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Worth Clicking: Rooftop Films, Google Glass, “Breaking Bad” & a Puppy

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:August 23, 2013

All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm staff for your enjoyment this weekend. Cheers! Our friend @koci talks about what Google Gass means for the future of street photography. [TIME - LightBox blog] Rooftop films and the spirit of Brooklyn summers. [POV blog] KickStarter weighs in on Spike Lee’s campaign. [nofilmschool] CNN, Time, Al Jazeera, and Netflix have announced new documentary units. Why? [POV blog] Apple is negotiating with production studios and networks to provide content for a television set that would emphasize apps over cable TV. [Quartz] Breaking Bad’s science advisor fact checks some of the show’s greatest chemistry moments. [GigaOm] For hunters of good type. [typehunting] I Forgot My Phone [YouTube] 10 life lessons from Esquire’s “What I’ve Learned” interviews. [Brain Pickings] And just for fun… A puppy plays with a doorstop. [wimp.com] OK one more… The greatest Price Is Right “come on down” ever. [YouTube]

Worth Clicking: MediaStorm Links Roundup

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:August 16, 2013

All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm staff for your enjoyment this weekend. Cheers! Photographer Frank W. Ockenfels III on shooting Breaking Bad’s moody desert character portraits. [Pop Photo] This year, Stanley Kubrick would have turned 85. The BFI has published a great list of Kubrick’s favorite films and influences. [nofilmschool] A look at the science behind conscious and unconscious awareness, and how the brain allows photographers to know things with intuition. [PetaPixel] On the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. shared his dream for America, TIME talks to the people who helped make the march a success. [TIME] West of Memphis Trailer - if you've seen Paradise Lost, or even if you haven't, you owe it to yourself to see this amazing documentary. [YouTube] From One Second To The Next Documentary - It Can Wait. Werner Herzog. Enough said. [YouTube] The last gadget you’ll ever…

Worth Clicking: MediaStorm Links Roundup

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:August 9, 2013

All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm staff for your enjoyment this weekend. Cheers! Own your audience and stop relying on YouTube. [Social Times] Trying to understand the invisible array of algorithms that power your Netflix suggestions has long been a favorite sport, but what’s actually going on in that galaxy of big data, those billions and billions of ratings stars? [Wired] See "A Darkness Visible:Afghanistan" take shape, from radio cuts to final output in less than 3 minutes. [MediaStorm Blog] In New York, widely regarded as a gay-friendly city, reports of attacks on same-sex couples are on the rise, one young couple tells their story. [The New York Times] In this multimedia presentation Nichols and Williamson re-create the feast and famine of the plains; the purring, bleating, and roaring of these cats; the fragile balance of lion survival. [National Geographic] “We have no problems with others telling the story. Our own…

Worth Clicking: MediaStorm Links Roundup

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:August 2, 2013

All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm staff for your enjoyment this weekend. Cheers! The best free fonts, from vintage-inspired typefaces to slap-you-in-the-face slab serifs. [Creative Bloq] Every semester on the first day of class, Spike Lee, accomplished director and NYU professor, distributes a list of essential movies he considers "the greatest films ever made. " [Gawker] Here are my 20 things 20-Year-Olds don’t get. [Forbes] A short film in paper by Leo Bridle & Ben Thomas. [Vimeo] December marks the centennial of the first flight, but don't expect a celebration here, or anywhere else in Brazil, for that matter. [New York Times] Watching online video once meant staring passively at a screen, but now that audience engagement is the goal, interactive video is gaining popularity and newsrooms are responding. [IJNet] Hal Lasko, better known as Grandpa, worked as a graphic artist back when everything was done by hand. Now, Grandpa spends…

Worth Clicking: MediaStorm Links Roundup

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:July 26, 2013

You've made it through another week. To celebrate, unwind with some of our favorite reads and videos from the past week. All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm staff. Cheers! Google just demoted your television set into a second screen, a slave to your phone or tablet or laptop. [BuzzMachine] Despite new technology and the leveling of the creative playing field, video is still a prisoner inside the rectangle viewing window. Can it be freed? [Inside the Story] Turns your iPad into a Mac control pad. [Macworld] The production duo behind Beasts of the Southern Wild has a fellowship from NYU’s Cinema Research Institute to research grassroots audience outreach for films; here are the top takeways from their research so far. [Indiewire] Is your work designed to stand the test of time? [Seth's Blog] Innovation happens when ideas intersect, so innovative people are at the intersection of fields. [Fast Company] Steinway &…