Jun
27
Vimeo v5 launches
June 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The Vimeo team has been hard at work on a new release. It’s a very big one. Completely new UI, many new features, still the same integrity. It’s very cool! If you are turned off by the big black hole that is YouTube, you’ll be turned on to know that internet video can be done right. I’ve never really gotten the whole YouTube thing. It seems to be an endless amount of copyrighted or worthless clips with little to no relevancy. It’s that relevancy that makes the difference to me and Vimeo adds that. Vimeo has much smarter social features built in. There is a sense of community rather than anonymity. And it is much more creative. If you haven’t checked it out, give it a try. There are some good people behind the site and really creative users. I guess I should also disclose that I helped with their Flash Video Player, so I am a little biased. But besides that, Vimeo gives a sense of meaning to publishing your own videos online, and I can’t think of another service that really does that. It’s kind of like Flickr, only for video. The new release is going to change my opinion on shooting video for sharing on the Web.
Congrats to the Vimeo team.
Jun
25
Barefoot is looking for a Developer
June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Job posting here: http://www.thinkbarefoot.com/jobs/development/2007/06/web-application-developer/
and here: https://jobs.37signals.com/jobs/1752
The description is general, but that is a good thing. We aren’t locked into a platform. We support clients on all platforms. Sometimes we suggest a technology and other times the client has a platform in place. At this time, we have work on all platforms and just need another all-around skilled developer. It’s open to everyone. If you’re a developer and think you can handle agency life and a very creative environment, then apply. We’re looking for good people and we’ll try and not hold it against you if you prefer .NET over open source. 
Jun
5
I’ll be heading to Mountainview at the end of the week to talk to some of the folks at Tumri. Then moving up to San Francisco over the weekend. Then onto Napa. Haven’t been out to California in some time. Can’t wait to get back and enjoy the food and see old friends. I was hoping to pick up an iPhone while there, but I’ll be back home way before the expected launch on the 29th. Glad to see the new MacBooks announced though, I might have to pick one of those up while there. My PowerBook is still going strong, but doesn’t have Dual Link DVI and so it can’t push the max resolution on my 30″ Cinema Display.
Looking forward to Napa, haven’t spent a whole lot of time there yet, but have been doing a lot of reading on the Wine industry lately. I’m picking the vineyards to visit now, and plotting a course on Google Maps. If anyone has suggestions, I’m all ears.