Paul Lindner

One of my 2023 Resolutions is to embrace change. I love how the Year in Search video captures the sentiment!

https://youtu.be/4WXs3sKu41I

A must watch documentary on voting rights now on Prime Video. Was lucky enough to see this at the Drive in a couple weeks back.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08FRQQKD5

cc @westwinddrivein @primevideo

Adding some new background music to the WFH mix. Come play! You can chat and make requests!

https://www.dnalounge.com/webcast/video.html

The @dnalounge webcast player sprouted a bridged IRC chat during the #deathguild DJ set. Will be really interesting once it switches back to the music video jukebox on https://www.dnalounge.com/musicvideos/

Stream it:
https://www.dnalounge.com/webcast/video.html

Oh wow.

Already have @djkevincole a few minutes in...

https://www.tpt.org/minnesota-experience/video/first-avenue-closer-to-the-stars-preview-37031/

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"Made for kids" vs "Okay for Kids?"

I think something might have been lost in translation....

I can't even add this video to a watch-later playlist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF32A7rb1jE&feature=youtu.be

But hmm.. I can share it...

youtube-dl it is then....

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~2010 Google History Video

This is worth 4 minutes of your time....

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Deep personalization....

https://uk.reuters.com/video/2018/10/25/tv-plots-altered-by-our-individual-data?videoId=476741733&am...

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Would love to see the Ads team run retro banner/video ads on April 1st.

Or offer this as an option in Google Contributor...

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/the-first-ever-banner-ad-on-the-web/523728/

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Lotus Concept Video (2014)

Missed this one the first time..

I do have some issues with this. I agree with the goal of having technology help us be more human. However to achieve the goals of this system one would have to restructure our lives to have most activities be technology-mediated. That means conforming our norms to the technology platforms which makes us less than human.

Oh and it was a pre-Uber world....

http://go/lotusprinciples
http://go/lotusvideo


https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0RwipB98dLpdDgyNElWZXlSbkM2d2t0LUlTOGZjdw/edit

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Blender put all their videos on PeerTube after getting shut down on Youtube.

PeerTube uses ActivityPub standards and WebTorrent to serve up videos. It's under rapid development and has progressed a lot since the last time I checked in with them..

https://video.blender.org/

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RT @bradfitz: The video of the @PerkeepOrg talk from @lejatorn and me at @lfnw the other day is already online:

https://t.co/rJSivYts5v

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Here's your periodic repost of the http://go/ortelius video, which most Googlers never see.

I'll keep posting it until we get a new Creative Labs concept video that can replace it..


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I've wanted this for youtube for so long..

I think this is one reason comments are bad -- if you're commenting you're not actually watching the video.


http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2015/07/07/watch-out-youtube/

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Any reason to not get one of these?

This would replace a 40" Sony GTV.  It's had a good run, but GPMAA is still slow and buggy, and the new Youtube app is a serious regression.  And since Android TV doesn't support multiple users I can use the nexus player and my wife can use the built-in ATV functionality.

... and why is this already on sale?
... also lists amazon prime video -- wonder if that'll get released for nexus player?
... and Opera browser bundled?  WAT?


http://store.sony.com/43-class-42.5-diag-4k-ultra-hd-tv-zid27-XBR43X830C/cat-27-catid-sony-ces-2015-...

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Will we be doing another year-in-review video for 2014/2015?


http://www.androidcentral.com/facebook-lookback-videos-versus-google-year-end-review

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Idea: *bandwidth meter on shuttle*

or a data based way to stop data hogs.

- Install network monitoring on the router. Use sflow or something like http://www.pmacct.net/ Also gather interface stats (up/down/max bw, etc)
- display results for everyone to see
  - use built-in TV/video out (if available)
  - or use an led sign like the one below..

Messages that could be displayed:

  - Bandwidth warning 75% reduce usage.
  - No 3G/4G service.  Hang tight!
  - Warning.  Video usage @35%
  - Display stats for the current ride
     BW used this ride 420M
  - Or even better:
     BW used this ride: 56
  - Or sillier:
    BW use this ride: .05 milli-SWE

Of course a programmable sign could be used for other things too.

Next Stop: West Oakland Park & Ride
Some interesting google-wide metrics (and not the stock price, please...)


http://www.amazon.com/NEOPlex-Programmable-Scrolling-Software-Keyboard/dp/B00B90LY7I/ref=pd_sim_sbs_...

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We found the doppleganger for  @103403111903646616992 in the #SELFIE  video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdemFfbS5H0


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/5997045439778760769/5997045441757533874

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Is there a Youtube video that has the encoding information stamped on the video like this?

There are some _Example Show_ videos that when played tell you the bitrate and resolution.   It's also a surreal thing to watch...


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/05/netflix-test-video_n_4212826.html

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Pluck spammed me about their new events/hangouts-like functionality.

Hello Paul,

Can you do this today?

Hold a live event, on your website or Facebook page. Invite an executive, topical expert or celebrity to host it. Let hundreds of thousands of your fans not only follow the event, but participate with comments, questions and photo and video uploads. Manage your event’s tone, pace and energy by choosing the content your fans see. Compel them to spend an average of 40 minutes on your website or Facebook page.

How about this?

Enhance a virtual or in-person event with a dynamic social wall experience. Collect, curate and display related social media content directly on your website. Moderate fan content – comments, questions, photos, videos, tweets, Facebook posts – so that it best represents your brand. Add your own original content or editorial commentary.  Create a complete, highly visual story around a particular topic or event.

Creating a Real-time Experience is about starting a conversation, not joining it. It’s about listening and engaging. Real-time Experiences are about collaborative content, and leveraging unique audience consumption opportunities on your owned media.

Pluck’s CoveritLive Real-time Engagement Platform gives you everything you need to design and produce highly interactive real-time experiences. More than 1,500 leading brands, retailers and publishers like Subway, EA, Jeep, Ford and Anthropologie have created real-time experiences with CoveritLive. They have connected with their fans – and generated new ones – through Live Blogs, Q&A Sessions, Social Walls, Second Screen Experiences, Featured Galleries and Facebook Chats.

For digital marketers seeking customer and shopper engagement, real-time experiences are highly differentiated and very sticky. CoveritLive routinely supports events with hundreds of thousands of attendees, who on average are engaged for 40 minutes.

And here’s the best part. You can download CoveritLive and run trial events of your own at no cost. What are you waiting for?




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*Paul's Guide to Youtube spammers*

G+ uses a reputation system and it gets better if it's properly trained.  Here's how to help.

1) Find a video you like.
2) Select *Newest First* Comments.
3) Find a spammer!  Selling instagram followers, make money at home, PSN codes, ascii-"art", Home "remedies" etc.
4) Hover over the timestamp
   - If it's a link to a video, you have a skinny page, report it inline.
5) If it's a G+ profile cmd-click into a new tab
6) On the opened tab click on the profile link in the left card.
7) Amaze at the series of spam posts
8) Report them as spam from the drop-down until you get bored
9) Block/Report the profile if you deem it appropriate
10) For particular nasty stuff or if you detect certain patterns escalate at

  http://go/es-abuse

And follow the instructions in the bug template.




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A song about gentrification in San Francisco...  It pains me to see Google vilified in this way when it enables so much (including this content itself)

Sadly I don't hold out much hope for technology fixing the dysfunctional housing situation in the Bay Area.

[And where's my soundcloud embed  @112474028169763877889 ??]

Also if you decide to watch the youtube video remember that _This video has been age-restricted based on our Community Guidelines_


http://soundcloud.com/persia415/persia-google-google-apps-apps

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Juhan says hi!

Here's my neighbor Juhan.  He's a Google fan that  suffers from Macular Degeneration. Every other week I help him with his old Windows XP rig that somehow resets the font sizes back to stock.

He's still on AOL, which doesn't support larger font sizes.  So when he receives a "letter" he opens it, selects Forward and uses the message editor to boost the font size.  He tried switching to Comcast (Zoho?) Mail but it was a big fail.

Otherwise he does pretty well with video sites, Newspapers and Skype.  Watching him use technology has been very instructive.  I learned a lot watching him cope with various web sites.

Despite not using our products he's a big fan of Google and wishes us all the best!


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/5898813881606962785/5898813885589560450?...

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Closing the viral loop: we're slowly getting there. Here's a personal anecdote.

- heard a neat song on the radio
- used Ears to figure out what it was.
- watched the youtube video via Ears link. Liked the 80s-TRONish vibe enough to +1 it.
- Searched for La Roux on the browser, found friends recommending specific tracks.
- back to Ears, go to Play Music.
- Bought the album after listening to recommended tracks.
- Sharing this here (and will on public G+ in a few) so others can discover.

Loops like this are what power your social network. We can still do a better job, but I'm quite happy with my experience here and I hope others will slowly get there too.

discover, consume, share, repeat FTW


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8eJh4i8Lo

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Feature request for @109934384945258289269

Near the end of the meeting start showing a video game style countdown timer and shut down the monitor at the allotted calendar time.

Optional: add a coin slot to allow for paying to extend the meeting.




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Seems like a good time to trot out a cat video since I just committed catster.com support for iGraph in cl/21334552


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HrQbjPjbBA

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@kevinmarks @DavidNicholas - google video team just sent over the raw footage. I'll clean it up later today and post it.

Check this video out -- Apache Shindig Commits http://t.co/u9jAgEF via @youtube #ossotu2011

@loiclemeur: there are some interesting facets of opensocial applicable to seesmic, such as deep video integration into containers. im ...