Movie Mash

Jessie Atkin posted a new blog on Digital Landing about how you can make videos using tv clips, and the program that helps you do just that.

I love Youtube. I love watching music videos full of clips of my favorite shows. I like watching clip mashups, and I like seeing home made trailers. Now Elgato has made it even easier for Mac users to create just such masterpieces with its video capture.

Video capture basically connects your computer to an analog video source and helps you convert video from your television to video on your computer (ready to use online, or on your ipod). With these new files you can watch your favorite TV on the go or use it to create the next great online sensation. It’s totally worth it for the advancement of online art.

TV on YouTube?

Chris McGinn posted a new blog on Digital Landing! Read about you can watch tv shows through youtube.

Not that you haven’t already been checking out choice tv snippets and shows on YouTube, but now the site has formally partnered with names like Sony, LionsGate, CBS and MGM to offer favorites like 90210, StarTrek and MacGyver. YouTube’s show channel also has offerings from PBS, old favorites like I Dream of Jeannie and even soaps.

Joining Hulu and an ever-growing number of web tv sites, YouTube is trying to stay with the wave that is moving viewers online (and subsequently on-demand).

So how many hours a week do you watch on your computer rather than your tv?

This will blow your mind

Chris McGinn posted a blog on Digital Landing about a video that will really make you think.

Fascinating take on modern life and the ever-increasing pace of information. I think what it says about the world our kids will live in is particularly important. When I was studying to be a teacher, I remember a very wise speaker talking about how it wasn’t important to teach children information itself as it was to teach them how to find, use, and critique information. They can look up anything they need if they have the skills to do so. That’s why memorization can only take you so far.

This video covers a lot more than that. Watch and be amazed
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Twitter for Twits!

Chris McGinn posted a blog on Digital Landing featuring a hilarious video about the new social craze, Twitter.

This is a hilarious video from Current TV about the Twittersphere. I’ve only recently become intrigued by Twitter but I just don’t have time to Tweet!

(Caution if watching with kids, there is one mildly offensive word about 3:30 in)



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Holiday Card Slacker

Chris McGinn posted a blog up on Digital Landing. Read about the electronic way to send holiday cards.

Every year I love getting photo cards from friends around the country showing their families as they grow. Usually, I am ready to go with my own photo that I usually print at Sam’s Club. This year, however, I have been very slack. I’m hoping to still get something out before it is too late, but the clock is definitely ticking.

For those of you who don’t like the photo card route, or who just want to take the whole thing digital, you might be interested in a You Tube greeting card that I found via Lifehacker.

You can pick a video or record your own and add it to a background with a message and email it to up to 25 friends via You Tube.

Another favorite is Elfyourself from OfficeMax and JibJab. Create a stunningly hilarious elf-version of yourself or even your whole family dancing disco, The Charleston, country or classic and send to friends or embed on your blog or Facebook or whatever else you want. This year you can also download the file to save for posterity for just $4.99.

Shoe Tube

Chris McGinn posted a blog up on Digital Landing about how to make someone's holiday worth celebrating.

Each year Operation Christmas Child delivers millions of gift-filled shoeboxes to children in countries across the globe. Now families, schools and churches can share their shoebox stories via Shoe Tube.

Samaritan’s Purse began the Operation Christmas Child in 1993 and has shipped more than 60 million boxes to date. This year the goal is 8 million to 100 countries. My son’s preschool collected boxes last week but Nov. 18-24 is National Collection Week. If you and your family are participating in this activity, tape yourselves putting the box together and post it on ShoeTube.

Need some inspiration–check out BeCentsable’s boxes that she put together for just $5 using deals! I’ll definitely be using some of these tips next year.

To Reach the Masses

Jessie Atkin posted a new blog up on Digital Landing about fire side chats, which is a way to tune in to what's going on in the White House.

Just because the election’s over doesn’t mean politics is through utilizing the internet until four years from now. Youtube is once again going to play host to political innovation.

The fire side chat (a short presidential radio speech in place since FDR’s presidency) will begin broadcasting on Youtube when Obama takes office.

I’ve honestly never listened to one of these fire side chats, but I’m much more likely to look into it if it’s on Youtube. On my own time, through my own procrastination listening to a few minutes of the President seems like a much more likely practice online. We’ve got a little time to go, but we’ll see what kind of view count Obama gets once his chats are posted.

Copyright Compromise

Jessie Atkin posted a new blog up on Digital Landing about a contract between Youtube and MGM.

Movies have started their legal clime into the world of Youtube. After years of copyright infringement and movies posted in twelve parts a new era seems to be making its way online.

MGM has become the first major Hollywood studio to sign a deal with Youtube. The hope is that other studios will follow suit. Things aren’t perfect yet of course, right now the only official clips to be aired on the web site are shorts and television shows, but the deal does open a line of communication that didn’t exist before.

Perhaps Hulu is the best streaming site for official shows and movies at the moment but it seems Youtube is ready to work its way into the legitimate market. Only so many “funniest home videos” are funny for long.

I Want My MTV

Chris McGinn posted a blog on Digital Landing about the new videos up on the MTV website. But these are just any videos, but timeless classics.

This isn’t really a clever fix for family life–just a pure indulgence. MTV recently uploaded thousands of vintage videos to its new MTV Music website. Now you can “Party Like Its 1999” anytime. Enjoy all the old favorites from back with MTV actually played music videos like “Money for Nothing,” “Thriller,” and “It’s the End of the World As We Know It.” Best part–they are all free.

The videos are in h.264 high-def and look and sound incredible considering the age of many of them. In the future they also plan to add the ability for small-time musicians to upload their videos for playback and add video playlisting so you can see all your favorites at a click. If you’ve been getting your video fix via You Tube, it’s time to upgrade.