Smokemont River Scene from tim welch on Vimeo.
Just for a bit of tranquility for those that might need it on a Monday. For the geek: made with the Flip camera and a Gorilla Pod
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Found out Bass Pro Shops. Imagine the resume for the editor: Editor, Crappie Advice 2001 – 2008
Crappie Advice from tim welch on Vimeo.
Sam Practices for Easter from tim welch on Vimeo.
Sam decided he needed to develop the skills ahead of time for the Easter Combine.
Unfortunately he was a bit random with the workout and even included a monkey hang.
He promises though, egg hunting greatness and highlights several moments from the tape to prove it.
Something blew up views of my Cookies video yesterday. Dunno where from nifty boost in one day. The chart is aggregate for Revver but Cookies account for 78 of the 105 total views. Not bad considering I don’t work it. Too bad Revver has no trackback ability to find the source and give some kudos. The graph is courtesy of Tubemogul, which I completely dig and have moved over for video posting and tracking.
Opened the in box this morn and found goodnes:
Nicely done…
Your video, “Cookies 101“, has been featured in the How To channel!
The path to stardom has begun.
Check out the cool “Editor’s pick” icon next to your video – you earned it!- The Crackle Team
Glad some liked it.
They screened all five videos in front of the crowd after the break from the previous segment. It seemed that most stayed on. Minor audio issues, sorry for Erin and his video, they had to play it twice. Worse though, the audience passed over all but one of my jokes. Anna Kournikova got a laugh but tough crowd for the rest. Remember these guys are not the usual geek crowd but black and grey suits types. (I like the BarCamp crowd better)
After all five went, mine was last, the judges moved from the audience to the panel area. Then the discussion began.
While it began with small explanation why the contest by Esther Dyson on her idea for the contest and then Jeff Chester cranky about the narrow focus (mainly wanting a two minute video on all the issues related to behavioral advertising techniques that properly warned and skewered the businesses involved), they soon moved on to how we missed a lot of points. I seemed to get a few jabs, mainly because mine was last but my humor as left little room for balance.
They got the point that we all had similar views but was varied in concerns and approaches to how to handle the cookie thing. Chester had a lot of issues with the whole thing and rather we had spewed venom against the ad man. Most on the panel seemed hip on the idea that this was consumers talking and that this was a start to something that needs to continue.
What was striking was that the consumer advocates were really concerned about the lack of options we presented in dealing with cookies but really cover the what, how and why is really three videos maybe even six.
I would like to see more contest to spur on this kind of thing. Maybe not as big a deal, less prize but get more videos and more people researching. A point was made that we were better in aggregate than individually. If the Berkman Center can keep it going they might get a great encyclopedia of info on Youtube and create enough conversation back and forth to keep it going organically. Chester can make his own video then.
We got to speak a bit on inspiration and approach. I was able to point out that two minutes is hard on the comprehensive thing and that several of us had commented that we left many segments on the cutting room floor that dealt with the concerns we had heard in the pro’s discussions. We (consumers) were worried about the opposite of the panelist.
Weirdness came with the audience vote. Felt strange watching the people vote for us. Schaak (Got Cookies?) took that one hands down (I got second). But the big prize went to …
Cookies by Clayton Miller. It was deserved. Most balanced and straight forward. Very tastefully subtle and most like what they really wanted. A great video but cool guy too. Matter of fact all of the finalist were very cool and it was a great time meeting them an sharing notes. It was cool we all got to come and experience this.
Any rate, I got a great trip, a cool dude goody bag and a reimbursement check for expenses coming that makes it a net positive by a long shot. I am happy. I am going to hang with the brother in law for the rest of the weekend and fly back on Sunday.
**Oh Wait, I did make top 5 videos of the week at TechPresident.com. Some one dug it. Yahoo!! Plus YouTube created a Privacy page and my video got to be the lead video and thumbnail for the group. At time of posting 534 views and better rating than the one star a week ago.
[UPDATE]Â CNET just posted a news story about it, check it out here.
While we are waiting on our session we had to sit through the first one of the morning. It was a huge panel with eBay, Google, Microsoft and various policy groups and big companies involved.
To start it off was three presentations. All dealt with the privacy disclosure policy and ranged from what is happening now to what could be done.
First up was Lorrie Cramer from Carnegie Mellon. Her group studied consumer behavior when faced with differing privacy disclosure practices. Main point was that when given a more open and obvious roduct choice consumers paid more for more privacy.
Declan McCullagh presented the survey CNET News conducted on privacy with the big four search engines: Google, Microsoft, Ask, AOL. INteresting findings:
- All can trace back from an IP/Cookie ID to search results
3 could trace from search term to IP/Cookie ID, AOL could not even search for it - Most kept info as long as useful in 2006 but now have a defined lifetime for that info. ASK has option to not save anything but it is not public
- Best performance to privacy depended on what you valued
Interesting, the MS guy disagreed on what he quoted of MS but it was actual verbatum from MS.
Scott Shipman from eBay showed off their new AdChoice program for the site. It used more progressive consumer control techniques. Provides immediate info on how that ad was chosen when you click the how and why button and you can control the options for ad deliver from user preferences on the site.
The big corporate points was that big labels take up valuable pixel space on a page and that there is a point where forced disclosure actually disrupts the use experience. Example, popups when trying to when an auction that had privacy and not bidding info. Also that there might need to be legislation to require a minimum disclosure for all companies considering that a amount of Fortune 500 companies don’t even bother. consumers are getting used to dealing with online profiles and more can go in that direction.
The consumer advocate side was that it should be all predicated on consumer action that maybe there should be something more concise or possible standardized. Maybe icons denoting what happens. I like the break talk of maybe a Creative Commons approach and maybe some browser functionality in dealing with cookies by way of standardized file served by the site a la xml.
Consensus was that consumers not that worried, maybe head in the sand or confused. but none the less it needs to be worked on. Privacy is a a relationship of trust between the company and the consumer. The trade off for a better experience has to be maintained with the security of the user in an open environment.
[Will update with links later]
So I am here at the FTC dealio and they are webcasting the event. Link at the end. Haven’t checked it out, don’t know the requirements.
Big names here: Peter Cullen – Microsoft, Srinija Sriinivasan, Marty Abrams- Center for Information Policy Leadership, Esther Dyson – EDventure. We have to sit through the first item on the agenda: Disclosures to Consumers. MIght be interesting to here what they really don’t want to tell us.
Will post photos later too.
Link for the Webcast: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/ehavioral/index.shtml
Took off from Orlando and dropped into DC this afternoon at 2 pm. Cold. Yeah. Not real cold. I am sure if you checked the weather channel you might be muttering “Pussy!?” under your breath but remember that an Orlando winter hovers around 63 degrees for months. I wore shorts like a true Florida retard boy. It is Orlando winter cold.
I rambled through the metro for the mad trip across town to the Phoenix Park Hotel. Half way through, at the switch from the blue to the red line it bogs down. A cheerful announcer came on to describe the reason why we were all going to be spending a few minutes hours cursing mass transit. Here is the transcript:
random electrical noise that typically marks the start of an inaudible loudspeaker message
ANNOUNCER
Greetings mass transit assclowns of DC, things are going to be really slow due to a police incident at ____
Announcer assuredly use the quote fingers during “police incident” and I stopped paying attention to where because I was no trying to figure out if I could walk.
random electrical noise that typically marks the start of an inaudible loudspeaker message.
ANNOUNCER
Greetings trapped and pissed mass transit assclowns of DC, it really is a cop incident in [insert random station]. They had to put a cap in his ass and we need to clean up the mess. Please be patient while we put your trip home off indefinitely.
Crowds begin to murmur. Confused wannabe passengers stare down the empty hole of a tunnel as if shear will power will bring out the train.
random electrical noise that typically marks the start of an inaudible loudspeaker message
ANNOUNCER
Hello, please stop looking down the tunnels, it will not make it come any quicker. Do move to the other side. We seemed to have misplaced our mops. We are going to run both trains on one side in a fun game we like to call Mass Transit Chicken. Hurry up it is coming.
The masses move through packed escalators to the other side their mesmerized gaze down the tunnel.
random electrical noise that typically marks the start of an inaudible loudspeaker message
ANNOUNCER
Oops. It isn’t coming on that side. Sorry go back you foolish lemmings. It is coming quick.
I ended up at the hotel. It is cool. Irish. Irish bar at the bottom. I will imbibe tonight and listen to live Irish music. Pictures of my room below. Cool.
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