Video panoramas
This is a pretty amazing effect: CNN is doing panoramic videos that allow the user to pan around while the video plays. Watching and panning feel as though you're actually walking around in the scene holding the camera. (thx, jed)
...is a weblog about the liberal arts 2.0 edited by Jason Kottke since March 1998 (archives). You can read about me and kottke.org here. If you've got questions, concerns, or interesting links, send them along.
This is a pretty amazing effect: CNN is doing panoramic videos that allow the user to pan around while the video plays. Watching and panning feel as though you're actually walking around in the scene holding the camera. (thx, jed)
The WTFCNN blog takes CNN to task for their increasingly non-news news headlines. I'd highlight quite a few more things...all the Britney and Anna Nicole headlines for a start.
CNN International redesigned their on-screen graphics. You can see the definite influence of lo-fi web design here...those screens look like a web site. I'd love to see these in action.
Update: A UK firm called Kemistry did the work.
James Frey was on Larry King last night but didn't seem to address specific concerns about his book (transcript). Oprah called in to support him. I love the paragraph of disclaimer in the article: "The [Smoking Gun] Web site is owned by Court TV, which is half owned by Time-Warner, CNN's parent company. The movie rights have been purchased by Warner Brothers, also part of Time Warner." Meanwhile, the vigorous discussion continues in the thread...361 comments and counting.
The best way to get a sense of what kottke.org is all about is to head to the front page or check out some random entries from the archives.
cnn (3)
See more on the Job Board.
Many posts on kottke.org have been "tagged" with keywords, which activity results in collections of related posts like sports, infoviz, or best of.
best of 2011 (13) • video (1205) • post updates (139) • art (502) • parenting (60) • design (760) • movies (1355) • sports (631) • food (846) • Apple (305) • best of (446) • TV (493) • music (548) • lists (765) •
movies (1355) • video (1205) • photography (1027) • books (904) • food (846) • NYC (832) • science (805) • lists (765) • design (760) • sports (631) • music (548) • art (502) • TV (493) • business (451) • best of (446)
photography (1027) • economics (240) • lists (765) • best of (446) • infoviz (214) • food (846) • NYC (832) • firstworldproblems (4) • cities (162) • restaurants (226) • video (1205) • timelapse (9) • interviews (305) • language (333) • maps (287) • fashion (207) • NSFW (70) • remix (320)
Edward Tufte (41) • Ben Affleck (3) • headlines (14) • Not The Onion (6) • cigarettes (5) • weblogs (411) • books (904) • design (760) • Beautiful Evidence (8) • .com (20) • Michael Lewis (50) • photography (1027) • this is a metaphor for something (6) • Rainy Day Fun and Games for Toddler and Total Bastard (2) • Greg Knauss (8)