Rupert Howe and I would like to play with an N8
My Cuz’s Wedding
She looked truly stunning. My cousin has grown into a beautiful woman. I had the honour of being able to video her and Shane’s vows.
I will update this blog post. It was Friday 13th and all before did not go to plan on the day (you can’t tell though)
But all I will say is these two married for the right reason, and I think if you watch you will see it. They are in love, pure and simple.
(the music at the start is at the venue I was sat next to the speakers, oh and I had no idea of the format, so excuse the few camera moves)
Updated – Had to upload the video to YouTube as Vimeo failed by cutting the sound after a minute.
#FindBritain
Maybe this could qualify for the hashtag #FindBritain?
This is the journey from Suffolk to Oxfordshire through Britain’s motorways, ooh with a stop off at Lakeside (that is the carpark footage)
I think YouTube may ban the video soon, why? Well all the tunes on the video may piss them off (as in music copyright crap, music was on the iPod)
Video was filmed and edited on iPhone 4.
London and an iPhone 4
So a bimble around London with an iPhone 4. I cut out loads of footage, well hours of footage is boring 
The video was filmed and edited on the iPhone 4.
iPhone 4 video test 2
This is test 2. So this time I decided not to upload the video direct to YouTube from the iPhone. The iPhone compresses the file before it uploads so you will never get the quality you thought. Seems silly to render you video in iMovie at 720p. Then in your next step export that movie at whatever rate the iPhone decides to compresses that file to.
Lets see if this is any better quality than the upload via iPhone 4. Mind you it did feel totally illogical importing a movie into iPhoto, that just felt all kinds of wrong.
HTC Desire Live Maps
So a very cool part of Android 2.2 is the live wallpapers. My favourite is Live Maps. This is a HTC Desire running Android 2.2.
Excuse the video quality. It was filmed on iPhone 4. The mistake I made was sending the video direct to YouTube from the iPhone. Looks like iPhone 4 built in compression needs a little work (the iPhone compresses video before uploading).
iPhone 4 edit
Ok so this is my first test of the iMovie app on iPhone 4. All footage was shot, edited then uploaded to YouTube directly from the iPhone 4.
I am not happy that the video parts shot with front facing camera don’t fill the whole of the YouTube player.
I hope I get to play with a Nokia N8 soon to compare the process.
Branding
Don’t get me wrong I like O2, I even have my iPhone 4 contract with them. What I hate is the branding of boot screens. I plan on using my HTC Desire as a pay as you go handset on another network.
The O2 branding, in my mind slows the whole boot process down. I am always thinking I could be already be using the phone every time I am looking at the O2 logo/animation happening at boot up.
I know it is a petty thing but it does wind me up.
Now I have to go debrand the HTC Desire. Time trawling through shite forums etc. Ahh will be just like the old days of jailbreaking iPhones, oops I never said that
Some days
Some days life can be really hard.
Some days you can loose site of things and the people you love.
Lately I have been making huge mistakes in my life.
I just wanted to say sorry here.
Today I want to say I am trying my hardest. I am trying to be the best “human” I can be.
Ok that’s enough, go on, nothing to see here
I Documented
This is my last post about the Cannes Lions and the Young Lions.
The video is a taste of the week. There is loads of footage still sat on my computer. Rupert and I have captured hours and hours of footage. But I don’t think you want to watch hours of Young Lions working at Macs.
It was a huge pleasure to see Rupert at work. I have a lot to think about, I was given the opportunity to do something I want to do in reality. It will be tough to go back and sit behind a desk as an IT Manager. Since leaving art college and moving into gov work I have had my creative mind set at airplane mode, now it has been turned fully on.
It was amazing to be surrounded by creative types. I loved seeing the passion bursting out of the majority of people I encountered at Cannes Lions. The bosses that inspire and support their staff. The folk that really love their jobs. Mind you wouldn’t you love finding innovative ways of selling the best known brands and charities to the world.
So tomorrow back to the day job. But I am hugely inspired to dream again.
I hope the video gives you a little taste of Cannes Lions. Again it was all shot on the Nokia N86.