‘Girl Walks Into a Bar’ – 1st Major Pic Created Exclusively for Web Distribution/Free Screening YouTube on March 11th

Director Sebastian Gutierrez is quoted on SlashFilm.com as saying:

"We want to prove that Web distribution is a viable medium for theatrical quality movies which rely on story, characters and dialogue as opposed to special effects. For many reasons the theatrical indie landscape has changed drastically in the last few years, leaving many potential breakout hits without an audience. We are excited to break the rules of feature films by letting people watch our movie for free online."

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http://www.slashfilm.com/girl-walks-bar-trailer-major-motion-picture-created-...

Very very smart: SlideShare's New Disruptive Tech Moves Into Virtual Meetings With Zipcast - TechCrunch

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Excerpt from TechCrunch article:

by Erick Schonfeld
Feb 16, 2011

"Why go through online slides alone when you can do it with other people? If you are one of the 45 million people who go to SlideShare every month to check out slide presentations like this one from Mary Meeker on mobile Internet trends, you are probably going to like Zipcast. Slideshare is launching the new service today with Zipcast buttons on every public slideshow that turns the slides into a Webcast with video, audio and chat.

There are plenty of virtual meeting services on the Web—everything from Cisco’s WebEx and Citrix’s GoToMeeting to Adobe’s Acrobat.com, which have been out for years. But Zipcast is, well, zippier. It doesn’t require a software download or plug-in, and it doesn’t take over your entire screen. Instead, it is just a tab in your browser (thank you, HTML5 Websockets).

Zipcast is also stripped down compared to other existing virtual meeting products. There are the slides, a one-way video stream of the person hosting the meeting, a conference call line for audio, and a text chat window. And if you are board during the presentation, you can skip ahead through the slides on your own. That’s it, and that’s all most people probably need for giving a pitch, presentation, or remote talk..."

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http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/16/slideshare-zipcast/

Assassin's Creed producer Jade Redmond talks new IP - Xbox 360 News at GameSpot

Who was there: Assassin's Creed producer Jade Raymond earned a new role in 2009 as the managing director of Ubisoft's new Toronto-based studio. That studio is in the midst of creating a new property for Ubisoft, and Raymond offered her insight into how she is approaching that development in a session titled "Creating Blockbuster IP for Generation C."

What they talked about: After giving a brief rundown of how she landed her current gig at Ubisoft, Raymond took a step back to look at current trends in the gaming industry. Social and casual gaming were up first as Raymond talked about the top games in the industry in terms of players and revenue generated. At the top of this list were Facebook titles.

Read Tom Magrino's full article on GameSpot:

http://bit.ly/gPXFJ1