Found this article on idsgn. Looks like Crispin Porter + Bogusky launched a website that they are calling “part agency site, part digital experiment”.“We like to think of it less like a site and more like a giant digital fishing net. [The website] gathers everything that’s relevant about us and our clients. The good, the bad, the mildy unnerving.”

What this site does is scour the social/media web (YouTube, Twitter, blogs and news sites) and post the content up about them and 8 of their main clients. (Microsoft, Volkswagen, Burger King, Old Navy, Domino’s Pizza, Coca-Cola, Guitar Hero, and Hulu.)

At this point they are claiming that they have no control over what goes up there. Check it out at beta.cpbgroup.com.

-Chris

This past weekend, I got to be a juror at the Fountain Square Art Festival up in Evanston. As luck would have it, I got to judge the photo category. There were around 30 photo booths in total and a wide range of styles…here is a random sampling  of the work I saw.

Eric Holubow: http://ebow.org
Cool structural decay work…interesting work, and he had very nice prints

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David Mayhew: http://davidmayhewphotography.com
Some very cool “storm chasing” and Chicago lightning shots.

Anabran Imagery: http://aipics.com
Traditional landscape photography. This guy had some of the nicer prints I’ve seen. He uses a Kodak Endura Metallic paper and traditional wet process for development. Man…do the colors jump off that paper in the sunlight. Very nice.

Ryan Synovec: http://aspectrasphotography.com
Holga+Infared film+Japanese Gardens = good times.
I chatted with this guy for a bit and he was telling me that he has to meticulously tape each infrared pack to the back of his holga so no light gets in.

Mike Behr: http://mikebehrphotography.com
Big, sweeping, european landscapes…The website doesn’t really do these images justice, however the 72″ panoramics that he displayed at his booth sure did.

Enjoy
Rob

http://www.stealourideas.com

Check out what Microsoft X-box has up it’s sleeve…..Controller-Free Gaming….

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/default.htm?culture=en-US&lc=1033&fbid=dTFM5X521XI

Microsoft Surface is Pretty Damn Cool

I don’t think this is legit.

Via Kyle

Whuddup Peoples!!

I’m sitting in my hotel room pounding coffee at about 4 in the afternoon. I just came up from the final session at the Henry Stewart - Digital Asset Management Conference here at the Hilton in New York. While the caffeine is coursing through my veins, I thought I’d put some thoughts down on the highlights of the show while they are fresh in my mind. So here goes…

Steve D. is a LEGEND! This guy’s mug is all over the Xinet booth. He and TMS are featured in this month’s Xinet newsletter. Check it

For those who dont know, Xinet is the software behind checkout. Adam (from Xinet) ran thru the new features that are scheduled to release by the end of the summer…then we went out for Sushi and xtra large Sapporo’s with the boys from NAPC- Nice! Some of the features include more advanced video support with custom transcoding, on-the-fly reel creation, and more codec support. They’ve also added online mark-up and annotation tools.

I spoke at a session this morning titled: “How a Brand Delivery Agency Manages and Executes a 21st Century Global Packaging Assignment for McDonald’s” The good news is: I managed to not balls it up. There were probably about 50 people in the room and I got some great questions and complements after the preso, so I think people enjoyed it. Side note about my preso- the moderator for the preso was Andrew Salop- who founded the XMP initiative when he worked at Adobe. Baller status.

The 2 best sessions (in my mind) were both today. The first was a round table that included the DAM specialist at Digitas in New York. He had some great insights into metadata tagging in an Agency workflow. I’ll be borrowing some of his ideas :)

The BEST session- hands down- was with Paul Nicholson, VP of Print and Video Production at The Red Group- the in-house studio for Showtime Networks. If I’ve ever discussed DAM with anyone reading this, the chances are pretty good that I brought this guy up in our conversation. I’m enamored with his DAM setup and have been for a few years. It’s sooooo well planned….He’s a master of implementing technologies and having them all work together seamlessly. Lots of custom development too. Anyways, I asked a few quetsions during the preso and we had a chance to chat afterward. He is the man.

The guys from Versus and FoxNews Channel also had some very impressive DAM systems to present. Both have moved away from tape all together and are broadcasting and archiving strictly in digital. The most impressive parts about these systems, particularly with Versus, is the sheer size of storage space on their servers. They claim their HD footage takes up almost 1 Gig per minute!!!

Media Beacon probably had the busiest booth as they just announced version 3.0 of their system. It’s very slick. They have moved to a widget based interface- similar to iGoogle. Think of DAM as a customizable dashboard.

That’s all for now- if anyone cares to “dork-out” any further on the subject of DAM, give me a shout. rob.tarpey@tmsw.com

Later

Rob

Check out this video.  It’s shot with the same camera we have in the studio, the 5D Mark II.
Watch it in full HD if you can!

Timescapes Timelapse - Learning to Fly

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If you’ve been using/seen/played with the new Canon 5D Mark II you’ve inevitably messed with the HD video capabilities. They were good… not great, just good. Today changed that. Now you can manually set ISO, Shutter Speed, and aperture. It’s amazing. I do a LOT of video work and I honestly think if I was in the market for a new video camera I’d go for this versus anything else. There are still a few things to tweak for the next version but it’s pretty amazing.

C

Hi from Multitouch Barcelona on Vimeo.

Saw this and thought it was funny.