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Photos from Vision Fest 08

Liquid Lunch II

Vinvin went to Vegas so we went to lunch. It's only fair.

TeamPlay Shoot at the Sir Francis Drake

We're in the process of putting together a really cool story on Mentoring 2.0 and TeamPlay for NewspOp. TeamPlay's founder is NBA star, Baron Davis who plays for the LA Clippers (used to play for the Golden State Warriors in Oakland).  I interviewed Baron last night but didn't snap a picture of that! Here's a couple of production stills of me and Jeremey setting up. Actually, i didn't do any set-up. I just pretended to. Not only did i not help set up, I broke the Drake.  I was trying to pull down one of their ancient shades that apparently hasn't been adjusted since the place was built and it just fell down. um, sorry. Last but not least, we have an artsy photo taken by Whit. We're artists after all. Oh! one more thing....Danny Glover made an appearance last night! and on his way out, he walked by me, i mean he was just sorta trying to get by me but he touched my arm and said "Hi, it's nice to see you" or something similiar and i just thought that was the most polite way to get through a crowd i have ever witnessed. I said, "It's nice to see you too and thanks for coming!" He is a truly, truly amazing actor and activist, SF born and raised.

Liquid Lunch

My first post regarding the activities that may or may not take place whilst the Boss, Vinvin, is on vacay.

So

Oh my god, when this page loads it sometimes plays the first couple seconds of all the videos at once or something and you hear a chorus of "so" coming out of my mouth. I start every video with "so."  ugh, gag me with a spoon. gotta work on that.

Au Revoir Seesmic du Jour!

We take a drink of something pretending to be champagne to toast the season finale of Seesmic du Jour.  We toast not only the star of the show, Loic le Meur, but we toast the spirit of the show and in doing so we are truly toasting our dear Whit Scott. In my short time here, I've seen him pull comedy gold out of Fatboy stuffing. He is a great talent this kid and I only hope he hires me when I come calling. To Whit!

cellphones and popcorn

ok, you've seen the videos on youtube but the thing is i love popcorn. like, really alot so i really want this to be true. I mean the implication that cell phones are radiating your entire body is super bad but we already know that's true but what about this popcorn business? the seesmic team gives it a shot...

Recap shows are not just recaps!

So here's the deal....NewspOp shows are evolving into two parters to put it in TV type terms.  Part one is the conversation around a particular topic with an invited guest or expert. Part Two is highlights of the conversation edited with b-roll and other sequences to create a complete and final show covering the topic.  We've gotten great responses for these Recap shows so we're gonna keep doing em! But we're gonna call 'em something else because Recap is lame, unoriginal and starts with an R. i'm kidding. i love things that start with R, like um, Rachael.  Thanks for your support.

The New Guy

I think it's very important to warmly welcome new members of the Seesmic team....

Fatboy Olympics

This is what happens when our boss goes out of town for too long....