Gore recently gave a new talk at TED about the climate crisis. TED has this to say about the talk:
In Al Gore’s brand-new slideshow (premiering exclusively on TED.com), he presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists were recently predicting, and challenges us to act.
A must see.
Video Chat technology is finally easy enough and available enough for the masses. It isn’t the phone replacement everyone thought it would be. But like SMS, IM, Twitter, Email, Snail Mail, Land Lines, Cell phones, Newspapers, etc: more communication is generally a good thing and using the right format always enhances the message.
This week I got to catch up with the family and even read the kids a bed time story from half-way across the country. It was nice to have a few minutes that felt “at home”, and this was certainly the right format for the “communication” today (it sounds so cold when I say it like that!).
So my question is:
1) For those of you using Video Chat on occasion, when do you use it? When do you skip it even though there are no technical reasons preventing it?
2) For those that never use it, why? Is it a lack of video camera? No one to talk to? Prefer the phone?
In traditional Wired fashion: my submission for their Wired/Tired/Expired feature.
Wired: iPod Classic or iPhone, with Composite AV Cable
Tired: DVD Player
Expired: VHS Player
I just recently picked up an Apple Composite AV Cable for my iPhone (not to be confused with the closely named but entirely different Apple Component AV Cable for your HD tv’s). This simple cable is seriously a thing of beauty. All of the sudden the iPhone isn’t just your “typical” tri-purpose phone, mp3 player, and internet device …. but also a portable DVD player with up to 10 hours of movies I can play on anyone’s TV – wherever we are.
This is wonderful when we are visiting relatives and the kids start to get restless. It’s just so nice.
If you are ready to ditch the DVD (you’ve gotten rid of the VHS, right?) you could go pick up a 160GB iPod Classic. At 200 hours of video, I’m guessing you’ll be able to fit your whole DVD library onto it.
Unscientific and subjective, I tested uploading videos to 4 different sites: Vimeo, Blip.tv, YouTube, and Veoh.
The results are in: I like Vimeo best by far.
And the videos:
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