Creatively Distracted
Creatively Distracted
PopcornMaker is a free to use, drag and drop video editor that makes mashup-making easy, even with multiple types of media. This is no ordinary video editor. It goes beyond basic edits, enabling creators to augment video and audio files by layering media resources on top of the timeline.
There isn’t anything particularly revolutionary about these tutorial videos, save for the amazingly dry humor. So dry, in fact, that I’m going to grab an icy drink now. Be sure to watch through to the credits at the end so…
Gorgeous glass, deliberate process, intimate documentary.
I love the deadpan voice-over in the context of this discussion (video below):
A short documentary describes the training of Japanese monks at Mt. Hiei who run heroic distances daily. For seven years they undergo trials and tests which include running 52 miles every day for 100 days on little more than a…
Michael Bierut shares projects from his notebooks that exemplify his passion for problem solving.
The video for U2’s I’ll Go Crazy if I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight. U2 – I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight from David OReilly on Vimeo.
I’ve been cruising the internet for video of women’s volleyball and came across this wonderful synopsis of the Japan vs. USSR game during the ’64 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The editing is quite good, and wonderfully conveys the tension of…
What an amazing mechanism to interact with information. I really like the math, language and storytelling concepts. More on the project on the Siftables web site.
Spotted on A Daily Dose of Architecture as I was surfing through my Google Reader subscriptions, Mr. Glasses is a series by Mitch Magee that tells the story of the tortured ideals of a modernist architect. Dry. Funny. I couldn’t…
Philip Rosedale speaks at TED about virtual worlds, creativity, and possibility. Video below:
For such a short bit of animation this is very well executed. petit pas from mapo_mapos on Vimeo.
A couple years ago my parents came up for a visit to Alaska. Part of the trip involved some campground “camping”. The kind with those giant bath houses that have concrete floors and many shower stalls. One night while I…
There is an interesting write up on how to stream video taken on a Nokia N800 into Second Life here. It would be an odd circumstance that I would need to do this, but it is certainly good to know…
It was warm enough to go for a long run today which left little time for eating breakfast. Coffee is my breakfast of champions this morning. Who knew there is so much coffee art on YouTube? And who knew it…
If you know me and I have trapped you in a conversation about RSS feeds and feed readers at some point… but I didn’t make any sense and sounded like some crazy lady… and you politely smiled and nodded in…
Heidi sent me a link to a video of a snowboarder who is absolutely mad.