Dan Jackson, Burlington Vermont

Nike World Cup Soccer Ad

Dan Jackson — Sat, 22 May 2010 15:09:20 +0000

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Playing for Change

Dan Jackson — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:43:59 +0000

From the award-winning documentary, “Playing For Change: Peace Through Music“, comes the first of many “songs around the world” being released independently. Featured is a cover of the Ben E. King classic by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it traveled the globe.

Playing For Change | Song Around The World “Stand By Me” from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.

links for April 27th 2009

Dan Jackson — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:01:09 +0000

The Future of the Social Web: In Five Eras – Expect the Groundswell to continue, in which people connect to each other –rather than institutions. Consumer adoption of social networks is increasing a rapid pace, brands are adopting even during a recession, so expect the space to rapidly innovate to match this trend.
“Conversion-killing” mistakes – Conversion killers—does your site contain any “Nuke Buttons”?
Patents – Swivel – Patents U.S. Origin and Foreign Origin
Generations Online – Everyone's online these days from your teenager to your grandma. This graph shows the online population by generation. A report from PEW takes a look at how different generations are using the Internet these days. Some common activities among all ages include: email, social networking, research, shopping, and banking.

links for March 24th 2009

Dan Jackson — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:02:15 +0000

BillShrink – A free, money-savings tool — continuously seeks out new savings opportunities on everyday expenses for you. Save Money on Cell Phones, Cell Phone Plans and Credit Cards at Billshrink.
Academic Earth – Thousands of video lectures from the world's top scholars.

links for March 9th 2009

Dan Jackson — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:01:37 +0000

Social Networking Now More Popular Than Email, Report Finds – ReadWriteWeb – Nielsen Online, an analytics firm that tracks time spent online at various websites, has issued a report finding that throughout 2008 social networking sites and blogs saw more time spent by users than personal email. While not shocking, the finding does mark an important point in the history of the web.
“Social Media is Here to Stay… Now What?” – Social media is not new. Media has been leveraged for sociable purposes since the caveman's walls. Even in the realm of the Internet, some of the first applications were framed around communication and sharing. For decades, we've watched the development of new genres of social media – MUDs/MOOs, instant messaging, chatrooms, bulletin boards, etc.

links for March 6th 2009

Dan Jackson — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:02:59 +0000

How To Use Icons To Support Content In Web Design – Why use icons? Design is all about communication: it doesn’t matter how important or exciting the information that you’re sharing is if you fail to hook your visitors. When initially viewing a website, most users will first scan the page for visually interesting content, and only after something grabs their attention will they actually begin reading. Icons are a simple, effective way to draw users into the content of your website.
10 Things To Consider When Choosing The Perfect CMS – Choosing a content management system can be tricky. Without a clearly de?ned set of requirements, you will be seduced by fancy functionality that you will never use. What then should you look for in a CMS?
U.S. Auto Sales Depression Continues | The Big Picture – Aggregate U.S. Auto Sales Trends from 1966 to 2009. Deflated by US population growth as of 1980.
PACs spent record $416M on federal election – Campaign donations from political action committees to House and Senate members in 2007-2008:
How much is a trillion? – A trillion dollars used to be a sum that never naturally came up in normal conversation. Now all of a sudden, it's the standard unit we seem to be using to talk about our economic problems and what we're trying to do about them. Fortunately, I think I finally got a handle on what $1 trillion really means.

links for February 16th 2009

Dan Jackson — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:30:03 +0000

AFP: China expresses deep concern over US trade protectionism – China said on Monday it was deeply concerned over trade protectionist measures a range of countries were adopting amid the economic crisis, singling out the United States for special criticism.
Google Website Optimizer – 108 Free Tips | Conversion Rate Experts – a quick-start guide to conversion rate optimization
Google Announces Plan To Destroy All Information It Can’t Index – Executives at Google, the rapidly growing online-search company that promises to "organize the world's information," announced Monday the latest step in their expansion effort: a far-reaching plan to destroy all the information it is unable to index.
Netflix, Adobe, Google Rated Best Places To Work. AT&T, eBay, RadioShack Among the Worst. – Where are the best and worst places to work? Glassdoor, the site that surveys employees about workplace conditions in great detail, has issued lists of the best and worst 50 companies as rated by employees out of the 11,000 in its database.
Here are the top 20, with tech companies in bold:
1. General Mills
2. Bain & Company
3. Netflix
4. Adobe
5. Northwestern Mutual

The five worst places to work, according Glassdoor, are:
1. DHL Express (USA)
2. United Airlines
3. Reynolds and Reynolds
4. Farmers Group
5. Gibson Guitar

links for December 29th 2008

Dan Jackson — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:48:56 +0000

One year in 40 seconds on Vimeo – Images from the same spot through one year. Audio captured at the same place.
Somali Pirate Explains How To Steal Ships – Why has there been such an increase Somali piracy? In Somalia all the young men are desperate. There is wide unemployment in the country, there are no sources of income. One of the only sources we have had is fishing, and the superpowers and Asian countries sidelined us in our own sea. So at first we started out just to counter illegal fishing, but international forces started to protect them.
Google Zeitgeist 2008 – After a whirlwind year of election news, economy woes, and the lead-up to the showstopping Summer Games in Beijing, we’re looking back to see what was on the minds of Americans through it all. One thing’s for sure: it was a wild ride.
The year 2008 in photographs – The Big Picture – 2008 has been an eventful year to say the least – it is difficult to sum up the thousands of stories in just a handful of photographs. That said, I will try to do what I’ve done with other photo narratives here, and tell a story of 2008 in photographs.
Swift Wind Turbine – Residential Wind Estimator – Generate a custom estimate (based on location) comparing the cost of electricity using a wind turbine against traditional electricity power. Vermont doesn’t look good unless you are in the mountain areas.
2007 e-tailing Facts: Older but Still a Great Collection – Our intention is to help keep you up-to-date with the trends in the online world in order to give merchants a competitive edge in this growing channel.
Trends in Media Consumption Amongst Millennials – Wondering where internet marketing is heading? I recently went to a music conference in Toronto and picked up an interesting handbook called ‘Millennials in the Digital Information Age’. It described and profiled ‘Millennials’ – those born between 1981-2001.
Media Consumption vs. Spending Comparison – A study recently done by TNS Media Intelligence shows a large disconnect between media consumption by consumers and media spending by builders/developers. The study shows that builders/developers are disproportionally spending money on outdoor and newspaper, where as consumers look to TV and the Internet as the top two sources for advertisements. How are you spending your marketing dollars?

links for November 9th 2008

Dan Jackson — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:09:06 +0000

Technorati: State of the Blogosphere 2008 – There have been a number of studies aimed at understanding the size of the Blogosphere, yielding widely disparate estimates of both the number of blogs and blog readership. All studies agree, however, that blogs are a global phenomenon that has hit the mainstream.
Web 2.0 Asia : Do they sell Mercedes-Benz cars on TV elsewhere? – A Korean dealer of Mercedes-Benz cars saw dozens of customer sign-ups (what they call "pre-contracts") after they aired an infomercial on the $170K Benz S550's on Korea's home shopping TV channel.
The noise in Web 2.0 is mainly a Tech Elite’s problem – If anything the current web 2.0 trend is fragmentation. There are thousands of social networking sites out there, each fighting a battle to get users. There are a whole lot of services that let you interact, publish, follow or be followed. There are aggregating sites that aggregate it all for you. There are aggregators that aggregate all the content from the sites that already aggregate content for you. And if that wasn’t enough we now need to take it away from the browser and move each of these services into tiny little desktop applications. I can already predict the next wave in desktop application development. Someone is bound to get the idea to integrate Twhirl and all those other desktop applications into one big aggregator on the desktop.
filtrbox – filtrbox's mission is to leverage the power of the Internet by delivering the timely market intelligence that is critical to success in today's hyper-competitive business world.

Collection of Best Ski and Snowboard Films for 2008-2009

Dan Jackson — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:17:36 +0000

Here is a collection of the top ski and snowboard film previews for the 2008-2009 season…

Under the Influence

Teton Gravity Research proudly presents its latest 16mm/HD ski and snowboard offering: UNDER THE INFLUENCE. This film follows the exploits of today’s top riders.

Under the Influence from vas entertainment on Vimeo.

That’s It That’s All

Two years in the making, this is the follow up to the highly succesful Community Project.

It’s Always Snowing Somewhere

Burton presents “IT’S ALWAYS SNOWING SOMEWHERE”; a double feature, double DVD snowboarding movie. The winter never ends as the team travels from the southern to northern hemisphere laying waste to parks, pipes, pow, big mountain lines, and jibs; Alaska to Argentina.

Hand Cut

The Hand Cut release includes endless pillow lines in the BC interior; exposed descents in the Coast Range with ski mountaineering legend John Chilton; brilliantly shot inverts over the old wood mines on Red Mountain Pass, Colorado; and the original deep-country blues of John-Alex Mason. Hand Cut: self-propelled stories brought to life in High Definition and brilliant 16mm film.

Claim

The official “CLAIM” teaser, brought to you by Matchstick Productions. Check SKIMOVIE.COM to pre-order your copy of “CLAIM” today or find out when the Matchstick Movie Tour will visit your hometown this fall…

Claim from vas entertainment on Vimeo.

No Correct Way

With a season of filming wrapped and the long nights of editing kicked off, the Rome SDS and Kids on Shred Productions are pleased to announce the upcoming release of their second full-length team video entitled, you guessed it, No Correct Way.

No Correct Way from vas entertainment on Vimeo.

Aesthetica

Aesthetica is a visual journey that captures the essence and elements of snowboarding. This feature snowboard film highlights the riding of progressive and unique freestyle features in the backcountry to the deepest powder conditions of 2008.

Aesthetica from vas entertainment on Vimeo.

Down with People

Mack Dawg Productions People Crew is back at it again with our new 2008 release, Down With People.

Down with People from vas entertainment on Vimeo.

Double Decade

Double Decade Produced by Mack Dawg Productions Distributed by VAS Entertainment.

Double Decade from vas entertainment on Vimeo.

Ready

The latest from Absinthe Films…

Jib Jam and Trick Tips Instructional

Poor Boyz Productions brought competitive skiing into the Information age with their Jib Jam Invitational, a live, online video contest. The event gathered top-level athletes from around the globe and pitted them against each other

The Poor Boyz Jib Jam + Trick Tip Instructional from vas entertainment on Vimeo.

Outdoor Education from Voleurz.com

The teaser for the FREE video from Voleurz: “Outdoor Education”