Tasty Blog Snack

Thanks, Revver <3

Labels: blogging, internet, revver, thanks, videos

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 4:07 AM | Permalink | Comments   

I'm now hosting Nightline on ABC since my few second debut..











HA HA HA just kidding.


..but, this Thursday and Friday I did spend in Dallas, Texas filming a show for xTrain called 60 Second Guru.

Now, normally the show would be a tutorial teaching you something in 60 seconds. The topics that I chose were Online Video Editing, MySpace Popularity, Blogging Tips, and Creating Viral Videos. Basically these were shot in the style of videos that most people are used to seeing that Dez and I would typically create. This includes: running around the street doing parkour, dancing on the desk, mock myspace mirror shots, and even falling in random places.

The studio that we shot at was amazing! It's called Splash Media. Here's a video directly from YouTube about xTrain and Splash Media about their partnership:

Splash Media operates one of the most technologically advanced television studios in the world. We combine the best systems available with solid engineering and top-notch graphics. Since its launch in 2005, TSTN has received international acclaim for its content as well as its look, but the most common question asked by visitors is, “Where’s the studio?” TSTN programs are produced by only five or six people in the control room. Even more astounding is the number of crew on the floor in the studio: zero. Computer-guided cameras are all controlled by one person. The studio is a bluescreen room, and virtual reality sets are keyed into the final video feed. Camera moves are monitored by the virtual reality servers, where minute adjustments to the set give the studio depth. The final effect is flawless.

Splash Media reinvents television technology


Moving right along with my media from the filming.. On the topic of "Creating Viral Videos", I mentioned that the "quickest and most painless way to create a viral video, is to make a video blog". Thus, here is my mockery of a typical video post you'd find on YouTube:



Last but not least, here's my version of the SplashMedia tour.



(Most of this footage was filmed 5 minutes before I ran out of the studio to catch my flight)

[ Check out the photos on Flickr here ]

Labels: blogging, dallas, ijustine, internet, splash media, travel, travelling, viral videos, xtrain texas

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 10:39 PM | Permalink | Comments   

Tom Green proclaimed her "...the Clay Aiken of this competition" but to PTI, Justine E. is our web celeb. Known by Yahoo! visitors as "iJustine," she is a PTI 2004 Multimedia Technologies graduate. iJustine tapped her creative, video and editing skills to make it to the final five of Yahoo!'s Talent Show.

Pittsburgh Technical Institute - iJustine on Yahoo! talent show

PTI featured us on a mass email to past/present PTI students about our success on the Yahoo! Talent Show last month. Be sure to check it out! [ read more ]

Labels: ijustine, internet, multimedia, pittsburgh technical institute, pti, tom green, yahoo talent show

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 11:55 PM | Permalink | Comments   

01/21/07 10:10 PM EST 60 min #19 - Geek Riot - Guest Justine Ezarik from Macbreak

TalkShoe - Talkcast - Geek Riot - Live After Net@Nite

Labels: blogging, ezarik, geekriot, ijustine, internet, justine, shawn, smith, talkshoe

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 1:13 PM | Permalink | Comments   

Oh do I have some tasty treats right out of the amazing Jumpcut editor. I'm beginning to think every other word I type is Jumpcut. Perhaps some therapy is in order (new video concept?).

Anyways, let's move on with the videos, shall we?

I MET JUMPCUT (IRL)
Random clips of Jumpcut and Macworld










MACBOOK ANTICS
"This is what happens when you throw together macworld, 1 camera, 2 macbooks, and 2 girls with too much energy." Video by Karen!



[ View her longer edit here ]

So amazing.

Labels: antics, dancing, ijustine, internet, jumpcut, karen, macbook, macworld, times online, video editing, videos

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 11:55 PM | Permalink | Comments   

Today was quite eventful and should allow for a few multimedia blog updates the next few days.

Beaver County Times [ timesonline.com ] and Go Magazine [ goburgh.com ] did an interview with me today about the various things I've been up to (our videos, the internet, Yahoo Talent Show, Macworld, etc).

After all was said and done, they mentioned that one of their favorite videos was the Parkour sketch Desiree and I did. I quickly called her up to join us and we taught them our version of Parkour.




Look for the Beaver Times parkour instruction / interview video tomorrow.

Check out our friends in Renzhe Parkour that we met via the Yahoo Talent Show if you want to see some real skills!

Last but not least, the iPhone video is currently featured on Yahoo Video:



Thanks to Jumpcut for being so magical :P

Labels: desiree cramer, go burgh, ijustine, internet, justine ezarik, parkour, pittsburgh, times online, yahoo talent show

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 11:51 PM | Permalink | Comments   

Tonight was a post-podcamp meetup. It's really great to see what random projects everyone has been working on. If you don't know what Podcamp is, perhaps a Google search is in order?

Finally I flickr'ed some pictures from Macworld:



[ View them all here ]

So, they are basically just a lot of me, everyone from Jumpcut and the iPhone haha. I definitely took more video than photos. That seems to be a trend.

Labels: ijustine, internet, iphone, jumpcut, macworld, photos, steve jobs

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 11:50 PM | Permalink | Comments   

HELP!

Blogging and the internet has officially taken over my life. I try to mirror posts on all of the various other websites I'm a member of, but it definitely has taken more time than I'd like to dedicate to such things.

So, how do you spend less time blogging but still manage to post to all of your favorite online communities? Hmm, as soon as I figure out the best method, I'll let you know. This has been dubbed: Project Blog.Snack

The first for the GROOVR video series is complete. Take a look at it here:



[ Join the site here ]

Also great news, Desiree has finally purchased her first domain. Sometimes I wonder how we've managed to be friends for the past 4 years and she's yet to purchase one.

Look like another day without the Macworld photos. Maybe tomorrow!

Labels: blog.snack, desiree, domain, groovr, internet, text message, time management, websites

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 10:13 PM | Permalink | Comments   

Today we shot a quick video for Groovr.  The idea for this is an extremely mini-series/promo set of videos that will involve a handful other people in Pittsburgh.  Whatever you do, I want to film it and incorporate it into this set.  Videos will be from 30 seconds to a minute and a half depending upon what you'll be doing.

If you've been living under a rock or never read a blog entry of mine about Groovr, it's a new text-message-based networking site that allows you to "check-in" to locations that is then published online.  After that, your friends will be able to see what you're doing via the web or text message update.  Check it out for yourself:  http://www.groovr.com



Look for that video tomorrow as well as photos from Macworld (finally).

Labels: blogging, finalcut pro, groovr, internet, macworld, mobile, photos, text message, video

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 11:45 PM | Permalink | Comments   

Big deal.
Just change the name Steve.

For all I care, call it the PoopSnack Mobile by Apple Computer, Inc.

My only real complaint is Cingular only.. Granted, my ABC quote said otherwise, I'd really love to be able to choose my own service provider. Having Sprint and Verizon already, I'm not exactly too keen on adding on a third.

I've heard and read a million different possibilities/rumors as far as when the iPhone (or, as I'll now refer to it, the PoopSnack Mobile by Apple Computer, Inc) is open to other providers.

The price point I feel is pretty fair. The Treo 700p originally retailed at $619!!!!! As I said previously, the iPhone is currently priced at $599 for the 8GB model and $499 for the 4GB model. That's all well and good, but what about a new user agreement? With a 2 year plan, the Treo 700p's price was significantly knocked down to $399.

Come on Steve.. You're already forcing Cingular upon us! Perhaps you could at least pay for our early termination fees? Just a thought, my friend.. Just a thought.

Labels: 700p, abc, apple, cingular, cisco, computer, internet, iphone, mobile, steve jobs, treo

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 11:00 AM | Permalink | Comments   

Going backwards through my day, since I like to post photos first.. I had dinner with Karen, Ashot, and Steve from Jumpcut tonight. They are just as awesome as their videos (and that's pretty awesome).

Today has been pretty crazy busy. Since I didn't sleep at all last night, my morning was pretty much a blur. While at the Pittsburgh Airport, I got some breakfast and a huge coffee that I so desperately needed. After finishing my breakfast and poking around at the internet on my phone, I accidentally knocked over the entire coffee right into my lap. Brilliant. I spent the next 45 minutes trying to find somewhere that sold some stain remover and almost missed my flight.

I slept the entire trip to Vegas. I don't even remember the takeoff. I believe I fell asleep before that even happened. Falling asleep makes it sound so peaceful. Passing out or near death nap is more like it.

Tomorrow I'll be at Macworld hunting down some great Mac accessories to review for MacBreak. Mmm tasty accessories.

tags technorati : airport, bed, breakfast, clumsy, coffee, expo, hotel, internet, macbreak, macworld, san francisco, sleep, tired, travel

Labels: airport, bed, breakfast, clumsy, coffee, expo, hotel, internet, macbreak, macworld, san francisco, sleep, tired, travel

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 4:08 AM | Permalink | Comments   

Ah, waiting to board my flight to SF in Vegas. I did manage to sleep the entire way here which wasn't that great.. I had an aisle seat, but somehow made do. Coffee helped and now I'm ready for nap #2.

I was pretty excited to check into the Pittsburgh Airport via Groovr this morning to find out someone already had been there! Go, Groovr go.

Time to go. Bye!

Labels: flight, groovr, internet, macworld, mobile, plane, travelling, treo, vegas

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 4:26 PM | Permalink | Comments   

Still in NY with terrible cell reception and no computer. Sprint... Why must you torture me so?

Labels: internet, journal, mobile blogging, new york, skiing, text message, travel

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 5:41 PM | Permalink | Comments   

I'm going to NY to ski (aka, hang out because I can't ski and there isnt any snow) until Sunday! The bad news is, I forgot my Macbook powercord. Seriously. I'm crying right now.

Anyways, I will be mobile blogging via Vox : http://ijustine.vox.com

I'll also be attempting to update at Tasty Blog Snack as well, but seeing as how I just reset that up, I haven't checked to see if my mobile settings are correct.

Last but not least, if you're on Groovr I'll also be updating there the most! If you're not on Groovr, then what are you waiting for?

Labels: groovr, ijustine, internet, journal, justine, justine ezarik, mobile blogging, new york, skiing, tasty blog snack, text message, travel, vox

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 11:35 AM | Permalink | Comments   

Here's an article that was posted in a Carnegie newspaper about the Yahoo Talent Show.

"Under the screen name "ijustine," the Carnegie resident entered numerous fun and interesting video snippets including juggling a stranger's cell phone outside of Wal-Mart, waiting all night (as 11th in line) to purchase a Play Station 3 (also at Wal-Mart), and arguing with a co-worker about stealing her stylus."

Read More | Digg Story

Labels: blogging, carnegie, digg, gateway, ijustine, internet, justine, justine ezarik, new york, news, promo, video, web, yahoo talent show

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 8:11 PM | Permalink | Comments   

Happy New Year! Resolutions?! Mine is to update a blog every single day for the next year. Can I do it? Yes.. I can. For the first week or so I will focus on LJ and Vox since they are easiest to update. After that, I'll be switching and hosting one of my own again (you know, like tastyblogsnack.com?). I'll also continue to mirror posts and it will be RSS'd on Facebook.

My goal is to at least do a text update a day, if not a photo or video one. Guess we'll see how it goes.

New Years Eve was great. A bunch of us went to Town Tavern for the night. Tasty snacks and delectable drinkies. I haven't had this much fun on New Years ever! Thanks to all that made it great.

I'm not doing a year end photo wrap up like I did last year because I really am kinda lazy.. BUT, I did create a Jumpcut video with clips from all of our videos this past year! Oh how fun.

Labels: blogging, internet, new years, resolution, resolutions, tired, wrap up

Posted by Justine Ezarik at 11:34 PM | Permalink | Comments