Average Joe is now video program director - Jan 21, 2007

Having scripts to cleverly insert in applications like Myspace has worked wonders for people who wanted to provide video for their viewers. Video is one of the most desirable things to incorporate into ones site and many who see more traffic and increased hits at their sites know they owe it, in large part, to the new video content they have added. What has been seen, in terms of the magnitude of video that prevails on the internet, has been precipitated not only by the ease of getting a video available for the net, but by all the new systems that are around to support those scripts or handle your uploads and give you a packaged site look.. They are everywhere.

I think that right now we are at the forefront of a new level of video support that will be clearly marked by increased ease of use. There has been the emergence of .tv domains, a hard to ignore indicator of how quickly sites are showing up with video offerings. From Brightcove Studio at http://studio.brightcove.com/index.cfm I see a most impressive jump in methods for the retailing of ones videos and for packaging video content and delivering video in the manner that is sure to become the most commonplace. Video on demand is at the threshold of an explosive growth.

Think "Brightcove" and get yourself in on a fast growing world. Be somebody in the world of video. We've all got our chance now. Brightcove has extremely detailed written instructions. It's a system very dedicated to making sure you can't get it wrong. Trying to make sure you have the highest quality experience!

Sprint wants to move quickly with Wi-max

Sprint still likes to be first at filling out networks with the newest and most recent technologies. It reminds me of their earlier efforts with PCS networks built on CDMA. They had plans for incorporating CMI at one time in connection with those technologies, which I thought was pretty interesting. Sprint always seems forward thinking.

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Ratcheting up the Capabilities - Jan 20, 2007

A couple new names have managed to come into focus in the past month that I thought worthy of attention. Inserit at www.inserit.com is a provider of a content management system that leverages the strengths of Dreamweaver, to supplement the ease of use capabilities that exist throughout its system. If your opting for a content management system, Inserit might be the one for you. It's ready to take on your muli-lingual needs and provide a foundation for your international marketing efforts. I think it comes as prepared and capable as any existing web based system available. I tend to expect as much from the most recent of offerings and they do not disappoint.

Another fine offering and a perfect compliment to the Content Management Systems ( Inserit appears to be to new to be included as of yet) is Userplane at www.userplane.com. They seem to have a strong conviction to take care of your communication needs and they're geared to do that in every way that you can imagine and then some. They likely represent improvement on traditional forms of web communication, but the obvious appeal of this mix and match kind of communication product, is the ability to integrate it with many of the new and compelling content sources that are available.

AJAX for n00bs

Take a look on the net and you'll see endless pages of AJAX Frameworks: libraries which promise to do all the trivial and dirty AJAX work for you, leaving you free to code without actually understanding how the application you're writing really works. So lets pull back the smoke and mirrors and see what AJAX is and why it's just a simple evolution

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A Defining Technology Trend for 2007?

There'll be plenty of sleek, gleaming devices on the market this year, and they'll be jampacked with enough functionality to keep the most inveterate gadget freak drooling. And they'll be smaller, cheaper and more powerful. But is there one defining trend that will dictate how technology products will evolve during the year? I believe there is.

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It's in the Details: Seven Secrets of a Successful International Website

Judging by the upsurge of interest in internationalization over the past year, it is a subject to which increasing numbers of web professionals are paying careful attention. If you are in a position where foreign markets play a role in your online strategy, join new Digital Web author Huiping Iler as she shares her secrets for creating a successful

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