This morning I had the pleasure of working with A Jordyn of Brooklyn, NY. She loves to model and has an undeniable passion for art. For the past two years she has been a tattoo artist, and is currently attending school seeking her Masters. One great thing about working with Jordyn is that she enjoys the beauty of nature, and interacts with the environment [just keep the squirrels away]! She is the type of person that when she is out, she gets noticed. She has her own look, and if you are in the same room with her, you are probably going to have some type of conversation and you are guaranteed to share a smile. She was featured in the Duroseau Couture Fashion Show in 2008.
I was cruising the web today and ended up on the site I end up on at least once a week, YouTube. I always go here to watch others music videos, also to watch my previous videos and note any progression. I think of it as studying. Recently, I started browsing the "Top Videos" section on the homepage, and today that landed me on hotforwords' channel. In the description, [and after realizing how hot this girl is] I noticed in bold letters "USD $0.99.
At first, I thought "huh, is she charging you to participate in the contest?" I clicked on the description and that revealed a link in which to download an .mp4 of the video. Then it clicked, YouTube is now charging people to download their videos. And wait, they probably give the partners a cut and it allows everyone to generate more revenue. Brilliant! Well, not really, it's just basic marketing. Their are obvious benefits to doing this, the main probably being to help control illegal downloads by offering a legal solution *cough* to make more $$$ *cough*
Apparently the option is only available to a limited group of publishers, just as they have run their beta tests in the past. The publisher may choose the cost and license type upon initiating the service. Google Checkout is used for making payments.
I suspect the system will officially roll out this Summer (I do not have any information to support this).
This is the video I originally saw with the option:
I was updating my twitter and ran across this awesome tweet by @petapixel. Absolutely stunning footage from the 1969 launch of Apollo 11. The footage was originally shot on 16mm film. 500 frames of history captured every in every second! More at spacecraftfilms.com
The internet is once again in a [technology] worldwind. The latest a tech-story: being the "discovery" of Apples new iPhone. Chatters began about the mystical device with it's front-mounted, video chat enabled camera not long after the release of the popular 3Gs. According to Gizmodo, the device was found recently, initially appearing to be an iPhone 3Gs, but upon further inspection, it was determined this is something far different. Some possible changes to the device include front/rear mounted cameras, higher resolution screen and larger battery pack. Head over to Gizmodo.com to read the full article.
