medium is no longer the message.
Want to up that number? Here are some fun entertaining links for Friday:
- Make Magazine not only has cool, albeit adventurous crafts to do at home, its blog recently posted a story about a table that helps show which person is dominating a conversation. Imagine you had that table in your next meeting – which person’s area would light up the most?
- Who would have thought games based on physics would be all the rage with kids and adults? Even with me! Check out this silly game, Jimmy Lost his Toilet Paper. I’m not very good at this game, but it’s a good challenge.
I saw Wall-E on Friday and it was great. What’s better? An interactive, incredibly rich website that extends the experience on my computer at home.
At the end of each week, I’ll show you some fun links that illustrate creativity on the web
Want to search for something in Google but you’re tired of using the English language? Man, I hear ya! Then why not try your Google search in the language of the Muppets’ Swedish Chef. Bork bork bork!
Don’t care for the Swedish Chef? There’s also Elmer Fudd if you’re feewing wucky.
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If you want to write music but don’t know how, you can now sing into a microphone and My Song will create accompanying chords to make a song. I like the cheesy video that explains how to make it work for you.
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