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What is Rocket Lightning?

Philip — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:41:14 +0000

Learned something new this morning that I wanted to share with the readers of my blog.. Rocket Lightning.

According to WikiPedia, Rocket Lighting is created by firing a rocket into a storm could with an attached grounded wire. This wire triggers lightning with spectacular results!

Read the Wiki article on the Lightning Rocket HERE

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Bye Bye Twitter

Philip — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:17:30 +0000

I would say that I’m one of the more well versed social media guys in my circle of friends and have always tried to make sure my various “tools” are linked together. Here on my blog, I’ve had Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Plaxo all integrated to allow me to do a single post and have it ripple through my social networking buffet.

Recent changes to twitter have thrown a wrench into my plans. I updated my WordPress Twitter plugin, Twitter Tools, and learned that due some changes in Twitter, I had to register my blog as a Twitter application. I’m not a programmer or web developer and once you start diving into API and various “programmer speak” my eyes glaze over and I go play FrontierVille on Facebook. I spend about 30 min trying to decipher the instructions for setting it up and then came to the conclusion that I really don’t need Twitter integrated into my blog.

Good bye Twitter on my blog.. I’ll miss you.. Actually.. I don’t think I will!

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Learn how the virtual worlds in Avatar were created!

Philip — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:21:33 +0000

My good buddy Rob Powers was the mastermind behind the virutal worlds in the hit movie Avatar. During SIGGRAPH 2010, he did a presentation in the NewTek booth that showed you how he created these award winning effects. In this video he’s not show the actual Avatar worlds but he is show how they linked real cameras into LightWave 3D and allowed James Cameron to see the virtual worlds in realtime.

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Miss Universe Crowning Moment – Live tonight!

Philip — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:47:19 +0000

Brett Michaels & Natalie Morales rehearse for Miss Universe 2010

Ever wondered what it’s like to be Miss Universe during the first 30 minutes after being crowned? Watch the Crowning Moment Webcast tonight immediately following the NBC Telecast! YES.. This historic webcast is powered by the NewTek TriCaster™. We are expecting to have interviews with Miss Universe, the hosts, judges and may we’ll get a few words from Mr. Trump!

Watch live at MissUniverse.com

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Hoax: Girl quits job using dry erase board

Philip — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:50:07 +0000

TechCruch broke the story and then followed up with a well done article about the fact that it was a hoax.

Girl quits job on Dry Erase Board Hoax

Who is this mystery girl? Elyse Poerterfield an actress in Los Angeles.

Check out the TechCrunch story HERE

Check out theChive.com post admitting the HOAX HERE

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Girl quits job using dry erase board and company mailing list!

Philip — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:08:28 +0000

Gotta love this girl. After hearing her boss make insulting comments about her she decided to quit her job in a VERY public way.. Sending a sequence of 33 pictures of herself with messages written on a dry erase board. LOVE IT!

Photo Courtesy http://thechive.com

I think NewTek needs to hire this girl!

Check out the story HERE

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TriCaster brings Kid Kraddick to millions of viewers online

Philip — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:04:18 +0000

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Dave Graveline of Into Tomorrow interviews Philip Nelson during SIGGRAPH 2010

Philip — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:44:02 +0000

During SIGGRAPH 2010 in Los Angeles I was invited to be a guest on Dave Graveline’s nationally syndicated radio show, Into Tomorrow. Enjoy!

Siggraph 2010: Philip Nelson – Watch today’s top amazing videos here

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TriCaster powers live webcast of “The Drums” for MTV.com

Philip — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:43:55 +0000

TriCaster powers live webcast of "The Drums" for MTV.com. Photo courtesy Jeff Jacobs

MTV recently added a TriCaster to the control room gear at Webster Hall in NYC and have started streaming cutting edge concerts and shows to MTV.com.

Check out the live performance of “The Drums” powered by NewTek TriCaster

MTV Shows

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FastCompany TV: A New Way to do live TV Production

Philip — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:41:27 +0000

Before he joined Rackspace and Building43.com, Robert Scoble sat down with me to discuss TriCaster for FastCompany.tv.

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