Plaid Creature » Web Development http://www.plaidcreature.com Music from the Lab Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:25:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 ReeeeeMix?! http://www.plaidcreature.com/2009/07/14/reeeeemix/ http://www.plaidcreature.com/2009/07/14/reeeeemix/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:05:32 +0000 Novachord http://www.plaidcreature.com/?p=1778 Live

Live

Guess nobody had the balls to step up to last week’s challenge. Tha’s OK…I did one for ya.

Mixed -LIVE- in Ableton, so it’s a little sloppy. Enjoy.

http://vodpulse.com/misc/bring-em-down-dnb.mp3

There’s also some new business happening over here, but it isn’t done yet. Seems to be the status on every single project I’ve got flying around my head right now…

Wading through the mind

Always searching for MORE time

I am… Thunderstruck

You've been....

You've been....

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VODpulse was born. I’ve been posting news stories regarding VOD on it for a few months now, but only this weekend did I finally arrive at what the “true” face of the site is. Let me break it down by the major components.

- VOD News: this is important because as these companies vie to be more competitive, they will announce new features, expanded content, and price breaks to stay on top. Currently, it is a battle between Apple (iTunes), Amazon, and Netflix. The others can’t even hope to compare right now. These services will continue to evolve, and I aim to know what they’re all up to.

- Showcase: this is meant to show a small sample of what VOD has to offer. There’s already a lot of great content that is VOD exclusive, and may never see life beyond the Internet. That means you can’t buy this stuff on a disc. So, I want to have a place where you can watch some of the best content in one centralized location, without navigating to YouTube, then Vimeo, then to SpikeTV just to watch some good little videos.

- VOD Comparison: this is the final and most important (yet incomplete) feature of the site. I aim to break down all the current VOD services, free or not, and describe some of the technical features the services offer as well as an opinion on the content. The idea is to inspire an easier choice for someone like my Dad, who loves films and renting DVDs but doesn’t know a damn thing about VOD. This one will clearly take a great deal of time and research, but it is slowly coming together.

The site is probably 80% done right now, but that is what I’ve been working on for the past week. Take a test drive in it. Comment on it, watch some videos, rate them – just check it out. Leave some comments on the site for me here and let me know what you think. Thanks!

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