tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2011:/cgi/mt//feed/Video 2011-11-19T18:55:21Z Movable Type 3.33 11 1 11 tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2008://1.268 2008-01-19T01:44:41Z 2008-01-23T22:34:14Z A combination of entertaining story selection, casual presentation, and cool design make MiamiHerald.com's new video program an instant success -- at least in my book. It's been around a while but I'm just noticing. The thing I never liked about... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.208 2007-08-03T00:31:18Z 2007-08-30T23:37:33Z Many, many people predicted that all major breaking news would one day be captured on video because recording devices would become so ubiquitous in society that everything is taped. Here's the latest mind-blowing evidence they were right. A day after... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.201 2007-07-25T02:56:06Z 2007-08-11T14:37:53Z Since I was such a critic of CNN’s plan to select the video questions for its YouTube debate without any input from users, I’m obliged to admit the producers did an admirable job despite cutting the people out of the... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.199 2007-07-22T17:35:47Z 2007-08-11T14:38:38Z In defense of the CNN-YouTube debate, Anderson Cooper said today that it wasn’t possible to let people vote on which questions should be asked tomorrow because the candidates might cheat. In other words, if everyone was allowed to pick the... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.191 2007-07-08T15:02:59Z 2007-08-11T14:41:06Z The headline at David Cohn's blog asks, "Why Vote for a Video If the Vote Takers Aren't Listening?" He's talking about the supposed YouTube debate set to air on CNN. It seems you can upload a question for the debate,... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.192 2007-07-07T18:30:27Z 2007-08-11T14:41:23Z During my travels on the Web, I passed by a few chances to watch this. I'm glad I finally did. Aside from it being funny, it's also a way of covering this story that wouldn't have been done on... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.190 2007-07-07T14:16:27Z 2007-08-11T14:41:49Z If you're looking to increase video plays, Melissa Worden points out some valuable statistics provided by the head of BBC Interactive. Pete Clifton said that when video was embedded into the article page, up to 40 percent of people reading... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.181 2007-06-30T15:46:07Z 2007-07-24T01:42:37Z It would be easy to see the shutdown of CNN’s Pipeline video service as just another piece of evidence that people won’t pay for content online. But that’s not why the Pipeline failed. After all, there are lots of types... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.158 2007-05-11T22:39:25Z 2007-06-26T14:12:49Z I love this idea. Thanks to Editor & Publisher for pointing out the new "Pop Ed" video blog from Boston.com. Here's how it works: Musician Jake Brennan reads the news each day and then writes a song about it. The... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.144 2007-04-22T14:38:28Z 2007-05-19T13:29:26Z Google is still working on its plan to launch advertising on YouTube’s video clips. Most sites use 30-second pre-roll ads, which still seem pretty darn annoying to me despite what some optimistic studies say. Perhaps the reason Google hasn’t followed... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.142 2007-04-21T14:36:09Z 2007-05-02T10:58:56Z Once upon a time, as co-host of a weekly television segment about online trends, I compared Netflix to Movielink back when they were both new. Netflix mailed movies. Movielink played them right on your computer. Idealists were hot for Movielink...