January 2008
Feature request
I want to be able to quote and comment in the same post. Right now if I comment on a quote my comment just becomes part of the quote. That doesn’t make sense to me.
While we’re at it, David:
TinyMCE sucks. I know it’s the best out there, but it really sucks.
Paragraph breaks should be maintained. Right now they’re not (at least in bookmarklet-originated quotes)....
“According to copious research conducted by Penn, upscale voters tend to focus...”
– Clinton and Obama: A Contest of Realistic vs. Romantic Worldviews — New York Magazine
Upcoming travel →
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A huge portion of my next three days will be spent within aluminum tubes slicing through the air at hundreds of miles per hour. It will seem to me as if I am sitting still in extremely cramped quarters with a dozen channels of crappy satellite television to keep me occupied once my laptop battery craps out.
Maybe I’ll read.
The writers strike sometimes makes life difficult.
“Kennedy began his remarks by paying tribute to Sen. Clinton’s advocacy for...”
– Sen. Kennedy Backs Obama for President
“In an endorsement letter released by the Illinois senator’s campaign on...”
– Ironically, Toni Morrison is for Obama - Yahoo! News
“Still, covering Obama has its compensations, largely because the man puts on a...”
– Howard Kurtz - How Obama Finesses the Press - washingtonpost.com
“Barack Obama is the rare individual who can sit in the U.S. Senate yet have his...”
– For the Democrats: Obama — chicagotribune.com
Daily self portrait →
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Added bonus: a view of my apartment.
The view from my window →
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The view out of one of my office windows. Those guys standing on the street to the right of the Breil ad are rubbernecking outside Heath Ledger’s apartment.
“I didn’t think it was an issue until Bill started throwing the mud so...”
– Scripting News: 1/26/2008
“I was totally on the fence until they started saying he said things he...”
– Scripting News: 1/26/2008
Dina at work →
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She’s participating in a meeting about a big deal.
Ryan Chambers →
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Ryan’s the newest member of the blip.tv sponsorship team.
My desk →
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My desk in our new office.
New artwork →
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Alli bought me these for Christmas. Thanks hon!
Tomorrow is heavy →
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Don’t ask me what that means.
By the way, my dad says I need a haircut.
blip.tv flash capacity is upgraded: http://tinyurl.com/22kpjf
Flash conversions →
On Monday we noted complaints about Flash conversion speed and promised to double our capacity by Friday. Good news: We’re running ahead of schedule. Jared just sent the e-mail that half of the planned upgrade is done a day early. The second half will be coming tomorrow or Saturday. With this upgrade we’ve increased Flash conversion capacity significantly… and there’s more to come.
I did not see a big iguana on the beach this morning
Social networking changes →
In this new release we’re going to be removing social networking functionality from blip. We’re not doing this because we don’t want to have social networking functionality, but rather because the functionality we have right now is broken and we want to build the right thing from the ground up. Please note that I’m talking about our own internal social networking — not our plug-in to MySpace,...
Mobile and pre-rolls →
Check out this blog post by Heather Green over at Business Week that points out that we’re not big into pre-roll or mobile. It’s true, we’re not. Putting thirty seconds of brand messaging in front of a four minute video is not a good idea. What is a good idea? Having a really short message at the beginning of the video (”This show is made possible by…”) followed by an overlay that invites people...
The paparazzi are discussing. Still camped outside Heath Ledger’s apartment. When will they go away and leave the guy in peace?
@Cinegage we’re excited to be working with adap.tv. We’re really expanding our ad network partnerships.
Another DSP →
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I’ve ordered a new camera for El Salvador, so soon I’ll be able to take DSPs without being tethered to the MacBook Pro.
Notes from the front →
We just finished up the last remaining bugs and rough corners on the new episode page. Allan and Jeff really did a bang-up job on it. They even added a couple new features while they were at it: Things like giving show creators editorial control over comments posted on their videos. You can see some screenshots of the episode page (along with some self-indulgent daily self portraits) in my Flickr...
And… we’re done. 9:46p. Not bad for startup hours.
Our new episode page will be done tonight. Polished and done.
@tomraftery yes - Heath Ledger is dead
Heath Ledger died across the street from me and I didn’t even notice.
How comments work on the new episode page: http://flickr.com/photos/mikeh/2212383029/
Comments on the new episode page →
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This is how they work. Extra bonus: Episode owner can now delete comments from their own posts, regardless of who posted them.
Thinking →
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Yes. Thinking.
Doubling of effective transcode capacity at blip coming in… three days.
@neovids soon, impatient one. soon.
@stevewoolf no gun for you
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a...”
– Robert A. Heinlein
Build custom players: http://tinyurl.com/2hdwf4
Picture 2 →
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Share with cross-posting →
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From the brand new Episode Page.
Polish. Polish. Polish.
Picture 2 →
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Flash conversion speed →
We’ve noticed a little twittering over the last couple days about wait times for blip Flash conversion. Some people have said that it’s ridiculously fast, but some have complained that it takes a while. We’ve been watching the stats, and for the most part conversions should be going through super fast. If your video’s really long, though, it’ll take longer to complete: transcoding time has a...
The new way for private videos →
We’ve offered video privacy settings as a pro account feature for a while now… but the system has been in need of some improvement. Jeff “Young Richard” Lerman has helped our pro account users out by developing a new set of privacy features and refactoring the existing set. In our next release, for the first time, you’ll be able to use a password to lock and unlock your videos. You’ll also be able...
A password protected video →
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“Add to Playlist” will read something else. Jeff has a sense of humor.
Private videos →
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The new interface for making videos private.
It's cold out →
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One degree with the wind chill.
By the fire escape →
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Having fun.
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! →
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In my “living room,” such as it is.
Saturday's DSP →
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I know, not zany.