Friday, April 3, 2009 at 3:00PM Wired's Brian Chen, and a masked friend recently took a video tour of iPhone 3.0. We says thanks: it's one less video we have to make!
Take a look:
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 7:15AM We switched things up with the rare Tuesday night live show this week. But we had just as insightful news and commentary (take from that what you will) and we had the smallest giveaway in TDL history, as we gave away a 99 cent app. Speaking of giveaways, we're giving away a MovieWedge, but you'll have to watch the show to find out how to win. As always, enjoy!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 7:00AM A few weeks ago, Jamie mentioned he was installing OS X on his Dell mini 9 for the sake of educational purposes. Well, he stopped by for a fresh taping of Root Access, and brought the MacinDell with him. In the first segment he talks about the challenges (or lack of) in installing Mac OS X the Dell. The second segment focuses on the usability of the hack, and what Apple could learn from the performance of the Dell. And finally, we shot b roll of the OS in action, but due to some time constraints, it wasn't edited into the other two clips, so now you can take a look at that unedited in the third clip.
Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 9:44PM 
TUAW has a nice review of tweetube. Essentially, tweetube is a mashup of youtube and twitter, allowing you to make short, 25 second video clips, then make them available via a link in twitter.
My question, and it is a question, because I'm just not sure about the answer. On one hand, why have a service with an arbitrarily short limit on video recording? Can't we get our fill of self-made media on Youtube already. On the other hand, Twitter has shown that for better or worse, there's an appeal for short, frequent communications. A short text message though, is much easier/quicker to compose than a video.
For the person receiving the link, it's much quicker to read a short post than to watch a short clip. Plus, when does the shortness of a clip rob it of any meaning? Tweetube is limited to 25 seconds, but there's also12seconds.tv which, as the name implies, has a 12-second limit on video.
What do you think? What are some clever uses for these kinds of services, if clever uses exist?
Monday, February 16, 2009 at 9:24AM 
Last week Nielsen released the first look at the Top Ten Most Watched Network TV Shows Online. It looks quite clear that ABC is the runaway champ in online viewing, taking seven of the top 10 spots. NBC's two marks on the chart are #2 with Saturday Night Live and Heroes at #5. The top-ranked show, Lost, had 1.425 million online viewers. CBS had one show on the chart, Survivor at #9.
What is it about ABC that makes them so dominant in online viewing? Well, first a note about the numbers. As reported by TV Week, the figures do not include views from hulu.com, arguably the most popular network-sanctioned video website. If hulu was included, it would be safe to assume NBC's numbers would increase, although I doubt it would change the number of NBC shows on the list: Heroes and SNL would probably simply rank higher.
ABC's dominance is especially noteworthy since their slick web player requires an additional plugin download. Common belief today is requiring a download is the kiss of death for any video-related website, but ABC shows that if the video and audio quality is there, people will do it. And admittedly, ABC is in a better position to require a plugin than say, The Digital Lifestyle.
It also doesn't hurt that ABC is home to Lost. For fans, if you miss an episode it's imperative that you get caught up before next week, and there's only one place to do that in lovely HD online: ABC.