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Re: Video for Business – A Not so Novel Concept

Jon Lim — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:49:22 -0000

Good call. TekSavvy has both a DSL and Cable service, just an FYI!

However, it does suck terribly that your service is performing so poorly, hope Bell gives you a better time!

Re: Video for Business – A Not so Novel Concept

Dylan — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:36:33 -0000

thanks for the heads up - i've had bad experiences with cable in the past (rogers 5mbps turned out to only yield 50k/s download speeds - 5 tech visits later, still had the problem), so as long as i'm living where i am, i'm sticking with DSL. Bell is giving me a good deal (surprisingly), so switching to TekSavvy doesn't make sense. probably moving in the next year, so will definitely keep them in mind!

Re: Video for Business – A Not so Novel Concept

Jon Lim — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:24:17 -0000

Have you looked into TekSavvy cable? For $42.95 a month, you get 10Mbps down and 1Mbps up, and 200GB in monthly bandwidth. Way better than most comparable options, IMO!

Re: Video for Business – A Not so Novel Concept

Dylan — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:21:35 -0000

i give it max 5 years before we see 4k tv's become the norm in households. as i mentioned to jon (via twitter), widespread adoption of the more personal "conversation" type of marketing won't really catch on until North America is blanketed with 4G/LTE (or FTTH is commonplace) - video still takes up a pantload of bandwidth, and we here in North America consistently get the short end when it comes to connection costs. I would love to ditch my Rogers Cable account and get all my video from the 'net, but at 6Gb/HD movie, i'm maxing out my bandwidth PDQ.

sorry for all the acronyms, btw.

Re: Video for Business – A Not so Novel Concept

Jon Lim — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:07:25 -0000

I have very little faith in the adoption of 3D above HD - unless they can figure out how to make it 3D without the necessity of glasses.

And not have a limited viewing angle.

Re: Video for Business – A Not so Novel Concept

My City Lives — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:04:00 -0000

You're right Chris. The ability to consume media on portable devices is still in its relative infancy. It's only going to get bigger and better. ^adil

Re: Video for Business – A Not so Novel Concept

My City Lives — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:00:51 -0000

..or only a matter of time until HD becomes the old soup de jour, which is partly a joke and partly a serious jab at how hard it's been to keep up with technology given its rate of development

Re: Video for Business – A Not so Novel Concept

Jon Lim — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:48:39 -0000

Also true! YouTube and Vimeo are already playable in iPhones and iPads, and there are a whole whack of Android phones with Flash currently out or on their way out.

Only a matter of time until everything we have is playing HD video all the time.

Re: Video for Business – A Not so Novel Concept

Chris Im — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:43:43 -0000

Mm, that's a good point...I was thinking more in terms of hardware though. With each new generation of smartphone it gets better and not to mention the dozens and dozens of tablets coming out it's clearly here to stay

Re: Video for Business – A Not so Novel Concept

Jon Lim — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:42:05 -0000

Hopefully sooner than later. As soon as the telecoms realize that restricting our online capabilities as online technologies sprout and evolve is only going to hurt them, hopefully we'll see that change.

Thanks for commenting Chris!

Re: Video for Business – A Not so Novel Concept

Chris Im — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:34:24 -0000

couldn't agree with you more...like you said, itll only get easier to consume video

Re: 5 Ways to Stand Out in Twitter’s New Design

Jon Lim — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:54:00 -0000

Just to note, we didn't actually make the video, but I wish we did! It's a pretty great video, and a fantastic way to introduce their new redesign, that's for sure.

Re: 5 Ways to Stand Out in Twitter’s New Design

Stir Solutions — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:47:43 -0000

Great New Twitter video. Twitter should make its own brand of wine perhaps. I was expecting to see that Twitter had gone to the moon and put a twitter bird there :) Like the transition from moon vid shot to the twit feed.

Re: To The Next Level – Digital Assets

Jon Lim — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:45:42 -0000

As far as I know, there are no freeware equivalents that will perform the same functions as Adobe After Effects unfortunately.

However, after a quick Google, I came up with the following, but cannot vouch for:

Wax (http://www.debugmode.com/wax/)
"Wax is a high performance and flexible video compositing and special effects software."

Cinefx (http://www.cinefx.org/about/)
"Cinefx is a suite of open source, cross platform digital content creation tools."

Hope they help out, and thanks for the comment!

Re: To The Next Level – Digital Assets

My City Lives — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:38:36 -0000

Jon are there anew freeware equivalents to Adobe After Effects?

Re: I’m Ready to Start my Video!

Jon Lim — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:16:56 -0000

It's a common mistake many people make - what storyboards are great for is getting the video visually functional. Making it look good should be something to worry about during the day of the shoot, and during post-production!

Re: I’m Ready to Start my Video!

My City Lives — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:07:35 -0000

Great point about using a stick man for storyboarding. I cant agree with you more in terms of how much value it brings but I often shy away from doing it because I assumed it had to look good. But you're right, getting something functional is better than nothing.

Re: I’m Ready for Video, What’s Next?

Jon Lim — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:04:50 -0000

The goal alignment with customer interests is key to the entire video and its stickiness and effectiveness, definitely agreed. At the very least, it should at least pique some interest into your product/service, which is exactly what you want!

Re: I’m Ready for Video, What’s Next?

Jon Lim — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:01:54 -0000

Storyboarding and planning are definitely planned blog posts; I am moving through an entire video one small step at a time. :) Thanks!

Re: I’m Ready for Video, What’s Next?

Jon Lim — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:01:23 -0000

Case studies will come soon enough as we get more clients under our belt! But thanks for your kind words, hopefully I can do more for your future projects. ;)

Re: I’m Ready for Video, What’s Next?

dannyleong — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:32:52 -0000

Good Advice. I definitely agree on the point of "setting your goal of your video must keep the interests of the target audience in mind" That is the key ingredient to make a great video. If you manage to capture the target audience interest, I believe the product will sell by itself.

Re: I’m Ready for Video, What’s Next?

Andrea Liew — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:02:00 -0000

Great advice & points. Would love to see something about Storyboarding and planning it all out - a lot of people don't know how to do this or where to start.
Your video work is awesome by the way. :D

Re: I’m Ready for Video, What’s Next?

Afshin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:55:18 -0000

Great post. I like your suggestions re video goal an purpose.
I would like to see case studies of successful projects....
As you know, I've always loved your amazing work with PIB :)

Re: Is My Business Ready For Video?

Jon Lim — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:41:14 -0000

Thanks for reading Arfan! We're hoping to get these posts published in the near future - hope you find them helpful.

Re: Is My Business Ready For Video?

Jon Lim — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:40:52 -0000

Thanks for reading Nehal! I agree that it's a whole different experience, but I believe that the three are complementary to each other and you should use them in different contexts. Looking forward to your comments!