Brad Dougherty

 

First reaction to iTunes 10

Eww, gross. Where did all the colors go?

rocketboomdev: In today’s age, we don’t judge books by their covers. We judge them by their thumbnails. We also judge videos, e-books, software, and people the same way. Engaging an audience demands engaging them visually, no matter the medium. Some of our peers in the online video community recently noted that Tumblr allows the display of thumbnails for YouTube embeds on their dashboard, but other popular video sites, such as Vimeo and Blip.tv, are currently left out from showcasing their user videos with a thumbnail image. Rocketboom R&D, the development unit of the Rocketboom network, has created a simple solution: a browser add-on that allows Tumblr users to see any video’s known thumbnail in their Tumblr dashboard. There’s no platform favoritism; this enables nearly every other common video platform the ability for thumbnail display. The add-on was created using Mag.ma, our own video aggregation service, to do thumbnail lookups for numerous video platforms with our simple API methods. The results? Uniformity for Tumblr users and creative support for content creators. Get your browser add-on for Firefox, Chrome, or Safari, and visit the Tumblr Video Thumbnails add-on page for information, installation help, and more. Special thanks to our friends at Vimeo, Blip.tv, and Wreck & Salvage for their testing and support.

rocketboomdev:

In today’s age, we don’t judge books by their covers. We judge them by their thumbnails. We also judge videos, e-books, software, and people the same way. Engaging an audience demands engaging them visually, no matter the medium. Some of our peers in the online video community recently noted that Tumblr allows the display of thumbnails for YouTube embeds on their dashboard, but other popular video sites, such as Vimeo and Blip.tv, are currently left out from showcasing their user videos with a thumbnail image.

Rocketboom R&D, the development unit of the Rocketboom network, has created a simple solution: a browser add-on that allows Tumblr users to see any video’s known thumbnail in their Tumblr dashboard. There’s no platform favoritism; this enables nearly every other common video platform the ability for thumbnail display. The add-on was created using Mag.ma, our own video aggregation service, to do thumbnail lookups for numerous video platforms with our simple API methods. The results? Uniformity for Tumblr users and creative support for content creators.

Get your browser add-on for Firefox, Chrome, or Safari, and visit the Tumblr Video Thumbnails add-on page for information, installation help, and more. Special thanks to our friends at Vimeo, Blip.tv, and Wreck & Salvage for their testing and support.

fuckyeahspace: I still don’t have internet at my humble abode here in America’s heartland, so I apologize for the lack of updates lately. I’ve been wanting to share with you this fantastic APOD photo by Alex Cherney. If the sky is dark enough, the moon is hidden away and the conditions are just right, the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way can be bright enough to be seen vividly with the naked eye. In this photo, taken at Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia, the glow of the Milky Way casts tenuous shadows with the help of this rock formation, named Loch Ard Gorge. Click through to embiggen. Thanks for following and good luck to all returning university students!

fuckyeahspace:

I still don’t have internet at my humble abode here in America’s heartland, so I apologize for the lack of updates lately. I’ve been wanting to share with you this fantastic APOD photo by Alex Cherney. If the sky is dark enough, the moon is hidden away and the conditions are just right, the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way can be bright enough to be seen vividly with the naked eye. In this photo, taken at Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia, the glow of the Milky Way casts tenuous shadows with the help of this rock formation, named Loch Ard Gorge. Click through to embiggen. Thanks for following and good luck to all returning university students!

Three New Features: Universal Player, Watch Later and Roku

josephschmitt:

Announced today:

Since we rolled out the HTML5 player in January people have been clamoring for an embeddable version, especially for iPhones and iPads. Today we’re taking a big leap forward for compatibility and updating our embed code. We call it the Universal Player.

The Universal Player is as easy to use as the old embed code, just a lot more compatible. Instead of being a direct link to a Flash player the new Universal Player can automatically detect what kind of device is viewing the video and choose the optimum player based on the device’s capabilities. For example, it will serve mobile video to iPhones and Androids and HD to iPads and Desktops. On other mobile devices it can use the native player of the device or an optimized mobile Flash player with bigger controls. It also allows us to introduce new players as technology changes, potentially allowing us to do things like serve HTML5 to IE9 and WEBM video to Firefox.

The goal is to make the Vimeo player experience as seamless as possible. No matter what device or website Vimeo embed code appears on your video will load, with the same level of privacy, customization and quality you’ve all come to expect.

I can’t express how happy I am that this is finally out. I remember when we first started talking about doing this way back in March or April. I’ve been eyebrows deep in markup, iframes, javascript api’s, and crazy-ass HTML5 ever since. It’s been a wonderful (though at times frustrating) ride. Hope you enjoy watching all our great vids on those wacky mobile devices you all are using nowadays.

PS. Make sure you check out some embedded videos on the iPhone, Android, or WebOS to get that spiffy mobile-optimized UI at the top of the post.

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