http://blog.viddler.com Our spotlight on Viddler. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:36:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Let's be honest, national and international holidays don't receive much acknowledgment for the reason they were created. Christmas and Easter have become less about religion and more about spending money on gifts and candy. I'm sure Jesus and Moses are making millions in royalties though! Just in case you don't know, ... http://blog.viddler.com/djsteen/an-awkward-4th-of-july/ One thing I know really well about living in Australia is being distant from my friends overseas. Gosh, I hardly even see some of my local Sydney friends for months or even years. Friendship is a must-have in life, but sometimes it can be tricky for people. I know that ... http://blog.viddler.com/djsteen/ichat-dance-battles/ For such a simple service Twitter has spawned hundreds, if not, thousands of services that use its open API. Many of these services have large amounts of funding, employ several people, and are used by many consumers on a daily basis. Some companies adapted their service to work with Twitter, ... http://blog.viddler.com/djsteen/twitsnaps-founder/ If you're like me and hardly watch television, then I'll inform you now that there's a new show on MTV called It's On with Alexa Chung. Now, that's the American MTV; I checked, and Australian MTV doesn't have it (yet..). The daily talk and variety show is broadcast live from ... http://blog.viddler.com/djsteen/phillyd-on-mtv/ There's no doubt that mobile gaming has increased in popularity since the release of Apple's App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch. There's thousands of games which range in price from FREE to around $20. Personally, I've only tried free versions because I'm not much of a gamer. That said, ... http://blog.viddler.com/djsteen/make-a-supernova-in-eliss/ "My Humps" by The Black Eyed Peas is a catchy song with some deep bass. It made it to #1 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. I certainly listened to it hundreds of times during 2006 and probably a fair amount in ... http://blog.viddler.com/djsteen/alanis-humps/ There are endless possibilities in the way music can be created these days. Not only have computers allowed us to be able to create entire albums without even picking up a physical instrument, but the instruments we do pick up have evolved in to amazing musical devices. Anything that makes a ... http://blog.viddler.com/djsteen/stompbox/ It's been less than 24 hours since Michael Jackson left Earth to be with the likes of Elvis Presley and Farrah Fawcett, but no doubt you've heard or seen all the juicy news about it. Even if you don't have a television or the Internet (highly unlikely), you would have ... http://blog.viddler.com/djsteen/michael-jackson-tribute/ Earlier in June the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) held a minitrade show — named CEA LineShows — in New York City. This event wasn't as big as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is every year in January, but the CEA felt it was important to let the media and analysts ... http://blog.viddler.com/djsteen/cea-lineshows-nyc-2009/ Logos. Whenever anyone creates a company or identity there is often a logo that goes along with it. Sometimes the creation of a logo takes months of research, designing, and reviewing. Is the logo really that important though? Some companies have very basic logos, yet they are very successful. Shawn Hickman ... http://blog.viddler.com/djsteen/good-company-logo/