I’ve been experimenting with video again, and made another video of the iotum Talk-Now preview. The last video I made was criticized for:
- Being overly long. This one is nearly two minutes shorter.
- Being hard to view because it was shaky. In this one, I clamped the Blackberry into a stand on my desktop, and mounted the camera on a tripod.
- Poor color and lighting. This one is much better lit. Now, the lights I used are NOT photographic lights, but rather ordinary halogen shop lights that I bought at the local hardware store. This has resulted in a yellowish cast to the video, which I believe I could remove (at shooting time) by using the color balance features of the camea.
- Poor sound. Rather than record a voice-over using the PC, as I did last time, I simply used the microphone on the camera. The sound quality is much better, even when turned away from the camera, as I was when shooting the demo sequences.
Hope you like it, and I hope you give Talk-Now a try.
The video is available on You-Tube , Google Video , Video.ca, and Revver .
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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Well, I thought that this demo was very good. Easy to understand and a very clear demonstration of how it would benefit the end user. Great. Well Done.
Thanks Paul!
Alex – This is awesome – Fantastic job!
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