Michael Verdi

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iPod vPIP Following up on the last post about HTML 5 and OGG video, here are some ideas that I’ve been thinking about in preparation for the Open Video Conference. If you have some ideas please leave a comment here or emai
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QuickTime vPIP This is an idea that I’ve been playing with for literally years now. It’s a talk show hosted by my Life avatar, Aren Mandala. This episode features our friend Poid who I first met when I did the Scion City stuff about a yea...

iPod vPIP Last week I hung out with Jay, Ryanne, Jen, Markus and Alicia. It was nice and sunny at the beginning of the week (in the 70s) and then got colder towards the end. It even snowed a little bit on Friday morning.

iPod vPIP Today I was playing with Ogg video (Theora) and the new HTML 5 video element which is supported in the Firefox 3.1 beta. This is a short screencast showing Ogg video playing in the new Firefox and the simplicity of using the video element. ...

QuickTime vPIP Jen, Markus, Alicia and I are staying with Jay & Ryanne this week, just hanging out and working on stuff (or not working). Today I spent a lot of time playing with my editing process and trying out a few new things like stabilizat...

QuickTime vPIP Jen, Markus, Alicia and I are staying with Jay & Ryanne this week, just hanging out and working on stuff (or not working). Today I spent a lot of time playing with my editing process and trying out a few new things like stabilizat...

iPod vPIP When you start up a LavaLamp it goes through a few phases. First it just sits there while the lava warms up. Then a bit of lava squirts to the top really quickly and seems to “freeze.” A little while later that frozen lava break...

iPod vPIP This is a quick tour around mogulus for the artists who will be participating in 24 Hours 24 Artists. The video is actually 1280 x 720 pixels so be sure to hit the fullscreen button to get the full effect.

iPod vPIP This is a quick tour around mogulus for the artists who will be participating in 24 Hours 24 Artists. The video is actually 1280 x 720 pixels so be sure to hit the fullscreen button to get the full effect.

iPod vPIP This is a quick tour around mogulus for the artists who will be participating in 24 Hours 24 Artists. The video is actually 1280 x 720 pixels so be sure to hit the fullscreen button to get the full effect.

QuickTime vPIP January 2 - 3, 2009 I’ll be broadcasting on the web with artists from all over the world. Check out the website 24hours24artists.com. Subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on artists and schedule.

QuickTime vPIP January 2 - 3, 2009 I’ll be broadcasting on the web with artists from all over the world. Check out the website 24hours24artists.com. Subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on artists and schedule.

QuickTime vPIP January 2 - 3, 2009 I’ll be broadcasting on the web with artists from all over the world. Check out the website 24hours24artists.com. Subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on artists and schedule.

QuickTime vPIP January 2 - 3, 2009 I’ll be broadcasting on the web with artists from all over the world. Check out the website 24hours24artists.com. Subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on artists and schedule.

QuickTime vPIP Back in October I went to Ankara, Turkey to speak at the Video Vortex 3 conference. This was my first trip to Europe and it was amazing. Here are seven of little moments from my 5 days there. I thought about adding notes to the video ...

QuickTime vPIP Back in October I went to Ankara, Turkey to speak at the Video Vortex 3 conference. This was my first trip to Europe and it was amazing. Here are seven of little moments from my 5 days there. I thought about adding notes to the video ...

QuickTime vPIP Back in October I went to Ankara, Turkey to speak at the Video Vortex 3 conference. This was my first trip to Europe and it was amazing. Here are seven of little moments from my 5 days there. I thought about adding notes to the video ...

QuickTime vPIP Back in October I went to Ankara, Turkey to speak at the Video Vortex 3 conference. This was my first trip to Europe and it was amazing. Here are seven of little moments from my 5 days there. I thought about adding notes to the video ...

QuickTime vPIP Before the girls were born, Rebecca and I had 6 cats and a great dane. The last of those, a cat named Judah, died about a year ago. He was strange; liked to be outside and would scratch or bite you if you tried to pet him so he didn...