How do you feel about YouTube's verticle videos?I just read Darren Orf's article in Gizmodi, entitled: Youtube Is Making Verticle Video Less Awful Because Humans Never Learn If Youtube and Google are now accommodating verticle video for users of smartphones, do you think most businesses will put out verticle videos for the mobile market? [...]
by Matt Baier, owner of Matt Baier Organizing My friend Arline Melzer is doing a terrific thing with her ‘50 First Dates’ Project. Creating a daily video greeting for Alzheimer’s patients is something I can relate to on a personal level and a professional level. My father didn’t have Alzheimer’s, but he had dementia. [...]
When I read how '50 First Dates' inspired an idea in an Alzheimer's residence, it made a huge impact on me. Such a simple, but profound idea. What if we awakened a loved one, who has memory problems, with a video greeting from their family telling them they are loved and they are [...]
Love your 'selfie stick'? Be careful... Before you arrive at a museum, sports arena or music stadium, check out the list below. Jason O. Gilbert on Yahoo posts this running list of places where selfie sticks are not welcome. How do you feel about it? Do you think the list will grow to other [...]
Can you find the top 10 things NOT to do? 1. Don't: Take video vertically. Do: Shoot horizontally. We're in a wide-screen world. 2. Don't: Hand hold your camera or smartphone. Do: Use a tripod or stand. 3. Don't: Leave dead space above your head. Do: Position your head in the upper third like [...]
I really like Matt Baier's Organizing philosophy: "Organizing should be about three things: 1. Taking the less important stuff out of the way, so that we can focus on the most important stuff. 2. Finding what we want, when we want it. 3. Living in the present and enjoying the moment." I particularly like [...]
Did you know good posture can make you look 5 lbs thinner? Today's guest blog from Dr. Cristina Poulos of Stamford Balance, health|chiropractic|wellness, tells you how in 3 easy steps: Good posture can make you look taller, more confident, and even 5 pounds thinner in pictures and videos! Do these easy exercises daily to [...]
... why your selfies don't turn out as well as you'd like? The main reason for this is that the smartphone camera quality for front facing selfies is a fraction of the quality of rear facing photos. For example, the Samsung S4 has a 13-megapixel rear camera but a 2-megapixel front camera. The [...]
Have a look and a laugh! And spread the word! Thanks to Alana Kakoyiannis: 11 Tips for Taking Travel Pictures and Video With Your Phone provided by Business Insider Arline Melzer is a film producer with a passion to help businesses with their online video presence, and to help generations preserve and celebrate [...]
I found this article from Michelle Nahom had some good ideas to keep your photos for a lifetime... From Shoebox to Album - Organizing a lifetime of photos Organizing photos by themes is one good way to start. Another is by year, then by family member, then theme. This way, you have a ready grouping [...]