Jon's Sporadic Notes

Watch Stranger Than Fiction Feature Film Online Free from Crackle

2011-09-17T11:02:00.001-04:00

A fun post-modern movie.

Make the Logo Bigger (C) 2008 Jon Ashley

2011-08-16T15:18:00.004-04:00

Messed up sketch recording (M-Audio FireWire 410 was fritzing out) of a song I threw together for Stream 2008 but decided not to perform. (MP3 linked from title.)

Make the Logo Bigger lyrics

(well...)
You got the styleguide
you got the brand voice down
you know her personality

(but you...)
heard that it's got to get viral
"I need this thing to spiral!"
got to get the word out economic'ly

(so you de-)
'cide to take it interactive
know what impact that can have
you're gonna make this baby scale

(be it...)
organic, green, progressive
mid-level news to massive
you know you're gonna make the sale

(mmmm mmm.... and then the Client says)
make the logo bigger!
make the logo bigger!
make the logo bigger!
(2x)

(well the Client says!)
we Love it all, but could you
just change a thing or two ?
I'm not that crazy 'bout that shade of blue

(and I...)
Don't know about this typestyle
the photo, tout or hero
don't think the message is getting through

(and then the Client says...)
Make the logo bigger (3x)

You've found the audience
can reach them for mere cents
analytics, to track their buying moves

you've got that multi-media
audio and vid to greet ya'
you know how to lay down the moves

(and then the Client says...)
Make the logo bigger (3x)
(repeat)

Gulp. The world's largest stop-motion animation shot on a Nokia N8. on Vimeo

2011-08-10T13:45:00.000-04:00

Gulp. The world's largest stop-motion animation shot on a Nokia N8. from Nokia HD on Vimeo.

'Gulp' is a short film created by Sumo Science at Aardman, depicting a fisherman going about his daily catch. Shot on location at Pendine Beach in South Wales, every frame of this stop-motion animation was shot using a Nokia N8, with its 12 megapixel camera and Carl Zeiss optics. The film has broken a world record for the 'largest stop-motion animation set', with the largest scene stretching over 11,000 square feet.

The animators: http://www.aardman.com

The sand artists: http://sandinyoureye.co.uk

The phone: http://www.nokia.com/n8

Soundscape crafted at Samsung Mobile

2011-02-21T06:54:00.000-05:00

Samsung Mobile | A revolution in mobile music:

SEE MORE AT SAMSUNG MOBILE MUSIC

Welcome to 2012: Time for Change

2010-10-21T21:23:00.000-04:00

YouTube - Little Barrie Free Salute

2010-09-24T13:22:00.001-04:00

Listening to this puts a smile on my face, makes me happy to be alive. Man LIttle Barrie, where you been my whole life? Can't believe I'm just now finding this 5-year-old album.

President Obama pays tribute to victims on 9/11

2010-09-13T08:09:00.000-04:00

Vision of Humanity

2010-09-02T13:54:00.000-04:00

Interesting interactive info-graphic at Vision of Humanity using a world map and a "Global Peace Index" to compare country data.

Get Ready for the Mad Men Season 4 Premiere This Sunday - Mad Men - AMC

2010-07-24T00:06:00.000-04:00

Anxiously awaiting the season premiere of Mad Men this Sunday!

Zappos - SXSW Presentation - Top 10 Lessons Learned in E-Commerce - 03 08 08

2010-07-23T16:15:00.001-04:00

View more presentations from zappos.

History of the Federal Reserve (Money Masters)

2010-06-06T20:59:00.000-04:00

There is something behind the throne greater than the king himself

2010-06-06T20:44:00.000-04:00

"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered."

-Thomas Jefferson

YouTube - Genevieve playing Violin in Caley Ensemble

2010-05-11T22:30:00.000-04:00

YouTube - Genevieve playing Violin in Caley Ensemble

PBS FrontLine - From Jesus to Christ

2010-04-04T17:54:00.002-04:00

Happy Easter to my fellow Christian brothers and sisters!

XD Inspire - Transforming the Magazine Experience with WIRED | Adobe TV

2010-02-26T15:58:00.000-05:00

Using Adobe Flash and an iPhone/iPad "Packager" in Adobe Flash CS5, apparently. So much for PDF in "publishing" from now on.

New Guitar for Jon - a Fender Squier Bass!

2010-02-19T13:12:00.003-05:00

Primarily for recording purposes, I've picked up low-end Fender bass. Had a great time jamming on it with the band last night, playing 5-6 songs on bass rather than guitar. Love the pop and slap...

Wired’s tablet app: lookin’ good

2010-02-16T18:06:00.000-05:00

E*TRADE BABYMAIL

2010-02-12T13:03:00.001-05:00

YouTube - Louis Armstrong - When The Saints Go Marching In

2010-02-07T21:50:00.000-05:00

Jazz is better than Football. Go Saints.

I wish Pat Robertson would read this

2010-01-15T07:42:00.002-05:00

I guess I'd heard some story before about Haiti and VooDoo and 'Devil Worship', but when you hear right-wing (supposedly Christian) media spout crap about innocent Haitians deserving their misery it makes you do a little research. I think I'll trust the words of (Haitian) brother Jean R. Gelin instead.

in reference to:

"I was born and raised in Haiti, and I am a graduate of the State University in Port-au-Prince. I am also a believer in the Lord Jesus-Christ in accordance with the Bible. In all of my studies of Haitian history, however, I have yet to find a good evidence of even the idea of Satan’s assistance in the Independence War, let alone a satanic pact."
- God, Satan, and the Birth of Haiti- Articles- BlackandChristian.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Caricature of Jon

2009-12-18T09:35:00.001-05:00

Vampire Weekend - Horchata single as free download

2009-10-26T19:26:00.000-04:00

Vampire Weekend offers their new single - Horchata - as a free download. The album drops 2010.01.12 in the US.

When Your Mind's Made Up - Remixed (kinda)

2009-10-23T22:45:00.002-04:00

I just remixed this song (from the Academy-Award-winning soundtrack to the movie 'Once') - simply blending the two versions: from the Swell Season album (with strings) and from the movie soundtrack (with drums). Too bad it's illegal for me to post the results of my GarageBand play...

Jon Ashley's Marcy Playground - Star Baby Submission - Indaba Music

2009-10-06T00:15:00.000-04:00

In GarageBand - Added a backing harmony vocal track, overdubbed a Stylophone track, pumped up the snare, added some piano and bebop ride cymbal from the break out.

MXP4: Play With It! New Interactive Music Solution! Interactive audio format! | MXP4

2009-09-26T21:23:00.000-04:00

An example of their technology

FULL SCREEN hosted by playlive.fm

Motion Portrait Toy - Great Fun

2009-09-24T10:15:00.000-04:00

Up-load your picture and the toy does the rest

Earth Is The Place To Be - Sputnik Observatory

2009-09-19T09:34:00.000-04:00

Thought-provoking video on an interesting experimental video site.

Jon's Guacamole Recipe

2009-09-18T12:53:00.002-04:00

set to music and cut as slideshow by Animoto

Jacek Utko designs to save newspapers | Video on TED.com

2009-09-18T08:59:00.000-04:00

Well - maybe not 'save'. But his points around the role of design within business are spot-on.

The Beatles - on 09.09.09

2009-09-09T22:15:00.000-04:00

Download and Remix Bowie's Space Oddity

2009-09-08T23:52:00.004-04:00

Original 8 tracks of separate audio, ready to remix!

Athens Metro Train Arrives

2009-09-06T23:23:00.003-04:00

Taken last year while visiting Athens, Greece for the WPP "Un-conference" Stream 08. Too bad I'm not going back again this year!

Google's New Phone Is More Bad News For Palm (GOOG, PALM, S)

2009-09-03T12:27:00.001-04:00

Great remix site, contest & entry

2009-08-31T21:46:00.002-04:00

David Minnick remixes Rivers Cuomo with that 1929 Cotton Club feel!!

Google Voice - from but not ON my iPhone

2009-08-26T20:36:00.001-04:00

Correct the World War II Memorial Roosevelt Quote with 'So help us God'

2009-08-21T23:27:00.000-04:00

SHALL WE HIRE A MONUMENT ENGRAVER TO GO TOTHE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL AND ADD THE MISSING WORDS?

A MESSAGE FROM AN APPALLED OBSERVER:

Today I went to visit the new World War II Memorial inWashington, DC . I got an unexpected history lesson. Because I'm a baby boomer, I was one of the youngest in the crowd. Most were the age of my parents, Veterans of 'The Greatest War,' with their families.. It was a beautiful day and people were smiling and happy to be there.

Hundreds of us milled around the memorial, reading the inspiring words of Eise nhower and Truman that are engraved there..

On the Pacific side of the memorial, a group of us gathered to read
the words President Roosevelt used to announce the attack on
Pearl Harbor:

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941-- a date which will live in infamy--the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked."

One elderly woman read the words aloud:

"With confidence in our armed forces, with the abounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph."

But as she read, she was suddenly turned angry.. "Wait a minute," she said, "they left out the end of the quote. They left out the most important part. Roosevelt ended the message with 'so help us God.'"

Her husband said, "You are probably right. We're not supposed to say things like that now."

"I know I'm right," she insisted.. "I remember the speech.." The two looked dismayed, shook their heads sadly and walked away.

Listening to their conversation, I thought to myself, 'Well, it has been over 50 years. She's probably forgotten.'

But she had not forgott en. She was right.

I went home and pulled out the book my book club is reading - "Flags of Our Fathers" by James Bradley . It's all about the battle at Iwo Jima .

I haven't gotten too far in the book. It's tough to read because it's a graphic description of the WWII battles in the Pacific..

But right there it was on page 58. Roosevelt 's speech to the nation ends in 'So help us God.'

The people who edited out that part of the speech when they engraved it on the memorial could have fooled me. I was born after the war! But they couldn't fool the people who were there.

Roosevelt's words are engraved on their hearts.

Now I ask: "WHO GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE WORDS OF HISTORY?????????"

Send this around to your friends. People need to know before everyone forgets..

People today are trying to change the history of America by leaving God out of it but the truth is God has been a part of this nation since the beginning! He still wants to be and He always will be!!!

If you agree, pass this on and God Bless YOU!!!

If not, May God Forgive You!!!!!

_________________________________
Jon Ashley - User Experience
jon.ashley@gmail.com

Jon Ashley in MadMen style

2009-08-14T23:41:00.003-04:00

Made possible by the good people at AMC.

MUJI Global | playMUJI uses video to demo products

2009-07-17T10:15:00.000-04:00

From MUJI Global | playMUJI
Video thumbnails model products, or show assembly steps, etc. Great eCommerce design from Muji - and very Japanese.

Office 2010: The Movie

2009-07-09T20:46:00.001-04:00

My brother-in-law is the bald CIA leader in this viral clip

Jon's rides the zip line down into the lake

2009-06-18T11:02:00.001-04:00

YouTube - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova Live at Sundance!

2009-06-06T21:46:00.001-04:00

YouTube - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova Live at Sundance!

just saw "Once" the indie film from 2007 - Oscar-winning soundtrack - for the 1st time tonight.
Amazing song "Falling Slowly" - played live here in this clip from Sundance festival backstage.

feeling good about my 1st months emusic membership (at the "old rates";) - they have music from the film and songwriters Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova.

WBshop.com - The Official Online Store of Warner Bros. Studios: One Trick Pony

2009-06-03T09:17:00.002-04:00

Horrible trailer - but the film is finally (legally) available on DVD!

Jason Mraz is fab - and on tour

2009-05-10T22:57:00.001-04:00

Would love to see him at Heshey Park with Dave Mathews July 24th

Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive - Home

2009-05-02T19:58:00.001-04:00

Sponsored by my company (G2) and one of our clients, Campbells.

Interesting MealPlanner widget from QPonix

2009-04-27T18:39:00.001-04:00

Seems to have been licensed by Better Homes & Gardens and Meijer stores.

Facebook | Meg Walkup Standridge's Photos - Hayden Spring Pictures

2009-03-28T22:11:00.001-04:00

What a great picture!! This kid is the son of my Cousin Kevin. Son of a 1st cousin... what does one call that??

The BPA (The Brighton Port Authority) :: Official Website :: Join the Ranks of The BPA

2009-03-11T23:45:00.000-04:00

The BPA (The Brighton Port Authority) :: Official Website :: Join the Ranks of The BPA
I think I'll submit a take on FatBoy Slim's BPA contest - Have some lyrics and melody that, modified, may well work with this track.
Love me some FatBoy Slim.

Augmented Reality example from GE

2009-03-10T12:27:00.000-04:00

GE | Plug Into the Smart Grid | Augmented Reality utilizes the FLARToolkit.

Can't wait to try it out on my Mac.

IF I was a millionaire - Raf Simons - Funnel-neck Coat

2009-02-11T22:19:00.000-05:00

From the Komakino Online Shop
Raf Simons - Funnel-neck Coat | Komakino Online Shop

Barack Obama sworn in as 44th President

2009-01-20T15:55:00.000-05:00

Too bad we have a "Chief Justice" who can't get the oath of office wording correct for such a historic inauguration, even written out right in front of him!

I guess what threw the Chief Justice Roberts is that the words are directly from the Constitution.

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

I guess we can't expect a guy like John Roberts to care enough about the Constitution to get it right.

8-bit Studios Upgraded to PreSonus Firestudio Project

2009-01-03T15:50:00.000-05:00

Musician's Friend had a deal, and with Christmas and my Birthday in consecutive months, the 8-Bit studios i/o box has been upgraded from an M-Audio FireWire 410 (2 analog inputs) to this PreSonus Firestudio Project (8 analog inputs).

Yea!!

Playlist Rocks

2008-12-24T09:42:00.002-05:00

Now that it's banned from MySpace & Facebook I figured it was time to check out Playlist - and it rocks! Great widget service to set up playlists of music you like. It's like the FM radio DJ actually took your call, and your requests!

YieldBuild - interesting Ad service

2008-11-21T01:00:00.002-05:00

YieldBuild automates optimization of Ad space in layouts on your site. Beta seems desirable...

I enjoyed running sound for the Hustle band live on Sunday

2008-11-13T08:53:00.000-05:00

I enjoyed running the soundboard when The Hustle played a benefit show at our church (Hope Community Church). Their hybrid hip-hop style was a blast and they were a talented, tight band.
Too bad I gave the band my only copy of the board recording... it was good for live.

Be sure to check out their tune "Philadelphia".
MySpace.com - THE HUSTLE - Indie / Experimental / Hip Hop - www.myspace.com/thehustleband

Obama Poster - Yes We Did

2008-11-08T16:30:00.000-05:00

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ユニクロトップ - UNIQLO ユニクロ

2008-10-21T13:39:00.001-04:00

Interesting promotional widget from Japanese brand Uniqlo.
Won awards at Cannes.
View on the hour to enjoy the alarm animations...

Athens Greece Site Seeing - a set on Flickr

2008-10-11T18:12:00.001-04:00

Saturday Night Live - VP Debate Open: Palin / Biden - Video - NBC.com

2008-10-10T15:09:00.000-04:00

5 Firefox Extensions Any Web Developer Must Have

2008-10-08T08:53:00.001-04:00

5 Firefox Extensions Any Web Developer Must Have

Posted using ShareThis

Saturday Night Live - Couric / Palin Open - Video - NBC.com

2008-09-30T01:07:00.000-04:00

Tiny Fey has Palin down! LOL funny!

Tokyo Subway on Flickr - Travel Photo

2008-09-28T23:32:00.000-04:00

Tokyo Subway on Flickr

I've rediscovered this shot I took in Tokyo with my Treo 700p, where the train motion blur really pops the foreground elements. Fun!

Bravo TV - Design a Room app

2008-09-23T00:57:00.000-04:00

They have coding problems over at BravoTV.com. Flash and HTML integration seems broken quite often.
Loading... Loading...

Palm Needs to License ShapeWriter

2008-09-09T23:23:00.000-04:00

ShapeWriter

How cool/innovative is this input UI approach?
Palm should license this to play on the iPhone's keyboard usability woes...
Ever try using a finger nail?

Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime® components

2008-09-06T23:23:00.000-04:00

Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime® components
Great codec utility for QuickTime on the Mac.
Allows FLV playback and transcoding.

I News 3 your personal news center

2008-09-06T21:31:00.000-04:00

I News 3 your personal news center has run a video story about me running for President!

Google Web Browser 'Chrome' Released

2008-09-02T21:22:00.000-04:00

Get your own - Open publication

Google Chrome: "Look under the hood of Google Chrome in this comics interpretation of key engineering decisions, by Scott McCloud."

Radiohead Concert Photos 2008-08-12

2008-08-25T00:02:00.001-04:00

Radiohead 2008/08/13 Setlist:

Step
There There
Morning Bell
All I Need
The National Anthem
Videotape
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
The Gloaming
Where I End And You Begin
Faust Arp
No Surprises
Jigsaw
The Bends
Idioteque
Climbing Up The Walls
Nude
Bodysnatchers

Encore

House of Cards
Lucky
Go Slowly
Just
Street Spirit

Encore 2

Reckoner
Planet Telex
Everything In Its Right Place

Radiohead Concert 2008-08-12

2008-08-24T23:58:00.001-04:00

Photo_081208_031, originally uploaded by Jon Ashley.

I took a bunch of pix with the Treo 700p at the recent Radiohead concert in Camden, NJ.
Some even good...
Much thanks to Scott W for the last minute ticket hook-up!

Lyrics Word Cloud generated by Wordle

2008-08-01T15:44:00.000-04:00

Lyrics to a song of mine run through the Wordle applet.

Fun!

Localization - It's Big in Japan | Omnisio

2008-07-02T11:38:00.000-04:00

Through a cool new tool - Omnisio - I have linked up the GoogleVideo of a presentation I made to the Delaware Valley UPA with the presentation for side-by-side display of the video and the slides.
Now, how do I incorporate the event photos posted on Flickr?

Quoting the AP will cost me, but posting their video is free?

2008-06-22T14:10:00.000-04:00

According to the AP (Associated Press) I can't quote them without paying for the content. But I can embed this entire AP video report off YouTube for free?

Wow! The AP really doesn't understand what changes have transpired in media

YouTube - John Cusack Gives the Bush-McCain Challenge - 30 sec version

2008-06-11T14:20:00.000-04:00

Reuters Widgets - Video

2008-06-08T17:56:00.000-04:00

JibJab Sendables | "Breakin" - A Non-Crappy Starring You! eCard

2008-06-01T13:48:00.000-04:00

Lost - Home - ABC.com

2008-05-14T12:44:00.000-04:00

My favorite show... perhaps of all time. I can't believe the short seasons and year-long breaks. It's agonizing.

YouTube - Guys backflip into jeans

2008-05-10T11:19:00.000-04:00

My brand for decades - Levi's 501s... sweet.

Nutrition facts, calories in food, labels, nutritional information and analysis – NutritionData.com

2008-05-05T16:12:00.000-04:00

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Healthy Food Recipes & Nutritional Menu Ideas from Epicurious

2008-05-05T09:15:00.000-04:00

Fisher-Price PXL 2000 - Wickedly Lo-Fi Home Video

2008-04-17T23:27:00.000-04:00

From Retro Thing - Fisher-Price PXL 2000 - Wickedly Lo-Fi Home Video.

I really wanted one of these when I was a kid! I thought it would be the coolest.

Never got a Commodore 64 either... ;)

Boddingtons - the ale of choice

2008-04-09T14:53:00.000-04:00

And Corona is swell to promote it... ;)

Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early

2008-04-01T19:46:00.000-04:00

Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early

Frozen Grand Central at Improv Everywhere

2008-03-11T19:23:00.000-04:00

Frozen Grand Central at Improv Everywhere

Sweet social manipulation... mass-participation performance art thing.

Adrian Sannier of Arizona State University talks about Google Apps

2008-03-10T09:43:00.000-04:00

YouTube - Arizona State University talks about Google Apps

I had the pleasure of working with Adrian "Ace" Sannier while at Engineering Animation. I learned a great deal about leadership just being around him.
I do not believe he normally goes by "Ace", but another Adrian had beat him to the EAI offices, so...

GREY Group

2008-03-06T15:50:00.000-05:00

GREY Group - the "parent" company of my employer - just relaunched the dot-com.

Eames 41 cent USPS Stamps

2008-03-03T21:24:00.000-05:00

Succumbed to Paste $5 CD Closing Sale

2008-02-26T23:55:00.000-05:00

Mute Math
Mute Math
Jamie Cullum
Catching Tales
Matthew Sweet
Kimi Ga Suki
Matisyahu
Live at Stubb's
The Go-Betweens
Oceans Apart
Joss Stone
Mind Body & Soul
The Soul Sessions
Erin McKeown
Grand

Quite unlike myself I grabbed a bunch of CDs that I've been meaning to.

Looks like I waited for the right price.

Love the monthly Paste Mag too.

Paste CD sale HALTED by server errors

2008-02-26T23:39:00.001-05:00

http://www.pastestore.com/product/1085
renders
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:45:08 GMT Server: Apache/1.3.31 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.8.18 OpenSSL/0.9.7d mod_perl/1.29 Connection: close Transfer-Encoding: chunked Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

OK

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@pastemagazine.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Apache/1.3.31 Server at www.pastestore.com Port 80

BIG TROUBLES YOU HAVING - NO WONDER CLOSE THE STORE
TOO MANY TRIES IT TAKES TO GET THE PAGES
ONLY CHARGE CREDIT CARD ONCE, YES?

(Comical immigrant poetry from a frustrated shopper and experience designer)
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Jon Ashley - User Experience Architect

See the difference you can make - Earth Hour 2008

2008-02-26T09:05:00.000-05:00

Robot Music from Absolut Quartet

2008-02-21T09:33:00.000-05:00

You can remotely play with the robot/instrument over the Internet

The Wombats - Moving to New York

2008-02-20T22:46:00.000-05:00

YouTube - The Wombats Moving to New York

And many others on YouTube.

The Wombats are playing SXSW for the 2nd year in a row. Nice.

As much as I love The Fratellis it's no wonder I dig this UK band too.

Immigration_by_the_Numbers.mov

2008-02-15T23:22:00.000-05:00

Immigration_by_the_Numbers.mov

Great video giving an overview of the effect that the volume of immigrants has on the US.

Tide to Go - Mytalkingstain.com

2008-02-05T16:00:00.000-05:00

Tide to Go - Mytalkingstain.com
Nice campaign for Tide... I think I'll by some Tide to Go.

U23D Coming to IMAX Near Me?

2008-01-26T18:23:00.001-05:00

RADIOHEAD_IN RAINBOWS

2008-01-26T17:53:00.001-05:00

Love this band! And this widget.

Sennheiser - Sound Logo Contest

2008-01-20T22:21:00.000-05:00

Sennheiser - Sound Logo Contest
Hmm... how to top "N - B - C"?

Nokia Nseries

2008-01-20T21:23:00.000-05:00

In order to view the Nokia N82: The urbanista diaries you need JavaScript and Flash Player 8+ support

Interesting device, campaign and site.

ZCam interface from 3DV at CES 2008

2008-01-13T10:29:00.000-05:00

C|Net reports with a bit of detail.

Social Networks & UGC Media in Mobile

2008-01-06T19:53:00.001-05:00

Panel:
Peg Jackson, moderator (NeoCarta Ventures - VC, uses LinkedIn)

Shane Lennon - "Gypsy" - location-based social net, WAP, gen content, attach location, upload, commenting - friend finding app, content search, mapping and directions, has FaceBook integration
Liang - Nokia partnership dev, contextual tie-in requires metadata
MayLin Ng - mig33 - mobile social network (8MM+ users global)
Andrew Perlman - Vringo (video ringtones) melding personalization with Web 2.0?? choosing content to use to identify/represent yourself to the world
Darcy Lorincz - Origin Digital - 800 content partners, connect content to destinations at various bitrates/formats
John Mantell - Helio (video focus) - mobile access to FaceBook, MySpace, YouTube - VOD services

Notes:

"Mobile Social Networks" - what does that mean? ;)
location-oriented, can share (soon) with friends and family
and behavior (shoot video of drunk at office party)

greater ##s accessing I-net worldwide on mobile than other

Helio/MySpace partnership

6% of mobile users in US have uploaded UGC to networks from phone

Nokia - 18% of photos taken are on camera phones
> working around the infrastructure, ex IM over IP, VOIP... must enable 3rd-party developers (Skype, etc.)
> integrating Contacts and presence (Microsoft partnership)

"profiling and self-expression tools"

iPhone
Google Phone ("Android")

(mg33) Social Network must be built for the mobile to work on the mobile
> all aspects on the mobile without any PC use
> leverage communication services (chat, voice, share picture, etc.)
- comfort rises and then sharing/social grows from that

(Gypsy) mobile space - vertical behaviors, but not vertical services/lock-in
use cases are at level 1 at the moment

Business models:
(digital goods, subscription, advertising ??)
mig33 - off-deck strategy, local distribution partnerships to monetize
Cross-platform strategies are the most successful (even including Print), more touchpoints, mobile can be center

build once, deploy anywhere doesn't work long-term (OK start) - form factor impacts the content

UGC screened/flitered through partnerships (iFilm, etc.)

Tech that will Impact:
Slifter - cool app/start-up
Gidget - (was Attendio - location-based Facebook App)
Gicue ? Giqueue?
MessageMe - post and monitize mobile content
DVB-H
mobile wallet (too obvious, why not happened in US yet?)
SK Telcom - S. Korea -
Digital Orchid - lottery tickets mobile

Privacy -
Allowing user to be able to control

Mobile & Broadband Music

2008-01-06T19:49:00.000-05:00

Panel:
Ted Cohen - moderator, TAG Strategic

Brad Duea - Napster
Victor Fredell - Sony/Ericsson (80% of content revenue comes from games)
Cyrill Glockner - Microsoft
Ken Hertz - entertainment attorney, GH&L LLP, Beverly Hills - Will Smith, Beyond, Black Eyed Peas, etc.
Paul Campbell - works with Quincy Jones - QD3 (QE3?) Entertainment
Chris White - Motorola global music efforts

Notes:
Napster - side-load to mobile phone or over air (ATT, DoCoMo, European carriers), .99 per song or $15/month

Collapse of DRM at major labels??
- for purchase
- subscription will continue to use DRM
> Fredell - about the music experience overall, not just eliminating DRM (which is one of the pieces)
> White - exciting to see, but in Asia 90% of music biz is OTA, all DRMed...
> Ken Hertz - not really significant revenue... artists believe every day is their last day in the business (21-yr old out at 25)

How shipment of music-enable phones effects the industry...

What went wrong with Plays For Sure?
> Glockner:

Nokia - "Comes With Music" - introduced in Dec, phone with 1 year of music even after subscription ends, no burn, no copy, but stays in Nokia device

In music business models you are selling: convenience, quality, monitizing affinity

Napster - Swisscom (no-DRM approach, 5-song trackpack - ALL phones, 5 songs per month) vs AT&T (DRM with 1 phone, Microsoft)

subscription or ala carte bundle? (semantic difference only)

Hertz - assume everything is going to be subverted somehow (technically) so build your model with that assumption

Consumer Adaption /= Business Model
Ad-supported model tough to make money

2008 - labels will publicly embrace blanket licensing (ala ASCAP, BMI) - some is going to happen

"3D-Radio" - TiVo for radio...

iRadio - motorola, does not exist

Moto - every phone is Asia has FM radio

sideloading vs. OTA
4GB cards < $40 !

3 major trends (Glockner):
> mobile experience, access anywhere to my content
> PC is increasingly a platform for video
> CE manufacturers want to participate

--- 2008-2009 NBT? --- L to R
greater compatibility, ease of use
media management within phone, navigation through media
better end-user experience on mobile devices > Silverlight...
blanket licensing debate
role of advertisers, value add but no dedicated budgets... shift of dollars to support innovative business models
handset HW and SW tech integration, switch from music to voice mode; device manuf getting more into content; more in-home compatibility

Movies, TV and Video for Mobile

2008-01-06T19:46:00.000-05:00

Panel:
Ralph Simon - moderator, Mobile Entertainment Forum

Frank Chindamo - Fun Little Movies (USC teaching, short-form 5-minute movies) - Rock Entertainment just acquired them (custom video codec?)
Douglas Craig - Discovery Communications (3 products: streaming mobile channel on MobiTV/Sprint, B2B style clips with partners, WAP site)
Lisa Hsia - VP New Media, Bravo/NBC Universal (wireless piece: Project Runway, IronChef - WAP sites, MMS clubs, mobile games - text to Buy thing if can get carriers, social networking thing)
David Lang - Mindshare Entertainment
John Najarian - SVP New Media, Comcast Entertainment Group, LA-based (E, Style and G4 new media - VOD, podcasting, wireless, WAP - text alerts, games, apps... ex. E -18-49 demo focus, affluent, female skewed)
Dave Ulmer - Motorola (entertainment applications - how to expand user-generated content, shipped Bourne Identity with handsets in EU on card - live mobile video transmission from mobile handset)

Notes:

major media groups and channels harnessing mobile for revenue and audience reach

Moto: UGC /- goofy content on YouTube... look at what we;'re watching on TV now... Reality TV, etc.

"Gill O'Riley" parody - Fun LIttle Movies
serials

from "Rock", ANSA - text question to service, send back a good human answer to question

Discovery > slices of content, personalization? revenue generating additionals? > fish where the fish are (produce around popular shows, expand) - shout differently, graphics size differs
produce once, publish everywhere mantra, thin margins on emerging platforms
More of a promotional vehicle rather than revenue-generating

Animal Planet example - "pet finder" works small, linked to big station: website for finding adoptable pets, working on mobile extension, directed to local animal shelters
TLC - "TakeHome Chef" - WAP shopping lists to phone

How to move from promotional vehicle to revenue-generating vehicle??

mobile video usage is tiny, SMS is broadly used

TV Channels look at mobile as part of larger strategy
Mobile fan club with sponsorship (in 6 figures...) - 75-85% engagement!! (sponsored by Lauriall)
Top chef - Bravo successful show - etc.
2008 - set up $500k of mobile program sponsorships

Comcast - text alerts, ad supported, pushed on air and online, read on E-Online, "E News Now" video product online and mobile
minute-long story news break, 12 per day... Brittany Spears, good for business.
Mobile - news has GOT TO BE NOW, not at 6 and 10 - Realtime expectations

As a matter of course, must have cross-channel thinking

Moto, Dave Ulmer - mobile is being used as an extension... brand and value
Transition year 2008 - like switch from Radio to TV

WiFi and WiMAX will change everything soon

for Moto, multimedia is a primary focus these days > WiFi and WiMAX are coming
carriers will realize how to make money even on networks that they don't own

mobile is intensely personal (when's the last time you handed it to someone and said 'you use it'?)

MyStyle.com (Style channel extension) - extending with WAP as well, allow user to provide info back to network
For Comcst/E/Style - the mobile-originals do't work as well and the traditional-show tie-ins

Discovery - "How Stuff Works" - WAP version: lookups, fact of day, etc.

Automated tools to create mobile versions of shows?
> StarCut - in Helsinki - offers a tool
> WDA - Wireless Development Agency

AT&T, Sprint, Verizon - carriers all have different video models

data rates in US are lagging, but catching up via WiMax, behind Asia

Motorola - building handsets that support DVB-H (even non-handset portable TV)
Verizon, AT&T launching the MediaFlo product...

mobile licensing is an issue, writers' strike impact