Welcomed by Kevin Shively, TVWorldwide

Streaming Media East 2010 – the day after report:  What is it about technology conferences that makes them so exhausting?

The exhibit floor this year was smaller then last years and I heard from the exhibitors that real “customer” presence was light, but of course for my purposes… that doesn’t really matter.

Selfishly I have to say, I am only interested in technology innovations that are easy to integrate or deploy, that are affordable and of course, that actually work.  There was a lot of discussion around scalable technology, SD to HD workflow transitions, adaptive (bit rate) streaming… and of course, highest on the list is the promise of “unified systems” (as it is referred to in the Enterprise) or single [video] signal transmission to multiple devices, something along the lines of TVEverywhere type availability of broadcast content, but specifically one feed that can play back on any device (i.e. Mobile, Desktop, Set top box, etc.).

That’s a lot to think about, but I was able to pin-point my priorities and focus on putting together a package that would work for me and my budget… and here is that journey. read this entry »

There is irony here, just yesterday I was contacted by a former client regarding an Amazon Account I had set up for them over a year ago – they lost the password, yada yada yada.  I forwarded them some information and case closed.  This morning however, and quite coincidentally, I noticed an email sitting in my In-Box allegedly from Amazon – now I can see how the timing of such an email may have lured me in, you know?  It was present in my mind and I could have easily thought it was residual information in the clients Amazon account associated with my account or some such email confusion.  However… read this entry »