This video is more than a fresh face hammering Hillary for sprouting clichéd nonsense to the drones — it shows that Omama gets how to make an ad for the Internet!

The video is only on the Internet.  After all is a 1:14, so it does not fit into the TV model.

Taking a commercial that is a cultural icon and repurposing it to spread his own message. Very smart. Distributing it on the Internet, also smart. This shows us that Obama or someone on his team gets it. Using media in a savy way to connect with the culture. Yoo hoo Democratic hopefuls wake up, Obama has just lapped ya. He didn’t worry about burning a bunch or DVDs to spread around an obviously edited speech.  He made a slick ad aimed at the media aware and is letting it spread virally. huzzah!

At the same time Obama’s team will need attack audio and in-depth new media pieces as well. Plus old media, especially among the people who vote in primaries and caucuses, must still be executed well to win.

Afterall, a wealth of ways to get information has caused a proverty of attention for any particular one.

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Here is a little interview I did for my pals at Gear Live with an internal Microsoft Zune beta tester, Aaron Coldiron, at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo. It was great to see Microsoft getting out into the community with the Podcaster/Blogger Lounge at the Expo. Aaron, you and your crew did a great job and were a valuable resource with the Wifi, drinks, bean bag stools and the podcasting studio.

I’m waiting for the day UPS brings my Zune.

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Motion DSP is creating a simple web based interface that will significantly enhance low resolution camera phone video into surprisingly high quality stuff. It started off in 1998 as a U.S. military funded project at UC Santa Cruz. In January 2005, Professor Peyman Milanfar, the primary researcher behind the technology, co-founded Motion DSP.

You should check out the Video Examples Right now they are look for people to upload contain for them to testt with. ou can read more about it on the video example page.

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