Ski Pic from Deer Valley

Photo from lunch at Deer Valley Summit with Claude Ruibal and Carlos Silva from World Championship Sports Network and Digital Media uber-mogul Scott Kurnit.

Google Paying Video Creators

The viral video blog Will Video for Food has a good post speculating why Google decided to start paying creators. Worth a read.

Polaris Digital Media Summit

So, I am out at Deer Valley getting ready for the Polaris Digital Media Summit.

I will be pretty quiet on the VCMike front, as I have created a blog for our Digital Media Summit and will be blogging the summit there.

Arin’s Sundance VIDEO BLOG: Short Films

Am here at Deer Valley, where Sundance is wrapping up, so I thought I’d put this Sundance video up.

Polygamy Porter

I am out in Utah getting ready for our Digital Media Summit. More on that later.

So I just sat down to dinner at the Lodge.

Ordered the house favorite local microbrew — “Polygamy Porter.” I kid you not.

Watch SuperBowl Ads Online

I’ve always thought funny TV commercials make for great viral videos.

So does YouTube. They’ll be posting SuperBowl ads after the game is broadcast.

Lord of the Rings Online

My portfolio company, Turbine Entertainment, will be releasing its much anticipated massively multiplayer game for Lord of the Rings in April.

We had some nice coverage of the game in yesterday’s New York Times.

It’s crunch time over at Turbine — look forward to (hopefully) reporting a gangbuster later this spring…

Video Blogging on WordPress

I have finally gotting around to trying the WordPress “Post It” integration with YouTube.

And, I have to say, it is awesome.

All you do is register your WordPress blog with YouTube, and then you can post YouTube videos directly to your blog with a single click of the mouse, without even leaving YouTube.

It is really, really easy, and, for this blogger, really really cool.

Expect to see lots more videos…

Airlines Still Suck — And United is Top of the List

A while back I found myself frequently posting with bitches about airline delays.

I promised I would stop whining (at least on my blog), and kept to that promise.

In case you were wondering, though, airlines still do suck.

I had a godawful early flight to SF today. I left my house BEFORE 5 am to get to the airport. That is early even for me…

I get to the airport only to discover the bastards cancelled my flight.

Now, the annoyance of hauling me b___ out of bed so early only to find out my flight’s been cancelled was one thing.

But, far worse, is the fact that this meeting was actually important. I really needed to see someone face to face to discuss some stuff that is having a really big impact on his life. This is just not a phone conversation, and I know it really matters for this person for me to make the effort to see him in person.

Thanks to United, I won’t. And that really sucks.

I am going to bag all my United miles and start flying American whenever I can. Not that they are going to be better, but I will at least feel better about it.

I feel better already.

Happy Feet Remix (Gangsta)

If you have kids, and/or like either rap or penguins, you’ll love this video.